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Clark Griswold

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  1. They knew it was a bad deal for the west all along, some of them now are expressing regret… https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/03/11/nobel-economist-reverses-support-migration/
  2. Good stuff, not the right system then but the idea, a relatively cheap per shot system matched with a Hail Mary short range system (DE, guided AAA, suicide drone)
  3. Air to ground news https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ar-BB1jFMjO Could you adapt a Stinger (or similar type missile) to provide a short range defense to these stand off weapons? Considering these are relatively inexpensive and deployed in decent numbers you would need a defense against them similar in cost to avoid an economic exchange imbalance
  4. Excellent point, now someone more articulate than I on this forum needs to expand on that observation and offer a retort to the WOR article… On drones, RPAs and eventually UCAVs… we should have been testing more systems there ala the Spanish Civil War to get ready for the looming big one (maybe)… I’m still not sure continuing to arm and encourage Ukrainian operations to recover territory now held by Russia is the long term best strategy for the West / Ukraine but if your going to supply and support then get the most out of it that you can
  5. Stirring the pot a bit fellas… it fires up the cadre and keeps us just the right amount of assertive Concur with the prevailing sentiments but I do think we need to get more public and actually doctrinally state that the USAF wants to lead the other services in rapid deployment and advancement of all UAS, small to large and controlled to autonomous
  6. This article is 50% relevant (maybe)… https://warontherocks.com/2024/03/drones-the-air-littoral-and-the-looming-irrelevance-of-the-u-s-air-force/
  7. Our bored, spoiled, decadent, hypocritical elites are weather vanes If the world / our countries turn expect them to switch their allegiances quickly https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submission_(novel Satirical novel but plausible given the modern lefts maniacal myopia for power over the traditional right coupled with willful delusion about working with the enemy of civilization Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  8. True, a complimenting acquisition with the 46 and 777 tankers using same technology for mil systems (boom, defensive, comms, cargo handling, etc…) would have been my pitch way back in the day Of course this assumes they would have not fudged up the 46 and would have spun down the 135 also, a fleet of new tanker iron Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  9. Getting worse https://www.yahoo.com/news/attacking-prisons-haiti-gangs-try-183704741.html
  10. 777 tanker... CaptainSim 777-200 - USAF (KC-46 livery) [Fictional] for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS Shoulda happened but here we are...
  11. Buck Rogers... with Erin Gray in spandex made a young Clark Griswold have certain feelings...
  12. Paywall blocked but if someone has an account https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-claims-shot-down-a-50-russian-spy-plane-again-2024-2?amp Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  13. I’m shocked ‘I Wanted to Blow It’: Low-Income Mom Given $10K from D.C. Taxpayer-Funded Program Spends $6K on Vacation https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/02/23/i-wanted-to-blow-it-low-income-mom-given-10k-from-d-c-taxpayer-funded-program-spends-6k-on-vacation/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  14. Depends as it all ended well, had it been a less security conscious carrier it might have ended differently Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  15. More on the incident Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  16. Restart on old thread: https://simpleflying.com/el-al-flight-radio-hijac-attempt-somali-airspace/
  17. Concur with depressing assessment of senior leadership that can not see past previous experiences / dodgy academic training on adversaries Their ability to keep the Tomcat flying, their use of it against Iraq, their indigenous drone/missile programs while not mind bending are indicative of a scrappy resourcefulness that is not to underestimated Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  18. They are showing off other tech / ideas of late https://www.twz.com/news-features/iran-fires-ballistic-missile-from-a-shipping-container-at-sea Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  19. But no one believes they will actually do any of this, just like in 1986. The law can say something but if the Executive Branch doesn’t interpret it in a way that leads to practical execution or just says we won’t do it, it doesn’t matter. Small steps based on demonstrated enforcement Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  20. Broken record here but until you arrest the employers and prosecute them you would have to 10 x the border security (both north and south) and interior enforcement to move the needle Turn off the electromagnetic pull of illegal employment and benefits then you can address this, it’ll never completely go away but it will get to a tolerable level
  21. The rot of western institutions continues: Royal Navy is told to 'get a grip' over plans to make all sailors attend compulsory courses on how climate change may impact defence (msn.com)
  22. No doubt, I see the cancellation as a resources saving issue not necessarily as a recon scout helo is not needed/viable issue
  23. Decent little article on the subject https://www.twz.com/air/cancelling-the-future-attack-recon-helicopter-was-the-right-move
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