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B4Ctom1 posted:Things are not going well there: Open hatches save lives! If those hatches were closed, everyone's insides would be jelly and not just the driver.
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Guys great news! http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/policy-budget/budget/2015/10/09/98-budget-hike-set-norwegian-armed-forces/73627138/ quote:Norway’s armed forces is set to gain a 9.8 percent real term increase in its budget for 2016. The rise, contained in the government’s newly released budget proposal, will result in defense spending climbing by US $526 million to $6 billion in 2016. Let's get this show on the road. quote:The planned budget hike for 2016 will increase Norway’s defense spending to 1.54 percent of GDP.  One of the richest countries in the world, budget hike of 10% and we're still only at 1.5% GDP defense spending.
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B4Ctom1 posted:So by now everyone here has probably heard about the Russian missiles headed for Syria that accidentally crashed in Iran? How the hell did those guys escape that? Can only imagine their ears will be ringing for a while.
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And that includes 22 F-35's.
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inkjet_lakes posted:She's not passing near me on her farewell flight They're now saying that this weekend will not be the farewell flight and that they'll fly again before the end of the month. They might be saying that to try and avoid massive crowds though as the local plod are threatening to stop them flying if the roads around EGCN start getting too congested. Thankfully, I live down the lane so will be walking down to watch her go and come back.
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B4Ctom1 posted:So by now everyone here has probably heard about the Russian missiles headed for Syria that accidentally crashed in Iran? Someone had a short round!
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B4Ctom1 posted:Things are not going well there: Look at the bright side: we might finally have some resolution to those debates about how post-USSR Russian equipment fares against post-GW1 US gear.
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B4Ctom1 posted:Things are not going well there: Through the front armor and the crew got out. Wouldn't have expected that.
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Cyrano4747 posted:Look at the bright side: we might finally have some resolution to those debates about how post-USSR Russian equipment fares against post-GW1 US gear. That's a T-62 though. Godholio posted:Through the front armor and the crew got out. Wouldn't have expected that. Me either, though I'd imagine those guys that got out are going to have some horrific burn injuries, or will die later in hospital.
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Godholio posted:Through the front armor and the crew got out. Wouldn't have expected that. Lots of factors at play. The two main things that occur in a tank when a HEAT round hits are overpressure, and highly directional damage due to the copper slug. Copper slug most definitely caked the driver which is why you don't see him get out. Due to the open hatches though, overpressure isn't nearly as big as a problem. Adrenaline probably plays a big part too. Those dudes may have managed to get out of the tank but you can see one's literally smoking/on fire (the chap on the right) - I wouldn't be surprised if he died after the clip ended.
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Godholio posted:Through the front armor and the crew got out. Wouldn't have expected that. Yeah I was pretty impressed. Poor bastard who went back probably shouldn't have made that call, though.
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Where'd they get the TOW and was that a Russian army tank? Wouldn't have thought operate T-62 still.
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I wish the TOW's went through T-62 frontal armor for me that easily in Red Dragon 
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Arglebargle III posted:Where'd they get the TOW and was that a Russian army tank? Wouldn't have thought operate T-62 still. Uh. Go to D&D and read one of the only good threads: Middle East thread.
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Arglebargle III posted:Where'd they get the TOW and was that a Russian army tank? Wouldn't have thought operate T-62 still. KSA are supplying CIA vetted groups, providing the TOW operators film the missile as it's fired and ensure the serial number on the tube is visible. Otherwise they don't get replacement missiles
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Arglebargle III posted:Where'd they get the TOW and was that a Russian army tank? Wouldn't have thought operate T-62 still. It's a Syrian army tank. The russians only have like a dozen T-90s guarding their airbase and they aren't helping out in ground ops. They've delivered a few modernish BTRs to Syria though.
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Doesn't look like there is any ERA on the front of that 62 either, and that's probably at least an I-TOW, so not all that surprising of a penetration. On an ADA/C-RAM note, this seems pretty interesting. I've seen the AIM-9 Increment 1 thing before, but not this yet. http://www.army-technology.com/news/newsus-army-engineers-demonstrate-eaps-capability-to-counter-uas-threats-4688379 http://www.lockheedmartin.co.uk/content/dam/lockheed/data/mfc/documents/eaps/mfc-eaps-brochure.pdf (  looking this over the slides repeat themselves at least 6 times)
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Mazz posted:http://www.lockheedmartin.co.uk/content/dam/lockheed/data/mfc/documents/eaps/mfc-eaps-brochure.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_-_0cys17Q Back Hack fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Oct 9, 2015 |
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If it aint EFOG-M, it aint nothin!
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Wasn't there a hilarious CGI video of a similar Russian weapons system that culminated with the guys deploying it making a bad rear end motorcycle getaway?
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Doctor Grape Ape posted:Wasn't there a hilarious CGI video of a similar Russian weapons system that culminated with the guys deploying it making a bad rear end motorcycle getaway? Yep! I think that was the one where the entire US Air Force including retired planes and a good chunk of Naval aviation was on one base with 0 defenses.
