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Real hurthling! posted:windowless military vehicles sound like a very silly thing to be killed in people not in the US army are apparently required to wear the US army uniform collar in a stupid and hosed up way
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Cuttlefush posted:while we're posting hosed up lookin guns I like how this, the G11, and the OICW, were all in Delta Force Land Warrior. Land Warrior itself refers to an Army program to make all the troops have helmet cams and backpack computers and other such futuristic tat.
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it was cool in land warrior multiplayer when a guy on a hill fully 2 km away would be repeatedly killing you with a zero-recoil machine gun
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A Russian troll farm posted:it was cool in land warrior multiplayer when a guy on a hill fully 2 km away would be repeatedly killing you with a zero-recoil machine gun In one of the Day of Defeat servers I used to frequent there was one dude who would snipe everyone with double-taps with an MG42, he was a menace
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Frosted Flake posted:My read is that this was political manoeuvring to preserve the relevance of the USMC, but it’s not a serious doctrine, for the reasons you outlined. It maintains the budget, in the same way the attempts to rebrand the USMC as urban warfare specialists from 2003-10 did. They were able to trade on Fallujah for a long time in Washington, but it lead to things like the M27 replacing the M249 SAW in the rifle section as the 249 was “too heavy to carry in Fallujah”. The solution I always heard proposed: take the pistols away from the coffee drinkers who lived exclusively inside the wire and give them to the poor schmucks who aren't allowed to keep their open bolt weapons ready to fire when patrolling in an area rife with blind corners. Also somewhat solves the challenges of house clearing with a saw in a more kinetic environment. Like yeah I get the charm of the 249 is the ubiquity of .556 but it's still gotta be cheaper than inventing a whole new gun. ...INVENT A 556 PISTOL!
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https://twitter.com/AnnQuann/status/1579054926889484288 kalibers and kilo subs for vietnam eh
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Danann posted:https://twitter.com/AnnQuann/status/1579054926889484288 it's a real shame that the alfa subs had bad reactors and had to be retired, titanium subs are cool
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Rutibex posted:it's not a rumor its even better than that. russia has these autonomous cobalt bomb torpedoes which can poison a port city with radiation for a thousand years lol Ardennes posted:They also have their own nuclear reactors and can possibly sit on a seabed indefinitely ready to be activated. why haven't these been dismantled due to some treaty or something? holy poo poo this is terrifying
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Grandpa Palpatine posted:why haven't these been dismantled due to some treaty or something? holy poo poo this is terrifying because you would have to be a moron to dismantle your nuclear weapons
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they're "just" nuclear weapons, and even if you could craft a legal agreement that banned the use of cobalt bombs specifically while leaving "traditional" nuclear weapons on the table, it would require nuclear arms talks and treaties, which countries generally haven't been interested in for a while
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Grandpa Palpatine posted:why haven't these been dismantled due to some treaty or something? holy poo poo this is terrifying As for Cobalt bombs they are more theoretical, there is a good chance both sides have them but it has never been declared. The Status 6 system is brand new and is part of Russia’s answer to the US’ attempt at a ABM system. Also, treaties require both sides to cooperate and the US has already blew its load on sanctions against the Russians.
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goddammit is there a chance they won't work like that and not cause much fallout? i need the answer to be "yes" so I can fall asleep
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Lol I learned about cobalt bombs from a Planet of the Apes sequel.
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Grandpa Palpatine posted:goddammit is there a chance they won't work like that and not cause much fallout? any scenario where a "cobalt bomb" is going to be used is a situation where all the other bombs are also going to be used, so it doesn't much matter either way chill out
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gradenko_2000 posted:any scenario where a "cobalt bomb" is going to be used is a situation where all the other bombs are also going to be used, so it doesn't much matter either way calmer than u are
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Grandpa Palpatine posted:why haven't these been dismantled due to some treaty or something? holy poo poo this is terrifying quote:The Poseidon is intended to serve as response to U.S. withdrawal from the ABM treaty
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On 13 December 2001, George W. Bush gave Russia notice of the United States' withdrawal from the treaty, in accordance with the clause that required six months' notice before terminating the pact—the first time in recent history that the United States has withdrawn from a major international arms treaty.[23] This led to the eventual creation of the American Missile Defense Agency.[24]
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Grandpa Palpatine posted:why haven't these been dismantled due to some treaty or something? holy poo poo this is terrifying They were made as a result of the US dipping out of treaties. Grandpa Palpatine posted:goddammit is there a chance they won't work like that and not cause much fallout? All of Russia's nuclear deterrent poo poo works. It would be beyond foolish to believe they wouldn't. And that belief is generally used by people who want to stoke conflict between NATO/Russia.
