Youtube comments of VisibilityFoggy (@VisibilityFoggy).

  1. "I didn't have a piece, so I took off..." = the most New Jersey-ish logic ever.
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  2. Poland is beloved in the US, and the diaspora is huge. Having grown up in the northeast, a good portion of my friends were of Polish descent. Now in Florida, there are a lot of native Poles who have winter homes here (or they come visit their American children here for the season). It's such a friendly and welcoming culture. I'm glad I've gotten to visit in person too.
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  3. This is insane. I am an American in my 30s, and my grandfather served in World War II. His ship was sunk in Italy, and he was later injured in the Pacific theatre. I could not imagine, in my wildest imagination, actually ascribing events from that era to my modern view of Italian or Japanese people. I've visited both countries and was welcomed like a local. Likewise, I would welcome them here as well. Frankly, a war in the 1940s would be the LAST thing I would be thinking about when meeting someone from another country. Why is Russia still utterly obsessed with the second world war?
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  4. Ha, the (blue) state of New Jersey did the same thing, only it's known as "peak shedding."
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  5. Embraer just keeps coming out with awesome aircraft after awesome aircraft. I really, really wish they'd jump in and disrupt the market with a true 737/A320 competitor.
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  6. While I was just a baby when the USSR collapsed, it's amazing to hear how these people frame it. As a child, I remember my father (a US Naval officer) teaching me about the Cold War and how it developed. He (and everyone else) was very happy FOR the Russian people and was even excited to be able to visit Russia and combine the technology and progress both sides had created. Now the propagandists say we "occupied" Russia during the 1990s. Huh? At least where I grew up in the US, everyone I knew was rooting for Russia to succeed, but they went backward instead of forward.
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  7. The "upgrades" to the Polish Fulcrums don't consist of sensitive avionics. You're thinking of the Slovak MiGs that were upgraded with Israeli kit. The Polish airframes really only received IFF comms, which would not be utilized in Ukraine in the first place, and TACAN, which is not sensitive whatsoever.
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  8. Ironically, a lack of his DNA at the crime scene further bolsters the theory that he is innocent. But the lack of that evidence is also what is keeping him in jail.
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  9. I live in the suburbs of Miami. Last week, we had some work done at my house and one of the guys had only been in the U.S. for two months after fleeing Cuba. I've never seen such a happy guy in my life. He said he loved everything (especially the ability to buy whatever food you want, whenever you want it, and also freedom of speech, which I found interesting) about the U.S. so far. One day, however, he'd like to visit Costa Rica since he's fascinated by the place. I showed him some pictures from when I was down there a few years ago. He liked the pictures, but more importantly pointed out how incredible the phones here are in terms of apps and capabilities. No geopolitical point to the story beyond the appreciation Cubans would seemingly have for the chance to have a democratic government and be able to develop their OWN indigenous economy. There's a definitely desire by young people to have the same lifestyle as their counterparts 90 miles away. Either way, there's one guy here who's going to be a great American once he becomes a permanent resident/citizen.
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  10. This is legitimately comedic, having the benefit of knowing what actually happened. On the other hand, I used to find the channel legitimately interesting.
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  11. This makes sense. Frankly, over the past few years, first class became less about champagne and the "glory days of flying" treatment, and more about avoiding being cramped and (sadly, given the state of society) flying with a better clientele of fellow passengers following all of the shameful incidents that have gone viral. So while this is the right move, it's reflective of a larger problem: the experience of flying has become so stressful and uncomfortable that people are willing to spend a lot more money just to avoid being hassled.
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  12. And so marked the longest three-day war in world history.
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  13. "Woke" people really do ruin everything. Always angry, always demanding something, always yelling, screaming and threatening people if they don't get their way. It sounds like a miserable way to go through life.
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  14. I was randomly selected by CBP for an enhanced customs screening at Shannon airport (where they have a US CBP pre-boarding clearance center). He outright said it was random and he just asked me to come to a room. I made a little joke about Locked Up Abroad and he said, 'Yup, this is where'd they'd take you!" He just looked in the bag and I was on my way in about 30 seconds. This was before all of the current programs. I have Global Entry and Pre-Check (automatic with GE) now and I've never experienced any "codes" or enhanced security.
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  15. I'm not sure how you can be in a country for 48 years and not learn the language, even if you were TRYING not to. Usually it takes me about 10 days in a new country to at least pick up enough words to have a simple conversation, thank someone, order a drink, ask a question, etc.
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  16. Well that is pretty much a given. Opening a two front war with Russia invading from the east and the U.S. invading from the west would be impossible for the EU to defend against. Russia's land gains would also make room for the U.S. to establish air bases. And don't forget that Russia could cut off much of Europe's energy supply. It'd be over before it started. Plus, if the U.S. had access to Kaliningrad, that alone is a game changer.
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  17. Her English is absolutely amazing! Not just in understanding what she's saying, but the depth of what she's expressing. She must have had spectacular teachers once she made it to freedom. Finding a positive here, because I was otherwise fucking shell shocked by the end of this.
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  18.  @ОммнриГрошшо  You need land? Russia is the largest country in the world and most of it is unoccupied. That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
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  19. It is disgusting that American companies care so little about free expression and even basic human rights across the world. Seeing the behavior of these tech firms makes me scared for the future of my country and the western world and ashamed by the greed of this industry. Even our sports leagues have been infected. Some reporter should grow enough of a pair to ask Mark Cuban to condemn throwing Muslims in concentration camps. I bet that coward would refuse to do so.
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  20. At some point, let's just admit that this group of people are incapable of running a functioning nation. After costly interventions and throwing billions (trillions if you include private aid?) at them, they can't get it together. No one wants to govern, no one wants to live in a civil society and no one wants to implement any reforms. The only people I feel sorry for are the Dominicans, who are working hard to become a desirable, middle-income country, who will have to deal with this mess on their border. I'd rather send help there than waste one cent, much less one life, "saving" Haiti for a millionth time.
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  21. Yikes. The lady spewing the Russian propaganda, whoa. There's a reason no legitimate international journalists remain in Moscow at this point. Although I almost felt bad for her, she looked like a hostage trying to watch what she says while her captors look on.
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  22.    - The under-cab engines exist in the U.S. too, though. I do see them on the roads on occasion (maybe they're old models?). Also, Volvo is one of the absolute best-selling trucks in the U.S., at least from what I see doing a lot of traveling. Scania used to sell trucks here but have not in a while. Mercedes has re-introduced its Actros rigs to the market as well in limited dealerships as a test phase. I'm actually surprised IVECO hasn't re-entered the American market given the revived popularity of Italian cars here and the presence of manufacturing plant in South America.
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  23. They're setting up an AK factory. It is what it is. If intel indicated they were to set up something on the level of a naval base, bomber/IRBM base or sub base in the western hemisphere, that would likely be the red line. The US would reach out to Russia on backchannel, tell them to pull their people out and the strike would begin. A complete violation of the Monroe doctrine by a world power is not something the US could tolerate, and I actually believe Russia would understand it for the greater good. They are not going to war over Venezuela, but America will go to war over the western hemisphere as a whole. The same was true of Ukraine – the US wasn't going to war over it and Russia knew so.
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  24. Meanwhile, in America: "Why can't we have nice things like this?"
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  25. The writer of this one is quite arrogant and judgmental about supposed "inaction" by the rest of the world. Is he willing to sacrifice his child in a European deployment to a civil war in the DR Congo?
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  26. @Some Who cares. Putin needs to learn he cannot blackmail the world. He'll be lucky to get out of this mess alive.
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  27. For those wondering, the engine is the GE F414, which is also used in the Super Hornet and the Gripen. Its BVR missile will be the Meteor. The RCS of the initial prototype variant is estimated to be approximately the size of the return on the Eurofighter Typhoon, but it will be reduced significantly in future variants.
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  28.  @nntflow7058  - New terminal or not, you're still in Newark.
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  29. Legitimate question for anyone who knows more about this: Assuming this woman did know what was going on (how could she not have?) is there anything she could have done about it? Would she have been able to quit? Who would she have reported it to? It's fine to have secured the conviction, but I'm wondering what they expected a secretary working for a fascist regime in the 1940s to have done with information she came across. I'll assume she didn't have access to allied spy networks or western news agencies.
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  30.  @nickmazz9345  - Huh? The F-22's mishap rate is extremely low. The maintenance is not because the plane itself has any issues – it's because the stealth coating needs to be maintained. Also, fourth-gen fighters are generally training with the F-22 while it has drop tanks or radar reflectors attached, and in the case of the Typhoon, in combat the two are never going to be fighting against each other – in fact most of the work over the past decade has been to fuse the Raptor and Typhoon together using a unified datalink so they can compliment each other.
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  31. That is true, but just like I've never driven from Florida, where I live, to California, doesn't mean that I don't want the capability of doing so. By its very nature, a vehicle makes us mobile. Restrictions to that mobility, even if they are not likely to ever impede its practical use, are always bad rather than good.
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  32. Their air force may be ineffective, but I see the Orcs are pretty good at rapidly standing up a squadron to perform a special keyboard operation on this comments section...
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  33. Did the U.S. ever actually achieve true air superiority over the entirety of Vietnam? Not really. And if you analyze that statement, it tells you that air superiority is a requirement to win – not a guarantee that you will not lose. Vietnam largely turned into a war of attrition due to the influx of Soviet weaponry. The Soviets experienced the same in Afghanistan due to an influx of American weaponry. Russia is great at military PR these days, but not so great at exporting their high-maintenance weapons systems and keeping them operational in combat. I'm not advocating an all-out war with Iran (or even overthrowing the Ayatollah) but the constant comparisons to Vietnam every time a potential conflict is discussed is silly. A repeat of Praying Mantis, along with taking out a few SAM batteries, would likely do the trick.
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  34. Better? Why would I want to spend hours in a tin can with strangers when I can ride in my comfortable car, listen to my music as loud as I want, stop at whatever restaurant I please along the way, and have transportation once I actually get where I'm going? If it's too far to drive, planes take care of 99% of my needs. Taking a train is a hassle. It works in Europe because the population is more centralized and the distances between popular destinations is physically shorter. In the United States, our urban centers are usually crime-filled disaster areas where nobody wants to live. People try to avoid major cities if they can when traveling, which has led to the rise of regional airports becoming extremely popular with leisure travelers and continuing to grow.
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  35. Finland and many of the states with access to the North Sea have become home to many Venezuelans. Same with the Gulf Coast of the US. These are the very people in the middle class who were driven out of their country, but took with them the highly-sought skills of petroleum engineering, development, construction and other aspects of the industry. Chavez once famously fired thousands of employees of PDVSA (the state oil company) on his TV show and replaced them with party loyalists who had no idea what they were doing – literally. And thus began the collapse of the country's energy sector.
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  36. The Army, arguably, should be operating the A-10. It's clear the USAF doesn't want it even though the Army needs it.
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  37.  @looinrims  - Doesn't seem to be a need for a public outcry in the U.S. since we "win" (that's a subjective term, of course) and China blocks YouTube, so the CCP won't be able to tell their subjects that they'd "lose." It is very important to remember that the People's Liberation Army is technically the army of the communist party, not the whole of the population of China. The goal is to preserve the party structure and regime – NOT protect civilians or otherwise mitigate damage.
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  38. Whoa. They stopped the summit to condemn it. That's almost as serious as a strongly-worded letter!
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  39.  @balaclavabob001  You mean the 93rd GUARDS Combined Hula-hoop and Yoyo Division. Learn some respect, good sir!
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  40. Daniil - I'm a news editor from the US. Your outro with the "1420" logo and a panning shot of a location with natural sounds was spectacular! It's a perfect way to end these and a signature of sorts. Just a little tip from someone who's been around the block!
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  41.  @lincolnsand5127  - I believe the UK even had to reopen a whole bunch of hospitals that were closed when coronavirus hit. This debate occurs in any country that has a sizable enough landmass.
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  42. Would've been interesting to follow the development path of this. Would we have a quasi-4.5-gen plane today in something similar to an F-16 Block 70/72 Viper variant?
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  43. I mean, this was probably as balanced and accurate as any source is willing to go without addressing the politically incorrect parts of this story. Not bad, certainly much better than usual – but not the whole story by a long shot.
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  44.  @tarelochka_borscha  I mean, all you have to do is remove your forces from Ukraine and war ends. They're not interested in invading you. Nobody is. Who would want it?
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  45. @AUmarcus A lot of Americans seem to think that streets in Latin America (and southern Europe, in my experience) look dodgy when they're really just different. I probably even though that way myself before I spent a lot of time in South America. Things are just built and laid out differently, the construction isn't always geared toward outer aesthetics and is more functional. It doesn't mean it's dangerous – just different, and something you get used to.
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  46. I've never been addicted to opiates, but I began using kratom a few years ago after someone said it helped with their restless leg syndrome. It's been absolutely great for me! I did have a prescription from my doctor, and it worked, but it made me very drowsy into the next day. Kratom has a very slight feeling of relaxation before bed, and it completely got rid of the RLS. I can't speak to opiate comparisons, but I'm glad the fear-mongering over this has ceased just a bit. I've found it to be completely harmless and very helpful for me.
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  47. ​ David Lee  - Nothing escapes? I wouldn't be surprised if Israel has flown an F-35i right over one just to experiment.
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  48. The reason most people aren't allowed to speak to their attorney is because they are usually either intoxicated, belligerent, screaming and yelling or being uncooperative – and the cases against them are generally based on a traffic stop. This man was quiet, cooperative, asked politely if he could call his attorney, and the circumstances are such that it is a major case and they need to provide some deference to the defendant if it goes to trial and is reviewed by a judge. The reality is that most people who are being arrested just make it worse on themselves. This guy did not and handled things professionally and civilly, even if he is a meth addict/dealer.
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  49. I guess the people behind the channel are so obsessed with making Biden look competent that they will pretend someone from Colombia has anything remotely in common with someone from El Salvador.
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  50. Wow, lots of dirty vatniks in here conducting a "special keyboard operation" in the comments. Or are they just bots lol?
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  51. The skillset of the Wagner clowns is very much overhyped. In Syria, U.S. commanders called the Russian deconfliction line when a bunch of Wagner guys were approaching an American position. They refused to call the Wagner guys back, so the U.S. warned that their guys would have to defend themselves. What the Wagner guys didn't realize was that the Americans they were approaching were a huge group of special forces soldiers. After ignoring the warnings, they wiped out about more than 100 Wagner guys before the message was sent.
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  52. I'm an American who has traveled to many areas of the world that are supposedly "dangerous" and each and every time, when I've gotten there, I felt perfectly safe – and confident that there were a lot of good people around who would be willing to help if there was ever a problem. There are cities in the U.S. (Baltimore, Camden, Flint, Newark, Detroit, etc.) that are arguably worse than this, and most definitely have a higher crime rate where I would not trust anyone to help me. In most of the world, being poor does not correlate with crime the way it does in the U.S. I don't doubt there IS crime in this village, but I highly doubt there were 700 murders last year like there were in Chicago.
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  53.  @dr.strange8735  - Uhh, well nobody in the U.S. sees it that way. We generally see the U.K. as the one European ally that actually gives a crap about what's going on in the world and is willing to help.
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  54. Lesson here: record everything in the workplace. I've done it for years. If no satisfaction, bring it to the media and/or your state AG's office.
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  55. The original Joint Strike Fighter lol.
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  56. Simon's flat must look like Kramer's when he built a full TV talk show set in his NYC apartment.
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  57. They're stretching it into the 2050s-2060s at this point, and they actually just grabbed a B-52H out of the boneyard to restore it and add it to the fleet to replace one that had an accident. I believe it's going to an ANG wing. They have plenty of them sitting around and Boeing is still supporting upgrades. What an amazing platform!
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  58. US forces would be too distracted by the casinos, beaches and speedboats to bother fighting.
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  59. As a US citizen, I feel the same. Open the gates to HK!
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  60. THANK YOU to the Brazilian police from this American who visits often! Don't let the left-wing lunatics at Vice and their dreary commentary stop you from making your country the safest it can be!
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  61.  @xXevilsmilesXx  Nah, I'll stay just to annoy you.
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  62. I think it's pretty much been decided that's what happened by the process of elimination. We know where every other country did their testing, and it wasn't this place.
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  63. Not only that. He dredged their damn harbor so the boat could dock there, which was a project that the state couldn't afford for years. So it was basically a slick way of getting a dredge project done which supports the longshoreman unions that are attached to the Democrat party. Oh, and then Trump, using federal dollars and military personnel, turned the city's four-block-long convention center into a hospital which never received any patients. Cuomo requested so many ventilators, and Trump gave them to him, after the state SOLD their ventilator supply a few years earlier in order to try to close their mismanaged budget. Why ANYONE would live, work or even visit New York is mind-boggling. Glad my family left when I was very young and got to grow up in, well, America. Trump did EVERYTHING for New York and look at the thanks he gets. What a miserable city. I hope it goes bankrupt.
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  64.  @sixgunsymphony7408  Having a grandfather who served on the Wisconsin, believe me, I'm sentimental about the Iowa class – but naval artillery support would be a disaster in 2024 with ASBMs, cruise missiles, drone attacks. If not outright sunk since they would have to be in range of the battlespace, they'd be mission killed in no time by drone attacks. They don't call them "kamikaze" drones for nothing.
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  65. This is how we all got to love Vice to begin with! They had to go through their period of awkward wokeness like everyone else, and now it seems like the grownups and real journalists are in charge again.
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  66.  @jchristif  Have you volunteered to go to the front for Mother Ruzzia?
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  67. In fairness, the Emu separatists in Australia are always lurking in the darkness, plotting their next move.
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  68. Siemens Canada is the unit of the company that specializes in energy/gas equipment.
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  69. People who live outside of the Atlantic City market don't know the full story of this. The casinos in Atlantic City failed after Donald Trump sold them, not before. They continued to use his name on them for years after he had nothing to do with them. Their failure wasn't because they were run poorly, but because Pennsylvania legalized gambling (Philadelphia market gone) and tribal nations built casinos in Connecticut that were closer to NYC. Atlantic City was frozen out by geography. Trump, seeing the writing on the wall, actually got OUT of the business just before it collapsed – in other words, he made the exact RIGHT moves.
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  70. Pretty sure they've all left by now...
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  71. Ha, there are "tough guys" everywhere, and just as many friends sitting next to them laughing at how silly it is, lol.
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  72.  @Letsberealish  Discounts aren't too important if there are no planes being manufactured that will be sold at those discounted prices.
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  73.  @edsonmawalla4203  Are you on the front lines, vatnik? If not, you have no business telling someone else to stay under a repressive regime.
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  74. Their Tu-95s aren't particularly older than our B-52s. The reason the Russians use turboprops is for potential austere basing operations given the Russian terrain. It's the same reason we use turboprop C-130s and Europe developed the A-400M. The Tu-95 is also among the fastest turboprops ever built with huge contra-rotating propellers, and its cruising speed is actually faster than a B-52 (though its top speed is about 100mph less). This isn't a "defense" of Russia or their actions, but there isn't anything about a turboprop aircraft that makes it inferior or outdated. It's just a different concept. Ultimately turboprops and turbofans have effectively the same turbine power plants anyway.
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  75.  @ButterGamesRoblox  - Standard of living is subjective. I would not want to live in Scandanavia because of foul weather, a high cost of living and extremely high fuel prices that would lead me to have to abandon my favorite hobby, which is boating. Americans do not have a perfect healthcare system (that's an understatement) but overall, there are many more opportunities and lifestyle choices available to Americans that are just unaffordable elsewhere.
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  76.  @chrislane8466  That's the first thing I thought of as well. People in Europe and the US wold go crazy if they thought they were being "ruled" by someone.
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  77. Keep those Orcs on the run!
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  78. I'm guessing he speaks much better English than most of his critics speak Russian.
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  79. It is also going to bring Link 16 to the fight, which will be an insane advantage when combined arms operations are required to actually take back territory rather than defend the front.
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  80. They may have been surprised, but I doubt this was unexpected. In terms of the USAF, the Soviets did the exact same thing: a hi-lo mix of airframes with the Flanker being the heavy fighter and the Fulcrum serving as a point defense fighter. Naval-wise, though, the Soviets created the Su-33 which, to this day, is far too heavy for STOBAR carriers which limits its usefulness. This was supposed to have been "solved" by building the MiG-29K, however it only found one customer (India) which is getting rid of them and replacing them with either the Rafale-M or Super Hornet. The Russians themselves were planning to dump the Su-33 and replace it with the MiG-29K on their Kuznetsov carrier, but it doesn't appear that boat will ever see action again at this point after the fires and other incidents. Russia pulled the plug on its STOVL Yak-41 (Freestyle) which probably would have been a much safer bet since it could operate from smaller carriers and assault ships, which would have been more affordable for post-Soviet Russia. Ironically, Lockheed was a minor partner in the Yak-41 program during the immediate friendly relations after the end of the Cold War, though the F-35B ultimately used a different type of vertical propulsion system.
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  81. How's the weather in Moscow today?
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  82. It's funny watching this as an American. I've visited five of the seven continents so far, and can't say I actively disliked ANY city I've visited. I might not want to live permanently in all of them, but people are generally welcoming and friendly everywhere as long as you have an open mind and want to talk and socialize (even if it's sometimes hard with different languages). Even in countries that do not have good relationships with the United States, I've never seen that extend down to individual people, or translate to being treated poorly as a visitor. Russia is one of the few places where it seems like that doesn't apply. Then again, the people in this video seem to think "Poland," "Lithuania," "Turkey" and "America" are cities rather than countries, lol.
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  83.  @Regis1995  - While the "France surrenders" jokes are just outdated and stupid, I wouldn't put it past Germany to weasel its way out of helping. France, on the other hand, would probably perform admirably and bravely. They have an excellent arms industry, great tech and do not want to see the EU structure fall.
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  84. I would bet they all understand it. But if they say so, they get sent to jail for 15 years.
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  85. How much economic activity and development can we reasonably expect to occur in far-flung islands in the middle of nowhere? I'm not sure what these people really want to occur.
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  86.  @tradeelmundo  - This is a state-by-state issue as well. New York, for example, has horrendously poor infrastructure. Where I live in Tampa, the highways, airports and seaports are excellent.
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  87. Ahh, the feared Su-57. So scary they can't even find a proper engine to power it or a country to buy it.
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  88.  @enlighty  I promise you, we really don't care that much about Russia...
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  89.  @phantomfreeman283  - Before coronavirus my job took me across the world, though mostly Europe and South America. Nobody ever treated me poorly because I'm from the US and all of my experiences were positive. I don't think anyone is keen to fight anyone else. These videos are just for fun.
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  90.  @fegelfly7877  - The Russian Army of 2020 still has high morale over victory in World War II? This is the military that has been reduced to a failed fifth-gen fighter effort, cowardly "little green men" pretending not to be soldiers invading Ukraine, providing security to prop up an illegitimate dictator in Venezuela, and relying on unguided bombs that decimated civilian areas in Syria because they're too cheap/poor to use guided munitions for targeting that limits collateral damage. Oh, and their only aircraft carrier is going to be laid up for years because it caught on fire. Yeah, definitely sounds like a blueprint for high morale.
