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SERVICE GUARANTEES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62zu9CQj2_I
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Jan 13, 2020 04:53
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Yes, but what about ABM sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads?
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Jan 15, 2020 20:48
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joat mon posted:The sun is shining at the earth at 2700 Hiroshima nukes a second. "2700 Hiroshimas - not great, not terrible" - the ghost of Gen. Thomas S. Power
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Jan 15, 2020 21:13
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Yeah, if you want to hide a needle you can put in a big pile of hay. But if you REALLY want to hide it you can it put it in a big pile of other needles.
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Jan 28, 2020 00:34
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shame on an IGA posted:That's a totally different thing. Block heaters are about keeping the cold cold cylinder wall from sinking the heat of compression faster than the fuel vapors can reach their flash point. IIRC there's a OSHA or similar video somewhere breaking down an industrial accident at a refinery, involving hot sulfur-laden thick heavy crude oil eating through piping not designed for it and the workers not trained for that. Bad things happen. Obligatory cold war reference: the giant refinery firestorm that kicks off Red Storm Rising I guess
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Jan 28, 2020 18:24
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The accidental dense pack nuclear defense strategy!
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Jan 28, 2020 18:47
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Then what does Dyno Mutt mean?
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Jan 28, 2020 21:04
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I think if we're fair about it there's genuine concerns in these decisions too. Nobody is particularly enthused about sending out soldiers or pilots in some motorized packing crate with a gun bolted on it. Why not add some armor to it so they don't get turned into swiss cheese and die? Hey, this missile means they don't have to facetank a Soviet division at 100 meters (and die). You'll need a good non-jammable radar for that missile, here's this great one we developed so they don't die. Thing's getting heavier, needs a better engine, otherwise the OPFOR will get behind them and they'll die. etc. It's not all pork-barrel politics. Effectiveness, survival, and honest uncertainty about how future conflicts will be fought and what the project will need to fight in them are part of it too. edit: the Sgt. York of snipes
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Feb 13, 2020 01:28
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aphid_licker posted:A secretality incident The Demon Corpus
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Feb 22, 2020 20:55
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Liar, liar, Pantsir's on fire?
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standard.deviant posted:Underrated post  (Thanks to Cyrano or whoever changed the thread title too!) Anyway I wonder how many Su-24s Syria has left?
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Mar 2, 2020 05:25
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Caro planned his ops better than these clowns
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May 5, 2020 16:00
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smh they missed the chance to call it the Flow -B
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May 18, 2020 02:50
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aphid_licker posted:Host nation government has got to be thrilled at this show of confidence in their stability:  Getting a real  vibe from that Forbes drawing
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LRADIKAL posted:https://www.thedrive.com/news/33645/the-incredible-story-of-the-us-armys-earth-shaking-off-road-land-trains?utm_source=pocket-newtab It's more likely than you think! But you know what was also likely but never happened? NUCLEAR POWERED TRAINS  Goddammit it's been 70+ years A.T. where's our atomic Amtraks?
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May 30, 2020 07:03
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Memento posted:Patrick Tilley? Is that you? I had no idea who that was and now thanks to you I've got a new set of books to read!  MrChips posted:want to taste the forbidden spicy soup I've got some bad news for you from Dr. Schumann...
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We need to watch out for any countries having sudden drastic increases of new squash courts and giant-novelty-pencil lead factories.Captain von Trapp posted:Honeywell makes the HG9900 that claims to be good to 25 ug. Over a 30 minute flight time that should be something like 400 meters. Of course you need a good gravity model, a way to actually correct out the error you measured in flight, etc. Not something you can do in your back yard, but if you're a nation state that can scrape together a couple of billion dollars, sure. Easy - the missile can know where it is by knowing where it isn't, then subtracting the difference, which is the deviation. Then it can use that deviation to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't and, arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is.  Col. Grill R.I.P.
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Jun 12, 2020 03:45
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Pilots - B stands for Boring, A stands for lAme, F stands for Fsexy
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Cat Mattress posted:[...] the Mary Worth. If they make a stealth version called the Aldo Kelrast then all is forgiven!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L951UPDh_CU
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:Just found an amazing old documentary about ww1 air power. Notable highlights are discussions about manufacturing techniques and manufacturing flaws on specific planes presented by restorers at the smithsonian while they are rebuilding the planes. Do the modern pilots also get uncontrollable castor-oil induced diarrhea? I won't watch it if it doesn't have literal poopysuits. MY IMMERSION!
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Aug 3, 2020 17:37
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It's like if you made a model of the BR only out of spun sugar and then had a St. Bernard dog pant over it all day.
