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Dr. Quarex posted:Sorry for your loss boooo
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Oct 2, 2023 20:09
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I trust he died on the way back to his home planet?
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Shaman Tank Spec posted:How loving stupid do you have to be to say something like that with a straight face? If you stop thinking about it for one second, you have to realize you're off by loving 100x. 40% of US GDP is like 15 trillion dollars.
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Oct 2, 2023 20:11
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celewign posted:40% of US GDP is like 15 trillion dollars. That’s enough to buy a wall of M1-A1s so huge you can see it from space
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Oct 2, 2023 20:28
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Shaman Tank Spec posted:How loving stupid do you have to be to say something like that with a straight face? If you stop thinking about it for one second, you have to realize you're off by loving 100x. someone on  reddit responded to a shitpost of mine blaming inflation on Ukraine support. I think I just replied "hahahahahahahahah"Pot Smoke Phoenix posted:That’s enough to buy a wall of M1-A1s so huge you can see it from space You could probably build an island out of nuclear aircraft carriers thats larger than Hawaii for that much money
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Oct 2, 2023 20:32
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Vampire Panties posted:You could probably build an island out of nuclear aircraft carriers thats larger than Hawaii for that much money Or you could get a dozen or so F-35's! Yes I know, it's an F-35 cost overrun joke
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Oct 2, 2023 20:39
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Putins shitposts are now more literal than figurative
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Oct 2, 2023 20:39
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the sales peeps being really really good unironically saved the f35
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Oct 2, 2023 20:41
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celewign posted:40% of US GDP is like 15 trillion dollars. That would literally make Ukraine one of the richest countries in the world. Zelensky would be carried in a howdah atop a solid gold robot elephant.
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Oct 2, 2023 20:42
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bob dobbs is dead posted:the sales peeps being really really good unironically saved the f35 The A and C variants also against odds ending up being not-terrible saved a lot. But its not a surprise that Finland bought those as a way to keep the NATO option warm, and as it turned out it was the correct choice.
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Oct 2, 2023 20:44
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Pot Smoke Phoenix posted:That’s enough to buy a wall of M1-A1s so huge you can see it from space Just because I'm a nerd at heart... 40% of the US GDP for '23 is a bit over 10 trillion buckaroo's. Cost of an M1 Abrams without maintenance or training costs is around 4.3 million buckaroo's. I rounded up to 5 million. 40% of the US GDP for 2023 would purchase 2,071,680 Abrams tanks. Lol. With complete air superiority we could just push the empty tanks out of large transport aircraft as bombs and never run out in my lifetime.
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Oct 2, 2023 20:46
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Imo the UK should of bought the carrier varient of the rafale. For what we were using it for it would of been ideal. Instead our entire budget is now like... 20 planes, on a diesel supercarrier, lmao.
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Oct 2, 2023 20:48
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The Locator posted:With complete air superiority we could just push the empty tanks out of large transport aircraft as bombs and never run out in my lifetime. rebrand Project Thor as Project Abrams and drop them on enemies from space
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Oct 2, 2023 20:49
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BORN TO DIE WORLD IS A gently caress KILL EM ALL 2023 PUTIN IS TRASH MAN 2,071,680 AIRDROPPED TANKS
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Oct 2, 2023 20:54
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That would be very much a USA thing, to use the most expensive possible delivery system for dropping tanks on our enemies. The unbelievable cost of boosting just a single M1 into orbit would make me rich beyond my wildest dreams for life. The Polyus was a Russian project designed to boost 80 tons into orbit, but failed. It's approximate cost was $3 billion according to what I could find.
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Oct 2, 2023 21:01
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postin on page 2¹⁰  Lammasu posted:That would literally make Ukraine one of the richest countries in the world. Zelensky would be carried in a howdah atop a solid gold robot elephant. alright, you've talked me into it. is this a Boston Dynamics thing or do we need a new DARPA golden child?
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Oct 2, 2023 21:08
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tiaz posted:postin on page 2¹⁰ I think its about time to give those robot dogs shotguns, this can only work on our benefit. Yes I have seen Black Mirror and no I will not take any further questions.
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Oct 2, 2023 21:11
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The Locator posted:Just because I'm a nerd at heart... I want this to happen now. Is this blood lust? Am I the baddie?
