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EvilMerlin posted:Well at least its official that the US will be building new ICBM's. Its only been 50 years since we developed an operational ICBM (since the Peacekeeper is long gone and the Midgetman never entered service)... MK VI life extension was a, uh, very complete evaluation and update of the entire Trident system.
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Xenoborg posted:Its unfair because they can do it cheaper! I'm more offended by the fact that the media continues to treat Loren Thompson as a serious person and still calls him up for quotes.
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Jul 26, 2019 04:37
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He’s a well to do CEO; his input must be worthwhile!
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mlmp08 posted:He’s a well to do CEO; his input must be worthwhile! Good attempt at strawmanning me, but as a matter of fact he's just a PR hack for the defense industry. I suppose technically he is CEO of his own small business, namely, his lobbying firm.
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EvilMerlin posted:Even if Boeing is being a whiny machine again... While true, the 737 Max 8 has been an unmitigated fiasco, I think remarketing them as ICBMs is still a bit extreme at this point.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:I didn't think they'd have a flight-ready prototype slapped together so fast. evil_bunnY fucked around with this message at 08:56 on Jul 26, 2019 |
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Mortabis posted:Good attempt at strawmanning me, but as a matter of fact he's just a PR hack for the defense industry. I suppose technically he is CEO of his own small business, namely, his lobbying firm. Mlmp is clearly agreeing with you
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When has that ever stopped goons from feeling attacked?
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SerthVarnee posted:When has that ever stopped goons from feeling attacked? GODDAMN YOU, AIRSHIPS ARE GREAT :storms out:
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/3889/the-alarming-case-of-the-usafs-mysteriously-missing-unmanned-combat-air-vehicles This is from a few years ago, but I just caught it now. It's pretty fascinating.
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INTJ Mastermind posted:While true, the 737 Max 8 has been an unmitigated fiasco, I think remarketing them as ICBMs is still a bit extreme at this point. Yeah, they're intermediate range at best.
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INTJ Mastermind posted:While true, the 737 Max 8 has been an unmitigated fiasco, I think remarketing them as ICBMs is still a bit extreme at this point. beaten 
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NightGyr posted:https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/3889/the-alarming-case-of-the-usafs-mysteriously-missing-unmanned-combat-air-vehicles Anything Tyler Rogway writes has a passing relationship with reality at best. That article is 40% bullshit and 60% speculation, and includes an armedforcesupdate YouTube embed for christ's sake. Seriously, find me one proposition from that article that can be falsified without access to classified material.
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Murgos posted:MK VI life extension was a, uh, very complete evaluation and update of the entire Trident system. Not talking about SLBM's here, just land based systems.
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Mortabis posted:Looked through that white paper and one of the things they mentioned is the new Type 15 light tank which seems kind of like our MPF program. The obvious application to my untrained eye would be either the border with India or Taiwan, and indeed there's a picture floating around of the thing in the PLAN's derp aquaflage pattern. Well, now that you've pointed it out, I realize this camo pattern makes no sense Except as some sort of dress rehearsal for submarine tanks
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Nebakenezzer posted:Well, now that you've pointed it out, I realize this camo pattern makes no sense It looks cool. That's all the reason needed.
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We shall fight them on the beaches, we shall fight them on the atolls and on the reefs...
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NightGyr posted:This is from a few years ago, but I just caught it now. It's pretty fascinating.
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Doctor Grape Ape posted:It looks cool. That's all the reason needed. Just wait until the Chinese unveil that they are painting all of their cities and streets blue and we're all going to look dumb for thinking its an aesthetic choice.
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Ice Fist posted:Just wait until the Chinese unveil that they are painting all of their cities and streets blue and we're all going to look dumb for thinking its an aesthetic choice. Dazzle camo, but for every square inch of the country. Checkmate, 老外。
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It’s important to remember that for years, the US Navy wore dark blue uniforms and the US Air Force wore light blue uniforms because of the ocean and the sky, respectively. And the air force added tiger stripes to their sky uniforms because Vietnam.
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Ice Fist posted:Just wait until the Chinese unveil that they are painting all of their cities and streets blue and we're all going to look dumb for thinking its an aesthetic choice. Well the camo colors work pretty good in dim urban lighting and heavy choppy seas. Two places were sailors shouldn’t end up. If anything I suppose the uniforms should have been the same color as the ships, gun metal grey.
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mlmp08 posted:the US Air Force wore light blue uniforms because of the ocean and the sky, respectively. And the air force added tiger stripes to their sky uniforms because Vietnam. it blended in pretty well with the flight line  
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Tythas posted:it blended in pretty well with the flight line Oil spots: the uniform
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Well aint this some poo poo https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...m=.7d9a68b18bf8quote:The commander of a U.S. Special Operations task force in Iraq has sent home a platoon of Navy SEALs for drinking while deployed after an alleged sexual assault by one of them, U.S. defense officials said, the latest discipline incident that has emerged for an elite force relied upon heavily by the Pentagon. It might be time for an investigation on the whole seal program
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Nebakenezzer posted:Well, now that you've pointed it out, I realize this camo pattern makes no sense The USN's phasing-out blue camo makes even less.
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Godholio posted:The USN's phasing-out blue camo makes even less. I’m making a quilt out of most of mine. Already turned one into a vest. Booty shorts are next.
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That reminds me of a fashion trend in 1800s NYC. Teens would beat up cops, steal the cop coats, and give them to their girlfriends. The girlfriends would turn the coats into stylish jackets.
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Jul 27, 2019 09:22
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The Navy should just go back to denim pants and chambray shirts.
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Latest episode in the chillout series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCsoRmahWpI
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SimonCat posted:The Navy should just go back to denim pants and chambray shirts. gently caress yeah!
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The Navy and to a lesser extent the Air Force really ought to adopt high visibility work uniforms. Much like what the Army did in the 2000s.
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A.o.D. posted:The Navy and to a lesser extent the Air Force really ought to adopt high visibility work uniforms. Much like what the Army did in the 2000s. Make the summer dress uniform the work uniform! Put on the onus on the sailor to keep them spotless. Jack up the price double.
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LingcodKilla posted:Make the summer dress uniform the work uniform! Put on the onus on the sailor to keep them spotless. Jack up the price double. Give the uniform contract to your best buddy with a business, give your other buddy first preference on sites for laundrettes near bases!
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LingcodKilla posted:gently caress yeah! I mean, the Army is going to a throw-back uniform.
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Nobody picked up on my ACU joke 
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A.o.D. posted:Nobody picked up on my ACU joke I giggled.
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A.o.D. posted:Nobody picked up on my ACU joke There was a lovely couch behind it.
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LingcodKilla posted:Make the summer dress uniform the work uniform! Put on the onus on the sailor to keep them spotless. Jack up the price double. What are you complaining for soldier/sailor/marine/airman? Don't you get a uniform allowance?
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Flikken posted:There was a lovely couch behind it.
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