The US will lose WW3

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crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

they fixed all the issues in the m1a2s that australia bought right

# ¿ Feb 18, 2022 11:39

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# ¿ May 13, 2024 02:17

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Bar Ran Dun posted:

there is a more material explanation for bulk going to the metropole from colonies and finished goods going out and that relationship changing that doesn�t require all the words.

the container. when did the container become widespread?

the trueanon episode about supply chain disruption talked about this (ep 194)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcom_McLean

quote:

In 1956, most cargoes were loaded and unloaded by hand by longshore workers. Hand-loading a ship cost $5.86 a ton at that time. Using containers, it cost only 16 cents a ton to load a ship, 36-fold savings. Containerization also greatly reduced the time to load and unload ships. McLean knew "A ship earns money only when she's at sea", and based his business on that efficiency.

quote:

By the end of the 1960s, Sea-Land Industries had 27,000 trailer-type containers, manufactured by Fruehauf, 36 trailer ships and access to over 30 port cities

quote:

As the advantages to McLean's container system became apparent, competitors quickly adapted. They built bigger ships, larger gantry cranes and more sophisticated containers. Sea-Land needed cash to stay competitive. McLean turned to Reynolds Tobacco Company, a company he knew from his trucking company days when his trucks transported Reynolds cigarettes across the United States. In January 1969, Reynolds agreed to buy Sea-Land for $530 million in cash and stock. McLean made $160 million personally[14] and got a seat on the company's board. To carry out the purchase, Reynolds formed a holding company, named R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc., which bought Sea-Land in May 1969. That same year, Sea-Land ordered five of the largest, fastest container ships in the world - SL-7 class vessels.

lots of citations need on this wikipedia article but i assume it was around then

# ¿ Feb 18, 2022 11:46

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Danann posted:

It's not just CIA this time. It's "Intelligence" that's being worshiped so it's stuff like Brown Moses and other computer touchers like the NSA and DIA etc. that are going to be the new hotness.

Especially because you can just stay at home and make epic posts on social media as some drafted kid is sent into the trenches to stare down tanks or drown on a boat.

oh my god it's q-anon baking for computer toucher libs

# ¿ Feb 28, 2022 12:16

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Danann posted:

https://twitter.com/AnnQuann/status/1540926813438095360

"On sale: Authentic M4. Only shot twice." -Ernest Hemingway

# ¿ Jun 30, 2022 06:03

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

GlassEye-Boy posted:

Austal seems like a great and competent company.

https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/pacific-screw-up-race-to-repair-faulty-boats-gifted-by-australia-20220630-p5axzc

lol poo poo

# ¿ Jul 2, 2022 11:37

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Cao Ni Ma posted:

They want to make their own nuclear submarines lmao

nah, Australia is buying them from the US. we scuttled a deal with the french for them lmao

# ¿ Jul 3, 2022 01:24

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

sounds like a winning strategy!

https://twitter.com/XYreturns/status/1536653501727744001?t=o3cM-UdWBq5FoNJkoDqDbQ&s=19

# ¿ Jul 4, 2022 08:01

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Danann posted:

https://twitter.com/AnnQuann/status/1401472426488205313

chad vietnam art vs virgin reddit catchphrases

# ¿ Jul 9, 2022 06:29

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Filthy Hans posted:

https://twitter.com/SDonziger/status/1545506846378586112

lol we're going to find out the storage tanks were using the same steel supplier that faked the strength tests for submarines

# ¿ Jul 10, 2022 13:28

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

lmao gently caress yeah

# ¿ Jul 10, 2022 14:40

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

https://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-scientist-allegations-tricked-contractor-into-hiring-sex-worker-2022-7

quote:

A senior Air Force scientist allegedly tricked a defense contractor into hiring a sex worker, according to court records.

The woman was also named co-chair of a scientific panel despite lacking necessary qualifications.

The scientist is also said to have used a government travel card to pay for sexual services, according to an unsealed warrant application.

Prior to his death, Gord was "an internationally recognized leader in the development and application of optical measurement techniques for advanced propulsion and fuel systems," according to the AFRL.

literally using the defense budget on hookers

# ¿ Jul 25, 2022 03:21

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Danann posted:

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-state-dept-approves-potential-sale-f-35-aircraft-munitions-germany-2022-07-28/

the 240 million dollar plane

is germany's collapsing economy going to be able to afford these

# ¿ Jul 29, 2022 01:27

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Pryor on Fire posted:

The F22 is pretty good when it is flying, nothing can really even come close to being able to shoot it down without F22 pilot making a big error. But it has a tiny problem in that it is never flying.

