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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:32:26 PM EST
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reported to be a captured Ruskie drone
 
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:32:57 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Brok3n: Looks like crew did not eject (Yes, KA-52s have ejection seats). Even with the "Alligators" supposed advanced self-defense features and low altitude flying.. still not enough. I have yet to see or read of any of the more conventional lay out Mi-28s being lost: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/VVS_100th_IMG_0063_%28cropped%29.jpg/2560px-VVS_100th_IMG_0063_%28cropped%29.jpg Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Brok3n: Originally Posted By Chokey:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FNqXnfvX0Ac_h0u?format=png&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FNqXpLWXsAIzsGa?format=jpg&name=orig Looks like crew did not eject (Yes, KA-52s have ejection seats). Even with the "Alligators" supposed advanced self-defense features and low altitude flying.. still not enough. I have yet to see or read of any of the more conventional lay out Mi-28s being lost: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/VVS_100th_IMG_0063_%28cropped%29.jpg/2560px-VVS_100th_IMG_0063_%28cropped%29.jpg The Marine Corps has almost twice as many AH-1Z as the Russians have Mi-28s (200 vs 100, more or less). I remain astonished by some of these tiny production runs the Russians have of some of their newest types. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:33:17 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By nickmemphis: I'm pretty sure a KC-135 IS a 737, like a DC-3 is an R4D. But I'm no plane foamer. Huh? |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:33:30 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By iggy1337: bUT MUH pUTIN IS TEH aNTI gLObOhOMO tRAnIES cHRIsTiAN. What a fucking waste with his wilpower he could have been a legendary Slav leader smillilar to one of the US founding fathers. Turns out he went eith the petty 'I wanna control people' route, what a waste the little turd is. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By iggy1337: Originally Posted By SpaceGuy: Originally Posted By outofbattery: Some guy on here accused me of committing slander against the Orthodox Church for stating the truth a couple years ago: their patriarch was indeed a KGB asset,used to uncover anti-Communist Christians. This is why and how he was brought into Putin's circle and given freedom to make that cigarette money. The patriarch prior to him ran away and left behind all the incriminating evidence that he too was a KGB agent. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/russian-patriarch-was-a-kgb-agent-files-say-1.1123987 For years I have been refuting the bullshit "Putin is a Christian,look at how he's building up the church" nonsense with these facts but That's just not what some want to hear. All you have to do is look at other Christian denominations in Russia. They're persecuted. That's what is always telling about any country: How do they handle minority religions, or other iterations of the primary religion. Russia is probably the most anti-Christian country in Europe. bUT MUH pUTIN IS TEH aNTI gLObOhOMO tRAnIES cHRIsTiAN. What a fucking waste with his wilpower he could have been a legendary Slav leader smillilar to one of the US founding fathers. Turns out he went eith the petty 'I wanna control people' route, what a waste the little turd is. Power corrupts and absolute power is a really sweet gig if you can get it. For here and now, anyway. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:34:44 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By nickmemphis: I'm pretty sure a KC-135 IS a 737, like a DC-3 is an R4D. But I'm no plane foamer. 707 iirc |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:34:47 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By feetpiece: Where do you buy your weed? https://i.ibb.co/pfQvMRc/FM-3-Uhy-VQAEM91-O.jpg Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By feetpiece: Originally Posted By 7empest: Originally Posted By M-1975: Keep in mind that Zelensky was elected in 2019. I am gonna be honest what I have seen from Zelensky I truly believe everything he has done has been for the benefit of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. And honestly I would trade 100 Bidens for one Zelensky.. Where do you buy your weed? https://i.ibb.co/pfQvMRc/FM-3-Uhy-VQAEM91-O.jpg Ukraine President (Zelensky) to Trump: ‘We Wanted to Drain the Swamp Here…You Are a Great Teacher for Us’ - September 25, 2019 |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:35:00 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Grendelsbane: The Marine Corps has almost twice as many AH-1Z as the Russians have Mi-28s (200 vs 100, more or less). I remain astonished by some of these tiny production runs the Russians have of some of their newest types. They can't afford big serial runs. They don't have the money or production capability. Even when they con some shithole into their gear it takes olympiads to deliver. |
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MT, USA
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:35:06 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By doc540: reported to be a captured Ruskie drone https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/183309/russian_drone2-2310823.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/183309/russian_drone1-2310825.jpg Neat. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:35:54 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 7empest: 707 iirc Correct |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:36:12 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By planemaker:  Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By planemaker: Originally Posted By PurpleOtter: Originally Posted By Chokey:
That was a nifty bit of clever prose indeed. I've already stolen it, myself, and shall henceforth use it at the soonest opportune moment. 
