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Sadly for Mother Earth the US never really built on the MSRE as some of the issues encountered during the experiment may be resolvable by now. Thorium is actually a relatively minor part of this technology, the real advancement is in liquid fueled molten salt reactor. There are numerous HUGE...

We're talking about 10 years though. Shanghai would need a 9.5% annualized growth rate in nominal terms, which may not be impossible but would be VERY difficult. Shanghai hasn't grown at that rate since at least 2010, and the speed is unlikely to pick up to pre-2010 rates ever. I'd think the...

Shanghai no way, already pretty developed, growth won't pick up much. Zhejiang is obvious, and I think Sichuan has a lot of potential too. Didn't know Henan was still growing that fast.

Sure the US can design one, but can it build a viable one? I don't think you understood what I meant by viable. It's not enough to just satisfy mission requirements, it needs to be cost effective and be able to be produced in quantity. The US can design almost anything better than anyone in...

You're right, the USN SSGNs indeed function very much like an arsenal ship, but they're converted, exorbitantly expensive SSBNs and not a clean, purposeful design. An arsenal ship is a glorified porter, using SSGNs as an arsenal ship is a poor use of resources for what are merely porters. It...

It takes a long time before an idea becomes a product, so long that it's often irrelevant who came up with the idea first. Is it more relevant which ancient tribe first came up with the idea of reaching the moon, or which men first actually stepped on it? China will be the first one to make a...

You have it all backwards. Extremism arise from poverty, so in order to get rid of Islamic extremism Indonesia needs to develop and become an advanced and civilized society. Nobody's gonna be rioting or chopping people up with machetes when they're busy studying or making money.

Different class of aircrafts for different customers. L-15B is primarily a trainer with some secondary fighter/bomber roles, while the JF-17B is primarily a fighter/bomber with some secondary trainer roles. The JF-17B has the L-15B in speed, range, altitude, radar, and payload, but it'll cost...

I think it's a good idea, the water there is vital to all of continental Asia east of Central Asia. Most of the cities/towns/villages that are already within the planned park area will obviously still be allowed to develop but the rest of the land should be part of the park and preserved.

Less capable doesn't mean obsolete. My guess is that they'll probably serve mostly a fleet air defense role, and their escorts can consist of older ships (e.g. 054A, 052D, 093) while the CATOBAR carriers have much more strike capabilities and get a more advanced escort fleet (e.g. 054B, 055, 095)

How much can your parents' million dollar home buy you in the city? Here in NYC a million can get you a pretty spacious home on LI, but it can only get you a pretty average 1BR apartment in Manhattan, and it'll be a co-op. Have you ever thought why that is? It's because the demand for urban...

If Toshiba sells its NAND business, what valuable business does it still have left?

Particularly the Japanese, they're known to find creative ways of using tentacles ;)

Then again, we already knew that didn't we? http://thediplomat.com/2017/04/ex-cia-directors-take-on-thaad-in-south-korea-will-vindicate-chinas-skepticism/ Ex-CIA Director's Take on THAAD in South Korea Will Vindicate China's Skepticism Michael Hayden’s recent comments on THAAD will vindicate...

Here's where I found the definition (page xx - xxi): http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp1.pdf Is the JP1 an authoritative enough of a source for you? Maybe you know what OPCON means to the US better than the Joint Chiefs? The SK military being under US command has been a widely known...