Re: Only social services is better funded than the military
The US Military has an annual budget of $360 billion. I think that says it all. Here is another little piece of military technology that actually isn't classified:
Direct Liquid Ethanol Fuel Cell
Imagine that. A fuel cell that runs on a clean, renewable, homebrew, liquid fuel. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if they had a scramjet 10-15 years ago or even sooner. A few years back I say a flame over Lake Ontario that looked like the Nike logo. Man was it fast, and *way to turn* dude. At night too. I'm guessing it was unmanned.