Not really the Phoenix... What would be more ideal would be an AIM-120D mounted to the front of a RAM-jet/Scram jet or rocket propelled boost section. The problem is, when you’re queuing and calling missiles from 50+ miles behind you to strike a target that’s 100+ miles in front of you, it’s got to cover 150 miles in…

Not intending to flame, but I generally don’t like to refer to explosive payload as freedom. It’s death. If death is your idea of freedom, we have very different definitions. Is it necessary? Absolutely. But when you call a horrible necessity “freedom,” you give up all claim to your humanity. War is not glamorous, war…

Or go even bigger, with a stealthy super dirigible fly at 80,000 ft MSL, carrying the equivalent of a aircraft carrier's missiles and bombs.

The only issue I would see would be that the ‘common’ airframe could very easily be confused with a commercial liner...increasing the chance of an incursion with civilian airlines.

Now, now. It is, and has been, clear the destabilization of the ME by regime change in Iraq. This goes all the way back to the mistakes of GHW Bush in dealing with Iraq and Kuwait and further back to the US/UK sponsored coup that installed the Shah of Iran.

Pretty well done. Just want to point out that in the case of self-propelled artillery, not only is it designed as a support weapon (offensive capabilities only), if it’s a “howitzer”, it’s also designed to be fired over an arcing, parabolic trajectory, (i.e. — up in the air) whereas a “cannon” or “gun” usually means…

And fairly ironically given that Iraq had jack squat to do with 911. You know, other than providing a feeble excuse.

Despite what some people think 911 didn’t change the world the invasion of Iraq did. It opened a Pandora’s Box that can’t be contained

That was fantastic, thank you.

“I’m unclear on the finer differences between an APC, a Tank, and Mobile Armored Artillery.”

Same here, from north Carrollton. Gut wrenching day. I still have the Dallas Morning News from the day after. I can’t believe it was 13 years ago...

I was standing out in my back yard in North Texas that day 13 years ago and watched Columbia come in and break up. I’ve seen it a few times before and knew something was wrong. I ran back into the house and pulled up NASA-TV on the computer just in time to hear the seemingly endless “Columbia, comm check” over and…

Here we go again with the A10! It is 50 year old technology! Time for an upgrade!

Check this out; it’s the best Top Gun spoof this side of Hot Shots:

Shortly after 9/11, two jets passed over our warehouse in Atlanta at what I assume was supersonic speed. From inside our warehouse, which is essentially a large concrete box with a metal roof, you heard “BOOM-BOOOOOM!!!!!” followed by the roof and metal roll-up doors trying to shake themselves free from the rest of…

What a magnificent flying machine... too bad it’s used to kill the shit out of ppl

I don’t think the idea is to use it for sensors *instead of* bombs, but *in addition to*. In other words, as long as it’s in theater anyway....

The way they edited the video almost made it unwatchable. There were so many shots where I just wanted to watch what was going on not some repeating jumps cuts or whatever the hell that crap is called.

Wow. Movember must be an intense competition at Ellsworth.