Agiel
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Against a dU M-829A3 "Silver Bullet" sabot the turret of the poor thing would be sent flying all the way back to Kharkiv
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It may appeal to me if they were utilising information that was as exhaustive as this: http://www.steelbeasts.com/sbwiki/index.php/Main_Page#Technical_database http://www.scribd.com/doc/6032093/Armor-Basics http://www.kotsch88.de/autolader.htm
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Ah yes, fraternal love for all Russo-Baltic peoples... ...one headshot at a time. On a serious note, it would seem that the renewed impetus of neighbouring countries such as Sweden officially joining NATO was one of the second and third order things Putin hadn't really thought through with his recent escapades: http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140316/DEFREG01/303160008/Russian-Threat-Re-Energizes-Sweden-s-Push-Join-NATO-Boost-Spending
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Playing Steel Beasts this game seems to have precious little to offer to me beyond a more diverse selection of playable steeds. One of the things that form of game doesn't quite get down right is how a vehicle interacts in a combined arms environment as compared to Steel Beasts or DCS. For instance, the tank as a fighting platform did not come into its own until the problem of tactical mobility for the supporting infantry was resolved, embodied by the success of the Panzergrenadier concept of the Second World War. Will the game for instance model mechanised infantry dismounting from IFVs to secure an objective? If not then it's a serious misrepresentation of modern mechanised war of maneuver. Which isn't to say there's no place in the market for it, far from it insomuch as there are the Ace Combats of gaming to the Falcon 4.0s or the Warthunders to Il-2 Sturmovik.
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That's the one.
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I wouldn't be surprised given how they've been contracted to contribute art assets to another Russian MMO that I can't recall the name of off the top of my head.
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Number 1 for dogs is as much the case with cats as well. Good on them that number six are the same for both. Whenever I'm at home from uni and I go into my room when the cat is in his "fangs out" state I have to be on my guard with a spray bottle full of water.
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Well isn't this interesting? I guess people who have been waiting on a modern-day tank "simulator (use the term loosely if WoT and Warthunder are any indication)" without having to spend a *required* $100+ entry fee, exhaustively studying the ballistic tables of a 120mm DM-53 WHA penetrator fired from a Rheinmetall L/55 smoothbore, or brushing up on Field Manual 17-15 don't have to wait too much longer.
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+1 As I've said before, while Svobada certainly aren't the most agreeable folks the Russians who say, without irony, "Little Russia should be one with Big Russia again" or that "Europe is due to feel what it's like to have a Russian boot on their neck again" are no better. The Russian nationalists who are that quick to denounce the entire Euromaidan movement as "fascist" ought to look at themselves in the mirror sometime.
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I think how some Russians are so quick to denounce the entire pro-Ukrainian movement as "Fascists" to be a hilarious case of calling the kettle black given how many Russians think "Little Russia should be one with Big Russia again."
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Where's Scharfschütze? http://simonmenner.com/pages/Camouflage.htm
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Infrastructure is important for sustained operations, of which the campaign was successful in crippling. This is the essence of using air power as a maneuver element that embodied the AirLand battle concept; striking at command and control, logistics centers, bridges, and all the elements needed for high level operations. If Milosevics forces attempted to assemble in force to decisively defeat the KLA then they would have been hammered back to the Stoneage. He likely knew this situation was not sustainable and he soon sought a diplomatic out for his predicament.
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We shot down 2 of the invisible planes with the third unconfirmed, do you find it that strange that we shot down "regular planes" too. The only reason it even came to bombing Serbia is because America couldn't force our soldiers from Kosovo, ie. they were losing. Really sarcastic answer: Ah yes. Let us have a moment of silence... for the entire air force of two that were lost over Kosovo. Semi-sarcastic answer: If you imply "winning" on the part of the Serbs as cowering under camo nets and bridges then sure. Serious answer: Stealth *does not* mean "invisible." It simply reduces the distance of which an aircraft may be detected (probably <25nm, which thus means there are now giant gaps in what used to be a formidable air defense system. I will freely admit that the Stinkbug shootdown was as a result of poor planning when they had them fly the same ingresses to the target area as when you put a search and track radars directly in its path, you will eventually get a return. When they began to vary their IPs over Yugoslavia, the only evidence of the passing of F-117s was the destruction they wrought. The B-2 is an entirely different story. It's RCS is a fraction of that of the F-117 despite being three times bigger and a former Hungarian SA-2 operator and current SME has relayed to me that nothing short of the SA-10 has *any* chance against it. For the Serbs to make any meaningful incursion into Kosovo, it would have immediately tipped off the E-8 JSTARS and Rivet Joints that were flying overhead. After that, then they would have the second largest military in Serbia.
