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The most interesting part will be when Peter realizes that Kensei and Hiro are mortal enemies. The question is whether or not Peter has recovered all his memories. Now, the problem is that the storylines, while interesting are too separated. What the hell is going on with Sylar. I wonder if he could please kill the whiny brosis combo. I wonder what exactly is Kensei's motivations these days. And how much of this destroy the company bit is real. Matt could be very interesting, his powers seem to be even better than Eden's now. He can read minds and make suggestions. That could potentially make Peter even more powerful if he comes into contact with Matt again. And it makes him more than capable of defeating Sylar. I hope eventually, Hiro finds a way to get the memory of Kensei wiped and implant false ones, and take him back to feudal Japan. Then kill the original Kensei.... hey may be if he cuts off Kensei's head and teleport it into a volcano, regeneration might not happen.

The degree of effectiveness is different though. Merchies are defenseless, modern tanks are not, a PzIV without the fire and control system of a modern MBT has no chance in a combat situation. TU-95s, I guess you can make an argument for the Bears, because you would need a radar to let you know where the TU-95 is, otherwise, cannons on a P-40 will be just as effective.

Agreed on almost all the points, but I thought the following was also not so great.... Focusing on the bro/sis of doom, I can't stand them, I hope Sylar does kill them. I wish they could've shown more on HRG and Mohinder and what they had planned out. Sylar backstory would've been really nice. I don't mind if Mohinder lives, and I think Kensei story has a lot of potential, but Kring needs to stop wasting his time and get things moving, the story is still a bit too boring.

You realize I was being a little sarcastic right? That said, you're dead wrong, I know nothing sexier than an air dropped torpedo that turns a billion dollar boomer into a sinking wreck. Nor is there anything sexier than pouncing on a fast attack that's about to pop a couple of merchies carrying heavy armor bound for Europe... oops, too old, how about pouncing on a damn diesel that's about to turn a tanker into a nice little ball o fire.... The idea of Hornets for ASW is a bit silly though. Anyone who knows about ASW realize that the Hornet just doesn't have the capacity to do the job, there is not enough room for personnel for one thing, nor does it have the necessary payload capacity to carry 40 sonobouys, nor is it likely to be able to add a MAD stinger on its airframe.

No dammit, I demand the days of the Devastators and Avengers; except with jets, and hopefully the torpedoes are rocket powered. Well, the truth is, S-3 was a jet, and it did carry torpedoes. But I want good old torpedo planes for anti-ship roles. Remember, you can survive a missile hit, but not a torpedo hit, after all, the best way to sink a ship is to put a hole in it and let water in. Funny thing though, if you could somehow fit a modern torpedo on a WWII torpedo plan, it would still be just as effective a merchie killer as any jet armed with missiles (as long as you could get to the target on time)

You mean in an anti-ship role? Ha ha ha ha, now that would be funny.

very interesting, there is some economy to be gained with 787 and A350s, but the funny thing is all these foreign carriers are going crazy, and if a large downturn hits the world economy, those airlines will be canceling a lot of their orders. The scary thing about Emirates is that much of their capacity would be new, and not replacements like BA.

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/airb...D04B5BE46B51%7D No surprise, I wonder how much of this is really because of Boeing's delays and the woes with the 787. Sure, it doesn't take anything off the customers they have now, it's the future customers they have to worry about. But on the other hand Emirates seem to be ballooning a little too fast, wonder when that will come back and bite them.

You got the point exactly, a lot of people have been buying into the 787, and people have for the most part tended to forget that Boeing was in a lot of trouble during the early 2000s. Just have to keep in mind that not everything is roses like Boeing keeps putting out to everyone. And the 787 especially can be a real disaster if things continue to not go well.

Uh oh... it's starting to look a lot more like Airbus http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/...-of-747-8f.html It's time to go down hill.... yeah, I know, they have a good excuse... didn't Airbus also have one? We'll see how this plays out over the next year.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20071108...gn_editors_ytop Entertaining Yahoo article. It seems that the Chinese navy isn't made up of a bunch of idiots after all.... it's the public that's stupid. No surprises there. The smart move is definitely subs, the operating budget for a carrier is immense, and then you'd have to throw in all the protection too. All in the name of power projection. Subs on the other hand costs money, but they're great for countering the ability to project power... area denial... heh heh.

