[Atlantic Friend]

Ah, don't mention it, Tanker. Like you, I prefer a honest debate to a holier-than-thou or I-know-it-all verbal attack.
I'm all the more open to criticism, since I'm not real happy at my gov't handling of the Iraqi affair either (or at the sending of a French destroyer to participate to the last Chinese naval exercises).

As for Pulse Detonation, it looks like ts status has been upgraded from Sci-Fi to Near Future ! The Russians also have amazing projects, like the cryoplane, a plane theoretically able to reach Mach 8+ (a bit like the US ramjet that made his test flight recently). Makes me wonder what we'll miss and what our children and grandchildren will enjoy and see as perfectly normal.

Say, where are you stationed now ?

[M1Tanker]

I'm at Ft Knox, Kentucky now.

I also always wonder what the future holds. My great-aunt noted one time how much things have changed from her 1950s sedan to my 2003 cars.

Sorry I was long in getting back... hurt my foot today. I guess my warrenty ran out.