History, Politics And Current Affairs

Can I also just add that suggesting that there are actual Marxists in the Labour Party was a great joke. I did laugh a lot. Though, why wasn’t it in the jokes thread?

Because it's true
....actually that does make it a joke.

I do not, however, think anyone would slay a polar bear JUST to make a reduction. The reduction might be a happy side effect, but it wouldn't be the primary reason.

Alright Alright !
I get it, Polar Bear bad for you.

I guess I'll just have to kill a ordinary bear for the fat.
Dammit.

This has been British policy for centuries, and allows us to play to our strengths as an industrialised trading nation without needing large or powerful armed forces. One small problem with this.....we're no longer an industrialised state and hemorrhaging more industry as time goes on. With increas...

The really good news is connected to AUKUS, and the increasing educational throughput for nuclear. Frankly a derth of staff is worldwide and the concern is even this isn't enough. Considering the rumblings over nukes from all sorts of European states. The best way to constrain them is UK and France ...

Well when you keep your mother humping commie lovin' colonial agents out of our politics......

We'll be happy to leave you alone

HMG has already facilitated the invasion by mass printing of visas ;) The invasion is going well, the natives kept passive and the quislings administrate the process with gusto. Seriously more illegal immigrants arrive over the course of two years than hit the beaches of Normandy. HMG has no intent...

...Money quote: Britain’s armed forces are so depleted that the country is not ready to fend off an invasion, the defence secretary has warned. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/defence-army-raf-john-healey-b2635098.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&I...

This brushes past a topic that I came across decades ago in my Dad's old Encyclopedia Britannia and some books also written either in the 20's or 50's or possibly earlier. Essentially British....well primarily English historians came to the conclusion that the major difference between the Germanic E...

Retired General Sir Michael David Jackson GCB, CBE, DSO, DL died on 15 October aged 80. Most notable for risking his career to say no to General Wesley Clark over blocking Priština Airport then grabing a bottle of whiskey and having a chat with the Russian commander. Blair backed him up, persuaded C...

Definitely don't like the double stacked containers so far aft.

Not completely daft an idea as long as you have the sensor and CMS systems in datalink range.

Prayers sent.

Stumbled on this in my YouTube feed and thought folks here might appreciate this.

Seems they're restoring FV4005, a rather unique test article of a tank.

https://youtu.be/d4QrvpeCqfM?si=7jfEG6T15WU2gqiw

OSCSSW wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 8:59 pm

Good!

I hear the howling of your enemies in their despair.

Such sweet music.

Enjoy not paying 3% tax for your own defence.

But on the upside. When it goes wrong, it's all your own fault.

Happy Independence Day

More evidence adds up to undermine simple narratives The traditional narrative is that the so-called Saxon Shore forts were built to defend Channel shipping and protect Roman Britain from incursions by Saxons and other North Sea pirates. The archaeology suggests that the forts on the British side o...

Prayers sent

jemhouston wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 2:38 am

Nathan45 wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 1:31 am AI would have done better. And likely had him riding a dinosaur.

Prompt king Charles riding a horned dinosaur

Now that's how it should be done!

Back in the days before Arrowhead 140 was chosen and became Type 31 there was the Arrowhead 120 as a serious contender.

It's possible this is being revived.

As long as he didn't have his underpants on this head and responding with " Wibble" to everything.
Then he's safe from a summary execution....

Shouldn't actually matter, since CAMM only relies on bring passed target data in digital format. So the sensor, any sensor able to pass such data is viable.