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Oct 2, 2023 21:15
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The US has given Ukraine 30,000,000,000,000 dollars and still no breakthrough
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Oct 2, 2023 21:15
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:The US has given Ukraine 30,000,000,000,000 dollars and still no breakthrough Russian army is holding a steadyish front against the NATO's gift shop and exchange purse.
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Oct 2, 2023 21:16
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Der Kyhe posted:Russian army is holding a steadyish front against the NATO's old toys their parents keep in a bucket for young kids who visit
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Oct 2, 2023 21:21
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I was talking about how Starship is a heavy lift platform last year... Sedgr posted:You want the ship to basically come in hot and with enough lateral motion that it hits the ground with just enough force to tip it over and when it fully tips on its side the tank is already going full speed and blasts through the nosecone in a fireball. 
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Oct 2, 2023 21:26
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Toxic Mental posted:Wasn't "The Ukraine" kind of the western descriptor back in the Soviet Union days to describe it when it was an Oblast or whatever they called it? It was, up until the time Ukraine became an independent country again. Before that it was The Ukraine, like we sometimes say The Congo or The midwest or The Mekong Delta. It refers to a geographical area and not a country (some exceptions like "The Netherlands" exist). But moreover, in Russian there exists a similar distinction between в and на. Both are used as locative prepositions, but when referring to geographic locations на is generally used for territories and в is used for countries. So guess what happened to Ukraine when it became independent? It went from на Украине to в Украине in Russian. Only the thing is that nationalist shitbags in Russia would staunchly keep referring to it as на Украине, because it gives Ukraine the status of territory and not a full fledged county. Usage of "the" Ukraine mirrors that. (Although many people, mostly somewhat older people who still remember the Soviet Union, don't know any better and say it without malicious intent)
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Oct 2, 2023 21:27
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Pot Smoke Phoenix posted:I want this to happen now. - No, it's tank lust. - Maybe.
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Oct 2, 2023 22:07
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Drone_Fragger posted:Imo the UK should of bought the carrier varient of the rafale. For what we were using it for it would of been ideal. This is a bad way to think about nuclear vs diesel carriers. Diesel has a lot of advantages over nuclear. The unlimited range thing is a minsconception. Your support fleet isn't nuclear so therefore, you are not unlimited range. Crew need food, aircraft need fuel/ammo. The cost of a nuclear ship vs diesel is loving massive in comparison and only a few countries could do this on mass. There is also the need to have specialist built docks designed for nuclear stuff along with paying boat loads for nuclear physicists and engineers sitting around while carrier(s) are at sea. You are unable to dock or cruise in poo poo loads of places around the globe due to being nuclear so this has limitations. Would you want a nuclear carrier? gently caress yea. UK had a choice of 0.75 nuclear or 2 diesel carriers. Nuclear obviously has some big pros too but diesel isn't lol junk.
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Oct 2, 2023 22:13
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3i0pVDMz3I lol and lmao
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Oct 2, 2023 22:13
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Tai posted:This is a bad way to think about nuclear vs diesel carriers. Diesel has a lot of advantages over nuclear. Nuke carriers are supremely cool but you have to go all-in on them or it doesnt make sense ( noting about the US MIC actually makese sense)In the future, the nuclear aircraft carrier will likely also be the tender ship for the rest of the carrier group
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Oct 2, 2023 22:16
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Tai posted:lol and lmao "When did they decide that I'm a stupid moron with an ugly face and a big butt and my butt smells and I like to kiss my own butt?"
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Oct 2, 2023 22:18
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The Locator posted:That would be very much a USA thing, to use the most expensive possible delivery system for dropping tanks on our enemies. The unbelievable cost of boosting just a single M1 into orbit would make me rich beyond my wildest dreams for life. Don't worry, we've already awarded Musk a 300 trillion dollar contract to mine asteroids for the materials needed to just fabricate the Abrams in space! This will eventually save us thousands of dollars in the long run. Trust me.
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Oct 2, 2023 22:19
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Mnoba posted:when this is over hopefully russia has to go back to 1991 borders, and give up kaliningrad as punishment for all of the war crimes. residents will most likely just stay for the overall improvement in quality of life. I don't think anybody would be willing to take Kaliningrad though.
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Oct 2, 2023 22:22
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Tai posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3i0pVDMz3I I like the wave of moving back and forth between everything sucks and our shameful army retreated from Kiev, Kherson, and Kharkiv. But, we gained 3 Crimea's worth of territory and 10 million new Russian citizens. But it's also poo poo and mined. Lol and lmao at the line about how they have the greatest MIC in the world and because of that by the end they'll be the strongest around, but maybe not.
