...And not only is it ineffective, but Iran doesn’t really present a threat to eastern Europe anyway. It always kinda seemed like a dumb move.

Reminds me of a line from We Were Soldiers: “If they’re close enough to kill us, we’ll be close enough to kill them.”

That was never a realistic threat to any actual Russian attack. At best, it might’ve been able to down an accidental Russian launch.

Not even close to the same. Peaceful transit of territorial waters, if necessary, is legal. The US craft broke down (or inadvertently navigated) in territorial waters right off the coast of a major Iranian naval base.

Really, the only objectionable part was the video of the captain apologizing, but that’s hardly something to get one’s panties in a bunch about.

Well, you can blame them for helping create the modern conservative echo chamber.

Even if the comprehensive article weren't great enough, the headline was fantastic, Tyler.

I may be quite the Navy apologist but retiring the S-3 when they did was borderline inexcusable.

If there were any sense in the Pentagon, this graphic would include all the A-10s as well.

I literally saw that picture, and said, “Holy crap! Since when does Israel have a surface combatant that looks just like an Arleigh Burke??” then I thought to myself, “Wait...did Israel buy Arleigh Burkes and I missed it??” then I googled the Israeli Navy to check.

I’ve got Prime already, but it’s telling me this particular item is not Prime-eligible anyway

The only good thing out of this is the fact that the Russians’ name for their ICBM force, “Strategic Missile Troops”, is awesome.

Better than the MiG 1.44

Feeling pretty lucky to have gotten the chance to see her at Naval Base San Diego before she was shipped out.

“Sukhoi Clean Diesel for sale”

Well it’s only got 3 stars on Amazon, so Imma wait for the Pak-FA instead

The headline literally says “Trump gives props to” Un. There are literally zero ways to read Trump’s quote where the headline isn’t accurate. Whatever Trump actually means when you parse his words doesn’t make the headline inaccurate. This is not an evil leftist Gawker thing. These are Trump’s own words.

Someone in the IRGC really doesn’t want there to be peace between us. And as we know, the feeling is mutual among many in the US.

...if we weren’t there, the DPRK also would’ve reinvaded decades ago.

Given that North Korea is still flying 1950s-era MiG-15s (http://newslines.org/kim-jong-un/meets-female-mig-15-fighter-pilots/), soaring bombers only slightly newer over South Korea seems more than fitting.