The US will lose WW3

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Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

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�It is essential to use as much as possible fragments of broadcasts of the popular Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who sharply criticizes the actions of the United States [and] NATO, their negative role in unleashing the conflict in Ukraine, [and] the defiantly provocative behavior from the leadership of the Western countries and NATO towards the Russian Federation and towards President Putin, personally,�

# ¿ Mar 14, 2022 05:07

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# ¿ May 12, 2024 01:30

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

https://twitter.com/KofmanMichael/status/1503037134931906566

# ¿ Mar 14, 2022 18:50

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

# ¿ Mar 17, 2022 02:37

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Presumably when USA started to run their military as a business and officers became middle managers or some poo poo.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2022 23:58

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

https://www.airforcemag.com/f-35-program-dumps-alis-for-odin/

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Maj. Jennifer Kannegaard, left, a product manager for the Mad Hatter F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter software project, leads her software design team to a working area for 57th Wing Bolt Aircraft maintenance unit maintainers, April 10, 2019 at Nellis AFB, Nev. Kannegaard�s team is working to equip Nellis AFB maintainers with programs that will quickly and easily locate the most up-to-date technical orders for use in aircraft maintenance. Air Force photo by A1C Bailee Darbaise.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2022 00:06

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

So you're saying there might be a chance they'll forget to take it off and a few pilots might not realize why their stealth plane is lighting up on the radar?

# ¿ Mar 18, 2022 05:00

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

OhFunny posted:

The most eye opening part comes at 52min where he says the Air Force's E-3 fleet really struggles to maintain operations because of how much maintenance they require (these planes are 35 years ago.)

He said, "We have four of them in AFPAC and often times all four of them are not able to fly due to maintenance issues."

Yeah that's uh not surprising at all.

Congressional report(s) about the air force have been complaining about lack of maintenance and no replacements.

A bunch of "logistical" poo poo is all from the 60s/70s that has no new plane to replace it and no production line to produce spare parts.

There's stuff like transport planes that are also getting too old fly, and the there's a limit to the kind of long range bombing missions the air force can do because it doesn't have enough working planes to provide refueling in the air.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2022 05:50

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

China is still limited by what heavy machinery they have.

It's the same reason why they can't make their own highest-end computer chips yet. The machine to make those chips is only made by a company in Netherlands and it can't be sold to China.

They wanted to buy the Ukrainian engine manufacturer so that they would get the machines/process/whatever but USA blocked the sale.

China doesn't have the tools to make everything, just almost everything.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2022 03:07

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Yeah I am just saying China is still "developing it's productive forces" as it were.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2022 05:45

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Frosted Flake posted:

So is it the machine to make the blades or the blades themselves that�s the problem?

Well they can now https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/china/2022/03/china-220314-globaltimes02.htm

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The technology gap between China and leading countries like the US in terms of jet engine development had been significantly narrowed in recent years, said Wang Ya'nan.

The reason behind this surge is China's accumulation of technologies and theories over the past decade, the establishment of the Aero Engine Corporation of China, and the breakthrough in key materials like those for single crystal blades, said Wang Mingliang.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2022 22:01

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

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Gell notes that rhenium is a �by-product of a by-product,� derived from specific copper-molybdenum ores, and a very costly element in limited supply. Before committing to the use of PWA 1484, Pratt & Whitney management had to be assured that rhenium could be obtained over time at a known, acceptable price. The novel solution was that the company entered into a long-term contract with a Chilean mining company to provide the material.

Huh. So, um, anyone still interested in couping Chile? Asking for a friend.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2022 02:52

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

The dates in that article are mood reminder.

The the idea started in 1960, first got used in a one off military prototype in 1969, mass production for military started somewhere around 1974, for civilian aircraft sometime in 1980, and finally applied to civilian energy production in 1995.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2022 03:26

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

# ¿ Mar 29, 2022 03:25

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

8 is a lucky number for Chinese people and we have a large Chinese demographic.

We also have a sizeable nazi demographic.

It's probably just a coincidence though.

# ¿ Mar 29, 2022 03:41

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Wheeee posted:

just buy god drat super hornets ffs

this country is so stupid

We already ruled those out last year.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/boeing-fighter-jets-1.6262851

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Boeing has been told that its bid to replace Canada's aging CF-18s with a new fleet of the American company's Super Hornet fighter jets did not meet the federal government's requirements.

