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Nebakenezzer posted:We did cover the guy with the bicycle and the bike key for launching the land-based missiles, and for many years the Royal Navy didn't have PALs on its warheads because the RN found the implication that a officer of the Royal Navy would do something dishonorable insulting
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Nebakenezzer posted:We did cover the guy with the bicycle and the bike key for launching the land-based missiles, and for many years the Royal Navy didn't have PALs on its warheads because the RN found the implication that a officer of the Royal Navy would do something dishonorable insulting Excuse me, that's the Senior Service you're referring to 
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Apparently Russia's been playing chicken with spy sats. The US was none to happy about it but the Russians are insisting it's no big deal.
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Cyrano4747 posted:Apparently Russia's been playing chicken with spy sats. The US was none to happy about it but the Russians are insisting it's no big deal. Eh, we've parked satellites right near / behind theirs before to intercept signals.
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Perhaps it's a sign I've spent too long immersed in Cold War history that I immedately recognised Greenham Common in the Star Wars VII trailer?
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inkjet_lakes posted:Perhaps it's a sign I've spent too long immersed in Cold War history that I immedately recognised Greenham Common in the Star Wars VII trailer? Haha probably, I live like 10 mins from there!
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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=562_1445364042 ATGM on ATGM action
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warcake posted:Haha probably, I live like 10 mins from there! Same! The majority of the common is open to the public so for anyone in the area is recommend passing through.
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DesperateDan posted:Yeah Posted! http://baloogancampaign.com/2015/10/20/mirv/ Please slide me an email at baloogan@gmail.com at any time if you want something edited / changed / a login to edit, change things yourself!
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Here's some high definition drone footage of Syria. It's meant to be Russian propaganda but doesn't express any real narrative, it's just explosions and tanks shooting buildings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q60yBQG8XI
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Rodrigo Diaz posted:Here's some high definition drone footage of Syria. It's meant to be Russian propaganda but doesn't express any real narrative, it's just explosions and tanks shooting buildings. I'm not convinced the buildings even have anyone inside them or if they just did it for the camera.
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That Works posted:http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=562_1445364042 TOW's always look so weird when they fly. Do they really jump around that much?
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Rodrigo Diaz posted:Here's some high definition drone footage of Syria. It's meant to be Russian propaganda but doesn't express any real narrative, it's just explosions and tanks shooting buildings. I do not care for their use of Apollo 8 audio. They're like an evil Public Service Broadcasting.
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Back Hack posted:E: It's a sever case of something trying to overcompensate for drastic course correction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmgUZXeTy6I
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That's cool as hell.
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Akion posted:That's cool as hell. It was the worst loving thing ever
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Smiling Jack posted:It was the worst loving thing ever He said "cool" not "effective".
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PittTheElder posted:I do not care for their use of Apollo 8 audio. They're like an evil Public Service Broadcasting. I feel old now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWSLhMLVas4
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Saggers/Malyutka look weird as well but that's because they fly sooooooo slooooooooooooooooow
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The SS.10 (SS for Sol-Sol, "ground-to-ground"), also known as the MCLOS, looked weird as gently caress. Also the designer was the same guy who tried to kill de Gaulle and gets executed by firing squad at the start of the Day of the Jackal. 
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How the gently caress did a Mexican weaved straw cowboy hat make it to that warzone.
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LingcodKilla posted:How the gently caress did a Mexican weaved straw cowboy hat make it to that warzone. Warlords have to be stylin! Also dude might have had it before.
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This stuff right here'll make ya a god damned sexual tyrannosaurus.
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Force de Fappe posted:The SS.10 (SS for Sol-Sol, "ground-to-ground"), also known as the MCLOS, looked weird as gently caress. Also the designer was the same guy who tried to kill de Gaulle and gets executed by firing squad at the start of the Day of the Jackal. I like to imagine these getting painted up around Christmas time.
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LingcodKilla posted:How the gently caress did a Mexican weaved straw cowboy hat make it to that warzone. Because everything is made in China
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Helter Skelter posted:Not quite as severe as the Dragon, which used rocket motors fired in pairs for stabilization and course correction.  The charges on the Dragon have more to do with vaguely directed explosions than rocket engines really. Not only was it pretty easy to run the missile out of spare charges if you corrected your aim too many times, but the control system is definitely not analog, it's a full charge or nothing, so you better not make small corrections or it'll spend half it's charges hunting around the new vector. The dude in the vid is definitely good with it.
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Akion posted:I like to imagine these getting painted up around Christmas time. They rather make me think of proper, American pin-up torpedo titties. Also holy gently caress what a system  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-7gkNNKePM You'd have to have balls of tungsten to face an approaching armour line with six shots to go. Look at that motherfucker tumble around, if it were made today the manufacturer would just claim it was doing duck and weave to defeat close-in defense.
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F-18 crashed in Britain, pilot dead. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-34593948
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I thought rocket engines fired in pairs meant there were, like, four or eight arrayed around the tail that would switch on and off to keep the missile on target. Nope, literally a limited amount of charges. I guess having a man-portable ATGM as opposed to a simple RPG was a benefit, but drat that sounds like an awful system. Wasn't the warhead kinda weak, too?
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ArchangeI posted:I thought rocket engines fired in pairs meant there were, like, four or eight arrayed around the tail that would switch on and off to keep the missile on target. Nope, literally a limited amount of charges. I guess having a man-portable ATGM as opposed to a simple RPG was a benefit, but drat that sounds like an awful system. Wasn't the warhead kinda weak, too? Very, but the bigger issue is that team fired one would very likely take immediate return fire as the "proofs" from the missile would leave a very literal dotted line back to the dragon team that fired it. Back Hack fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Oct 21, 2015 |
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That Works posted:http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=562_1445364042 There's always a two stage sound when they launch a TOW. (Click ... WOOSH) What's the first sound? Thermal battery in the missile igniting before the rocket motor?
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TasogareNoKagi posted:There's always a two stage sound when they launch a TOW. (Click ... WOOSH) Probably the gyro spinning up.
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TasogareNoKagi posted:There's always a two stage sound when they launch a TOW. (Click ... WOOSH) Could be the tiny motor ejecting the missile from the tube before the main motor kicks in.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/21/us-usa-airforce-f-idUSKCN0SF2VX20151021 Guess we're gonna charge more for the F35 again guys
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There is something hosed up about the economics of something that having demand for it lessen you charge more. I understand why having to spread the R&D costs over each plane sold but that is still really wacky. Canada still could buy some it is just going to open competition. Where they will get killed on price probably.
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