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  91. I don't think that anyone will put up a good argument against the fact that California government is dysfunctional from the top down. People are not just moving out because of politics – you can be on either side of the aisle and end up with this state destroying your life or business.
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  92. It's amazing to pay double the cost of a plane ticket to take a train from NYC to DC? Even from New Jersey, it's hundreds of dollars. I traveled between NJ and DC for years and never took the train. You're the one dreaming, fella.
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  93. You guys are living in the past. The only flare-up will occur if Maduro gets desperate and tries, as a last-ditch move to prop up nationalism, to fight Colombia. Not that this will go well, since Colombia and the US are very tight and the US has been looking for an excuse to remove the Chavistas for 20 years. You'd see massive Colombian ground forces combined with US air support. It'd be over quickly, but the question would be whether to take San Cristobal and move south to Caracas to forcibly occupy the capital and oust Maduro.
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  94. If they buy JF-17s, this is a real possibility should the UK get bogged down elsewhere.
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  95. A snitch...
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  96. The F-15 was also purpose built as an air superiority fighter, but became one of the most prized ground strike aircraft in the world. The Eurofighter accomplished this by Tranche 3 in much the same way, adding a multitude of strike munitions and the advanced avionics to go with them. The ability to "self-escort" is a force multiplier that will be extremely valuable should these aircraft be needed for their intended purpose. While they are different "flavors" of fourth-gen fighters, these two mark the pinnacle of combat aircraft without having to resort to internal bay limitations for loadouts. In other words, I'm glad we're on the same side! :)
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  97. We got ourselves a vatnik in the house...
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  98. Similarly, the An-225 was designed to carry the Buran shuttle for the Soviets.
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  99. If it's that easy, I guess the J-20 and Su-57 are both worthless?
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  100. Teaching your customers 'lessons' is not a good practice. It stinks of hubris – something we rightly criticize Boeing about. And eventually, burning bridges catches up to you.
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  101. There is near-constant talk about bringing the A-6 out of retirement, generally because it hasn't been replaced. Its mission has been tasked to the Super Hornet, but many believe the USN requires a purpose-built ASW/attack platform. There has been talk recently about the potential usefulness of the Intruder in patrolling the corridors of the Black Sea where grain shipments are being organized. We may not have seen the last of her yet.
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  102. It's a very good plane that was never meant to be launched from a carrier, nor operated by complete idiots, as it historically has been. In the hands of a skilled pilot with equivalent training hours to NATO pilots, the Fulcrum is an excellent plane for what it was designed to do. Unfortunately, many were sold to poor countries or pariah dictatorships whose pilots did not know how to actually use them, making their air-to-air records poor. Had the East Germans or Poles used them in combat, they would have likely been very effective when combined with proper AEW and support. The USAF was fairly impressed when they acquired a fleet of them from Moldova after the Cold War ended. Interestingly, the USAF donated that fleet to Ukraine to be used for parts in the current conflict.
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  103. The defense contractors?
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  104. This Metro station is better than pretty much any in the USA. The physical shape of the system reminds me of the Washington D.C. metro. Obviously that one is large, but it's really just bare concrete.
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  105. It's actually 40,000 people in a country of 50 million. Most Colombians want to live, work and enjoy their communities without kidnapping and murders. Drugs are decriminalized in Colombia. The people who are in jail need to be there. In recent years, Colombia reduced its kidnapping rate by more than 98 percent. The system is working.
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  106. Same here. This came into our local airport in Florida during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with deliveries and it made the news, they played the ATC tapes with the "super" designation, all that stuff.
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  107.  @gunther_hermann  - That is probably my favorite story out of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Only one part was left out: the U.S. Navy did not know the sub was carrying nuclear weapons and they were dropping depth charges that only were about the size of a simple hand grenade in order to signal the Russian sub to surface. They weren't actually attacking it in order to destroy or sink it, but under the Soviet rules of engagement a strike could have been authorized even if the smallest of weaponry was used.
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  108. @GaslitWorld f. Melissa B - I disagree. If any word can be used to describe Kim, it's "paranoid." He might not particularly care about his people, but he cares about his own lifestyle of luxury and the continuity of the family dynasty. Starting nuclear wars really puts a damper on things.
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  109.  @mrvwbug4423  Military units are armed and authorized under the ROEs to fire under the permitted circumstances. They're not construction workers.
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  110.  @PieInSkyGuy  And you are stating this based on all your years in the combat aviation world?
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  111. I don't get the "envy" stuff. I like my country, and I've visited plenty of other countries I've liked. I'm not envious of them... they're just other countries. If it meant that much to me, I'd consider moving there. Are there mass lines of rejected would-be Russian immigrants out there?
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  112. There's way more that occurred before this video picked it up. Prior to going to Istanbul (for the "trip to Morocco") she traveled with her husband and brother-in-law to Hong Kong, laundered money for ISIS so they could join, bought tactical gear that she shipped into the war zone, and a whole bunch of other stuff. She knew what she was doing all along, and was back-and-forth from abroad to the U.S. quite a few times related to ISIS activities before ending up in Syria. It would be interesting to know what her politics were like before she went there – left, right, neither, etc.? PS: I've visited Morocco from the U.S. quite a few times. There is no reason to take a flight to Instanbul to get there. It doesn't even make geographic sense.
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  113. Sounds like the Orcs to me.
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  114. The video was spot-on here, but the information was not. The Indians are absolutely fed up with their MiG-29Ks and decided to replace them. The competition was between the Super Hornet, Rafale-M and a theoretical variant of the Gripen known as the Gripen-M. Eventually, it came down to the Super Hornet and Rafale-M, and the Rafale-M won the competition, which made sense since the IAF had previously ordered land-based Rafales. Both the Super Hornet and Rafale-M were designed for catapult launch, however both were tested successfully in ski-jump configuration. Also, the Su-33 is largely a disaster. It is a heavy fighter that can barely make it off the jump unless its loadout is significantly reduced. That is not to take anything away from the Flanker – it is a spectacular airframe and great platform – but it had no business being navalized. The weight of the airframe is at least partially why the USN's F-14 was replaced by the lighter Super Hornet, and why the F-15 was never selected to be navalized. In reality, NEITHER the Su-33 nor MiG-29K were ideal for Russia. They had hoped the Yak-41 project would materialize to compete with the Harrier, however the funds were never there, even after some partnerships with American defense contractors after the Cold War helped the project along.
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  115.  @yadadoo20  - Because they are made up mainly of rural areas that aren't suited for people in a majority of circumstances. There is nothing wrong with those places, it just isn't a good fit for most people to move unless you have a specific skillset that gels with the industries/economies located there. Plus, if you are in the media business, you need large markets and access to a certain level of tech infrastructure. Texas has all that, natural beauty, a variety of landscapes, and low taxes, and a great economy. It's a no brainer as well as people don't take their horrendous voting booth behavior with them.
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  116.  @boiboiboi1419  - Swarming a fleet with cruise missile strikes is not "asymmetrical doctrine." Asymmetrical doctrine is using modified fishing dhows or pleasure boats to fire short-range anti-ship rockets or missiles. Cruise missile tech is, indeed, symmetrical, and in the wheelhouse of the American military. It's where the U.S. shines. Remember that the U.S. has air bases in close proximity to Iran. If the U.S. detects the fire control radar of a cruise missile battery is preparing to fire on ships USN destroyers or cruisers themselves will fire volleys of Tomahawks at the launch site, and EA-18G Growers will be launched to target the controlling radars with HARM missiles while F-35s will be activated in a QRA to destroy the physical launch cells.
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  117. The problem as far as affordability goes, as well as institutional knowledge: China started dominating the private sector with consumer drones first, and the tech has been built upon by military specialists. The U.S. has never really mass-produced consumer drones with advanced tech for an affordable price, and if all of this is going to be created bespoke for the military, it will take forever to trickle down to a private sector that ultimately funds the public sector. We got our capitalism and communism backwards here!
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  118.  @bitterballs356  Yeah, who wants to be surrounded by functional representative democracies?
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  119.  @sisyphusvasilias3943  - The S-500 is an ABM platform, not a SAM platform. It is roughly equivalent to the US's THAAD platform.
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  120. The OP is right, even if I agree that it's petty in the long run. When I was a reporter I interviewed members of congress, people from federal agencies, law enforcement officials, and covered stories from courtrooms. If you didn't dress nicely, you were definitely thought to be lacking in the credibility department. I remember one particularly conservative politician who didn't like that I wore jeans to a public meeting. Basically, if dressing nicely helps you get the story and make contacts, go for it. If it doesn't matter, who cares?
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  121. The People's Liberation Army Troll Force
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  122.  @manictiger  - I wouldn't call it a "loss" as much as I'd call it a "no win." The objective was not achieved, but there was no political will for it to be achieved. I believe the U.S. military could have achieved the objective, however it would have involved more personnel, more money and potentially the use of tactical nuclear standoff weaponry. There's a point at which the desire to fight another country's war becomes lost – not to mention the fact that many of the people fighting didn't want to be there in the first place and were thrust into the conflict via the draft. A professional military will almost always be superior to a conscripted military, perhaps with the exception of an outright defense of the homeland as with Russia in WWII. In the (essentially impossible) scenario that the U.S. was invaded, it's not out of the question that American civilians, on their own, could defeat the militaries of many countries around the world.
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  123.  @yangyangpeng5279  - Funny, just as the Japanese converted their government to one that is free, open and democratic, the Chinese converted to an authoritarian system that has likely imprisoned, disappeared and extrajudicially killed thousands (millions?) of its own people in the decades since. The Chinese government is the most evil incarnation of authoritarianism the world has ever seen. If you ask 100 people if they'd rather live in Japan or China for the rest of their lives, 99 percent are likely to choose Japan. I understand the Chinese live in a dystopian world where the government tracks, monitors and censors every aspect of daily life, but it's stunning (and sad) that so many people do not demand human rights, if based on nothing else but their own personal observations.
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  124. That is a good point. Even though he was out by the time of the 2008 financial crisis, he was not far removed at that time. GE had begun dabbling in buying up mortgage debt, and had essentially turned itself into a financial services company that also made "stuff." A similar scenario played out at General Motors, where the company shifted its focus from manufacturing cars to financing their purchases, while trying to afford past obligations on pensions and healthcare costs. The core product became secondary to trying to repair the mismanagement of these financial strangleholds, and it eventually became too much to bear.
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  125. What are they supposed to do? There's no second amendment in Russia.
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  126. They fired 50 interceptors which hit 44 of their targets. There are more than 50 total targets, some of which which did not have projectiles fired at them (either because ammunition ran out or these targets were out of range).
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  127. "That's a very provocative question..." is my favorite common answer.
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  128. Funny how everyone who speaks so highly of Cuba would never be willing to live there as an average citizen...
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  129.  @nanhinting7447  In fairness, it's silly to say the U.S. was "defeated" when the technical capacity and delivery systems existed to destroy every last square mile of Vietnam in a matter of minutes. Any war the United States Military exits, it does so because of political boredom, not lack of kinetic capability.
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  130. MCAS actually is not a bad system. It has been deployed very successfully on some Boeing military aircraft. The thing is, the pilots have to know what it is and what it does.
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  131. I almost feel sorry for this man, destroying his reputation by traipsing around the world, begging others for food and weapons while justifying the systematic murder of civilians.
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  132.  @andyf4292  It's not that they can't make chips, it's that they can't make usable chips for today's devices because they have not miniaturized them the way western manufacturers have. The one commercially viable chip they did make in Russia is now made by TSMC in Taiwan. Russia is still making 180nm chips, about 10-15 years behind the west. And while Russia WAS going to build new fabs that would make smaller 65nm chips, they have no money left to do so because of the war. Putin screwed up again.
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  133. Compensating slave owners prevented the collapse of many of these places, since they were dependent on single industries. Had the slave owners not been compensated, they would have gone bankrupt and simply moved out, leaving no business or commerce remaining. Essentially, it would have been what occurred when European farmers had their land expropriated in Africa – it was turned over to the local people who had no idea what to do with it, and extreme poverty took over. Giving money to former slaves may have been a "nice" gesture, but it would not have made the development of these places any greater. In fact, it probably would have financed conflict.
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  134.  @MentourNow  "Well, if a war were to break out, I could see your point. But to the best of my knowledge, all that has been undertaken is a Special Military Operation..."
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  135. Ironically, in the FVL program today they are considering a helicopter that looks... you guessed it... almost identical to the RAH-66.
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  136.  @OOpSjm  They cannot keep maintenance records without access to the Boeing and Airbus backend systems, which has been terminated. So, yes, they could theoretically write notes on paper to create "maintenance records," but it is not something any manufacturer, airline, insurance carrier or government regulator outside of Russia would ever accept.
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  137. Please don't let the airline shills get too out of hand in the comments. Remember, Southwest Airlines is NOT out to do you any favors. They exist to pry the most money away from you as possible. That's not a bad thing – it's what a business is supposed to do. But your job as a consumer in a capitalist society is to fight attempts to stifle competition. There is no one who is not being paid by Southwest Airlines who should support their groundless arguments in this case.
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  138. Haiti proves that some corners of the world are functionally ungovernable. Haiti is a long-lost cause, and no amount of money nor attention has ever fixed anything. As an American, I want to make sure that none of this insanity makes it to our shores. The new administration can't get here fast enough.
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  139. Yes, Kars for Kids funds ultra-Orthodox schools and camps. It is based in Lakewood, NJ, which is a town effectively controlled by the community in the U.S. Everything going on in this one city is a microcosm of this entire video, and it has produced some nasty fights and a lot of anger between them and the secular/mainstream religious community.
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  140.  @raynetorrin  Well, sort of. The F/A-18 began as the YF-17, which competed for the same role as the F-16. After the F-16 won the land competition, Northrop (and McD) went back to the drawing board to compete in a simultaneous naval competition and revamped the YF-17 into a dedicated carrier platform that became the F/A-18, and ultimately the Super Hornet and EA-18G.
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  141. Lol I met a woman from Russia who now lives here in the Miami area and was telling her about this channel. I told her about the Shaman song and she started laughing hysterically and cringed over it. Needless to say I think she's probably now one of the channel's biggest new American fans.
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  142. It's not a scam. It's a simple game of risk that millions of people find entertaining and are willing to pay for. Casinos provide fun, drinks, socializing – yes, for a price, or if you're lucky, sometimes you'll come out ahead. My sense is that the OP is not fun at parties. If people think something that doesn't hurt anyone else is fun, why would you want it to be illegal? Cancel culture sucks.
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  143. What are you planning to do? How can one plan his life in Hong Kong – a mortgage, starting a business, speaking freely – knowing that an evil dictatorship could come in at any second? I'd be trying everything I could to escape.
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  144. Always get a chuckle out of the phrase "In HARM's way" based on an incident that happened some years ago. Back in the Gulf War, a USAF F-4 Phantom II accidentally fired an anti-radiation missile (the kind you would use to target enemy radar stations, called the HARM missile) at a friendly B-52 after the bomber, which was then outfitted with a tail-gunner, now removed, likewise thought the F-4 was a bandit, specifically an Iraqi MiG. There were no casualties on either side and the B-52 returned to service, but was renamed (and had painted on her fuselage) "In HARM's Way" named after the missile.
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  145.  @daniels1263  - Well, technically they do need America there, if we're taking this scenario literally.
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  146.  @WingkKong  What can Russia do to stop anything? Russia cannot even project power 100km over its own border, and Kursk is essentially occupied by Ukraine as of today. Russia is dead as a conventional military power.
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  147.  @loganhoffman5789  Cubans qualify for refugee status in the U.S.
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  148. That's a very interesting story. The US Navy crew had no idea that sub was armed with nukes, and the depth charges they were dropping were only the size of small hand grenades and could do no damage at all to the ship. They were purely being used to signal it. Of course, the Soviet Navy had no way of telling this either. Vasily Arkhipov absolutely saved the world that day.
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  149. You answered your own question. ;)
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  150. Germany's refusal to fund its own defense is a disgrace.
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  151. The same reason why Pyongyang has electricity when the rest of North Korea is starving and in a blackout.
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  152.  @yrkim3018  - The issue will be parts and supply chain. Finding spare parts for the F-16 is like finding spare parts for a Toyota Hilux or Ford F-150. They're all over, cheap, readily-available, anywhere. KAI will have to ensure its customers that it's ready to undertake a sustainment process.
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  153. You guys get screwed by the U.K. It's actually a disgrace how Britain has blocked every attempt for your country to be able to defend itself. As an American, I wish we could sell you whatever planes you needed. We want Argentina as an ally, and my fear is that you're going to be pushed into the clutches of China.
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  154.  @shaider1982  It was, indeed, Wisconsin. Hard to believe my grandfather served on her in WWII.
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  155. Ha, yes, you sort of feel like you're in a container ship's life boat given the colors.
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  156. "Of course there is a war in Russia! Crimea and those territories are Russian! There was a vote, and Ukraine continues to occupy a piece of the Motherland!" - Every vatnik's excuse
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  157. The dev costs will be huge but the unit cost, when economies of scale are considered, could be $1-2 million each if a number of allied countries begin fielding high numbers of them.
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  158. The word is that personnel from the laid-up carrier Kuznetsov were redeployed to the front in a mobile artillery unit of some sort. If nothing else, it confirms Kuznetsov will probably never sail again, and Russia is abandoning carrier ops since they're about to waste the guys with the institutional knowledge of how to run one.
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  159. Well, at least it was something different: "The candidate I disagree with is obviously senile." C'mon, be serious.
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  160. I wish they'd do an investigation to find out if Trudeau is really Castro's son lol.
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  161. In fairness, if BMW and Tesla had a baby... it'd be the car version of the F-35.
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  162. I get it, but there is absolutely no way the US and UK let Australia get pushed around by the Chinese.
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  163. Ha, in fairness, most Americans would happily give New York City to whatever country would be willing to take it.
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  164.  @Tuppoo94  There is a reality here, though, that there have been days in Ukraine where Russian forces have lost more personnel than the U.S. did in multiple years in Afghanistan. The war really did not personally affect most Americans, if we're being honest. I don't personally know anyone who was killed in action there or had a relative lose their life there. And that's a good thing, but it also is a reason why the war was allowed to go on for 20 years. It was seen more of a money and time-wasting event than a traditional "war."
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  165. In your country and mine, this is almost certainly true. But if you know, rather objectively, that you will never have an impact by becoming involved in "politics" aside from harassment and intimidation by the government (maybe even something more severe) I can see why these people feel the way they do. For them, no changes for the better can come out of an interest in politics – only for the worse when the government cracks down. In many ways, I can't blame them, especially after more than a century of multi-generational repression under varying forms of government.
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  166. They're not lightning maps. They're FIRMS maps which are measured using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer system via NASA satellite. There are also some private satellite firms that license the use of their synthetic aperture radar tech to measure fire activity.
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  167. The reality, despite how much people crow about "diversity," is that no ethnic, racial, or even political group wants to be controlled by another. Let people live how they want to live. Even in the United States, the state in which I live is controlled by a single huge city which dictates policy for the rest of the state, leading to horrendous policies and people moving out because they've simply given up.
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  168. I mean this is pretty much what Americans would say about Canada. "Would you want Canada to join America?" "Uhh, yeah I guess, if they really wanted to... I dunno."
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  169.  @thombrick  With YT's censorship regime in place? I'd love to have a real discussion on it, but no way it'd happen, even if there was no offensive language used or anything of the sort. It's a losing battle, unfortunately, which is why we never collectively get to the bottom of anything in society today. It's not "baseless," either, it just deals with racial issues that do not comport with the overwhelming view of the people who program the Google/YT algorithms (or human censors, if they still have them).
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  170. Also important to note that the Phantom pilots also flew in tight formations to make themselves look like larger, individual bombers rather than small(ish) fighters.
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  171.  @lukemurray4950  If China was concerned about what the "people" want, it would hold a free and fair election. Are you CCP trolls too scared that you'd be kicked out of office if you weren't able to run people over with tanks when they disagree with you?
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  172. My thoughts exactly. I don't need luxury on the last leg, just a quick and problem-free trip home.
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  173.  @johnwilson6324  - Why would I move to Hong Kong, whether I like it or not? They're being bullied and, essentially, ethnically cleansed by one of the most brutal authoritarian regimes on Earth. Historically, my country is one where oppressed people can come to build a new life. I welcome the people from HK who want to do so.
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  174.  @pwn5047  Russian bot identified...
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  175.  @СергейМонин-д7с  Well, good luck flying on those things. Superjets have already been reliability nightmares. And the world has now seen how poorly built Russian military equipment has been. Would anyone want to fly on a Russian-built plane? Especially with Russian-built engines?
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  176. I don't think we can say that many of these designs get "canned." They're made for a reason, and it's also important to remember that while the Chinese are on their own, the U.S. has a great number of advanced allies that may be developing their own drone tech that the U.S. military will buy. If Finland, for example, came up with a great strike platform, why re-invent it? The U.S. has also developed the Stingray tanker drone, which could also be used for electronic attack and that is absolutely being deployed, Australia has developed a loyal wingman air-to-air combat drone which is now under consideration for U.S. adoption, and the B-21 is rumored to have an unmanned strike capability – literally a drone the size of an actual strategic stealth bomber. I'd say America is okay.
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  177. ​ @elaborategecko9850  Except "shitting his pants" is YOUR personal take from it. Half of the people who saw that clip feel the way you do, and the other half saw someone who is supposed to be a "journalist" doing exactly what the right accuses journalists of doing every day – attacking a candidate, lobbing disrespectful, loaded "gotcha" questions and looking down at someone with whom they disagree with arrogance and disdain. Most people I know loved that Trump gave it right back. And factually, he was correct. He's running against someone who changes her identity – political and even racial – depending on the way the wind is blowing that day. The fact that we even have segregated groups of "journalists" in the US in 2024 is mind-boggling.
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  178. They don't have much of a choice if they want stealth. There's a good chance the Su-57 never gets into mass production. And there is absolutely no way they can build an indigenous fifth-gen fighter. Japan couldn't even pull it off without help (though Mitsu made a demonstrator). Turkey is not capable of developing a fifth-gen plane capable of keeping up with the big guns.
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  179. Estonia is my favorite former Soviet state. What a beautiful, modern and friendly country! Loved my visit there from the USA.
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  180.  @sganzerlag  I believe it was a contract through Atlas Air, which is an American freight airline that also does charter passenger flights for special purposes (usually the military, sports teams, corporate stuff like this). The pilots would come from their pool of 747 type rated pilots. Being an American company, most Atlas pilots I'm aware of are American.
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  181.  @mrnobody9611  Lucky for you, this will never happen. You could, of course, just move to Russia if you really wanted to be Russian.
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  182.  @mrk45  - 100%. The same occurs in the Middle East if you happen to have an Israeli stamp in your passport, though the recent peace deals will cut down on restrictions of movement. At one time, if you were doing business in both Tel Aviv and Dubai, you'd have a problem on your hands.
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  183. Ehh, we've mistakenly flown a couple F-35s into the ocean in recent months. It happens in aviation. Nothing to be ashamed of. ;)
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  184. India and US alliance against communist China let's go!
