Re: [OT]Misc statistics

I kind of wonder if our strengthening economy has more to do with
a smaller military than computer productivity or Mr. Greenspan.

We don't need a cold war sized military.  We need enough military that
we can handle forseeable circumstances plus a small margin for
safety.  We still have bases that are in existance not because
the military wants them, but because they are pork.  Much like
that new Carrier scheduled to be built in Alabama.

Roger

On 12-Apr-00 at 19:48, Alderfek@aol.com (Alderfek@aol.com) wrote:
> Just passing along...
>  >  NAME THIS COUNTRY:
>  >
>  >  709,000 regular (active duty) service personnel
>  >
>  >  293,000 reserve troops;
>  >
>  >  Eight standing Army divisions;
>  >
>  >   20 Air Force and Navy air wings with 2,000 combat aircraft;
>  >
>  >   232 strategic bombers;
>  >
>  >   13 strategic ballistic missile submarines with 3,114 nuclear
>  >   warheads on 232 missiles;
>  >
>  >   500 ICBMs with 1,950 warheads;
>  >
>  >   Four aircraft carriers, and;
>  >
>  >   121 surface combat ships and submarines, plus all the support
>  >   bases, shipyards and logistical assets needed to sustain such a
>  >   naval force.
>  >
>  >   Is this country Russia? . . . No
>  >
>  >   Red China ? . . . No
>  >
>  >   Great Britain ? . . . Wrong Again
>  >
>  >   USA? . . . Hardly
>  >
>  >   Give up??
>  >
>  >   Well, don't feel too bad if you are unable to identify this
global
>  >   superpower because this country no longer exists.
>  >
>  >   It has vanished.
>  >
>  >   These are the American military forces that have disappeared
since
>  >   the 1992 election
> 
> Kirk Alderfer
> Technical Mercenary
> 
> "Meandering to a different drummer"