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Definitely one of the "if it looks right, it is right" aircraft.
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YouTube's censorship is becoming truly ridiculous. I had a comment removed tonight which discussed potato storage & growing leeks - presumably YT's nasty little blacklist of those of us who dare question their protection of Russian trolls played a part...
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Putin is a thieving, murdering dictator & certainly NOT a Christian. He & his kleptocracy have robbed the Russian people to enrich themselves.
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@thekinginyellow1744 It's NLAW Luxembourg supplied, not the old LAW. M72 LAW are still plenty effective against a BMP, other light armoured vehicles or bunkers & entrenchments.
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I remember seeing both C-36 & Vampire on an airfield during a school trip to Switzerland in 1970 - heady stuff for a then 12 year old aircraft enthusiast.
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What a pile of 🤡💩
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Should've ceased all trade with them right there & then but of course Merkel always was beholden to Russia, especially regarding her allegiance, both historical & contemporary...
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The Calquin is one of those rarities: An aircraft that looks right, which isn't.
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How on earth can a 6-7,000 tonne ship be classed as a frigate? For that matter, the Type 45 has the displacement of a 1980's USN cruiser. Mebbe it's to sneak them past politicians, like the "through deck command cruiser" of the 1970's RN.
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@EdNashsMilitaryMatters Animal off the Muppet show was the love child of Dennis Healey & a floor mop... 🙃
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Frank Whittle, Barnes Wallis, Watson-Watt, John Randall & Harry Boot - all had to push hard to get what became vital developments accepted by the government.
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@richardj9016 Oh look; the Putinbots have arrived. Crimea is more Turkish than Russian, you insecure little warmonger.
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A late friend of mine was the son of the Guatemalan defence minister at the time of this incident & I remember him recounting what his father knew about it & that was the -24 being taken out by a missile & one, possibly two -8s being shot up.
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Question: How do you build airfields on 10' of mud?
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@russellfitzpatrick503 It's a pity Ukraine wasn't one of them, as in that case, Putin would never have started this crap back in 2014.
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@MrAmhara Fact free nonsense. Also, Brazil is anything but left wing & is utterly opposed to Venezuela's actions.
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Interesting but not in the least unexpected. Iran's meddling in the region has been causing misery & death for decades.
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By sheer coincidence, this is the second mention of Lashio for me in a day, as I'm currently reading "Mad Mike" by David Rooney for the second or third time.
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@petersouthernboy6327 BAE, THALES, Leonardo? Hardly.
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Hmm. I knew about Soviet pilots being actively engaged in operations over Korea many years ago, so this is hardly a recent revelation.
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The Mirage was the first Airfix kit I built - must have been about 1966.
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@Slaktrax Stop spreeading your Kremlin lies, vatnik. It was in international airspace & the airspace over Crimea is Ukrainian, not Ruzzian.
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About bloody time too. Congratulations mate.
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@Tiberiotertio It was in US, not international airspace. The drone was in international airspace, thus there is zero comparison
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Germany needs to stop dicking around, extract its digit & actually put weapons & munitions in Ukrainian hands. The prevarication & bureaucratic delays are, shall we say "questionable"...
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@billhanna2148 That'll only come about if the west continues to appease the thief in chief, Putin.
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@Heike-- What a truly dumb comment. Not unexpected from an Ivan.
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European citizens pay for their healthcare through taxation or national insurance, plus in some cases contributions for treatment. That's why taxes are higher here than in the US. Now go do some basic research.
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Reaper is cleared to carry AIM9X Might be an idea to actually carry one from hereon in.
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They were returned to unoccupied France via Brest & Cherbourg on British ships. About half were subsequently involved in the fighting before the ceasefire in late June. Just over 3,000 joined the Free French army in the UK, not 7,000.
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@Aqua Fyre It wasn't over Russia's territory & seas. Stop telling lies. The balloon WAS in US airspace.
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@Aqua Fyre <--- Putin troll.
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I've just finished reading Viscount Slim's Defeat into Victory for the second time, where his observations give a good deal of context to what has happened in Burma over the past 80 years. The path of Burma post independence could have been very different had Aung San & seven other promising Burmese politicians not been murdered in 1947.
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I do hope Pooh loses his grip on Burma.
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@RaimoKangasniemi Clearly you're not in touch with this one, as his predecessors were, to a man, utterly abysmal.
