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Photo: The USS America (CV-66) with an F-14 about to land seen through the periscope of Royal Navy's Trafalgar class HMS Trafalgar (S-107) during the liberation of Iceland, 1987. https://i.redd.it/ghauz6pdrqa91.jpg Even though it was a "friendly" sub, there are still only two types of shi...

Do they need to designate one astronaut or cosmonaut as the parking valet?

Mongo like candy...

The Backfires aren't just a "Force in being." They fly strikes into Florida and the Southeast with standoff weapons like the AS-4 and AS-6, along with anti-shipping strikes. By the time of Brownsville, though? They've either been shot down, destroyed on the ground, or are grounded due to ...

Unless ComBloc intelligence in the planning stages for such a flight had been perfect and their luck during the actual execution exquisite , there’s every chance that such an attempt would’ve seen the fleeing Backfires intercepted by CONUS-based Eagles, or encountering a carrier-group that promptly...

the jafar were pretty bad shots unless they were "good" jafar.....but accountin how cumbersome those firing sticks they had were.... stormtroopers still are the worst ever by far. sterling SMG lasers should be far better than that. (Holds up staff) "This is a weapon of terror. It is ...

(Colonial Anthem Intensifies)

....It might be AI, but man oh man, it's GOOD AI. On the other hand, the Willing Suspension Of Disbelief(TM) needed for this will be incredible. For a one-off movie where nothing really changes, okay - but now they've just stopped the attack on Pearl and have become part of the USN? Made for some g...

As far as I'm concerned, those two are accessories after the fact to murder, and should hang. No, that is not a euphemism or hyperbole. I am being literal. These morons are responsible for the security of nuclear weapons and we have two instances of airmen on base playing stupid games with guns tha...

As far as I'm concerned, those two are accessories after the fact to murder, and should hang.

No, that is not a euphemism or hyperbole. I am being literal.

Has anyone else watched this yet? I watched this over the weekend and overall I thought it was a good movie. I have some opinions on parts of this, but I'd like to see what other people have to say. At the very least, it shows why you need a multi-layer missile defense system. It covered a lot of t...

Wasn’t there an issue in US intelligence downplaying any info about the invasion since they knew the Soviets weren't going to invade. They were afraid if Reagan found out he would take action to stop it, including shooting first. Yeah, there was that, in part. (Reminding self to redo Round Perditio...

The GRU was somewhat skeptical, but the KGB was all in on the idea. The KGB was telling the seniors officers posting to America that everything was fine, just some minor bandit problems. One of those officers got a Welcome to New Mexico Party thrown for him by The Phantom Blooper. He tended to not ...

Folks, there's a new book out by Antony Beevor about PRAIRIE FIRE, and though it's not the first (Keegan, Max Hastings, among others have done similar works), Beevor uses sources that were, at the time, unavailable to those authors (Soviet, Cuban, Nicaraguan), and he discovered something. That the ...

Just like the Federation.

jemhouston wrote: ↑Sat Oct 11, 2025 11:50 pm Just out of curiosity, what percent of combat vets have hearing loss? I mean enough to get a check from the VA or equivalent.

WHAT?

The British Army found that Stillbrew was very effective from those tests. Even at virtually point blank range it could take two to three hits before failing. Funny thing the armour was not anything special. It was standard armoured steel, with rubber mats underneath and a scrim of concrete on top....

Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Sun Sep 21, 2025 12:11 pm For the record, are they 'Riker & Troi', or just excellent 'Look-Alikes' ??

AI modeled on Riker and Troi

Another quick update: 18 December 2010 NORAD Combat Operations Center Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station The main display lit up with a single blip in Central Mexico. The officer working the SBIRS High-West console called, "Possible launch indication, Durango State, Mexico." The battle st...

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