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Aug 30, 2020 03:53
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iirc the old cold war "seven days to the Rhine" style plans that were unearthed in Poland, Czechslovakia, etc. involved significant numbers of tac nukes to kick off the initial Warsaw Pact preemptive strike
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mlmp08 posted:Sometimes, there’s maybe not a whole lot going on. https://twitter.com/StevenBeynon/status/1325534280576098305
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Guys I'm beginning to think this whole "war" thing might be a bad idea!
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CarForumPoster posted:What would this thread even be about if not for the F-35, YF-23 and Avro Arrow dreaming debate? 
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Dec 1, 2020 19:20
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PCjr sidecar posted:Honk honk here comes a tenured engineering professor with Thoughts!  James Hogan didn't even have the tenured professor bit but that didn't stop him!
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Dec 2, 2020 19:28
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The Vancouver? Wiki says the Halifax classes all got modernized, and the Vancouver was refit at Seaspan Marine Corporation's Victoria Shipyards. But I don't know how you can tell one Halifax from another just on an overhead shot. edit: The frigates listed as homeported in CFB Esquimalt are: HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331), HMCS Regina (FFH 334), HMCS Calgary (FFH 335), HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338), and HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341). Could be any of those I guess? Neophyte fucked around with this message at 03:25 on Jan 2, 2021 |
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Jan 2, 2021 03:18
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Esquimalt Dock big (1925): An oddly soothing modern drone video that gives a better perspective of "big": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmuKTOmt0pw Looks pretty out there too
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Jan 2, 2021 03:39
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zoux posted:I don't mean what their doctrine is I mean can Macron unilaterally order a nuclear strike on the hated allemands and secure Alsace for all time *Gallic shrug*
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Jan 10, 2021 07:18
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priznat posted:The best representation of this was that episode of Better off Ted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqG1fX3ZaLQ
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Who wants an extremely 80's commercial for an amphibious plane? You do! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQgHYmsxpMg SEAWOLF Or maybe you just want to chill between cocaine runs to and from Miami? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64ae46XiV0g TURBO RENEGADE All taken from now-defunct Lake Aircraft page. Hey, it's up for sale (again) if you want to buy it! edit: dammit how do I shot mp4s, hang on edit2: fine YT it is Neophyte fucked around with this message at 01:03 on Apr 18, 2021 |
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Apr 18, 2021 00:25
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Ignoring the people who'd get squished for a moment, would it still be better for the plane to ditch in the sea vs on the beach? I assume you'd still choose the water, but maybe a flat sandy beach might descrease the chance of the plane nosing in and flipping? I dunno, I'm not a plane toucher.
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Apr 18, 2021 18:39
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either way you should land as you CFIT
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Apr 18, 2021 19:19
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BTW The Final Countdown is streaming for free on Tubi right now if people want to watch it.
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Jun 21, 2021 04:27
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I liked The War Game better than Threads edit: Internet Archive has it for free https://archive.org/details/TheWarGame_201405
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Nov 27, 2021 22:48
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iirc one of those Warsaw Pact battle scenarios they unearthed was one where they show a shitload of nuclear strikes all over western Europe, but France is completely untouched. edit: Seven Days to the River Rhine Neophyte fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Dec 13, 2021 |
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Mucus Maximus
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according to globalsecurity.orgquote:In 1980 Spain was not a member of NATO, but coordinated her defenses with some NATO countries by means of bilateral agreements. The primary mission of the Spanish navy was to help maintain sea control in three key areas: the Mediterranean west of the Balearic and Alboran Islands, the Straits of Gibraltar, and the Atlantic between Spain and the Canary Islands After the rapprochement between Spain and NATO, by the late 80s quote:By the end of the Cold War, the Spanish navy (Armada) was relatively large, ranking second in total tonnage, after the British navy, among European NATO nations in the late 1980s. Its ship inventory, although aging, was being upgraded through a construction and modernization program. The total strength of the navy in 1986 was 57,000 personnel,broken down as follows: 44,800 fleet and naval aviation personnel and 12,200 marines. As part of its personnel reorganization, its strength was reduced by 10,000 to 47,300 personnel, including marines, as of 1987. Of this number, about 34,000 were conscripts. Obligated service was 18 months. Basically they could secure the western Med, various ports along the coast, do good ASW patrols and was a serious regional force that was eventually transitioning to a stronger force that could hang with the USN and RN. They planned additional ships into the 90s including more expeditionary type forces, and additional DDGs, subs, frigates, and landing ships. The Soviet Union collapsed before this occurred.
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