While we might hold back on using a nuclear weapon, you better believe a conventional ballistic missile attack on Guam or a carrier group would result in a massive conventional counterstrike against a major Chinese military target. Hainan Island is a pretty good candidate. And every PLAN ship in international waters…

Self-correct.

Our subs would only use passive sonar while shadowing.

They might even be trailing them with a Virginia or Seawolf Class. The best part is the Chinese probably know it but they can’t do anything about it.

They knew where the bombs were striking, they knew where the aircraft were likely coming from, and they probably had very spotty radar detection while the bomb bay doors were open. Nobody ever claimed the F-117 was invincible. It was just much, much harder to shoot down than non-stealthy aircraft.

A 4% scale model by early next year? Assuming full size would be roughly the same length as a C-5, that would mean a 10 foot long scale model. A small, capable team of engineers and fabricators could probably get that done in a couple of months if not less. With all the computer aided rapid prototyping technology I’m…

That’s a pretty standard cost for armoring VIP vehicles. If you want it totally concealed it can get much more expensive, and if you only care about protection against pistol rounds it can cost much less. To match the level of protection of the Oshkosh (excluding the mine resistant shape of the hull) it would cost…

Analogies to Napoleonic Era combat don’t really hold up well in the modern world. The great technology of the era was discipline and training, and the Continental Army was on a losing streak until a winter of training at Valley Forge.

You would think they would add arrows to indicate trends since they decided it was opposite day with the colors.

It’s a pretty sad attempt. But I’m guessing they used an unguided rocket because it’s launch location can be quickly vacated before a counter barrage.

The Chinese would be the primary objectors, and the Russians would object to an extent (they really have their hands too full in Ukraine to do much). Japan would be very agreeable but they can’t/won’t offer offensive military support.

Your analogy with Germany is pretty good. It’s also a good example of the benefits that could come from reunification. Germany is now by far the most dynamic economic power in Europe. A unified Korea won’t ever have the population to compete with China, but Korean industry tends to focus on high end products like…

Spot on. I would expect that kind of response from mechanics even if this was just a civil lawsuit. If this guy gets convicted it will lead to a criminal precedent.

So what alternative do you suggest? If the brake lines were that rusty then this car needed more in maintenance work than it was likely worth. If the old man had been denied an inspection sticker he would have found someone else to get it from.

I remember when it was the default airfield on Microsoft Flight Simulator 1995.

I grew up right across the river from Barksdale AFB. Those 8 TF-33s make a very distinctive whistle.

Exactly. It was much stronger than anyone anticipated.

This guy was a good friend and I don’t think he would have lied about it. It would have happened probably ten years ago.

You kid, but I know a former Coastie who was on a ship patrolling the Caribbean that intercepted a huge shipment of Columbian cocaine. The captain turned in all the cocaine except for one kilo, and he encouraged the crew to sample what they were seizing. Since none of them had ever encountered pure cocaine it was…

I remember reading somewhere that lace doilies are one of North Korea’s biggest exports (I’m being totally serious) and that most of them are made by workers in forced labor camps.