So... what you mean is that the billionaires still win.

Oh no... can you imagine if they had 23 episodes in the can, but can't go on because of the last ep was missing? I know that isn't the case probably, but wouldn't that be funny.

The illegals are just a way to make Sylar shine, unfortunately, Sylar hasn't shined at all right now. I'm not digging the powers on the wonder twins. If they both die along the way, I wouldn't mind.

The season is starting to come together though, I like the turn they did with Mr. Sark and putting him in the present. Heck, he could be the progenitor of all the other heroes. But that said, HRG is what is needed in this season. If you think about it, he is one more or less helpless guy that can affect things in lots of ways. Hell, look at what he did for fat boy Parkman.

Interesting information on the speed restrictions. I had no idea these existed,, I wonder if the current generation of F-22s will have strain sensors embedded in the superstructure that'll show the integrity of the planes over time. The fiber strain sensors are cheap these days. I am also curious to find out about speed restrictions placed on non-US fighters, it could be very interesting.

Alternatively, we could go through the argument of Rumsfeld transformation of the military and look at how effective that has been. Specifically in Iraq and to a lesser extent in Afghanistan. You can argue that his policies were exactly right, to use local proxies and shock tactics to win war, but simultaneously, you can make the argument that it's a miserable failure because the US armed forces is doing a horrible job (if you believe CNN et al) at garrisoning duties. I do understand your particular point. But on the balance, when talking about economics, I don't think it's at all clear that the civilian arm of the government has a better understanding what would be best going forward. The more logical thing to have done perhaps is to fix a budget, and then let the service arms negotiate a solution based on their requirements. Instead of having every local congressman push for their piece of the military spending pie, that I think is where more of the waste comes from.

That's a good argument Nied... based not on politics (which can be just as important) but purely on economics. Unfortunately, I bet it's the political argument that carries the day. Pure economics like you just proposed is far beyond what most of the dolts in office would ever understand.

Hmmm, you know, we could end up with a predestination paradox of some kind. As for Sylar, I like him still, his is also a journey that needs to happen, I want him to have his powers back. Cause Petrelli is too powerful.

Millionaires vs Billionaires..... FIGHT

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/...force-f-15.html Hmmm, interesting, wonder if there is precedent for other fighters in the US inventory in terms of structural problems. Regarding the ridiculous abolish the air force article above. The writer makes a fundamental assumption: that the current situation in the world will remain the status quo for all time. That alone makes this article kind of a joke to anyone who is seriously considering the implications of air power.

as far as Jack is concerned, he missed Tony's funeral... was on slow boat to China.

I think we would differ slightly on that front. My view is that the military has done a decent job because they haven't had to face a decent opponent on military terms. If they had, the results may not be so clear cut. Given the rearmament that Russia is going through and China's emerging capabilities, it won't be too long before parity is reached. This goes back to a point about how the military is best used, typically military cannot be used for garrison duty. They are great at smashing things. But the current employment of the US military is sad. That is not to say that if tomorrow CENTCOM was ordered to conquer Tehran and kill the Iranian military, they couldn't do it. The problem is, after that job is done, the US military becomes rather less useful as an instrument of state. Sorry, we're diverging away from airplanes just now. So I'll leave things at just this.

Finally saw the season 7 trailer. If Tony stays the main bad guy throughout, with may be one or two plot twists, this could be a good one. Although I have to say, I'm already not too thrilled with the "let's hijack the computers running the country" plot.

The two arguments has to coexist side by side. Nied is pointing out that there is a practical rationale for maintaining a larger force, that argument does work especially in the short term (talking 5 to 10 years time frame). A-leader is also right, but he is looking at it from a longer time frame: which simply states that the world politics is dynamic. In 1991, I doubt anyone would believe that in less than a decade, China would've become quite the economic power house, or that some little known terrorist organization would've been capable of killing several thousand Americans in the span of one morning. But that's short sighted thinking, and amply illustrated throughout history. Both arguments are valid in their context, although Nied's does have some advantage in that it focuses the attention of the politicians (they have the attention span of five year olds, and tend not to look beyond the current election cycle).