I agree with the idea that China can't weather any major economic instability. My wife (a business professor) is from China, and she says that the ruling elite are terrified of anything that will rock the boat. The whole justification for their one-party system is economic equality, which is a joke, considering the…

I think other countries have withheld payments from certain debt holders but I think there is a large enough market for US debt to make that a non issue. What isn't being considered here is that US debt may be a liability for the US government but it is an asset for the Chinese government. An asset that makes up a…

It's a paper dragon. If by some chance China is so utterly stupid as to actually attempt to invade another country the resulting sanctions will kick them back to an agrarian state. Everyone is so busy being afraid of what they might do, they forgot to ask what the consequences would be for them if they did. It would…

It would be interesting to see the draft of these new Super Cutters. I understand there are a lot of shallow water in the SE Asia seas where this thing is probably going.

Even during a peer-state conflict there will likely be probing events and sparing ahead of time on both sides. MALD has a 500 mile range and is heading one way and their job is to get shot down or at least survive as long as they can, especially as a stimulant for an IADS. Also, even MALD-J+networking is not some…

Yep, they are Sunni but you shouldn't take that as a character study on who Sunni Muslims are. They don't represent the Sunni sect around the world, and most followers of Sunni Islam openly despise ISIS.

Sunni, and pretty much the definition of lawful evil— they're templars or inquisitors who have gone so far that even AQ is like wtf?

You mean "Glorious Eastern Ukrainian Rebel Forces Not Associated With Mother Russia Come On We've Never Seen That Guy, You See, No Russian Flag In Arm, Ignore Russian Number Plate".

#corrections

We're a few billion dollars past being able to do a re-set and create a series of planes that meet the needs of their users (USAF, USN, and USMC) without trying to use a common airframe to meet those disparate needs. And the plane has a nice look to it. But...I hate that the big news here is that the plane actually…

Man, it's such a good-looking jet, you know? Regardless of anything else. You gotta hand it to 'em for the design. Really stunning.

Not mentioned: paddle boat was sitting in a hay field.

Forgive him, for he know not what he do.

I don't think the intent with a incursion via a sub would be an attempt to provoke in contrast to the air incursions (whose purpose seem to be to test and embarrass) - one purpose might be to service hidden material inherited from the Soviet times, alternative Sweden might be a low risk practice ground for later…

My money is on there being some undersea comms cables in that area that they either wanted to tap, or wanted to prove they could tap. It's been an open secret that both the Americans and Russians have the technology to do this in deep water.

I played a lot of WOT then a good amount of world of warplanes and I really prefer Warthunder

Seeing one of those poised overhead, waiting to kill me if I so much as poke my head out a window, would make me rethink my religious position in a big goddamn hurry.

Ugh poor guy. At least he made it out alive.

Things have changed though with the coming in from the cold of the PKK. No, the Turks are not cool with Kurdish nationalism, but they have engaged in rapprochement with the Kurds. They'd rather deal with the enemy that wants a clear objective outcome in the relationship than ISIL which wants a return to the 12th…

I think that by the time these suckas actually get to fire shots in anger, I will have learned more about this airframe than I have about the English language.

Chemtrails to coat ISIS in mind-controlling chemicals. Well played, Air Force.