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@alasseon99 Negotiate? Oh do please fuck off & find some reality! What's to negotiate - the amount of reparations Russia must pay to Ukraine, or the means of execution for the dwarf Putin? As for Nukes: If Putin crosses that line, even China will take action to ensure Russia as an entity ceases to exist.
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@peterhoulihan9766 It's common for these to fly like this one; in international airspace. In any case, the skies over Crimea are Ukrainian, not Russian.
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@peterhoulihan9766 To escort, not "chase off". Cope.
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Russia - from its soon to be confiscated foreign currency reserves held in European, UK & US banks - $700bn estimated.
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Bahrain not Bairahn. ;-)
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@Error-fourOfour Aye, I've a fair collection of literature covering the Burma campaign & those involved.
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@richardj9016 What's the current pay rate for a good little Putinbot? Can't be much if you're the kind of ineffective twit they get.
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@Lemonjellow Nah, as the fuel is behind the jet. AIM9X up the Jacksie sounds good to me.
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@Slaktrax Oh look: a big pack of absolute lies.
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Eurofighter is actually a better fit for Canada's needs than most of the alternatives & more advanced than the F-15 or F-18.
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Yep. Long gone, along with the hundreds of other kits I built back then.
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Utter nonsense. Damage to the tip of one of the propeller blades is clearly shown. State department said the prop was hit.
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Boris is a Marxist? Utter drivel.
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@nonamesplease6288 They're NOT handing them over, as the US has said the current offer of flying them to Ramstein is untenable & rightly so. Flying them from Poland is dodgy enough, though Ukrainian pilots "stealing" them from a Polish airbase might happen...
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No, there's evidence of artillery impacts all over the place.
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@BigBellyEd I can see ten within 50 metres of the west end of the pontoon bridges. The videos with a wider view of this crossing attempt show dozens in the surrounding area.
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@BleedingSnow They've been doing it for decades & so long as they stayed in international airspace, they get escorted, not attacked.
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@peterhoulihan9766 It was in international airspace. Cope.
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If what we know so far are the facts, the cabbie needs put forward for the George Cross.
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Low tech is easy to fix. Those T72s had 1st/2nd gen electronics & oh boy, will they have degraded after decades of neglect/pilfering/weather.
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@TuomoKalliokoski It's nothing like it - it's Germany invading Poland as a precursor to further expansion.
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Please note Hispano-Suiza is pronounced Hispano-Sweeza.
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@sisyphusvasilias3943 Like Putin murders his opponentts, stifles opposition, invades & occupies other states, breaking international treaties... Russia today is a stinking midden of corruption & greed.
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@brucebaxter6923 No they don't, look at the facts. The technology simply isn't mature enough.
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A lot fewer than the number of NLAW/Javelin/assorted ATGM currently available to Ukrainian forces.😉
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The Delta 2 WAS built using the area rule.
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@manilajohn0182 I served as a propulsion engineering officer with the RAF for more than 20 years. You are completely & utterly mistaken.
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What better than to test them on the Russian fascist dictator's forces who are always looking for countries to invade & civilians to murder...
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@stevenbreach2561 Hardly. He achieved exactly what he set out to do, whilst at the same time, turning the Tory Party away from it's disastrous drift into centre-left liberalism. Flawed certainly but absolutely not a failure.
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@Alex-cw3rz Absolutely not, as much of his political statements have contained a greater fraction of truth than the nonsense spouted by Con, Lab & LibDem politicians over many years.
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There are a not insignificant number of former Myanmar armed forces on the side of those opposing the junta.
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@francescoguzzetta Sheer ignorant nonsense. Putin isn't a communist either.
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@francescoguzzetta They're venture capitalists you cretin, thus no morals, merely a desire to make money. Every single objective assessment places it far to the left of centre. Try some basic research, rather than grabbing the first thing you think supports your idiotic claims.
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@BenState That was caused by impact with the SU27, not by the fuel. Rain doesn't bend propellers.
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The restriction on wingspan really did ruin what could have been a significantly better aircraft.
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@migueldelacruz4799 If Putin does that, then without resorting to nukes, he's finished (I think he's finished anyway - too many of his cronies are seeing their hard earned, sorry, stolen fortunes evaporating...). Military coup inbound for Moscow some time in the next two weeks...
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@Chris Putin can hardly complain if aircraft & crew are supplied, as plenty of Russian pilots were involved in Korea & Vietnam on the side of the communists.
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@johnladuke6475 That the source is so low information as to refer to a "bullet shortage" should tell you something about the veracity of their claims. More than 30 nations use 35mm Oerlikon & the ammunition is manufactured by at least seven different companies.
