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Are F-16s not acceptably good as air to air fighters?
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# ? May 6, 2014 02:39 |
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 08:44 |
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For now, sure. They're not as good as F-15s or Super Hornets, but they're still better than most potential adversary fighters. The problem is they're 30+ years old, and at what point do you stop buying a blend of old/newish tech on a maxed-out airframe?
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# ? May 6, 2014 02:42 |
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m-m-monster kill
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# ? May 6, 2014 02:49 |
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CAW CAW CAW CAW
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# ? May 6, 2014 03:01 |
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:CAW CAW
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# ? May 6, 2014 03:04 |
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Reverand maynard posted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnHNrUCi1Jw
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# ? May 6, 2014 03:23 |
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It turns out we aren't the only ones who can't figure out INFOSEC. Putin's Human Rights Council Accidentally Posts Real Crimean Election Results; Only 15% Voted For Annexation Forbes posted:The website of the “President of Russia’s Council on Civil Society and Human Rights” posted a blog that was quickly taken down as if it were toxic radioactive waste. According to the Council’s report about the March referendum to annex Crimea, the turnout was a maximum 30%. And of these, only half voted for annexation – meaning only 15 percent of Crimean citizens voted for annexation. Forbes posted:To make sure no one misses this: I, for one, am shocked that our good friend Russian friends may have been less than honest on this one.
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# ? May 6, 2014 04:20 |
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We had an airshow this weekend, and a dude in a biplane crashed and died. He's a veteran stunt pilot from the local area. Our poor OG/CC had to give a bunch of interviews on the news. Pretty glad I wasn't working yesterday. Despite being a fairly minor crash, it's been pretty goddamn busy all day. But then the news played clips of Slav death and my raging erection made me forget about that.
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# ? May 6, 2014 04:25 |
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Slav Death Erection would make for a sweet username.
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# ? May 6, 2014 05:51 |
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Derek Dominoe posted:It turns out we aren't the only ones who can't figure out INFOSEC. So they have what legitimacy left again? ...and yet I know people will still slob that Russian knob. I'll put my chips on 'False Flag' operation claims.
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# ? May 6, 2014 16:15 |
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SumYungGui posted:So they have what legitimacy left again? It All Belongs To Mother Russia? But seriously, a lot of people are still trapped in the "sphere of influence" "Russia's back yard" line of thinking where they confuse 'Can' with 'has the right to'. Then again whether you accept the annexation because you think it is legitimate or because no one wants a land war with Russia really doesn't matter all that much to Putin. Has anyone posted on Boko Haram kidnapping 200 schoolgirls and intending to sell them into slavery? Seems like a decent candidate for the west riding to the rescue and getting us stuck in another quagmire.
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# ? May 6, 2014 16:50 |
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Courthouse posted:It All Belongs To Mother Russia? It's in Africa isn't it? Noone gives a poo poo about Africa.
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# ? May 6, 2014 16:53 |
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Courthouse posted:Has anyone posted on Boko Haram kidnapping 200 schoolgirls and intending to sell them into slavery? Seems like a decent candidate for the west riding to the rescue and getting us stuck in another quagmire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKjprq67kYI
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# ? May 6, 2014 17:10 |
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Speaking of infosec http://thediplomat.com/2014/05/china-reveals-online-spy-ring-targeting-its-military/ quote:The reports said that one suspect, identified only by his surname, Li, has already been sentenced to 10 years in prison for providing Feige with highly classified and classified documents. Li was accused of passing along information from China’s internal military publications, as well as carrying out in-person surveillance of military bases in Guangdong province. He transferred pictures of the military bases, including of military equipment installations to Feige. Also the chinese have their own m0t: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/10808719/China-plans-for-North-Korean-regime-collapse-leaked.html quote:Documents drawn up by planners from China’s People’s Liberation Army that were leaked to Japanese media include proposals for detaining key North Korean leaders and the creation of refugee camps on the Chinese side of the frontier in the event of an outbreak of civil unrest in the secretive state.
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# ? May 6, 2014 17:15 |
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-Anders posted:It's in Africa isn't it? Noone gives a poo poo about Africa. Except Benghazi. rip
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# ? May 6, 2014 17:55 |
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Courthouse posted:Has anyone posted on Boko Haram kidnapping 200 schoolgirls and intending to sell them into slavery? Seems like a decent candidate for the west riding to the rescue and getting us stuck in another quagmire. maybe if the kids were white or if whatever country this is used to be a french colony
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# ? May 6, 2014 18:15 |
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scroogle nmaps posted:Except Benghazi. rip Yeah but that's North Africa. Nobody gives a poo poo about that continent unless it's on the Mediterranean
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# ? May 6, 2014 18:25 |
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friend of the family DEATH TURBO posted:maybe if the kids were white or if whatever country this is used to be a french colony Well the schoolgirls are christian, and the kidnappers are muslim, does that count?
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# ? May 6, 2014 18:56 |
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Courthouse posted:Well the schoolgirls are christian, and the kidnappers are muslim, does that count? I spared them a sympathetic thought and a hope that they can find a way to escape which is probably about as much as anyone, anywhere is going to do.
