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Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

Koramei posted:

while you guys are on this again, NK has claimed (not for the first time, mind) to have miniaturized their nukes to the point they could put them in a missile- this time though, with pictures:

https://www.nknews.org/2016/03/n-korea-publishes-pictures-of-miniaturized-nuclear-weapon/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

I have no idea what a miniaturized warhead looks like, and whether this disco ball thing is a hilarious misstep by them � la that Iranian stealth fighter from a few years back or if it's actually deeply concerning; can anyone shed some light?

Unless they show it next to a pile of enriched uranium big enough to fill that sphere, that's about as threatening as a rolled up newspaper.

# ¿ Mar 9, 2016 04:38

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 02:26

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

Cat Mattress posted:

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usaf-studying-future-attack-aircraft-options-422936/

Hahaha

I forge who ran the article today, but apparently someone found a couple of functional OV-10s and has been using them against ISIS.

# ¿ Mar 10, 2016 00:18

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

IM_DA_DECIDER posted:

Not that I feel bad for random ISIS guys, but it's gotta suck to be in a war where you are so outmatched that your opponent starts sending really dumb gimmick weapons your way just to try and see what happens.

You should see the stuff ISIS is cooking up.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2016 01:13

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

The problem there is that drones only work in perfect weather and are totally dependent on reachback. A Tucano can still take off and land in a crosswind stiffer than a solid fart and is completely effective with a boring, cheap VHF radio. While Reapers and such will remain the backbone of the fleet and are very very good at what they do if -they can get in position to do it- they're pretty bad at being airplanes. And while light CAS only has 2-4 hours of fuel and the same payload, they can also fly 4-6 reloaded missions hundreds of miles apart in the same time a Reaper is still transitioning back for more missiles from the first strike of the day. Then you have the problem of most armed drones being national assets, while a prop job belongs to the theater or gets pushed down to the task force commander. Then you don't get Col. Oakley McJSOC bitching about his ISR getting pulled because some PFCs in the next valley over are taking unaimed fire.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2016 04:35

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

Dead Reckoning posted:

Please believe that he will find something else to bitch about, despite SOCOM having its own indigenous ISR capability.

As one of the guys who trains that indigenous capability, you have no idea jesis gently caress do you want a side of weather control with that

# ¿ Mar 11, 2016 04:56

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

It's because they're the whitest planes in the fleet.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2016 03:22

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

Doctor Grape Ape posted:

One thing I've always wondered about Bentwaters/Woodbridge, why would you build two independent (but still kind of cooperating) bases a mile from each other? It seems like just taking all the area in between the two and making one big base would have been easier, at least logistically.

In the case of Mildenhall and Lakenheath, the runways are almost perpendicular so there's more options for landing in the high seasonal winds. There's also the matter of the MoD owning the fields and being willing to pay to keep them open.

Godholio posted:

I always thought it was odd that a direct road between them was never built. I kind of wonder if that was intentional, to force Americans into town where they'd spend money.

England is the country that brought us the Landowning class, so they take their property law seriously. Those roads may be 1000 years old, or may still be owned by royalty, who aren't really inclined to sell. So while I'm sure they'd appreciate a steady stream of Americans flowing past their traffic cameras, it's really just impossible to change things when landowners are 12th generation and expect their great great great grandkids will inherit it.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 04:56

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

B4Ctom1 posted:

Argentina Coast Guard sank a Chinese fishing trawler violating their territorial waters
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d80_1458208586

sinking
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d80_1458208586

This could instigate hostilities.

BLUE WATER NAVY :derp:

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 21:48

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

Craptacular posted:

Chinese South China Sea island claim map

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 01:36

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

PittTheElder posted:

you can't jam the stars.

Yet.

# ¿ Mar 21, 2016 06:36

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

Splode posted:

It's been an international centre for finance for ages. Where there's finance there's tax fraud

And a fairly rigid class system. Turns out rich people like staying rich, and don't want socialist poors knowing just how rich they are. Can't imagine why.

USA Today is claiming Jackie Chan and Pedro Almodovar are listed. I'm guessing a lot of the names are going to be in the Jimmy Carr situation. Rich Person gives money to a financial advisor, has this conversation:
"this method does X in 5 years at .25%, this does Y in 15 years at .75%, and Z has 0.1% but lower taxes when you withdraw it."
"Ok, put it in Z."

20 years later, college socialists fresh off a sugar tax high will screech about the dollar that could have ended poverty forever was found hiding in a safe deposit box in Bermuda. Probably right next to the aborted fetus that Jesus wanted to grow up to cure cancer.

Also lol at anyone caring where Saudi Arabia keeps its sock roll. But if Maduro or Roussef come up, holy poo poo.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2016 00:21

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

Godholio posted:

I'm of a mixed mind on Big Safari. They're basically the only way certain necessary things get fielded because of the entrenched bureaucracy in acquisitions.

Sure, if you like your Certain Necessary Things running as Windows 7 virtual machines off a Red Hat host with a European power socket connector.

In summary,

iyaayas01 posted:

I hate Big Safari so much.

# ¿ Apr 13, 2016 23:14

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

B-21 Mongol

# ¿ Apr 16, 2016 04:29

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

ThisIsJohnWayne posted:

you're aware that scandinavians directly tag you as a neonazi if you go viking words = awsome, right?

How would you feel about a B-21 Thanos?