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:37:04 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kalahnikid: Im about 10 minutes in... "Millennials you can divide into two groups, stereotypical basement dwelling losers and the ones that did everything the right way that then got suckerpunched by the financial crises and lost 5 years of work experience they'll never get back, and the two groups ended up in the same place anyways" Oof I felt that in my soul.  Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kalahnikid: Originally Posted By Zhukov: Originally Posted By Cobradriver: I just got done watching his Ft. Benning presentation. Jesus.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0CQsifJrMcIt's an hour but worth it. Holy cow. Mind = blown. The stuff around 44 minutes was super enlightening. Im about 10 minutes in... "Millennials you can divide into two groups, stereotypical basement dwelling losers and the ones that did everything the right way that then got suckerpunched by the financial crises and lost 5 years of work experience they'll never get back, and the two groups ended up in the same place anyways" Oof I felt that in my soul.  Classic Movie Line #4 |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:37:18 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 7empest: 707 iirc Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 7empest: Originally Posted By nickmemphis: I'm pretty sure a KC-135 IS a 737, like a DC-3 is an R4D. But I'm no plane foamer. 707 iirc A close cousin to the 707. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:38:26 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 7empest: I am gonna be honest what I have seen from Zelensky I truly believe everything he has done has been for the benefit of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. And honestly I would trade 100 Bidens for one Zelensky.. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 7empest: Originally Posted By M-1975: Keep in mind that Zelensky was elected in 2019. I am gonna be honest what I have seen from Zelensky I truly believe everything he has done has been for the benefit of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. And honestly I would trade 100 Bidens for one Zelensky.. Yep. Back in the run up to the election, the oligarch establishment (including Poroschenko and Timoschenko) threw every dirty accusation him of being a proxy of a Kholimoisky, or Putin, or both, but he’s certainly been the leader that Ukraine needs for the past two weeks. I will say in Poroschenko’s defense that for all of his problems, he was successful in stabilizing a very difficult situation after Maidan and the invasions of Donbas and Crimea and rebuilding the military. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:38:35 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CPT_CAVEMAN: "You gonna keep your brass?" Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CPT_CAVEMAN: Originally Posted By M-1975: These guys are having fun:
"You gonna keep your brass?" Can you imagine the reloading setup |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:39:08 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ryan_Ruck: Originally Posted By feetpiece: Originally Posted By 7empest: Originally Posted By M-1975: Keep in mind that Zelensky was elected in 2019. I am gonna be honest what I have seen from Zelensky I truly believe everything he has done has been for the benefit of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. And honestly I would trade 100 Bidens for one Zelensky.. Where do you buy your weed? https://i.ibb.co/pfQvMRc/FM-3-Uhy-VQAEM91-O.jpg Ukraine President (Zelensky) to Trump: ‘We Wanted to Drain the Swamp Here…You Are a Great Teacher for Us’ - September 25, 2019 Doesn't mean he wants to avoid a new globalist EU leaning government, I'm suspicious when he admires Trudeau and other left leaning comments he has made. I suspect his drain the swamp comments have more to do with wanting to avoid corruption. I'd love to be wrong. |
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MT, USA
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:41:17 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kbi: Can you imagine the reloading setup Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kbi: Originally Posted By CPT_CAVEMAN: Originally Posted By M-1975: These guys are having fun:
"You gonna keep your brass?" Can you imagine the reloading setup Resizing and loading brass that size is generally pretty easy. It involves a hydraulic press instead of a lever actuated press and the dies are bigger. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:41:44 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By nickmemphis: I'm pretty sure a KC-135 IS a 737, like a DC-3 is an R4D. But I'm no plane foamer. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By nickmemphis: Originally Posted By SmilingBandit: Originally Posted By 2A373: Originally Posted By 74HC: Originally Posted By 2A373: In what world is a 8,200' runway is too small for C-17s, C-130s, and A-400s? Ramp space may be a little tight for a C-17, but C-130s and A-400s would have no problems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bydgoszcz_Ignacy_Jan_Paderewski_Airport I didn't say the runway was too small, but the airport is too small which you start to backup. Reading comprehension or is everyone on pins and needles. I have a grandfather that was born in Lviv, with his relatives still living there. I'm not on pins and needles like some here. However, I do like to see the Rooskies (as my grandfather would say) get their butts kicked. My reading comprehension is just fine. You stated "Airport is too small for NATO transport aircraft...". which it clearly isn't. C-130s are NATO transports and would have absolutely no problem operating for that airfield. The fact that there is a 737 NG parked on the ramp with room for 2 more in the satellite view of the airport proves this. And 737s are also NATO transports. I'm pretty sure a KC-135 IS a 737, like a DC-3 is an R4D. But I'm no plane foamer. You definitely proved that.
