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Bernard Woolley wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:41 am there are still chemical weapons…

Which are what I was referring to there.

Depends on who is in charge, meaning that some local Soviet battery commander who got promoted because everyone experienced died might whip out the special shells for his guns in the face of a Thunder Run. And I expect the East German Leadership to demand escalation. For all that their Forces got ef...

In this war, a lot of Male Bovine Excrement told about the kit from both sides will be exposed, though given recent real world events, I suspect it's worse for the Soviets. That said, even a hint of western troops across the IGB might make someone in the WarPac leadership hit the escalation button, ...

I've seen a flowchart of the Trotskyite movement in the United States between the 1920s and the beginning of the war, and the amount of party splits, expulsions, refoundings and out of no-where entirely new groups is headache inducing. Safe to say, all these groups mutually hated each other too.

David Newton wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:27 pm extra-tough post-Grenfell fire doors

Sadly, I know exactly what this is in reference to...

Ouch....

With respect, but I'll pass, thank you. If I say that I've always hated Section 31 from the moment I first watched DS9 back in the day (No, it's not thirty years old, quit lying! :D) then that's an understatement. So yeah: I've always hated Section 31 as an idea and concept. It's born out of Ronald ...

Bernard Woolley wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:10 pm The 2017 live action film is good, but the 1995 anime is a masterpiece. Needs to be watched in its origional Japanese with subtitles, however.

That and the show. I can't speak to the English dub, but the German one really is that good.

The original Japanese animated movie(s) and GITS:SAC 1&2 are a million times better. Hell, they all have really good German dubs, as I found out when the show as a late-night item on MTV back in ye olden days.

Given that we're dealing with the Soviet Union, on top of it being wartime, I am not at all surprised that this was missed somewhere along the line.

I can only recommend the first anime series (i.e. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 1 and 2) as well. The second more recent one is hit and miss but worth checking out if the first one is to your liking.

Cargo 200: Originating in Afghanistan and originally meant as a way to avoid damaging unit morale, referring to fallen soldiers that are being transported by Air.

Black Tulip: Plans transporting the above, originally referring to various Antonov Aircraft used for this purpose in Afghanistan.

Nice... Fighting is fierce, losses are heavy... hardly surprising given the circumstances. That said, Vienna has the potential to suck in the Swiss for good, given humanity's unending ability to accidentally or on purpose do stupid things. That said, the presence of the Japanese Major suggest secret...

Ah yes, Strategic Transfer of Equipment to Alternate Locations.

What's the highest building in Moscow?

KGB headquarters. You can see Siberia from the basement.

Hopefully that SpecOps team doesn't end up having to choose between Red, Blue and Green space magic nukes something for how to nearly destroy the world.

Some things apparently never change... :lol: If you look back at the First and Second World War there are quite a number of examples of officers who were good commanders in peacetime, who were utterly unsuitable for wartime. Or, those who performed well until they were presented with something unex...

Webfind.

So apparently, they met in 1991 and became friends until Stoner died seven years later.

Sunk or not, the ultimate fate of the Iron Felix is going to be good for a fair few spy novels/movies of varying quality if/when this particular part of the story becomes public. Some house-cleaning at AFSOUTH looks like.... If deadwood needs cutting, do it and let the chips fall where they may. Som...