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gohuskies posted:UTARC was disbanded in 2009 after killing some reporters and numerous civilians of Bolivian and foreign citizenship. Who would have guessed? It's not like they couldn't see them coming, though.
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Jetfire posted:It's not like they couldn't see them coming, though. Or hear them, because their guy you can't see through the smoke is carrying a boombox playing Hell March at full blast all the time.
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Mincher posted:The thing that makes this bad rear end for me is the fact that one of them is marching as a standard bearer. Honestly, when you're government-sponsored combat tyrants with no morals and no meaningful opposition, your deployment is probably intended to send a message as much as anything else. The message being "everyone who resists is utterly hosed"
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Khazar-khum posted:Where is this? And how did they build it without drowning?? I don't remember where it is but I do remember that the guy is about to be washed away by that wave*. Should also be in the scary pictures thread, because you can tell he has no idea he is about to die. Edit; Also, "Pink" smoke? Looks Purple to me.  *Edit; Well, that's what I heard at least. Apparently he didn't die. VVVVVVVVV Barometer has a new favorite as of 00:53 on Jul 6, 2011 |
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Barometer posted:I don't remember where it is but I do remember that the guy is about to be washed away by that wave. Should also be in the scary pictures thread, because you can tell he has no idea he is about to die. no http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3159617827672556410
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Khazar-khum posted:Where is this? And how did they build it without drowning?? Just a light house in France http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Jument Here is a pic from just a fraction of a second later. (i feel dirty that I want to make it a "like I give a gently caress" meme) The Guy was fine 
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Dust storm that came through Chandler AZ last night. they're cellphone pics so the quality kinda sucks. 
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Capt. Morgan posted:Dust storm that came through Chandler AZ last night. they're cellphone pics so the quality kinda sucks. Here's an awesome video of someone driving into it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vQMuwRjI6s
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Saw an aircraft carrier leaving port on the coastline by my house last week or something, so I took some photos. Not sure which one it was, only that it's very British (and kind of poorly armed for a Carrier). I thought it was awesome and in general carriers are the modern day naval definition of badass.   Sorry for the poor quality, phone cameras are a bitch.
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Fenn the Fool! posted:What's this from? Mincher posted:The thing that makes this bad rear end for me is the fact that one of them is marching as a standard bearer. Holy gently caress those masks are badass Brace has a new favorite as of 03:53 on Jul 8, 2011 |
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iTrust posted:Saw an aircraft carrier leaving port on the coastline by my house last week or something, so I took some photos. Not sure which one it was, only that it's very British (and kind of poorly armed for a Carrier). I thought it was awesome and in general carriers are the modern day naval definition of badass. I'm pretty sure there's only one British aircraft carrier in service right now so odds are it's the HMS Illustrious.
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ibroxmassive posted:This is (I think) part of this video Danny Macaskill - Inspired Bicycles I know this is from a few pages ago but holy poo poo. I know nothing about biking but this has to be like, the pinnacle of whatever the hell style of biking you call that? I can't imagine anyone doing tricks more impressive than that guy.
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Haven't seen this posted in the last twenty or so pages. This is an Australian built weapons system, consisting of a multi-barrel firing unit. Each barrel contains a stack of bullets paired with an electronically detonated propellant charge (kinda like a roman candle). The charges need to be electronically detonated because it's designed to fire like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEu9LLQpOF8 One of the proposed uses of this system is to shoot down incoming missiles by filling the air with a hail of bullets. You can see the effect at the end of the above video, it's like a shotgun blast using 9mm pellets instead of buckshot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx_9_RgMPCE They also developed a version that shoots 40mm grenades. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyAjzowYP1o And they've developed an autonomous system that allows it to track and fire upon perceived threats in an defined area. (They also put it onto a robot and have made a version small enough to be carried around and fired by soldiers.)
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What would the Rounds Per Minute rate be if 1000 people all fire their own shotguns simultaneously at the same target?
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eggyolk posted:What would the Rounds Per Minute rate be if 1000 people all fire their own shotguns simultaneously at the same target? Depends on the shell. is it slug or pellets? (Or are they the same thing?) Metal Storm looks like something out of a sci-fi film. All you need now is to strap something on for it to move and that's it!
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  From the space shuttle thread. Godspeed you magnificent bastard.
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Since it's the last Space Shuttle mission ever, here are some pictures of other missions along the way. Click for huge.    The space shuttle program was the trigger responsible for making me gay for space ever since Enterprise was flown over my house as a child. I will miss watching launches! Ruse has a new favorite as of 17:03 on Jul 8, 2011 |
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Ruse posted:The space shuttle program was the trigger responsible for making me gay for space ever since Enterprise was flown over my house as a child. I will miss watching launches! This is why they're cancelling it, people have started to figure out that it's just a plot to cropdust space gayness around the world.
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Ephphatha posted:Metal Storm For me the worst thing is that it doesn't look like a weapon but some lab equipment. It just so casually, soullessly kills 1 million dudes per second.
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Last I read, it was still in development as a tool for clearing minefields. But that article was 3 years old so who knows.
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Palpek posted:It just so casually, soullessly kills 1 million dudes per second. It would take just under two hours to kill everybody on the planet. Is that what you want? 'Cos that's what'll happen!
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Palpek posted:For me the worst thing is that it doesn't look like a weapon but some lab equipment. It just so casually, soullessly kills 1 million dudes per second. Welcome to the way people in World War 1 felt about machine guns
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Ephphatha posted:Haven't seen this posted in the last twenty or so pages. The Phalanx does this aboard ships. http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/mk-15.htm
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Ruse posted:Since it's the last Space Shuttle mission ever, here are some pictures of other missions along the way. Click for huge. Some mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W69DwrXkjgw 
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Khazar-khum posted:The Phalanx does this aboard ships. The Dutch Goalkeeper beats your Phalanx! (When it comes to tracking multiple targets.) Yhag has a new favorite as of 11:39 on Jul 9, 2011 |
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...I thought you were talking about Maarten Stekelenburg. Ack.
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Schlinky posted:Regarding the Space Shuttle, are they replacing it with anything? Eventually, but not for years at this rate. Until then there are certain things we used to do in space that we will no longer be able to, like ferry people to and from the ISS (Russia is taking that over).
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Schlinky posted:Regarding the Space Shuttle, are they replacing it with anything? Depends who you mean by 'they'
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pw pw pw posted:Depends who you mean by 'they' You know, the space guys.
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Pharmaskittle posted:You know, the space guys. We're apparently going to wait for the private sector to make spaceships that we will then rent, instead of building them ourselves. For some retarded reason.
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Sea Wolf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBF-0OxpW6Q Actually shot down aircraft and missiles in the Falklands when they were in a turret, now even better in VLS form.
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Schlinky posted:Regarding the Space Shuttle, are they replacing it with anything? At present it looks like the next American manned launch vehicle will be the aptly named Space Launch System, but it's not projected to fly until 2016. Until then Russian Soyuz capsules will take over all duties of sending men and supplies to the now-complete ISS. With the ISS complete there's not much reason to keep flying the Shuttle. It's an orbit-only platform whose primary function (placing unusually large payloads into orbit) is now no longer necessary. It's been excellent at its job, and the lessons and technology we got from the program will have a lot of influence on the next generation of space exploration, but the time has come for the end of the program.
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Volcott posted:We're apparently going to wait for the private sector to make spaceships that we will then rent, instead of building them ourselves. For some retarded reason. A mixture of the government doesn't want to give NASA funding and most of the engineers and designers leaving for the private sector where there's more money and less bureaucracy.
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