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Godholio posted:Just add more rotors/motors. Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5JgnMJzCtQ
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Oct 10, 2015 09:23
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Fojar38 posted:So China "released" the "specs" for their "stealth fighter." Their domestic powerplant is better than the russian one? Uh huh...
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Oct 10, 2015 11:07
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Could be, at about 3 minutes MTBF 
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Oct 10, 2015 12:12
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That Works posted:Their domestic powerplant is better than the russian one? Well, the RD-93 has a quoted life of 4000 hours (which is probably optimistic, and isn't all that great), while the WS-13A is 2200 hours. So yeah, basically.
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Oct 10, 2015 15:40
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I have been telling people on Facebook about Iran's involvement in Syria, and how the Russians are only bombing the anti-Iranian Free Syrian Army and not ISIS. A lot of people who don't know this have obviously been confused by the idea that "all the brown people fighting are not ISIS?" Considering that this is the exact opposite of what the Russians are telling the news, and the news are telling us, it comes as no surprise. Don't get me wrong, there are ISIS in Syria, but they are being used as a scapegoat. For those of you who don't know what I mean, the FSA are the guys we have been giving TOW's to to fight the pro-iranian Syrian government as well as the Iranians there. Then today we get this news. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/9/hussein-hamedani-iranian-general-killed-islamic-st As far as I know so far, ISIS isn't even claiming responsibility. Even if they did I would consider it dubious. I think he was killed in the offensive I posted only one of the many videos from. Go to Liveleak and put in "TOW" to be blown away at the horror of this Russian bolstered offensive. I think if this ends up going like Libya, then the next step will be lots of MANPADS for the FSA edit: welp http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=295_1443718220 B4Ctom1 fucked around with this message at 15:51 on Oct 10, 2015 |
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Oct 10, 2015 15:46
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US press is not all just parroting what Russia says. Definitely seen multiple articles from mainstream press talking about air strikes against the rebels we support being a majority of their ops. And at this rate everyone will be fighting for a blown up wasteland no one but the fighters occupy. And man the Washington post mobile site is awful. Three paragraphs then four in line ads, then a pop up opened and when I closed it the page refreshed. By the time I got back to the paragraph I wAs reading the pop up returned.
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Oct 10, 2015 16:17
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i was under the impression the russians didn't really care as long as a) it helps assad and b) creates lots of lovely refugees to bolster the far right parties in europe they fund
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Oct 10, 2015 16:39
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B4Ctom1 posted:I have been telling people on Facebook about Iran's involvement in Syria, and how the Russians are only bombing the anti-Iranian Free Syrian Army and not ISIS. Daesh is quite strongly anti-Iran, given how they're radical Sunnites who want to kill all the "safavid heretics". Russia and Iran do not have goals that are perfectly aligned. What they have in common is the desire to keep Assad in power (for different reasons), and hinder US attempts to contain their regional influence.
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Oct 10, 2015 16:50
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Is it bad to think that maybe keeping Assad in power might be better for regional stability? Having a rebel coalition overthrow Assad doesn't really seem all that likely to install a Western-friendly state and even with Assad there he's now the same guy we already knew about but in charge of an even shittier and less capable country than before..
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Oct 10, 2015 21:15
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That argument's not going to garner any more support now than it did in 2003.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:27
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Godholio posted:That argument's not going to garner any more support now than it did in 2003. Sure, but it seems like even if we "win" by booting out Assad it just turns into endless war there between rebels, ISIS and whoever else decides they want part of the country (Kurds?). Doesn't seem very encouraging compared to restoring Assad to full power of the country.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:30
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There's no way you're putting that genie back in its bottle.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:31
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I'm seeing some stuff about the Turks smokin a wayward Russian?
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Oct 10, 2015 21:43
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So far it's only being reported by poo poo like the Mirror and conspiracy sites.
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Oct 10, 2015 22:08
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LingcodKilla posted:I'm seeing some stuff about the Turks smokin a wayward Russian? Somewhere the corpse of Tom Clancy is twitching and regretting not squeezing a few more dimes out of that specific scenario.
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Oct 10, 2015 23:17
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That Works posted:Is it bad to think that maybe keeping Yup! And we're never going to learn our lesson.
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Oct 10, 2015 23:40
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Blistex posted:Yup! And we're never going to learn our lesson. Isn't this how we got to this situation in the first place? Liking strongmen over democracy because the former is easier to control?
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Oct 10, 2015 23:56
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Middle Eastern populism produced Nasser, which sounds a hell of a lot more dangerous than your run of the mill kleptocrat dictator.
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Oct 11, 2015 00:16
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Alaan posted:US press is not all just parroting what Russia says. Definitely seen multiple articles from mainstream press talking about air strikes against the rebels we support being a majority of their ops. Sorry about such a lovely link.