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Grandpa Palpatine posted:calmer than u are Jog on m8
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if you're already losing sleep over a potential nuclear war then you're in for a real bad time
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Also, you don’t need a cobalt shell to irradiate an area and make it unlivable, it is just that a cobalt bomb is more likely to leave a more constant low level of radiation behind which complicates any attempt at rebuilding. The status 6 system with even a conventional warhead though could potentially be used to create an irradiated tidal wave that could potentially be even more of a problem since it is going to immediately leech into the soil and then the water table of coastal areas. I doubt the Russians would get rid of it because it is the ultimate answer to any type of ABM system and it is extremely difficult to defend against without literally having barrier nets across the coasts. As for nuclear war, I think there is going to be a lot of threats being made but at the end of the day, Western capital can’t really win it.
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Grandpa Palpatine posted:why haven't these been dismantled due to some treaty or something? holy poo poo this is terrifying  they were made in response to the USA withdrawing from the anti ballistic missile treaty
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Ardennes posted:As for nuclear war, I think there is going to be a lot of threats being made but at the end of the day, Western capital can’t really win it. it's a good thing capitalism is forward thinking and doesn't self destruct in the pursuit of short term goals
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Rutibex posted:it's a good thing capitalism is forward thinking and doesn't self destruct in the pursuit of short term goals There isn’t a short term goal out of “everything blows up.”
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Ardennes posted:There isn’t a short term goal out of “everything blows up.” Well, you could always make some good and huge gains by shorting everything on the market before the news of the bombs flying gets around. Then you could always make some $$$ out of exploiting whatever resources are left afterwards
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my pro investment tip is to stock up on bondage gear and dune buggies so you can outfit your post-apocalyptic warband properly
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Ardennes posted:There isn’t a short term goal out of “everything blows up.” there could be short term goals out of putting everyone on that path without an offramp
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fart simpson posted:there could be short term goals out of putting everyone on that path without an offramp Even then there would be a split in Western capital because so much of it makes money from the “other side.”
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Ardennes posted:Even then there would be a split in Western capital because so much of it makes money from the “other side.” Other side? You meant being sustainable, long term planning, and all that? That 'other side' simply isn't that profitable, and so the market has spoken.
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NeonPunk posted:Other side? You meant being sustainable, long term planning, and all that? No, I meant making money off of China and the rest of “Eurasia.”
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Ardennes posted:Even then there would be a split in Western capital because so much of it makes money from the “other side.” i hope your right but its feeling to me a lot like, despite the amount of money being made, things are on a collision course with china and that a serious conflict between america and china is pretty likely if not inevitable
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fart simpson posted:i hope your right but its feeling to me a lot like, despite the amount of money being made, things are on a collision course with china and that a serious conflict between america and china is pretty likely if not inevitable Well, it is why I think the ultimate showdown will a civil war between themselves oligarchs, those who benefit from the “new arrangement” versus those who rather bathe the world in hellfire than lose. I don’t think the Russo-Ukrainian war is going to be it but there will be a point in the not too distant future that it will have to be sorted.
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eager for the day a dredge or trawler pulls up a Poseidon and the crew start loving with it
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yeah the whole thing with Ukraine gives me the impression this is the first moves against China and why the west can't keep a lid on wanting Russia broken up. China is an aberration on neoliberal domination. There isn't supposed to be another way to live. But there is China. And they loving hate it for that. I don't see how the tension doesn't spiral into something worse with the future climate crisis and/or resource shortages.
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Regarde Aduck posted:yeah the whole thing with Ukraine gives me the impression this is the first moves against China and why the west can't keep a lid on wanting Russia broken up. China is an aberration on neoliberal domination. There isn't supposed to be another way to live. But there is China. And they loving hate it for that. I don't see how the tension doesn't spiral into something worse with the future climate crisis and/or resource shortages. capital is already stupid enough to seriously consider libya-ing the saudis
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Palladium posted:capital is already stupid enough to seriously consider libya-ing the saudis where are you hearing that?
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fart simpson posted:where are you hearing that? it's hyperbole but the americans screaming for blood at the saudis after the opec production cuts is just so lol
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Palladium posted:capital is already stupid enough to seriously consider libya-ing the saudis I don’t think they could. Total chaos would halt production, not allow more of it on favourable terms. What they’d need would be to install a Hashemite king or something, and I think the days where you could do something like that are long gone.
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