There isn’t an alternative, but mark my words, Assad won’t remain in power for a whole lot longer. It’ll also be Russia who initiates him stepping down, not the US.

Never. Especially now that your predictable lack of intelligence just made me $50 bucks. Don’t be sad. I’m proud of you. Why are you typing everything in bold? Is all caps next in line? I promise you, changing fonts and sizes won’t actually make anything you post more intelligent.

I need to remember that analogy. It’s the epitome of what goes on around here, and honestly it just gets consistently worse. I work for a company that does stuff like the Rand corporation, just on a smaller scale and more of a contract basis. Nevertheless, my office is packed with retired AF pilots, senior SOCOM/JSOC…

Thanks guy.

Are you really that stupid? I was thinking you’d been hiding. Glad to see you’re still posting hilarious idiocy...

It is basically. They still have one Akula in service (NATO name Typhoon) along with a few Oscars and a few Delta III and Delta IVs. Some of which are SSGNs, not SSBNs. That’s why they’re russian to get the Borei’s into service. They have three right now I believe. Even then, the Borei and Yasen both, while new, are…

The AIM-7 simply didn’t work. Had nothing to do with ROEs. Fighters in Vietnam routinely flew BARCAP, fighter sweeps, etc. They were given the green light to engage anything, very often without having to visually ID the aircraft. They were operating inside an assigned AOR that had been cleared of any friendlies.

What? First of all, Vietnam didn’t illustrate a single thing that hadn’t been learned thirty years before. Second of all, strategic bombing absolutely has it’s uses. Those same Vietnamese were dragged, kicking and screaming into negotiations simply because the Linebacker campaigns did have profound strategic results.

Like most of FAs commenters anymore, just point and laugh. Even base level understanding is trash here. 99% of commenters do t have any clue how to compare and contrast equipment, much less differing theories, standards and approaches so you get this moronic whining going “CIWS/Phalanx vs ballistic missiles? Our…

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Try the FN though. I really like them and buddies with similar ergonomics to you (smaller hands) love FN profiles specifically for how they fit in their grip. I think you may really dig it.

With ya 100%. I’m even less enthused with the Berretta 92 or 92FS. The Army, as I’m sure you know, switched to issuing them a few decades ago for supposedly, ease of use and magazine size. For a rear echelon, cherry LT that qualifies once a year and otherwise never shoots it, I suppose they’re fine. Everyone I knew…

Yeah don’t get me wrong, I don’t think they’re “bad” per se. I’ve just always had reliability issues with them in in really austere conditions. Issues that I haven’t had with even cheaper options like a Springfield XD. That said, I usually carried .40 cal or even .45 but never ever 9mms, which in Glock’s defense,…

How do you idiots turn this into yet another democrat vs republican pissing match?

Good article Tyler.

I had a PhD in destroying Glocks while banging them off of a wall while jumping compound walls in Iraq and other places. Always had issues keeping them perfect in austere environments.

Most military equipment has actually been EMP shielded for decades.

Absolutely. Sukhoi readily admits that the T-50 isn’t meant to be able to handle the Raptor on an even basis. The J-20 and J-31 are even less impressive. They’re more propaganda tool than capable 4+gen (much less 5th gen) airframe.

Yawn. Every sovereign country the U.S. has been in is guess what, still a sovereign country. 99% of the time the U.S. is in these places at the behest of the local government. Understanding a minute fraction of American policy would be a good start for you. But, understanding anything as opposed to just regurgitating…

American minds? I’ve lived and worked on almost every continent. The U.S. is far better at ruling their own borders than most of the world. Ever been to Africa? What about the Balkans? How about S. America or Eastern Europe? There’s a really interesting place called the Middle East.