Editor,

I think the U.S. Navy knows a bit more about the capabilities of its adversary and its own plans than Mr. X of Coupeville who wrote his letter after exhaustively searching Wikipedia.

Thank you, Mr. X, for your brilliance. What was the Navy thinking? You caught them? They had no idea about China until you told them. Thank you for saving us all.

Maybe you should call China and let them know you have it all figured out.

I’ll take a look and see if we have a place for you in the J3.5. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, then maybe we’ll just offer the job to a military professional and expert instead.

John Stevens

Coupeville