judging at how you play and what your country looks like without a spy op, i'd say you don't have much indy tech and thats why you're not growing. dont need too many jets to bottomfeed, sell off those jets, and put production on 100% turrets. explore to 9k acres, before you start grabbing again, and dont retal using special attacks because that reduces your DRs and makes you farmable again. Just take hits, and ignore them and grow until you have the power to strike back. once you have a good indy tech level (150% min), store turns and put production on 100% jets to do a couple of good topfeeds/retals. i'd keep 4-5m turrets until you have good tech, then switch to 3:2 jet:turret ratio for gaining on these top guys.