"Pete" wrote in message ...
"phil hunt" wrote in message
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What would be sensible strategies/weapons for a middle-ranking
country to employ if it thought it is likely to be involved in a war
against the USA or other Western countries, say in the next 10
years?


Instead of trying to build *up* to defeat a western/Nato/US opponent, the
only possible solution would be to build *down*, and grow self aware,
mobile, small scale explosives.

A 20 year old with a backpack full of C-4, as is done now.

Now,please. Using more dogs to sniff them out would work nicely, but
given the religious affiliation of the bomb carriers, miniature pigs
would be better. To lower costs, you could even train
rats(http://www.apopo.org/whyrats).

Karl M. Syring