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priznat posted:But why does China need to build military fortresses I thought they were loved and welcomed by the populace with their gifts of infrastructure and no downsides whatsoever If securing your base means you’re unwelcome.... oh no.
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Xakura posted:They should really just get Don Rosa to draw those Don Rosa retired due to severe vision problems so probably not Seems like more of a Richard Scarry joint anyway but he’s dead
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mlmp08 posted:If securing your base means you’re unwelcome.... Yeah, I wouldn’t get too outraged/nervous about these unless they get really outrageous. US embassies/facilities in some of the less stable areas aren’t too far off from this image. Now, if they start putting in fortified artillery emplacements with alternate positions, tank traps, clearing Extended fields of fire, and building these out for mutual support, and I was the local government I would be very worried.
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May 21, 2020 22:29
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priznat posted:But why does China need to build military fortresses I thought they were loved and welcomed by the populace with their gifts of infrastructure and no downsides whatsoever Assuming you're american: turn on your monitor. Murgos posted:Yeah, I wouldn’t get too outraged/nervous about these unless they get really outrageous. US embassies/facilities in some of the less stable areas aren’t too far off from this image. US embassies are often buildings you'd think were over the top as a bad guy's fortress in a movie. Even in extremely friendly allied countries.
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May 21, 2020 23:05
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hobbesmaster posted:Assuming you're american: turn on your monitor. Kinda. The U.S. Embassy in London is a pretty, modern glass office building next to the River Thames. The U.S. Embassy in Iraq is a 104-acre facility that could be reasonably described as a fortress.
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May 21, 2020 23:18
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The US Embassy in Singapore looks kind of fort-like. Definitely imposing from the road.
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david_a posted:Don Rosa retired due to severe vision problems so probably not Murgos posted:If you want any clearer indication that Trump is not on our team he has been pushing to get us out of Open Skies since he took office. 
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ArmyGroup303 posted:Kinda. The U.S. Embassy in London is a pretty, modern glass office building next to the River Thames. With a loving moat, iirc.
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May 21, 2020 23:36
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hobbesmaster posted:Assuming you're american: turn on your monitor. I'm not, and was on several layers of irony even I can't unpack there. The embassy in Ottawa is like someone parked a battleship next to the Byward Market.
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drgitlin posted:With a loving moat, iirc. Looking on google maps it appears to be more of a water feature but it still appears to have a double wall. around it. https://goo.gl/maps/8TTkKM3ivhMiFPcb9
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hobbesmaster posted:Assuming you're american: turn on your monitor. The US Embassy in Ottawa definitely has a cage motif going on
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Crosspost from Aeronautical insanitye.pilot posted:Nothing I’ve ever seen in aviation is as cool or loud as a B1 taking off with full burners at night.
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Syrian Lannister posted:Crosspost from Aeronautical insanity The planes parked 1-2-4-5-3 in the front were briefly annoying. But quickly forgotten.
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Syrian Lannister posted:Crosspost from Aeronautical insanity Didn't know they still made RATO packs.
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Syrian Lannister posted:Crosspost from Aeronautical insanity I've said this before but that feeling in your stomach from something like a low and fast B-1 will stick with you for a long time. I'm sure it's less greatwhen it's daily but still, one of my favorite things. Mazz fucked around with this message at 02:16 on May 22, 2020 |
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Nebakenezzer posted:Trump has announced he's telling the Russians tomorrow (?) he's withdrawing from the open skies treaty The Russians played Donald like a kazoo.
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Arglebargle III posted:Didn't know they still made RATO packs. I got to see the c130 from the reserve base near us so a RATO takeoff for an airshow once when i was a kid and it was insane how quickly it gets a herc up
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Stravag posted:I got to see the c130 from the reserve base near us so a RATO takeoff for an airshow once when i was a kid and it was insane how quickly it gets a herc up Gonna miss Fat Albert too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWSultjYpSU
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Mazz posted:Some quick videos on the FFG(X) that cover things like why the 57mm and what Marinette is going to do to build them If that advanced ammo pans out, then 57mm was definitely the right move given rate of fire and ammo stowage. If.
