SuperComrade

For the sake of discussion go ahead and list the countries that fit this category that have not already been mentioned.

 

have immigrants/refugees that have committed or plotted terrorist attacks in recent years

Okay, let's see. On plotted or committed terrorist attacks on US soil only:

Russia (Chechnya, especially)

Britain

Bangladesh

Lebanon

Guyana

Jordan

Nigeria

Albania

Kosovo

Morocco

Do you know where the vast majority of the people on this list came from? Pakistan.

I am also not including countries whose citizens have joined IS or have supported and aided them, or whose citizens committed or plotted terrorist attacks on foreign soil (but not in the US).

Like you pointed out, it's pretty much just symbolic pandering. In fact, it might be making US security worse by enraging people who *can* get into the US from those other countries, which are the ones that have historically conducted terrorist attacks anyway.

1) Without Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, or Afghanistan on the list, it cannot be a serious measure against terrorism, and is thus entirely pointless.

2)

 

have immigrants/refugees that have committed or plotted terrorist attacks in recent years

Do you have any idea at all how much broader the list should be in that case?

Why only those countries? Why not Egypt? Where did the terrorists who conducted 9/11 come from? Why are Chechens allowed in?

9.17.1, Revenge of the Wehraboo

 

Hull armor increased from 200 to 250 mm

Tears of the Wehraboo alloy: +25% armour for no increase in weight

That's exactly what it is. Hell, there have probably been more terrorist attacks conducted by Chechens on US soil than by Syrians, Iraqis, or Iranians.

He doesn't trust Saudis, but he sure didn't include them in his Muslim ban

I think it would be counterproductive for Trump to risk turning Hillary into some kind of Aung San Suu Kyi figure

But from what I've been reading, they don't seem to have done anything that needs a pardon?

What is there to pardon them for?

This seems very worrying, I hope it's not true

https://www.inverse.com/article/26651-trump-gut-department-of-energy-rick-perry-physics-research?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=inverse&utm_campaign=organic

Well, the Battle was also long gone by the time the BPF was a thing. Right manufacturer, though!

I've taken a liking to the Barracuda, but I've probably just been playing Atlantic Fleet too much

Aborted landing on HMS Venerable

This is on the fizziks side of things, but like all theoretical physics it also runs well into mathematics, and so I am posting it here as a nice illustration of how blurred the line between math and physics is:

 

I like Sean Carroll, too bad he got kicked out of U Chicago for not publishing enough. When I mentioned him to my supervisor at the University of Toronto, the first thing he said was "Oh, isn't he the guy who failed to make tenure at Caltech?" :S

I like dapper rays

Time marches on, of course. What would have been fantastic for WW II ended up looking a bit mediocre once the Soviets made yet another leap in design and produced T-54/55 (seriously, an armoured clash in 1950/51 would have ended horribly for the Brits and Americans).

Then again, both Centurion and Pershing proved to have substantial upgrade potential. So at least some of the puffiness was worth it.

You have a tank that's bigger and heavier than the IS-3 in the Centurion, it better have some upgrade potential or it would be a most inefficient design

Well, after 4 years, Gaijin is finally ready to stop hiding behind the excuse of "It's still in beta!"

The next Sandbox iteration is supposed to come before the end of February
 

So does the Japanese line ever get better? I've played the first few Japanese planes and it's absolutely miserable spraying 2x7.7s at enemies for five minutes before being lit on fire by a stray bullet

Once you get the Nakajima A6M2-N, you get the dual 20 mm cannons in the wings, and will absolutely wreck anyone foolish enough to sit in front of your guns or turnfight with you. The Ki-61s are also pretty decent once they get 12.7 mms, and there is the deadly first Ki-45 (the 37 mm ones have shit ammo counts, but the first one has a 20 mm cannon)

Well, in Arcade at least, BR is a function of two things:

1) Does it turn well?

2) Does it have cannons?

That's why the Zero is absolutely shafted in terms of BR

Maybe, but it is ultimately in his interests to keep Erdogan in power as well

I don't see why Putin will want to support a coup against Erdogan, the military in general is much more pro-NATO than Erdogan AFAIK

I think you are overestimating Putin's influence in Turkey, honestly

Should draw a monocle on his face

I mean, it's got pretty damn good gun handling, and the gun is not bad. The armor works sometimes. Kinda. If you angle it. And if people don't outskill you by placing their shots on that 185 mm turret face with their ~0.4 m accuracy guns. The mobility is bleh, but workable.

Personally, I think if they just gave it a higher rate of fire with DPM comparable with the Tiger I, they could call it a day there.

It's not a bad tank on its own, just nothing really special. It plays adequately but never feels "good" the way something like the IS-3 or AMX 50 100 or T32 has its moments