Unfortunately there isn’t much in the way of “official” documentation I’ve seen that implies anything about the reliability record of our carriers; mostly just word of mouth from people in the know. However, with some meticulous Google-fu, a savvy internet user should be able to find news articles that state problems…

Would love to see a video of an SR-71 refuel. I’ve read descriptions, and it sounds pretty hairy. The refueling port is aft of the cockpit, but for added fun the whole operation is carried out at the limits of both aircraft’s operating envelopes — tanker near its top speed, spyplane near its stall speed. It apparently…

When, in the last 3 decades, has military tension not been increasing?

Here’s one I took of the Midway

Good point on both Vietnam and Iraq - and neither of those valid points negates my point. The arrogant asses who wanted to subject SVN to Communist rule, in some cases the very same people, are now the ones bitching that the Chinese are doing the same to them. If we shouldn’t have intervened then, we shouldn’t be…

When the North wanted to impose their will on the South being a belligerent bully was all well and good. Now that they’re the ones being imposed on it’s not so fun anymore.

*Falklands. FTFY

Rand and Sanders.

Get a film crew, Chevy Chase and his “_____Vacation” crew together for that Norwegian Cruise Line visit.

Good point. We should just start sending every US flagged vessel near there. Hell let’s off load a Carnival ship full of annoying tourists on that reef of theirs.

I mean, technically the Chinese claim the entire South China Sea.

Terrible maneuverability though.

don’t give future president trump any ideas

Dude, you post history is littered with you calling other people names. You bring almost nothing to the discussions you choose to comment on. You see what I did there, that’s how to tell someone to fuck off on the Internet.

The Japanese are a nation of people. Not a belief. IS is not located only in Raqqa. The only way to win a war against IS is to have so the othe Islamic people condemn them and snuff them out. Only way to clean this up without further complications.

And your contribution to the discussion here and other threads is breathtaking. Well done sir! I hope to learn more from you soon......

Obama, the guy that had Osama killed and his dead carcass dropped into the ocean? The guy that is willing to kill bad guys with hellfires in so-called friendly countries? The guy that authorized the Stuxnet cyber attack on Iranian centrifuges?

Russia is protecting Assad, not so much fighting ISIS.

Growing up I was given a pellet gun. Figured out I could get the bullet to ricochet back towards us. Kept making them hit my brother.

Holy shit! He simultaneously unlucky and very lucky.