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  185. Or, for that matter, thousands of ICBMs and sub-launched missiles that can reach Russia from anywhere in the world. Nobody needs a physical base on a border. It isn't 1962 with IRBMs in Cuba.
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  186. Anyone who thinks Haitians can assimilate to American society should look up the town of Belle Glade, Florida. The size of a postage stamp, but the murder rate of a war zone – after decades of Haitians having settled there. It's one of the smallest, but most dangerous, no-go zones in the western world.
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  187.  @martian9999  Sure, but that would require elections, scaling back the surveillance state, closing re-education camps and allowing government to be driven by the will of the people instead of the relics of Maoist ideology.
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  188. Americans who diligently watch the news may remember plane-loads of Russian mercenaries flowing into Venezuela a few years ago. When they showed them arriving at Simon Bolivar International Airport, the plane they were disembarking was an Il-62. It's an incredibly cool looking plane! Kinda like a MadDog on steroids.
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  189.  @SamtheIrishexan  That's not quite it. Actually, Iron Dome includes U.S. tech and would be manufactured here if fielded beyond an evaluation copy. But the system is really not built for the area defense of Guam from jets, cruise missiles and UAS. Iron Dome is purpose-built to defend against rocket, mortar and (arguably) artillery attacks. It's exceptionally good at this, but that's not what's going to be fired at Guam. The U.S. is mating the underlying tech to the integrated system so it can be licensed into the domestic product, which will use hardware capable of Guam's specific defensive needs.
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  190. It's an absolutely appropriate issue to address if you engage in international commerce or even recreational travel to parts of the world where kidnapping or disappearance is even a minor threat. Personally, I've traveled to Africa and parts of South America where that risk is minimal, but real, and in the unlikely case in which I was a victim of such a crime, it makes sense to designate a trustworthy person to handle my business and financial affairs if I am unable to execute such decisions. For me, that person would be my father (since I am not married). Now, in the case of an animal rescue owner who never seems to leave the suburbs of Tampa, umm...?
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  191. They're allowed in the U.S. too, at least as long as you don't reveal anything classified. There are a few channels from active U.S. military members, including an F-35 pilot whose channel I follow.
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  192. Hear, hear! No agenda, no political bent, no partisan nonsense. Facts, images to support the facts, and analysis which we can delve into ourselves if we want to see another point of view, though it is presented very clearly. This video will probably have more views than an MSNBC primetime show, and that is a good thing.
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  193. Was he wrong?
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  194. Putin bot detected...
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  195. The day this video came out, it was reported by Politico that a major source in Russia claimed he was being kept under house arrest in an apartment but has been able to meet with members of his staff at times. Whether true or not, the news came out today, so thought I'd share.
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  196. Uhh yeah pretty much everyone I know here in the USA would sign up to go fight for our brothers in Australia. There's no way China has a chance whatsoever lol.
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  197. I learned tonight that my country apparently wants to invade Russia so Siberia can be all ours...
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  198. The Ma Deuce is used all over the U.S. military to this day, including, gunwale-mounted variants on destroyers. It's the gun that probably will never die because, frankly, there's nothing that can be made better or worse of it lol.
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  199. The French aren't that reliant on US weaponry. That has been a central part of French identity and culture. The U.S., however, is not in a million years going to stop supplying a military it has intertwined itself with for the last several decades. There are a gigantic number of U.S. systems that are made by U.K. companies. The F-35, the backbone of the USAF, needs British tech and sensor systems, plus other essential aspects. If the U.K. goes under, a lot of U.S. power goes with it. When push comes to shove, the U.S. knows the U.K. will always go with them (and bring its international influence to bear) and France, frankly, just isn't that important to the Americans. They don't even sell French cars in the U.S.
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  200. You'd probably feel differently if you or one of your loved ones were one of the victims of a "guilty man who went free."
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  201. I was thinking the same thing. Nobody I know from the UK cares at all about American football (I'm American and I don't care either, but that's irrelevant). I wonder if people like the novelty of it now, but would drop off if a regular team was founded. I could see huge crowds showing up four times a year if a UK soccer team played here, but would people show up if an American city got a Premier League team for example?
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  202.  @Kamila.k  That's my question, though. Could she have just "quit?"
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  203.  @Dave_Sisson  Embraer has established manufacturing in the U.S., has done defense work for DoD and services the regional affiliates of almost every major American airline. They are also based in an allied nation, in the hemisphere, opposed to the Russian/China vassal state to the north. Bulking them up is good for national security. If Embraer can shut down the risk of a Chinese competitor with a cheaper-than-737/A320 price point at the same capacity, seems like a no-brainer. Ultimately, America is about competition, and our allies should take part in that – especially with Boeing's recent record.
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  204.  @WildDisease72  So I guess the public firefighters aren't paid by the hour? Oh wait, their union contract they paid off politicians to pass does exactly that. If anything, public labor union members are hired guns who wouldn't lift a finger without sweetheart contracts obtained through corruption and payoffs.
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  205. Saudi Arabia does not field THAAD. And even if it did, THAAD is not designed to take out small Yemeni/Iranian drones and loitering munitions. Even Patriot is really not designed for this role. Those threats are handled by systems like Iron Dome, Pantsir and IM-SHORAD.
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  206. Putin's buddy in Venezuela might not make it through the week, judging by the protests that are breaking out.
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  207.  Dwane Martin Moyer  - The reality is that both sides were protecting themselves from the other. The other poster is 100 percent correct – the Soviets were much more nervous after World War II than the Americans. Having two oceans to separate you from your adversaries is a luxury they did not have – and no fighting in WWII actually took place on the American mainland, so the civilian population as a whole had a different view of the outcome of the war. The Soviets indeed "won" the war, but at a monumental societal cost in human lives as they defended sovereign Russian territory from invasion, another perspective the average American would not have understood. The result was the U.S. believing the Russians were trigger-happy to launch a first strike to avoid a third world war, and the Russians believing the U.S. was hell-bent on launching that war. Neither, of course, was actually the case.
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  208.  Gap  - For the love of God, people, you can see the maneuverability of the F-35 on videos hosted on this very website. Israel posted a photo of an F-35 flying directly over Beirut territory fully unintercepted. Do you all need an actual war to break out to prove the plane is worthy of the time and investment? Turkey should not be a member of NATO, and as arguably, as soon as Brazil activates its first squadron of Gripen-Es, they should replace them.
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  209. Yeah, right, it's totally about "protecting customers from fraud" and not preventing customers from easily comparing prices between airlines. Got it.
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  210.  @aeroflopper  That is simply untrue. Five carriers (mainly charter) returned their aircraft – a total of 31 planes. Far from "most."
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  211.  @aussieboy4090  - Huh? Korea paid Lockheed Martin for their work. They didn't steal anything. And even if it was given for free, that's what allies do – share technology and institutional knowledge to benefit both countries and the global order. By the same token, I'd love to see the U.S. partner with some ROK tech firms now that they are developing radars and other sensors internally. Funny that no actual Americans here, including this one, seem to think anyone "stole" anything. We want the ROK to do well. Some day I'd love to visit.
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  212. Lol... I bet some of those kids may have joined the air force because of that.
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  213.  @rushmore1321  So you're upset that she misspelled the name of the location of the war crimes, but not the war crimes themselves?
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  214. The issue with selling it to another VIP is that "flying bunker" line they mentioned in the video. If it's fitted with ECM, chaff/flare and other systems, there's even more weight for stuff 99.99% of people would never need.
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  215. I don't blame Harry for disassociating himself with the vermin in his own family. Here's a guy who served his country as an Apache helicopter pilot in a war zone and doesn't seem to want things handed to him. For that, his life is made miserable by that crew. If I were to be elected Australian or Canadian PM, the first order of business would be to remove the queen's image from our money.
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  216.  @OtaBengaBokongo  Well, we saved all of them from falling under the boot of the USSR, so yeah...
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  217. The Marines might literally mount a revolution if you tried to take the Ma Deuce away lol.
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  218.  @sisyphusvasilias3943  You can't really blame the U.S. for this. If you're from a free and democratic republic, would you want to be bullied by a ruthless dictatorship? I sure don't. This isn't about the U.S. versus China. It is about the democratic world versus the totalitarian world. China obsesses over symbolism and has created its entire foreign policy based on settling centuries-old political scores and trying to prove that their system, which involves the use of concentration camps and running people over with tanks, is somehow better than a functioning representative government. They're not fooling anyone with half a brain, and picking fights with literally EVERY one of your neighbors is eventually going to start a war. The U.S. had BETTER stand up for its allies.
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  219. In fairness, Kodak Black was in a major federal prison for essentially unsuspectingly "lying" on a federal form he filled out. They were out to get him, and he also has raised several allegations of abuse while incarcerated. He deserved a pardon.
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  220. There are a billion reasons to use macOS over Windows. If you have some basic computer skills, Linux works too. But Windows is, and always has been, a buggy, virus-prone disaster of an OS. Also, I find Apple's laptops are physically built superior to most Windows-carrying brands. I'm a reporter and my laptop gets a lot of abuse being lugged all around the world, and even after four years my MacBook Pro is still in perfect shape. As for phones, I only have an iPhone because of my computer. I really don't care about iPhone vs. Android. I like both, and would probably have an Android if I didn't use things like AirDrop and other Mac-to-Mac features so much.
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  221. Hey, a Swedish submarine was so advanced that it defeated a U.S. carrier. Then the U.S. actually borrowed/leased the Swedish sub so they could improve their own nuclear subs and surface fleet to reduce the acoustic signature. This proves why allies (including small ones) are incredibly important – and it's important to note that besides a few rogue states in far-flung corners of the world, China has none.
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  222.  @KazeHorse  Nobody is launching a nuke over an M270 or HIMARS. And the reality is that post-war Ukraine will need to be equipped with a new air force anyway, so they may as well begin training. Shore-launched Harpoons were approved today – in for a penny, in for a pound.
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  223. We had it in the U.S. too. And it had a chain just like this (although I think ours snapped into place). And yes, ours were scary in the 1990s too when I was little... there are still some floating around out there in traveling shows. Fair rides are regulated in some US states and unregulated in others.
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  224.  @Sundara229  - So they'll then be dependent on stolen copies of western electronics and computers. ;)
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  225. How much did Putin pay you for this one?
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  226. The argument could be made for Engels-2, but that isn't why Ukraine is striking the base. They care about cruise missile trucks, not nukes, and Russia knows that. Besides, the days of using 1950s-70s era strategic bombers to deliver a nuclear strike on any peer adversary is pretty much over. You need something on the level of the B-2 or B-21 to accomplish that, and even then, it wouldn't be the first choice. Russia favors ICBMs and SLBMs. Ukraine has no interest in wasting resources dismantling Russia's nuclear deterrent. There's no value or advantage in doing so. This is purely about keeping missile trucks at bay.
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  227. Yeah, having worked with French companies in the past, this type of childish behavior seems fairly par for the course.
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  228. The conclusion of the video was that neither side won. How is that even remotely considered propaganda?
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  229. Eh, nobody is actually going to attack Switzerland. You hold what's most important – the world's money, including plenty of money belonging to your potential adversaries. There is no reason to attack your banker unless he steals your money.
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  230. Yeah, I didn't get that line.
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  231. 9:13 Thicccc
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  232. It was announced today that the U.S. and U.K. are going to be hooking up Australia with nuclear attack subs. Looks like the Aussies want to be recognized as a major Pacific power.
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  233. Lol. I wonder if his annexation of Thailand will occur before or after his annexation of Alaska.
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  234.  @shmeckle666  - This already happened about 60 years ago. It would likely end exactly the same way it did then. Russia goes home and the US moves its nukes out of Turkey, which it wants to do anyway.
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  235. Ha, they need to replace the damn 737 too.
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  236.  @JRyan-lu5im  There's a reason the U.S. Army's future helo proposals (Future Vertical Lift, etc.) all have finalists with the twin rotor design. I'm surprised the Europeans never adopted them in any meaningful way.
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  237. Poland is too modern and developed these days for Bald. Never met people who loved the conversion to capitalism as much as my Polish friends!
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  238.  @britnatzaredemocracydenier5922  Except they were rolled into the actual Ukrainian military, properly trained, and flooded with officers and regular Army members who filled out the ranks.
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  239. As an American who loved my Saab car in the 1990s I agree lol.
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  240. It's "flyable," but not "insurable," and could be precluded by administrative regulations. I guess some countries might allow them in their airspace and airports, but I doubt the FAA or EASA would. Ditto for Japan, Australia, Brazil, and any other country that tends to follow the lead of the big guys. I suppose India is something of a wildcard, but I doubt they want the headache and liability of any of this either.
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  241.  @markjohnson9476  - In fairness this was individual support from Irish-American citizens. The U.S. government itself wasn't funding the IRA. It's also been a VERY long time since I saw any IRA fundraising movements. In NYC and Boston during the 70s/80s, my understanding is that it was pretty common to see Irish newspapers soliciting funds.
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  242.  @DareLite563  Of course not. Russia could have overthrown the government, conquered the country, placed the people under authoritarian rule and sent dissidents to prison camps. The people would rather fight for their freedom. Just because you would have been a coward in their position doesn't mean they feel the same way.
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  243.  @maestrofrags3436  - A naval confrontation with Iran is not going to start World War III. In fact, it already happened once, and the US Navy effectively slaughtered Iran's entire fleet in a single day. That is when they switched to asymmetrical methods. The Royal Navy could likewise give them a good beat-down. Perhaps it's time to remind the IRGC of what a Phalanx CIWS can do.
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  244. In fairness, the "plane that will never die" MiG-21 might've still posed a problem, lol.
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  245. They had target drones as far back as the late 1920s. This isn't particularly new tech. It's just been networked and miniaturized.
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  246.  @RankinImagery  Alina is from Belarus, and lives in Prague. She's not Russian. And they are still friends.
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  247.  @karthikmk1839  How does the F-35 have a "poor design?" Last information we have from Red Flag is that is had a 20:1 kill ratio over fourth-gen fighters. Yes, it's expensive, but there is a point where you get what you pay for. The B variant also provides many countries with an affordable alternative to building a carrier fleet since it can be launched from amphibious expeditionary ships like the Izumo class.
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  248.  @bonsummers2657  As typed from your comfortable couch in California. I can't believe American vatniks exist, lol.
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  249. Part of Russian culture is the glorification of "sacrifice," especially for "the Motherland." Each generation is supposed to fight a war of some sort. The entrenched definition of "war" in Russian culture is different as well. Americans and Europeans expect precision weapons to make quick work of an enemy with few casualties. Russians view war as artillery ops and everything else in support of it – a bloody event that has its wins and losses. Russians are significantly more accepting of casualties as a "fact" of war.
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  250. Egypt isn't particularly poor. It's considered a middle-income country.
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  251.  @ra01szt  How are things in Beijing?
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  252. I'd also love to see Russia once Putin is gone. It's about the only country you need a visa to visit from where I live. Plus I'd be concerned about the speech restrictions (I feel like I'd violate it within five minutes lol). Most of all I'd love to visit some of the out of the way areas in the north.
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  253. There is a bit of an intangible here that is somewhat unique to the US market. With prices having fallen to such an extent, there has been an influx of clientele that has brought misbehavior, tension and occasionally arguing and violence to flights. This trend has caused several people I know to stop flying Spirit and Frontier in particular. This does not sound “nice,” and it isn’t, but there is a reality here. Many travelers are avoiding these airlines because they do not wish to deal with the dysfunction of some of their fellow passengers.
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  254.  @user1qaz2wsx3edc  Well, the weapons actually worked perfectly. They helped oust the Taliban from government for 20 years. Unfortunately, Afghans did not have the spirit of Ukrainians, understandably, because it is a tribal society with no real national identity. Did you expect the U.S. to remain there permanently?
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  255. Very much my experience in Spain. The highways are very forgettable, like in the U.S. But when you find your "exit" you are in paradise! Spain is the most amazing country to explore.
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  256. Did your social credit score go up for posting that?
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  257. The times, they are a'changin'. But thanks to poor government procurement policies, I still get to see KC-10s every day living near a USAF base, lol.
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  258. Ha, right up there with them claiming they "destroyed" more HIMARS launchers than the number sent to Ukraine to begin with lol.
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  259.  @rifqimujahid4907  Right, and the person who did it was publicly named, shown on national television, arrested and thrown in jail. Think that will happen in Russia?
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  260. CW Lemoine: Teaches me about TOMCATS!
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  261. That's a pretty high result to join a country that hundreds of thousands of people are literally waiting in line to flee from as we speak lol.
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  262. The best plan for the LCS ships is probably to come up with a minimal "fix" for the combining gear issue and sell them to the Philippines, where a Pacific war would actually be largely focused on littoral combat. You're never going to truly solve the combining gear issue, but there are workarounds that would work for navies other than the USN.
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  263. The 1,500 hour rule's chickens are coming to roost.
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  264.  @Idahoguy10157  Just ask Canadians how they felt after the Arrow was canceled, and the talent pool and institutional knowledge of building combat aircraft disappeared. Sadly, the A220 saga has the chance to screw up their civilian aerospace industry.
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  265.  @donmillican510  Moscow is still paying you guys? Did you not get your mobilization letter yet?
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  266.  @benjaminmukonda6578  This is so objectively inaccurate that I wouldn't know where to begin in correcting it. Wow!
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  267. Taiwan's mistake was a failure to model its armed forces on Israel's approach – also a small country surrounded by enemies. They should have developed nuclear weapons in 1980s/90s to field the most valuable of deterrents on Earth, and upped defense as a percentage of GDP to procure and ultimately license produce gigantic quantities of materiel. This would have served a dual purpose of making Taiwan a world arms producer (once their industry matured) while also protecting the island. What is indisputable is that communism is the most evil plague to ever infect this planet – and the putrid vermin that make up the CCP will not stop with one island.
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  268.  @mirriulahwaterdog  Yeah, in very rural areas in the US like Alaska, they will literally fly a helicopter out to pick you up instead of an ambulance. Same if you're in a boat 50 miles at sea – the Coast Guard will lift you up and fly you to a hospital with one call on the radio.
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  269. The physical layout between biz/first evolved to be substantially similar. First class provided some more perks/luxuries, but passengers are not really prioritizing that anymore. The new priorities are a smooth experience, physical room to stretch during a long haul flight, some modicum of privacy, and tech conveniences at your seat. The food, champagne and hot towels are seen by most travelers as superfluous these days. Granted, most of my travel is to Europe and South America. If I more regularly flew to Asia or the Middle East, I might have a different perspective on what passengers are looking for. But for the parts of the world to which I fly most, it seems like passengers are in agreement about what they prioritize.
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  270. USA and Japan team up for World War III. Gonna be awesome!
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  271. Egypt has been considered a middle-income country for almost a decade now.
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  272. The Latvian government official babbling about Russia being "not that oppressive" should voluntarily waive diplomatic immunity and go protest in Moscow and see what happens. Couldn't be anything that bad, right?
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  273. I hope Serbia can break away from Putler's subjugation.
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  274. Adams is gonna sing like a canary. Can't wait to see Governor Hawktuah in cuffs doing the perp walk!
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  275. Wow, Putin's troll army really performed a special keyboard operation in this comment section. Yikes.
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  276. There's a low-key debate going on right now about potentially selling Australia the USAF's B-1B bombers when the B-21 is fielded.
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  277.  @libertyordeaf  - A trade embargo with one country doesn't produce this. There are tons of pharmaceutical manufacturers in Latin America (including Nicaragua, which is politically friendly with Cuba) pumping out every medication known to man. Cuba resembles, almost identically, most other communist states, albeit with palm trees added in. It's not by coincidence that all of these countries failed in the exact same ways. Perhaps the people of Cuba should have a chance to hold a free and fair election. If they want to continue under the current system, they can choose to do so. My strong guess is that they would not. Ultimately, this is always the verdict on socialist countries – as soon as people can escape or overthrow their disastrous authoritarian governments, they do. The only reason this has not happened in Cuba is because they have one of the most advanced and effective intelligence services in the world (despite having no food or medicine for their people). The G2 (also known as DGI) is powerful and ruthless when it comes to dissent. Frankly, I wonder if there will be repercussions to some of the folks who spoke out in this video.
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  278. Every year, Venezuela hosts the Nuestros Ríos Son Navegables, an 1,100 mile long boat race that goes through all of the connecting rivers, estuaries and waterways of the country. From what I hear, it was a blast during the better days there. Hopefully someday it will return that way. And yes, many people from Venezuela and Colombia (Argentina and Uruguay, too), especially, are of European descent. They didn't all move the US – many people went to South America and made great lives for themselves there. It is my favorite continent, by far, to explore.
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  279. If you're Greek or Greek Cypriot, this would make sense.
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  280. Spare parts are gonna be worth more than the cars themselves soon. Will we see ancient BMWs cruising the streets in 60 years like Cuba lol?
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  281.  @jesusofnazareth3507  < I'm guessing this is a bot account.
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  282. Been to Medellin many times. It's a great place. They have even cleaned up the former "slums" and modernized them into sustainable communities with utilities and services. There is a construction boom. Cranes everywhere. Highways being built, including a huge highway to the airport. This video was pure ignorance.
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  283.  @ahmedlightsauraziz7355  - There is a big difference between "detecting" a plane, and tracking it, locking on, and firing upon it to score a kill. The F-35 also has very, very potent jamming systems, and is networked with other assets, meaning one pilot could turn on his radar and transmit targeting information to his buddies who are still flying undetected. Even the S-400 really cannot see an F-35 until about 20km out. I know Russia avoided stealth for years (they preferred producing planes that looked cool at airshows) but they're now far behind as the rest of the world is planning more fifth and sixth-gen fighters, and their Su-57 seems to be all but dead. They miscalculated, big time.
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  284. No lawsuits. McDonald's and the new Russian company entered into an agreement over all of that, and McD can buy everything back within 15 years if it wishes.
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  285. How's the weather in Moscow, Ivan?
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  286. And who should pay to keep these camps running? I don't see Europe stepping up.
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  287. Yes. USMC tanks are already gone. Actually, a few of their old M1A1s were the ones provided to Ukraine.
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  288. You just earned some good social credit score points with that comment, though accessing it through a VPN may have dropped it. Watch out for those tanks.
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  289.  @ChiTownOriginator  - It doesn't matter who makes the rule, it matters whether the rule is enforced. Every state has these rules. Democrat states just don't care to enforce them except when it's convenient. Pennsylvania had plenty of rules – they abandoned them and somehow a 700,000 vote lead disappeared in a matter of a few hours. The Democrat party is populated by sick, authoritarian vermin.
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  290. I mean, "neighbors" is one way to put it. "Group of three authoritarian semi-terrorist states" is another.
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  291.  @RM-el3gw  - Dude I'd love streaming Wendover on the built-in TV monitor!
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  292. Huh? The George Washington Bridge in New York City, by itself, carries 250,000 vehicles every single day. You don't think 2.8 million people can travel somewhere in 11 months?
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  293. Well, the people who rigged the election for Beijing Biden.
