Bar Ran Dun posted:

yes

but that isn’t the US “stealing”. and lol all y’all pro Assad?

Cuttlefush posted:

uh, what

Bar Ran Dun posted:

it is almost a certainty to me that the US pairs with Japan and Korea at some point for Navy shipyards.

Bar Ran Dun posted:

my assumption is that nearly all (most everything but autarky) production dependent on marine trade ends if the US and China are at war.

Mola Yam posted:

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Abstract [en]

The aim of this essay is, by using tree conductive Swedish newspapers, see how the submarine violations that Sweden suffered during 1980s, was depicted in the Swedish press in terms of threats. Two major submarine violations will be investigated in this paper, U137-incident in Karlskrona archipelago in 1981 and Hårsfjärden-incident in Stockholm archipelago in 1982. To achieve the purpose, I use a qualitative method and a threat perspective to answer my questions. These questions are for instance

- From which nation, according to press reports, comes the threat?

- What is, according to the press, threatened?

The results show that the press saw the submarine violations as a major and serious threat that mainly come from Soviet Union. The relationship between Sweden and Soviet became strained because of the submarine violations. The submarine threat for example the population, neutrality and military areas. Another result that can be seen is that readers of different newspapers have different perceptions of threat because the newspaper in many cases put their own interpretation of the threat. A clear example can be seen in that the reader´s perception will change, depending on how much criticism the press gives to the government and military.

The Oldest Man posted:

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

good news grumman figured out how to disarm the navy of its remaining deck guns

BillsPhoenix posted:

Rome basically always comes up when talking about the demise of America, but there's tens of thousands of cultures and countries that no longer exist.

And, this is a really hot take, what if Marx is wrong about the inevitable collapse of capitalism.

As an example- bankruptcy. Bankruptcy is one of the most clever safeguards added to capitalism. It largely prevents work stoppage while analysts and lawyers argue about number. It also importantly allows numbers to go down, while letting the elite reallocate/fight for control among themselves, reseting number to go back up again.

I have only see Marx write about bankruptcy as an inevitable death/failure, not a reset or transition.

DancingShade posted:

WW3 is already over I have video proof

Lionel Aingimea, Nauru's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade posted:

One of the discussions I had with the foreign minister, of China's great assistance to the PIFs (Pacific Islands Forum). I think it will be strengthened much, much more with Nauru now being part of that of the one-China principal group. I think the other countries who have not yet recognized the one-China principle should also, that other Pacific countries, should also change allegiances and recognize the one-China policy because it will be for their advantage, and then you will have a whole PIFs united under the one-China principle.

Change for the better, change for the good, change for your development, change for economic future, change for the initiatives that China has instituted and initialize in other countries around the world. And one thing I have found with China is that they see you as an equal partner. They don't see you as a junior; they don't see you as a senior; they you as an equal partner. I've seen my treatment. I'm a foreign minister, but they treated exactly every single foreign minister from whether you're a big country, whether you're a small country, equally the same, absolutely no disparity. And that amazed me. But I guess that comes from a history of diplomacy that the Chinese people have got.

Lionel Aingimea, Nauru's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade posted:

One of the great things that China has is that it sees development partners as equal partners. China looks forward to assisting them with, so in these areas, we're looking at areas of fisheries. We are a small nation, land wise, but we are a big ocean nation with a very big EEZ (exclusive economic zone) that rivals the EEZs of other countries. And therefore, that's one area. One area of practical development also is a phosphate industry. [Cooperating with] China, especially with its global initiatives, we look forward to those practical benefits that will actually start happening on the island.

It will be my advice when I go back home to our President and to cabinet caucus. What negative thing can you say about the BRI? Nothing. It's absolutely a positive initiative. When we debated this issue of the One-China principle in parliament, I used the BRI as an example. I basically said, well, let's take this initiative that was launched ten years ago in China, the Belt and Road Initiative. And I gave this basically because it's historic, it comes from the silk road. I've always been an admirer of history and a student of history. And seeing what the silk road did to all the economies, all the countries along the road, and those were basically the cities.

Of course, the solar panels have a major economic impact. It will affect the prices of electricity and utilities back in Nauru. They will of course drop by the implementation of more solar panels and more green energy into Nauru. The ports will be a game changer. We will be equal to other countries in the pacific who have ports. Ships can easily come in, fishing vessels can come in like other countries have established canneries and and fish loining plants within that port area. We can do the same thing. Our fisheries people will be coming here shortly, and they are looking forward to establishing a fishing industry as soon as the port's done.

Livo posted:

With the trial, they actually had to do their job & somewhat monitor new recruit exercise technique: they also had to give very simple safety instructions, like "Don't arch & use your back to lift, use your legs like this, this is a squatting exercise, not a back one". He had an actual conversation with one PTI who asked repeatedly "Why can't we just yell at them to do situps faster like we always do? Why are you making life so hard for us?" Again, they only had to follow the clinical study exercises for a few weeks, the other few weeks were the usual ADF stuff. Apparently asking PTIs to do the bare minimum of what they're being paid to do, is very, very hard

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New Cooking Vehicle + Drone Delivery! Is this still the cooking class I know? 20240221 | Military Fans World

Description: at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters on the plateau, Tibet Military Region integrated security exercises are underway. In order to save time on the mission, the participating cooking class cooked while traveling on the plateau cooking inside the vehicle using high-performance fuel and integrated intelligent technology, greatly reducing the frying and cooking time. When the road ahead was blocked, the cooking class quickly moved out the "secret weapon", and in only 10 minutes, all 100 servings of hot food were delivered in place by the drone!

DJJIB-DJDCT posted:

Please read that book about how this is all the result of Swedish social democracy being defeated and explain it to me because I have no idea why the bork borks thought this was a good idea while Switzerland and Austria had more of a connection to their national identity.

bedpan posted:

just make everything amphibious. no bridges or ferries needed!

Soapy_Bumslap posted:

Lmao what will the end of the ukraine war do to these people's brains