Japan is debating now in the Diet at different times the urges to militarism. In Japan, enough plautonim is missing to make 25-100 nuclear weapons already:) One wonders as when this stuff is missing it always turns up in military applications.
Russia and China have been looking for a diplomatic edge against America; they do not have the economic or military edge so they try to overload Americas triad (Military-Economic-Political) and force GeoPolitical stalemates upon the US; but American Military technology is already 5-10 years ahead but the current trajectory for American Defenses by 2015 is to have a totally revamped military controlling the space frontier with stationary orbiting air/space craft who function as intelligence platforms/military fighters and in all likelyhood many will be unmanned, directed by squadron commanders on shifts and ground controllers - once this happens the worlds communications and movements will be recorded at all levels except underground giving Peace and Security for Americans and the world - those who think America wants to control the world have nothing but their own past to place against the past path America has taken in supporting independent self-supporting nations and regional security.
America may lose battles and portions of population over the next 10 years but by the time this matter with the Arab-Russian & Franco-Germanic axis is setteled, American Military power will have eclisped anything imagined. It is no secret that the US is already disengaging from Europe as trade with Asia has long since made the old world less important; European politics have also made it clear to American Business interests (for various reasons) that less critical trade with Europe increases stability at America's home and abroad. America does not wish to compete with Europe in idealogical, trade or political barbs - but has chosen a path of least resistence to Asia in hopes of allowing Europe to accept the US as the US has made its peace the state of Europe.