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:42:09 PM EST
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 Absolutely Destroyed ?? #shorts #russia #ukraine |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:42:54 PM EST
[Last Edit: ServusVeritatis]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MATTINFAIRBORN: Not only that but around minute 48ish you learned that if you support or supported Trump you can't find Canada on a map. Regardless of the rest of the content, he could have presented those digs in a lot less time and more succinctly thusly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK-Dqj4fHmMQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By MATTINFAIRBORN: Originally Posted By Kalahnikid: Originally Posted By Zhukov: Originally Posted By Cobradriver: I just got done watching his Ft. Benning presentation. Jesus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0CQsifJrMcIt's an hour but worth it. Holy cow. Mind = blown. The stuff around 44 minutes was super enlightening. Im about 10 minutes in... "Millennials you can divide into two groups, stereotypical basement dwelling losers and the ones that did everything the right way that then got suckerpunched by the financial crises and lost 5 years of work experience they'll never get back, and the two groups ended up in the same place anyways" Oof I felt that in my soul. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK-Dqj4fHmMIt’s sad to see you missed the point. He also praised trumps NAFTA deals and spoke highly of him in several instances. He was anything but partisan in the presentation but since he said one thing in an hour (that was taken as a negative by the dogmatic) you foamed at the mouth and mentally shut down. The point he was making about Canada is people don’t care what’s going on outside of what happens here. More of a nationalistic viewpoint. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:43:24 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MATTINFAIRBORN: Not only that but around minute 48ish you learned that if you support or supported Trump you can't find Canada on a map. Regardless of the rest of the content, he could have presented those digs in a lot less time and more succinctly thusly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK-Dqj4fHmMYeah, his digs at Trump/supporters gives a view as to his bias (and no judgement, we all have bias) I didn't like that he said oil shipping is the most important thing ever, then skipped talking about Chinas shake deposits. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:43:25 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stone-age: People have to decide if turning all of Kiev into an uninhabitable city is worth it. Because that is going to happen. It's up to the people of Ukraine. I expect if putin takes Ukraine, he is not stopping there. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:44:36 PM EST
[Last Edit: doc540]
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"The first proof of loitering munitions combat use by the Russian army. ZALA KYB "kamikaze" UAV fell down in #Kyiv today."
link to multiple pictures  
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:44:40 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By nickmemphis: I'm pretty sure a KC-135 IS a 737, like a DC-3 is an R4D. But I'm no plane foamer. KC-135 is a Boeing 707. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:45:24 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 6SJ7GT: KC-135 is a Boeing 707. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 6SJ7GT: Originally Posted By nickmemphis: I'm pretty sure a KC-135 IS a 737, like a DC-3 is an R4D. But I'm no plane foamer. KC-135 is a Boeing 707. Half credit answer.