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  294.  @AbdulMakavee  Funny, most people from free, democratic, civilized nations actually DO care about people who live in other countries, especially if they need to defend themselves against authoritarianism. People from dictatorships don't get this – and it's why Russia is losing in Ukraine and why China will lose in Taiwan.
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  295. The Su-37 is a technology demonstrator that doesn't exist. Do you mean the Su-35? It can do cobras. It's cool at air shows.
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  296. No, it is not a joke. Russia has quietly agreed, for a long while, to decline attacking Israeli aircraft operating in the region. Even before many of their S-300/400 batteries were redeployed to Ukraine, they did not fire upon the IAF, just as they did not fire upon American aircraft in the region. The only targeting of an Israeli plane came from an ancient S-200 battery run by the Syrians themselves. There is no gain for Russia in shooting down an IAF plane. For one thing, the IAF would make sure those batteries cease to exist fairly quickly, and Israel could become a thorn in Russia's side in Ukraine if it wanted to be.
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  297. i don't think anyone ever denied that Russia "won" the battle in Mariupol, although it was essentially a "win" in the same way the U.S. won a lot of battles in Vietnam: racking up far more killings, attriting the enemy, but never actually making any real progress. This is an unwinnable war, factually, and Russia is going to have to accept that. You know NATO is just waiting for them to try an attack on one of their member states, at which point it will be game over within a few days. The reality is that a couple squadrons of F-35s could end this war with conventional weapons only.
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  298.  @Abdallahzyx  - Realistically, if the US was to pull its support of Israel, they would align with the Russians. Israel and Russia have been "frenemies" for years, but have always kept up decent bilateral relations. Russia, no doubt, would much rather have a wealthy, capable, technologically sound ally in the middle east rather than the likes of Syria and Iran. A Russia-Israel alliance would be something for the ages. Imagine Elta and Rafael working on avionics for Sukhoi combat aircraft, for example, plus Israeli upgrades to an already potent S-400 system. There is a very good reason the US maintains such a strong alliance with Israel. They are a powerful and ultra-valuable partner.
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  299. I'm sitting here in my boat that gets 4mpg just laughing.
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  300. Hmm, except this time the evil, war-mongering Republican (Trump) resisted the urge to kill even his adversaries in Iran, unlike the good social justice warrior Democrat (LBJ) who sacrificed 53,000 American lives. Weird, huh?
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  301.  @Tomas-mf8zp  - If China respects the sovereignty of other countries, why does it have territorial disputes with LITERALLY ALL of its neighbors, bullies Filipino civilians trying to make a living fishing, and threaten to invade Taiwan and overthrow their democratically-elected government? China is a dystopian, genocidal, authoritarian hell hole and ANY action to invade another country should be met with unrelenting force by the world's democracies. For what it's worth, literally, if you lived in China you would not have had the legal right to even view this video or visit this website.
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  302.  @Mark-Haddow  Well, in fairness, there was no reason for the UK to be holding land there anyway. Malvinas Argentina!
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  303. Its best chance was to come back as a Japanese sixth-gen fighter when they were pursuing a partnership with Northrop-Grumman, but Japan ultimately joined the UK's Tempest project.
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  304.  @tany2191  How are these tiny islands going to be "re-integrated into the global economy?" They are thousands of miles from population centers, have no natural resources except for fruits and vegetables, and frankly, were never integrated into the world economy UNTIL they were colonized. If France had never colonized these places, chances are they would not be any more wealthy or developed than they are now due to their remote locales. I'm not sure what throwing western money at them would really accomplish, unless you're funding the relocation of their populaces. And yes, there IS a debate, and you're actively debating it right now. ;)
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  305. Newman (and a patriotic Ukrainian on the NYC subway) strongly disagree.
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  306.  @jgw9990  I'm not sure you understand how it works in Russia. There are FSB (domestic security service) agents embedded with the conscripts. If they act up, complain, surrender or do not follow orders to go on suicide missions, they're killed. Voluntarily going to war in order to try to start a mutiny is one of the absolute dumbest things I've ever heard in my life.
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  307. Yeah, South Africa really did become a nice, stable, paradise where everybody gets along...
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  308. There is no such thing as an indestructible piece of tactical military equipment. All of these machines (whether a Soviet Hind or a US Army Bradley) are specifically built with the expectation that they will be struck by the enemy. The idea is to protect the operators WHEN this happens.
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  309. She's the best of the best. Her report from Xinxiang was one of the bravest acts of journalism so far this century.
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  310. Yeah, who doesn't love being liberated by a 1960s vintage cruise missile running into your apartment building...?
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  311.  @interestedobserver587  Your hostility is actually pretty strange.
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  312. Hahahaha Russian bot
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  313. The RPG-7 is unguided. It doesn't compete with NLAW and Javelin. Different use cases.
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  314.  @danielmosey6203  If enough people want a choice, there will be a choice. Many people are becoming more price-agnostic when it comes to travel, especially in the USA. Americans tend to prefer time savings over money savings, in my experience.
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  315. Putting war crimes, death and misery aside for a moment, I have to say that the video game industry really got this pretty damn accurate.
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  316.  @randompheidoleminor3011  Uhh, the F-16 and F-20 have absolutely nothing in common. They are not even remotely "stablemates." Also, not sure what this has to do with the Mirage 2000. The F-16 has sold 4,600 airframes and the Mirage has sold 600.
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  317. Storm Shadow is an Anglo-French cruise missile made by MBDA. That's not what he was talking about.
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  318. Ha. Lakewood?
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  319.  @BoboTheSunniestPalDog  I'm not sure what high-end equipment Russia has without a NATO piece of kit that is ahead in terms of technology, ease of use, availability, or lethality. There are some pieces of Russian kit that would likely match the west (the T-14, for example) but Russia cannot actually produce the machines they created. The Su-57 is a great aircraft, but its radar cross section is about the same as the F-18, which is aging out of U.S. service. Russia did field the R-73 air-to-air missile, which probably was superior to the AIM-120D, however this week the U.S. announced it had already created and armed aircraft with the new AIM-174B long range missile that fills the same role, based on the battle-tested SM-6 interceptor. So, yes, generally speaking, NATO fields the best military equipment in the world. The USSR held that same title on occasions when they would spring ahead in tech during the Cold War. Their aircraft, especially, were respected globally. Russia? Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has not created much of anything new, and the few things it did are made in such small numbers they are almost useless. China, on the other hand, designed and fielded the J-10 in large numbers (a powerful answer to the F-16), the J-20 and J-31 stealth aircraft, and some excellent A2A missiles, plus cutting edge drone tech. They also operate multiple carriers, including a CATOBAR carrier like the U.S. and France. That's why they are considered adversaries, but respected, while Russia is simply despised for its war crimes and lampooned for its military failures as of late.
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  320. I'd rather visit Ukraine during war than Russia... ever.
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  321.  @NateGstudio  Yeah, being like China is great until you find yourself in a concentration camp, ordered to participate in forced (slave) labor and having your organs harvested.
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  322. It depends on the theater. For a war in the Pacific, it's hard to island-hop and establish bases and other forward facilities when you have to bring tons of armor with you. That's why the U.S. Marine Corps has gotten rid of much of its tank force in recent years as they transition from a focus on the desert and mountains to the Pacific. A lot of the knowledge gained during World War II is surprisingly still relevant, and the U.S. has maintained quite a bit of institutional knowledge that could come in handy.
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  323. That is literally the opposite of every objective report I have ever read or seen on this topic. Russian bot detected.
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  324. My guess here is that the previous C-suite management didn't much care since they knew they were halfway out the door, and the new team had not had the opportunity to even engage with anyone yet. The strike was likely planned around this change in management. Depending on how you look at it, it could be a horrendously negative start to a relationship, or a clean slate that will lead to improvements. At this point, we'll just have to wait and see.
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  325. You can only do that if you want to nationalize freight lines as well. Which would raise the cost of transporting freight, which would lead more customers to switch to diesel trucks, which travel on the........ road.
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  326.  @danielramirez8298  - They also have the potential to be a pharmaceutical manufacturing powerhouse, and with Brazil next door, inroads in aerospace as well. It's a shame. Caracas could be Dubai.
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  327. People who live outside of the Atlantic City market don't know the full story of this. The casinos in Atlantic City failed after Donald Trump sold them, not before. They continued to use his name on them for years after he had nothing to do with them. Their failure wasn't because they were run poorly, but because Pennsylvania legalized gambling (Philadelphia market gone) and tribal nations built casinos in Connecticut that were closer to NYC. Atlantic City was frozen out by geography. Trump, seeing the writing on the wall, actually got OUT of the business just before it collapsed – in other words, he made the exact RIGHT moves.
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  328. You do realize that the S-500 is an ABM platform, similar to the American THAAD system, and will not target aircraft, right? And S-400 is just a name they threw on to a new S-300 variant, right?
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  329.  @Regis1995  - Actually, yes, I do think UK/US culture is more similar than that of the UK and many EU nations. A shared language and our two militaries actually fighting alongside one another for the better part of the last 20 years is a very big deal. Plus the US and UK militaries are extremely intertwined - just see the F-35 project. Mainland Europe is still very tribal. There are people in Italy still talking about the Sienna-Florence War.
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  330. The issue is less about the airframes, and more that the engines in those planes are not even remotely as efficient as western engines, and there are no Russian (nor Chinese) equivalents. Russian electronics have not competed in the civilian market whatsoever in decades and were never developed. The airframes themselves, FWIW, were all designed by the Soviets, not the post-CCCP Russians. Putin destroyed what should have been a thriving country that could have built on a rich aviation and aerospace history.
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  331. Step 1: All NATO member states vote to either oust Turkey or re-create a new treaty. Step 1a: U.S. Marines secure American nuclear weapons currently within Turkey. Step 2: Finland and Sweden join. Step 3: "Donate" some naval vessels to the Baltic states under their flag and sail them straight on through. Step 4: I hear the Kurds are looking for some help...
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  332. The Aegis Combat System and the SPY radar really can't be "hacked," per se, but any electronic communications is subject to some level of jamming or interference which, in a worst-case scenario, could lead to a mission kill. In the case of a carrier strike group during an active conflict, the goal would be to prevent enemy assets capable of jamming up the system from getting close enough to do so in the first place. During peace time, for example, Russia and the U.S. routinely fly planes over and around each other's naval fleet during exercises. This kind of thing simply wouldn't happen during wartime, for either side. It would likely take a majority of the entirety of the PLAAF's aircraft to crack a single carrier group – and the U.S. has twelve of them, plus the new group that the HM Queen Elizabeth is leading (which includes U.S. ships and F-35s), plus the amphibious groups which effectively are just small carrier strike groups. CSGs are extremely well-defended. The Americans and British never really developed a lot of land-based SAMs, for instance, but both countries' ships are arguably the best defended in the world.
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  333. What should "the world" do? Are you willing to sacrifice your son's life over a conflict in Sudan?
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  334. Now they can go to jail for 15 years for insulting Putler.
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  335. And an exactly 22 minute long video... I see what ya did there!
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  336. Because she's not a straight white male, which makes what she says much more valuable to the good liberal reporters at ol' racist-sexist identity-politics-obsessed Vice.
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  337. It's absolutely stunning that the one market Toyota does NOT sell the Hilux in is the U.S.
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  338.  @jeffdroog  I'd actually love to watch a show on South African crime and the whole disaster going on there. But it wouldn't fit the political narrative of the people who run TV networks.
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  339.  @dzonikg  Well if Slobo wasn't killing people left and right, we probably would've let it slide...
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  340. They also flew in tight formations to make themselves look like larger, individual bombers rather than small(ish) fighters.
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  341.  @russianpower4252  The U.S. wouldn't. Russia isn't going to invade the United States. And if they invade Europe, NATO Article V gets activated and the entire alliance fights Russia. As for China, you're going to see the U.S. having friends in India, Japan, S. Korea and Vietnam protecting themselves from becoming the next subjugated state by the CCP. The U.S. could easily win a two-front conflict with NATO supporting one side and regional Asian partners supporting the other. We tend to think that these "evil boogeymen" from other parts of the world are a lot more powerful than they actually are.
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  342. Well, technically they began defending themselves against an invasion after they were already invaded and lost.
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  343.  @thomasjsanford4229  I've never heard anyone consider the A320 a regional jet.
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  344. It doesn't help that Gender Studies majors have a seat at the table in national security discussions these days...
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  345.  @criskity  - Is he still preaching at that church? I also noticed Shit Beach wasn't on the agenda, lol.
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  346.    - So a strike is now a coup attempt? In any event, considering that the entire country has collapsed into economic ruin and Chavista's FAES brigades executing people in the streets, will you at least admit the opposition may have had a point?
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  347.  @rearspeaker6364  Yes, the same as having eight jet engines bolted onto an airframe, like the B-52, is an idea that was dumped years ago. Just because the design may not be used today does not take away from its utility or reliability. The Tu-95 has more than proven itself, just like some other platforms from its day that continue in service around the world's militaries. Yes, the "enemy" flies them, but that does not mean we cannot appreciate a great design that has remained relevant to this day.
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  348.  @TheMechas56  I'm pretty sure, with the help of the entire western world, Ukraine's aviation sector is going to be electrified after the war. There is a TON of expertise and everyone will want to invest in such an inspiring country.
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  349.  Steve Arthur  They have not, at least at this point. Russia's short-range air defence systems are atrocious, and the long-range systems can't hit the western smart artillery, as evidenced thus far.
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  350.  Steve Arthur  Actually, it appears they cannot, at least in the current battlespace. They are well equipped to do so in some circumstances, such as a naval engagement, but this seems to be a weak point. Russia doesn't really have an analogue to the C-RAM system used by the US except for the AK-630 close-in gun, but that has never been adapted for shore use.
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  351. Wow. As an American this is stunning. If they tried to pull this sort of thing again here, most of the country would simply refuse.
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  352. The real reason for this is that the F-35 is finally combat coded and becoming deployed. In fact, it just performed its first intercept of a Russian bomber. During testing (even advanced testing and training) there were G limits, software limits, and many other impediments purposely placed in its way. Unfortunately, a lot of shoddy journalists simply reported "it lost to an F-16" without caring to compile the facts. This plane is the real deal, and so many positive videos and reports are emerging because people are finally realizing that it's the plane that was advertised all along. I'd rather spend five years working the bugs out than spend five years risking lives and operational advantages in combat.
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  353.  Malcolm Reynolds  - The cost has actually decreased quite a bit recently. For an 'A' variant model the cost is around $89 million. That's only $4 million more than the Saab Gripen-E (which enjoys a reputation as a cheap, but good, combat plane). Ironically, the F-35 is becoming an affordable advanced platform now that it is being manufactured at scale.
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  354.  @wb6733  Honor is earned.
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  355.  @tungtranquang6062  The U.S. Navy and Royal Navy have done FONOPS all the time in the region. I'm sure they will do another soon.
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  356. Putin bot.
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  357. I was a little late seeing this video. Being an American, I milk my chickens every Sunday and it took a bit longer than usual this weekend.
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  358. Well, the individual people probably had no idea there were leopards there before moving for a better job/life. They were sold a house like anyone else. I doubt they put "encroachment into leopard territory" in the advertising pitch.
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  359. They were there to do more than just "see" something.
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  360. That's an unfair knock on Morocco. It could happen anywhere if you cross paths with a crazy person. I visited Morocco this year and met some of the most welcoming folks ever. It was a great experience. No one batted an eye that an American was enjoying dinner with them in the town square, riding along, stopping in stores, etc.
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  361. This channel is becoming a bit less balanced than it used to be. The Brazilian segment was a one-sided low point.
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  362. Passenger number caps at airports are beginning. Part of the Klaus Schwab reset means only the wealthiest are to experience the luxury of air travel, so the number of passengers should be restricted and the highest bidders should be able to travel. See how this works, folks? You'll own nothing, and you'll love it!
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  363. Vatnik losers all over this comments section. Must be tough times in Ruzzia.
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  364. Putin trying to invade and occupy Alaska would be the greatest reality show ever. The shots of F-22s destroying the entire Russian Air Force would outdraw Top Gun.
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  365.  @kenoliver8913  Fascism? Generally, wealth inequality has led to socialism.
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  366. Has anyone here ever actually been to Gibraltar? The Spanish would probably regret the headache of taking it. The electrical and phone systems are all British (break out those plug converters!), the communications networks are all British, all of the companies that operate there are British, everything is printed in English and the instability would ultimately lead to an even larger area for narco-trafficking to exist as an extension of La Linea, and from illegal immigration from Morocco all the way up toward Tarifa. Gibraltar exists perfectly fine as it is – I don't see why the UK would want to get rid of it nor the Spanish take it over.
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  367. It's interesting. Coming from the U.S., for most of my life Turkey was always held in high regard as a NATO ally and a peaceful bridge between Europe and the Middle East whose people were secular-minded and shared a certain degree of values and customs with the west. It was only when I began spending more time in Europe (specifically southern Europe) that I noticed how people there had a much different view of Turkey and her people. Turkey has flooded Europe with migrants (directly leading to increases in crime and drug trafficking), has openly threatened war against Greece including the destruction of Greece, bombed the Kurds after they helped defeat ISIS and has a leader who is embracing Islamic radicalism and alliances with Russia. The Turkish migrants who I've encountered in southern Europe have not been friendly and segregate themselves from society, I've been told by locals. The thought of such a regime in close proximity to Europe having nuclear arms is disturbing.
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  368. You also must remember that Turkish leaders could not launch nuclear weapons themselves. It was a deterrent and defensive platform that needed to be activated by the US and NATO in the case of a Soviet invasion of Europe. In the case of Cuba, Castro, an absolute radical madman at the time (who has openly stated he was willing to offensively launch against the US) was in charge and would actually have access to launch packages. These were two very different scenarios. It was bad enough that the USSR was scared to death that Castro would do something stupid and drag them into a nuclear war.
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  369. In fairness, they probably don't tell that side of the story on Russian television, and she may not be internet-savvy.
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  370. In Russia, plane flies you...
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  371.  @Ethorbit  Kursk residents disagree...
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  372.  @zimzam9166  Huh? I flew on a Norwegian 787 from NYC to Rome. It was my first flight on the Dreamliner.
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  373.  @neniAAinen  Nope. HIMARS was developed at the request of the US Army 9th Infantry Division. The Army operates both HIMARS and the M270 MLRS. Its initial contract was with the Army after the program was developed privately by Lockheed Martin to fill the requested need.
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  374.  @hansstopfer878  - Serial production? There are 12 of them built, India left the project, and Russia has only committed to buying 6 per year, which will inevitably be reduced. The Su-57's legacy will be that of a testbed platform. A very slick looking testbed, but a testbed nonetheless.
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  375.  @goinggoinggone535  Yeah, because that stuff actually happened....? TDS is akin to senility.
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  376.  @XxLIVRAxX  - As long as dictators like Maduro are around, I would arm myself to the teeth. Colombia desperately needs to upgrade their airframes from the Kfir. Brazil is already completely revamping its air force with locally-manufactured Gripen-Es.
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  377.  @jaripukki267  The Ukrainians made a bespoke variant of the T-80 that replaced the gas turbine engine with a diesel engine.
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  378.  @egorkhristov2467  So because it works for you, everyone in the country should be subject to your whims? Wow...
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  379. Their daddy? I saw people from Finland, Australia and Italy in this video. Who ever wanted to kill anyone in their families? No one.
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  380.  @Predator42ID  I don't know about tanks, but aircraft are commonly stored in the U.S. "boneyards." When the pandemic hit and the airlines panicked, tons of countries around the world were leasing space in the U.S. southwest desert areas. I believe Australia has a similar setup in their desert region.
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  381.  @ds1991  Taiwan is infinitely more wealthy than Ukraine, and is geographically located in one of the world's most important global transport sectors. Taiwan also manufactures its own combat aircraft, ships and weaponry and essentially represents the entire world's source of semiconductors. There is almost no comparison here.
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  382. It's akin to the moment when someone told L. Ron Hubbard his tax problems could be solved by starting a religion, ha.
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  383.  @windhoeker2460  American cities are generally crime hell holes due to the Democrat party. Funny, lefties want people to move into cities, yet they have destroyed every urban center with their policies, making them incapable of attracting anyone but criminals and addicts. Oh, the irony.
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  384.  @janbo8331  The great part about getting along with your neighbors is that, in your example, both countries benefit when Alaska does well economically by way of its resources. So, Canada doesn't need to invade Alaska. We have treaties between our countries that allow amazing economic cooperation, and we genuinely like each other's people. Russia could have had a great relationship with an up-and-coming Ukraine, acting as a bridge between east and west. Instead, he killed hundreds of thousands of civilians and hundreds of thousands more of his own people (and drove out millions who will probably never return). China and Russia, however, are two expansionist dictatorships. One of them is going to make a move eventually.
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  385. @pjd412 - So what was this video about, then? Is Bald now a CIA covert operative? Are all the people on the streets lining up for basic necessities actors? C'mon. The stores can't even make coffee because there's no water. "Access" to healthcare is worthless if there are no physicians readily available and no medications to treat your condition. And in the US, by law anyone who seeks treatment must be treated, and there are government programs that provide full healthcare coverage to the poor.
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  386. The treaty obligated the parties to respect Ukraine's sovereign borders. Not defend them. Russia broke their end, none of the other parties did.
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  387. Given their upgrades with Elta radars and avionics, I'd bet they're used as aggressors.
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  388. Mr. Northrop quit his entire company because he felt Convair bribed the government to cancel his bat-wing bomber aircraft proposal.
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  389. If "the poor" knew how to conduct themselves at traffic stops, the traffic stops would go much more smoothly for them.
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  390. The young guy lives in Moscow, is well dressed and well spoken. He's not going to be mobilized. A guy his age in Tuva, poor, drunk and brainwashed, will be mobilized and believe he is protecting his country.
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  391. Boeing and Northrop-Grumman both released renderings of potential sixth-gen fighter designs and they were both tailless.
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  392.  @CorsairVideo  - It should be noted that the Boeing it shot down was a commercial passenger aircraft, not another fighter. A Su-15 also crashed into a commercial cargo plane from Argentina, possibly intentionally. This plane's history is rather dubious.
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  393. NATO member states, including the U.S., all use commercial satellite imagery. Actually, one of the items in the list of donations to Ukraine is access to commercial satellite imaging data purchased by the U.S. government. I suppose there's nothing stopping the American (or any other) government from releasing these images, but they're commercially available to anyone who wants them anyway, and the government likely concludes that the private sector has it covered and doesn't want to get into the commercial satellite business. The OSINT community, the only people who would really be interested, already have their subscriptions, lol.
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  394.  @JohnRiversOfficial  Uhh, this has to be a bot account...
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  395. "The sound of freeom," my friend. I think the only engine louder than the Typhoon might be the F-35, since they had to pack a gigantic amount of thrust in a single engine. They're having trouble finding bases for them in the U.S. since residential homeowners complain about the noise. The premier east coast base, NAS Oceana, won't have any for this reason. My understanding is they're trying to get some for Atlantic City International Airport in the Air National Guard so they can have a squadron that can respond QRA to threats to New York, Philadelphia and DC quickly.