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Well f*** 'em if they can't take a joke...
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@John Milton Sheer unadulterated nonsense. If you want universal healthcare, you pay for it - nothing to do with your drivel regarding Afghanistan. Funny how you omit to mention Russia's decade long occupation of Afghanistan... Meanwhile Putin has just sent troops into another nation's territory without permission. That's an invasion & an act of war. Putin is a criminal warmonger.
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@John Milton The UN doesn't guarantee armed insurrection, especially one created by another nation, solely with the intention of occupying another nation's territory. You're clearly a Russian troll, bought & paid for by Putin. Just another parasite, living of the misery you create for others.
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@DoDo-dq7yf I've looked. Can't see a single US colony down there. Do please try harder to stick to reality...
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@jaex9617 So was French interwar aircraft design...😉
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@vanja2565 Russian troops are already operating inside Ukraine & at least two divisions are situated less than 20km from the border in one place - about 30 minutes track time for them to hit the border, so yes; close enough to be a very real threat.
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Silloth, Kirkbride & Anthorn airfields in Cumberland were stuffed full of new, unused Warwicks from mid 1944 on.
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@gitfoad8032 In international airspace? I guess you're OK with the US downing any Russian aircraft under similar circumstances then.
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@RogueBeatsARG Obviously that includes airliners in Russia's book. Obviously you haven't a clue what 'international airspace' means.
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AFU currently has more than 40,000 ATGM to hand. Methinks the fascists don't have anywhere near that number of tanks...
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I see the Kerens have taken Myawaddy today, so that's the main supply route from Thailand in their hands.
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Interesting. I'd forgotten it was Bloch who became Dassault.
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He's running out of the electronics & components needed to make a lot of Rusian weaponry, as it's largely sourced from the west, not China.
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@Galvars Whereas you have >3,000 Piorun ready to use, which is the advanced Grom, both of which have been supplied to Ukraine in recent times...
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@Galvars Listen, kid. You know far less than you pretend to & a lot less than the adults around you.
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Cheap to run, saves wear & tear on more expensive aircraft, long loiter time & well suited to non peer, CAS & COIN operations. What's not to like?
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@just_one_opinion NATO agreed to no such thing. That's a blatant Putinbot lie. The Baltic states & others recall all too well Russia's previous invasions, occupations & mass murders. NATO helps reduce the chance of a repeat. Pretending NATO desires to invade Russia is paranoid nonsense.
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The P-47 was never a "looker" but by 'eck that is one bloody ugly aircraft!
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@josedorsaith5261 Ukraine is a part of Europe. It's being invaded in a war of imperialist aggression. I guess you think Poland didn't matter in 1939 either, when it was invaded by both the Nazis & the USSR.
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@laffyblitz977 What you're stating is absolute twaddle. Citizens of European nations have more say in their governance today than at any time in history. Unless your country is controlled from Moscow...
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@KuK137 Drivel.
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@UncleJoeLITE Change the sub order to AUK.
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@frankrenda2519 Russia's losing pretty much everywhere except in the Donbas region of Ukraine & the minds of little fascist Putinbots.
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It certainly isn't a Vulture.
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@johndell3642 Those photo's are better. They're not the pistons though, they're the steel cylinder liners. You can see the gudgeon pins & small ends in the painted engine.The pistons themselves had a very short skirt & will have disintegrated also being aluminium alloy.
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@rayjames6096 The problem IS Putin & his cronies. They've robbed Russia of more than $18tn over the past 20 years. That & murdering anyone they see as a threat to their continuing theft of course.
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@Jawzzy More lies & disinformation from a choad yodelling Putinbot.
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Spectrum SA-550 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 IIRC four or five were built There was another conversion with the rear engine removed & the front replaced with a Garrett turboprop but that's all I remember.
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@WALTERBROADDUS As I thought, an idiot troll.
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Those with far more knowledge & experience disagree with you.
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I consider the AS 90 to be a defensive system - counter battery fire against Russian artillery which is shelling civilians is absolutely a defensive act.
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Less than a decade after the Beverley retired, the Belfast followed, despite being far more advanced & capable (I was on board the final service flight of one Belfast, which ironically then saw use during the Falklands War after being contracted from its corporate owners...). The UK NEVER has enough transport assets to cover its commitments - perhaps not 'sexy' enough for the RAF...
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The only good thing Ivans do is die.