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:47:18 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By wyomingnick: Doesn't mean he wants to avoid a new globalist EU leaning government, I'm suspicious when he admires Trudeau and other left leaning comments he has made. I suspect his drain the swamp comments have more to do with wanting to avoid corruption. I'd love to be wrong. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By wyomingnick: Originally Posted By Ryan_Ruck: Originally Posted By feetpiece: Originally Posted By 7empest: Originally Posted By M-1975: Keep in mind that Zelensky was elected in 2019. I am gonna be honest what I have seen from Zelensky I truly believe everything he has done has been for the benefit of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. And honestly I would trade 100 Bidens for one Zelensky.. Where do you buy your weed? https://i.ibb.co/pfQvMRc/FM-3-Uhy-VQAEM91-O.jpg Ukraine President (Zelensky) to Trump: ‘We Wanted to Drain the Swamp Here…You Are a Great Teacher for Us’ - September 25, 2019 Doesn't mean he wants to avoid a new globalist EU leaning government, I'm suspicious when he admires Trudeau and other left leaning comments he has made. I suspect his drain the swamp comments have more to do with wanting to avoid corruption. I'd love to be wrong. Who gives a fuck? He's trying to survive. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:47:28 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By doc540: "The first proof of loitering munitions combat use by the Russian army. ZALA KYB "kamikaze" UAV fell down in #Kyiv today." link to multiple pictures https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/183309/russian_drone3-2310833.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/183309/russian_drone4-2310835.jpg  Failed To Load Title |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:48:05 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kncook: Take a look at the people who think that Putin is a Christian. These people aren’t anything close to Christ-like. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kncook: Originally Posted By outofbattery: Originally Posted By ad_nauseam: Originally Posted By Spade: Originally Posted By M-1975: Originally Posted By Balu: Originally Posted By agillig: Originally Posted By outofbattery: For those that don't know,Schrder is the German who sold his country's soul for Russian oil and gas. He is the definition of a paid off stooge. The only worse politician I can think of in terms of taking totalitarian money for more detriment is Kissinger. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/56204/19FA06D1-BA20-4583-AB29-40CC7D597A3F_jpe-2310480.JPG Matthew 6:5-6 And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. As official Atheists, the Soviets suppressed the Russian Orthos until they realized they couldn't eliminate it forever. So at some point they made sure every bishop and every higher official was KGB. Krill became a Bishop in 76. So we can safely assume he was a KGB agent. This. Some guy on here accused me of committing slander against the Orthodox Church for stating the truth a couple years ago: their patriarch was indeed a KGB asset,used to uncover anti-Communist Christians. This is why and how he was brought into Putin’s circle and given freedom to make that cigarette money. The patriarch prior to him ran away and left behind all the incriminating evidence that he too was a KGB agent. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/russian-patriarch-was-a-kgb-agent-files-say-1.1123987 For years I have been refuting the bullshit “Putin is a Christian,look at how he’s building up the church” nonsense with these facts but 🤷🏼♂️ That’s just not what some want to hear. Take a look at the people who think that Putin is a Christian. These people aren’t anything close to Christ-like. You can't just be all, "I'm a Christian! Yay Jesus! Down with the gays!" and then be all ,"But fuck the literal instruction manual shit!" |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:48:46 PM EST
[Last Edit: ServusVeritatis]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kalahnikid: Yeah, his digs at Trump/supporters gives a view as to his bias (and no judgement, we all have bias) I didn't like that he said oil shipping is the most important thing ever, then skipped talking about Chinas shake deposits. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kalahnikid: Originally Posted By MATTINFAIRBORN: Not only that but around minute 48ish you learned that if you support or supported Trump you can't find Canada on a map. Regardless of the rest of the content, he could have presented those digs in a lot less time and more succinctly thusly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK-Dqj4fHmMYeah, his digs at Trump/supporters gives a view as to his bias (and no judgement, we all have bias) I didn't like that he said oil shipping is the most important thing ever, then skipped talking about Chinas shake deposits. Are you confusing oil with shale natural gas China has? Chinas shake nat gas is some of the hardest in the world to extract. https://www.businessinsider.com/heres-why-china-wont-have-a-shale-boom-2018-4 |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:49:05 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SmilingBandit: Half credit answer. 367-80 prototype I didn't Google that!!
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:51:17 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BBOHACH: Arty guy here..and I too have hearing loss...no but really. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BBOHACH: Originally Posted By burnka871: Hell yeah. We have any arty guys on here? I imagine even with doubled up ear pro that probably rattles your skull lol Arty guy here..and I too have hearing loss...no but really. You have to type really loud for the boys from mother Sill. They don't hear so good. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:51:44 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PurpleOtter: At this point when it does reopen it will have all the relevancy of a counterfeit Pokmon card swap meet. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PurpleOtter: Originally Posted By M-1975:
It doesn’t matter when it reopens.  Attached FileThe Russian middle class simply doesn’t exist anymore and they still refuse to understand that they have any responsibility in the matter. The oligarchs have so much money in $,£,€ it doesn’t matter and nothing will change for Russia’s poor but the middle class who thought Putin’s authoritarianism was fine so long as they lived better than before have lost out. I don’t have much use for the “don’t blame the poor Russian people” line. They have had access to the Internet and could have taken in Western media to at least consider other possibilities but did not. If they are too scared to go protest while literally millions are under assault of Russian bombs and missiles they can take it on the chin for their cowardice. It’s their sons and brothers who are going to come back Cargo 200,it’s their sons and brothers who are committing war crimes. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:51:57 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kncook: Are you confusing oil with shale natural gas China has? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kncook: Originally Posted By Kalahnikid: Originally Posted By MATTINFAIRBORN: Not only that but around minute 48ish you learned that if you support or supported Trump you can't find Canada on a map. Regardless of the rest of the content, he could have presented those digs in a lot less time and more succinctly thusly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK-Dqj4fHmMYeah, his digs at Trump/supporters gives a view as to his bias (and no judgement, we all have bias) I didn't like that he said oil shipping is the most important thing ever, then skipped talking about Chinas shake deposits. Are you confusing oil with shale natural gas China has? No, because when you take one step back they're the same things. They equal electrical power and transportation one way or another. Oil might be easier but they could transition to all NG if they had to. That video could be it's own thread, we're probably derailing this one. 
