Everything makes so much more sense after reading this.

Wrong. Gas turbines are lighter, quieter, and have more immediate torque availability compared to diesel. The only downsides are fuel efficiency and thermal signature. Gas turbines have more parts overall but less moving parts and from what I have heard are easier to repair in the field. In terms of raw performance…

Seriously? I don’t really know where to start...

Its not that the railroad is any harder to destroy (even though it is). A railroad can be repaired far quicker and cheaper than a naval demining operation can be conducted. One uses simple human labor and machines while the other requires highly trained professionals and very specialized equipment. Also, if you read…

What a stupid response...

They need more of this and they know it. For all intents and purposes China is an island nation. They know how quickly the USN could mine their major harbors and sea routes to force a ceasefire if something ever broke out over say, Taiwan or the South China Sea. Someone wrote a great article on how vulnerable they are…

And all thanks to your stupidity! :) How's your M4 treatin ya? Hopefully you got that tire pressure issue fixed.

That would be a waste of time, money, and intelligence assets considering our designs are far more advanced than theirs...

In a comment section full of stupid replies this one manages to stand out with its absurdity. Bravo.

1. Because they’re not as good.

Pretty sure the ones in that pic are SIGINT aircraft so a bunch of fancy electronics and some crew stations. Another version had a radome on top and was an early AWACS type plane.

No problem. Sorry for the short answer at first, wrote that from my phone unlike the full explanation.

It’s not.

Well to start the rebels definitely aren’t “ISIS affiliates.” They (the FSA) made an uncomfortable alliance with an *al Qaeda* affiliate in the al Nusra Front but this was born out of necessity during the stalemate of 2012-2013. Al Nusra with its foreign fighters and illicit funding was doing a better job than the FSA…

You got almost nothing right in that post but it's what a lot of other people who don't follow Syria closely believe. Not that far from the truth but still not correct.

Atlantic drilling will have no impact on oil prices in the short to medium term, that was purely a environmental issue for Obama. For any real relief on oil prices the Saudis have to cut production but they seem fine with squeezing out the US shale producers and putting a hurt on Tehran and Moscow.

The range for 2014 is V6 to ZL1 and the range for 2016 is I4 to SS. Those appear to be curb weights with full tanks of gas, the way C&D weighs them.

The most recently declassified war plans for a conflict with China (~1995) called for an amphibious invasion of southern China. Very few scenarios had an invasion of the mainland at all and obviously a lot has changed in regards to Chinese capabilities since then but I could envisage a scenario where marines land on…

I forgot about that and I’m kinda glad I did. What a fucking joke. Obviously just trying to prove their relevency at that period in time but I don’t think anyone was fooled by that ridiculous spectacle.

You are a moron. Your post was easily the most ridiculous in the entire thread next to TheHondaBro’s. It’s so stupid I figured I would be wasting my time by responding to it. Which is why I’m very surprised tallon took the time to respond that umm... thoroughly. Honestly he should have known he was responding to a…