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Originally Posted by cridgit001
I prefer the F-22 personally over the Eurofighter. Radar signature of a small bird and the vector engine thing. The SR71 Blackbird was also pretty sweet, just outrun the other guy(I know missiles are faster but I'm assuming you would be far enough away that they other guy couldn't get a lock).
But this isn't about jets.
I have also read some interesting articles about Japan's future population issues. It's projected that it will be 100 million in 2050 and 64 million in 2100(CIA Factbook found through wikipedia).
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Yea the F-22 is pretty sweet (Thats the raptor right?)
pretty sweet machine....
but eurofighter has an even sweeter AI system...
hmmm yes Blackbird...very quick....but it drinks fuel like a russian drinks vodka...
if it is flying with full thrust.....it needs to be refueled mid air...even before it has reached maximum alititude
back to japans aging population....
yea the BBC source is a little vague there....
if you look at social security spending for example...its going up exponensially (almost)
while at under 10 trillion yen in 1974 it went up to almost 90 trillion yen in 2005!
and if you look at how much of that is pensions...
then its well under 1tr yen in 74 and well over 50-60 trillion yen in 2005.
infact total per capita spending on social security has gone up from
about 80,000 yen in 74 to about 700,000 yen in 2005
also in 2020 its the year of the Fire Horse (again) so there will be a massive drop in birth rate that year.
if you look at the actuall stats themselves....
then its quite clear that Unless Japan does something...its boned...
numbers of under 14 yr olds have more than halved as a %age since the 50's
over 75's has more than doubled
men over 50 and women over 50 who have never married has doubled aswell
even the economic studies published by Japans own GOV do not oaint a very rosy picture...