Are we giving 4 billion to China to help them build a nuclear

[southernleftylady]

power plant??
my friend just told me this..
is this true?
and if it is
WHY ON EARTH are we helping CHINA???

[don954]

1. the military industral complex requires an opponent

Since its getting harder to justify so much $ on the "war" on terror, they must build a new super power..

Its going to back fire though, imagine when China gets blueprints for a modern Mig fighter and sets up a factory to pop them out like cheep cars, they will build them by the thousands and out number our jets in any combat situation due to the near slave labor and cheep running costs. They will be able to afford many more of their fighter jets than we will be able to afford or even have the capability to build. Same thing with nukes, tanks, and just about everything else.

[Massacure]

2. MiG-29 versus an F-22 would be interesting.

The MiG-29 usually does a good job at disposing of American F-16s when they are flown by the Germans in war games over the Nevada dessert. The MiG-29 has a helmet that aims the radar guidance system, meaning that the nose doesn't have to be pointed at the other plane when you fire a missile. The U.S. decided to adopt that in the F-22.