Recently I have been seeing ads on busses. The advertisement displayed two young young adult, one carrying a anti tank missile launcher while other carry a military chopper model.The advertisement said: are you the greater mind we seek?
I supose the puspose of the ad is to seek out intelligent mind out there and recruit them in their research programe on defence technology... another words of WAR TECHNOLOGY.
The first though of mine is:"Why would anyone wanted to attack Singapore?" . Well, even if there is some terrorist who may want to abort attack from their biggest target(US or England) and turn their target to one of the so many allied of US or UK, for instance Singapore, I am pretty sure that the current millitary asset of Singapore is more than enough to crush them if they come face to face. That is why the tactic of terrorism is bombed and hide, they don't come to you face to face.How is a group of people with AK-47 and little RPG could win the battle with a well trained military group with GI, cruise missile, tanks and battle ships on it?
So since you can't kill terrorist with just mere brutal weapon, what is the point seeking more powerful weapon?Well, someone would say the the developement of more powerful like "mother or father of all bombs" is to counter the treat from country, not terrorist. Lets look at the case of US:
The US had spend $10 billion per year on missle defence system. But a recent Pentagon briefing claims the threat from enemy missiles is growing and shows missiles in 20 countries. But all but two of those 20 countries - Iran and North Korea - are either friends, allies, or countries of US from which they have no missile threat, e.g. Israel, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, South Korea, Moldova, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, etc.
And, with the exception of Russia and China, none of those 20 countries - including Iran and North Korea - have missiles that can reach the United States anyway.
Something is defenitly went wrong here... where is the treat?
Okay, some would argued this with the initial success in toppling first the Taliban in Afghanistan and then Saddam Hussein in Iraq provide support for concepts. But the murderous chaos in Iraq, and the growing violence in southern Afghanistan, have shown that bombs is good at destroying targets, and bad at solving the problem.
Enough with the debating, lets look at the little research I have done on the net:
The cost of missile defence system:
10 billion usd per year
The cost of Trident submarine:3 billion usd to build, 77 million usd each year for operating cost
The cost of upgrading a M-182 tanks :
5 million usd
5 million usd
The cost of a F22 plane:150 million usd
The cost of a King George V battle ship(WWII)
£1,965,000
The cost to rehabilitate 13,000 public housing units:
150 million usd
The cost to upgrade the drainage system of a metropolitan city to prevent flood:
40million usd
Get my point?
If you are gifted with an intelligent mind, try to change the world with brain and love, not bullets. our history of mankind is already filled with wars and bloods. We can all make a difference.
11 comments:
hi hi chen sin, i like your article, so interesting, i think you do put some efforts on it. i do get your point, that "try to change the world with brain and love, not bullets" but i also think sometimes there are some problems that cannot be solved peacefully with brain and love, for example, terrorists attack. here bullets do solved problem.
I think there are more or less some evil genes in humans body, i also have, ha ha, I like to play cs, starcraft, i am enjoying killing my enemy. ha ha
HHmmm...I think we should first consider why terrorist wanted to attack..
There must be some misunderstanding between the terrorist and the target country that triggered the conflic. Bullets can only deepened the misunderstanding and hatret. If we just merely reply terrorist with bulltes, we will only creat more people to hate us.
US has the most sophisticated weapon in the world and yet many of their soldier still died in Iraq today...
Ya, I totally agreed with you. But to think about it, if certainly the investment and innovation in the army sector stop, what will happen 10-20 years down the road, a group of terrorists smarter than the government military army??
This is quite an attractive post. Clear, and colorful. However, several grammatic mistakes here.
One for instance:
"The first though of mine is:"Why would anyone wanted to attack Singapore?"
hi, I think we should use brain ans love to solve the problem too. However, I guess we still need to develop on our defence so that we will be prepared to defend ourselves when we are being attacked. (:
p/s: "Something is defenitly went wrong here... "
ya... indeed, i agree. Something is wrong, because it is "definitely" (:
cheers
keowkoon (:
Hi Chen Sin,
Your point are clear . I agree with you.If everyone creates the world with "peace", it would be the best ..
But in pratical,it is impossible to create the peaceful world as different pepole have diffent views and concepts.
Why BB never say anything on this post???
I wonder what is the opinion from US citizens on their goverments' behavious.
Yes, i think after we saw all what happend in Iraq all these years, and for those who died in there, either US soldiers and Iraqi ppl, I want to ask, why this is happening? I am sure there will be an answer in my children's history textbook.
For MOAB, i will say that hope they will never ever get a chance to use it.
Go to the Moon, get He-3. we don use oil anymore!
This is a very fine essay, Sin. You do an admirable job of creating a context for your main point. I also like the way you report your research.
Crazy Americans, eh? I for one am totally opposed to the current American government's military approach to solving diplomatic and social problems. But on a deeper level, I also have serious doubts about the values that underlie any society where the arms trade is a respected form of business. That's ethical consumption and production flushed down the toilet.
I really appreciate the effort you have made this term, and I will miss your enthusiastic approach to class and creative thinking. Keep flying, man!
You are right about the idea that the wars have always created more problems ,instead of resolving the disputes, so I think it is our duty to struggle for the peace and prosperity not by using the weapons but through mutual trust and love.I really liked your thoughts.
i think you are right man.....but dn't you think it wudn b possible whatever u mentioned here....think man u are a so called president/prime minister of a country n terrorists in ur country are playing havoc "like in india"...then what wud u do...still peace on bullets or some bludy speach in front of your own supporters who have nothing but to hear u.....
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