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# ? May 6, 2014 19:03 |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...a93b_story.htmlquote:The months-long effort to dismantle Syria’s chemical weapons program has ground to a halt because Syria is holding on to 27 tons of sarin precursor chemicals as leverage in a dispute with the international community over the future of facilities used to store the deadly agents, according to U.S. officials. That last statement definitely falls under the "things made less believable for having been said aloud" category. Also note those 'lingering questions about additional undeclared stockpiles' are non-trivial. There's also a bunch of stuff about the apparently increasing use of chlorine, with Assad showing zero fucks given about international consequences, which leads to: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/10809186/West-fears-Iran-is-supplying-chlorine-bombs-to-Syria.html quote:Western security officials are investigating allegations that Iran supplied Chinese-made bombs filled with chlorine gas to the Syrian regime after satellite images emerged of a Syrian supply flight at Tehran’s main airport. That would of course have been funded with all that new cash from loosened sanctions.
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# ? May 6, 2014 19:38 |
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Courthouse posted:Well the schoolgirls are christian, and the kidnappers are muslim, does that count? sure they are christian but are they white we only like our kind of christian
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# ? May 6, 2014 21:09 |
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Apparently a team of commandos already got sent. Good luck to them.
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# ? May 6, 2014 23:29 |
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MRC48B posted:Apparently a team of commandos already got sent. Good luck to them. quote:“Obviously it’s a heartbreaking situation, outrageous situation,” President Barack Obama told ABC on Tuesday. “We’ve already sent in a team to Nigeria – they’ve accepted our help through a combination of military, law enforcement, and other agencies who are going in, trying to identify where in fact these girls might be and provide them help,” he added. We've already sent a team, and the Nigerians have accepted our help, but we don't know how big the team will be (future tense) and we can't say if they've accepted our help. Also we're not considering sending military resources except the military resources we're sending. There is amazingly almost nothing in this article that isn't doublespeak.
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# ? May 7, 2014 00:38 |
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Snowdens Secret posted:We've already sent a team, and the Nigerians have accepted our help, but we don't know how big the team will be (future tense) and we can't say if they've accepted our help. Also we're not considering sending military resources except the military resources we're sending. There is amazingly almost nothing in this article that isn't doublespeak. It's almost like misinformation is an important facet in counter terror operations
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# ? May 7, 2014 00:39 |
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There's misinformation and then there's gibberish. I suspect it's bad writing, the president's statement was probably edited in as an update after the rest of the article was written, and the last bit is Carney just using his usual imprecision.
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# ? May 7, 2014 00:44 |
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scroogle nmaps posted:Except Benghazi. rip Meh. Even then our response was less then enthusiastic. A few weeks of "THE THING IS BAD" on CNN, then right back into the usual news cycle. Did we ever find out who was responsible?
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# ? May 7, 2014 02:20 |
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Gonna guess it wasn't that guy with the youtube video.
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# ? May 7, 2014 02:49 |
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BigDave posted:
Probably someone who was mad at Goon Fleet
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# ? May 7, 2014 03:06 |
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Booblord Zagats posted:Probably someone who was mad at Goon Fleet Another reason for Congress to ban all videogames.
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# ? May 7, 2014 03:13 |
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Intel5 posted:Slav Death Erection would make for a sweet username. I can't wait for Dimitri Dangerfield, would make a sweetass username/av combo.
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# ? May 7, 2014 04:31 |
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BigDave posted:Meh. Even then our response was less then enthusiastic. A few weeks of "THE THING IS BAD" on CNN, then right back into the usual news cycle. You should check the news :v
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# ? May 8, 2014 19:37 |
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/08/dover-air-force-base-lockdown/8852129/ Looks like someone's shooting up Dover because as is AF tradition, they just can't let the Army keep something to themselves
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# ? May 8, 2014 19:43 |
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Booblord Zagats posted:http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/08/dover-air-force-base-lockdown/8852129/ tbh, we should just fold them back into the Army. Bring back the USAAF and then hold both services to a stricter fitness standard b/c push-ups at dawn will save America.
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# ? May 8, 2014 20:03 |
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Zeroisanumber posted:tbh, we should just fold them back into the Army. Bring back the USAAF and then hold both services to a stricter fitness standard b/c push-ups at dawn will save America. I'm a firm believer in rolling the Air Force back under the Army's CoC and putting the Marines back to being fully under the Navy's thumb
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# ? May 8, 2014 20:08 |
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Booblord Zagats posted:I'm a firm believer in rolling the Air Force back under the Army's CoC and putting the Marines back to being fully under the Navy's thumb Fleet does the flyin', Mobile Infantry does the dyin'.
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# ? May 8, 2014 20:50 |
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Mad Dragon posted:Fleet does the flyin', Mobile Infantry does the dyin'. Least you get flown to your death by a hot bald chick.
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# ? May 8, 2014 21:38 |
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:Least you get flown to your death by a hot bald chick. I'd be down for fighting bugs for 20 minutes with dizzy
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# ? May 8, 2014 22:36 |
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Booblord Zagats posted:http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/08/dover-air-force-base-lockdown/8852129/ As usual, perception does not match reality in the Air Force and hallucinations lead to pointless reactions.
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# ? May 9, 2014 00:37 |
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I'm not sure if RIA Novosti should go here or the propaganda thread, but just in case: http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20140507/189649212/OPINION-Russia-Could-Station-Missiles-in-Europe-in-Response-to.html quote:MOSCOW, May 7 (RIA Novosti) – Russia could deploy short-range Iskander missiles in the country’s westernmost Kaliningrad region if NATO decides to strengthen its military presence in Eastern Europe, Lt. Gen. Yevgeny Buzhinsky told RIA Novosti. I'm fairly sure that would be a treaty violation but like that's going to slow anyone down these days
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# ? May 9, 2014 00:58 |
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Snowdens Secret posted:I'm not sure if RIA Novosti should go here or the propaganda thread, but just in case: the nuclear apocalypse is upon us
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# ? May 9, 2014 01:02 |