Agiel Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 For those who think the real fun starts at 20mm. A good friend of mine in the Command community on the supposed waste of taxpayer money that was the F-4 Phantom: https://coilerscreativecorner.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/in-defense-of-the-f-4/ James Acton's Reddit AMA on nuclear non-proliferation, specifically the recent Iran deal. https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/3gggfv/i_am_james_acton_a_nuclear_policy_wonk_im/ 24 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 Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete."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...
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Monte Carlo Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 War on the Rocks is a favourite site of mine, here's a groovy little article on urban warfare... http://warontherocks.com/2015/08/warchives-urban-warfare-back-in-the-day/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 War in Space May Be Closer Than Ever. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obyknven Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Russia so stronk! Fap-fap-fap. http://youtu.be/8WA1rP5WGfY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obyknven Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 City fight. East Ukrainian militia do it right (tank + APC duet during extermination of Kievan troops in Debaltsevo pocket). http://youtu.be/xv7ySd5m6PY Wrong tactics. Syrians massively use tanks in city fights because of infantry cowardice. http://youtu.be/VHOWPdnsjCw Meanwhile in ISIS. Abrams exploded after Kornet frontal hit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M133_Kornet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obyknven Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 http://youtu.be/IRaDFwGNrk4 http://youtu.be/iERrZWORROo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agiel Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 F/A-18 integration tests for Lockheed Martin's LRASM to begin: http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvHlW1h_0XQ 1 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...
Agiel Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 1 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...
Agiel Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 "Dragon Lady" at 60: http://aviationweek.com/defense/lockheed-martins-dragon-lady-60#slide-0-field_images-1346411 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...
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s13ep Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 This image has meaning to me; in a schizophrenic episode I had, Xi and Un were in a relationship just like this... King of Kings Lord of Lords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/08/22/3-americans-praised-subduing-gunman-european-train/32190515/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgcc5V9Hu3g 2 "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agiel Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 The initial report said they were Marines, though I suppose this makes it even more humiliating for Dae'esh; they couldn't hold their own against an enlisted man from the cushiest service and a reservist. 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...
Gromnir Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 we got a friend, an older gentleman, who were an airman during the early 60s. was stationed at nouasseur air base and was a radio operator. the thing is, he never actual did anything with radios. nope, he was part o' the camp's football team and he were a lifeguard. our friend's military service were spent in casablanca, playing ball and swimming. am not sure why, but we never had considered that the military needs lifeguards. go figure. 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 If anything, Airman Stone certainly put his training as a medical technician (medic), football player, and jiu-jitsu practitioner all to good use. Hell, he probably saved the dude's life who got hit in the neck when he immediately applied first aid after subduing the gunman. 1 "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obyknven Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Western propaganda detected. IRL... BREAKING NEWS! China PLA troops head to North Korea (DPRK) border as North-South tensions mountThe People's Liberation Army has sent troops to China's border with North Korea as escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula have pushed North and South to the brink of possible war. The Hong Kong-based Oriental Daily reported Saturday that internet users have been uploading photos of what appear to be PLA armored vehicles and tanks passing through the streets of Yanji, the seat of the Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture in eastern Jilin province. The city, considered a key transport and trade hub between China and the DPRK, is less than 30 kilometers from the 1,400-kilometer border. The military deployment is believed to reflect how seriously Beijing considers the the current standoff between North and South Korea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obyknven Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Meanwhile in Far East Russia and China have started the second phase of joint naval exercises from August 20-28 under the name of “Joint-Sea 2015 (II).”The exercises will be held in Peter the Great Bay, near the Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok and in the Sea of Japan.The main subject of the exercises will be “working out the joint protection of the sea and joint amphibious operations.” In light of the event there will also be open and vibrant cultural and sports activities to promote exchanges between the military vessels of the two countries.Taking part in the drills from both sides are 23 warships, 2 submarines, 20 aircraft, 15 aircrafts, 8 helicopters, more than 400 marines and 40 armored vehicles.This is the fourth joint naval drills between Russia and China. The drills “Joint-Sea 2015” have distinct features such as the fact that these drills will last for 10 days, making them the lengthiest exercises in the past 4 years. Meanwhile in Japan - Murican military base has been exploded. http://youtu.be/W9F0MZEHq-M It's looks like war in Pacific must be started soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agiel Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 (edited) Meanwhile in Japan - Murican military base has been exploded. http://youtu.be/W9F0MZEHq-M It's looks like war in Pacific must be started soon. Yeah, I guess they're the only ones with problems in the Far East... oh, wait.* *Plug into Google Translate. Roughly, SS-N-18 Mod 1 Stingray liquid oxidizer leak accident in the process of removing from Delta III SSBN docked on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Edited August 25, 2015 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...