Lostconfused has issued a correction as of 04:12 on Mar 29, 2022

# ¿ Mar 29, 2022 04:08

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

You can find a fandom for anything https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1vA411Y7VJ

# ¿ Apr 24, 2022 00:16

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Danann posted:

DJI Mavics are the new Toyota Hiluxes of the 21st Century.

That's only because slavs aren't riding around in technicals and instead sitting back and lobbing explosives at each other. Not a single real dzhigit among them.

# ¿ May 12, 2022 01:24

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

They do have quad bikes though

Уголок Ситха posted:

Z-Рабочие машинки. Квадроцикл и именной танк *Zверобой*
t.me/WAR13Z

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# ¿ May 12, 2022 01:41

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Frosted Flake posted:

Do US defence companies even risk coming under state control by loving around this much or are they absolutely secure in the support of both parties?

poo poo didn't get nationalized after 2008 bailouts. Tesla is funded by US government and gets government contracts and it's run by some dumbass poster. They'll be fine.

https://breakingdefense.com/2022/04/pentagon-wants-500m-to-get-data-to-manage-f-35-parts/

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The debate on F-35 technical data rights have been a sticking point in negotiations between the Pentagon and Lockheed in recent years, as the department has shifted its focus to lowering the sustainment cost of the aircraft. When the F-35 program was conceptualized more than two decades ago, it was structured under a �Total System Performance Responsibility� approach that gave Lockheed an unprecedented amount of power to manage the sustainment of the aircraft.

�As a result, the government did not procure technical data that the government could eventually use, as needed and depending upon the circumstances, to promote vendor competition and increase government control over specific elements of sustainment,� the Government Accountability Office wrote in a report on F-35 sustainment released today.

# ¿ May 12, 2022 02:18

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Constellation? That's a Star Trek rear end name right there.

# ¿ May 13, 2022 01:40

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Bar Ran Dun posted:

OG Star Trek was intentionally made to appeal to WWII navy folks in language used and structure of the bridge.

edit and explicitly in the sense of gene Roddenberry saying on film.

Sure yeah I mean Constitution class ship Enterprise. But later it was more "space" themed with like Galaxy and Nebula.

# ¿ May 13, 2022 04:44

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Frosted Flake posted:

When a Chinese shipyard screwed up their carrier they executed the guy, so, you know

Other countries have State Arsenals which means there�s no grift by virtue of bureaucrats and civil servants running the show for Good Boy Points instead of profit.

There's absolutely grift, but there's usually more consequences when it gets exposed.

I think the most recent scandal from the Russian side is that they overpaid for their radios? Some general is taking the fall for it.

# ¿ May 14, 2022 17:41

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Wheeee posted:

that's the basic all-brass cartridge stuff with considerably lower muzzle energy

the real poo poo is considerably more

actual military ammo isn't available to consumers at this time either so who knows how much that costs; the rifle itself is $8k for civilian purchase right now

mechanical watches have gotten better over time, and there's crazy poo poo like Seiko's spring drive

modern guns are lighter, more reliable, more accurate, have higher capacities, better ballistics, etc

That's a cool watch mechanism.

# ¿ May 27, 2022 21:58

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Сolonelcassad posted:

Practical combat application of T-80BVM tanks in Ukraine.

- Question about the mobility of the vehicle: are the GTEs "hell for the supply side" or a proper thing? Are they reliable enough? Problems on the march with fuel? Smoothness, bumpiness, usability compared to diesels. What are the main disadvantages of the T-80 BVM?

- It all depends on what role the tank group plays. As practice has shown, the speed of the "box" directly affects its survivability. If the same specimens in the form of T-72B and T-72B3 during battles in urban areas had very impressive losses, the group "80s" lost only one tank in 3 months of operation.
Of course, serving mixed groups is hell for support, but there is no need for it either. In the later stages of the operation the vehicles were used for completely different tasks. There were no complaints about the reliability of the vehicles, they endured more than they were supposed to. Movement on the T-80 BVM is much quieter and smoother, which made it possible to conduct lightning attacks.The main drawback of the machine is an outdated thermal imaging sight on which any hill looked noisy, and a large consumption of fuel.

