A legitimate target in full scale war. in 1999, a Serbian TV station was bombed by NATO because it was being used for military communications.

These retrospective articles great! And the whole series about the Gulf War as well. More of that in the future, please!

That’s exactly the point - the motorsport today is as safe as it can be, but there will always be freak accidents that are beyond anyone’s ability to prevent or predict them. And the sizable number of high-profile deaths and serious accidents in recent years are a great proof of that. Wheldon, Simoncelli, Simonsen,…

I remember that 5-6 years ago there was a general consensus that racetracks are major cause to the lack of overtaking - long straight into a hairpin, making cars unable to follow each other closely through the corners.

I think that has also kept Williams alive, with their involvement in other racing series (from the BMW V12 LMR to the Audi R18's hybrid system) as well as various other high-tech stuff they are doing. On the other hand, I think that Red Bull will share the fate of Benetton when (and if) their parent company decides to…

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It’s the autopilot:

Man, I love this Gulf War anniversary articles. Keep em’ coming!

Rant is spot on. The lack of Sebring and PLM is mindboggling, while the lack of new manufacturers (Ford and Nissan aside) is more down to the car industry, although, it is puzzling why aren’t more manufacturers joining GTE - it’s a great promo and it doesn’t require them to know the hybrid technology black magic.

I agree about it being part of the F1's cyclic nature. That’s why it is great that McLaren got into a permanent road car business - they have a major source of revenue to sustain the entire company (alongside their other areas of work) when their racing efforts don’t produce any success.

But their engines came from Mercedes during the 2013 and 14 seasons, and their performance took a sudden drop after 2012 without any major changes in their engineering staff. And they have started running out of the sponsors’ money at the end of 2013.

I too have high hopes for the 2017, but to be honest, I completely gave up on WRC and I’m only going to restart following it if someone not named Sebastien takes the championship lead. The reason for that is the following:

Have you heard of something called the Cold war? In the 1993-95 period, the Navy had retired quite a lot of its ships, most of which have received substantial updates, simply because they weren’t needed any more and were costly to operate. Today, the Navy doesn’t need 15 carriers as in 91, and less carriers means that…

That’s called a “war”. Attacking the enemy doesn’t mean attacking only its troops, but the entire infrastructure that might support the war. Even in 99, a Serbian TV station was blow to bits after being used for military communications.

“If you want blood you got it”. It’s like blaming allies for all the dead Germans in the WW2. And US coalition was under a UN mandate, approved even by the Soviets.

The only reason for which the US and the rest of the coalition have helped is the fact that Saddam was controlling one of the world’s most important oil fields, and was ready to invade another one. If he had succeeded at invading Saudi Arabia, he would have controlled a sizable portion of the world’s oil production.

Well, these two locations as an example:

It’s weird, but this war was a substantial obsession of mine when for a whole year when I was in the high school; it being the most recent full-scale war. While others were reading about pop stars and athletes, I read a sizable portion of the Gulf War Air Power Survey.

Dakar - what should be the most unpredictable race in the world has produced the most predictable results in the recent years. Even the lady luck seems to have chosen its favorites.