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Re:Switzerland begins tests on the longest train tunnel in t... by toomuchtodo on Thursday January 21, 2016 @02:13PM (#10947517)
Which of these 19 operational US aircraft carriers are used for R&D and not force projection?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_in_s...

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Re:Switzerland begins tests on the longest train tunnel in t... by NegativeK on Thursday January 21, 2016 @02:40PM (#10947707)
I would love, love, love to see defense spending cut and have a chunk redirected toward non-defense R&D.

But it's too binary to argue that the production of high-tech defense systems (like planes and carriers) doesn't involve a large amount of R&D.

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