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:51:59 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Goodn: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/183526/Commie_airlines_flight_to_Syria_png-2310789.JPG Picking up some Syrian friends? |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:52:06 PM EST
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:52:45 PM EST
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:53:30 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kncook: Are you confusing oil with shale natural gas China has? Chinas shake nat gas is some of the hardest in the world to extract. https://www.businessinsider.com/heres-why-china-wont-have-a-shale-boom-2018-4 Missed your edit. Perhaps that's why he didn't mention it. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:54:51 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By governmentman: In Clown World, the comedian becomes the serious man in the room. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By governmentman: Originally Posted By 7empest: Sorry but if the US was invaded and DC encircled do you see Biden staying in DC? Zelensky turned down Biden's offer of a ride. Zelensky is a real leader Biden is a senile pants shitting pudding head. In Clown World, the comedian becomes the serious man in the room. Comedy attracts the brilliant. Not even joking. People with the kind of disposable neurons to think up enough witticisms for a 45 minute set are smart people, that realize they are like a lone cork bobbing in a sea of fools. |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:54:52 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kalahnikid: Yeah, his digs at Trump/supporters gives a view as to his bias (and no judgement, we all have bias) I didn't like that he said oil shipping is the most important thing ever, then skipped talking about Chinas shake deposits. His statement on the oil was mainly that anyone can reduce China to rubble by closing the Straits of Macala and Australia itself could launch enough ALCMs to ruin China in a war by starving them of oil. China has 48 billion tons of available shale oil. The US has 2.7 trillion. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:55:14 PM EST
[Last Edit: Goodn]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FREEFALLE7: Be a shame if a Syrian terrorist shot down that aircraft. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FREEFALLE7: Originally Posted By Goodn: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/183526/Commie_airlines_flight_to_Syria_png-2310789.JPG Picking up some Syrian friends? I'm seeing a bit of ruskie aircraft movement on the tracker that hasn't really shown any movement at all in the last week. So they are trying to make a show of something. There was another flight from Barnaul to an airbase in Moscow. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:55:25 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Parabellum08: Yep. Back in the run up to the election, the oligarch establishment (including Poroschenko and Timoschenko) threw every dirty accusation him of being a proxy of a Kholimoisky, or Putin, or both, but he’s certainly been the leader that Ukraine needs for the past two weeks. I will say in Poroschenko’s defense that for all of his problems, he was successful in stabilizing a very difficult situation after Maidan and the invasions of Donbas and Crimea and rebuilding the military. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Parabellum08: Originally Posted By 7empest: Originally Posted By M-1975: Keep in mind that Zelensky was elected in 2019. I am gonna be honest what I have seen from Zelensky I truly believe everything he has done has been for the benefit of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. And honestly I would trade 100 Bidens for one Zelensky.. Yep. Back in the run up to the election, the oligarch establishment (including Poroschenko and Timoschenko) threw every dirty accusation him of being a proxy of a Kholimoisky, or Putin, or both, but he’s certainly been the leader that Ukraine needs for the past two weeks. I will say in Poroschenko’s defense that for all of his problems, he was successful in stabilizing a very difficult situation after Maidan and the invasions of Donbas and Crimea and rebuilding the military. Certainly, Zelensky has shown great leadership since the second invasion occurred. However. He didn't prepare Ukrainians for an invasion which should have been priority number one when he was elected. Last year, he was vocal in his opposition to to loosen up Ukrainian gun laws and less than two weeks before the invasion he stated his opposition to ordinary citizens joining the Territorial Defense Forces (Poroshenko criticized him for this) and Zelensky was busy planning parades with flags and banners instead arming the citizenry. His administration was stating that the probability of an invasion was "very low" even days before the invasion occurred. It wasn't until the invasion happened that Zelensky stated that everyone who wants a gun can have one AND this was misinterpreted by most gun media as Zelensky gave Ukraine a 2nd Amendment but this is not the case as each Ukrainian must join and be registered as Territorial Defense, technically part of the military . Gun laws HAVE NOT been loosened as far as purchasing requirements and handguns are still banned (MSRs are almost all sold out except for high priced ones). Good article here: https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/president-zelenskyy-ukrainian-gun-ownership/458322 As far as Poroshenko, he fought efforts by the Ukrainian Gun Owners Assn. to expand gun rights and during his administration the leader of this gun rights group was raided and set up on weapons charges which were dropped later on. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:56:08 PM EST
[#41]
Can you imagine someone like Kamalho trying standup?
