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  1. Knowledgeispower

    China ChiCom News Thread

    of course its stuff they can control only in peacetime since if a war starts its nationalization o clock.
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    Tanks and other Armoured Vehicles Image thread.

    The gas guzzler rep especially when idling was in large part due it taking way way too long to give the M-1 a proper auxiliary power unit that wasn't removed for some reason or another. Mostly due to needing the space for other kit Also they don't take that much longer than a normal tank to...
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    Warship Appreciation Thread

    And in the very drydock she was built in too boot
  4. Knowledgeispower

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    Looks like Battleship New Jersey will be given a much needed drydocking next year or so due to her namesake state coughing up roughly half the total needed funds
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    Warship Appreciation Thread

    the real question would be could the poles get her back to base?
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    The Coming Polish-Belarusian War

    true but its not like putin can replace his losses before then
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    The Coming Polish-Belarusian War

    to be fair there's a lot of K2s and M1s on order and delivers are ramping up. and a metric crapload of artillery is on order or planned including hundreds of modern MRLS . oh and 10 patroit batteries, a total of 32 f-35s as well as another 32 planned and other assorted stuff
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    Warbirds Thread

    Honestly pretty sure the tilt rotors fill most of its jobs
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    Quest Deep Periphery Quest (Battletech Sandbox Empire Builder)

    We still need to get a force heading to the inner sphere really really badly. If nothing else we need to figure out what the fedcom is like because we really need to know in story if they're the sort to do warcrimes with a Aegis far from home.
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    United States Biden administration policies and actions - megathread

    Honestly in my POV if I was running the defense procurement my policy would be simple. If the government paid for its development the government owns the rights or at least the percentage of it that was government funded but baring exceptional circumstances the company that developed it will be...
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    United States Biden administration policies and actions - megathread

    The F-22 tooling is actually still around just in storage that at this point to restart production is going to cost the equivalent of a Ford and a Burke before a single bird even is built not even factoring the numerous upgrades that would certainly be added to the extent I'm not sure calling...
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    United States Biden administration policies and actions - megathread

    Also the way we set things up so companies will be compensated in R&D costs and like is one very simple reason. We set it up as such that if a program gets axed it being so usually won't fuck over the very specialized industry and skillsets that would be a lot more costly in time and money to...
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    United States Biden administration policies and actions - megathread

    ehhhh to be blunt blame the f-35 B for all the problems of it being late and over budget.
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    United States Biden administration policies and actions - megathread

    I mean right now it's the cheapest western fighter on the market and sustainament costs are in fact going down. It's just that when you buy a metric crapload of them the program will cost a lot
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    "Woke" Franchises

    I never saw any of them since the premise was utterly stupid to the extent that if anyone seriously proposed it IRL they'd be forced to resign within the week.
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    Middle East Running Iranian threat news and discussion thread

    Not to mention the whole massive fleet of stealth aircraft the US and its allies between them have
  17. Knowledgeispower

    Middle East Running Iranian threat news and discussion thread

    Thing is EEZs in the gulf are often overlapping so in many cases whose waters they're in would be murky
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    Middle East Running Iranian threat news and discussion thread

    well if need be we can reduce those plants to rubble if we want to no?
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    Middle East Running Iranian threat news and discussion thread

    Who would go to the assistantance of Iran if they're firing on shipping?
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    Quest Deep Periphery Quest (Battletech Sandbox Empire Builder)

    so should i blame the FWL, Liao, or comstar/ the WOB for the the false flag?
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