Lord_James

1 hour ago, Ramlaen said:

 

I don't think gutting the US military would benefit us that much.

 

Even if all of NATO raised their defense spending to the same % as the US we would probably still outspend them combined due to the sheer size of the US economy.

 

 

BTW Ukraine is spending something like 6% on defense.

Oh shit, I misread. I though this was a “who’s finding NATO”, not “general expenditures of countries in NATO”. Please disregard. 

On 7/12/2018 at 6:47 AM, Collimatrix said:

The more I look at this, the angrier I get. 

Personally: I would rip out ~60% of US funding (leaving about $250 tril) and let NATO figure out how to pay their own bills. If they can’t, no skin off my back, and maybe that money could be used to pay for stuff over here. 

And, let’s be honest, it’s not like there’s anything threatening Europe that NATO couldn’t (theoretically) handle themselves: the Russians sure as hell cant afford a real fight with NATO, and Turkey isn’t a threat either. Hell, the biggest threat to the EU is themselves and their retarded immigration policies, but that’s nothing a little coup can’t change  

23 minutes ago, Ramlaen said:

 

Is it just me, or was that somewhat vague? I don’t know why, but I feel like there’s more that could have been said, at least to clear up what Rep. Radcliffe stated. 

Anyway, this could be quite damning if true. Would put another nail (or 10) into this coffin. 

18 minutes ago, Jeeps_Guns_Tanks said:

 

 

Wow, if true, that's big.  Sessions needs to get off his ass and start firing, and maybe executing these clowns. 

FIFY 

8 minutes ago, Walter_Sobchak said:

I can only imagine what accolades the 46th US president will receive for simply not being Donald Trump.

Except papa Trump won’t be a train wreck of a president, like Bush. 

31 minutes ago, XDrake said:

 

Might be a difficult one.

You underestimate us  

On 7/13/2018 at 10:55 PM, Ramlaen said:

An M1253 coming off a C-17 with it's ITAS turret fully retracted.

 

How can you tell it’s an M1253 and not an M1134? 

35 minutes ago, Sgt.Squarehead said:

So will the French be in charge?

 

 

It would have to be a white flag, then.  

20 minutes ago, Jeeps_Guns_Tanks said:

 

 

Shouldn't they be looked at as suspects as well? Maybe it was them who poisoned the X Russian spy?

The quote I pulled from the article says the police think the couple found the bottle afterwards... 

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*puts on tinfoil hat

Then again, that might just be what they want you to think! *obligatory X-files music

1 hour ago, Sgt.Squarehead said:

That was a bit disappointing. 

 

But all in all I think it went about as well as could be expected.....He got to drink tea with the queen, what more could he want? 

 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/988485/the-queen-donald-trump-uk-visit-protests-windsor-castle-royal-news

 

Fuck yeah, I’d have tea with the queen, too. I don’t have many clothes that would be “presentable”, but still, that would be a hell of a conversation starter  

32 minutes ago, Sgt.Squarehead said:

This crucial evidence took quite a while to find:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44827666

 

Presumably it was labelled 'Novichock - Made in Russia'. 

That was a strange turn. Why would they have a deadly nerve agent in their house? It says: 

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The working assumption of police is that the bottle was a container discarded after the March poisoning.

But what is someone doing, going around picking up and taking home random bottles they find? Is that common over there? 

15 minutes ago, LoooSeR said:

Ok, ok. You can answer >12 hours from now, whenever that will be for you. I need to give other people a chance at answering  

Forgot to post something yesterday, so new post: 

Loooser cannot answer  

8 hours ago, Collimatrix said:

So GREECE, OF ALL NATIONS(!), is paying a greater percentage towards NATO than Germany or France are... lazy pricks. 

7 hours ago, Jägerlein said:

Something a bit less armed:

BLP-72: East German bridge layer prototype. 

Edit: I’ll post something once I get home. 

That would imply the British MoD actually wants to spend money on the armed forces. 

2 hours ago, Walter_Sobchak said:

 

So you are trying to say that a UN delegation made up of State Department and Health and Human resources representatives suddenly shifted policy completely on their own with no input from the President or his appointed Cabinet heads?  By that logic, nothing is Trump's fault if you don't want it to be.  Just blame it all on "deep state."

Just because they changed their minds doesn’t mean they were forced to. Perhaps they agree with Trump and were looking for an opportunity to change their policies. Of course, papa Trump could have “influenced” or “inspired” them to change, but you can’t rule out that this might have been voluntary. 

3 hours ago, Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect said:

Fascinating. And you're still here? Able to post? Amid this den of autism?

You assume I didn’t already have autism from being a member of this forum  

On ‎7‎/‎6‎/‎2018 at 6:49 AM, Sgt.Squarehead said:

 

Not to mention our defence secretary is a pansy.....I've e-mailed him and challenged him to a fight on College Green (outside parliament), but thus far he has not responded (wanker).

Did you try taking off your glove and smacking him across the face? 

On ‎7‎/‎6‎/‎2018 at 5:47 AM, Mighty_Zuk said:

 

It reduces a traditional crew of 3 (commander, gunner, driver) to just 2 (commander and driver), and a crew of 4 (incl. loader) can be reduced to 3 if they choose not to use an automated loader.

Who in their right minds would be dumb enough to do that? 

Oh... 

While we're on the topic of tandem charges, what's up with the 3BK-31?

Why is there an auxiliary cone behind the main cone? I know the main cone has a hole in the bottom of it (does this affect penetration?), but why not place the auxiliary where the main cone is and move the main cone back? It's just strange to me. 

7 hours ago, Gripen287 said:

 

Which seems to be exactly what BAE is doing with their "Dispensing" charge. There's barely any room for explosives anyway  Things might get more interesting with larger bore rail and coil guns due to the scaling factors of the various components. This paper contemplates a 12" coilgun firing projectiles 155mm in diameter, excluding the fixed control fins. The guidance package volume fraction isn't nearly so bad. 

I've been looking for a reason to place 12" and larger guns on warships again

Thank you. 

Took over 2 weeks of my spare time to get through this thread, but it was worth it fun read. 

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Also, the entire legislative, executive, and judiciary branches (along with the FBI/NSA/other alphabet soup agencies) need a good purging; its been to long. 

9 hours ago, Lord_James said:

Don’t know if this applys, but right now, there’s something in my apt complex. Gonna try and get more info once this gets resolved... 

 

first thoughts: sounded like a large weapon, shotgun/high caliber rifle. 2 shots, been silent (except the cops) since. 

Update: it was domestic violence... someone got mad at their partner and shot at them. No one was hit, and the suspect surrendered without further incident. 

SMH 

22 hours ago, Ramlaen said:

I’m surprised they found space on the Bradley’s turret to mount that 

Don’t know if this applys, but right now, there’s something in my apt complex. Gonna try and get more info once this gets resolved... 

first thoughts: sounded like a large weapon, shotgun/high caliber rifle. 2 shots, been silent (except the cops) since.