- Observation. Did you perform any tasks at night? How does the commander conduct surveillance at night? How did the sighting equipment perform? At what ranges was it possible to detect the enemy on average?

- The execution of missions at night by armored units is effective only when operating from closed positions. Ideally, if a tank group advances into an assault, it is better to do so at 2 or 3 in the morning and reach the point of engagement by dusk. Sighting equipment is obsolete, to be replaced. But at the stage of fighting the tanks of the USSR, though modernized, it is not critical. Thanks to the infantry and the well-coordinated work of "Akhmat", we always knew where the enemy was and how to move.

- General situational awareness. Communication. Communication in combat with an infantry unit? Were automated control systems used (along the lines of TZ's ECU), or was everything done through radio communication only?

-No comment about communications.

- Were there tank duels? Or do tanks avoid fighting eachother? Is there a problem with defeating enemy tanks? How do you rate the T-80 BVM's resistance to modern anti-tank weapons? What is the skill of the enemy?

- Tank duels in this theater are very much in demand from our side, and we are trying to force them. Our superiority in reverse speed and the ability to flank the enemy lets us never lose these duels at all. And since Ukrainian tanks are packed to the brim with ammunition, we don't need more than one hit.
As for the resistance to domestic - a solid 5. It's more complicated with the Western ones, as we didn't give them a chance to work on us. But, as it seems to me, tandem shells could be a problem for us, but there is always a good old cage for that.Fortunately for us in Ukraine tankers are used up, most of the experienced commanders and gunners were knocked out as a result of hostilities in the 14-15s.

- And one last question. How did the additional fabric screens prove themselves?

- There are no more of them on our vehicle at the moment. But, apparently, we were hit with something during the cleanup of the "Z" settlement, and they saved us. It works.

In detail at the link. https://telegra.ph/Nemnogo-o-T-80BVM-06-03

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# ¿ Jun 4, 2022 20:33

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Oh yeah, Russia is handing out government contracts at their army show thing.

I assume someone is probably going to do some summary and analysis of that, if they haven't already. Something people in this thread might want to look out for.

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Операция Z: Военкоры Русской Весны posted:

‼️🇷🇺During the Army-2022 forum, the Russian Ministry of Defense signed a number of contracts with defense industry enterprises:

▪️A contract was signed with the Almaz-Antey All-Russian Defense Company for the delivery of the latest S-500 air defense system to the troops;
▪️ The Raduga Design Bureau signed a state contract for the production of long-range air-launched cruise missiles.
▪️The Russian Ministry of Defense and the Central Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics concluded a contract for the supply of guided air bombs;
▪️The Design Bureau of Machine Engineering signed a contract for the manufacture and delivery of missiles for the Iskander-M complex;
▪️The contract for the supply of 300 mm "Alloy" rockets for the Tornado-S multiple rocket launcher system was signed;
▪️All in all, 36 government contracts worth more than 522 billion rubles are planned to be signed at the forum.

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Сolonelcassad posted:

Concerning new equipment for the troops, new contracts were signed at Army-2022 to supply the troops with T-90 tanks, Tiger and Tiger-M armored vehicles, BTR-82A armored personnel carriers, and the modernization of the T-80BV. Additional Ka-52M and Mi-28NM helicopters, as well as Orlan-10, Orlan-30, Eleron-3, Inokhodets and Orion UAVs will also be purchased.

The obvious need to increase the production of equipment for the needs of the Air Defense Forces (and not only) will provide a large number of enterprises with orders for years to come.

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Крылья войны posted:

🇷🇺 "Army-2022. Aviation.

The Russian Ministry of Defense signed the following contracts at the forum:

✔️ With Russian Helicopters for the delivery of upgraded Ka-52M and Mi-28NM attack helicopters.
✔️ With Kronshtadt, STC and Enix for the supply of Inokhodets, Orlan-10/Orlan-30 and Eleron drones, respectively.
✔️ With the Central Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics for the delivery of UAB-20 guided bombs.
✔️ With the Smolensk aircraft plant for the supply of air-ship missiles.
✔️ With NPO Raduga for the supply of long-range aircraft cruise missiles.
✔️ With UAC for the supply of Su-34 frontline bombers.
✔️ With KTRV for the supply of air-to-surface and air-to-air missiles.