It's also a little insurance policy against the F35, if Australia or the UK or whoever elects a socialist to power and resists the CIA coup then the F22 can easily destroy all their F35s in a week or two. Make sure you don't elect the wrong person.

lol if you think australia it would mount any kind of resistance instead of instantly rolling over from some arcane bylaw from even token appearance of independence

# ¿ Jul 29, 2022 11:04

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

if WW3 starts from pelosi deciding to take a joyride to taiwan then this is the theme song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrkEc2V3mO4

# ¿ Jul 30, 2022 08:43

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Fish of hemp posted:

Well who is going to win WW3? Russia ain't doing so hot in Ukraine and China's army produces really cool propaganda films but their fighting ability is still unproven.

probably the side that still has manufacturing capacity

# ¿ Jul 31, 2022 10:13

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

proven fighting capacity = losing against rice farmers and goat herders

# ¿ Jul 31, 2022 10:56

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Fish of hemp posted:

Yes, Korea happened.

And then what? What do we know about China's fighting capability 70 years later, in 2022?

Is their infantry tought to rely on air superiority? Do they practice mission based tactics or is low level initiative sacrifised in favor of stratecig flexibility?

What kind of war are they planning to fight? Coast line defense based on naval warfare in the west or static or moving infantry warfare on the east?

Do tell If you know.

i looked in my power scouter and it turns out their fighting ability is over 9000

# ¿ Jul 31, 2022 11:23

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Weka posted:

America produces 17% of the worlds manufacturing output. For reference, China is 29%. It's not that America produces less, in fact output has fairly steadily increased, it's that China has steamed ahead. If America can whip it's allies into supporting it then it still has more production. That's a pretty Laconic if though.

will the market and Number accept that?

also, where are those numbers from? are they in US dollar numbers or something else?

# ¿ Jul 31, 2022 13:22

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Fish of hemp posted:

What did they won? Territory, prestige, direct say at Vietnamese affairs?

many won and dong

# ¿ Jul 31, 2022 13:24

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Rutibex posted:

maybe she realized most Americans would not be upset if the the Chinese airforce turned her to mist

despite the appearance of cunning and malice, a skeletal sorcerer has neither intent, nor life ---it is animated solely by a greater evil. attributing any desire to her is a grave mistake

# ¿ Jul 31, 2022 14:01

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Fish of hemp posted:

I mean, I'm as as they come, but I didn't say anything about USA, I asked who is going to win WW3.

it's the side with industrial capacity op

# ¿ Jul 31, 2022 14:48

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Weka posted:

Japan got half way across the pacific 80 years ago. America fought and one that war across that distance. Ignoring nukes the only thing stopping China from doing it in the next few decades is political will.

china and the ussr won that war, america stole the last hit so they got the xp

# ¿ Aug 1, 2022 02:36

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

skooma512 posted:

https://twitter.com/Joyce_Karam/status/1554218752140615687

I'm guessing the US didn't care about Afghanistan's sovereignty and just rolled up and did whatever.

looking forward to 9/11-2 in 10 years time

# ¿ Aug 2, 2022 01:25

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

https://twitter.com/jacobin/status/1556173293861933058

good article.

imagine being the guy in the war room that has to explain the risks of nuclear war to some dipshit general. sounds incredibly frustrating.

also lol:

quote:

I gave a lecture in Germany a couple years ago, and people in the German navy asked me point blank: “We’re eager to send a ship to the South China Sea, would that help?” And I said, “No, it’s kind of crazy for Germany to insert itself in this. It’s going to do more harm than good for sure.” They didn’t like my answer. “We were hoping you’d be rah-rah and think it’s great.”

Europe is a joke

# ¿ Aug 7, 2022 16:05

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

A Buttery Pastry posted:

Don't lay what the Germans are doing on everyone else, thank you very much. Germany has spent decades beating military/strategic thinking out of its leadership, to the point where I'm not sure they can even wrap their head around the idea that any country might react badly to anything they do. If Germany thinks it's a good idea then obviously everyone else does too.

The rest of Europe at least knows enough to realize there might be a reaction, even if we suffer from delusions about how easily we can shrug off that reaction.

there's more about europe:

quote:

That little story encapsulates this dynamic, which is really disturbing. NATO already didn�t have the best reputation in China, for various reasons going back years. Though ten to fifteen years ago, NATO had a reasonable working relationship with China, and the European Union had set up some really good defense exchanges and contacts with China. That was very helpful, and I had urged that Europe act as a cushion for the US-China rivalry and be a friend of the court to both sides, tell each to chill out a little. Help China to mitigate its worst nationalist tendencies, but also help the US contain its seemingly endless desire for rivalry.

