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Just Another Lurker posted:Dead or alive, that man has achieved immortality. Yeah I hope, and believe at this point that this has become a situation where if this man is killed, it will only empower his cause and further immortalize him. That said, of course I'd much rather he live to see Russia slink back defeated by their ash heap of an economy.
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The Ukrainians got some interesting new toys from thr Russians A baby drone, gently used - does this look repairable/usable? Note: the digitization is hiding a face not gore https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1499074919090597896?t=X28-BlvNrU0cQNrvR_SAlw&s=19 And a big fuckoff sniper rifle https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1499051427557261315?t=dmG2JeXYqzZEzwjQz9MPRA&s=19 Also comrade Bayraktar continues to patrol the skies - the below was self-propelled no visible people injured, but spoilered for sky death  https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1499066555551948804?t=eqUo9-WdeBm6u8U_ji6lGQ&s=19 Edit: gently caress, did not understand that 'self propelled' didn't mean 'unmanned' KitConstantine fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Mar 2, 2022 |
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Randarkman posted:there is outright racism at times in how this war and resulting humanitarian crisis is commented on compared to very similar things that have happened outside of Europe, and which often the West has been complicit in. The (fascist, financed by and allied to Russia) leader of the far right Lega party in Italy - who has been completely against humanitarian help and hospitality for refugess so far - has been so up front about this as to call these true refugees (can't find much international media coverage, but it made the rounds in Italy due to the ridiculous declarations and the change of pace compared to the usual). We often talk about fake wars, but these are true refugees, escaping a real war, in his words.
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distortion park posted:The Saudis haven't even returned the favour lol. Such garbage allies even if their leadership weren't pieced of poo poo in their own right KSA is the greatest example of a "one sided aliiance" The faster the world can switch to renewables the faster we can stop propping up that despot hellscape government TulliusCicero fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Mar 2, 2022 |
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Randarkman posted:The comment might be talking about alot of the African countries among the abstentions though. There is hypocrisy evident in the Western response to this, and there is outright racism at times in how this war and resulting humanitarian crisis is commented on compared to very similar things that have happened outside of Europe, and which often the West has been complicit in. And then there's the reflection with Iraq in 2003 that the world would not be able to (and the West wouldn not be willing to) put up the same resistance to naked American aggression. yeah, it's completely in "no chance at all of happening" territory, but i wish that these kind of responses would be implemented against america, saudi arabia, and israel. just as much, if not more, human suffering has been caused by each just in the last decade i definitely don't begrudge the ukrainian's the support they're getting, but it drives home that the west doesn't really perceive or care about humanitarian crises unless it can be spun as "one of their own"
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KitConstantine posted:Also comrade Bayraktar continues to patrol the skies - the below was self-propelled so no people hurt in this strike, but spoilered for sky death Uh, self-propelled artillery doesn't mean unmanned artillery
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OctaMurk posted:You can become an Apache pilot in the US army right out of high school, No you can't. First and foremost you must be an officer to even begin training. There are no privates flying attack helicopters.
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spacetoaster posted:No you can't. You can be a Warrant Officer, which is easier to get from Enlisted without going through Officer Candidate School. https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/specialty-careers/aviation.html
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TulliusCicero posted:KSA is the greatest example of a "one sided aliiance"
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Shes Not Impressed posted:Getting 70% of the world to agree on something is kind of wild Pretty much. It was a poll of where counties officially stand I guess, but even if it passed -which it never could- it wouldn't actually do anything.
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spacetoaster posted:No you can't. never said there were privates flying attack helicopters buddy. you do not need need a university degree to enter street to seat. literally at 18 years old, you can sign up for the boards and if selected, you can become a warrant officer in the us army and be trained to fly attack helicopters without ever going to college.
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KitConstantine posted:Also comrade Bayraktar continues to patrol the skies - the below was self-propelled so no people hurt in this strike, but spoilered for sky death Self-propelled just means that it can move under it's own power (i.e. it doesn't need to be towed around), not unmanned or remotely controlled.
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KitConstantine posted:
self propelled means it has an engine and wheels (or tracks) it doesn't mean it's a drone edit: beaten
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CommieGIR posted:You can be a Warrant Officer, which is easier to get from Enlisted without going through Officer Candidate School. OctaMurk posted:never said there were privates flying attack helicopters buddy. That's what I said? Warrant Officers are an officer (not as high as a commissioned officer, but still an officer) with a long process for becoming one.
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KitConstantine posted:The Ukrainians got some interesting new toys from thr Russians Is this the drone that you need to launch from a vertical rail?
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spacetoaster posted:That's what I said? Warrant Officers are an officer (not as high as a commissioned officer, but still an officer) with a long process for becoming one. Its a significantly shorter path than OCS and Comissioning. Charlotte Hornets posted:Is this the drone that you need to launch from a vertical rail? Yes, because that's a Pulsejet, which cannot put out enough thrust to get off the ground on its own.
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spacetoaster posted:No you can't. “High school to flight school” was a recruiting pitch in 2008. There’s an article on in from March 2020, but hell-time takes over after that so who knows now.