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  396. That's not how it works. Leonardo also has an insurable interest in the program, therefore it, like Boeing, is a victim of the supplier. Plus, Boeing promulgates a list of approved suppliers and transmits it to Leonardo. It's not always the choice of the lower-tiered partner.
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  397. Can't wait til Trump is back in 2024!
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  398. Engagement lol.
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  399. Agreed. There is no sexier commercial aircraft right now (judging by exterior) than the 787. It looks almost like a huge bird of prey in the air.
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  400.  @Sharakad  NATO isn't a country or a government. It can't "annex" anything. France even withdrew from NATO command for years, then came back. Nobody is forced to join, remain, or leave NATO.
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  401. It's their English language channel, so they mainly use English speakers. If you were to watch DW in Germany, it's all in German with (mostly) German guests and reporters.
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  402.  @cholera4858  - I'm glad you feel this way. When The Venezuelan National Assembly requests U.S. military assistance in overthrowing Maduro, I'm sure you'll be making the exact same case. ;)
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  403. Scary that this man could be vice president of the US.
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  404. Sounds like he picked a career that will definitely be in demand! (And extremely cool, too!)
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  405. My supposition is that this man is likely very far to the political left and is finding it difficult to confront the fact that his views on the Middle East, Islam and terrorism were wrong in a very personal, harsh and grim manner. He almost seems to purposely avoid saying anything negative about her daughter's captors and the practices of ISIS.
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  406. The Ruskie troll army seems to have mounted a targeted special keyboard operation on this comments section...
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  407.  @amandafranks5108  - The US and UK generally have technology transfer agreements, so an "American" or "British" weapons system is often redeveloped domestically before being deployed. The U.S., for example, almost completely redesigned the Harrier and still uses it. The Brits did a lot of customizations on the Apache helicopter and even (to an extent) navalized it, which the U.S. never did. The F-35 has plenty of British tech in it (as does the Saab Gripen-E, which the UK blocked Argentina from purchasing from Sweden). Most NATO systems are somewhat "Frankenstein" in nature today – which is a good thing. We want our equipment to work together seamlessly in combat. I don't understand why anyone in either of these countries would not want to benefit from the hard work of its ally.
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  408.  @usokitsuki  History is your friend here. Japan knows what it did to China a century ago, and the CCP uses old grudges to keep up propaganda support for the "revolution" and other domestic nonsense to keep the populace believing the world is out to get them. Japan knows that China would love nothing more than to subjugate them and send all of their military-age males to concentration camps in mainland China for "re-education" so it could install a friendly, subordinate government there. World War III will see the U.S. and Japan fighting on the same side, and if that's not a scary combination for China, I don't know what is.
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  409. I feel terribly for these people. To be sitting in your living room knowing your freedom and human rights could be stripped away by an authoritarian government at any moment is terrifying. Xi and the Chinese Communist Party are collectively the greatest force of evil in the world.
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  410.  @jon9428  There was also that time the T-14 broke down in the middle of a military parade and had to be rescued by a tow truck lol.
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  411.  @chickenbites8877  The F-15 took its first flight in 1972. And it's still a toss-up. Su-57's competition was the F-22, which itself is going to be replaced by NGAD in a few years. Russia will be fielding its first fifth-gen aircraft while the U.S., UK, and Japan are running their sixth-gen platforms through their paces. That doesn't even take into account what the boys in Chengdu are up to.
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  412.  @Theduckwebcomics  YouTube doesn't usually process links. But as someone in the industry, it's generally believed that the Su-57 has the approximate RCS of a Super Hornet. The data and study was published in Piotr Butowski's book, "Russian Warplanes, Volume I."
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  413.  @chippyjohn1  In what way? The Hind is, overall, more versatile and survivable, but in a "dogfight" scenario the smaller, nimbler airframe would likely be superior. Besides very rare circumstances, this generally doesn't happen and no helicopter is designed for it, so it's really always going to be a guess. Realistically, the most skilled and experienced pilot would probably have the edge regardless of the machine.
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  414.  @kaitlyn__L  I didn't say they live in rural areas. I said they do not live in major cities. For statistical purposes, most suburban municipalities are considered "cities" or "urban" due to their population density. I was referring to the city proper areas of the United States, which are, generally speaking, complete disaster areas that are unlivable
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  415.  @pwn5047  Generally speaking, yes...
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  416. From enemies to best friends! We love Japan 🇯🇵, from here in in USA! 🇺🇸
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  417.  @HiReeZin  I don't think they've been lazy. I think the Su-57 has ultimately proven to be more of a concept demonstrator than a deployable platform. If Russia were smart, she would take the Su-57 program and use it as the basis for a sixth-gen fighter. The issue, of course, is engine tech. This goes for China as well. Neither of them have the technology that the U.S. and Europe have developed to provide an equivalent level of reliability, fuel economy and, perhaps most important for platforms like the Su-57, heat signature reduction.
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  418.  @etherealessence  - There was one that famously ditched in the Pacific between the US mainland and Hawaii. The passengers were rescued by a Coast Guard cutter that was stationed at the midpoint simply for that reason.
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  419. Hi Pooh-Bear.
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  420. Thankfully, most people in the world aren't miserable woke robots who want to dictate where everyone can go and how they can get there.
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  421. Ha, on a flight from Colombia to Miami I was sitting next to a guy who was literally flipping through passports from like eight countries, all with his photos on it. I just smiled and was kinda rooting for him. He was in front of me at customs, though, and they did nab him. Apparently one of his passports didn't work in the machine, so he just took out another, to scan but then physically showed the one that he really wanted to use at passport control. Oopsie. He was "escorted" to another room somewhere. Always wondered what happened to him.
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  422.  @fchu5446  - The issue will come once economic freedom is achieved. Eventually, the effects of the One Child policy will be tempered and the financial lunacy surrounding marriage will naturally subside. If the Chinese economy grows and a middle class becomes the largest group, what will the next desire of the people be? Political freedom. And that's when things will get very messy. People who are economically free will not want to be censored, precluded from basic human rights due to dystopian social credit scoring and prevented from unrestricted travel and movement. There will eventually be calls for free elections, and the government will have to decide whether to kill its own people or acquiesce to their demands.
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  423. In fairness, New Zealand should increase its defense spending, specifically on defensive capability (integrated air defense network) in case China comes calling. The Kiwis depend on Australia (and in a long-term conflict the U.S. and U.K., too) for defense, and I understand that a small country cannot operate a large combat air force and other assets, but they should invest in Aegis Ashore, Patriots, THAADs or perhaps Israeli air defense systems like David's Sling to help their allies who would be defending them.
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  424. I feel like the CIA would hire Roman after one interview haha.
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  425. I don't even have kids and I thought that was the most powerful statement in this video.
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  426. Another idea: let the National Park Service run some of this stuff. Kick a few of these monopolistic companies out and have a no-frills mountain for people who simply want to ski at an affordable price.
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  427. Forced cooperation is not cooperation. It's servitude. How much is Vlad paying you to post YouTube comments?
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  428.  @ellesontlabete2669  - You must be fun at parties.
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  429.  @valevisa8429  The army would, in all likelihood, collapse just like Iraq's did. Soldiers in these kinds of countries put up with the nonsense in favor of a better life for themselves, but they're not going to actually fight their own people on behalf of a dictator they know is oppressing their own family and friends.
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  430.  @eyesopen7946  Please post a link to someone being forced into a Ukrainian tank with the hatch welded shut. I'll wait...
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  431. Can someone explain the part I apparently missed about how planes were involved?
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  432.  @recoil53  Oh, absolutely. NGAD and F/A-XX are both clean-sheet projects.
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  433.  @ricardolopes3324  I'll give it to "Ricardo Lopes" (yeah, right) – if this isn't a bot, there actually may be someone who legitimately supports North Korea lol.
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  434. No offense, but if I was from Somalia, it would be hard to make the argument that any other country in the world "sucked" more than the one I was living in.
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  435.  @lwscijunkie  Why would you take a test for it if you felt fine? That makes no sense. I've never had a test, ever.
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  436. I appreciate the input of the gentleman who was interviewed, however Ukrainian officials have previously acknowledged they were nearly ready to test an indigenous-developed strike drone with a 1,000km range. Additionally, the strike could have been accomplished via a Soviet-designed Tu-141 reconnaissance drone that had been converted to carry an arms package, as the Russians claimed. These should not have been left out of the discussion.
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  437.  @revertinthemaking  I'm going to assume you're a Russian bot.
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  438. Ha, I don't know why this is really even a question. Crews have been doing rest in the passenger cabin for years. They usually install a curtain device over the row. I've seen this a million times on flights between North America and South America.
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  439.  @TurquazCannabiz  The same reason the Ukrainian population deserves its own country.
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  440. It's the same in NJ. There is no middle class there anymore – just ultra-rich people who grudgingly deal with the taxes and ultra poor people who receive gargantuan amounts of services from the government. All the businesses have moved out, there are no good jobs. Unless you are a Wall Street banker who commutes to NYC, you're going to end up in a dead-end service industry job. The best thing I ever did in my entire life was decide to move away from that hell on Earth.
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  441. They've resigned themselves to the fact, however, that there is nothing they can do about it. I don't know how that gets solved.
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  442. The whole war was supposed to have been won in three days, bro. You lost the Battle of Kyiv, you lost Kharkiv, your amphibious landing at Odessa never got started, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet was sunk, tens of thousands of Orcs are dead, and the entire Russian military was only able to occupy a small swath of land right next to its own border – and now you're losing THAT! The fact that a dozen or so HIMARS has almost defeated the Russian Army is the most hilarious thing I've ever witnessed.
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  443. Lol. "Liberate."
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  444. The Indians could probably have convinced the British to sell them Harriers, however the only game in town in 2023 is the F-35B, which is never going to be sold to a military that has Russian kit as its backbone. Even NATO member Turkey was denied F-35s after they acquired the S-400 (which I'm sure they regret).
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  445.  @alongcamejones309  Canada always seems to step up. I wonder if people are confused about just how much Canada is capable of giving. It's a physically gigantic country, but its population is only 38 million. There is also a reality that Canada really doesn't need massive military stockpiles. The U.S. is essentially one big stockpile just to the south (obviously Canada would be provided with whatever they needed without question) and new-build American tanks are literally made a few hours away from the border. While Canadians of course need to train a sufficient number of people to defend the country, there is really no logical need for them to buy and store massive stocks of armor. Canada's biggest defense priority is guarding its airspace (and, by extension, the entrance to U.S. airspace).
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  446.  @adamhurter6454  - As so many have in this comments section, you're placing far too much importance on a single country's trade embargo. Did you not notice the brand new Chinese taxi in this very video? Did you not know that Nicaragua, one of Cuba's closest allies, has a thriving pharmaceutical manufacturing industry? Cuba can trade with plenty of countries across the world and in their own backyard – the problem is that they cannot afford any of the items that they need to import because socialism failed, is failing, and will continue to fail. A few extra American tourists and bottles of rum aren't going to make a difference. I wish all of the socialists commenting here (who are probably typing this from their Apple laptops after driving their BMW home from work) could explain why Cuba is so afraid to have free and fair elections. Is it because they are afraid their utopian dream government would be thrown out the next day? After all, the people are literate and well-educated, as you say. They can clearly read a ballot.
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  447. I think an international search is warranted for this position. Perhaps Vladimir Putin would be kind enough to recommend some of the top-performing FSB officers.
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  448. There are plenty of good jobs in Colombia. It has a bustling and growing middle class. Even the former slums in Medellin are becoming beautiful and desirable places to live. There's no excuses here.
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  449. By any chance, would you be kind enough to tell us how you got lucky enough to see/do all that? Sounds very cool!
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  450.  @usamacheema5672  - I am an American and love all of the Pakistani people I've met. But your government's close cooperation with China (an authoritarian state with no freedoms or human rights, plus an ongoing genocide and bullying neighbors) makes me pro-India when it comes to politics. Unfortunately, Pakistan one day will be subjugated by China to the extent where you will not be able to map your own destiny as a country or a people. It is actually very sad that Pakistan chose to go in this direction.
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  451.  @samgemsgems7571  - Good luck enforcing that law.
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  452.  @grubbybum3614  - That essentially already exists in the Embraer Super Tucano. It's a single prop plane that is fitted with modern avionics and weaponry, and very effective. They can plunk down JDAMs and be outfitted with a number of targeting pods.
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  453.  @SchrodingersCat8813  - Yes, this entire episode started much earlier with Berlin, but the role of Castro in all of this seems to have been forgotten. The nukes in Turkey were used as a bargaining chip, but it was Castro who really wanted nuclear weapons on his soil. In interviews later in life, Castro openly admitted that he advocated for the use of nuclear weapons against the United States and was willing to sacrifice Cuba for the cause of communism – something he said he later regretted and was glad he was stopped from doing. The USSR kept him in check, and eventually removed every last tactical nuke from Cuba because they did not trust him not to start a nuclear war. People forget how much of a true believer and radical Castro actually was. He was not always the sickly old man people view him as today.
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  454.  @MLennholm  - You're forgetting, of course, that the USS Vincennes was literally in the middle of being attacked by Iranian fast boats and still managed to attempt to contact the Iranian commercial flight multiple times on the radio on both military and civilian channels. The US ship also utilized the international distress channel and received no response. Therefore, it was thought to be an F-14 (the Tomcat has a decently large radar signature, which is one of the reasons it was retired in 2006) as its vector was directly aimed at the ship. Geez, people will twist anything to make the US look bad. It's bizarre. If anything the crew did everything in their power to avoid firing on the plane but needed to ensure their own safety.
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  455. Did both the anchor and "expert" fail to hear about the recent election which saw Sinn Féin take a majority in NI? How could this discussion not even bother mentioning that? It's central to this entire debacle.
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  456. The difference in all of this is that the Turks and Italians didn't actually have the authority to unilaterally launch a nuclear attack on the Soviets. In Cuba, Castro did, and was openly willing to sacrifice the island to defeat the United States. Khrushchev was actually scared to death over the fact that Castro had ready access to these weapons and he wanted them out of there as much as the U.S. did. Meanwhile, the U.S. had planned to retire the nuke sites in Europe before the crisis even began. Essentially, it worked out for both sides – the USSR got its missiles out of the hands of a madman who could begin World War III, and the U.S. was able to remove its outdated missiles from Europe without appearing weak. With regard to Taiwan, it is a terrible shame they did not nuke-up when they had the chance. A humongous ballistic missile pointed right at the Three Gorges Dam would certainly make China wonder if invading is worth the cost.
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  457. It actually sounds stupid when people try to put on foreign accents to "get the word right." Just pronounce it with your national accent. I don't hear Indian or Mexican dudes trying to talk like Toby Keith or something...
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  458. Bolivia was probably the closest call, but he performed the classic combination for staying safe in that corner of the world: stay confident, smile and pay a friendly bribe.
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  459. Russia hasn't seen any glory in centuries, bro...
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  460. The parallels to Putin in 2023 are... developing quickly.
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  461. Don't see how it's a potshot. It just acknowledged Oryx's numbers are going to be low due to their requirement of photo evidence.
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  462.  @Jason_g_kennedy  - They were also fighting a proxy war with the U.S. If the situation were reversed in 2001 and Russia was arming the Taliban, it would have, likewise, made things much more costly in terms of lives for the U.S./NATO forces. Of course, Russia has no love for these people either, so they're likely glad America has been keeping things under wraps for a couple decades.
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  463. Maybe they shouldn't have built a school in the flight path to an Air Force Base?
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  464.  @johnw2026  - She remains in service but is now assigned to the Peruvian Coast Guard, rather than the Navy, I believe.
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  465. I think that was a Family Guy episode years back...
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  466. Ha, it's tough to find a hamburger under the equivalent of $20 USD in Iceland lol.
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  467. The Swedes, however, allowed the U.S. to borrow the sub in order to run tests on how to defeat it, since China uses similar tech. So the cat is likely out of the bag on that one.
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  468. This would have been Kamala Harris' America.
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  469. Biden proposed almost the same thing in America (fighting "misinformation"), but fortunately popular opinion pressured the administration not to go through with it. I guess there's still something to be said about American democracy.
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  470. I think it was the name. People thought the Spice Girls were flying the planes lol.
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  471. He said it himself before walking across the bridge over the border: "Russia is a country that always manages to shoot itself in the foot."
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  472. Well, Greece is arming up with Rafales and F-35s...
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  473.  @ommsterlitz1805  - Umm, no SEPECAT Jaguar was ever used in the air superiority role. Ever. What are you talking about?
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  474. I suppose that's true, but it actually is kind of a credit to him for having smart guests with such a wide range of opinions on the show. The reason I listen is because he has people from all sides who usually come up with good arguments for how they feel, but also recognize the bad parts of "their" side.
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  475. No, it doesn't.
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  476. At the rate they're Scholzing these days, they don't seem to deserve a vote.
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  477. Ireland barely has a military. Their "air force" consists of a few SAR planes and helicopters for rescuing fishermen. They are not winning a war against anyone except Iceland or Costa Rica.
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  478.  @awangbelantara9644  Uhh, no, the Orcs stole it. Now the civilized people of Ukraine are taking it back.
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  479. Somehow I doubt hordes of European and American tourists will be flocking there anytime soon...
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  480.  @ClubofInfo-Circulation  - As an American who has spent a decent amount of time abroad (including a significant amount of time in South America), I can say that I've always found people to be welcoming and pretty nice. Mostly they ask about how things are in the US, and I ask them how things are going in their country. The usual stuff you talk about at bars and such. I've never felt "hated" anywhere I've traveled in SA, Europe or Asia.
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  481.  @danmorgan3685  - Well, someone drank the Chavista Kool-Aid. If the U.S. really wanted to 'attack' Venezuela, overturn its government or decapitate its regime – it would've been done by now. "Regime change" in Venezuela could be accomplished by a single MQ-9 strike that would take all of five minutes of the Pentagon's day. As for starvation, Maduro accomplished that on his own.
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  482. How's the weather in Moscow today?
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  483. It's easy to build out a rail network quickly when you can expropriate property without due process, knock down people's houses, use slave labor to build components and disappear anyone who raises an objection.
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  484. I gotta admit, the last dudes kinda reminded me of my drunk college nights in the US, lol. But overall, kinda depressing. The older ladies who've been around the block during Soviet times seem to know the deal.
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  485. Don't count on Russia. Xi is eventually going to come knocking on Vald's door wanting some of the Russian Far East territory because. I'd love to see the Russians knock China on its ass.
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  486. The issue now is brain drain. Absolutely nobody with highly-marketable skills is staying in Russia.
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  487. It's a rainy day on the U.S. east coast. We need something to do.
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  488. Cool! Really makes sense now.
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  489. He did. If you search for it, it's in here somewhere.
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  490. Well, we can start with the time Russia applied to join, lol.
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  491. I've never been on a sub (except one docked in port) but I had the opportunity to spend a day on a massive dredger under contract from the US Army Corps of Engineers. Chef was a former submariner. I couldn't believe how amazing the food was on this otherwise utilitarian, imposing looking dredge ship. He was from the New Orleans area and we had paella, all kinds of fish, etc. Was great!
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  492. "Cartoonish greaseball bad guy" describes much of the New York voter base.
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  493.  @usaisthebestiockdownpoiice816  - Well, it's a slavic accent. I can't really tell if it's Russian, Polish, Ukranian, etc. His videos are usually pretty fairly presented within his own parameters. I wouldn't be butt-hurt over the idea that a Kirov could sink an AB since the ships really aren't even compatible adversaries in the first place. Actually, the fact that a much smaller and lesser-armed AB could hold its own or even eak out a one-on-one surface victory against a Kirov in the first place is pretty impressive.
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  494. At this point they could not, but if Brazil continues building up a large Air Force, purchases new carriers and develops the Gripen Maritime carrier-borne variant, they will have the ability to legitimately project power. At this point, it would be interesting to see if Spain could invoke Article V since they would, technically, be under attack by a non-NATO state (though on behalf of a fellow NATO state, plus there is also the occasional idea that Brazil could eventually join NATO).
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  495.  @martinclennon4640  - The issue with this will be the U.S. response. If China were to delivery a first-strike nuclear weapon, even in a tactical role, stealth B-2s would quickly arrive over Chinese territory armed with nuclear weapons ready to retaliate on every naval base in the PRC. B-52s will carry out the same tactical nuclear mission to deployed Chinese warships, as well as B-1Bs armed with the LRASM (B1-Bs are currently deconfigured from carrying nukes under an agreement with Russia, however this may change in the future). China's navy would cease to exist within hours of a single DF-21D attack if armed with a nuclear warhead.
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  496. Long live Cuba? The people are forced to live in squalor and are sent to concentration camps if they oppose the government. For the people who live there, the death of the dictatorship would be the only way to restore life to the Cuban people.
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  497.  @anydaynow01  Still FAR better than the Su-33. The F-35C now has the longest legs, though.
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  498. Is that why the Il-96 had to be refitted with American Pratt & Whitney PW2337 engines because nobody bought it except Cuba?
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  499. Friends of mine who grew up poor have actually told me that they enjoyed the simplicity of it, looking back. Obviously, the bad outweighed the good overall, but every scenario in life has its pros and cons.
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  500.  Gmail X  - See, what's cool here is that the marketing hype is actually true. This plane is literally built for the UK's carriers, BAE had a ton of input, and it is the pride of a wonderful friendship between the US and UK (plus our Aussie friends) that produced something amazing for the defense of both countries. This is an international marvel that should be celebrated.
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  501.  @thornelderfin  A major difference is that many of America's tribal cultures stayed together in geographical proximity and forged relationships and generations within the tribe. The Tartars were considered by Stalin to be "unsupportive" of the USSR and, therefore, should be dispersed around the country (generally central Russia) and dismantled as a culture. Another sad act by one of the most evil men in world history. So while it doesn't sound "nice" to say that most Tartars now "look just like any other Russian," it is objectively true, for the most part.
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  502. Blue state.
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  503.  @executivesteps  Americans already "learn" Metric. Drinks are often measured in liters/ml, medication is dispensed in milligrams, a meter is effectively a yard, etc. Speed is really just getting used to the "feel" of a certain number – 100km/h for 63mph, for example. I would say the one hangup would be with temperature, since there is no logical way to convert the two.
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  504.  @X.Y.Z.07  - Yes, the US missiles were already in Turkey. The other secret here, and what probably really got Khrushchev fired, was the fact that the Jupiter missiles were already outdated and the U.S. had no use for them anymore. So Khrushchev made a "deal" under which the U.S. would do something is already had planned to do.
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  505. It seems to me that the people who left do not believe Russia is worth saving, and would be happy to make a new life somewhere else and never have to worry about returning and dealing with the corruption and authoritarianism again. They just want to forget about the place. That is how my grandfather felt when he left his country. He never returned, and my mother did not even know her father was an immigrant until she was older because he went to such lengths to hide his accent.
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  506. The four HIMARS are for the purpose of standing up a training unit. Additional launchers will be provided in the field during future drawdowns once we train Ukrainians on how to train their colleagues. There are already HIMARS and MLRS pre-positioned in Europe, it's not an issue. They're sending four because they only need four at the moment.
