Comments by "Orbital_Inclination" (@Orbital_Inclination) on "BFBS Forces News" channel.

  1. Pretty weak credentials for such a key position
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  2. He has a doctorate in political science, and is the Director of the Centre on US Politics, so more than qualified to discuss matters of US politics. A basic google search is a wonderful thing.
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  3. Okay, can the UK have most of the rear fuselage and the entire LiftFan system of the F-35Bs back then, as a trade?
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  4. Because they fill a lot of the necessary admin roles that never deploy for a lower cost than a service person. They also don't count towards the total set military personnel count, which means the MOD can employ more personnel within the limits set for it.
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  5. Given the amount of stuff we all buy from China, anyone who says no isn't being completely honest
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  6. The male ego fragility in the comments? Agreed.
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  7. Only from the rear. At all other aspects it's considerably more stealthy than your average aircraft.
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  8. Yep, standard job in phase 1 training, had to do the same as an officer cadet
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  9. The Spanish chassis works really well, the problem was the MOD adding way more weight to that chassis than it was ever designed for. Complaining that the Spanish chassis is the problem is like fitting a Challenger II turret to a Mini Cooper and complaining that the mini isn't performing very well... it was never designed for what we're asking of it
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  10. Due to poor mine protection from beneath, not the open sides
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  11. ​ @bvrsqzr3569 there has never been any agreement or treaty regarding NATO expansion, made with either the USSR or Russia. Gorbachev himself said so, and I bet you can't find a single treaty to support the false claim. Stop mindlessly peddling Russian propaganda.
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  12. ​ @tiitustepponen9849 really? Russia can't even take on a massively inferior military across flat terrain convincingly. How are they meant to deliver deep strike and strategic depth across Europe?
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  13. ​ @MultiNike79 no, but thanks for the assessment, Ivan.
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  14. You don't have to watch it, genius. Just keep scrolling if it doesn't interest you.
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  15. They didn't launch a nuke
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  16. Ukraine wants to negotiate, but what defending nation would ever want to accept the demands of the invaders? Russia don't seem willing to compromise on any of the land they've stolen.
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  17. ​ @3limabean want to try that sentence again?
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  18. Not really, there are plenty of other nations, including many across Europe, who show the same adherence we do. We also bend the rules when it suits, so let's not act like we're always on the right side of the line, with British exceptionalism.
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  19. Did you live under a rock since the Crimean invasion of 2014? How did you miss the constant coverage of that significant event?
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  20. It works both ways, both are dependent on each other
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  21. What's so-called about it? It exists.
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  22. Military vs civilian functions. Civ police are there to conduct arrests, mil forces are there for punchier ops if the need arises.
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  23. Found the Serb 😂
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  24. Our old inventory was sent for free, with most of it reaching the end of its shelf life and therefore in need of disposal anyway. We've also provided loans and sold plenty of kit to Ukraine, which will be paid back over the coming years. We've sent nowhere near the value of kit to bring us anywhere close to bankruptcy anyway.
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  25. Oh I'm sure this won't be needlessly misogynistic at all...
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  26. ​ @danielkrcmar5395 From wiki: "Reuters reported that governments documents showed military spending would exceed $100bn in 2023. SIPRI estimated that it would reach $140bn in 2024, making 35% of all government spending." Don't confuse % of govt spending with % of GDP.
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  27.  @Sjsuisbacsp  irrelevant, these are still British citizens. No need to get weirdly xenophobic over a government offering protection to its citizens in Lebanon.
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  28. So you're saying there have been no river crossings in this conflict? And no, amphibious vehicles don't need to trade armour or weight, they just need buoyancy which is a result of displaced volume.
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  29. They're free to side with Ukraine if they wish, as they fall under the editorial control of the MOD, so already have political approval. Not that they need approval, given the UKs high press freedom index score.
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  30. This is incoherent
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  31. Mechanical complexity
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  32. No thanks, bot.
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  33. Cheers dits. Any woman who applies for specialist roles like SF needs to prove they can meet the rigours of the job, just as any male applicant does. Plenty of male or female service personnel wouldn't make the grade, but we let that get decided during selection, not by sexist morons on YouTube comments sections.
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  34. Nothing stopping one being formed, other than a complete lack of need for one.
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  35. Any ship is a target. This one would be far better protected than most.
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  36. The last CAS had plenty of medals and was useless. Not really any correlation between medals you get for turning up on deployment and ability. Plenty of average or sub-par people go on medal-attracting ops, and plenty of gifted individuals never do.
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  37. No, it does not make the UK or US valid targets, in the same way that Iran supplying Russia also doesn't drag them into being an active part of the conflict.
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  38. ​ @NewMinority there is a difference between masculinity and toxic masculinity. The toxic variety has no place in society, and people being called out for it is a good thing.
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  39. You clearly don't understand electric vehicles very well
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  40.  @Aryanchadrick  no, only 6.5% of the UK population identify as Muslim. That hardly sounds like an Islamic state to me. 9.5% of Russians identify as Muslim. Are we saying they're an Islamic State too? The stats don't lie, and undermine your xenophobic prejudice.
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  41. ​ @MultiNike79 they haven't erased Ukraine, their apparently vastly superior forces have failed to carry out the invasion as quickly as planned and 70,000+ Russian soldiers have died for no reason.
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  42. ​​ @leeanderironside1898 Russia literally invaded Ukraine, and Georgia. How is that 'not threatening any country'? Russia rolled tanks over the border. No one made them do it, there was no threat to Russia.
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  43. That tends to happen in a war
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  44. Literally not an issue at all. Certainly no worse than 15 years of tory cuts. We sign up to do the job no matter who sits in Number 10. Also has nothing to do with remembrance, so let's keep the politics out of it.
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  45. EMALS doesn't work for the F-35B, and is far less reliable than a ramp.
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  46. ​ @Graeme726 Not after visiting Liverpool
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  47. ​ @antique-bs8bb if it has no air defence, why has Russia been unable to gain control of the air?
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  48. ​ @saifskyline NATO hasn't been fighting Russia in direct confrontation, merely supplying equipment. That's nowhere close to the same thing as Russia going up against the combined NATO forces.
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  49. ​ @ricardosmythe2548 unless you have access to classified information, you have no way of actually knowing that. 'Stealth' isn't a quantifiable thing, it just means the airframe has a low observable design that gives it a lower RCS than a similarly sized airframe without LO design. Both the J-20 and F-22 have airframe design features which are intended to reduce RCS.
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  50. How, exactly? He has no political experience, or military experience at the relevant strategic level.
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