Of course, you had to hear it from Fox to believe, right?

Titanium can start to pit and form crevasses when exposed to saltwater (sea water) and temperatures above 110C/230F, but outside of that combination, it boasts very high corrosion resistance!

No reason not to believe it. It could be that since the Yasen Class is very expensive, the Alfas may be the most cost effective route. They are not the most silent subs by any means, but can compensate for that with speed and diving depth.

From a cost perspective, it's a wonderful idea. The Alfa has already been designed, so it is more of just mode using the design that building an all new sub. You aren't going to be running into anything totally unexpected inn the design and are going to be able to fix a lot from the first time around.

Sounds to me like they’re only modernizing the design and not the boats themselves. These will be all new Alfas with modern tech on board.

This is the worst fucking idea that I’ve heard this week.

Like the moderate Mccain shook hands with who ate a human heart on camera a month later. Perfect example of how idiotic our foreign policy has become.

I wonder how many people I can execute per day to still qualify as a moderate to them?

So, what new thing is fucked up in the Middle East today?

That’s kind where I am too. Anything the Saudi’s don’t like is probably just fine for me (and for the US).

Yeah, this is a brilliant idea. None of them will end up in the hands of the Daesh.

This is a wonderful idea! Let’s arm to the teeth a bunch of extremist rebels and try to use them to destroy one of the only factions which has a chance of restoring the balance of power in Syria! What could possibly go wrong?!

Saudis will collapse, they are having their asses handed to them in Yemen as it is.

Hi Russia.

Please beat the shit out of saudi’s... They really deserve it.

Thanks, the World.

Well, we can file this one under “what could possibly go wrong?”

If this were to occur, how exactly Russia will react to their aircraft being fired upon, and even brought down en-masse by Sunni Arab state supplied MANPADS remains unclear.

I wonder if that guy in the first pic ever tried to load that water bottle by his foot instead of the rocket.

Well, this sure does sound familiar.

= house of zero brains