Agiel Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) Edited January 17, 2018 by Agiel Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Chicago Tribune - US Soldiers revealing sensitive information by jogging An interactive map posted on the internet that shows the whereabouts of people who use fitness devices such as Fitbit also reveals highly sensitive information about the location and activities of soldiers at U.S. military bases, in what appears to be a major security oversight. ... "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 That's pretty much anyone who uses such apps. Hell, last time I checked, the default settings of Endomondo had your position tracked and marked on a map live. Combine this with a public account and recorded statistics and you know exactly when to abduct someone without anyone noticing it. Folks are crazy fearless about such tech. 1 "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Interesting article on a recent speech by US Marine Corps Commandant Neller: https://breakingdefense.com/2018/02/marines-need-submarines-commandant-neller-on-major-war/ "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraptor Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Supposedly 2x Russian 5th gen PAK FA/ Su57 (plus a Su27 family escort) on deployment in Syria. Which would be their first combat deployment. (Guy who took the photo definitely lives near HmeimemAB and has been proven correct before, but it's a pretty extraordinary claim without other evidence) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Interesting article on a recent speech by US Marine Corps Commandant Neller: https://breakingdefense.com/2018/02/marines-need-submarines-commandant-neller-on-major-war/ USMC wants to be a self contained service? 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraptor Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Supposedly 2x Russian 5th gen PAK FA/ Su57 (plus a Su27 family escort) on deployment in Syria. Which would be their first combat deployment. Looks like there are 4 Su57 there now. The first two are pretty much absolutely confirmed to be there (multiple pictures, video) and have (supposedly, there's still not even official confirmation they're there) already been used in combat. Seems the project is a lot more advanced than it was rumoured to be, most were skeptical about even 2 being deployed outside Russia let alone being combat ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarex Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 They are still missing the new engines, correct? "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraptor Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 So far as I am aware they're still using the Su35 engine rather than the new one. Who knows though, most of the information available on their readiness seems to have greatly underestimated it so I guess they could have rolled out the new engines on their first serial production run. Seems unlikely, but if you'd said a week ago that there would be 4 Su57 in Syria no one would have believed that either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agiel Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 New engines are not set to be implemented for quite a while. Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraptor Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Yeah, I'd be very surprised, but I- and pretty much every single expert who I've seen comment- was surprised by the deployment full stop and many seemed to be of the opinion that they could not be deployed since they couldn't even properly use their weapon systems yet. That blog isn't convincing in itself either: The VKS officially hopes to accept its newest fighter in 2017, and take delivery of five in late 2017 or 2018. That seems to have happened, more or less, and at least one prototype has the new engines fitted already. So it is possible, just very unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agiel Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 That blog isn't convincing in itself either: The VKS officially hopes to accept its newest fighter in 2017, and take delivery of five in late 2017 or 2018. That seems to have happened, more or less, and at least one prototype has the new engines fitted already. So it is possible, just very unlikely. I wouldn't be quick to jump the gun to say that we'll see those airframes involved in actual combat ops, or even weapons release, so the blog's assertion makes sense if those Su-57s are in-country for a short stint for further testing and trials. Keep in mind that it's only been 8 years since the PAK-FA's first flight, where it took 14 years from first flight of the F-22 to introduction and 12 for the F-35. Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smjjames Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Theres still the dress uniforms though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraptor Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Let's get back to designer soldier wear. Like, uh, Hugo Boss. There's a fairly strong correlation between looking stylish and losing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Amazing how one defeat undoes their reputation in all their past wars. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 That made me curious so I looked up France's war record. Good God they are a quarrelsome lot. The French/Franks/Gauls/etc. have been in a LOT of wars these last 4000 years! As for how good they were at it... win some lose some 1 "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 It's really only the 20th century that caused the French to have the bad rap militarily speaking. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Closing this for length. I'll let redtarting it up to Agiel. Wouldn't feel right otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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