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Morbus posted:Americans already carry way more poo poo than any soldier should be, to the point that High Speed Low Drag Operators got so famously run down like dogs by Afghans (despite being uphill of them) that they had to make a movie about it. They are just ridiculously inefficient about what they spend that weight on. 14" carbine that somehow weighs 10 lbs? Sounds great. Machineguns all heavy pieces of poo poo compared to a 60 year old PKM? This is fine. loving compass: that'll be half a pound. *Slaps AN/PEQ-15* this 2 gram laser diode comes in a 213 gram package! Gradenko, here we go again.  https://mcoecbamcoepwprd01.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/library/ebooks/Soldier%27s%20Load_dated%201980.pdf Edit: I can cut to the chase regarding the author's research thanks to Grad. 
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gradenko_2000 posted:the idea that a globally interconnected world prevents wars because no one would ever want to cut themselves off from global trade stops working the moment that principle gets weaponized: if nations actively start getting cut off from trade as a punishment, then they (and those that recognize the danger of such sanctions) will begin to circumvent the global system, and once secondary or even tertiary networks of trade begin to exist, then suddenly you don't have a globally interconnected world anymore and instead have gone back to competing blocs of power and spheres of influence. Something interesting that has been worming it's way through the think tanks and showed itself with the Iran's secondary sanctions is there has been a low and steady beat to start placing sanctions on central Asian countries because they do business with Russia, China, and Iran. Cameron today made subtle threats. https://www.itv.com/news/2024-04-22/cameron-vows-to-stop-russia-using-central-asia-to-dodge-sanctions
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Mr Hootington posted:Something interesting that has been worming it's way through the think tanks and showed itself with the Iran's secondary sanctions is there has been a low and steady beat to start placing sanctions on central Asian countries because they do business with Russia, China, and Iran. OK, that's how you get the eastern block back together, but how do you make them communist again?
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Livo posted:There's a conspiracy theory that the advanced body armour argument was actually a sneaky political back-door excuse for a better & longer ranged round to deal with future autonomous/semi-autonomous scouting or surveillance ground drones. Sure, you can just armour the drones, but that'll make them heavier & less able to navigate awkward terrain, and/or more expensive if you use exotic materials for light-weight armour capable of resisting 6.8mm. Plus the hardware scanning devices & software needed for full autonomous ground navigation in tricky terrain are still fairly fragile to shock & vibrations (without costly hardening of key systems), so a heavier round would be more effective. The fancy Sig optic will help identify & allow engagements of such drones at a longer range than 5.56mm. I hope that isn't real because it's stupid as gently caress
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genericnick posted:OK, that's how you get the eastern block back together, but how do you make them communist again? Idk but milei wants Argentina to get into NATO as soon as possible.
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gradenko_2000 posted:How the gently caress is Argentina eligible for NATO They're changing what the N stands for
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gradenko_2000 posted:How the gently caress is Argentina eligible for NATO gently caress you, that's how
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The Oldest Man posted:They're changing what the N stands for
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gradenko_2000 posted:How the gently caress is Argentina eligible for NATO https://twitter.com/AP/status/1781216687397679577?t=K9lNkzvseh-JMsTM8Qfo3g&s=19
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gradenko_2000 posted:How the gently caress is Argentina eligible for NATO they've got a lot of Nazi's there also.
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gradenko_2000 posted:I know it's Sorkinesque slop, but there's that scene from Charlie Wilson's War where Gust Avrakotos decries the CIA's policy of dismissing a bunch of first-generation hyphenated-American agents over suspicions of insufficient national loyalty because "they're barely Americans themselves" and that sort of contradiction undergirds this particular aspect of imperialism where America is supposed to extract the brains of their colonial holdings and create legions of compradors raised on American culture that will ensure pro-USA politics in their home countries... but it's constantly tugging against the latent xenophobia. You can't plant native-speaking saboteurs inside China (or wherever) if you refuse to let them attend your universities for fear of them being spies for the other side. The book version. 
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gradenko_2000 posted:How the gently caress is Argentina eligible for NATO it isn't by any actual statute, but Milei, being an actually deranged person, might not understand that his country stands in the Far Southern Atlantic, which might be the loophole never considered and if we had an actual left-wing party with teeth on the helm of this country, I suppose we would be calling Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile (questionable chance however) and Uruguay to lean hard against the mere suggestion of it
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the year is 2049. america has filled low earth orbit with a thick cloud of sleeping mortar bomblets/solar reflectors. climate change and squad level weapons doctrine are both never thought of again.
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dead gay comedy forums posted:it isn't by any actual statute, but Milei, being an actually deranged person, might not understand that his country stands in the Far Southern Atlantic, which might be the loophole never considered The usa intended to fight some sort of war in South America if Ukraine hadn't happened. They want the oil and lithium that is closer to home and easier to control
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The Oldest Man posted:They're unmasking what the N stands for
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gradenko_2000 posted:How the gently caress is Argentina eligible for NATO NATO basically just means you're being folded in to the official American empire periphery rather than just being purely a resource colony at this point, I guess. Though that doesn't really work since Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and South Korea are all in that club and aren't in NATO.
