Bwahahahahaha, looks like at the very end the TC loses his footing and eats shit down the hatch; the insult & injury are complete.

70,000 tons, no catapult & a dinosaur burner... just why?
That’s big enough to be a far better ship with those 2 attributes.
The United Kingdom makes me sad.

The HiBex from a plane wasn’t my idea, it’s in a series of historical fiction novels which would be ... I’m gonna say patently-offensive to the more-left leaning sensibilities of this board.

But it’s mature technology — 60's-era research.
It’s one of those things just waiting around for a proper use, again.

Replying to myself, there is 1 trump card in the future which will change everything:

Speed & altitude are the new stealth.

TFW you realize the Feminist Left is as puritanical as the Christian Right.

sniggering intensifies How’s it feel to be as puritanical as Mike Pence?

Not really shocking considering it abuts up to the Golan Heights.
Helping rebels out in that precise area essentially enlarges that buffer zone & enhances their security.

“What then?” Exactly. I have no clue, and it’s really regrettable to say this, but the best case scenario might be a repeat of our post-Gulf War situation.

What I’m imagining is Trump/whoever, divests ourselves of the Syrian / anti-ISIS fight, and... we go away and watch Assad massacre Kurds, just as we encouraged…

Not bad. Ideally IMO, it should be a word with word-like syllables.

PEBSEDS: Problem exists between steering wheel & driver’s seat.
Not quite as catchy as PEBKAC I admit... ideas on the definitive gear-head analogue to “problem exists between keyboard & chair?”

So the other day y’all posted this:

As a biker, if you want to be a gigantic cock, the rear view mirror makes a nice, soft target you can legitimately break.

Of course, it’s still categorically stupid to escalate the situation into what could end up you being railroaded off your bike into virtually anything at highway speeds.

Being in the right or…

This. The more-correct distinction is that the Assad regime simply views every opposition group as illegitimate, anti-regime rebels & terrorists, but not that they are all “ISIS.”

But in the vein of “the enemy of my enemy is a friend” there’s an odd relationship with ISIS. They view them as enemies of the Syrian regime…

One week does not a trend make, however in this case, you can in fact take that week and extrapolate Russia’s role in Syria since they become involved in the conflict.

How do you defend against a two-mile shot in the middle of battle?

The 30mm is IMO practically obsolete.

It was gunned up to be a genuine tank buster, and it was right up through the T-62. But even a 30mm cannon is a very, very small shell compared to tank armor. When the Warthog threat materialized, new Soviet MBT’s simply increased engine & turret top armor by ~10mm or so, and…

Mostly this isn’t news, cause unless we execute a warplan of “Moscow By Christmas” where in the world will we be fighting T-14's with such unbroken lines of sight as the Russian Steppe?

The best part was it brought out the best in the community.
He sowed reason & reaped it.
FA now sows partisan hand grenades... and reaps the same.

What exactly is recorded history for Phoenix?