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Is that the tomahawk at sea test? edit: haha those poor birds. TCD fucked around with this message at 12:18 on Feb 16, 2015 |
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Feb 16, 2015 12:15
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I know birds are irritating as gently caress, but this just seems... Excessive.
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Feb 16, 2015 12:18
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Feb 16, 2015 14:27
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not caring here posted:Needs more bus exploding suicide boom sticks. is there a story about that incident?
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Feb 16, 2015 15:47
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Reverand maynard posted:is there a story about that incident?
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Feb 16, 2015 16:07
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Those birds honestly have pretty good reaction times considering how fast that jimbo was probably flying.
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Feb 16, 2015 16:46
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Rough Lobster posted:Those birds honestly have pretty good reaction times considering how fast that jimbo was probably flying. That's the thing with pigeons, you think you're about to get one finally in your car and then *poof* they dart outta there.
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Feb 16, 2015 19:55
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TCD posted:Is that the tomahawk at sea test? Yes. Birds poo poo everywhere, don't feel sorry for them. Edit http://gcaptain.com/pigeons-sitting-stacked-containers-blasted-tomahawk-missile/ lightpole fucked around with this message at 20:00 on Feb 16, 2015 |
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Feb 16, 2015 19:58
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In the future the Marines will go to war.. with their balls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6IZTY4__Sc
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Feb 16, 2015 20:04
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Casimir Radon posted:Suposedly it's actually a Kazakh Spetnaz training exercise. Yeah, from what I've seen it was just a training exercise/public demonstration of a hostage rescue. No word on exactly why their method was to use a pole to hurl a bomb in through the window beyond "Spetsnaz."
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Feb 16, 2015 20:10
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chitoryu12 posted:Yeah, from what I've seen it was just a training exercise/public demonstration of a hostage rescue. No word on exactly why their method was to use a pole to hurl a bomb in through the window beyond "Spetsnaz." I was a bit more concerned about the armored vehicle spitting machine gun fire at the start. Then again, that seems to be SOP for Russian hostage rescue. The terrorists have no more living hostages, we win!
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Feb 16, 2015 22:48
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iyaayas01 posted:
Their recon job seemed like straight-up suicide. Fly in a straight line dropping flares and taking pictures until you get blown out of the sky.
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Feb 16, 2015 22:53
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drgitlin posted:Their recon job seemed like straight-up suicide. Fly in a straight line dropping flares and taking pictures until you get blown out of the sky. 
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Feb 16, 2015 23:26
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drgitlin posted:Their recon job seemed like straight-up suicide. Fly in a straight line dropping flares and taking pictures until you get blown out of the sky. And probably the only love it got in the popular media was in The Andromeda Strain.
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Feb 17, 2015 00:46
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Pretty sure the last aircrew to get shot down in Vietnam was an RF-5C crew doing BDA, so take that as you will.
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Feb 17, 2015 02:26
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Dead Reckoning posted:Pretty sure the last aircrew to get shot down in Vietnam was an RF-5C crew doing BDA, so take that as you will. It was one of the last...I think a BUFF got shot down by a SAM a couple days later during the tail end of Linebacker II. Also there were some other losses in 1973 (A-6, A-7 (both USAF and Navy), F-111) but they were all either from AAA in South Vietnam or in Laos/Cambodia.
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Feb 17, 2015 02:32
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Frosted Flake posted:I had no idea the Navy flew planes like this over Vietnam. That seems like a pretty big bomber for the Navy. I think this about covers it: 
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Feb 17, 2015 02:42
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iyaayas01 posted:It was one of the last...I think a BUFF got shot down by a SAM a couple days later during the tail end of Linebacker II. Also there were some other losses in 1973 (A-6, A-7 (both USAF and Navy), F-111) but they were all either from AAA in South Vietnam or in Laos/Cambodia. Dead Reckoning fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Feb 17, 2015 |
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Feb 17, 2015 02:51
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Posted unironically on my old unit's facebook page re: al asad air base
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Feb 17, 2015 03:16
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Admiral Bosch posted:Posted unironically on my old unit's facebook page re: al asad air base ISIS wipes out the posturing pedos while the Navy drives them back?
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Feb 17, 2015 03:18
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Madurai posted:I think this about covers it: lol loving the Stoof with a Roof. Dead Reckoning posted:There was also that VNAF AC-119 gunship (that we had turned over to them) that was shot down on the last day of the war (pg 82) attacking NVA columns marching on Saigon, but they were technically not American. Well if you want to get really technical a -53 got shot down during the Mayaguez snafu with another one crash landing off-shore and another crash landing in Thailand.