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Syrian Lannister posted:Gonna miss Fat Albert too They ran out of those rockets years ago. Also, this discussion can't continue without a touch of Credible Sport. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSFjhWw4DNo
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May 22, 2020 03:32
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What up FoN flights are so a thing. https://twitter.com/kimaguregolf9/status/1263635611044294656?s=21
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May 22, 2020 04:01
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guess we're up to the "gently caress around and find out" part of international diplomacy
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Mazz posted:Yeah, you're either going to VLS via ASROCs or fly out w/ the MH-60R/MQ-8C, whatever is onboard. As mentioned above there are modern deck torpedo launchers around but no idea if the FFG(X) has them. I would assume every FFG will have a couple ASROCs in the loadout but they could possibly just forego that for more SAMs given the 32 tube limit and focus on ASW via helicopter and other assets like P-8s. Being that they are strike length 41s, I'm guessing you're going to see some tomahawks or SM-6s on there? Playing with CMANO you could fit: 2 ASROC 12 Tomahawks 12 SM2 BlkIIICs 28 ESSMIIs If you ditch the Tomahawks and carried 4 SM-6s for CEC and a few more ASROCs 4 ASROC 12 SM2 48 ESSMIIs 4 SM-6s or just 18 SM2s and 56 ESSMs. That would stay up a long rear end time in most CMANO scenarios so long as your helos could launch for subs. Having 16 NSMs is sooo much better than harpoons.
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Memento posted:guess we're up to the "gently caress around and find out" part of international diplomacy We do this every few weeks. Edit: We do it with ships every few months.
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priznat posted:I'm not, and was on several layers of irony even I can't unpack there. Ever been in the Vancouver consulate? Office tower on Pender Street from the outside, with constant escorts from armed security inside in a dark, dingey almost prison kind of environment. And then you talk to the embassy staff who are courteous and very pleasant to deal with. The contrast is disorienting. Nebakenezzer posted:The US Embassy in Ottawa definitely has a cage motif going on At a passing glance, the facade and tower combine to look like an abstract of Darth Vader's helmet and mask.
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Oh, right. Well then why is this one news-worthy, or thread-worthy? I thought this might have been a new development related to the Clear Skies treaty being abandoned.
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https://twitter.com/Ongaunited/status/1263004650149687296?s=19 B1s and Gripens in  That's a first btw. We've had 52s before.
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It's being formally abandoned, before there was a threat to abandon it.
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Hope the Russians send something cool to intercept, would be something new after all those videos of US fighter + Bear
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mlmp08 posted:What up The one weird trick Korean Air Lines wishes they knew.
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priznat posted:The embassy in Ottawa is like someone parked a battleship next to the Byward Market.  Mazz posted:I've said this before but that feeling in your stomach from something like a low and fast B-1 will stick with you for a long time. I'm sure it's less greatwhen it's daily but still, one of my favorite things. I could no-poo poo resolve rivets in the wings, is how low it was.
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I generally like atriums, but that looks more like a guard tower.
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Platystemon posted:The one weird trick Korean Air Lines wishes they knew. 
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Mazz posted:I've said this before but that feeling in your stomach from something like a low and fast B-1 will stick with you for a long time. I'm sure it's less greatwhen it's daily but still, one of my favorite things. I was one of ~70,000 people to get a B1 flyover at a football game a few years ago (It was the only good thing that happened that night). No other flyover I've witnessed has come close to just the pure awe of a B1. It was incredible.
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RandomPauI posted:I generally like atriums, but that looks more like a guard tower. It looks like an alien spaceship that crash landed and got turned into a building as a coverup
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MikeCrotch posted:It looks like an alien spaceship that crash landed and got turned into a building as a coverup From another angle, shot taken in 2009. 
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Ice Fist posted:I was one of ~70,000 people to get a B1 flyover at a football game a few years ago (It was the only good thing that happened that night). No other flyover I've witnessed has come close to just the pure awe of a B1. It was incredible. b2 flyover is wild and spooky
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piL posted:From another angle, shot taken in 2009. ha ha ha holy poo poo I just watched this, due to a discussion about the music in that show in another thread.
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