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For the record, I have absolutely no issue with arresting and prosecuting everyone who is waving Mexican flags while setting cars on fire. F those people. I know that’s going to be the response here - attack a straw man. I have significant issue with using an event that should be handled with law enforcement and/or natl guard as a way to overreach executive power unconstitutionally, and I am honestly appalled at this forum’s complacency about it.
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Wrong, get better, be smarter, don’t be a sheep.
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Ever heard of Posse Comitatus, or does the implicit racism on this forum simply enable you all to ignore the constitution and the law as long as the ends justify the means? LALALALA FOX NEWS TOLD ME WEVE BEEN INVADED, DADDY PLEASE INVOKE MARTIAL LAW.
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At this point, I actually think that would deescalate things. The dems have defunded the police to the point that they’re basically untrained monkeys I mean, how many reporters have they shot by now? Four? Wild... https://www.9news.com.au/world/los-angeles-protests-national-guard-troops-arrive-in-la-on-donald-trumps-orders-to-quell-immigration-protests/0e451581-493c-46fc-b426-ee220f6a29fc?ocid=Social-9News
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I think you hit the nail on the head on what is the biggest obstacle in building these type of specialized aircraft.
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Mover and Gonky’s take on it:
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That's ok. They can mouth off to locals back in Knoxville. Arkansas smoked them today by a lot more than 1 run.
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Surely you mean “mostly peaceful protest” my good sir.
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Oh look, another violent riot from the left.
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And they got grand slammed today. AMFs!
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There is definite application and demand for super heavy lift capacity in the commercial sector, but probably in the single digit numbers I would imagine. I’d be curious to see what the economics on return of some production run requiring massive up front capital for so few airframes. I can’t imagine that return on investment is gonna be something that comes soon enough for all but the craziest people with money. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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Louisville tops Miami.
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I have seen other super airlifter proposals come and go so take this with a grain of salt. This one is designed for outsized cargo like ever increasing windmill blades and rocket stages so who knows it might actually get built! https://radia.com
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Wonder if they'll be armed.
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Yup, I’ll close the loop on my opinions on UAS/guns saying some control but not over control. Arming all the countries we can and pulling them into our orbit to give them multiple problems? Yes More IRBMs in theater to give them pause? Yes
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We should. We’ve been invaded.
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Looks like this thread continues on a couple parallel tracks. Agree with above. One game changer was the INF treaty going away allowing things like the Typhon Mid-Range Capability (combination of Tomahawks and SM-6s) for the Army. PRC tried intimidating the local countries including the Philippines in the South China Sea and the Philippines was only too happy to have the Typhon set up in their country. Putting as many of those mobile systems in that area should give the PRC some sleepless nights. Whether that results one day in a "Cuban Missile Crisis" of the Indo-Pacific is a whole other discussion.
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/department-of-defense-security-for-the-protection-of-department-of-homeland-security-functions/ Currently threatening to deploy active duty marines to California. Thanks geniuses.
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You’re right, it will impede some amount of freedom of the law abiding but overall the benefit IMO would be worth it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Every unit that did this is a T in “perform expeditionary operations,” on the METL…. We actually executed work at transcom and locally doing rail head ops…. You understand we are demonstrating the ability to move our heaviest ground forces and have them execute on the other end of that move right? 1-17 Cav is one of the flyover units, and that is literally their last hurrah before casing the colors and disbanding, so what did that really cost us? Look if I can March in the Dothan peanut festival parade, we can damn sure put some effort into celebrating the Army’s 250s birthday. Let’s compare the price tag on Tdy and equipment movement of this to say, the Dayton Air Show. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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Still retarded, just like it was in field training/zoo/etc. Show me the real world training aspect that makes this worth it, Signed, Killjoy
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Like gun control, the restrictions you mention will only restrict lawful operators.
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The action of an in place turn or a single track turn can create a kind of twisting friction which would be concerning in certain kinds of loose terrain. There’s a video out there somewhere of an M88 getting stuck in a cobblestoned area of some German village and just doing everything wrong to get out, then tearing chunks of cobblestone up, only to get them lodged into the spaces between the road wheels and the track and break the track. Done properly it’s actually a way to have track vehicle dig it’s self a partial hull down position in certain types of ground, but asphalt isn’t gonna do that. It’s not going to remove the paint, and in fact the most concerning thing we have when we drive on a road is idiots curbing the raised pavement because they weren’t paying attention. A truck would do the same damage a tank would do in that case. You can watch along our 7 miles of motor pools heavy tracked vehicles cross streets to go from the motor pool to the tank trail. They don’t have any visible damage along any of those roads. Seriously there are dozens of very real economic cost analysis arguments, but the ones screaming about tanks are just ignoring those for sensationalist BS, and the media talking heads are part of it. The whole “special rubber pads” are standard on all our tracked vehicles, and we haven’t had an all metal track since my dad was in the military. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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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.
