The US will lose WW3

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Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

America's massive incompetent military complex is a giant welfare project that keeps the doors open and ready, in the event America actually for real needed an effective military it still has by far the greatest capacity to build one.

Don't mistake the F-35 being a joke for them not being able to build something that works if it were actually important. They're already building new updated F-15 airframes that will outperform every other jet they'll ever face, and that's an evolution of a cold war era design.

If there's one thing America excels at it's killing.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2019 21:00

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 10:41

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

remember how WW1 started out with old world technology and tactics and rapidly turned into a nightmarish horror show once chemical and heavy weapons development really got rolling? remember how WW2 started out with updated WW1 poo poo and ended with pressurized modern aircraft dropping nuclear bombs?

WW3, or any major conflict, is going to result in a similar level of rapid technological advancements. It'll start with the updated cold war era thinking and tech that America is currently using to kill poor people who live in huts, but it'll end with some loving insane horrific poo poo like targetable bioweapons and mass automated weapon platform swarms

https://youtu.be/CGAk5gRD-t0

https://youtu.be/ldFWBdVnuFU

# ¿ Mar 11, 2019 21:41

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

the current rate of scientific advancement in most fields is accelerating, we are on the cusp of major revolutions in multiple fields. Yea rockets and airplanes are pretty well figured out now, but biotech is just ramping up and machine learning and general AI are advancing extremely quickly

# ¿ Mar 11, 2019 21:51

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

the winners of WW3 will be whatever parts of Africa and South America haven't been nuked into the stone age by America and Russia

# ¿ Dec 4, 2021 17:11

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

phenomenal military power, itty bitty leadership brains

# ¿ Dec 4, 2021 19:21

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

indigi posted:

sanctions usually hurt the working class so if hope China isn�t as �liberal� with them as the US has been.

actually i think you will find that reactionary behavior is fuckin awesome when it's the other team doing it

# ¿ Dec 24, 2021 18:38

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

we live in an era of unprecedented peace only in that most people don't comprehend the breadth of what constitutes violence

# ¿ Dec 24, 2021 19:01

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

the point of wargames is to expose weaknesses, in addition to maintaining readiness among personnel. they they always go back and reset to a win condition is for political and morale purposes

this idea that America�s armed forces are a paper tiger is wishful thinking and people should be horrified at the idea of a real war in the modern era

# ¿ Dec 28, 2021 22:51

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

Ardennes posted:

Why is it those weaknesses don�t seem to be fixed even years after they are brought up?

pobody�s nerfect

# ¿ Dec 28, 2021 23:35

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

the one that actually has a one piece canopy of course

# ¿ Jan 22, 2022 21:11

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

corporate behaviour begins making more sense when you realize that it�s not actually about the money, it�s about power and control, the money is simply a token

# ¿ Jan 30, 2022 23:05

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

skooma512 posted:

Brand new plane that could support every social program in the US for years for the cost of just one, is already rusting.

The fighter we designed specifically to operate in maritime environments rusts faster than a fishing boat.

it�s better than that: what�s rusting is the iron in the special secret stealth coating which needs to be stripped and re-applied as maintenance by design

# ¿ Feb 17, 2022 21:01

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/4729/the-toxic-death-paint-scheme-was-the-f-117-nighthawks-most-outrageous

# ¿ Feb 17, 2022 22:11

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

�and the russians used an s-400

# ¿ Feb 18, 2022 06:05

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

Frosted Flake posted:

Much like Canada, Australia buys weapons systems based on diplomatic pressure and/or corruption.

# ¿ Feb 18, 2022 12:50

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

Tankbuster posted:

Memes aside how did the Abrams fare in Iraq? Any good reading about it would be interesting. All I know is that

1. The Abrams is Invincible to RPG fire
2. It guzzles a lot more fuel than anything else.

very few have been fully destroyed with killed crews, tho they aren't invincible to more modern RPGs

also hundreds of the fuckin things kept breaking and getting wrecked and needing to be shipped back for repairs

# ¿ Feb 18, 2022 18:20

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

Anime Bernie Bro posted:

welp, world war three is apparently kicking off so i'm just gonna say "imperial life was great"

this bullshit ain�t no ww3, putin�s just a midboss on the west�s journey toward the final confrontation with xi

# ¿ Feb 24, 2022 06:31

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

the marines are a useful dumping ground for the people too dumb and psycho to be normal troops

# ¿ Mar 11, 2022 06:02

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

Endman posted:

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1508499560427048963?s=20&t=9qM-_pQp6VOIaXPZDXTx1g

Welcome back to the MIC, Canada

just buy god drat super hornets ffs

this country is so stupid

# ¿ Mar 29, 2022 04:06

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

Lostconfused posted:

We already ruled those out last year.