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@manilajohn0182 Oh I am indeed right, so take your pathetic sarcasm & insert it. One thing I'll never do is disabuse the intentionally & willingly ignorant, so you just keep on believing a dispersed spray of jet fuel can bend the tip of a propeller.
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One big plus for the Skyraider was it's load being 8,000lbs - double that of the XBTK, along with four rather than two, 20mm cannon.
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@stevenbreach2561 Ah, a low information leftist idiot. Have a thoroughly unpleasant evening.
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Dear fascist pig Putin You've spent the past 8 years telling Russians how Ukraine must be kept from joining NATO. Then you chose to invade to "prevent" this. Well done dickhead, as you've ensured Finland & Sweden will now join NATO & made a neighbouring state into an eternal enemy & guaranteed it'll be VERY well armed indeed. What is it with fascist dictators & their inability to see the obvious?
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@francescoguzzetta Far left, anti Tory, clearly biased "source". Find somewhere more likely to deal in facts, rather than socialist nonsense.
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@francescoguzzetta No proof, just bullshit.
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@francescoguzzetta Not in the least. I have facts on my side & the considered opinion of commentators on political bias in the media. You on the other hand, rely on emojis to cover your ignorance - typical of the uninformed &/or uneducated.
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@mattydeathgoon I guess you didn't bother watching the part of the video which explained how its propulsion system works. Read before making uninformed, gobby comments: http://www.navaldrones.com/Sea-Wing.html
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I'm thinking a partial explosion, with the subsequent fire being the rest of the explosive mixture burning off - the fire appears to begin in the front passenger area & grows too fast for it to just be the vehicle's interior.
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Clearly not a deep thinker.
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Putin's regime clearly doesn't GAS about how many Russians die in pursuit of his dream of resurrecting the Russian Empire.
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The MB5 never entered service at least partly due to "better" all too often only being achieved to the detriment of "good enough".
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@iatsd He's hoping for nothing of the sort. You're either a troll or a Putinbot. Neither are savoury types.
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? There's several million rounds of various types of ammunition for the guns included in the transfer.
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@sisyphusvasilias3943 Putinbot drivel. Rusia invaded & occupied part of Ukraine & part of Georgia. Russia is the aggressor. Putin is the new Hitler.
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@r.p5380 Nobody killed 3 million Iraqis in 2003 you cretin & nobody's using chemical weapons in Afghanistan, except in the minds of morons like yourself.
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@RedXlV It's actually $46bn. Note this is allocation, not actually transferred. This is from the Kiel Institute, which is probably the most reliable source. EU has allocated near enough the same.
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They're man portable, cheap, not expensive, intentionally disposable & a very small target.
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I'm thankful you Putinistas are so pathetically amusing.
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I reckon Eric "Winkle" Brown would have enjoyed flying this but his time on exchange in the US ended a few years earlier.
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@daszieher They dropped that stance on offensive equipment last week & are already supplying anti tank missiles to Ukraine.
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@daszieher Germany has already supplied anti tank munitions & MANPADS to Ukraine in the past week. There IS no assumption, only facts. The US response does no such thing, as it's not a German decision & Germany IS supplying weaponry to Ukraine.
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@daszieher No, YOU read what I said. Germany IS supplying weapons. That's a complete change in policy, anything else is semantics. The US reaction does NOT support your view. It comes about because Ukrainian pilots or aircraft flying from Germany to Ukraine would be an escalation - nothing to do with German internal politics.
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@daszieher There's NOT a "significant difference" & YOU are being childish, evasive & downright ridiculous. As for#2 The most up to date MANPADS & anti armour weapons are not "said small arms & old artillery pieces" You're spouting utter shite.
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Note that wearing a gas mask due to exhaust fumes would have been futile, as it wouldn't block carbon monoxide. Most likely a mistranslation of oxygen mask. The Hawker Typhoon has similar issues & several pilots were killed before it became mandatory for them to wear their oxygen mask from engine start to shut down.
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Fact free nonsense & Kremlin propaganda.
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@XxBloggs Not so. Supplies from individual EU nations certainly are when lumped together but these are NUT under the auspices of the EU, which, like the dinosaur it is, has been slow to awaken & slow to react. Agreed, it's contribution WILL be substantial once it happens but what is needed is speed & the EU doesn't do speed...
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@Galvars Even at a kill rate of<50%, that's still more than 50 Russian assets obliterated - not something Putin can sustain.