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Doctor Grape Ape posted:Wasn't there a hilarious CGI video of a similar Russian weapons system that culminated with the guys deploying it making a bad rear end motorcycle getaway? Alaan posted:Yep! I think that was the one where the entire US Air Force including retired planes and a good chunk of Naval aviation was on one base with 0 defenses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp7mM2TP_1A E: Just noticed "Fresh Fruits" on the side of the truck. This is no Russian attack, it was the Ukrainian homonazis!
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On the note of things I was previously unaware of until recently, don't Quad Copters get incredibly difficult to stabilize when you scale them up and lose efficiency?
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Alaan posted:On the note of things I was previously unaware of until recently, don't Quad Copters get incredibly difficult to stabilize when you scale them up and lose efficiency? Huh, by scale them up, do you mean make them huge or just making them faster? Because the one that guy actually achieved human powered flight from was huge, and I'd figure that higher speeds would be easier to deal with because the tip speed would be lower for a given lift.
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Cherry picker crane views of a bunch of experimental aircraft getting moved off-base and into the new USAF Museum hangar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSIFfQXmXe8
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Are we doing a lot of drone ops in Syria right now? Hadn't really heard much about it at all.
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That Works posted:Are we doing a lot of drone ops in Syria right now? Hadn't really heard much about it at all. The CIA doesn't really publicize that sort of thing, but I'd be surprised if we weren't.
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buttcoinbrony posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp7mM2TP_1A That video makes the least sense out of any video I've seen on YouTube. It's more nonsensical than the "Imagining the 10th Dimension" guy. That Works posted:Are we doing a lot of drone ops in Syria right now? Hadn't really heard much about it at all. http://theaviationist.com/2015/10/07/russian-jets-intercepted-us-drones/ Yeah and they're great intercept targets since they won't shoot back. DakianDelomast fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Oct 9, 2015 |
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Skies over Syria are going to be an ongoing total mess for the foreseeable future.
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Alaan posted:Syria [is] going to be an ongoing total mess for the foreseeable future. Don't just stop with airspace.
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buttcoinbrony posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp7mM2TP_1A The best part about the attack on the airbase (i stopped watching after that) is that, implicitly, nobody dies. Even the one F-16 pilot you see is just looking around inside his cockpit confused.
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Keep watching, it's like Cobra Commander's wet dream.
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Rodrigo Diaz posted:The best part about the attack on the airbase (i stopped watching after that) is that, implicitly, nobody dies. Even the one F-16 pilot you see is just looking around inside his cockpit confused. If this had come out in 1995, it would have been the best C&C1 mission briefing.
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Rodrigo Diaz posted:The best part about the attack on the airbase (i stopped watching after that) is that, implicitly, nobody dies. Even the one F-16 pilot you see is just looking around inside his cockpit confused. Uh, did you miss the part where the Aardvarks apparently came out of the bone yard?
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Arglebargle III posted:Why would Aardvarks be in the Bone yard? Because they're a swing wing bomber, duh.
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xthetenth posted:Because they're a swing wing bomber, duh. I actually looked quick, I couldn't find any  e: I found one! https://www.google.com/maps/place/D...748ce38!6m1!1e1 Also was there some treaty need to gently caress up ABL so bad or something like that? https://www.google.com/maps/place/D...748ce38!6m1!1e1 That is ABL right? Plinkey fucked around with this message at 06:02 on Oct 10, 2015 |
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No, but frankly they probably stripped it for parts. There are a lot of airframes in that parking lot that will never return to service because they're hulks that donated everything usable to keep their siblings flying.
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So China "released" the "specs" for their "stealth fighter." http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/10/chinas-j31-stealth-fighter.html Crew: one (pilot) Length: 16.9 m (55 ft 5 in) Wingspan: 11.5 m (37 ft 9 in) Height: 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) Wing area: 40 m2 (430 sq ft) Gross weight: 17,600 kg (38,801 lb) Powerplant: 2 × RD-93 afterburning Turbofans, 84 kN (19,000 lbf) thrust each Current domestic powerplant - 88.3 kN thrust each Powerplant: 2 × WS-13A afterburning Turbofans, 100 kN (22,000 lbf) thrust each Maximum speed: 2,205 km/h (1,369 mph; 1,190 kn) Maximum speed: Mach 1.8 Combat range: 1,200 km (777 mi; 675 nmi) Ferry range: 4,000 km (2,485 mi; 2,160 nmi) Thrust/weight: ~1
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xthetenth posted:Huh, by scale them up, do you mean make them huge or just making them faster? Quadcopter layouts are good for small drones because they can be outrageously simple. If you have good control over rotor RPM, you don't need separate control surfaces - you can just run fixed-pitch rotors and change how fast they spin. That's a great match for electric motors hooked up to small, very-low-mass rotors. With four motors hooked up to stupid-simple solid props, a frame, a battery, and a hobbyist microcontroller, you can build a powered-lift flying machine, dangle a camera from it, and go stop firefighters from doing their job. Make everything bigger, though, and you end up needing piston or turbine engines that don't spin up as quickly. Worse. your rotors have a ton more momentum. Instead of just varying rotor RPM, you need collective pitch on each rotor to keep the thing controllable. Now that you've added collective controls, you've lost the simplicity that made the quadcopter design attractive in the first place. Cutting the number of rotors in half and adding cyclic controls to one or both of them starts to sound like a pretty good way to keep complexity down, and you've come all the way back around to a traditional helicopter.
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