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China voting against secessionist movements, regardless of stripes, is largely consistent with their geopolitical outlook. For instance, they do not recognise the existence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia any more than they do Kosovo. If they vetoed it or claimed solidarity with Russia on the issue it would be calling the kettle black given their issues with Tibet, Taiwan, and the Uyhgurs (the same can be said about Spain, what with the Basque separatist movement). Also it's a misconception that China is in an alliance with Russia. Whatever co-operation and "understandings" between the two countries are at best tactical in nature (serving as strategic counterpoints to the west) and the two countries are in reality strategic rivals, particularly in Central Asia (I've heard it said that Russia's rearmament programs are as much about the Chinese as it is about NATO).
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260 km would be close to the 140 nautical mile range limit. Even with that kind of combat radius I doubt it would have enough playtime on station to justify the mission (it's powered by an engine from a snowmobile for Christ's sake). And to have a simple short-ranged observation UAV ferry from Germany to closer bases seems needlessly round-a-bout when bigger, better drones are more suitable.
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TSLRCM 1.8.3 AND M4-78EP PATCHED RELEASED!
Agiel replied to Hassat Hunter's topic in Star Wars: General Discussion
Arggghhh... just when I managed to get the widescreen thing working flawlessly. In any case, sterling work. Just bought it in Steam for the sake that in case I lose my old disc I always have the game. However, it remains about as crashy as I remembered it being. -
The MQ-5B only has a range of 140nm. In other words the claim is not only total bupkis, but very very poorly researched bupkis at that. And from the horse's mouth: http://rostec.ru/en/news/4416
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So America is lying, but Serbia isn't? And I did read your links (which mention 120+ shot down craft). And the links on those sites (which go into even higher numbers) Ah, I saw this figure before. When I decided to humour the guy who told me this and asked for his source, turned out it was from one of those Slavic Supremacist websites.
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Most aircraft we fly don't have to worry about trapping on a carrier:
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...and whatever fighters the Serbians dared to launch were swiftly put back into the ground: ...and one MiG-29 shot down by a "peace-loving" Dane no less. Some might find that to be absolutely embarrassing*. *Only jesting. Red Flag exercises have shown the Danes to be no jokes.
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She comes off as needlessly abrasive and confrontational while at the same time failing to bring anything new to the table. There's at least some modicum of merit to her cause, but however much there is it deserves someone better. If anything the /btard scum of 4chan have done more for her thesis than ten thousand of her videos ever could. I've been of the belief that the Anglo-American tradition of feminism has its roots in the moral guardians movement where the European sex-positive approach takes it cues from post-modernism which is why I found them far more palatable.
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Having kept my eyes on an upcoming gem from Ukraine, Cradle, for quite some time I was a bit distressed when the EuroMaidan protests took a violent turn and the developers were still on radio silence over the past couple of months. Thankfully, they've recently broke the silence on VKontakte (from my understanding a European answer to Facebook). I've plugged the post into Google translate and gotten something approximating comprehensibility: Original post from vkontakte: http://vk.com/cradlegame For now I'm just overwhelmed by the news that these fine folks have managed to stay safe through all the events over the past few weeks.
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In fairness, the F-22's flyaway costs would have been reined in as the program became more mature (as has been the case with the F-22's direct predecessors) and the USAF had gotten the at least 381 airframes they requested (as if Congress tried to put a finer point on the issue, they ordered production to halt at 183). It is rather unfortunate given that if it was decided that the United States military needed more F-22s, then restarting production would NOT be cheap, or easy. That would mean restarting factories and re-hiring subcontractors in as many as 44 states, and even after that was done it would take as long as three years for the first F-22 to roll off the assembly line. So it will be quite likely these 183 Raptors will be the last and only F-22s in existence. While the F-15s, F/A-18s, and F-35s that will fill out the ranks of the USAF and the Navy are still fine aircraft in their own rights, and contrary to hawkish scaremongering another open war between the great world powers isn't inevitable, or even likely, having more F-22s means the difference between parity or near-parity with their biggest rivals and the 8:1 kill ratios the American aviators traditionally enjoyed, and deterring its rivals from testing those 8:1 odds. Small comfort that as a result of the worldwide recession armaments programs of other countries boasting high-quality equipment has proven as restrictively expensive for the next biggest competitors as it has for the US military.
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Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. A great landing is one you can use the aircraft again.
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Loved that touch too.