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@Galvars An adult? I'm a grandfather who served 22 years in the RAF you muppet. Go on: Show me my "pro Russian propaganda"... ...oh, you can't, because it is YOU who is the vile little Putinbot.
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@ChucksSEADnDEAD The A-10 has a lower flight hour cost than the F-15, F-16 & F-35, 65% less in the case of the latter. It's also more suited to the job. The rebuilds have been completed & thus have zero bearing on the matter. Which of the CURRENT USAF assets do you suggest takes over the A-10 role?
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@mikenodine6713 The use of DU isn't mandatory & the intent is to do away with it in all munitions. As for "thousands of years of birth defects". Hyperbolic nonsense.
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@mikenodine6713 Only the ignorant assume ignorance in others. I'm well aware of the issues regarding DU. Claiming the use of DU will cause birth defects & cancer for thousands of years is fact free, hysteria. Unlike some other elements, the human body excretes uranium quite rapidly. Here's a hint: Living in an area with granite rock exposes you to far more radiation than found on a battlefield due to radon gas coming to the surface.
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Looks like a stretched flea.
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@cristitanase6130 YOU are the ones pushing for a war. Putin needs a distraction whilst he & his pals continue to steal Russia's wealth from its people. Invade Ukraine & we'll bury you.
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@cristitanase6130 Go away, little brainwashed Putinbot.
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@cristitanase6130 Oh do please take your fact free Putinista drivel & shove it where no sane person would ever wish to go, you sad little minion of a failing dictator.
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@peterhoulihan9766 You're just another pro Putin, pro fascism, pro dictatorship shill who believes all the BS from the Kremlin.
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@peterhoulihan9766 I did NOT say it was over Crimea. Either basic comprehension your strong point, or you're telling lies for your fascist hero Putin.
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@peterhoulihan9766 Crimea is Ukrainian, not Russian. Only liars & Putin lovers say otherwise. Nobody except YOU is saying it was over Crimea, which it wasn't: It was in international airspace. Going by your warped view, it's OK for the UK to shoot down any Ruzzian aircraft entering the UK's ADZ.
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@adamlannerd1408 Give your head a wobble you moron. They're fighting to defend their independence, freedom & democracy. How do I know? A couple of hours on the phone to Ukrainian friends who are right in the middle of it over the past 48 hours, that's how.
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Ukraine is operating captured Russian T80 models with turbine engines & in any case, Abrams can run on pretty much anything from diesel to peat.😉🙃
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@KuK137 Oh look, it's a lie telling, Russofascist troll spouting nonsense.
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@KuK137 More fact free nonsense from a Kremlinbot. 110,000 erased Vatniks so far. Oh & it's RUSSIA doing the murdering, raping & torturing.
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Meat Salad More nonsense from an avid supporter of Putin's criminal fascist dictatorship.
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Meat Salad 20 years active service & another decade as a military attaché puts my knowledge base so far above yours you'll need wing to reach it. Cope harder, nasty little Putin worshipper.
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UAV model.
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@squeeth2895 Because without defence, the rest might very well not be there. Look at the state of the occupied areas of Ukraine, which have little if any of those things.
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@RUHappyATM They're largely multinational, or big enough to ride the waves.
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@michaelgautreaux3168 And in that, you're completely misinformed.
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@RUHappyATM That's why STANAG exists.
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@laffyblitz977 Which country are you talking about?
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One more not so shining example of how the Russian people have been let down by abysmal leadership for most of the past 300 years.
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Trump is the anti Christ. Thankfully, my late father (4th Bn Border Regt) passed away without seeing Burma once again controlled by thugs.
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We'll only see NATO aircraft involved if (when?) Putin missteps & makes the first aggressive move against a NATO nation or NATO asset. Meanwhile, Putin's invasion continues to go wahoonie shaped, whilst demonstrating to other nations exactly how unimpressive the Russian military is when not bombing barely armed people in Syria.
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@mattheweagles5123 Successful test firings were done back in 2014, so I reckon the capability will be there.
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@joemorris7357 Germany, Italy & France are putting short term economic concerns ahead of preventing the disaster which would ensue should Putin in any way come out of this with some kind of contrived "victory". Appeasement was tried in the 1930's - cost 60 million dead & 20 years of economic growth globally.
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@jeise-rx8no And NONE of them want to be ruled by the socialist dictator Maduro...
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6pdr AP? That's 57mm, or significantly greater diameter than the average turd!
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Crap flying & stupid. He was a meter off destroying his own aircraft.