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Oct 2, 2023 22:24
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Vampire Panties posted:
you can have two out of three: fast good and cheap. the procurement strategy of the us mic is to put a big rock on the fast button, a smaller rock on the good button, and go home and eat jalapeno cheese spread
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Oct 2, 2023 22:24
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Vampire Panties posted:
Putting a ****ton of money into a permanent blue sea fleet only makes sense if your country is behind an ocean on two directions, and one of the others is an ally and the other one has problems with its own internal security so they aren't invading anything anytime soon. I could bet money on the fact that for example Finland will be scrapping most of its Baltic sea fleet in the future, because the bodies of water are so narrow that a 2-3 submarine chasers/minelayers and maybe 2 missile corvettes will do as a peace time deterrence, and everything else is "drone observers look for targets and anti-ship missile barrage from the mainland does the job". Coastal regiments can do their island hopping with airforce, missiles and artillery securing the way in the archipelago. Der Kyhe fucked around with this message at 22:28 on Oct 2, 2023 |
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Oct 2, 2023 22:26
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mexico is also an ally inasmuch as if someone invades it americans will deffo defend it as an intrusion close to the american heartland
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Oct 2, 2023 22:37
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So from 2024, Russia is increasing it's military spending and cutting back heavily on stuff like health. For new military tech and research into stuff? Nah. It's has to spend more to keep its military at its current levels due to inflation and the tanking ruble lol.
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Oct 2, 2023 22:55
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Der Kyhe posted:Putting a ****ton of money into a permanent blue sea fleet only makes sense if your country is behind an ocean on two directions, and one of the others is an ally and the other one has problems with its own internal security so they aren't invading anything anytime soon.  We're not quite there yet, but I'd say drone carriers will be a big thing. A marinized Bayraktar could probably parachute into the carrier, or just splash in and be lifted out with a crane.
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Oct 2, 2023 23:01
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Vampire Panties posted:We're not quite there yet, but I'd say drone carriers will be a big thing. A marinized Bayraktar could probably parachute into the carrier, or just splash in and be lifted out with a crane. Turkey has an amphibious ship and they're using it as a drone carrier in addition to the helicopters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCG_Anadolu
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Oct 2, 2023 23:34
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Dwesa posted:the time has come again to test the hopeless Wunderwaffe and spread radiation in the Arctic Ocean
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Oct 2, 2023 23:47
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Dr. Quarex posted:Sorry for your loss He died by being old, lazy and fat. His home planet was the couch sooo maybe they were related, who knows. And yes, Poochie was Pucci in the italian version. I hope all those tests succeed, maybe they'll be satisfied and get over it. Tafferling fucked around with this message at 23:55 on Oct 2, 2023 |
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Oct 2, 2023 23:53
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Payndz posted:Project Pluto is back with Russian safety standards and corruption, baby! Aroooooooo! And they've already launched one and killed a bunch of engineers recovering it! Oops!
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Oct 2, 2023 23:54
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Vampire Panties posted:
that was in 2014, where's my $4 ocean avgas  bob dobbs is dead posted:you can have two out of three: fast good and cheap. the procurement strategy of the us mic is to put a big rock on the fast button, a smaller rock on the good button, and go home and eat jalapeno cheese spread okay wait I changed my mind, tell me more about this jalapeno cheese spread Der Kyhe posted:I could bet money on the fact that for example Finland will be scrapping most of its Baltic sea fleet in the future, because the bodies of water are so narrow that a 2-3 submarine chasers/minelayers and maybe 2 missile corvettes will do as a peace time deterrence, and everything else is "drone observers look for targets and anti-ship missile barrage from the mainland does the job". Coastal regiments can do their island hopping with airforce, missiles and artillery securing the way in the archipelago. that makes sense, provided merchant shipping is protected by all those places you can't project power to. I don't know if NATO currently requires it but I wouldn't be surprised to see a push for some kind of "contribute some amount, preferably in the form of sorties, to freedom/security of navigation operations" akin to its current "spend x% GDP on your own defense and have it ready" e: Vampire Panties posted:
they've demoed autonomous aerial refueling, I bet autonomous carrier landings will be possible. Alternately radio control directly from the carrier to the ICLS path would probably make it low-latency enough that a drone operator with appropriate carrier training could land them interactively. tiaz fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Oct 3, 2023 |
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