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Randarkman posted:Yeah as I understand it, there's a bit of a popular culture myth regarding the ease of use and reliability of Soviet equipment, it's really only true for some outstanding pieces of equipment from the 50s/60s like the T-54/55, RPG-7 and of course the Kalashnikovs. Outside of that it seems the story with much of it is that it's not reliable and breaks down alot and in general are big maintenance hogs. The Saudis are the only country we export the M1A2SEP variant to. This is the variant that contains the most advanced electronics packages; however, the most important detail that differentiates the export variants of the M1 from that used by the United States Army is--to my knowledge anyway--none of the export variants use the composite depleted uranium armor scheme that the American domestic use MBT does. The exact composition and schematic layout of that depleted uranium armor is probably the most 'top secret' thing there is when it comes to the United States armored warfare forces. ZombieLenin fucked around with this message at 18:46 on Mar 2, 2022 |
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spacetoaster posted:That's what I said? Warrant Officers are an officer (not as high as a commissioned officer, but still an officer) with a long process for becoming one. you can still enter the process as an 18 year old civilian with only a high school degree, so if thats what you said, why would you have disagreed with me?
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steinrokkan posted:Uh, self-propelled artillery doesn't mean unmanned artillery Oh gently caress I did not know that, fixed.
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CommieGIR posted:Its a significantly shorter path than OCS and Comissioning. Correct, but you're not jumping in an apache right out of high school which is what was posted. And in real life (not recruiting material, lol) it does take quite a while and you're going to spend a lot of time flying other, cheaper/easier, to fly aircraft first.
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The key question here is 'hey, what's your missing stat?'
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KitConstantine posted:
I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be looking at here? All I see is blurry trees and some smoke?
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spacetoaster posted:That's what I said? Warrant Officers are an officer (not as high as a commissioned officer, but still an officer) with a long process for becoming one. Warrant Officer Candidate School is 6 weeks, and you can go right after basic training. Your Warrant is conditional on completing flight school, which takes about a year. I mean, I went to flight school about a year after enlisting, though I had a lot of help with my Warrant packet. Though current policy discourages this approach, it is still possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qayyOwDGr9Q PeterCat fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Mar 2, 2022 |
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spacetoaster posted:That's what I said? Warrant Officers are an officer (not as high as a commissioned officer, but still an officer) with a long process for becoming one. This is incorrect. I had my warrant flight packet mostly complete before my dumbass let it die so I could get stationed in Italy instead of Utah. Edit: also what I was told was your airframe is assigned after flight school, you don't work your way up from worse helicopters like it's an RPG.
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spacetoaster posted:Correct, but you're not jumping in an apache right out of high school which is what was posted. You can literally jump into the training pipeline for helicopter pilots right out of high school. It is called Street to Seat. Obviously they do not put you in an apache the very first day, ALL jobs in the military obviously require training.
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Turns out sending in more men doesn't solve poo poo when you don't have the logistics to support them. Shocking.
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spacetoaster posted:Correct, but you're not jumping in an apache right out of high school which is what was posted. I mean, that's how any flight training works.
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A lot of the Turkish drone stuff is being driven by the Turkish MIC and some accounts with some certain takes about the 2020 war.
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Jarmak posted:This is incorrect. I had my warrant flight packet mostly complete before my dumbass let it die so I could get stationed in Italy instead of Utah. You made the correct choice if you got to do in Italy what my buddy got to do. Which is ride a motorcycle up and down the coast for a few years and party. Maybe I've just been with the wrong kind of aviation units for the last 20 years, but I've never seen someone graduate highschool, get handed a warrant officer rank, and start flying Apaches.
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That’s what, ~200k going in now? Across all advances?
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FishBulbia posted:A lot of the Turkish drone stuff is being driven by the Turkish MIC and some accounts with some certain takes about the 2020 war. The Turks clearly have both a commercial and nationalist reason to publicize their drones' results. Does it mean they are lying? The drones clearly were decisive in 2020, they are working here as well.
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Icon Of Sin posted:That’s what, ~200k going in now? Across all advances? There's a reason Russia is now trying to drag the Chechens, the Belarussians, and others into this: They need to move troops from far, far away now if they want to keep this up.
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spacetoaster posted:You made the correct choice if you got to do in Italy what my buddy got to do. Which is ride a motorcycle up and down the coast for a few years and party. I would assume it's an extremely low probability event. Those slots would likely go to top graduates, which are likely not going to be the people with the least amount of experience going in.
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Breaking and blunting the loving combined power of the former USSR to make sure Lviv is colored a different shade of yellow on the map than Kyiv
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Icon Of Sin posted:That’s what, ~200k going in now? Across all advances? He says vast majority of 150k. 200k still wouldn't be enough.
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steinrokkan posted:The Turks clearly have both a commercial and nationalist reason to publicize their drones' results. I think we can acknowledge that without fully endorsing the BAYRAKTER "Russian Puppet remover" meme poo poo considering it literally facilitated ethnic cleansing two years ago
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OddObserver posted:And Serbia voted Yes!? Serbia is in the process of joining the EU and that is still supported by the majority.
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Alchenar posted:The key question here is 'hey, what's your missing stat?' Given their logistic failures and disregard for the lives of their soldiers I'm not sure anyone in Russia is even keeping track of soldiers well enough to know they're MIA. Probably only know how many are definitely KIA because the commissars personally shot 'em.
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