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The FEELZ when the Democrats make an election for a Georgia congressional district into a referendum on Donald Trump, spending tens of millions of dollars in the process, only to have their handpicked candidate - who doesn't even live in the district - losing by 5 percent of the vote and counting. https://decisiondeskhq.com/results/georgia-sixth-congressional-district-special/ https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-congressional-runoff-ossoff-handel If I were a donor for the Democratic Party, I'd be pissed at how much money they have squandered on these forlorn hopes trying to pick up seats in what are essentially "Safe" Republican states and districts. And the thing is, it is only going to get worse in 2018 with the preponderance of the Senate creatures up for re-election being Democrats who reside in states that voted for Trump. This also puts yet another nail into the coffin of traditional pollsters who got this election wrong too. By like 7 percentage points wrong and counting. From memory, most of the polls had the Democrat guy up buy 2 to 4 percentage points. Right now, the GOP candidate is up by 5 percent and this number has been rising steadily.

M60 with Roketsan ERA/NERA???

No, it's Elbit ALWACS' VIRCM (Vehicle Infrared Countermeasure). https://elbitsystems.com/media/ALWACS.pdf

Laser warning sensors from Elbit Systems. Also used on other Merkava variants, the British Ajax and the TAM 2C upgrade.

Mortar bandvagns. Underside of a bandvagn:

That must be fun... Catching a little CNN as we're packing. The hosts look like someone cut a loud audible fart during a funeral oration. Loving it.

Exactly. And it is downright embarrassing for the Democrats and the media who not only don't seem to understand. But they don't want to understand. Like that Montana special election where the Republican viciously and brutally assaulted pushed a reporter/stringer for the UK Guardian and everyone thought that spelled the end for the guy. He won handily. The American public doesn't like reporters. What a shock. They trust them less than used car salesmen.I know. I've been a reporter. These people live in a world where the only human beings they interact with are their friends who think the same way and their yes men assistants who are the ones that go out and get the food and pick up their dry cleaning.

A separate provision in the bill calls for upgrading the Army’s Heavy Equipment Transport (HET) trailers to handle the latest uparmored Abrams, the M1A2 SEPv3, which weighs in excess of 80 tons. I am going to assume that is a typo and the SEPv3 isn't 10 tons heavier. Or maybe it's not a typo.

Visual differences between T-90A and T-90K. T-90K - Commander version Cast turret (T-90) with 2 antennas + new tracks and more powerful V-92S2 engine (T-90A) = T-90K Only two such tanks were produced. (false information) Visually, the T-90K can be recognized by two antennas, as it has additional means of communication (the R-163-50K radioset) and navigation equipment (the TNA-4-3). It differs from T-90 with its new tracks and more powerful V-92S2 engine from T-90A. It differs from T-90A with its cast turret. T-90K for the first time was presented at the Moscow exhibition of arms of land forces in 2008. And since then it disappeared from view. About 6 months ago this tank was spotted in Syria in hands of the Syrian Arab Army.

Only 2 possbile variants - BMPT and "BMPT-72". I guess second one is cheaper and it is possible to be one that MoD will get.

Apperently ISIS used a KamAZ Vystrel for some time after it was captured in Palmyra.