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:56:30 PM EST
[#42]
Quote HistoryThe polish name means "mosquito". I'd hate to be a truck driver in a country full of 40 or 50 thousand. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:59:00 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kncook: Yep. It seems not enough ATGM coupled with conventional RPGs (should be tons of those). Should have hit the tank and the 2-3 BMPs all at once. This is what I've been seeing consistently - taking out single vehicles isn't much of an accomplishment, when your enemy has thousands. It all adds up, but it's unlikely to prevent the fall of Kyiv unless there's substantial counterattack progress by Ukraine forces. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 1:59:29 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AnalogKid: Be a Titanic mistake on Pooty's part to take that shot, especially against a US flagged capital ship. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AnalogKid: Originally Posted By Stretchman: Originally Posted By Chokey:
Remember the Lusitania. Be a Titanic mistake on Pooty's part to take that shot, especially against a US flagged capital ship. An Olympic class mistake. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 2:01:01 PM EST
[#45]
This is big news if the case
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Posted: 3/12/2022 2:02:03 PM EST
[#46]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kuhndog: Won’t happen unless we are forced in. Right now we get to inflict heavy casualties on Russia at the expense of Ukrainian lives. As far as our government and a lot of people here think, this is a winning strategy. No American lives are lost and our enemy is bogged down. I am sure our government is just giddy that Ukraine didn’t just fall over. Expect Ukraine to be treated as a NATO buffer territory for a long while as it helps everyone but Ukraine. Yep. Biden's primary goal is to not piss off Putin. He would have been more than happy if Z surrendered on Day 1 of the invasion. Now, he is forced to try to look tough without doing anything that could be viewed as an escalation. European countries have more skin in the game, because some have to worry about being next. With Biden at the helm of Nato, they won't do anything to escalate, but want to see Ukraine weaken Russia’s military to the point where he can't continue after taking Ukraine. They are more than happy to supply weapons as long as someone else is doing the fighting for them. Putin wants to get the band back together, but won't risk war with Nato. He will eventually grind down Ukraine, then take Moldova without a fight. After Nato stood by and let him shell civilians in Ukraine, they aren't going to all of a sudden go to bat for little Moldova. In the end, Ukraine is just a pawn to be sacrificed, because the US and EU have weak leaders who care more about the status quo than Ukrainian independence. |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 2:02:05 PM EST
[#47]
Uk's shot a Russian supply truck
What caliber penetrates a steel panel and then punctures the case of a hydraulic jack?  |
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Posted: 3/12/2022 2:02:20 PM EST
[#48]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By outofbattery: This is big news if the case
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Posted: 3/12/2022 2:02:33 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By walldj45: The polish name means "mosquito". I'd hate to be a truck driver in a country full of 40 or 50 thousand. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By walldj45: The polish name means "mosquito". I'd hate to be a truck driver in a country full of 40 or 50 thousand. 4.5lbs and 32" folded means you just never know who has one. Or five. 
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Posted: 3/12/2022 2:03:40 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Star_Scream: Huh? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Star_Scream: Originally Posted By nickmemphis: I'm pretty sure a KC-135 IS a 737, like a DC-3 is an R4D. But I'm no plane foamer. Huh? A KC-135 is a Boeing 737 airframe configured as a midair refueling platform, so any runway that handles a 737 at rated gross takeoff is GTG for a kc-135, ipso facto, so to speak. |
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