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I was working on a Clancy drinking game, but I have to think it's probably already been done better somewhere.
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Point of order: we'd seen the first of the high-profile suicide bombers by this point, in the 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombing.
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Feb 28, 2018 20:09
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Jaguars! posted:hmm Of course, simply by treating "lesbian" and "KGB agent" as synonyms.
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Mar 2, 2018 15:06
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it's been legit twenty-five years* since I've read this book, but I seem to recall Morris' story being the most compelling of the narratives. *and by twenty-five, I mean thirty
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Mar 3, 2018 23:29
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mods change my name posted:Has anyone read any of the Steven Coonts "Jake Grafton" books? The first book, Flight of the Intruder was ok but I think by the third book the dude was like POTUS or something. I read the second one. I was willing to press the "I believe" button on the dude surviving the previous book with no explanation, but the story didn't really reward my trust.
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Mar 5, 2018 22:02
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Jaguars! posted:I was doing a compare and contrast of the F-117 and the 'F-19 Frisbee' (The secret aircraft that is the next major event in the novel), but I've come to the realization that they aren't even remotely related. Clancy must have been vaguely aware that stealth technology existed and perhaps had heard rumours of a new aircraft being developed, but the machine he invented is entirely a product of military fantasy. Unfortunately I'm off to play soldiers for the weekend so I haven't had time to write up that bit. Well, he didn't exactly invent it. There were hints and whispers for years, and a lot of concept artwork in Aviation Week advertisements. Testors and I want to say Revell(?) both put out F-19 model kits before the book came out. Everyone assumed that the aircraft was a lot more fighter-y than it was revealed to be. Madurai fucked around with this message at 01:12 on Mar 9, 2018 |
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Mar 9, 2018 01:09
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:The sub sim game based on Red Storm Rising was/is pretty rad. It hits that old-school Microprose sweet spot of just enough detail to be engaging, but not so much as to be stifling. If you're trying to recapture some of that magic, Cold Waters hits it pretty hard.
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Mar 11, 2018 15:53
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One drink for an exact airspeed being given One drink for a weapon system working flawlessly on its first combat use
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Mar 14, 2018 13:20
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Jaguars! posted:
Not only tuned, but the correct selection from the ten different subtypes of Shrike, which could only see in their particular bands.
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Mar 19, 2018 17:01
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I was always a little baffled by the Soviet captain being clever with the last-minute turn, the idea that the heeling of the ship would cause the missile damage to be farther from the waterline and thus somehow mitigate the damage. Not that 500 pounds of HE would be enough to put paid to a ship that size anyway, but shipping water would be the least of their problems from the hit.
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Mar 20, 2018 14:30
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Zeroisanumber posted:Red Army was the superior NATO/Warsaw Pact war novel. Concur.
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Mar 21, 2018 14:00
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I haven't read Third World War in
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Apr 10, 2018 20:23
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Jaguars! posted:Breezing through 800 pages and never having to think about it again is one thing. IIRC, the right wing nuttery doesn't really pick up steam until Clear and Present Danger, when Clancy had grown beyond control of an editor.
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