# ¿ Apr 16, 2016 21:32

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

TheFluff posted:

Unofficially, I'm pretty sure. And it's gone now, it was retired when Sweden ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

Tourists and kids get to be into Viking stuff without being weird, but if you're Swedish and a Viking history buff, or the kind of person who wears a small silver hammer in a leather cord as a necklace, that does come with a rather stale smell of "patriotism" (and if you call yourself a patriot in Sweden you're pretty much saying you're a neonazi). Or you could just be a metalhead I guess, but the Viking-inspired parts of that scene does tend to lean towards, uh, well, white power.

In the US, it just means you're kinda weird, like pagans and white people who overly care about their ethnic heritage.

Is there a Scandi equivalent for a weeb? Sweeaboo? Nortaku?

# ¿ Apr 16, 2016 22:09

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

Wait, nope. Bernieaboo.

# ¿ Apr 16, 2016 22:16

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

New star added to the CIA wall. First American to die in Afghanistan.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/after-13-years-cia-honors-green-beret-killed-on-secret-afghanistan-mission/ar-BBrSmJm?ocid=spartanntp

SFC Nathan Chapman, US Army Ranger detailed out to the CIA. KIA Jan 4th, 2002, Khost province, assigned Team Hotel.

Veteran of Panama, Desert Storm, and Haitian campaigns. Letter home from Panama written on cardboard:

# ¿ Apr 18, 2016 03:00

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

VikingSkull posted:

you too can launch a MRBM from an under wing hardpoint!

# ¿ Apr 19, 2016 01:31

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

Propagandalf posted:

Is there a Scandi equivalent for a weeb? Sweeaboo? Nortaku?

MrYenko posted:

Is there a Swedish version of Francophile/Anglophile?

Because I'm that, now.

Cyrano4747 posted:

Borkborkiphile.

Borkaboo.

# ¿ Apr 19, 2016 23:07

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

Dead Reckoning posted:

Aerial combat isn't a loving spectator sport.

But you know what is

poo poo, beaten like a deflated leather sphere

# ¿ Apr 20, 2016 04:02

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

MrMojok posted:

It was a joke you humorless oval office

Some men just can't give the furniture multiple orgasms by sitting on it, don't shame.

# ¿ Apr 20, 2016 04:32

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

holocaust bloopers posted:

Wait is there legitimate talk about opening up the Raptor line again?

No, there's legitimate talk of having a subcommittee look at reopening the line.

# ¿ Apr 21, 2016 00:15

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

bewbies posted:

I'm not really sure there would be a major cost savings there and you'd be losing a ton of capability.

Pretty sure the end game is selling F-15 replacements to the usual gang of idiots, not necessarily filling out our own fleet.

# ¿ Apr 21, 2016 02:31

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

Godholio posted:

For roughly the same price. A high-end, new-build F-15 will run you close to $150M apiece.

Yeah but now you get 7 more F's for the same price.

# ¿ Apr 21, 2016 05:47

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

Syrian Lannister posted:

Is it possible to fit and successfully launch whatever anti-ship missile we have in inventory from an A-10?

Probably, for a certain definition of successful. The Iranians are doing all kinds of wacky poo poo with their homegroan ASCMs and F-4s. Strapping on random crap to see what happens is the among the grandest of aviation traditions, alongside hypoxia and making shameless innuendo at the traffic controller. There are waaay better ways of going about it, though.

# ¿ Apr 22, 2016 22:54

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

Concordat posted:

It would be great to just laugh off tornado warnings in a house like that.

Pretty sure panhandle Nebraska is pretty much exactly where all the fallout from a nuke strike on the Denver defense industrial area starts to land. I live like 2 miles from Offutt AFB, so if I see the flash before the bang I'll be one of the unlucky ones.

# ¿ Apr 25, 2016 03:10

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

Concordat posted:

Dumb post I found on the internet from years ago

Sounds terrifying.

So basically some idiot thinks they're clever for sticking MKULTRA on a lovely pshop, because drones. It's like, deep, man. Those jackbooted assholes will never understand the depth of my brilliance.

Or it's Duffelblog.

# ¿ Apr 26, 2016 23:40

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

Concordat posted:

I'm just imagining one of these things flying around a battlefield playing the carousel music from Rollercoaster Tycoon.

Get rid of the dope smoking trust funded element and that would probably be a more effective way to gently caress with people. Imagine sitting in a guard tower and hearing ice cream truck jingles coming from the darkness, all night long, just at the edge of hearing.

# ¿ Apr 27, 2016 02:28

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

inkjet_lakes posted:

Heard my first ever sonic boom last night after the RAF QRA went to help an airliner: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36188979
I thought the noise was the neighbours doing their usual noisy job of putting their recycling boxes out, some aviation nerd I am. Also resulted in a ton of mouth-breathers stinking up facebook with their assertions that the RAF should send out text messages if they're going to make a bit of noise, sigh.

I'm loving all the comments on the British papers to the effect of "as is the proper way to greet the French".

# ¿ May 3, 2016 23:01

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

iyaayas01 posted:

Yeah, every democracy needs a mommy and a daddy

Bockscar would be the daddy of course

Pretty sure there were two daddies there.

# ¿ May 10, 2016 02:46

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

holocaust bloopers posted:

Loudest goddamn jet I ever heard is a B-1B on takeoff roll.

It's as if through noise alone the jet was testing the tensile strength of the woven fabric of reality.

Got stuck behind one on takeoff. The afterburner jet cut across our nose.

I could feel my lungs jiggling.

# ¿ May 11, 2016 01:13

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 02:26

Propagandalf: Dec 6, 2008; itchy itchy itchy itchy

Nebakenezzer posted:

Didn't Saddam Hussein try to use the existence of Babylon to try and claim primacy over the Persian gulf region? It's been a long time, but I remember the Iraqi government circa 1991 claiming things like "Kuwait was always traditionally Iraqi."