Looked to me that he fell of because the whole thing was staged for the cameras.

Tank desant, Junior. Try to stay with the tour.

Yes, it is, and always will be, mainly because footsoldiers would rather ride than walk, but also because tanks need troops to support them, and carrying them along makes good sense.

My first thought was, "What a gigantic load of staged horseshit."

This, exactly, but with the addition that it would be like a nation of people who had only Fox to watch, much like China and Best Korea. It's amazing, really, that in Russia, nothing has changed in 100 years forever. There's still a tsar, and there are still plentiful boyars, and the peasants are still peasants,…

"They are Nazis."

Not sure where I read it (probably here), but supposedly the speed of their prop-tips is supersonic, and the interior of the planes is consequently hellishly loud.

That's just the acid kicking in. No worries.

Going with this. That was awesome.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_o…

"... but I have seen film of non nuke bombs dropped that caused similar clouds."

"But we also risk war if we do not."

Hey, now, I agree with pretty much everything else you've said, but don't be dissin' on drone strikes. One-shot kills are infinitely preferable to things like Dresden, and they do get the job done.

"Safari"

I think I see what you did there, and if so, I agree.

That would last about 30 seconds in the sky, and provides a harshly negative cost-to-gain ratio.

And thank you as well. Wonderful stuff.

Thank you so much for that. Simply brilliant.

This, really. Between Mr. Diaz and Mr. Rogoway, I have a never-ending (and easily more than a lifetime-) supply, and the biggest problem is in deciding between which ones to use on given days. Hhnnggg...