HoonDing Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obyknven Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Yemenites burn two Saud's M1A2 by ancient (70s) Soviet anti-tank missiles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9K111_Fagot http://youtu.be/a2GR-g9777k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte Carlo Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) What's the hourly rate in your troll factory, Oby? I bet it's peanuts, what with the rouble tanking an' all. Edit http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-number-of-russian-troops-killed-or-injured-fighting-in-ukraine-seems-to-have-been-accidentally-published-10472603.html Edited August 27, 2015 by Monte Carlo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obyknven Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 What's the hourly rate in your troll factory, Oby? I bet it's peanuts, what with the rouble tanking an' all. Edit http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-number-of-russian-troops-killed-or-injured-fighting-in-ukraine-seems-to-have-been-accidentally-published-10472603.html brainwashing propaganda so brainwashed. Quote from source of info Business Life (Delovaya Zhizn) reports on markets, finance, entrepreneurship, finance, and leisure, scarcely an outlet for sensational information. Its innocuously entitled “Increases in Pay for Military in 2015,” however, reveals what appear to be official figures on the number of Russian soldiers killed or made invalids “in eastern Ukraine.” moar about source of info http://who.is/whois/http://bs-life.ru domain: BS-LIFE.RUnserver: ns1.sprinthost.ru. nserver: ns2.sprinthost.ru. state: REGISTERED, DELEGATED, VERIFIED person: Private Person registrar: REGRU-RU admin-contact: http://www.reg.ru/whois/admin_contact created: 2011.11.28 paid-till: 2015.11.28 free-date: 2015.12.29 source: TCI Last updated on 2015.08.29 09:31:34 MSK Some anonymous (cite registered to unknown private person ) say about own fantasies in iNternets, then Western media copypast this as "official info" lol . Monty you are too naive boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obyknven Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 While Murika try find imaginary Russian troops in Ukraine... Russian expeditionary corps suddenly appeared in Syria! http://youtu.be/IK0m9a6JJ80 http://spioenkop.blogspot.ru/2015/08/new-evidence-proves-russian-military.html A translation from 2:03 to 2:30 of the video is provided below:2:03: ''Давай!'' - Give me/Come on!2:06: ''Бросай!'' - Throw!2:10: "Ещё раз! Ещё давай!'' - Once again! Do it again!2:30: "Павлин, павлин, мы выходим" - Pea****, Pea**** [callsign], we are moving out. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4696268,00.html Russian fighter pilots are expected to begin arriving in Syria in the coming days, and will fly their Russian air force fighter jets and attack helicopters against ISIS and rebel-aligned targets within the failing state.According to Western diplomats, a Russian expeditionary force has already arrived in Syria and set up camp in an Assad-controlled airbase. The base is said to be in area surrounding Damascus, and will serve, for all intents and purposes, as a Russian forward operating base.In the coming weeks thousands of Russian military personnel are set to touch down in Syria, including advisors, instructors, logistics personnel, technical personnel, members of the aerial protection division, and the pilots who will operate the aircraft. Best news evar. Many pro-west terrorists flee from Russia into ISIS for saving their lives .... and Evil Empire came for them now. Just imagine how hot butthurt they must have from this. Russia so much trollolo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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