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guidoanselmi posted:A lot depends on Iran's assumption of American willingness to fight. I dunno about the rest but MBS definitely would, even (maybe especially) without tacit approval from the US. The Gulf is going to get real interesting when he becomes king.
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https://twitter.com/martinpatience/status/1130171186200141827?s=19 congrats on the successful op Mr bolton
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it was one katyusha rocket. all i know about that weapon is from ww2 vintage films where the soviets are using like dozens of them to shoot hundreds of rockets. https://twitter.com/AmichaiStein1/status/1130208295883542529 Donald's ready for this war https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1130207891049332737
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Atrocious Joe posted:it was one katyusha rocket. all i know about that weapon is from ww2 vintage films where the soviets are using like dozens of them to shoot hundreds of rockets. Katyusha rocket launchers were handed out to anyone and everyone who wanted them post-war as they are incredibly simple, easy to maintain, and easy to use. Best known for the very distinctive sound they make while firing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bWt81vhIyY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGTXH6jGVqk quote:"Strike fear with Katyusha rocket barrage!" The label is sometimes just used for any modern missiles + truck platform
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hopefully no war going to sleep do not start war until im back tia
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Addamere posted:hopefully no war You'll wake up to John Bolton outside your house in an Abrams tank, beeping the horn(?) and shouting "come onnnnnn"
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Goon Danton posted:You'll wake up to John Bolton outside your house in an Abrams tank, beeping the horn(?) and shouting "come onnnnnn" I woke up to someone texting me to ask if I wanted to play League of Legends.
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Don't do it dude, haven't you read enders game
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CNN getting all aboard the Iran war train https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1130460140392591360
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Jose posted:CNN getting all aboard the Iran war train we have to go to war with iran because of our war with yemen
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Is there even any evidence Iran is "backing" the houthis? Last I heard it was "well they're both Shia so obviously  "
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Goon Danton posted:Is there even any evidence Iran is "backing" the houthis? Last I heard it was "well they're both Shia so obviously Iran shot John Bolton, okay? We have to take revenge.
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Goon Danton posted:Is there even any evidence Iran is "backing" the houthis? Last I heard it was "well they're both Shia so obviously volkerball can give you more details on why the Shia menace must be starved, bombed, shot, and its sympathizers vivisected if America is to ever know peace, but if iran wasn't funneling them some kind of aid it'd be incredibly surprising when your regional rival decides it's going to go stick its dick in a beehive, it is a wonderful convergence of cheap and easy to keep the beehive stocked up with spikes.
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Yeowch!!! My Balls!!! posted:when your regional rival decides it's going to go stick its dick in a beehive, it is a wonderful convergence of cheap and easy to keep the beehive stocked up with spikes. now dis is a fuckin' metaphor
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Goon Danton posted:Is there even any evidence Iran is "backing" the houthis? Last I heard it was "well they're both Shia so obviously the US navy intercepted a few dhows carrying weapons from Iran to Yemen, although in theory they could have just been regular independent smugglers, which are in fact quite common in the region. The strongest evidence of Iranian support are the missiles the Houthi used to target coalition ships, which as far as I understand it were not something Yemen had prior to the current conflict and were probably Iranian designs. Most of the rest of the evidence is circumstantial, like statements of support from Iranian leaders. The Houthi are heavily inspired by the Iranian Revolution so they have definite ideological links to Iran, although all evidence suggests they have received only a small amount of direct aid. Iran certainly doesn't control the Houthi and has far less influence over them than it does over say Hezbollah.
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Aiding the Houthis is so in line with Iran's regional and ideological objectives that even if there were no evidence whatsoever they've been doing it, I'd find it difficult to believe they aren't. But yeah, even so it's unlikely they have meaningful clout over the Houthis - if they were offered a deal where recognition meant cutting off ties with Iran, they'd do it in a jiffy. In fact, that seemed to be the armistice the DoD was arranging with help from Oman, but the Saudis didn't like it.
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"You know those people we're helping starve? They're not getting enough food...those bastards!"
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Punkin Spunkin posted:"You know those people we're helping starve? They're not getting enough food...those bastards!" weird how people who are fighting everyone on all sides try to prioritize feeding their fighters.
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Someone should tell CNN about Churchill and Bangladesh
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guidoanselmi posted:Someone should tell CNN about Churchill and *gestures expansively*
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Over Easy posted:I keep thinking about the UKs experience in the Falklands and if there is some hypersonic Exocet style missile out there that our old big rear end boats are vulnerable to
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This is the one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-270_Moskit
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Since never. Reread the first six words there.
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is this a bit or are you really that r-worded
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Goon Danton posted:Since never. Reread the first six words there.
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Jose posted:CNN getting all aboard the Iran war train Lol isn't this basically saying that the guys fighting to defend Yemen are taking food aid meant for Yemen?
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Mrs. Dash posted:Lol isn't this basically saying that the guys fighting to defend Yemen are taking food aid meant for Yemen? It's not quite that simple, but yeah. The Houthi are prioritizing feeding their fighters, because they're the only thing that's keeping the Saudi coalition from doing what they want to North Yemen. If we want aid distributed more equitably then the sensible thing to do would be to stop fighting the war.
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Addamere posted:
you're confusing paleoconservatism for good opinions.
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Jose posted:CNN getting all aboard the Iran war train
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Zurakara posted:That and anti-missile systems (particularly ship-borne ones) are about as real and reliable as "stealth" battleships. They're a great way to sucker the american taxpayer out of money but they've never really been proven on the battlefield and there's alot of justified skepticism regarding their practical application.
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comedyblissoption posted:is the pentagon really such a kleptocracy now that they don't even do the most basic testing of these weapons platforms with battlefield simulations any dumbass in the military could come up with?
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comedyblissoption posted:is the pentagon really such a kleptocracy now that they don't even do the most basic testing of these weapons platforms with battlefield simulations any dumbass in the military could come up with? Google the Zumwalt class and LCS program.
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Addamere posted:Pentagon Wars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXQ2lO3ieBA
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The Bradley did eventually become an adequate IFV I guess. The LCS dissolves in salt water and we can't afford to produce ammo for the Zumwalts main gun. It's so much worse these days.
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comedyblissoption posted:is the pentagon really such a kleptocracy now that they don't even do the most basic testing of these weapons platforms with battlefield simulations any dumbass in the military could come up with? always has been the torpedoes we used during WWII were never actually subjected to live fire testing, because the Bureau of Ordnance didn't want to waste rare and expensive torpedoes (supply and production problems were exacerbated by Congressmen wanting to give their own districts total monopolies on nationwide torpedo production) by blowing them up and the Navy didn't want to supply target ships to get blown up when reports of massive failure rates started coming in from the field, the submariners were blamed for using the torpedoes wrong. when they finally managed to pressure the Navy into ordering real tests, the expert from the production bureau sabotaged the test torpedoes, which was discovered but blamed on the sub crew. ultimately, the many serious problems with US torpedoes weren't all found and corrected until late 1943
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