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19 hours ago, sunday said:
Meanwhile in Indonesia...
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Situation has evolved and there is a Plinian eruption in progress now.
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Looks as mobile as a Patriot launcher once deployed.
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Maher was also CEO of Wikimedia, the corporation that runs the Wikipedia.
That could explain a lot about the ideological bias of that online enciclopedia.
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5 minutes ago, DB said:
Not really, he's quite clearly in favour of Franco's actions during the civil war. So, Russians bad in the 1930s, Russians good in this century.
Not to mention a long history of posting on issues where the central point is disregarding the wishes of people in certain regions and territories from having a say regarding their own destinies.
I love you too.
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3 minutes ago, Markus Becker said:
The French equivalent: https://www.ot-saumur.fr/en/our-highlights/Saumur-carousel/
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This is interesting
QuoteStrikes by the Russian Armed Forces on Ukrainian energy facilities 04/11/2024
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1 hour ago, EchoFiveMike said:
Burn ethanol. Use aftermarket heads with proper exhaust seats. Run 13.8:1 compression, make moar powah! S/F....Ken M
Change the gaskets of the fuel system, too.
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Meanwhile in Indonesia...
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20 minutes ago, 17thfabn said:
Parody isn't protected by the 1st amendment?
Only against Christians and others belonging to not protected social groups.
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23 minutes ago, DB said:
One does wonder where the cash is coming from. That's a lot of beef.
Perhaps from the budget cuts Milei did recently.
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13 minutes ago, crazyinsane105 said:
The US also blocked Israel from attacking Iran multiple times, as it’s a war that Israel would start but one which the US would bear the brunt. Again, invasion of Iraq was a terrible geopolitical decision, as it emboldened Iran significantly and we are now seeing the consequence of it
Yes, one could wonder which countries benefited from the invasion of Iraq, and the removal of Saddam Hussein.
I could think of Iran. There could be others.
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4 hours ago, glenn239 said:
Wiki says that a total of 500 SM-6 have been built so far, with 1,800 planned.
If @Perun saw the source I think he saw, then it was a Burke sailing in Israeli coastal waters firing 70+ SM3.
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18 minutes ago, crazyinsane105 said:
Lots of civilians in the region don’t have bomb shelters
Other issue is that a lot of FOBs (like the one attacked a few months ago by Iranian proxies) are composed of tents and other quickly set up infrastructure.
Unsure of the larger bases, I’m sure some do, but I won’t be surprised if a number don’t because this threat became apparent a little over a decade ago
Perhaps Israel could develop the necessary logistics to support an attack to Iran by land once Jordan and Irak give their permission.
No American casualties in that case.
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12 minutes ago, Perun said:
I suspect a mistranslation there, and that the original meaning was about a new saturation tactic.
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The Long Decline of the London Economist
QuoteThis sad intellectual decline became obvious to me over the last decade, as America’s post-9/11 policies, both foreign and domestic, swerved into almost total madness, yet continued to receive a mixture of support plus some occasional tut-tutting from a magazine which I had once so greatly respected. Perhaps the top editors recollected the case of their esteemed predecessor Francis Hirst, who had publicly broached the possibility of a negotiated peace to end the useless slaughter of WWI, and been summarily dismissed as editor in 1916 for his obvious lack of patriotism.
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This is intriguing, even if it is very likely the author is a Hamas operative and he is only disseminating misinformation.
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4 hours ago, shep854 said:
This makes me wonder what the M14 story would have been had its initial manufacture not been screwed up by H&R and WInchester.
It is a beautiful rifle, but those internals are a bit too much kludgy.
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5 hours ago, Ssnake said:
Even with a considerable cost difference (say, 30%) airlines would still not exclusively buy Airbus because a second supplier is needed. You might then order only 30% of your fleet from the more costly competitor, or 25, but nobody wants to be completely dependent on a single supplier.
Ryanair is for a ride, as they only use Boeing 737 planes.
Edited to add: Boeing did ask Ryanair for help in quality control, and Ryanair doubled the number of engineers detached to America to check-out planes. Link in Spanish.
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Now, it is no wonder that Space X was able to surpass Boeing in the contract for the manned space capsule. And at less cost, even.
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Quite hawkish article on the Jerusalem Post, and some, quite cogent, reader's comments.
QuoteHow the Israel Air Force could bring Iran to its knees - analysis
What if Israel finally decides to strike back? What if it decides to take this opportunity to finally bomb Iran’s prized nuclear weapons program?Iran took its best shot (or a very significant one) at Israel with over 100 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and over 100 drones, totaling over 300 forms of aerial attack from many different sides and vectors.
What if Israel finally decides to strike back? What if it decides to take this opportunity to finally bomb Iran’s prized nuclear weapons program?
Such a scenario has been gamed out for years, but here is one version of what it could look like.
Some comments:
Quotemorgan_of_pell
1 day agoThe JP should know better than to incite, does that with more aggression than reason.
The hostages are not free, Hamas is in Gaza and the IDF does not want to go to Rafah, as this will be very costly.
And yet, we hear about different forms of suicide for Israel.
No, no Arab country, even the Saudis would allow this to take place, and also not the Turks, especially not after Gaza.
If the IDF has problems with Rafah, what would be the situation in Lebanon, with the Hezbollah equipped with 20 times more, and more lethal rockets than Hamas?
Not to forget, the defence of this wave has been made possible by the supply of arms, especially for Iron Dome and derivates, by the US. Without the US, no missile defence this is a clear message, even for Netanyahu. And so there is no Rafah, if the US does not agree, and they will not. And they will not support any action against Iran, they have enough problems, enough wars they cannot win.
Have the recent month not told us that Hamas and others have learned and were capable to outthink and outmanoeuvre Israel? Iran has learned as well, what needs protection is bunkered well underground, embedded in rock, safe from anything short of a Mega-ton warhead. But also attacking oil facilities or towns would only be useful to unite the world against Israel, turning it into the absolute pariah under the nations, and any Jew a prime target.
Quoteh12
1 day agoBefore such grandiose and poorly thought out misadventures, how about
Defeating Hamas first (in a way that minimizes civilian suffering)
Bringing any living hostages back home
Entering into a dialog with a reformed PA about a long term political solution and peace agreement with Palestinians - and reconstruction of Gaza. Rebuilding homes, schools, hospitals, bakeries, a functioning economy and civil society
And then creating a peace agreement with Saudi Arabia
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2 minutes ago, Perun said:
AIM-54 was even worse
I have the theory that the Iraqis learnt how to deal with AIM-54 missiles, and the Tomcat, during the war with Iran, so when 1991 arrived they were able to negate most of their effectiveness.
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6 minutes ago, Markus Becker said:
Otoh, how many hundred MRBM does Iran have?
I do not know for sure. Iran has stated the next attack would consists of one thousand missiles, not 300, however.
Raytheon announced a bit ago they were ramping the AMRAAM production to about 1,200 per year.
Sweden's success with fighter aircraft
in General Naval and Air
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Excellent video, not sure if one of the best on Youtube, but closer.
One should watch it to realize the price of armed neutrality, on top of local development and building of planes. The Swedish Air Force lost a lot of pilots in peacetime in training accidents. Reminds me of what could have been the fate of Japanese Naval Aviators before WWII.