tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post4853658030044752156..comments2024-02-06T18:46:04.220+10:00Comments on Real World Libertarian: Nuclear submarines for Australia?Jim Fryarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780237902858889143noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post-74980064432648125942012-01-28T01:59:54.392+10:002012-01-28T01:59:54.392+10:00PS Moot anyway. As you said, Jim, Oz needs to get ...PS Moot anyway. As you said, Jim, Oz needs to get over its phobia of anything nuclear. I don't know whether I've told you this before but when talking about nuclear power with Aussie friends who forget that I came from somewhere with nuclear powered subs, nuclear weapons and a civil nuclear generation industry (admittedly not what it was) I sometimes get asked something along the lines of "Yeah, but would you want to live near one, Angry?" I usually reply "What, you mean live near one <i>again</i>? Well, it didn't hurt me the first 30 years or so..."Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post-47855250790383230482012-01-28T01:31:04.444+10:002012-01-28T01:31:04.444+10:00I'm tempted to suggest Astute class subs becau...I'm tempted to suggest Astute class subs because poor ol' Blighty could do with the money, but with the RN only ordering seven I doubt they could make another half dozen as quickly as the Yanks could run off six more Virginias. Plus there are the other good reasons you've mentioned, not to mention a my vague worry that the UK is making a complete Collins of the Astute class and should also have rung the bell at Uncle Sam's Really Big Gun & Nuclear Sub Shop and showed its customer loyalty card.<br /><br />And bugger it, I still can't sign into Blogger comments with WP. Been trying on various blogs for hours now. Do you think Blogger is pissed off at me for deserting?Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post-41008414845338992012-01-18T23:44:51.797+10:002012-01-18T23:44:51.797+10:00As I said to an in-law who was horrified and disgu...As I said to an in-law who was horrified and disgusted by all the weapons we saw at a Swiss military museum, "No country was ever attacked because it was too strong."<br /><br />In addition to defending the seas with a good naval presence, in your strategic situation the part-time home defense force makes sense. Properly done, it can be a low cost but effective force. <br /><br />I always kind of liked the old Swiss militia system, where everybody did their stint, took their rifle home, and practiced regularly. I believe at one time during the big Nazi invasion scare during WWII they mobilized something like 20% of the population. The Israelis, too, can mobilize a buttload of good reservists in a very short period too.<br /><br />So, with the savings, the government should immediately give you an SLR and an L2A2.<br /><br />As for my Constitutional slash Libertarian stance, well, the only thing the Constitution really mandates for Fed.gov is to defend our borders and deliver the mail. 'Bout time they did those jobs instead of the thousands of others they have assumed on their own.Bawbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194337224433517477noreply@blogger.com