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What's the difference between a suicide drone and a cruise missile, other than Raytheon's cut? e: asked and answered. The most shameful snipe.
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CMYK BLYAT! posted:in unrelated news, Kazakhstan is starting off 2022 strong, having progressed from "scattered protests in outer regions" to "extensive riots in the largest city almost commandeering an APC" in about 3 days after a removal of price caps resulted in a prompt twofold increase in fuel prices The Invisible Hand of the Free Market ... works? I'm teetering on the edge of an existential crisis here.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:It'll never happen there because there are no roads on the other side that could/would handle the volume. The only road that would make the least bit of sense to connect across the river would be Indian Head Hwy, but unfortunately there's a military base in the way on the MD side and a State Park and about a *billion* single family homes on the VA side. Yeah I generally assumed you'd have to build a new freeway connection up to 495 on the Maryland side since there's gently caress all on the Western Shore. Crossing at Indian Head from Mason Neck would also potentially spoil ~*the untrammeled vista*~ of Mount Vernon and get the MVLA to put out a hit on you.
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Jan 5, 2022 01:30
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Hekk posted:Was going to post the same thing. How are drones suicide? Isn’t that kind of the point in using something machine? I just assume that it's "suicide" to remind you that it's being delivered by those sneaky, life-devaluing Musselmen instead of by the upstanding upholders of democracy.
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Platystemon posted:Then there’s the other side, with nothing between the western beltway crossing and US-15 at the Point of Rocks. Trump National Golf Club.  Terrifying Effigies posted:Yeah I generally assumed you'd have to build a new freeway connection up to 495 on the Maryland side since there's gently caress all on the Western Shore. Crossing at Indian Head from Mason Neck would also potentially spoil ~*the untrammeled vista*~ of Mount Vernon and get the MVLA to put out a hit on you. Yeah, more like it'd spoil the majesty of ultra-rich douchebag's "Miscellaneous Landing"-named compound/estates on the river to have to look at a bridge. Not even a tunnel would work.
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Jan 5, 2022 01:33
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Trump National Golf Club. 
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Jan 5, 2022 01:35
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Milo and POTUS posted:It's a shame the preparedness well has been so poisoned by shitheads. It's kinda fun to prep for poo poo I wish I had the time to effortpost more in this thread that BAF and I coauthored but we intentionally wanted to make a non-chud space to talk about that. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3941131&perpage=40&pagenumber=1&noseen=1
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if it's not from the general atomics region of the beltway then it's not a drone it's just a sparkling unmanned aerial vehicle
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Jan 5, 2022 01:49
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pantslesswithwolves posted:I wish I had the time to effortpost more in this thread that BAF and I coauthored but we intentionally wanted to make a non-chud space to talk about that. Yeah that was fun writing that poo poo up. Wish I had more time as well. As far as other non chud resources, r/preppers is pretty decent. They downvote anti vaxxers and right wing lunatics quite regularly, and it's got a lot of good info. Reddit has a lot of toxic as gently caress subreddits, but that one thankfully is pretty decent.
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Jan 5, 2022 01:50
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Milo and POTUS posted:Is there an online resource where I can look up traffic through-rates or whatever. Some sort of interactive map maybe Every state does it a bit differently, but if you google “(state) traffic count map” for whatever state your looking for you can usually find it. For example, this is the one I use here for work here in SC from the SCOT website: https://scdottrafficdata.drakewell.com/publicmultinodemap.asp
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Jan 5, 2022 02:04
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IPCRESS posted:What's the difference between a suicide drone and a cruise missile, other than Raytheon's cut? Targeting.
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piL posted:Targeting. 
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IPCRESS posted:What's the difference between a suicide drone and a cruise missile, other than Raytheon's cut? 
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ADA is badass. Just sayin.
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pkells posted:Every state does it a bit differently, but if you google “(state) traffic count map” for whatever state your looking for you can usually find it. Echoing, but there is very little DOT stuff that isn't public domain.
