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Politics : MITT ROMNEY -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sandintoes who wrote (2489)	3/3/2008 8:31:59 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5586

I assume you meant to post the loss of the military contract to Northrup. I know when you see a picture of a B-2 stealth it feels like we're handing over our deepest secrets but we're not. This is a tanker contract and the Stealth, while most impressive, is no longer what it once was. By the time you and I see military technology in use it's generally about 10-20 years old from a concept standpoint. In the 70's we learned of the SR-71 blackbird. What an amazing aircraft that was when we first saw it. Truth be told I think the technology had its inception back in the late 50's (1959 or so). I suspect the next generation of bomber is already flying so don't worry about the US handing over our future