this is what i call recycling

[+daddyairplanes]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/08599200237800

 

Heard about this idea for a few years now. Glad its a reality but i wonder if theres one outfitted to take care of helo's ala Tom Clancy's Debt of Honor

[Slartibartfast]

Thats been on the books for a few years and as they are mounted in a sub it means that no-one is sure if they are off their shores or not...

[+FastCargo]

This is a direct thumb in the eye of those idiots who think just because a weapon was built in the Cold War for Cold War duties can't be retasked to do something completely different...and do it efficient and effectively.

 

FC

[ShrikeHawk]

The article seems to suggest the "implied threat" is directed at China. I don't think so; it's directed at North Korea.

[+JediMaster]

It can do both at once!

It's a direct threat to NK, but a reminder to China.