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Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#67977: Feb 27th 2025 at 10:35:34 PM

Fantastic advert for Lada and UAZ though.

If those clapped out beaters can run through this they'll run through anything.

Oh really when?
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#67978: Mar 1st 2025 at 4:38:53 AM

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/changes-to-triple-lock-nothing-to-do-with-neutrality-1733968.html

There's plans to consider changing the triple locks.

This would mean that if this is removed/changed, then Dublin doesn't necessarily need the approval of the UN Security Council, the Dail and the government.

Heard of some reports that Irish soldiers (likely ARW) are being considered to be in a PKO to Ukraine in the "worst" case scenario.

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#67979: Mar 1st 2025 at 7:24:17 PM

The USS Virginia (submarine) was in Norway and it didn't get fuel since the company involved decided not to.

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/norwegian-company-refuses-to-refuel-us-ships-1740880391.html

eagleoftheninth Shop all day, greed is free from a dreamed portrait, imperfect Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#67980: Mar 1st 2025 at 8:07:12 PM

Oh no. Have they tried refuelling in Murmansk instead?

Edited by eagleoftheninth on Mar 1st 2025 at 10:13:28 AM

One day, we will read his name in the news and cheer.
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#67981: Mar 2nd 2025 at 5:55:16 AM

That would be funny if that happened.


https://glavnoe.in.ua/en/news-en/czech-citizens-have-bought-a-military-helicopter-for-the-ukrainian-defence-forces

Czechs involved in the Gift for Putin (Dárek pro Putina) project already fundraised for another Black Hawk made in Poland.

GUR's going to take it.

AFP Since: Mar, 2010
#67982: Mar 2nd 2025 at 9:23:03 AM

Kind of curious how much that'd impact the Virginia, given that she's nuclear powered. Guess they might use fuel for small boats and such.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#67983: Mar 2nd 2025 at 9:40:06 AM

The auxiliary generators all run on diesel I believe

Oh really when?
AFP Since: Mar, 2010
#67984: Mar 3rd 2025 at 10:10:57 AM

Makes sense. I wonder how much use those get. They'd need to run them periodically just to make sure everything is working right, but maybe they get fired up for other particulars when they can't just run something off of the steam engine.

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#67985: Mar 5th 2025 at 3:56:19 PM

GUR announced the creation of the Nomad unit.

It’s made up of Bashkirs, Buryats, Tatars, Kalmyks and Yakuts.

Edited by Ominae on Mar 5th 2025 at 3:56:27 AM

eagleoftheninth Shop all day, greed is free from a dreamed portrait, imperfect Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#67986: Mar 5th 2025 at 9:02:34 PM

AP: A South Korean KF-16 accidentally dropped eight Mk 82 500lb bombs outside a training area, reportedly injuring five civilians and two soldiers. No word on whether these were inert training units or live ones.

One day, we will read his name in the news and cheer.
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#67987: Mar 6th 2025 at 1:29:37 AM

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1j16dkg/the_destroyed_pantsirs1_air_defense_system_in_the

A Pantsir 1 was hit in Melitopol. I checked the coordinates and on Google Map, it's near the monument for Crew 777.

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#67988: Mar 6th 2025 at 5:02:38 AM

The ROKAF said that the pilot of the first KF-16, which accidentally dropped four Mk82 gravity bombs on a village, typed the wrong coordinates. However, the pilot of the second KF-16 entered the correct coordinates, which means more investigation is necessary to find out the cause of the accident.

Edited by minseok42 on Mar 6th 2025 at 10:03:36 PM

"Enshittification truly is how platforms die"-Cory Doctorow
coinneach from Mordor Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#67989: Mar 6th 2025 at 12:31:32 PM

Former F-16 weapons systems guy here. It's entirely possible that #2, even with the correct coords, manually pickled his bombs because he saw his lead let go and assumed he himself had the wrong coords. Follow the Leader has gotten pilots killed before (like the Thunderbirds who followed their lead straight into the ground during a practice run).

Let's see what fresh fuckwittery the dolts can contrive to torment themselves with this time.
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
eagleoftheninth Shop all day, greed is free from a dreamed portrait, imperfect Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#67991: Mar 14th 2025 at 2:37:23 PM

The official website of the US Army has removed the page for the 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, along with the site's larger section on Asian-Americand and Pacific Islanders.

One day, we will read his name in the news and cheer.
Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#67992: Mar 14th 2025 at 3:13:05 PM

[up] Weren't they native Hawaiians?

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#67993: Mar 16th 2025 at 4:34:58 AM

442 are Japanese Americans (with one Korean American) when it got founded.

Shame that the US military chose to get rid of its history online.

Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#67994: Mar 16th 2025 at 4:43:40 AM

Have they given any justification as to why?

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#67995: Mar 16th 2025 at 4:45:09 AM

I'll say that the current administration's pushing to get rid of things that don't make the US military as fine warriors...

AFP Since: Mar, 2010
#67996: Mar 16th 2025 at 12:19:19 PM

Far as anyone can tell, a lot of the purging of online content is related to the recent E Os banning DEI-related content. The same sort of stuff which has also (presumably unintentionally) led to purging of stuff about the Enola Gay and Ensign George Gay.

DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#67997: Mar 16th 2025 at 12:58:47 PM

There isn't anybody going over this stuff and deciding to delete it. It's clearly keyword searching, and not even competent key word searching.

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
Deadbeatloser22 MOD from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#67998: Mar 16th 2025 at 2:08:49 PM

Reminder that US Politics is beyond the scope of this thread.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#67999: Mar 17th 2025 at 2:21:05 AM

https://x.com/Japan_GSDF/status/1869631412829348000

JGSDF x post showed JGSDF SFGp training with the Australian Army Special Operations Command.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
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#68000: Mar 17th 2025 at 2:39:26 AM

[up][up]Largest military on earth is deciding to excise enormous pieces of it's history and quite possibly it's current force and leadership based on race, that feels pretty relevant to the topic.

If the Russians decided to start erasing all evidence of far eastern officers we'd sure be talking about that.

Edited by LeGarcon on Mar 17th 2025 at 5:42:22 AM

Oh really when?

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