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  507. The problem is that, apparently, neither Muhammad nor Jesus like bud...
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  508.  @zjpdarkblaze  Huh? It's not top secret intelligence. It's widely known and reported in publications across the world, including Russian publications. The fact that you've never heard of this issue before makes you sound quite ignorant of the situation as a whole.
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  509. The reasoning is simple. They asked to be part of NATO because they're small countries that are terrified of being sucked back into authoritarianism. Once people get a taste of freedom, they tend to like it. If I were a citizen of one of the Baltic states, I wouldn't want an ex-KGB thug bossing me around.
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  510.  @Avia_cat  Yes, the keyword there being Soviet. Today's Russia is, stunningly, poorer, less technologically-efficient, less able to manufacture complex goods and significantly more corrupt. Four of their fighters were shot down in a single day this weekend. This is no longer a robust, modern nation we're talking about. It's pretty much "big North Korea" at this point.
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  511. This is spot-on. Cutting off Caracas and taking Maracaibo would be the first priorities. Maduro lacks any semblance of influence outside Caracas (he will not even travel outside the city) and if comms were cut between the regime and the colectivos, there's a chance many would fade into the sunset or simply run drugs, which could be dealt with by civil law enforcement at a later time. There are no religious fanatics or ideological crazies to deal with here. Ultimately, Venezuela would love to simply have some level of economic equality along with a side of rum and/or cervesas. Frankly, I'd argue that a surgical strike to decapitate the regime might even work. There's no way the generals are going to answer to the likes of Diosdado Cabello or, even sillier, Delcy Rodriguez.
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  512.  @Richard-r7u6c  - Regardless, I would find it next to impossible that either the UK or US would take such a monumental step as launching a nuclear strike without the other knowing. FWIW, I've never heard of the UK requiring American permission to launch its missiles, or vice-versa. Countries rent equipment from each other all the time. Canada, for example, is now renting F/A-18 Hornet fighters from Australia as a stop-gap until they decide if they want F-35s or a cheaper fourth-gen platform. But they don't need to call Canberra every time they do something. This isn't particularly unusual or remarkable. It's probably simply easier to send the missiles to the U.S. for maintenance than to build a facility and train staff capable of doing that in the U.K. for a small number of them.
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  513.  @haloguy628  Didn't mean it was a small fighter. Meant it was small compared to the bombers they were replicating.
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  514.  @MajinOthinus  - True, but Europe's long-range air defense network is not particularly potent (neither is the U.S.'s) and much of it relies on U.S. equipment. NASAMS, for example, uses the American AIM-120 missile. And the S-300 unit they spoke about belongs to Greece and is stuck in Cyprus and would not be transported to Ireland.
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  515. AKA Patriot PAAC 4 ;)
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  516. ​ @lukemurray4950  This doesn't even make sense...
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  517.  @gustavocarmo2500  As long as you don't live in Venezuela. Maduro would probably conscript people to go fight for China or Iran, or something equally as dumb.
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  518. In recent times we've seen some holes poked in the idea that the S-300/400 is as capable as Russia claims. Look at Venezuela's S-300, for example. It's constantly failing due to power outages and maintenance issues. Crews from Russia numbering in the hundreds have to be brought in regularly to get it running again. If those negative conditions can be replicated by an adversary on the battlefield through electronic warfare, it could render the system useless. As for the Pantsir-S1, Israel destroyed one during reloading. There are some simple, common sense ways to defeat these systems, and I would bet the U.S. military has a long list of options. Plus, we've never actually seen how these platforms perform in combat. Russia has a long history of overhyping its military equipment, while the American press does nothing but attack and trash its own country's military equipment. Much of what the public hears will be challenged in the event of an actual conflict.
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  519. That means telling them not to be friends with certain types of people and telling them it actually IS okay to judge others based on how they speak, act, dress and conduct themselves. You won't always be popular, but it will turn out for the best.
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  520.  @ocn2u  The F-111 was retired primarily because of the cost and maintenance load of operating a swing-wing aircraft versus a more advanced F-15E. The Spark Vark remained in service a little longer. I believe you're referring to the START treaty which forced the USAF to remove the nuclear capability from the B-1B. In exchange, the Soviets removed aerial refueling capability from the Tu-22M.
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  521.  @Axxel720  They didn't re-start production of new tank hulls. They're fitting T-62s with somewhat modern optics and some other upgrades in a "like new" refurbished capacity. Essentially Frankentanks, which actually isn't the worst way for them to approach things. It's going to be tough for Russia to make anything like a T-90 between the expertise shortage (skilled laborers have either fled or been killed in the war) and a lack of time to develop sensors and other tech that was western-sourced and is now sanctioned-out. It's been a quantity over quality game since about day three of this conflict, so I wouldn't expect any real change in posture.
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  522.  @Axxel720  There has never been an M1A2 in Ukraine. Only M1A1. Agree on the T-55s, though Ukraine's variant was actually in service (Slovakia, maybe?) until very recently in a highly-upgraded variant. But yeah, it's still based on a T-55. The M1A1s that were destroyed hit mines, which is an inevitability in war, but the important factor (at least in the west) is the fact that the hulls protected the soldiers operating them, for the most part. Russia's tanks hit mines too, but the poorly-placed autoloaders and horrendous materials used in their construction turn them into flying saucers when they explode out of nowhere.
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  523.  @Theduckwebcomics  The RCS is also listed in Sukhoi's international patent. That is how the discussion began in the industry.
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  524.  @13DatsyukDangle13  - The only issue is that certain private companies are held to standards that hold them back from restricting speech. Verizon, for example, cannot censor your conversation about the election. Why? Because they are a utility that is essential to public communication infrastructure. I would argue, especially since governmental agencies use Twitter, Facebook and other platforms for the purposes of emergency management planning, dissemination of civic information and similar uses, these platforms have become utilities in their own right. At one time, services like having a telephone, television and even electricity were luxuries or considered private services for those who wished to follow their policies (ie. AT&T owning all of the phones in America). That has obviously changed. I actually see the AT&T breakup litigation becoming strikingly relevant again.
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  525. The S-500 is not an upgrade of the S-300/400. It is a separate ABM platform that is very similar to the American THAAD platform. They are meant to work in tandem, but perform different tasks. The S-500 is not designed to shoot down manned aircraft.
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  526. Clinton Foundation funneled millions to corrupt contractors after the earthquake. That crew has been running buck wild for years spending other people's money down there.
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  527.  @DavidThomas-xe2mb  "Back?" Name a major American city that isn't overrun with crime, disorder, homelessness and corruption? People live in American cities for a few years after college, then leave.
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  528. There is also a Pan-NATO E-3 registered in Luxembourg that is available to NATO member states. It has been airborne over the Ukraine border pretty much 24/7 as of late. The RAF could also use the F-35 as a pinch-hit AWACS if need be, or the Merlin HM2 variants that have been built.
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  529. Doesn't the king occasionally fly a commercial jet for KLM in order to keep up his pilot's license, or something like that?
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  530. If there was any chance of that guy asking a real question, he wouldn't have been allowed in the room. In fairness, that happens in western countries too, but at least we can call out the politicians on YouTube after they lie to us lol.
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  531. Not to be overtly political, but Washington isn't exactly a business-friendly US state. There may be viability issues with remaining there.
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  532.  @blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311  I think the numbers have been fairly well-established, but at issue is how many were the result of friendly fire or malfunctions/mishaps. The Su-34, in particular, has had some very serious reliability issues, including one that crashed as it was literally flying out of the factory. This is the result of sanctions, at least in significant part. Russia is certainly losing these aircraft, but what we don't know is how many of them were brought down by Ukraine versus the number minus fodder for morale-boosting.
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  533.  @PhilStewart-xf9rp  I don't believe the Hind was used toward the design of any US or European helicopter airframes (since none like the Hind were ever built). The purpose of stealing the Hind from Chad was to experiment with ways to shoot it down – not replicate it. It's tough to say whether a "western" Hind would have been more or less effective than developing the Apache and Black Hawk to essentially work in tandem. It's even more interesting that no European operators built an analogue to it, especially the French, who have always had innovative helicopter developments and tend to deviate a bit from the conventional American doctrines. Even in Russian service, they seem to be moving toward the Mi-28 and Ka-52 working in tandem with Mi-8/17s in the transport role.
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  534. It's a sliding scale depending how drunk the Aeroflot executives are on a given evening after meetings in a resort somewhere far, far away from Russia.
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  535. Between 4-6 HIMARS GMLS munitions hitting a building that also has ammo stored inside can absolutely do that. JDAMs are being provided to Ukraine, but I don't believe they are in theater yet. They still have to be fitted/adapted to the launch rails of the MiG-29 and Su-27 (maybe Su-24 and Su-25 too).
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  536. This is factually and objectively incorrect. "The west" does not have "tons" of these systems sitting anywhere because NATO member states tend not to prioritize the deployment of anti-aircraft systems. US and European fighting doctrine assumes the achievement of air superiority and a prepped battlespace before hostilities begin. IRIS-T SLM did not even exist when this conflict began and the units had to be physically assembled. The NASAMS system donated by the U.S. existed only to protect the U.S. capital region and needed to be manufactured before being provided. Patriot batteries may exist elsewhere in the world, but U.S. stocks are almost fully in use in the Pacific. Where do you get this nonsensical information?
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  537. Cadillac actually did somewhat bring back the Cimarron concept. In the 1990s they rebadged an Opel Omega as the Cadillac Catera. That did not work out too well.
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  538. What websites can I not visit because I'm in the US? Can you name... one?
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  539.  @LeonAnilom  - I'm pretty politically conservative and have never noticed Simon being biased one way or the other. Actually, I specifically appreciate the manner in which he presents issues. The HAI/Wendover guy clearly leans left, but his videos are still fact-based. I just wish he'd stop making jokes at the expense of only one side.
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  540. I feel the same way. I've always wanted to visit Russia, but as an American I think I missed my chance. It will not be safe there for westerners for decades, most likely, and nobody wants to support Russia. My next trip to eastern Europe will be to the victory parade in Kyiv!
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  541. Defense of Diego Garcia would be farmed out to the U.S. There's no way America is giving up the most strategic overseas bomber base on the planet. The Americans need it more than the Brits.
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  542. I once survived after a Toyota Corolla crashed into my Volkswagen Passat, lol.
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  543. I see the Putler troll/bot army is attempting a Special Keyboard Operation in the comments section. Yikes.
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  544.  @madzihove  You people are delusional. There is not a single citizen of a NATO member state sleeping poorly tonight over this situation. They're too busy laughing at Orcs.
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  545.  @juanprietob  - I was there for work (digital media) as well as having been there as a tourist. I understand there are "bad" parts of the city, but the statistical crime rates are actually lower than quite a few American cities. I was stunned at what's happening in Spain right now when I was there recently. Lots of shady characters walking around, eyeing you, seeing if you're a mark. I never got that vibe in Medellin, regardless of the neighborhood. Obviously I didn't grow up there, but I've gotten to know the city pretty well from spending time there. I've always found it to be a reasonably safe place.
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  546. China ultimately wants domination over Japan. If they have a chance to blunt that at any time during the next century, they should take it.
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  547. The air war differential in general would be fun to study. The US, UK, and Australia field fifth-gen platforms (Canada soon) while neither Germany nor France do. There are already rumbles that the UK may join the B-21 stealth bomber program as well, but in wartime that would go without saying. I think the gulf between these two sides is larger than some might think.
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  548. His commentary has been the absolute best. I'm stunned I had not heard of him before this conflict and his appearances here. I hope they continue to feature him.
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  549.  @nickolliver3021  At least the engines still fit on the A320. Personally, I'm not a fan of either plane, but they're ubiquitous, so...
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  550. Haha, I got in at 9,492.
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  551. Yeah, even in the United States, the perspective of people in Washington D.C. is generally quite different from the remainder of the country. That's how a lot of our crazier court rulings begin, too, since juries chosen from this geographic area are somewhat removed from the mainstream.
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  552.  @arx3516  Why wouldn' they? The UK was a tier one partner on the F-35 and it worked out. The AV-8B was also largely redesigned in a partnership between BAE and McDonnell Douglas. The UK never used the single currency anyway.
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  553.  @BulgarChanyu  - Turkey is bogged down fighting the Kurds and continuing its pointless tit-for-tat with Greece. If Turkey devoted its forces to an invasion of Israel, they would be instantly kicked out of NATO, and Greece (potentially supported by the US and NATO via proxy) would retake all of Cyprus and disputed islands, followed by combat air patrols that would result in shoot-downs every time a Turkish plane crossed into the newly-defined airspace. This would be a disastrous move for Turkey. Remember, it looks like Greece is well on its way to acquiring F-35s while Turkey missed their shot at a fifth-gen platform (at least for quite a number of years to come).
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  554.  @Habs1967  - As long as Europe's defense from Russia depends on the US, which it does, there will be tacit support for Israel. Also, besides neutrality, what is Europe's potential role? Allying with rogue middle eastern states that have nurtured those who have carried out terror attacks in France, Spain, UK, etc.?
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  555. Puerto Rico could have been a state long ago, but the citizens never voted in favor of it. They were given the options of full independence, becoming a U.S. state or maintaining the status quo. They chose to keep things the way they were, which actually makes a lot of sense from their perspective. That is probably how I'd vote if I lived there.
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  556. Except they're actually doing it...
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  557.  @irresponsibleparent3  The U.S. holds gold for plenty of other countries, as do other states with secure physical places to do so. If Haiti wants gold back, no problem. Who should we give it to? "Barbecue" the gang leader? He's about the closest thing they've had to a head of state in three or four years. For all we care, he can have it.
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  558.  @kiwitelevision  Just an FYI... "Combat Approved" is produced by RT, which is owned by the Russian government. It exists to hype up public support for their weapons exports. Some of them are interesting, but take those videos with a grain of salt.
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  559. Russia is a terrorist state that must be ended.
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  560.  Red Stripe  Yikes. Is that what they're telling you over there?
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  561. As well they should. This is a new Cold War and we need to start acting like it.
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  562. Morocco cares about Western Sahara more than anything having to do with the Spanish. They also love being supplied with weapons by the U.S., which would no longer an option if they decided to make war with a member of NATO. There is abundant trade between the two countries as well. Before thinking there will be a war, see how mellow things are at the Tarifa-Tangier ferry port. Nobody has a hand on a trigger.
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  563. Bingo.
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  564.  @butwhataboutdragons7768  Huh? The C63 AMG is sold in the civilian market. Not with gold plating, granted, but it competes with the BMW M3 and M4. You can sometimes miss the AMGs on the roads because the aesthetic upgrades are more subdued than those on the competitors.
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  565. Maybe the answer is a "wildlife corridor" like they built in Florida, USA for the panther species there?
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  566. It makes sense if Russia has literally annexed your territory and massed hundreds of thousands of troops on your border.
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  567. I've never heard their way of saying it either, but I assume they've invented a PC translation for NOTAM these days.
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  568. The idrea is that you identify the people down to the squadron level, and should the Russian government collapse, or if the lifting of sanctions are contingent on war criminals being turned over to an international court, you know who to charge.
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  569. There's also the fact that ICBMs were invented decades ago. Whether the missiles are "nearby" doesn't matter.
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  570. "Better" is an odd way to describe one aircraft over another.
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  571. We need an Embraer shirt!
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  572.  @DB.scale.models  The lack of a catapult by a nation that can't field the F-35B nor manufacture its own S/TOVL is an issue, but not a fatal one, however Russia would lack any semblance of fifth-gen capability in its fleet, relegating them to point defense from the air rather than strike or interdiction, which the U.S., U.K. and France can carry out with relative ease. The carrier itself essentially burning down twice is a much bigger issue, lol.
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  573. I didn't understand that, either, and plan to do some research of my own. Fortunately I have some good friends in that part of the world who might be able to better explain it. I'm not sure what one would expect a superpower to do if another country allowed the vice president to be kidnapped and potentially killed by an angry mob.
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  574. U.S. Marines have some Land Rovers too. They found the Humvee was better in mud-rough stuff and the Rover was much better in sand. Having owned both Jeeps and Rovers and living in a beach town that also has muddy flooding, I'd absolutely concur. Guess I need one of each lol.
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  575.  @BeholdItKnits  - Fewer people have passports because the sheer size of the U.S. passes through so many climates and landscapes that people experience their own country before going abroad. Plus, until recently, no passport was required to visit many of our neighboring countries. I obviously have one because I travel to Europe and South America frequently (Africa on occasion), but I've also seen most of the U.S. and am just a travel junkie in general. There are understandable explanations for why fewer U.S. residents have passports as compared to Europe. If our country was the size of most European countries, and we needed a passport to travel from New York to Florida, for example, 95% of people would have them.
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  576. One can only hope. Kerch Bridge (Putin's pet project) needs to be turned into an artificial reef.
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  577. Bayraktrars haven't taken out any S400s. Plenty of Pantsir/Tor/Buk and earlier variants, as well as artillery, however. I don't believe the S400 batteries (which are located on Russian soil over the border) have been targeted at all, in any capacity.
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  578. I love segments with this anchor. He has the most "British" British accent I think I've ever heard outside a member of the royal family lol.
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  579. Unless they decide to invade Finland, or something, it won't.
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  580.  @Bozebo  He should be alright as long as he has an EU/US bank account that the demand partner can pay into. I would assume that he has SOME document allowing him to be in the EU at the moment, or at least a residential lease that could be used as proof he is physically located in Portual rather than Russia. It will be a paperwork nightmare but (with some help) it should work out. I'm a dual citizen of the US and an EU country. Never knew how lucky I was!
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  581. They are just obsessed with us Americans. What will it take to convince these people that we have no desire to bomb them, invade them, occupy them or have anything to do with them? Before Feb. 24, 2022 hardly anyone cared about Russia.
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  582. This was a gypsy community, but a lot of that attitude in eastern Europe dates back to the Soviet era. People did not and could not own real property and had no interest in the exterior of where they lived as a result. So over the years, people began keeping their living spaces clean and neat, but ignored the outdoor areas. Unfortunately it's become a cultural trend which has proven difficult to break, though I would hope most people born after 1991 might change this outlook.
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  583. Nobody in the west ever had a problem with Turkey until you elected your current wackjob president who has Islamic/Sharia aspirations and is trying to bully the Greeks. As a woman, keep in mind that Erdogan really isn't happy about your right to come on here and speak freely. He'd probably rather have you covered up like Saudi women.
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  584. A wide scale chemical and biological attack on another nation state makes this much, much more of a serious affair. Western powers would get involved at that point and likely oust the regime that carried out those types of attacks and occupy Egypt until its offensive capabilities are completely dismantled.
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  585. Me too! I used to enjoy my Dash 8 flight into the small airport in Newport News, VA when working with the Navy.
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  586. That's exactly why I don't watch it, and I'm from the US. It's too start-stop-start-stop. Commercial, commercial, commercial.
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  587.  @michaelchristensen6884  - My old town still tests the siren every day at 12 noon. Everyone calls it the twelve o'clock whistle. Although ours was designed to call firefighters to an emergency or to ring in a certain pattern to warn of separate disasters. I don't remember the whole list anymore.
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  588.  @marcie1671  They can replace S300/400 launchers fairly easily, however the radars are incredibly difficult to replace. This is the value of using a HARM missile since it will attack the radar. An F-16 will be fitted with what is known as a HARM Targeting Pod, or HTS, which will make these even more effective. Russia's air defense posture is absolutely not going to improve.
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  589. Shout out to the RCA Lyra circa 1999. I remember heading to elementary school with one of those bad boys. Complete with 32MB CompactFlash card and probably 18-ish songs.
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  590.  @danielgyllenbreider  - What you've described is the "lowest common denominator" approach – ie. paying an unskilled laborer and a physician nearly identically so they appear more "equal." Eventually, the entire system collapses under its own weight and inequitable redistribution of wealth from those whose skills are in demand to those whose skills are not. If the choices are trickle-down wealth or trickle-up poverty, I'll take my chances with the former.
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  591.  @samiam619  Perhaps teaching topics like this, which link past and present via an interesting and relevant event, is what would improve those school history classes.
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  592. They have a few squadrons' worth of Italian light fighter/attack jets on the way, and their Chengdu F-7s (MiG-21s) got significant radar upgrades in the last couple of years. The MiG-21/F-7 is ancient, but the airframe design is a pretty generic cropped delta-wing that ages well, like a Mirage. For the region, their fleet is actually pretty formidable. They're not going to be fighting France or the US who'd be sending state-of-the-art aircraft. They're probably going to simply be dropping dumb bombs and doing gun runs on junta factions. The JF-17s most certainly have some smart bomb capability (and a decent radar for air-to-air), but this would be more akin to an insurgency than, say, the more "traditional" war in Ukraine where tech is playing a major factor. Wagner also lost all of its anti-aircraft kit, so I doubt even the Super Tucanos would face a major risk after some ultra-basic SEAD sorties from the JF-17s or F-7s.
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  593. What do you know? My German car actually needs tires, and the stock ones that came with it were Continental. Looks like I'm going Pirelli or Yokohama.
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  594. Unless they're hooked up with a VPN and specifically searching for it, I doubt many people in Russia even know it exists...
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  595. LoL... I think of this whenever the U.S. and Canada has some silly disagreement over trade or something, too.
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  596. ​ @Frankie5Angels150  Huh? By the same logic, should US Marines not be proud to fly the Harrier, a British plane? Who cares what company designed it – countries customize systems and perfect tactics for their intended uses. Allied countries should all be proud of their fellow allies' accomplishments. I'm an American and love the Typhoon, Rafale, Gripen and the upcoming Tempest sixth-gen fighter. The Super Hornet and Rafale-M, by the way, are both fully compatible with the catapult systems on American and French carriers and can land on either.
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  597. Yikes. Peter fell into the "anything to the right of European socialism is FAR right" trap. You're better than that, my friend.
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  598. Honestly, they're both going to be fine. The MC-21 will find few buyers outside of Russia and some friendly allies, but that has to do with supply chains, support agreements, and all kinds of other stuff that has nothing to do with the aircraft itself. The MAX will always have a bad reputation because of the accidents, but the reality is that the issues with MCAS implementation are over and it will go back to being a boring 737 variant. I'd fly on either one of these, any day of the week, and not worry in the least.
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  599. Ehh, they'll build some manufactured green zones for them. It'll feel like the American-style residential zones near Saudi Arabia's industrial cities. (It feels like a US town, there are American schools, homes, nightlife, etc.. and no draconian religious laws like the rest of the country.) Honestly, I could see people lining up to take those jobs if they pay well, especially people who are young and/or just got out of the military. Work the Sahara for a few years, have an adventure and save for the future. Doesn't seem so bad to me.
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  600. Defended from whom? Syrian rebels flying 50-year-old museum pieces? Israel has had absolutely ZERO problems getting its F-35s into Syria, but their interest is not in attacking Russian air bases, but Iranian proxies at ports and transport junctions. Russia also (supposedly) did lose an S-400 to a drone attack in Latakia as well.