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@exharkhun5605 We're not supplying CHARM3
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It wasn't a good idea to fabricate, finance, arm & man a "separatist revolt" in the Donbas & to occupy Crimea, then start a full on invasion. Not that Putin the fascist pg dictator cared.
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Yes, the Winter War was a part of WW2 Technically it was an M kill, as the bomber failed to complete its mission.
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@макслюлюкин More lies from a Russian. Russian, NOT Soviet deaths were at most 14 million, with 7 million being military & 3 million due to famine & illness, largely brought about by Stalin's stupid policies. Take your stupid threats & shove them up the same orifice where your head is. You're a nasty little fascist.
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@ww5302 Which one - Hitler or his erstwhile ally Stalin? BOTH of these extreme left scum caused the deaths of tens of millions BUT Stalin holds most responsibility as his pact with Hitler allowed the latter to launch his war in the west without fear of a second front opening in the east. Add to that Stalin's actions towards Poles, starting with Katyn & the deportation/disappearance of another million Poles & that bastard needs to burn in Hell for eternity, with the pig Putin by his side.
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@GCarty80 Ukraine's never been half pro Russian - 20% at most & now near zero. Ukrainians remember Stalin's deliberate starvation of 3-6 million ethnic Ukrainians far too well to support their neighbouring fascist dictatorship.
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@GCarty80 Indeed & the pro Russian population is mostly the descendants of those sent by Stalin to take over the farms & land of the Ukrainians he had to all intent massacred through starvation in the 1930s. If they want to live under Russian rule, they should f**k off back to Russia.
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@Aqua Fyre So what? Take your faux outrage & apply it to Russian filth murdering, raping & torturing civilians in Ukraine.
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@just_one_opinion Maybe you're talking dog toffee, loyal little Putinista.
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@wideyxyz2271 Your ignorance & inability to spell is noted...
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I can imagine other aircraft of the time shouting "Oi fatso!" at the Jaguar.😆
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Russia: Undemocratic criminal kleptocracy, ruled by murderers.
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@richardj9016 Murder? Nope. Invade, then occupy for its own purposes? Nope. Break treaties? Nope. Does Putin like little boys? Yep.
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@nyaz123 Turkish actually. Russia was Chinese & will be again in the near future.
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@rayjames6096 Russia shouldn't have broken its treaty with Ukraine & Ukraine shouldn't have given the nukes back to Russia, as Russia can NEVER be trusted. Remember: Russia was Nazi Germany's ally until May '41.
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@nyaz123 Wrong? The only wrong here is that you're wrong in the head...
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@rayjames6096 Bloody decimal point went missing...
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@Jawzzy Yeah, right - not all the little Putinbots spouting their lies, like you.
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@Slaktrax Stop posting fact free piffle, you pathetic little Putinista.
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@WALTERBROADDUS Yes, really. Compare their abilities in speed, supercruise, RCS...
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@WALTERBROADDUS Except the Typhoon does - almost as many as the F/A-18E/F & without the subsidies...
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@WALTERBROADDUS What a silly, ignorant & juvenile comment
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@Albertkallal F-35 isn't $75 million per aircraft, it's at least $110 million & more to be spent per airframe as it matures. Cost of Typhoon across current users averages $92 million, not $120 million. According to the RAF, Typhoon costs £3,850($5,120) per flight hour, a LONG way off the $22,000 you claim. Combat range on internal fuel is less than the Typhoon for the F-35a, F-18, F-15-EX. They NEED more fuel capacity because they're significantly les efficient AND slower.
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@WALTERBROADDUS Troll
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@SanityMustPrevail Oh look; a hater. Would you prefer to live under a repressive fascist dictatorship? If so, move to Russia, where' you'll be sent to fight Putin's war of imperialist aggression.
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I'm hoping to live long enough to see the B52 celebrate its century of operational service.
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@gunner678 There are more than 30 in storage pending disposal. Plus we're not involved in or expect to be involved in the kind of conflict where they would be of use in the near to medium term.
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@andrewtadd4373 Earlies in service date is expected to be 2029, though recent events might well accelerate the programme.
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@jfess1911 It's worth noting the P51 had a lower critical mach number than the Spitfire, though doubtless the wing wasn't the only factor.
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Islamist factionalism eating it's own. The Judean People's Front scene in The Life of Brian was supposed to be fiction...
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If Turkey has used them inside its borders, it's guaranteed they will have killed Kurdish non-combatants, quite possibly with Erdogan's implicit approval.
