Malcador Posted July 1, 2021 Posted July 1, 2021 The F-35 is the wonder weapon of our time. 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Gfted1 Posted July 1, 2021 Posted July 1, 2021 27 minutes ago, kanisatha said: Just saw this myself. People who like to whine about the F-35 (especially in the news media and in Congress) are idiots. Imo, the F-35 does have some legitimate growing pains, but I think those pains are specifically why the Swiss chose it: “In terms of effectiveness, the F-35A achieved the best result because ... it includes entirely new, extremely powerful and comprehensively networked systems for protecting and monitoring airspace,” the Federal Council stated. Once they work out the kinks it will truly reach its potential. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
kanisatha Posted July 1, 2021 Posted July 1, 2021 58 minutes ago, Gfted1 said: Imo, the F-35 does have some legitimate growing pains, but I think those pains are specifically why the Swiss chose it: “In terms of effectiveness, the F-35A achieved the best result because ... it includes entirely new, extremely powerful and comprehensively networked systems for protecting and monitoring airspace,” the Federal Council stated. Once they work out the kinks it will truly reach its potential. Yup, as any new revolutionary system has growing pains. For example, our first jet-powered aircraft.
ComradeYellow Posted July 6, 2021 Posted July 6, 2021 https://asiatimes.com/2021/07/tiny-terror-armys-new-smg-packs-a-compact-punch/ Army wants some subby action, after decades of hiatus, but mostly for security personnel.
Malcador Posted July 6, 2021 Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) MP7 wasn't considered ? I guess due to the ammunition, though. Edited July 6, 2021 by Malcador Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Gfted1 Posted July 6, 2021 Posted July 6, 2021 Ive always wanted a Tommy Gun. And a lever action 30-30. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Gorth Posted July 7, 2021 Posted July 7, 2021 Somehow that scope just looks completely out of place on that gun 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Gfted1 Posted July 8, 2021 Posted July 8, 2021 Warhead For Air Force's First Hypersonic Missile Tested For The First Time. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
ComradeYellow Posted July 9, 2021 Posted July 9, 2021 On 7/6/2021 at 5:44 PM, Malcador said: MP7 wasn't considered ? I guess due to the ammunition, though. Yeah leading ballistics experts are now claiming that 9mm on a 5.5 inch barrel is the perfect pistol/small arms round as far as low recoil and adequate penetration goes and the U.S. Army has always been pretty diligent on listening to experts so this decision doesn't surprise me in the least. 9mm has seen some advances over the years so you have a whole ton of ammo to choose from, from low velocity "assassin" rounds to ultra powerful Russian made Barnaul rounds. U.S. Army -again- goes with the pragmatic Winchester NATO rounds for 9mm sidearms and probably will for the subby as well. I've never been in the Army but I feel like I know and understand their decisions like the back of my hand lol.
Raithe Posted July 12, 2021 Posted July 12, 2021 Times - British soldier crashes into house as parachute fails during training exercise A British soldier has survived crashing through the roof of a house and landing in the kitchen after his parachute failed to deploy fully on a training exercise. He jumped out of a plane and fell more than 15,000 feet during a high-altitude-low-opening jump. They are used by special forces including the SAS and SBS to deploy troops in hostile environments. 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Gorth Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 54 minutes ago, Raithe said: Times - British soldier crashes into house as parachute fails during training exercise “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Azdeus Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 7 hours ago, Gorth said: I prefer the metal cover myself 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Gfted1 Posted July 14, 2021 Posted July 14, 2021 First Improved W88 Nuclear Warhead For Navy's Trident Missiles Rolls Off The Assembly Line. Here's Our Best Look Yet At The Navy's New Laser Dazzler System. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Guard Dog Posted July 17, 2021 Author Posted July 17, 2021 US Navy to honor John Lewis, That is very cool "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Gfted1 Posted July 19, 2021 Posted July 19, 2021 US carrier Ford conducts second shock trial, after technical failure halted earlier attempt. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
ShadySands Posted July 19, 2021 Posted July 19, 2021 If that wanted it to work then they shouldn't have named it Ford 1 Free games updated 3/4/21
Gromnir Posted July 19, 2021 Posted July 19, 2021 (edited) 32 minutes ago, ShadySands said: If that wanted it to work then they shouldn't have named it Ford 'course the obvious solution is to find somebody named subaru to run for President. HA! Good Fun! ps edit due to dyslexia... to is v. is to Edited July 19, 2021 by Gromnir 2 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Gfted1 Posted July 19, 2021 Posted July 19, 2021 Found On Road Dead 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Zoraptor Posted July 20, 2021 Posted July 20, 2021 Ah, the US equivalent of Fix It Again, Tony. Oddly enough there was a 'USS Subaru'. Subaru == Pleiades star group in Japanese, hence the car manufacturer's emblem.
Sarex Posted July 20, 2021 Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/07/19/russia-test-fires-tsirkon-hypersonic-cruise-missile-a74551 https://sputniknews.com/military/202107201083419335-russia-test-fires-s-500-missile-system-to-hit-high-speed-ballistic-target-ministry-says/ Edited July 20, 2021 by Sarex "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP
Sarex Posted July 20, 2021 Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) Putin announced a new Sukhoi jet call Checkmate... That is not pretentious at all... Edited July 20, 2021 by Sarex "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP
Sarex Posted July 21, 2021 Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) More on Checkmate. https://www.aviacionline.com/2021/07/sukhoi-checkmate-an-advanced-yet-affordable-match-for-the-f-35-lightning-ii/ Edited July 21, 2021 by Sarex 1 "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP
Raithe Posted July 21, 2021 Posted July 21, 2021 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Gromnir Posted July 21, 2021 Posted July 21, 2021 8 minutes ago, Raithe said: image am knowing war isn't a joke, but the wooden bomb thing is quixotic both extreme english and funny. HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Sarex Posted July 21, 2021 Posted July 21, 2021 We did that in 99 with fake mig-29s, the body was made of sheet metal so it would react to radar and the engines would be metal barrels in which they would burn wood to simulate the heat of the engines. Enough to say that the supply couldn't keep up with the demands and almost all of the decoys were destroyed while none of the real planes were hit. We also did that with tanks in Kosovo, it worked so well that NATO claimed 181 tanks, 317 armored transporters, 857 cannons and 600 militray vehicles were destroyed. When they visited the sites of "destruction" with the press it's fair to say they were pretty embarrassed. When the Serbian army was pulling out of Kosovo they had convoys with 250 tanks, 250 armored transporters and 600 cannons, which was pretty much everything that was deployed there. We should have sent the brits a couple of those fake tanks as souvenirs. "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP
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