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Reminds me of this video I saw a while back of a B taking off followed by an M. It's almost unbelievable.
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Oh, there's no doubt that a carrier can be sunk. Especially in the Persian Gulf. Heck, they might even sink two of them if they were there. And that would probably be largest accomplishment the Iranian armed forces have ever made. Probably be the last, too.
Gun ammo is cheaper (unguided) and easier to manufacture, the ammo is smaller, lighter, and easier to handle. It's much easier to reload a gun (most have autoloaders now) than to re-stock a box launcher. Also, a single gun turrent can shoot as many shells as you have. With rockets you either use a box launcher with…
But the railgun needs a LOT of power and it won't necessarily install on existing Burke and Ticos.
AARP has a powerful and well funded lobby. That's why.
He won't face charges, but he's being forced to surrender his license, right?
Romania is still using upgraded MiG-21 Lancers (not for much longer though, they'll be using F-16MLUs in the very near future) and they have fully NATO compatible avionics and all sorts of upgrades: modern HUD and HOTAS, DASH, new radar, digital flight computer, new ECM, RWR etc. In terms of radar and other…
The whole purpose of this is that it's affordable. You're talking about a few hundred dollars for a ballistic projectile, or a few tens of thousands for one with terminal guidance, versus a few million for a cruise missile.
My sister's OBGYN told her very early on in pregnancy that she was welcome to set up her shots so certain ones are not all at once, but if she had any interest in not having her baby vaccinated at all, she would have to seek another doctor because he could not in good conscience be part of that. She didn't need him to…
To steal a quote from Jezebel I saw last night, if I can't send my kid anywhere with a PB&J sandwich for public health reasons, I shouldn't be allowed to send them anywhere without an MMRV.
He had a choice about joining the military. I concede and conceded that. And I also acknowledge that compassion for someone like him is extremely difficult and I understand that you haven't developed that for Mr. Kyle. I don't know if his mindset at the end of the war and during peacetime was a choice, though, and the…
He's a soldier. This is how he was trained to kill. This is how you dehumanize the enemy. These are the leftovers of the man after war.
Yeah, imagine a Iowa class equipped with 16 inch GPS guided shells similar to the Army's Excalibur. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.
You really have to admit it. The government got more than their monies worth with this plane.
Trust me they don't. Most actually carry some form of SiG or Glock, with a few H&Ks thrown in. You saw alot of 1911s in those guys' hands pre-GWOT. Largely because they were still in armories and most preferred it over the M9. But, for the past decade or so, 1911s are pretty rare. They're too big mainly. And, as…
That idea is so laughably insulated it's unreal. You know how a majority of the world's trade travels? By sea. If you have a Navy that can't protect shipping beyond 20 miles from your shore, and then the navy that you're leaning on for protection decides to leave, where does that leave you? At the mercy of anyone who…
It's more like this: Most in Europe see the US as the world police, but come calling for help when trouble stirs. Most in the US do NOT want to be the world police but has to A) because it has to as it is one of few remaining world superpowers and has the capability to do something when undesirable things happen... B)…
I was with the 101st ABN during Desert Storm.
When the ground war started, I was in the second Black Hawk to enter Iraq airspace. There where about 20 birds in our flight. We landed out in the middle of now where Iraq just after daylight.
Our birds dropped us and left to go get the rest of the division. At some point a…