Wrong. Quite the opposite in fact. Brady will play in Game 1 because the NFLPA will get an injunction. The injunction will basically press pause on Brady’s suspension until the Federal courts make a decision. This is VERY standard procedure for cases of this type involving player’s associations. Which makes me wonder…

Here’s a link to the two police officers killed in retaliation to Turkey not fighting ISIL. The other 10 were from attacks on Turkish soldiers, in retaliation to the bombing campaign (somewhat justified). The most recent kidnapping victims were indeed released. AFTER, the bombing began. Although the PKK didn’t give a…

And yet even Barzani, a fellow Kurd, denounces the PKK. ISIL attacks a majority Kurdish border town in Turkey with a suicide bomber and kills 30. The PKK responds by killing 12 and kidnapping another 20 Turkish (non-kurd) citizens. Claiming it’s retaliation for the Turkish government not fighting ISIL on behalf of…

TIL that the AV-8B can perform a yawing maneuver during vertical takeoff. I had no idea they were capable of that. Where do they get the off-axis thrust from?

I was thinking the same thing. I get that it’s a military parade and they needed to make sure that the audience could see, but maybe wait till your at least a half mile from shore or something. I’m sure they could still see it from out there.

While giving the Jordanians these aircraft is certainly helpful from a military standpoint, I think the more important aspect of this deal is who’s involved. This type of Israeli-Jordanian cooperation is the type that’ll help solidify the region over time.

The Kurds aren’t labeled terrorists. The PKK is (and rightfully so). The article makes this distinction pretty clearly. It’s the same thing as labelling Hezbollah as a terrorist group vs labeling all Lebanese. .

While I appreciate the OPSEC warning, nothing that I’ve posted is remotely sensitive.

You probably misunderstood my post. I’ll leave it at that.

So did you get to a root cause of the failure? I’m guessing only one bolt failed initially and the others were merely sympathetic failures once the first went, but aren’t you concerned about what caused the first one to go?

A white flag. If you need more than the 90 (multiplied by the number of ships in the group), than you were never winning that war.

That’s because your thrust curves have to be different depending on the missiles need. For example, an Air-to-Air missile may need more thrust towards its end of run to make sure that evading aircraft doesn’t bleed the missile of all its speed through evasive maneuvers. With VLS based missiles, it’s all about getting…

Air Force and Navy AUR definitions are a bit different. In the Navy an AUR (like one that goes into a VLS) is hermetically sealed. That’s why they can stay unopened for well over a decade.

I personally have witnessed the tests at Indian Head on 35 and 40 year old motors that were cracked beyond belief. There performance was unaffected. As I stated earlier. It simply slid the pressure curve to the left. Which was coincidentally desirable for vertically launched munitions, especially ones that perform…

You let me know when that AGS starts hitting birds at 100nm.

Decades without a problem. The concern lies in the cracking of the solid rocket motor. The cracking inherently compromises the complex geometry of the cross section. That geometry is what gives the rocket it’s thrust curve. Below is an example. However, tests of VERY old rockets has shown that it doesn’t mean squat…

Does the fact that it reads “Trainer” also mean it’s not a real stinger, but rather, you know, a training system? Or does tracking trainer mean something totally different in Stinger terms?

I’ve always admired their ability to work with relatively limited budgets and tech (I know they are/were heavily subsidized by the US). It reminds me a bit of the US Marine Corps. Going to war with what ya got, and making sure you kick ass when you do (see the F-16I).

Except if you think it’s a Merkava, you might mistakenly think you’re safe at 10,000 yards (max engagement range of Israeli LAHAT tank rounds is 8,000 yards). Meanwhile, a salvo of NLOS Spike missiles are spooling up. Conversely, now that the secrets out, every Merkava must be presumed to have a 15 mile engagement…

You assume it’s steel. That could be some PVC, duct tape, and a few rattle cans.