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Oct 11, 2015 00:42
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Cat Mattress posted:Russia and Iran do not have goals that are perfectly aligned. What they have in common is the desire to keep Assad in power (for different reasons), and hinder US attempts to contain their regional influence.
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Oct 11, 2015 00:45
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Nebakenezzer posted:Isn't this how we got to this situation in the first place? Liking strongmen over democracy because the former is easier to control? All we had to do was not get involved, and not give the rebels weapons and air support (Libya) or outright invade (Iraq). We'd save billions->trillions, Iraq would still be stable and ISIS free, and Vilerat would still be pooping in socks.
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Oct 11, 2015 03:28
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Blistex posted:All we had to do was not get involved, and not give the rebels weapons and air support (Libya) or outright invade (Iraq). We'd save billions->trillions, Iraq would still be stable and ISIS free, and Vilerat would still be pooping in socks. The only for sure thing you listed is that Iraq would (most likely) be stable. Everything else is a maybe, mostly hinging on when Arab Spring kicks off, including Vile Rat. Iraq not getting knocked over, or getting knocked over but no dissolution of the military, means that IS is less likely due to the lack of potential militants. Libya required the Arab Spring uprisings to occur. However, I don't remember anything really connecting the fall and dissolution of Iraq's government/military, and AS kicking off other than a strongman government toppling (but to completely different circumstances [invasion by foreign power v. domestic uprising]). And Libya really is an aberration as far as AS, and along with it Syria, in that the country dissolved into civil war; which didn't really occur in Tunisia or Egypt, the other major Arab Spring states (the only ones?). I say that VR would be a maybe because, with AS occurring "off-schedule" to OTL, he may not be in Benghazi when the embassy gets trashed.
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Oct 11, 2015 05:14
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You can lay down some options but it's basically impossible to make a strong stand which way things outside of Iraq and Afghanistan would go. Us kicking Sadam out and hugely increasing our own influence in the region grossly changes the political dynamics there. A lot players had their finger in the pie of Iraqi insurgency during that mess spreading over several countries. There's been fair deal of cross-pollination between various extremists/rebels/flavor of the day fighters.
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Oct 11, 2015 05:24
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http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/gen-vagula.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=594592 
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Oct 11, 2015 11:46
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B4Ctom1 posted:So by now everyone here has probably heard about the Russian missiles headed for Syria that accidentally crashed in Iran? Another picture of the Russian "shipping container" cruise missile stealth launcher 
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Oct 11, 2015 13:27
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Russia is going to get pretty bloody doing Iran's dirty work. http://www.businessinsider.com/syria-rebels-and-tow-missiles-2015-10?op=1
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Oct 11, 2015 13:28
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OhYeah posted:http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/gen-vagula.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=594592 
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Oct 11, 2015 16:17
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The facial expression makes it look like it's tripping balls.
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Oct 11, 2015 19:06
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The PCP helps the Warthog focus its rage as it tears up T-72s.
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Oct 11, 2015 19:07
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I can't believe the AF still lets them do that; tradition doesn't mean poo poo these days. Edit: That unit is the descendant of the original Flying Tigers, that's why they get the shark teeth. Nobody else gets poo poo anymore.
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Oct 11, 2015 20:05
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I was a stone's throw away from these A-10s but I didn't know about the northern lights so I just slept like a retard. 
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"Well, there was a fire on engine 1 and the fuel cutoff wouldn't stay engaged so we improvised"
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Godholio posted:I can't believe the AF still lets them do that; tradition doesn't mean poo poo these days. Pretty sure 100 ARW still rocks bomber formation lettering. And every ISR unit I was ever in still runs WWII/Cold War patches on flight suits. Moving away from unit insignia on ABU was the dumbest goddamn thing considering how desperate they are for morale that doesn't have to be enforced.
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Oct 12, 2015 01:10
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hobbesmaster posted:"Well, there was a fire on engine 1 and the fuel cutoff wouldn't stay engaged so we improvised" See this is why ladies maximise their 1 carry-on, 1 stowable laptop/book bag, and 1 clutch. You never know when it'll come in handy. And that poo poo flies for freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Oct 12, 2015 02:22
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Suspect Bucket posted:See this is why ladies maximise their 1 carry-on, 1 stowable laptop/book bag, and 1 clutch. You never know when it'll come in handy. And that poo poo flies for freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Not on spirit!
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Oct 12, 2015 02:56
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German owned Patriots may have been hacked http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/has-germanys-patriot-missile-system-been-hacked/ar-CC8HT edit: an info dump on the matter http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=76e_1444301319
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Oct 12, 2015 02:56
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B4Ctom1 posted:German owned Patriots may have been hacked
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standard.deviant posted:Yeah, according to that first story apparently the Patriot datalink is just like something you would get at Best Buy. Somehow that doesn't seem quite right. Commercial off the shelf hardware. This article sounds like something invented by a global foundries exec or something.
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