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BUG JUG posted:ADA is badass. Just sayin. The hell it is! Maybe the concept of ADA is cool but after having been attached to a Patriot unit they can all suck my dick
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The 95 sucks rear end, I lived in Stafford for 12 years and never saw a worse stretch of asphalt in my life.
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Tenchrono posted:The 95 sucks rear end, I lived in Stafford for 12 years and never saw a worse stretch of asphalt in my life. The best part is that the Gucci Lanes they're adding along that stretch will have little to no safe connections to the main travel lanes (and the ones that *do* exist are few and far between), so even if they were up and running, they couldn't have been used, and if people had become stranded on them they'd have been even more hosed and isolated than the people in the chattel lanes because all the exits are flyover-type. 
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Jan 5, 2022 05:35
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Tenchrono posted:The 95 sucks rear end, I lived in Stafford for 12 years and never saw a worse stretch of asphalt in my life. I lived in the DC area for about a year and a half and I dreaded the stretch between the Beltway and Richmond the few times I drove it. What a nightmare of a road.
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The absolute worst unit I ever saw was a NG ADA unit. Multiple troopers- up to E6 were unsure of which way bullets point in mags. I have no clue how their MOS specific skills were, but the amount of peeps who had no concept of basic soldier tasks- poo poo like 'open bolt vs closed bolt', or 'how a compass works'- was disturbing.
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Jan 5, 2022 06:35
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Everyone sucks at land nav, and compasses are a mystery to most people. That's not terribly indicative because it's a force wide problem solved by issuing gps units in the future, that CIF will charge a fortune for if you scratch the case. The other stuff is pretty worrying, but land nav in training is hilariously brief, anyone could forget it without at least infrequent use.
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Jan 5, 2022 07:02
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Everyone sucks at land nav, and compasses are a mystery to most people. That's not terribly indicative because it's a force wide problem solved by issuing gps units in the future, that CIF will charge a fortune for if you scratch the case. I did really good at land nav until we did a night one and I kept my rifle on my chest right next to the compass and I walked off a cliff.
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Everyone sucks at land nav, and compasses are a mystery to most people. That's not terribly indicative because it's a force wide problem solved by issuing gps units in the future, that CIF will charge a fortune for if you scratch the case. Using a steel fencepost as a rest to shoot an azimuth.
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Jan 5, 2022 07:17
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Dismounted land nav is very easy. Mounted, much less so.
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I have a military compass still, brunton or lensatic or whatever, it's pretty nice. I really liked doing land nav, but it wasn't foreign to me going in, and I still remember how to use it. Meanwhile, I've known plenty of people who can't find east at sunrise.
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Armor branch spends a lot of time on land nav for it's lieutenants, both ABOLC and the Army Reconnaissance Course (which most 19As go through) teach it with a focus on using terrain association to navigate unlike most of the Army that mainly just seems to teach dead reckoning. The final ABOLC land nav test was some kind of STAR course and ARC only had you navigate to terrain features, OCS was the last time I did a standard "find these 5 exact points" style course. I'd wager armor LT's easily get the most in-depth land nav training in the regular army. Land nav is one of the few things I thoroughly enjoyed in the Army, one of my best memories was walking through the woods looking for a point in OCS while in the middle of a torrential downpour. You don't really beat brush like that too often as a civilian where there's usually a trail to follow.
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:I have a military compass still, brunton or lensatic or whatever, it's pretty nice. I really liked doing land nav, but it wasn't foreign to me going in, and I still remember how to use it. Meanwhile, I've known plenty of people who can't find east at sunrise. Had this bizarre rear end book in 4th grade where this one kid basically gets accidentally kidnapped by some convenience store robbers and has to jump out I'm the middle of the fuckin desert I slept through many times, so road trips out of NV got less fun for younger me. His entire strategy hinged on making it back to the freeway after being miles off the road and he almost dies a bunch in like 50 miles. I think that stuck with me cus now I never go hiking without a full days water and like 3 ways to find direction. Wasabi the J fucked around with this message at 08:56 on Jan 5, 2022 |
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You're doing the right thing. Never hit the backcountry without your 10 essentials. I loved teaching kids landnav back when I was working at Philmont, but I only had to teach baseplate compasses. I've never worked with a lensatic compass. But there's an orienteering club around town that's really tempting me to get back into it.
