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I get the facts about psi etc. on a tank driving straight down a road, but what about when they turn and do tank things. How's the impact of that on asphalt/concrete. Also, to prevent any triggering, I'm just curious.
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Yup With the capes that non state actors have demonstrated lately and the level of support rogue states have been willing to give VEOs recently, we’re all three of lucky/blessed/well protected by professionals to not have this happen As with gun control, I’m for a certain amount, in relation to UAS, we probably need to expand the FARs and prohibit recreational flight in certain areas for that reason, require a UAS transponder always to tie back to an operator certificate, drone detection systems deployed, etc… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I’m thinking of how easily chemical/biological/radiological materials could be dispersed effectively across a dense population area. You could literally just get a coke can worth of something scary lethal on a drone that cost hundreds of dollars, and swarm it across a place like Wall Street at lunch time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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It was planned in and programmed before he was elected president. The Army was always going to celebrate its 250th birthday. Clutch pearls harder and get outraged the next flyover you see while you’re at it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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No doubt, I think we believe it can’t/won’t happen to us but a novel attack is certainly on the bingo card Hard shelters, land setbacks, anti UAS systems, new Prohibited Areas around bases, jail time for violators, etc… nothing is 100% but you need to try to get there and overlapping defenses add up Not every base immediately but start now, this nation needs to get into a different place in terms of security mindset, it would give the enemy some insight into our sources and methods but declassifying some intel to tell the why for this shift to the public, like the Why We Fight movies in WW2, call them Why We Prepare, might shift the zeitgeist Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Cool. Now do Covid circa 2021 Or speaking at school board meetings, same time frame. And numerous other free speech actions, not twitter spats, but government actions taken to thwart free speech. I'll take Trump blustering and https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ice-arrests-top-100000-under-trump-as-officials-expand-detention-efforts/ar-AA1GayKQ?ocid=BingNewsSerp for $200, please... Not high enough numbers, but a start combined with record low border crossings. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/25/trump-southern-border-crackdown-impact/83733347007/ And I'll put another $200 on that high horse you ride to win/place/show.
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Over the years, I’ve seen numerous discussions here about the potential impact of Cyber on warfighters, the threat posed by China, and what the AF and DoD should do. i highly recommend anyone interested in the current focus on 2027 and beyond should listen to a podcast called “To Catch a Thief.” There are 9 episodes and it is well worth listening to, especially if you have more than a 20 minute drive to/from work. If you can’t muster that much attention span, just listen to the last episode. Nicole Perleroth worked for the NYT, and reminds mo of the stories of a conservative being “a liberal who got robbed.” check it out, you should be able to use it for PME credit or CEUs if you have any computer certification. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/to-catch-a-thief-chinas-rise-to-cyber-supremacy/id1798267956
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I stayed in a different AFSC than I started because I enjoyed the mission, had an opportunity to lead, and felt like I was making a difference in my corner of the AF. I retired after 26 years when my family situation changed. Eventually everyone gets out, even the CJCS. You either get out when you decide to or when the service tells you to.
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Come on, it’s not like we let our adversary buy large plots of land adjacent to our military facilities… wait… it appears new information has just been handed to me. Fuck.
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This is a stupid argument. It's like arguing that amusement parks are a waste or zoos are cruel. Humans are not machines. They need entertainment and fanfare and first person contact with something for it to matter in their lives. Parades bring the military to the people we desperately need to support us. This type of thinking is why so many utopians and central planners keep failing over and over in their attempts to "improve" society. It may seem better to spend money on a hospital instead of a parade, just like a base theater is a "waste" of money when the runways needs new lighting. But entertainment is not optional; it's human nature.
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Just the president of the US directly threatening someone over free speech. Somehow this is both constitutional AND moral. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-elon-musk-consequences-funds-democratic-candidates-rcna211605
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Because it's a stupid parade. Like we need to spend $$$ on that shit. But I guess little Taco needs an ego stroke so he can look mighty like Un. Tards.
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What is to stop our enemies from getting into the US, buying some containers and rigs, and parking them a mile from a base? Other than good explosives, not much. Fleet composition doesn't stop this.
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Heard those years were great.. I was still in nav school however..
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Boss I’ve both been stationed in Germany, and driven down that exact road in Hohenfels. The autobahn is nothing particularly spectacular when it comes to actual aspects of road construction other than the abundant use of concrete over asphalt. The roads running between villages are nothing special. The point being the amount of inane noise being generated and pearls being clutched over this upcoming parade is ridiculous and serves as a good marker for people who just want to be upset whether they have a reason or not. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Well I was actually referring to How the Germans go about road construction compared to here in the US guess I should have added a sarcasm tag.
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I think it’s important to note here that talking shit is no different than anything else in sports…Some people are just way better at it than others. Sure a guy can practice, maybe even get some coaching, or find inspiration somewhere, but the truly gifted are seemingly born with it and you’re often surprised by who it is. I love that a bunch of the old NBA guys have been publicly talking lately about what a master shit talker Larry Bird was. Just looking at him, you wouldn’t suspect he’d have the gift. All I could ever muster was the occasional “fuck you” or calling some dude a bitch. But for some guys it was like reciting poetry, like Robert Frost in a football helmet.
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Guard/Reserve timeline to UPT
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The irony here is out of an abundance of caution (and knowing idiots will be out there taking pictures of existing potholes to make claims about damage) the Corps of Engineers is throwing millions in efforts to repair the streets neglected by local government for years. The residents and city leadership should be happy that for a couple days pain of traffic delays, they’ve been given an easy button to do years worth of efforts to repair local infrastructure. But they’ll never actually say that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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But, but...these are TRUMP tanks! The physics are completely different! Trust the science...
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Concur but we have options if we are willing to / allowed to change force structure and fleet composition The -47 sounds like it will have the range needed to be less dependent on the tanker, if we think the priority fight is the Indo-Pacific then we prioritize systems for that theater and divest some of the older shorter range platforms to get more of what we need. Not immediately of course but soon. Off hand, more B-21s, unfornicate the -46 and certify for unrestricted ops, get a long range UCAV (not a CCA). The F-15EX probably mixes well into this too for its reported range (790 NM). That’s a relevant combat range with a tanking south of the PI to ingress to the Taiwan Strait.
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I’m in an Armor division, we drives tanks on residential graded streets routinely. They didn’t build special streets on Cavazos, Bliss, Carson, etc, the tank trail is really there because the asphalt wears the track pads faster than dirt does. There are videos out on YouTube of Abrams tanks giving a demo in a commissary parking lot. Asphalt roads in the US are built to a 200 PSI standard before deformation. The Abrams in full combat kit puts down ~17 PSI. The Horses in the parade put down 25-30 depending on the horse. If you’re making this argument that Armor somehow destroys roads (when they do less damage than heavy truck traffic) you are in the idiot category. Here let me google that for somebody that needs it… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Full frontal… https://www.twz.com/air/this-could-be-our-best-view-yet-of-chinas-j-36-very-heavy-stealth-tactical-jet
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Those are German roads. Built to a higher standard 🙂