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

oh drat those must be some wild requirements

quote:

The Liberals promised in 2015 not to buy the F-35, but to instead launch an open competition to replace the CF-18s. They later planned to buy 18 Super Hornets without a competition as an "interim" measure to ensure Canada had enough aircraft until permanent replacements could be purchased.

Some at the time questioned that plan, suggesting the Liberals were trying to find a way to lock Canada into the Super Hornet without opening itself up to a legal challenge from Lockheed Martin or any other jet makers.

But the government cancelled the plan after Boeing launched a trade dispute with Montreal aerospace firm Bombardier over the latter's C-Series planes. It later introduced a penalty on firms seeking a federal contract which have launched trade disputes with Canada.

Collins questioned whether the so-called "Boeing clause" played any part in the fighter jet competition � though officials have said it was not a factor as the dispute was resolved in Bombardier's favour in 2018.

# ¿ Mar 29, 2022 07:38

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

I�m sure the F-35 will eventually be revised into a decent plane in a couple decades after another trillion dollars have been spent and manned fighters have been made completely obsolete

# ¿ Mar 31, 2022 06:41

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

it�s fine, as america crumbles canada will simply become a vassal state to china

# ¿ Apr 27, 2022 00:18

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

carriers are tremendously useful for projecting force against weaker enemies, they�re instruments of empire

# ¿ Apr 28, 2022 23:13

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

the rounds currently cost $4 a piece as well

someone at SIG is getting a hell of a bonus this year

# ¿ May 27, 2022 08:05

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

Griz posted:

you can mail order the new fancy ammo for $1.50/round (5.56 is 45 cents)
https://ammoseek.com/ammo/277-fury

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

Rutibex posted:

no one is making a better mechanical watch, or a better shovel. I think we already made the best possible guns 80 years ago

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

Wheeee has issued a correction as of 09:46 on May 27, 2022

# ¿ May 27, 2022 09:43

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

the us army realized they need a more powerful general use round for their future proxy wars with russia and china where their targets have actual body armor

# ¿ May 27, 2022 15:16

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

why drop it when you can award a multi-million dollar contract to revise it slightly and shave off half a pound

# ¿ May 27, 2022 20:11

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

in 2032 america will be fighting a proxy war against china using weapons purchased from china

# ¿ May 27, 2022 23:36

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

https://youtu.be/GEf3ZlUkOCg

this guy�s military and his take largely boils down to good rifle on its own, probably not the best idea for mass adoption

Wheeee has issued a correction as of 20:19 on Jun 4, 2022

# ¿ Jun 4, 2022 20:17

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

Atrocious Joe posted:

3D printing 120,000 suppressors to avoid a class action in 15 years sounds like a b-plot in a West Wing episode

excited to hear about large numbers of them exploding from defects due to lack of QC

# ¿ Jun 5, 2022 19:37

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

yea we can uh, 3d print um, a million of these things over the next two years, yea a million no problem, just pay us now

# ¿ Jun 9, 2022 02:09

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

at the outbreak of hostilities america had the most advanced air superiority fighter on the planet, the nearly invincible f-22

unfortunately for america, only 30 of them were combat-ready at the time, and all of them were on the wrong continent

# ¿ Jun 10, 2022 23:48

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

lightning was way fuckin better than bullshit micro usb

# ¿ Jun 20, 2022 09:25

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

you gotta think long-term, these are being bought for the police down the line

# ¿ Jul 2, 2022 09:14

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

mawarannahr posted:

manual transdocking? what�s that like?

pretty amazing once the precum is flowing

# ¿ Jul 3, 2022 21:53

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

the f-14 may not be the best plane, it may not even be a very good plane, but it is the coolest plane

# ¿ Jul 11, 2022 05:22

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

looking forward to the Ahmadinejad tweet following the first time an Iranian top gun f-14 pilot shoots down a trespassing American f-18

# ¿ Jul 13, 2022 01:09

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

Stairmaster posted:

yes actually. there are suitcase nukes whose yield is only in the hundreds of tons of tnt

that's gonna blow up more than one duplex

# ¿ Jul 19, 2022 21:24

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

from what ive read of troop behaviour in iraq and afghanistan the marines are basically marauding orks

# ¿ Jul 23, 2022 04:40

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 10:41

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

you enlist in the army for the free school

you enlist in the marines to get to kill people

# ¿ Jul 23, 2022 04:41

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