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Starting to see some spicy claimed happenings out of Kazakhstan now https://twitter.com/Peter__Leonard/status/1478661502370516993?t=qKVtYh3Z_dSvuVxECeHo3g&s=19 https://twitter.com/Peter__Leonard/status/1478657291264180231?t=GpPdAAoB9wjXicX2jfdZYQ&s=19
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:Starting to see some spicy claimed happenings out of Kazakhstan now Did Russia pull a "look over here" with Ukraine? The ol reverse Kazakh? Or did a good thing finally happen and they get rid of an actual lovely despot? Laranzu fucked around with this message at 12:11 on Jan 5, 2022 |
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Laranzu posted:Did Russia pull a "look over here" with Ukraine? The ol reverse Kazakh? The latter, but it just got going. Started three days ago with organic protests triggered by the gas prise trippling - and then people saw themselves, understood what they were doing and veritably exploded. If they government is actually having mass scale desertions from the security organs then this is a revolution. E. https://twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/1478703455506247681?t=ECuyJAbT9Pqnxbded0pMUw&s=19 ThisIsJohnWayne fucked around with this message at 13:26 on Jan 5, 2022 |
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I forgot that K2 is in Uzbekistan instead of Kazakhstan and just had a second of worry for our guys til I googled it. From a purely academic viewpoint, this should be interesting to see how it unfolds, especially compared to the Arab Spring. Hopefully the Kazak govt doesn't open up on civilians with live ammunition. Hopefully it doesn't end up in a civil war.
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Brute Squad posted:You're doing the right thing. Never hit the backcountry without your 10 essentials. I loved teaching kids landnav back when I was working at Philmont, but I only had to teach baseplate compasses. I've never worked with a lensatic compass. But there's an orienteering club around town that's really tempting me to get back into it. They're nice compasses, but they have gone up in price over the years. I think mine was about $30 a decade ago, about $50 now and tritium ones are north of $100.  Those compasses are great alone because you can dial in magnetic declination on a ring around the face for reference.
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Brute Squad posted:You're doing the right thing. Never hit the backcountry without your 10 essentials. I loved teaching kids landnav back when I was working at Philmont, but I only had to teach baseplate compasses. I've never worked with a lensatic compass. But there's an orienteering club around town that's really tempting me to get back into it. What are the 10 essentials?
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That Works posted:What are the 10 essentials? https://www.nps.gov/articles/10essentials.htm Navigation Sun Protection Insulation Illumination First Aid Fire Repair kit/knife Food Hydration Shelter
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In cadet times and initial training, land nav was always my favorite. A solo task outdoors where no one fucks with you for like 5 straight hours. If you finish early, go ahead and stay out there and just look at plants or birds or something unless time actually matters for some reason.
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That list is missing the most essential thing for preppers Tacticool AR with at least a dozen mags Minimum 2 pistols Huge gently caress-off shotgun Costco bucket of beans I kid obviously, that's a good list.
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Don't forget their gold krugerrands.
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Bored As gently caress posted:I forgot that K2 is in Uzbekistan instead of Kazakhstan and just had a second of worry for our guys til I googled it. Luckily the US has been out of K2 for a while. Pretty much all air went through other places into Afghanistan through the end.
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mlmp08 posted:In cadet times and initial training, land nav was always my favorite. A solo task outdoors where no one fucks with you for like 5 straight hours. If you finish early, go ahead and stay out there and just look at plants or birds or something unless time actually matters for some reason. In undergrad I remember all the ROTC cadets had to go on a big weekend land nav exercise at a base across the state. Come Monday everyone was still gone and we were all wondering wtf. Apparently one group managed to get hopelessly lost and it took all night for the search parties to find them. No one was allowed to leave till the search and rescue was completed, and everyone got their rear end chewed out for being dumb. It was a big mess because quite a few students missed exams that Monday and the university had to get involved because some professors refused to consider being stuck on base because some other cadets got lost a valid excused absence.
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