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@Manomed3 Yeah you just carry on murdering Kurdish civilians like you did the Armenians.
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@Manomed3 Turkey has been shown to have murdered Kurdish civilians, just like they murdered more than a million Armenian civilians. Erdogan = an Islamist Hitler.
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@Manomed3 That's almost funny. The Iraqi Kurds are doing very well from their oil revenue & need nothing from Turkey but the return of their stolen homeland.
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@balporsugu2.0 Oh look; one dumb Turk's not capable of coming up with enough excuses for killing little girls, so he calls up his friend, another supporter of mass murder & genocide. They're exporting their oil through not too Turkey, you dummy & due to Turkish arrogance, that'll cease as soon as the Kirkuk - Kermanshah pipeline opens. Another fail from Erdogan the arrogant fool.
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@balporsugu2.0 Islam created ISIS, not the US you credulous dolt. Why should I care anyway, as I'm a citizen of the country which graciously retired from the largest empire the world has ever seen & one whose language, laws & customs are used & admired by a quarter of the world's population.
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@ozgurask753 For a clear example of racism & Fascism, see Erdogan, you sad pile of poodle poo.
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@balporsugu2.0 Oh look; here's another delusional moron who thinks Islam's more than just a violent moon cult. China will eat YOU first you throbber & look what China does with followers of Islam: Imprisonment, sterilisation, exile, "re-education" & forced labour. Oh & I already pointed out I'm not American, fucko...
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@JohnyG29 History appears to be repeating itself...😉
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@manilajohn0182 No, it didn't. 13;09 here shows you're wrong: https://www.youtube.com/live/ako4I0qgYTE?feature=share
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No more so than any politician.
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Trudeau's a tosser. As for the choice of aircraft; Typhoon would have been a better fit regarding combat radius, service ceiling, combat load, loiter tome & with the advantage when operating over harsh terrain of having two engines.
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Kyushu Q1W for the ASW role.
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I'm surprised they haven't been cut up with the price paid for aluminium scrap being so high of late.
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@ripvanwinkle2002 SSNs, SSBNs, aircraft carriers...
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Cessna OV-2 for the 21st century. Me? Gimme an OV-10...
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How about an anti drone drone? Could just fly over the target drone & drop strong mesh to entangle the propeller(s). Or even a kamikaze drone - just fly a cheap COTS one into the target.
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I hope you're wrong but fear you're right. The response to an invasion from the democratic nations of the world must be swift significant & comprehensive, though the military option must be reserved for use should any further attacks be made, such as against the Baltic states.
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The free world needs to stop f***ing around & supply Ukraine with 4G combat aircraft. I don't care whether they're F16, Eurofighter or Gripen (though the latter are the best current fit with conditions), just cases the prevarication & DO IT. In an ideal world, I want to see Ukraine equipped with F35 too but that can wait until maybe 2025...
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@ottoivanov4269 Absolutely. Russia's continuing existence in its present form is increasingly unlikely. with China looking to regain its historical territories in the far east & much of Russia outside of Muscovy becoming sick & tired of seeing natural resources extracted & nothing in return.
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@aquilarossa5191 But equally objectionable.
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@nikolaivasilev7371 Who said liberalism has anything to do with communism? RADICAL "liberalism" is as vile & violent as any other form of extremist politics & equally as deserving of eradication.
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@francescoguzzetta He didn't "try to hide" it. You're the one posting BS
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@nikolaivasilev7371 Where did I say you supported liberalism? I didn't.
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@alpearson9158 By spouting that nonsense, you're demonstrating you are a part of the vile socialist left, a political cult which has murdered more than any other creed in history, ever.
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@alpearson9158 Liberalism has been usurped by radicals from the left. Your glaring ignorance regarding political beliefs & actualities demonstrate it is YOU who is clearly lacking in education & intelligence.
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@luvr381 If you mean Matty death goon, he's clearly fluent in Gibberish. 😆
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@Dan Didnot Sod that - I'm an ex crab, not a bleedin' ex pongo! 😝
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They'll lose the use of the UK's electronic aer warfare range at Spadeadam for a start - one of only two in existence.
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@alexpernia6559 Fanciful leftist nonsense.
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@mdgev2001 Except it isn't. Your leftist dictator can't even fix the economy despite having more oil than any other country on earth.
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@scootergeorge9576 So they used it to train rookie pilots, with predictable & all too often fatal results. 😟
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@TDenterpriser OK, Ivan...