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The translation on the last one is real bad because the machine translation tools can't handle all the acronyms.

Lostconfused has issued a correction as of 23:49 on Aug 16, 2022

# ¿ Aug 16, 2022 23:31

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Bar Ran Dun posted:

abstract extraction

actual extraction looks like this https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/05/05/europe/russia-ukraine-grain-theft-cmd-intl/index.html

lmao that you believe this. Stick to your areas of expertise.

# ¿ Aug 29, 2022 21:06

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

lol

# ¿ Aug 29, 2022 22:46

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

genericnick posted:

Dangerous words

The only problem is that we'll never know if the curse gets them.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2022 13:36

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

It's just western exceptionalism to decide which wars are good and bad without giving a single gently caress about all the people they'll kill because they're somewhere over there.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2022 16:49

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

US should stock up on parts just incase there's some unexpected breakdown in trade.

# ¿ Sep 12, 2022 01:21

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Foo Diddley posted:

well just pay attention to the birds that are going mach 2 i guess

https://twitter.com/Flankerchan/status/1572590180938420230

# ¿ Sep 25, 2022 18:55

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

I assume nobody wants a large army because nobody wants to deal with the risk of all of those veterans coming home.

The Ukrainian separatists that have been fighting for 8 years now are constantly criticizing the failures of the Russian government, and well they already showed that they're willing to fight against the government that pisses them off.

# ¿ Oct 5, 2022 02:24

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

The Atomic Man-Boy posted:

Has the US MIC tried an obvious solution:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9s2ayNU204&t=8s

Frosted Flake posted:

it was solved in the 1800�s with the development of metallic cartridges.

# ¿ Oct 7, 2022 20:06

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Even Russian youtubers get to play around with NLAW now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y0wbcVFn8g&t=894s

imagine the disappointment he felt about not getting the money shot.

# ¿ Oct 9, 2022 16:07

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

skooma512 posted:

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqJ4LIlQO9s

# ¿ Oct 11, 2022 20:19

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Filthy Hans posted:

do you by any chance know if China destroys its foundries, tooling and such when they complete a manufacturing run, like the US has done with the F-22 and A-10?

Whoa hey, that's not true. The tooling for the F-22 is misplaced, we don't know if it's been destroyed or just sent to some contractor in China.

Lostconfused has issued a correction as of 18:05 on Oct 20, 2022

# ¿ Oct 20, 2022 18:03

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Psychohistory didn't save the dying empire and needed psychic super powers for the rest of it.

It's just materialism for losers.

# ¿ Oct 25, 2022 05:50

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

For the one person that seems to like to post china related poo poo in telegram.

Война и Связь 📡 Combat & Radio 📡 posted:

_{(Click thumbnail to open video)}
Here are the costs and difficulties of working remotely with the Chinese ((
Well, they didn't hit the colour at all.
Should be much darker!
Although we gave them both a pantone palette colour number and a visual example

РАТНИК Made In China
(C) not mine

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Some rando telegram channel posting obsessively about importing chinese made radios or setting up a local production line.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2022 03:14

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Война и Связь 📡 Combat & Radio 📡 posted:

⚡⚡⚡⚡

Rumor has it that the MOD did listen to our suggestions
and ordered directly from the Hytera factory in China
a lot of digital radios. The price will be, as always, exorbitant at the level of 100,000 roubles for a portable radio.

But we are still very happy and three hands in favour !

We remind you that our walkie-talkies are digitally compatible with Hytera too.
And there is also a niche for battalion commanders in the medium price category of radios for 10-20 thousand roubles

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# ¿ Nov 14, 2022 02:58

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# ¿ May 12, 2024 01:30

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

Donrf posted:

Recently held AK 101 in my hands, read what people write about AK 12. And I thought - AK-74 is a worse AK 47, and all subsequent AKs, in attempts to make them better, only made them more complicated, that is, even more bad. In this age, the role of small arms is decreasing, and maybe it would be better not to "improve" a proven mechanism excessively?

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# ¿ Nov 21, 2022 14:04

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