I thought Europe was playing thar role pretty effectively until 2016 or so. Then things seemed to start to change, and European discourse on China radically moved to the right and became very anti-China to the point, I�d argue, of even surpassing US rhetoric on China. I found this very disturbing. I could give you endless examples of this, but if you read the Economist magazine, it�s become extremely hawkish on China over the years. In the European mind, they more or less associate Russia and China together, as authoritarianism writ large, though the Russian and Chinese regimes are very different, so lumping them together I think is misplaced.

I remember, in 2017, as the Korean crisis was unfolding, a squadron of French ships came across, and Chinese coverage of that was very upset. It was the Europeans who were leading the carving up of China in the nineteenth century, and China fought multiple wars against France and against Britain. So the idea that you�re going to have these European navies sailing around, it triggers this anger.

The other phenomenon here is NATO�s search for missions. God bless the Ukraine war, because this has given a lot of new life to NATO and given NATO bureaucrats something to do, though I think Turkey�s diplomacy and playing footsie with Russia should make people realize the alliance isn�t as together and cohesive as some would hope. On some level, there�s a silver lining to that � Europe should focus on Europe, and take its nose out of Asian affairs. To put it less charitably: What have you been doing? Was this lurch toward Asia why they seem to have been caught unawares in the war with Russia?

# ¿ Aug 8, 2022 01:46

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

thatfatkid posted:

lmao nolan loving sucks, his only good film is the prestige and thats because he didnt write it

# ¿ Aug 11, 2022 05:59

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

actually, i like some of earlier movies before he disappeared right up his own rear end

# ¿ Aug 11, 2022 06:01

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

loving tankies

# ¿ Aug 18, 2022 02:16

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Raskolnikov38 posted:

weird because both tanks have the same top speed on paper

https://twitter.com/MatthewNBryan1/status/1560026244468690944?t=x_DIBSQcTrRtu7qGF2LK9A&s=19

# ¿ Aug 19, 2022 02:27

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Danann posted:

https://twitter.com/ConflictsW/status/1560681782122582017
sudan got a bit lost in the tank biathlon

https://files.catbox.moe/69sxuh.mp4

# ¿ Aug 20, 2022 07:28

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Danann posted:

https://twitter.com/ConflictsW/status/1561408446422999047

tankie road rage!

that owns so hard

# ¿ Aug 23, 2022 07:28

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

I hope we buy them and give them to China as a mea culpa

# ¿ Aug 24, 2022 07:01

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

isn't there rumblings of a deal between turkey and syria soon

# ¿ Aug 24, 2022 16:27

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

another analysis about how a war with china would go with a focus on AUKUS. a few interesting things there about the numbers of bombers/missiles the US has left and ship building capacity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1RRw6kDNWk

# ¿ Sep 5, 2022 01:08

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

the US somehow just accidently causing untold suffering over and over

# ¿ Sep 5, 2022 12:36

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

it'd be funny if the claims the US makes about its gear were exaggerated marketing bullshit and china coming close to actually achieving the stated performance is making US planners poo poo themselves

# ¿ Jul 6, 2023 02:43

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

this situation sums it up pretty well

Throatwarbler posted:

https://twitter.com/zhao_dashuai/status/1610683654921150464?t=AGGQyCDFErvLO6beLfJmdg

# ¿ Jul 8, 2023 04:05

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

mawarannahr posted:

America can't pay its military. where's the money go!!
Air Force to pause bonuses and PCS moves | Federal News Network

crepeface posted:

https://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-scientist-allegations-tricked-contractor-into-hiring-sex-worker-2022-7

quote:

A senior Air Force scientist allegedly tricked a defense contractor into hiring a sex worker, according to court records.

The woman was also named co-chair of a scientific panel despite lacking necessary qualifications.

The scientist is also said to have used a government travel card to pay for sexual services, according to an unsealed warrant application.

Prior to his death, Gord was "an internationally recognized leader in the development and application of optical measurement techniques for advanced propulsion and fuel systems," according to the AFRL.

literally using the defense budget on hookers

# ¿ Jul 14, 2023 06:39

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

lol. somewhere in japan, an irate, off-duty soldier purchases several lead pipes, masking tape, ball bearings and a bag of suspicious black powder

# ¿ Jul 18, 2023 09:35

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# ¿ May 13, 2024 02:17

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

palindrome posted:

Countdown until a loitering drone can carry a nuclear weapon

look we all want metal gears okay

# ¿ Jul 28, 2023 09:26

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