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  601. Those canards are what they are. It will never be as stealthy as an F-22 or F-35, but it's competitive. This really isn't the aircraft that would be used to deliver a strike package on an airbase in the beginning of a war, however. The J-20 is really an interceptor at heart, almost a modern MiG-25. Its purpose is to try to pick off unprotected enemy AWACS, tankers and command posts.
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  602. Mexico literally no longer fields a single plane to defend its airspace. It's a failed state run by drug cartels which keep its military from having any chance of fending off a foreign threat. So Mexico versus, well, pretty much anyone else would go the way of their opponent. The question is: who would want to invade Mexico and embroil themselves in such a shit show?
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  603.  @JC-zv3cv  The reason movements like "Occupy Wall Street"' failed is because it was unserious. They were not interested in having a conversation or proposing new laws and policies that would improve their country. They blocked traffic, called people names, annoyed everyone, destroyed city parks and vandalized property. "Rising up" can be done in a smart, respectful and reasoned manner. Occupy Wall Street was an embarrassment and likely set back the cause of workers' rights by many years because of the foul behavior of the people involved.
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  604. The circumstances are much different. Japan is a highly developed, high-income country that is an extremely close ally in an extremely strategically important geopolitical position. Yes, the U.S. would absolutely fight to defend Japan (and by extension, its own important economic and military interests in the Pacific). I would not be surprised if a large coalition that includes much of NATO would become involved as well. You can also bet Australia would be involved – if Japan falls, the Aussies may begin thinking they're next.
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  605. Yup, exactly! Even my mom (an American lady who's in her 60s) has gotten to love Roman and watch all his videos lol.
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  606. This happened in southern New Jersey as well. I distinctly remember a Philadelphia news helicopter tracking a tiger running along I-195 in Ocean County with infrared imagery live on the 6pm newscast as if it was a car chase. Turns out it was owned by a woman locally known as "the tiger lady" who legally owned them and even had a contract with the state to turn over "road kill" to be used as food. After the incident, the state began the process of revoking her license to own exotic animals. The litigation dragged on for years, but eventually she was forced to convey the tigers to a preserve in Texas (if I recall correctly). I'm sure there's plenty if you Google it. It took place in Jackson, NJ.
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  607. Well, he is Castro's son after all, lol.
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  608.  @rjames3981  How's the weather in Moscow, "James." Shouldn't a good vatnik be on the front line?
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  609. No air-to-air weapons were ever fitted to the F-117's internal bays. And if the U.S. paid the billions required to modify the bays, they would still be useless because the plane was not fitted with a radar or avionics to make them work. The pilot who spoke was speaking of a theoretical conflict and a theoretical capability that was discussed but never implemented. It would have been a secondary mission, anyway. The idea would have been to have the F-117 go in and deliver a strike package, then pick off a couple targets of opportunity on the way home (they could never get into any type of maneuvering fight with a full bomb load). I wish that pilot never phrased this discussion the way he did, because it was misinterpreted by a great many people. He should have been more clear that this was not something the plane was actually capable of accomplishing – but, theoretically, could be with significant modifications or a new variant (which was, indeed, discussed). I believe they even batted around the idea of a carrier-borne variant of the F-117 at one point.
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  610. As an aside, the anchor of this piece has, perhaps, the most British-sounding British accent I've ever heard in my life.
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  611.  @alfabravo80  - One would think, however it doesn't seem that way. They're probably going to end up buying Flankers. It's what most dictators do when they want to look tough when no one else will sell them arms.
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  612. Right, because Saab, BAE Systems, Dassault, Airbus Defense, Leonardo, H&K, Thales, MBDA, Rolls-Royce and dozens of other defense contractors are American companies, correct?
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  613. Nope. That's generally where you want to target enemy aircraft. Never let them get airborne in the first place. Especially with modern stealth fighters, if you've found yourself in a dogfight, something went wrong.
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  614.  @tadatada5  U.S. special forces are trained in horseback riding. Horses were used in the invasion of Afghanistan (though I believe only in the initial stages by SOF) but there are no more formal units that include horses.
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  615. Something you never, ever want to hear: "Good news! We've reached a deal, and you're now going to be under the jurisdiction of an African government!"
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  616. She can't handle a single television interview. She is incapable of customary human interaction with others. She has never accomplished anything based on merit over the course of her entire life. What, exactly, has this woman ever done but merely obtain high profile jobs?
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  617.  @ppocka-XD  - Oh, give us all a break. Different people conquered different lands for centuries. I bet you would never post anything here arguing that the Muslims shouldn't have invaded other lands and seized them at the tip of a spear. The fact that a group of nomadic tribes that were at constant war with each other and couldn't be at peace long enough develop any semblance of technology lost land to a group of Europeans that were technologically superior is an obvious conclusion. The better and smarter side won – period.
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  618. "America. NATO. Russia stronk." - Every answer...
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  619. Well, kinda. Its primary fuel is JP-8 (jet fuel/kerosene) but it can also run on diesel, petrol or marine diesel. Running diesel will give it a performance hit, and JP-8 also has a lot more in the way of additives and cleaning agents.
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  620. All these guys are getting pretty well known... Simon, Harald, Johnny and Roman. And of course Alina.
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  621.  @ilo3456  - The number of HVTs would decrease by the hour once things start to go south. Everyone in the military is willing to change sides. It's the ideological Chavistas that would need to be captured in order to fracture the regime: Delcy Rodriguez, Jorge Rodriguez, Tarek Saab and a few others. Actually, given his ties to Iran and Hezbollah, Saab strikes me as the highest of the HVTs in a big picture sense. At one time, I'm sure Maduro could have negotiated himself into running a bus route in Moscow (US and Putin would've put differences aside for the greater good), but now that he's been indicted in Miami, he'll be locked away in a U.S. prison like Noriega for the rest of his life should his regime fall.
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  622. When Shane was running things, it was the glory days. Progressive, sure, but in a smart way. All sides were considered. All corners of the Earth visited. Now they just run boring lectures about race, and they don't even realize that their own reporting has shown us that human beings across the world have everything in common. American left-wingers would get a great education by traveling the world. Last summer, I had a great conversation with a Trump-loving Morrocan fashion magazine photographer. How's that for enigmatic?
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  623. Looks like a Hornet intercepted the Airbus rather than a Eurofighter. Interestingly, just a couple weeks ago, the Spanish Air Force announced the purchase of 20 new Eurofighters to replace the F/A-18s in the Canary Islands, as they're starting to age out. They did, however, go for a life extension on their Harriers instead of buying F-35Bs, which seems like an odd choice.
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  624. How are you watching YouTube from China? It's banned there. Naughty boy with your VPN.
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  625.  @sjbock  In the Russian Army? I believe it's a requirement. They issue you a rifle and a case of vodka upon deployment.
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  626. Convair was swallowed up by General Dynamics and then spun off as a division to Lockheed-Martin.
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  627. Well, one of them broke down in a military parade, but that happens. The tank itself is NOT a failure, though it might need some of its advanced technology to catch up to it. This (combined with Russia's lack of funds) is probably why these aren't being serially built, but the tank most definitely isn't a "failure." It's pretty much a blueprint for the next generation of main battle tanks.
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  628. Ahh, more systems for the corrupt Democrats to manipulate. My favorite version is the one where an AI algorithm determines who you "probably" would have voted for. And what do you know – in the only placed it was used, it cost a Republican a House seat. Funny how these "new and improved" voting methods always just happen to benefit one party. States can screw around all they want (California, NY and NJ are chasing people out left and right) , but federal elections should come with universal rules requiring an in-person vote and proper ID so Democrats cannot steal national elections.
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  629.  @fal2218  - Estonia has one of the world's highest rankings on the Human Development Index and consistently ranks as one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Civil liberties, a free press and healthcare are among the best on Earth. Now, let's compare that to places under the thumb of Putin...
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  630. Even if the U.S. isn't involved, I'm sure Canada would put in a rush order for Patriot and/or Aegis Ashore batteries, or borrow some from the U.S. It would supplement the MANPADS and ensure Russia would never be able to claim air supremacy over any territory that is actually significantly occupied by Canadians.
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  631. This ironically would still apply in some ways...
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  632. So you're predicting that the U.S. Navy won't notice thousands of Chinese ships crossing an ocean on the way to invade California? And what would they do when they get here? Plus, no offense, but Tibet and Manchuria have no strategic value for the U.S. America has absolutely no desire to occupy any part of China.
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  633. This is a good analysis. Eventually, the world is going to come to the collective conclusion that the CCP should not be in charge of 1 billion people and such a massive military. They are savage authoritarians with imperialism on their minds and almost drooling over the idea of exporting dictatorship outside their borders and neutralizing democracy. The world may very well, one day, work together against this dangerous enemy.
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  634. @Lou Smith Pretty sure a lot of people care, actually...
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  635. I was there recently. They seem to be doing okay.
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  636. 1) Public transportation runs on a schedule. My car runs on my schedule. 2) I can go anywhere I want, door to door, in my car. What do I do when a train drops me off 25 miles from my destination? 3) Let's be honest, it's annoying as hell to deal with the general public. People are rude, noisy, smelly, dirty, and a hundred other things. I don't want to deal with them. 4) Why would I want to sit in a dirty train car when I could sit on nice heated leather seats, listening to whatever I feel like listening to, with the seat perfectly adjusted for my comfort, and the temperature set to the very degree I wish? I literally would never move to a city where public transportation was my only option. I need to control my own destiny. And yes, I'll be honest, the idea of putting the government in charge of where I can go and when I can go there seems like an exercise in utter misery.
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  637. There really isn't much of a comparison there. Guam was a colony of the Spanish Empire before being ceded to the U.S. after the Spanish-American war. It then was occupied by Japan, then came back under American jurisdiction after the Japanese were defeated in World War II. Since then, it really just become populated with American military personnel. The U.S. never ran it as a "colony," per se, they just built a naval base there and granted everyone American citizenship.
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  638.  @darkslaerdark  - He heard it on RT, so it must be true...
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  639.  @Orlington17  - How would Russia "destroy all US Navy" in minutes? I highly doubt Moscow has the coordinates of every submarine in the American fleet in real time. And even if some insane situation arises, there are still plenty of land and air-based systems that can deliver nukes. Even an F-35 can deliver a nuclear weapon. And now the U.S. will begin fielding IRBM missiles again. Also, remember that the U.S. has proven an SM-3 missile launched from a destroyer can take down a satellite in orbit. The U.S. can turn off GPS and shoot down GLONASS satellites to deny targeting ability to Russia.
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  640.  @Orlington17  - I'm not understanding the "advantage" that Russian subs would have. Why would their subs be in an advantageous position? They're loud, easy to track and not particularly reliable. Russia is not exactly known for its naval prowess.
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  641.  @Orlington17  - That would be pretty stupid, considering U.S. Naval Weapons Station Earle is literally within sight of the Statue of Liberty, meaning a dozen surface ships and anti-sub helicopters would be sitting at the dock, having just rearmed a few klicks away. And yes, their radars are running. Also, the American media hates the U.S. military. The last thing they do is run pro-military propaganda here.
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  642. I'm assuming the American left is watching (and drooling). Some day, AOC and her gang will try to nationalize Google and other tech firms (they'll attempt to "break them up" first, as cover) in order to implement wide-ranging data surveillance here much in the same way as China. Leftists are all cut from the same cloth.
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  643. Well, not during wartime. Although it wouldn't matter with regard to Ukraine anyway. A few ancient Su-33s that can barely lift off the flight deck wouldn't add anything to the fight.
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  644. It's a shame what incompetence, dysfunction and corruption has done to that country. The white South Africans who remain are about the only group of people to whom I'd reasonably want to extend refugee status in my own country. I guess the musicians got their wish, because no one will ever play Sun City again (including them) out of fear for their lives.
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  645. In fairness, Bush 43, Obama and Trump all visited Afghanistan under extremely risky circumstances. I'm sure there were special forces in place and more advanced security measures, but a war zone is a war zone. Just flying into Afghanistan is a brave thing to do for a US President.
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  646. Their long-range platforms are good, but aren't designed to intercept the Tu-141 on its trajectory. Their short-range systems are generally not so good, as proven in several theaters in recent years (Russian short/medium range SAMs in Libya was an unmitigated disaster). And even when it comes to long-range SAMs, most of the incredible/amazing/game-changing things we've heard about the S-400... has come from Russia itself. Meanwhile, people make fun of Patriot for its performance as a brand new system in 1989, but don't realize it's been constantly upgraded over 30 years, and the new medium-range systems the west has fielded (NASAMS, IRIS-T SLM, SAMP/T) are absolutely excellent and, in some cases, cross into potential long-range territory with medium-range munitions.
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  647. Interesting you mention this. I know someone from the US (from New Jersey) who just moved to Portugal after meeting another American (from Colorado) who moved to Portugal. It's a very nice place, but I wonder why people are moving there in particular.
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  648. Hoping to visit Odessa from here in the US as soon as this war is over. I've been seeing it on the news and it looks like a beautiful city!
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  649.  @tonydevos  No, he talked about it openly. He has videos on conscription in Russia. Pretty interesting ones, actually. I might go back and watch them again given what's going on now.
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  650. As someone whose town (by the beach, not mountains) was utterly destroyed by over-dense tourism to the point where there is literally no school district left and few residential homes still existing, I'd tell residents to do everything they can to prevent an influx. It's spectacular if you own real estate. It's horrible if you live somewhere you like and want to stay there and see your children live there.
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  651. The guy also quoted Global Times as if it was a legitimate newspaper. Honestly, someone should be fired over the spreading of misinformation in this report.
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  652.  @jonathanroberts2612  Interesting... your name is not Korean. It's Chinese. So I'm assuming you're a CCP troll who's being "leased" to Kim Jong Un to spread propaganda online. That's actually interesting, because it means Kim is unwilling to allow anyone within DPRK to see the external internet, even if it is to be used for the purpose of promoting the state.
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  653. If you illegally cross an international border without showing a passport or clearing customs, perhaps you should live in fear of being caught. It's actually outrageous that these people do not fear having to take responsibility for the crime they committed.
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  654. Will the Gripen-E be built at any of these locations, or are they starting a separate production line? If Brazil funds development of a carrier-based Gripen, it's likely export models could be built by Embraer like McDonnell Douglas did with the Harrier II.
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  655.  @gustavmaia  - Labor unions and mafia work in strikingly similar fashions. That is ultimately where these policies begin – with unions who pay millions to leverage their membership as a voting bloc to put Democrats in office. Then, the inspectors (members of a public employee union) come along and require city-approved companies to install tile. Guess who's staffing those companies? Members of the private sector unions who also paid off the Democrats in charge. I'm using the "tile example" as just that, an example, but it applies in countless other situations as well. Trying to run a business in a blue state is an exercise in futility. I moved from New Jersey to the Tampa area and thrive here.
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  656.  @swesleyc7  - I'd even take it a step further. I don't particularly believe they even care so much about being portrayed positive in a PR sense. Most racial/ethnic "advocacy" groups are really shakedown rackets that benefit a few people at the top by threatening businesses with boycotts, lawsuits, administrative complaints to government agencies, etc. Al Sharpton literally had to wear a wire to tape conversations with mafia figures after they caught him back in the day. Anyone know where the $90 million BLM collected from these corporations went, besides the few million spent on the founder's mansions?
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  657. Coming from the defense industry, this is pretty much par for the course when dealing with the French on, well, anything.
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  658. F-106 was in service until 1988. ;)
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  659. Same here. I know it would make no sense for the U.S. to buy it since we have the C-130 (smaller) and C-17 (larger) but it's an absolute beauty! So versatile, too. I could see this being used as a gunship, AEW aircraft, maybe even maritime patrol.
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  660. This was the result of a long-term investigation that will involve a large amount of questioning, probably having taken months of man-hours. They need a solid answer as to whether he is willing to speak or not, or they risk the entire case being dismissed. This was not an average traffic stop.
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  661. Honestly, I could see some company doing a "flight to nowhere" as an attraction and serving a luxurious dinner, drinks, music, etc. Maybe a "golden age of flying" theme or something. I believe something like that has already launched in Japan, but not sure of the aircraft type.
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  662. I'm from the US, so I've never had to pay it... but this is an interesting question. In countries I've visited where an entry fee is required, it was always added onto the ticket price. Do pilots have "tickets," per se, or are they covered as part of licensing the airline with the government?
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  663.  @jakexd5524  - We don't have access to the tech the Pentagon does, so in a true wartime scenario there will be many additional variables. Can we jam enemy satellites? Can we shoot them down if necessary? Can we simply conduct operations when the enemy's satellite(s) are out of pass? Maybe, maybe not. But lots of bells, whistles and gadgets will be brought out if they are needed.
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  664.  @MrJdh1997  - In fairness, New York is literally losing millions of residents due to its extremely high cost of living and high taxes. Companies are moving out as well. I'm not defending the system that is in place, but New York is not a standard by which to measure the cost of living in the vast majority of the USA.
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  665. When was the last time there was a free and fair election in Russia?
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  666.  @dknowles60  - Out of curiosity, do you know the numbers on this? Would be interested to see how many Douglas planes retired from passenger service are still flying freight compared to Boeing planes of the same era.
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  667.  @gpierre90  Geez, it was a joke dude.
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  668. Peter, what you don't understand is that the US has absolutely no desire to attack, invade or occupy Russia or China. Both of these countries would be much better off if they worked with the U.S. for each others' mutual benefit rather than try to disrupt elections, steal technology, engage in corporate espionage and militarize sandbars in the middle of the ocean. Is America supposed to stand by while Russia is annexing territory and China is hell-bent on intimidating and potentially attacking its neighbors in Taiwan and elsewhere? Are we supposed to accept the reality that Chinese influence could make us all end up like the Uyghurs? I want to go to bed at night knowing the Chinese are scared to death to dare attack the United States or its allies. Oh, and what "neighbors" has the U.S. attacked? Besides countering some tin-pot Soviet dictators installed during the Cold War tit-for-tat, I don't see much evidence. I mean, for what it's worth, the Maduro regime is still standing despite the U.S.'s capability to decapitate it within, arguably, hours.
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  669. Looks like Miami is pretty much home free. Lucky me lol.
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  670. They have the ability to place their booking site under a login wall and take care of this "problem" today. If they want to keep a front-facing system in place, there is no way to pick and choose who can access it. The courts have been abundantly clear on this.
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  671.  @pedrosaulmx  No offense, but do you really think any Americans want to invade and occupy Mexico? For what reason? So we can spend decades fighting cartels and rebuilding the country's infrastructure all by ourselves? The majority of Americans want a damn wall between the two countries, not to combine them.
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  672. Nah, this one is pretty obscure. Ask even your local avgeek what Tupolev's last fighter/interceptor was, and I bet you'll get a blank stare. "You mean the MiG-25 or Su-15?" I actually read books like that and all but forgot about this one, lol.
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  673.  @demelashambushe6434  These Cold War-era plants were generally hardened against artillery attacks.
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  674.  @danmorgan3685  - Imperialism? Dude, most countries in the world are pains in the ass to run. The ones that aren't generally consist of our allies. Who, exactly, does the U.S. want to colonize?
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  675.  @lairdriver  - I get the sense you haven't spent much time in this part of the world. Venezuela is not Mexico. Narcos only exist because the government effectively pays them to exist since they serve a dual role as a paramilitary. These groups would cease to exist and their members (who are mostly just local people with guns and motorcycles) would likely find legitimate jobs and be re-integrated into society. Will there be some radicals? Sure. But this isn't the Middle East either.
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  676.  @ricardoguanipa8275  - Bingo. A man who knows his stuff. Maracaibo, in particular, is important because of its port. Clearing and securing a route (highway 6?) between these two cities would effectively provide an unlimited supply line and would also keep the border areas in check.
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  677.  @shatteredstar2149  - They sent a few dozen guys to fix equipment after the damn electricity went out and screwed up the SAM systems. Calling them "Russian troops" is kinda silly. They are not there for combat. It would be as if we sent the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers somewhere to fix an American weapons platform that some dumb government allowed to fall into disrepair.
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  678.  @danmorgan3685  - Uhh, okay. Contempt. Cool!
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  679. Yikes was this preachy!
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  680. That is essentially what happened to all of the Russian aircraft of the last two decades.
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  681. Bingo. Same with Spirit and Frontier in the US. The fights and animalistic behavior happen on the same airlines over and over again. Most people don't even take first class because of the luxuries anymore – they take it to avoid dealing with a a horrendous clientele. It's sad that if you can't pay thousands of dollars, you have to put up with slimeballs.
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  682. I'd be interested in hearing a more detailed story about the girl who was found after visiting a college campus with the two children. What was it that aroused suspicion in the first place? It's unusual to see a teenager with two young children but it's not unheard of – plus they could've been brothers/sisters. Something really off the wall must have happened.
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  683. Sup, vatnik. Is that what Solovyov told you last night?
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  684. Quick correction. "Yokosuka" is pronounced like "YO-KUS-KAH."
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  685. Looking forward to my first ATR-72 flight this year!
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  686.  @XDXD-uo6uq  - I would tell you to search this very website for an incredible Vice News report on "re-education" camps established to hold Uyghurs – and even their children who are kidnapped from their own homes – but your government probably blocks you from being able to see it. ;)
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  687. Is that the one now on display at the Reagan museum?
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  688. The U.K. also lets us use their mini-carrier, Diego Garcia.
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  689.  @smokingspitfire1197  - I think it was a friendly joke. ;)
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  690.  @aliancemd  In fairness, "everybody" in Afghanistan does require permission to go outside.
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  691. Volvos will last forever as long as maintenance is performed somewhat diligently. My last vehicle (a Land Rover) had a Volvo engine in it. I traded her in at 183,000 miles and was still going strong.
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  692. I've never read his entire rant/manifesto, but from the summaries I've read, the accuracy of what he warned about is bone chillingly accurate to the point where it's just strange. I know they'd never allow it, but it would be legitimately interesting to hear him interviewed somewhere, assuming he is aware of the world outside prison.
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  693. Ha, Boeing lost the KC-46 contract. They chose a rebadged Northrop-Grumman variant of the A330MRTT. Boeing protested and "won" the dispute. The problem is that the U.S. needs Boeing as much as Boeing needs US taxpayer support, so they will continue to get contracts and business will go on as usual. Meanwhile, we as a country are looking like idiots compared to our friendly rivals in Europe.
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  694.  @huyphamle159  Ha, I wouldn't be surprised to see Vietnam (ironically) begin buying American jets in the coming years.
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  695. The Dutch had their paws in there too.
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  696. Some SEAD missions are going to require a human pilot. Most countries fighting asymmetrically use mobility to bridge the gap. At some point, a pilot in an F-35 is going to have to penetrate enemy airspace and ensure it's clear before less stealthy planes like F-15 Strike Eagles and F/A-18 Super Hornets come in without the fear of getting entangled in a dogfight. The F-22, interestingly, probably would not have a large role since air superiority will be gained by ground strikes rather than air-to-air engagements.
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  697.  @zUJ7EjVD  - NATO doesn't need a "deal" with Taiwan to defend it. NATO has deployed to the Balkans, Afghanistan, and Libya, just as examples.
