There’s an easy way to save the A-10, though the service doesn’t have the balls for it. The Army just has to say it’s willing to take them (along with the appropriate share of the USAF’s personnel and operation & maintenance budget, of course). Then the USAF would fall all over itself to try to save the A-10. Can’t…

Dear Scrabble: K. THX. BAI.

Heavy armor isn’t going away, even in urban environments. The US used tanks heavily in engagements in Fallujah and Sadr City in Iraq; the Israelis used them in Gaza last summer. In counter-insurgency, where most folks don’t think of armor, the US used Abrams (USMC, in small quantities) and the Dutch and Canadians used…

Hope it goes well.

Sounds about right. Mordor was weird when he got there.

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And thus humans shall dream of one day owning electric sheep ...

Well, ‘cause getting the suction cup mount for a Garmin to stick to that curved canopy is really tough.

For Sale: Death Star. Lightly used.

25 Mile represent!

Historically not in most crew positions, but most of our new blast-resistant seats do have belts now. Not that you can get soldiers to use them ...

NOROMO! NOROMO!

Not a new thing. ENVGs, which combine thermal and image intensification technologies, have been fielded for a while. Heck, I think I first got to play with tech demonstration versions about ten years ago.

Looks like it will buff right out.

To Arvel!

Yep — I’d love one, but compared to my ‘06 S2000 (in the same, best color Laguna Blue Pearl), it would be a step back in performance. I don’t need a 500-hp stump-puller, but 260-300 hp in the BRZ might make me a buyer.

I have both; X-wing is even easier to pick up than Armada, takes less time to play, and is lower cost to get in to.

Yep. Beware the military-industrial-Congressional complex.

Given the current requirements leveraged on the Geographic Combatant Commands by the National Command Authority (via the National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy, and all of the real-world goings-on) a strong argument can be made that none of the services are large enough or well-resourced enough to meet…

Though the services are certainly at fault in procurement problems when it comes to setting requirements (though those requirements, in theory, are to meet the missions the military has been given), it’s important to note that that’s still under civilian control: