whosewar2000
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Hey, guys, I asked Flyfrog days ago about laser weapons, so somebody suggest me post a tech topic, Okay, based on my knowledge, the US R&D federal funding is slowing down quickly, instead, private companes get billions dollars. So, even the defense department have more budget and subcontract to private companies for some new weapons and systems, the basic science research dramagically decreased in last 4 years---while, we all know the new weapons are deeply related to basic science research, most private companies have no interest about basic research at all, such as chemistry and physics. I personally feel it is very very short term strategy. So, my question is
How much advantage will US military tech still have --compared with Russia and China in next 5-10 years?
Especially searched some websites telling China's laser weapons system is leading 2-5 years over US. is that true?
Another example is that: there was no super computer from china can be listed in top500.org (the fastest top 500 computers in the world) last year, but this year, they have plenty of them listed overthere!
resource:
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/infbrief/nsf04307/start.htm
http://www.education.virginia.gov/Initiatives/HigherEdSummit/AAASpr050103.pdf
http://www.mzos.hr/Download/2004/06/05/Wessner.ppt
http://www.softwar.net/redlite.html
How much advantage will US military tech still have --compared with Russia and China in next 5-10 years?
Especially searched some websites telling China's laser weapons system is leading 2-5 years over US. is that true?
Another example is that: there was no super computer from china can be listed in top500.org (the fastest top 500 computers in the world) last year, but this year, they have plenty of them listed overthere!
resource:
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/infbrief/nsf04307/start.htm
http://www.education.virginia.gov/Initiatives/HigherEdSummit/AAASpr050103.pdf
http://www.mzos.hr/Download/2004/06/05/Wessner.ppt
http://www.softwar.net/redlite.html