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@z_actual We turn Ruzzia into a wildlife refuge. Cope more, little RussonaZi.
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As if Venezuela didn't already have the greatest oil reserves in the world, yet their failed "socialist" political regime leaves most citizens in poverty... Oh & I absolutely guarantee Putin has a hand in this.
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I thought the helmets worn by the crew at 8:55 looked familiar - https://youtu.be/Of4tBSreW84 😁 Apt really, considering the chances of the observer surviving a crash.
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Clerget - pronounced Claire-jay withy a soft j.
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Ukraine is the largest country in Europe (Russia isn't civilised enough to be European). Ukraine existed in various forms way before Russia was anything but a wilderness roamed by savage tribes. The Russian people would be better off if Putin & his kleptocrat pals hadn't stolen the nation's wealth.
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@johnparrish9215 Hopefully all you Putinbots will be gone by then.
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Pretty much anything contemporary was a better choice than the F104...
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@mbryson2899 The region was screwed up 1400 years ago when Islam was invented.
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@r.p5380 Ah yes: unsubstantiated, fabricated nonsense. I guess you believe everything negative about the west, like most of your ilk.
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@BikingVikingHH You miswrote "leftist pillock" as your name.
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@r.p5380 So your 3 million claim was absolute nonsense...
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@r.p5380 Oh & if you want to look at what evil really looks like: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/26/weekinreview/the-world-how-many-people-has-hussein-killed.html
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@callumbush1 Who is? FTC? Ed Nash? Putin? Brandon?
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Russia's borders: 36,000 miles. Russia's borders with NATO countries: ~300 miles... NATO hasn't put modern weapons in Ukraine. The US isn't imperialist & never has been.
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@dougsteel7414 Fact free, hysterical nonsense.
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@dougsteel7414 That's an outright lie & proves who you work for. Bugger off, Putinbot.
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@DoDo-dq7yf Go on then: Name those US colonies in South America...
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@DoDo-dq7yf Ah, so you don't even know what an empire is & how it works. It's rare to encounter such ignorance.
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@dougsteel7414 The fact free , triggered drivel is all yours & your fellow Putinbot bum lickers. You're nothing but vile proponents of murder.
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@DoDo-dq7yf You're an ignorant, unthinking, lying tool, that's what you are.
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@Aqua Fyre Yes actually, because virtually all free world media isn't controlled by their respective governments, unlike your hero Putin the fascist dictator's control over Russian media.
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@thibaudduhamel2581 I know. That was part of Op. Alphabet. The number I gave was for those evacuated from Dunkirk.
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@SoloRenegade Source please...
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@CAP198462 Rusia is wrong on the foreign fighters, as they're part of the legally constituted Ukraine armed forces. Funny how Russia is OK with bringing in Syrian mercenaries who are NOT part of their armed forces...
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@CAP198462 Thankfully the free world has many sources of information, not just a few state controlled ones. Not all western either, as Japanese, Indian & Malaysian sources are showing much that Russia claims either isn't true, or hasn't happened. I've not seen any reports of Chechens being recruited but it wouldn't surprise me.
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The MiG 15 was only as good as it was thanks to the UK's socialist government giving the USSR jet engines & technological data appertaining to them.
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Elon Musk is showing all the signs of delusional megalomania.
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Maybe the fastest fighter prototype as the Hawker Fury/Sea Fury was the fastest piston engined fighter to see service.
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Methinks politely declining the offer would be the best response. At the same time, anything which pi$$es off Putin is a 100% good thing.
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@Aqua Fyre Stop spouting crap, little Putinbot. The drone was in international airspace. I guess you think shooting down MH17 was justified too.
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@daszieher It's NOT "proved your point" in the least. It's you who are being childish, having been shown to be wrong, yet refusing to accept the facts: GERMANY HAS SENT MODERN ARMS TO POLAND. You lied by claiming otherwise. I'll call liars all the names I like.
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Nonsense. Russia has already been given access to at least two downed Reapers.
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@Aqua Fyre Keep believing your Kremlin lies.
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@Aqua Fyre Typical Russofascist lies & drivel.
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You'll have to cover the Vought V-173/XF5U soon.
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I'd dearly like to see significant numbers of these aircraft transferred to Ukraine in the next few days, especially the Su-25 as they're needed to take out the significant Russian armoured advance towards Kyiv. Death & fear to the invaders.
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That's a new one for me - never knew it existed.
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