Mr. Funny Pants posted:

One of the dipshit History channels recently ran a show trying to realistically guess what would happen during an alien invasion (how would they attack us, how could we fight back, etc.). One segment used that "nuclear airgun" as a means of taking out an orbiting mother ship.

I'm with the experts who figured we'd be completely wiped out before we knew we were being invaded.

Schindler's Fist posted:

That SADM article was what it was, but it also included a training film on arming and fusing the thing - scroll down, its on the right side. The author just recently got it FOIA'd. No launch codes or keys for the SADM, a single combination lock keeps idle hands away from a crude mechanical timer, and a switch.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/01/29/the_littlest_boy_cold_war_backpack_nuke

Neo Duckberg posted:

mlmp08 posted:

Our obsession with "no losses" is very specific to fixed-wing jets for reasons I can't quite understand.

Phanatic posted:

It was a really good movie the first time I saw it when it was called _Die Hard_.

Seriously, it tracks exactly. So bad.

Phanatic posted:

Best cheesy Cold War fiction I ever read was the first few books of the Guardians series. First one has this amazing set-piece battle between two armored cars and an AC-130 that's stuck on the ground. And it's actually really well written for airport-bookstore-level stuff. The scene where they're sitting under the White House and the bombs are falling is amazing. Later ones got ridiculous, and had actual magic and poo poo in them, but the first one at least is solid.

meatbag posted:

What does New Zealand offer that group that Australia doesnt? Seems odd that they get to be in Five Eyes.

Alaan posted:

Word is the pro-Russians found the flight recorder and are sending it Moscow to be examined.

holocaust bloopers posted:

"high altitude stall something something"

Akion posted:

So what's the odds that any of those Bears are actually armed?

Also, I kind of want to see them just ignore one just to gently caress with the Russians.

Propagandalf posted:

You don't want Pvt. Pyle Gen. Carey trying to announce the Dutch NATO officers score with two hot SVR broads at diplomatic events or planning meals for a defense chief's summit pissing off Tsar Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin to the point where he invades a potential NATO member sent most of his army on an all expenses paid Ukranian vacation.

Dead Reckoning posted:

Nonsense, the M2 APC is one of the most fearsome weapons we have. Use its superior speed to run over enemy infantry and exploit gaps in their defenses. Once inside their perimeter, unload engineers, take over their buildings, and sell them for cash. Watch out for Obelisks and massed rocket troopers.

razorscooter posted:

Panzeh posted:

I'm trying to think about some poor guy trying to fly a plane out of the M113's driver viewport and I can't help but laugh.

Frozen Horse posted:

Yeah, totally stupid idea. What next, suggesting that modified bicycles be used to transport food and ammunition through mountainous terrain?

wdarkk posted:

Combine that with the EATR and create a new found footage horror movie genre.

Mortabis posted:

ought ten posted:

Oh yeah, this is on a whole new level. At least Club K has some basis in reality in terms of logistics, operation and physics. Like PhotoKirk said, the new Death-O-Copter should basically go straight from the drawing board to a Toys R Us shelf.

Pimpmust posted:

It's interesting to think about "those guys down in the cave" now with the expansion of remote controlled drone warfare.

VikingSkull posted:

Yeah, we had a few retired guys who flew private poo poo like Citation II's come pick them up from our shop and they were like that, too. I think the cockiness only applies to the active jocks.

Glorgnole posted:

What's the weirdest thing you've heard?

Hauldren Collider posted:

That's all true for any aircraft. We're talking the costs to restart the raptor run. If we need more planes, and the choice is a new airframe or more raptors, do you seriously think the raptor would be more expensive than a clean sheet design?

Wild T posted:

When we did night fire on the M2 I couldn't even see the targets because those little IR blinky lights were lost in the bright white smudge of the raging grassfire from the tracers behind them.

Vindolanda posted:

The Victory is more than a match for a hypothetical ARA Cristina Kirchner, considering how poor Argentine funding, training and grasp of reality is.

Bacarruda posted:

Wibbleman posted:

More nuts was the American plan to put Japanese troops (likely the same IJA dudes that were there before) on the ground in the Korean war. Luckily they managed to refuse, cause that would have been a giagantic cluster gently caress.

B4Ctom1 posted:

drat. Even with a few small bombs. They could have bombed NYC in a one way trip.

Or even something more harmful, like doped up paratroopers with MG42's parachuting into times square.

Psion posted:

because F-16s with the CFTs look ugly

Phanatic posted:

Building a plane that does nothing but BVR isn't such a great idea when most times the ROE prohibit BVR engagement.

Insane Totoro posted:

Just strap some AMRAAMs on top of the rotating radar dish and you're good to go for awesome recruiting videos

hepatizon posted:

By "compliant" I mean these tests involve trivial targets under trivial conditions. Low altitude makes the test easy because the beam is less attenuated. Also, the drone was a ScanEagle, which is too tiny to carry weapons. Also the pilot makes no attempt to maneuver. It's a turkey shoot.

I really don't get why shooting down a drone would impress anyone -- they could have done that in the 80s.

Micr0chiP posted:

From the Russian.jpeg thread, some SU-27(?) action.

Wingnut Ninja posted:

Wow, that's... actually pretty sad, then. I would have figured they'd be focusing on the areas where LO makes a big difference, like strike and OCA, but hey, let's just ask for everything at once.




Surprised they don't have cargo transport on there as well. Gotta keep those austere FOBs resupplied!

iyaayas01 posted:

Until someone sees Wingnut Ninja's post about cargo transport and decides to rig up EXINT pods on it.

OhYeah posted:

Is it just me or have they tried to needlessly hypercharge documentaries in the last 10-15 years to grip the viewer? It's like we are all supposed to have ADHD.