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Feb 17, 2015 03:34
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I was completely unaware there was a C-1 AEW variant. They called it the Tracer instead of Trader. 
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Feb 17, 2015 03:38
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Godholio posted:I was completely unaware there was a C-1 AEW variant. They called it the Tracer instead of Trader. The Anti-Submarine Warfare variant was called the Tracker.  (Click for big.)
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Feb 17, 2015 03:44
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Dead Reckoning posted:The Anti-Submarine Warfare variant was called the Tracker. How bout that Tracer 
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Feb 17, 2015 03:51
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Stultus Maximus posted:ISIS wipes out the posturing pedos while the Navy drives them back? ISIS sure takes their goats chastity seriously.
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Feb 17, 2015 03:56
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Stultus Maximus posted:ISIS wipes out the posturing pedos while the Navy drives them back? isis doesnt have a navy 
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Feb 17, 2015 04:32
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Stultus Maximus posted:How bout that Tracer Amazing how far we've come in 60 years. 
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Feb 17, 2015 07:12
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The C/E-2 is old school pretty. Like a 56 Chevy or a 39 Buick Road master. It looks like had it been made 60 years earlier it would have leveled a mess of German cities
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Feb 17, 2015 14:53
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Hey look at these cool bulletproof hats. Do they work? Only one way to find out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgcxNyz1g_Y  good job russians
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Feb 17, 2015 17:08
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Huh, is that the old commie revolver that you could (theoretically) use a silencer with because the cylinder pushed forward to make a seal with the barrel each shot?
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Feb 17, 2015 17:34
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not caring here posted:Huh, is that the old commie revolver that you could (theoretically) use a silencer with because the cylinder pushed forward to make a seal with the barrel each shot? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagant_M1895 
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Feb 17, 2015 17:40
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The only problem is that the unique cylinder arrangement means it takes ages to be reloaded through a side gate and it has a lovely, stupidly heavy trigger pull.
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Feb 17, 2015 18:26
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Hahahaha, gently caress it, that's still pretty cool. I've never shot one, but it's the only double action with a loading gate I'd ever seen before. If you are a bit of gun nerd, you might like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNeAXoZb4VQ Basically, this isn't going to be a contender in the army and air force's modular handgun system fiasco (if it's even still running), but a proposed upgrade to the existing M9s that we got floating around. They'll even sell the whole units for less than what the army pays now. I think Beretta is banking on the army and air force being a grade a gently caress up (a good bet) and being unable to decide on a new gat. The video shows the new features, like just a decocker and no safety, threaded barrel, and some other bits and pieces. Hell, I'd buy one.
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Feb 17, 2015 19:09
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Didn't they announce sometime very recently that the M9A3 wouldn't get picked up?
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Feb 17, 2015 19:10
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Don't quote me on this, but apparently the army decided to not even look at it. edit: http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/01/09/army-rejects-m9a3-proposal-opts-for-new-pistol.html
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Feb 17, 2015 19:19
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What is it about pistol procurement that turns into such a fiasco? We're still using Browning Hi-Powers from 1945 because every new procurement program fails.  http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674military_cancels_planned_weapons_purchase/ http://www.casr.ca/doc-pa-gsp-pistol.htm http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2008Intl/Pageau.pdf I feel like it should be a simple matter for Canada or the US to just buy X number of SIG p226, or Berettas, or whatever and be done with it.
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Feb 17, 2015 19:33
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How that not going to end up like the rifle program where they always end up going "welp modern poo poo's nice but not enough of an improvement to warrant replacing existing inventory, everyone get bent"
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Feb 17, 2015 19:36
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Frosted Flake posted:What is it about pistol procurement that turns into such a fiasco? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrGrOK8oZG8 Even the High Power is a case of procurement stupidity: the French looked at it and others, then said, "nah," and used it to make improvements to one of their own goofy-rear end guns instead.
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evil_bunnY posted:How that not going to end up like the rifle program where they always end up going "welp modern poo poo's nice but not enough of an improvement to warrant replacing existing inventory, everyone get bent" That carbine replacement program was designed to not actually replace anything, and to keep Colt picking up piles of money. I'm a little bit fuzzy on the details but it involves a former general being on the board of directors for Colt, and some terrible fudging of test results. As for the M9, I like it a lot, which I suppose puts me in the minority. As long as you haven't got those checkmate mags that still seems to be in armories everywhere, they are reliable as gently caress. The biggest thing that they need to change isn't the gun, it's that lovely goddamn ammo that they use. I don't know what it is exactly but it's loving terrible.
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