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  1. Military Gear that should have seen service

    I would say that the two systems are very comparable in accuracy, mobility and protection. I believe that the Rheinmetall 155mm/52 gun has a considerably higher rate of fire, both in a quick "burst" mode and in the longer term (although both platforms can fire off their ready ammo load in...
  2. Military Gear that should have seen service

    Only when somebody shoots back.
  3. Military Gear that should have seen service

    Well the Corps loves 'em too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Fire_(mortar)
  4. Military Gear that should have seen service

    It is an excellent system. And is it CHEAP, compared to Crusader, Not as well armored for the same weight, but, what, 1/5 the price?
  5. The Day After Tomorrow

    True. So only another two billion- two billion and a half will have to get culled and the herd may make it. Time to send every older than 50... make that 51 (forgot my birthday isn't all that far off) and younger than 5 out to the ice floes.
  6. The Day After Tomorrow

    The film makers were Americans. I was surprised to see that they realized that anywhere besides the U.S. would even be impacted. In the ATL, based on the NA ice coverage and the "science" it used, you should expect that the Southern Hemisphere would Glaciate south of roughly 35 degrees...
  7. The Day After Tomorrow

    On the button. The United States exports around 55% of the TOTAL grain exported worldwide. Argentina is second, with Canada and the Ukraine in the top ten. TOTAL food exports are roughly like this: EU (all) 12.7%, USA 10.5%, Canada 3.5%, Australia & Argentina 2.8% each or a combined 30%+ of ALL...
  8. WI Nootka Sound incident sparks British/Spanish war

    Hadn't the British & Spanish just ended a war? The Spanish were allied with the French and American colonies. That little dust-up ended with one of the Treaties of Versailles in 1783. It could be argued that the Spanish came off very nicely in the Treaty, better, in many ways, than the...
  9. Military Gear that should have seen service

    In large part of it? None at all. In the recent action where the U.S. took 8 KIA there was no civilian population anywhere. It was in the countryside. Unlike in the current Iraqi AO, most of the combat in Afghanistan is outside of town or village boundaries. While it isn't always possible, the...
  10. Military Gear that should have seen service

    Hmmm... A highly mobile, high rate of fire, artillery piece with a range of around 30 kilometers. Yep, no use for that at ALL in Afghanistan.:rolleyes:
  11. WI: Syria invades Jordan during Black September?

    Amen. And the United States. Jordan is far and away the most reasonable of ALL states that have contact with Israel, with Egypt second. Even in 1967 they went to war being dragged kicking and screaming by Nassar. No way Washington or Tel Aviv lets them become part of Syria.
  12. "Novi avion" vs NATO

    But it makes such a nice piece of wreckage! If you squinty up your eyes you can even pretend the dead MiG is actually a F-15 and feel better about your country getting manhandled by the most powerful Alliance on Earth.
  13. "Novi avion" vs NATO

    You are correct, any aircraft can be shot down. The F-117 had already been announced as being headed for retirement before the loss over Kosovo. The Serbians did well to take it down, but they were aided by the fact that the mission profile had been flown through the same flight corridor...
  14. An Armed Civil Rights Resistance

    Absolute disaster. The movement toward equal rights would be stopped dead, with the Barnetts and Wallaces of the South becoming prophets instead of pariahs. There is no way to gain what Dr. King and the Civil Rights effort desired, namely full integration of a MINORITY at the barrel of a gun...
  15. Yamamoto killed by radical naval officers.

    The end result? Absolutely no difference. The specifics are a bit more difficult to decide. Midway is almost certainly either gone or radically altered as an operational plan. Even Pearl Harbor is something of an open question, but if the Japanese were going to try the Southern Strategy it was...
  16. Yamamoto killed by radical naval officers.

    Nagumo would have been somewhere around 30th or so choice. Without the need to promote Yamamoto, the Combined Fleet would probably have remained under Admiral Zengo Yoshida (who was even MORE anti Tripartite Pact than the average senior IJN officer) since they kicked him upstairs as Naval...
  17. Yamamoto killed by radical naval officers.

    Most of those radical officers were IJA, along with some HQ types in the IJN. One reason Yamamoto was given Combined Fleet was to get him off-shore and aboard ship where he was far more secure.
  18. "Novi avion" vs NATO

    Okay. Reality check time # 2 NATO losses: 1 AH-64 (Training accident in ALBANIA) 1 F-117 (SAM) 1 F-16 (1994 SAM) 1 F-16 (1999 SAM) 1 F-16 (Engine Failure) 1 Mirage 2000 (1995 MANPAD) 1 Sea Harrier (SAM) 30 or so UAV That is SIX manned losses in 140,000 combat sorties flown over three...
  19. "Novi avion" vs NATO

    While I will undoubtedly regret this... What AIRCRAFT do all those "x" represent? Or are they UAV (aka: throw aways)?
  20. "Novi avion" vs NATO

    The slobbering sound you are hearing in the background is all the NATO fighter jocks waiting to blow 30-40 Serbian fighters out of the sky. Let's be real here. Tale of the tape time Satellite intel (Real time) showing when the opponent is launching and from where: NATO - Yes Serbia - No...
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