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Mr Hootington posted:https://twitter.com/AP/status/1781216687397679577?t=K9lNkzvseh-JMsTM8Qfo3g&s=19 Okay, but NATO members can't have ongoing territorial disputes... so is he going to give up on the Falklands? Idk what the state of the Peronists is, but lol this mfer teeing himself up for a coup.
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DJJIB-DJDCT posted:Okay, but NATO members can't have ongoing territorial disputes... so is he going to give up on the Falklands? Idk what the state of the Peronists is, but lol this mfer teeing himself up for a coup. One of the parties will give up on the Falklands so the hegemony can strengthen in South America. Having USA bases on continental South America would be a huge get and would allow easy access to Bolivia and Chile.
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The Oldest Man posted:They're changing what the N stands for African American Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Thoguh posted:NATO basically just means you're being folded in to the official American empire periphery rather than just being purely a resource colony at this point, I guess. Though that doesn't really work since Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and South Korea are all in that club and aren't in NATO. nato is just the name of the empire’s eastern legions
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Thoguh posted:NATO basically just means you're being folded in to the official American empire periphery rather than just being purely a resource colony at this point, I guess. Though that doesn't really work since Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and South Korea are all in that club and aren't in NATO. Give it time. The US will slowly pressure all of the vassals into joining the club
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Proust Malone posted:African American Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Bar Crow posted:Americans have essentially combined the role of cop and soldier. This means our cops are too heavily armed and our soldiers are under equipped for actual military operations. Military objectives are achieved with bombings or not at all. Cop-soldiers exist to harass the civilians population and prevent the formation of a society capable of resisting the looting. Just wanted to quote this post again because it's a really succinct point as to why the US is currently losing WW3.
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Justin Tyme posted:You know mortars aren't laser guns right, the ammo weighs a lot and takes up a lot of ruck space The "E-MBT" is pitched as putting the Leclerc turret (with autoloader) on to a Leopard 2 chassis, keeping a fourth guy to "run systems". What are those systems? Let your imagination fly, just sign on the dotted line here.
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DJJIB-DJDCT posted:Okay, but NATO members can't have ongoing territorial disputes... so is he going to give up on the Falklands? Idk what the state of the Peronists is, but lol this mfer teeing himself up for a coup. what about cyprus lmao
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Mr Hootington posted:Something interesting that has been worming it's way through the think tanks and showed itself with the Iran's secondary sanctions is there has been a low and steady beat to start placing sanctions on central Asian countries because they do business with Russia, China, and Iran. Boy they'd better get cracking before some kind of, I dunno, belt, of central asian nations, are connected to the worlds largest economy via roads and other infrastructure, or something like that.
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Zeppelin Insanity posted:what about cyprus lmao An Argentina/Turkey NATO axis would, if nothing else, probably be extremely funny.
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AmyL posted:The book version. well he ruined a country trying to do socialism. Its as american as it gets.
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Tankbuster posted:well he ruined a country trying to do socialism. Its as american as it gets. Countries. Imagine FF winning when he is an American sepoy.
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Orange Devil posted:Being able to rain down death within seconds seems pretty useful but what do I know? then people got wise to that and people who were really proficient started doing double tap/delayed shots to catch people anticipating the standard, reminds me of the dust2 awp door timing meta
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I'm like 90% sure I've played this map in a CC5 mod. FirstnameLastname posted:lol on bridge people knew the travel time so well they'd hit the spot between enemy spawn and the midpoint right as the other team would be reaching it entirely blind probably 3-4x beyond visibility fog We did dropshots from spawn on timing for area denial on Mountain Pass, SF Oasis, and SF Recon with 203s. SF Oasis also had a direct fire timed blind RPG shot and SF Recon had 2 RPG timed dropshots from spawn. Some other teams also used timed dropshots on Radio Tower but they were so easy to avoid and didn't actually impact the other teams ability to do anything so we never bothered. We also had blind SAW fire right at the start of a round for area denial on Mountain Pass, Mountain Ambush and MOUT McKenna and timed blind M16 fire in Tunnel defense side about 17 seconds in. That's not even getting into all the tricknades and prepared blind fires to support an attack on so many maps. It was always very funny to go up against a team which wasn't aware of these and they'd just get shredded without anyone even seeing anyone else. Orange Devil has issued a correction as of 21:22 on Apr 22, 2024 |
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Orange Devil posted:I'm like 90% sure I've played this map in a CC5 mod. I got to give credit to grad for that map there.
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Do hedge funds still own Argentina? I remember when Kirchner was in charge they were firesailing every service the government and private sector could provide to Paul Singer and a bunch of others. Did a new gov't ever fix that mess?
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