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  698. MRBMs, SRBMs and cruise missiles are not cheap. The Shaheds might be, but Iran launched a great deal of high-end stuff last night in addition to the low-tech drones.
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  699.  @jacobhenson1221  Most countries do not count Sinovac (the Chinese vaccine) as one of the valid vaccines for entry purposes. Plainly, it doesn't work.
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  700. Russia wanted an air and naval presence in the middle east. By taking the side of Assad in the Syrian Civil War, they got it. I highly doubt Russia gives all that much of a damn who runs Syria as long as they have a seat at the table.
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  701.  @zaqpak9391  Static AAA guns won't last too long in 2022(3).
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  702. I'd say there would have to be. One of the DC-3's most common flights was from New York to Los Angeles – 18 hours and three layover stops in between. That is quite a while if "duty calls."
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  703. I'm not sure why you expect there would be a ground war. The U.S. doesn't want to occupy Turkey. If there was ever a conflict, there would be a defined military objective that, 99 times out of 100, could be achieved by a combination of airstrikes, naval bombardment and a small number of special operators on the ground.
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  704. What you're seeing is a public broadcast on ADS-B or MLAT frequencies. Aircraft can, and do, turn their transponders off which take them off of these sites. If a military aircraft can be seen on Flightradar, it's because someone wants you to see it.
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  705.  @ghostfacegrillah7891  How do you figure? When the invaders are pushed back into their own country and out of Ukraine, there will be peace.
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  706. I can say, without hesitation, that I have never broken a law that would even remotely result in a jail term. Speeding? Sure. Not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign? Check. Bringing an illegal substance over an international border? Nah.
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  707.  @alejandrozuluaga7660  - Ehh, I'm an American and have spent a ton of time in Colombia. Everyone has been extremely cool and friendly to me, personally. If I were to ever move to another country, it would be Colombia (and my family is Irish, lol).
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  708.  @polishherowitoldpilecki5521  If you're talking about Bald and Bankrupt's cat, then sure...
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  709. Yup, let's just keep the racial division going in politics and assume stuff like this won't happen...
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  710.  @serpentpigeon9108  Uhh, you do realize this thing is an ancient plane that takes advantage of essentially zero current tech – hence its poor range, the need for four engines, and why nobody has bought it. Correct?
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  711.  @MrDICKHEAD28  North Korea is China's puppet/homicidal maniac cousin. Russia wants nothing to do with them except some occasional cheap slave labor.
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  712. I know a lot of people are arguing that the YF-23 should have been put into production over the Raptor, but you're forgetting the acquisition mentality at the time. The ATF program also included the Navy through their NATF program, which was looking for a replacement for the F-14. The F-22 would have been able to be navalized for carrier usage while (I forget all the technical reasoning) the YF-23 either couldn't or shouldn't have been navalized. This was a major point in the decision-making process. We all know, of course, what happened – politicians wanted to fight wars in the middle east instead of preparing for America's next Cold War against an empowered China. So here we are, still producing F-15 airframes in 2020. The USAF got a much smaller piece of the Raptor pie than they wanted, and the Navy didn't get a slice at all.
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  713. Government PAO offices are interesting places...
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  714.  @pasionlamadrid4240  They could? How? Are there Ukrainian troops in Russia that we haven't heard about?
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  715. Right. The experts who were paid in grant funding to render an opinion that supports the ultimate political or financial goals of the grant writer.
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  716. Honestly, it's not hard to imagine some of the angry, insidious leftists in today's America becoming so drunk with power and hateful toward those who disagree that they would set up a similar system.
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  717.  @peetky8645  Not with an E-3 (or better yet, an E-7A) on station.
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  718. The only issue I see here is Australia. I'm sure they would provide some level of support, but given China's aggression in the Pacific, it would not be wise for them to move the bulk of their military to another continent to fight for Britain. It's a much shorter ride from the US and Canada. My guess is that the U.S. would start by escorting supply ships under the American flag to Britain. If the EU attacks any of them, there's your casus belli.
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  719.  @cricketman1322  - I believe India uses their Mirage 2000s as attack/strike planes rather than air superiority fighters. So while they are multirole by manufacturing standard, there is a strike variant that is used by India, which is harder to defend against light, fast fighters like the F-16. For this role, the IAF uses the Su-30MKI. That said, the Mirage 2000 has really aged poorly. Brazil is selling off its entire M2000 fleet and going with new Saab Gripen-E fighters. As for the Rafale, they are excellent planes but they're not going to do well against any fifth-gen fighter like the F-35. They do not have the maneuverability of something like the Su-30/35, which is pretty much the only factor that gives those planes a chance in the first place.
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  720.  @sisyphusvasilias3943  The U.S. made port calls in Taiwan routinely until 1979. It stopped largely as a "make nice" move after Nixon recognized the CCP and tensions cooled. Since China isn't playing nice anymore, I'd pull a whole damn carrier strike group into Kaohsiung and let the sailors experience some legitimate Chinese culture. If the CCP is dumb enough to make a move, it's on...
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  721.  @honfmeilingfleet957  Lol. Russia lost a naval war to a country with no navy. Keep coping.
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  722.  @honfmeilingfleet957  The land forces fought to a stalemate, essentially. The US Navy surface fleet fared perfectly fine in Vietnam.
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  723. He seems to be the only person actually building things there and investing in the region. Why should he go to jail? For punching some guy years ago? Who cares?
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  724.  @Noseihtam266  The U.S. was at war with Britain in 1867? The U.S. was too busy being at war with itself a few years earlier...
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  725. They no longer have their censored echo chamber to spew partisan fairy tales, and after stomping their feet like children, it seems they've just resorted to ignoring reality. Nothing new, if we're being honest.
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  726. Ruzzian bot alert!
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  727. Arms to be used against civilians in a war of terror versus arms to the people defending against Putin's war of terror. Big difference.
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  728.  @LikeLikeLikeLikeLi  Easy, safe and established airlift from the factory, for one thing.
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  729. "Proceeds to say something snowflake left-wing lunatics disagree with, but cannot dispute since it's empirically correct, so they get around it by calling it 'misleading...'" - Fixed it for you.
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  730. The Russian bots and trolls really sunk their teeth into this comments section, I see...
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  731.  @jimdecamp7204  - The only places I know of where ATC uses a language other than English is France and some Latin American countries where they use Spanish if the pilots are native Spanish speakers, however they'll switch to English for any foreign flights. It's probably not the best, or safest, way to do things, but it's just how it is.
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  732. I'll fight to the death for my freedom. Period. And guess what – in the U.S., we have the right to fire back!
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  733. You guys are still patting yourselves on the back because you shot down one plane 20 years ago that was more attributable to pilot error than anything else.
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  734. There's no reason you couldn't but there isn't much of a point. IR-based missiles (AIM-9X, ASRAAM, Magic II, IRIS-T, R-73) have their own seekers.
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  735.  @alexandrepezzotti9344  - France, the U.S., India and Australia need to be the countries that stand up to China's authoritarianism. And ahhhh, that Rafale-M is such a beautiful jet! - From an American friend.
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  736. I believe it was Russian (read it in another publication, can't remember which).
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  737. This was good until the woke lecture at the end.
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  738. It has absolutely nothing to do with the content of the video, and comes off as arrogant. Why alienate or annoy people by speaking down to them? Including it is an example of the typical left-wing slacktivism (with a side of hyperbolic alarmism) that makes your side of the aisle intolerable to listen to. It's Joseph Kony-esque. But yeah, yeah... you're saving the world (eyeroll)...
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  739. In some ways, the shortened flight time could translate into diminished value. If I'm paying first class prices from the U.S. east coast to Europe, for example, my flight will usually take off 7:30pm-ish and get there in the early morning (Euro time). Plenty of hours to enjoy food, drink and rest. For me personally, there isn't a gigantic rush on these flights because of the times they depart. I almost never book anything above economy for a flight less than three hours on a mainline carrier because I don't really see the value in it for such a short journey. On long-haul flights, I justify the upgrade fees because I'm spending so much more time in the air and want to be comfortable. I feel like this is something I'd take once or twice for the experience of it, but never do it again because there's no compelling reason for it. I could see myself wanting to go supersonic to South America, though, to save time since those flights (as they currently are scheduled) usually leave in the morning (eastern time) and involve a connection. If I could fly direct to Rio de Janeiro or Buenos Aires in half the time, that'd be worth it to me. I'd throw Bogota in there too, except I never personally fly there (and they're not going to have a supersonic route to Medellin or Cartagena) but it's another major route to consider.
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  740. Those places are beyond help, at this point.
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  741. People in Europe and America today remember Fidel Castro as a grandfatherly figure waxing poetic on adventures of revolution. They forget that, at the time, he was an absolute off-the-rails nut job. He openly stated he would have sacrificed all of the Cuban people for the cause of communism by firing missiles to the U.S., ensuring MAD. It made sense that the USSR would try to align themselves with Cuba, being so close to their adversary, but they quickly became absolutely terrified of what he might do if left to his own devices.
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  742.  @lisakeitel3957  Yeah, because it all worked out so well and these countries are thriving beacons of success in the developed world order.
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  743.  @kellylyons1038  As a westerner, I can represent that most of my family, friends and neighbors have no interest in seeing us being involved in the non-western world at all. Keep the open sewers, theocratic lunatics and centuries-old ethnic conflicts out of our house.
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  744. Why? You enjoy authoritarianism in Algeria?
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  745. Yet they are genuinely the only company in the world that could legitimately design and sell a competitor to the B737/A320 lines to major airlines. They essentially designed it already based on the E2 series, so you never know.
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  746. Nobody besides Pakistan and a few other pariah states and minor dictatorships want anything to do with buying military equipment from China. We're talking about a country that's running concentration camps.
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  747. Mexico literally doesn't have an air force with any planes at this point. The drug cartels would be a more effective force than the regular army, save the Mexico Marinas, which are squared away. Actually, the USMC might find some good recruits south of the border! ;)
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  748. ​ @Ingens_Scherz  - Which American naval aircraft "don't work?" At the moment, there is basically only one – the F/A-18 Super Hornet, which is old, but works fine and is built like a flying tank. The RAF is utilizing Eurofighters and F-35s (which are technically "American," although BAE had a ton of say in it), both of which are great planes. But speaking of a bloody fortune, the Tempest program is going to make a lot of US programs look cheap by comparison, though you'll have an amazing sixth-gen fighter for yourselves and for potential export. You get what you pay for.
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  749.  @rhysgoodman7628  - In fairness, I don't think a ton of people in the UK could recite the history of the US's smaller conflicts like Panama or Grenada. Why would they particularly care? Personally, I care about this because I'm a news/history/foreign policy junkie, but in the absence of that, I'm not sure I'd pay attention to 10-week-long British military operations that happened 35 years ago.
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  750. Hahahahahaha. Aww, Ruzzians think they actually have a real navy in 2022. Kinda cute.
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  751. Technically, it's the fault of every admin since the end of the Cold War.
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  752.  @muratbayraktar5035  Well, actually, yes, that is exactly what the U.S. would do. Target legitimate military targets like Hainan with nuclear weapons to collapse the base and destroy the remaining fleet. And yes, this would probably lead to MAD. Which is why China wouldn't start that particular fire in the first place.
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  753. Ironically, however, Russia is now deploying the MiG-31 to the far north in order to intercept bombers and other heavies. Why they're paranoid enough to do this? Who knows, but they are. They also gave the Foxhound some upgrades. It's really only a useful plane if it's going after undefended large targets, but that is specifically what it was designed to do. There just isn't the opportunity to do it too much anymore. The U.S. isn't going to fly a B-52 or B-1 nearby, and the B-2 would likely go undetected in interdicted airspace. What the Foxhound can do, however, is fly to 82,000 feet, so perhaps it could be used as an air-launched ASAT platform. The U.S. has used the F-15 in this role (however in combat they'd likely use an SM-3 missile launched from a destroyer).
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  754. $$$
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  755. They also scared the bejesus out of the USAF with the MiG-25, leading the U.S. to develop the F-15, but eventually a Russian pilot defected to America by way of Japan in his plane and we found out it wasn't some kind of super-duper invincible fighter (though it was really fast!). The U.S. really thought it had been bested in a big way, but while the MiG-25 was certainly a quality interceptor with some cool capabilities, it wasn't anything revolutionary.
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  756. Lol... after all these years Lockheed-Martin is finally just marketing it literally as the Viper in its latest variant.
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  757.  @user-lq1dk6gr3p  - It's a joke based on US labor laws.
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  758. Perhaps it's worth it to check on whatever Canadian law was deemed to be sufficiently analogous to the Russian law in the first place. Maybe this is a sign that it needs to be repealed, lest it be subject to abuse one day.
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  759. They have to bang together those airframes somehow...
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  760. Ugh, left-wing slime...
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  761. Yup, and he lives on a farm outside of the capital. Have not thought about him in a long time, so I'm not sure if he's still around (he was pretty old) but I've been told he's even cool with meeting people who just want to come and chat. I was only in Uruguay once, for a short trip, but I would've loved to talk to him. Really interesting guy from what I understand with very unique political views that take some points from both sides.
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  762. In fairness, blasting the Russian national anthem would definitely get me awake for the school day...
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  763. Ditto for the USA. Nobody wants to invade and occupy Russia. Nobody, period. (Not to be confused with Tasty Period.)
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  764. I don't expect a Ruzzia supporter to be good at fancy book reading, but: They fired 50 interceptors which hit 44 of their targets. There are more than 50 total targets, some of which which did not have projectiles fired at them (either because ammunition ran out or these targets were out of range).
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  765. Hmm... funny. You mentioned the only branch of the U.S. military that does not operate the F-35. I see you really watched and learned... and did your research.
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  766. I believe this has changed somewhat and midazolam is now incorporated into the process.
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  767. I believe Venezuela is the only Flanker operator in the Americas (besides the private US aggressor firms).
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  768.  @hmmjedi  Technically the Su-30MK2V, based on the Su-30MKK, with added maritime strike capability. It was initially developed as a subvariant of the Su-35 that was backfilled into the Su-30 to respond to a tender from Russia and the PLA. Vietnam, Venezuela and a few other countries later adopted it, mainly under deals to transfer resources in exchange for (often unneeded) military kit.
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  769.  @thusarix121  - And if any American pilots using first-gen stealth platforms decide against staggering their bombing runs, they will be at risk of getting shot down. Except there are no first-gen stealth platforms still flying, and that Serbian shoot-down led to significant increases in weapons delivery tech and the development of new tactics to ensure that the plane can avoid being painted while its bays are open. Judging current stealth technology from a single incident in 1999 during which the pilot made an error is just plain ignorant.
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  770. AJ is apparently going all-in on Erdogan's silly attempt to rename the country, I guess?
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  771. Ha, in the US, the 2CV is famous for being the car Billy Joel crashed into a lady's house on the way home from having too many drinks at a bar.
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  772.  @Marylandbrony  - New York to Miami is already just a 2.5 hour flight. No airline is going to use a high-end supersonic aircraft on this route. There's no real demand for a flight from New York to Florida to come in at one hour instead of two. Now, I could definitely see routes operating out of Miami, Tampa or Orlando to Europe as there is a decent amount of passenger demand there. For north-south routes, the viable ones, offhand, to me would be NYC to Rio de Janeiro, NYC to Buenos Aires, NYC to Bogota (substitute NYC with PHL, DC, etc. for other northeast routes depending on demand from other cities).
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  773.  @vipvip-tf9rw  Yes, the RUM-139 VL-ASROC.
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  774. It's cute that you think Russia can actually do that...
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  775. I wouldn't go out and buy a Hazmat suit, but in all honesty the gas mask intrigues me. After seeing how tyranny has played out in Venezuela and Hong Kong, it seems governments are reluctant to use live rounds against protesters these days, so they put down dissent using less-than-lethal methods. At the end of the day, however, it's still denying people their right to freely speak out against the government. I suspect if any western nations go authoritarian (the socialism movement is growing in the U.S., and we all know they're voted in but have to be forced out) they would use the same tactics.
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  776.  @BLACKAAROW  First thing – I've been in enough traffic jams in Europe where I don't think any of this is going away any time soon. But overall, it has less to do with government and more to do with population density. Europeans tend to live in cities and large towns where EVs (plus walking and public transportation) are more practical. The United States is a physically massive place to begin with, it has an excellent network of interstate highways, and it is far less popular to live in major cities with metro systems than it is to live in sprawling suburban areas where vehicles are required (the train station is six miles away from me, for example, and I'm not walking 12 miles per day). European elections actually show a more conservative/libertarian bent becoming more mainstream lately.
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  777.  OdinSon  - They also have high-end USAF fighers on standard rotation at Keflavik.
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  778. I will not fly any aircraft manufactured by a company controlled by the CCP. Period. Has nothing to do with the aircraft itself.
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  779. When are you headed to the front, brave vatnik?
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  780. Hoping against hope that Japan develops a supposed "F-22 plus F-35" fighter through its Shinshin project and we get the best of both worlds.
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  781. So which union do you belong to? If you do, disclose your bias before commenting...
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  782.  @farhanatashiga3721  Simple Flying is not an American website, nor is its owner an American company.
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  783.  @Not_A_Cop-e7h  It's a combination, but the U.S. must get a handle on the unchecked visas and immigration policies that have allowed many Chinese nationals and first generation citizens to gain entry to its territory and munitions development programs. I know people are scared to death to be called "racist," but it is a long-established policy for countries to turn those with a shared ethnicity within an adversary's borders. It's unfortunate, but anyone of Chinese descent who works for a U.S. defense contractor needs to be monitored closely, and an immigration moratorium must be enforced. China is a threat to the freedom of every last man, woman and child on the planet and must be stopped.
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  784. If Americans actually demanded these passenger lines, they would have the support to be built. The truth is that Americans don't genuinely see a need for them. Sure, it would "be nice" to have high-speed rail lines like Europe – but would YOU use them? Honestly, I would not. If a destination is far away, a plane is faster, and frankly you have to spend less time in close quarters with other members of the public and all of the petty annoyances that come with that. If a destination is close enough, I'd rather drive in my comfortable car, playing the music I like, and be able to continue to drive and explore once I actually reach my destination. Another issue in the United States is that our major urban areas are generally very crime-filled and not places where most people want to travel outside of business hours. Why do we think "work from home" got so popular? If things change and the demand is there, this stuff will get built. But right now, it just isn't.
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  785. Pravda and RT are where you get the REAL story, amiright? Lol.
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  786. That's unlikely. The Pantsir-S1 and Buk are notoriously unreliable in their targeting and they also take forever to reload. They may be nominally effective against non-stealth, low-flying manned aircraft, but they are not going to defeat a full-on barrage of cruise missiles. All the enemy has to do is study the number of missiles fired, determine when the crew will have to reload, and time a strike appropriately.
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  787.  @DK-yz9xk  European socialists love to trash the U.S., but would be begging for the U.S. military to defend them if Putin came knocking on their door. This is why some Americans do not like the idea of NATO. Why do you we provide your national defense when you espouse this hatred of us? A lot of Americans think we should leave you to your own devices and let Russia do what they will...
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  788. Well, the composite design is pretty cool. But what else makes this plane so revolutionary? It's using the same engines as the A220 and E-Jets which have been around for a while.
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  789. Because most of them are a variation of either "orange man bad" or "radical marxists/BLM good." Real stories about what's going on the world with context (although this one lacks this is a little bit) are what we expected – and got – for years from Vice.
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  790. There is no more beautiful or inviting big jet flying today than the B787. That clean air and higher humidity makes for a great, refreshing ride. The first class cabin is already spectacular – taking this to a full-on "living room" standard sounds absolutely incredible! Plus, well, the raked wingtips just look too cool to choose anything else (as much as I love the A350!).
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  791. If their planes start crashing, I assume people will...
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  792. These people live in Moscow. They're not going to be sent to the front.
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  793.  @johnutube5651  - Exactly. The rivers were blocked by the Soviets so the water could redirected to Uzbekistan in order for them to produce cotton that could be put on the export market. Unfortunately, modern Uzbekistan does not seem to share Kazakstan's desire to restore the lake.
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  794. Yeah, he was referring to consumer-grade point-and-shoot cameras. DSLR and mirrorless cameras with interchangeable lenses aren't going anywhere for the simple fact that lenses require a camera body due to their size and level of customization in demand necessitates a link between the two, and digital zoom is still absolutely awful, even on the top-of-the-line mobile phones. We do a lot of news video at my company and while I personally have used phones for some professional story packages, it has to be either required due to time/breaking news constraints and generally will need stabilization using very expensive software. Optical zoom still has no real competitor in digital zoom, even with AI making an "educated guess" to clean up zoomed-in photos/video.
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  795.  Orthodox power  - The scenarios are much different. The US didn't just invade and occupy one of its neighbors, annex territory, and openly threaten several tiny European states that are incapable of defending themselves without the US on their side. The Tu-160s were a joke, FWIW. The US didn't even bother to send up a fighter to intercept and escort them. I'm really speaking of more major military infrastructure. Anyone can land a plane anywhere. We could land a B-1 in Colombia if we wanted to brag about Cold War strategic bombing platforms. That's not what anyone is concerned about.
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  796. They're still around. I saw one working on a project at a communications tower off the highway that goes to Atlantic City, N.J. a couple months ago.
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  797.  @CountvonStaffordofVirginia1607  - The U.S. is effectively already doing this. With the F-35B (same one the Royal Navy is using on its smaller carriers) the USN's amphibious assault ships are expanding their role into "mini carriers," so to speak. The Marines can operate a good number of aircraft from these ships to provide support for land ops.
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  798. The issue in Russia, as always, is corruption. Every country, including the U.S. and European powers, has some level of corruption, but there is a point where companies simply feel it is too risky to invest in a region where they can be extorted or otherwise forced to do something against their interests.
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  799. Does anyone know of any new developments in the rumor that the B-21 will carry at least some air-to-air missiles for self-defense? Personally, I thought that was an extremely important nugget that got leaked. I'm imagining an AIM-260 that could take out something along the lines of a MiG-31 and keep interceptors at bay long enough to carry out the strike mission.
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  800. Against BOTH Japan and the U.S.? Absolutely not.
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  801. It provides Russia an escape route in the case of a withdrawal, especially for the civilians they moved in after the annexation. Ukraine does not want to have to physically expel all of these people once they regain sovereignty over the peninsula. The bridge can be properly dismantled post-war by construction firms.
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  802. I doubt it. Americans, Australians, Brits, frankly, have a good and (for most) a relatively easy life. Blood on the streets in suburbs with neatly manicured lawns with ornamental palm trees is not going to happen – at least until it's too late. Ask anyone from Venezuela.
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  803. As a westerner, it actually boggles my mind that someone who was not elected to office actually holds any real power.
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  804. Ehh, 100 km/h = 63 m.p.h. Pretty much standard speed limits in Europe and US, respectively. So that's pretty much a wash. I'm American and agree that we SHOULD adopt metric units for everything (we DO use it for some things) but this isn't as simple as that.
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  805. Interesting, but makes sense. If you were as close to Russia as Germany is, you'd probably keep a larger per capita army as well. Yet, other than this theoretical threat, you're surrounded by stability.
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  806.  @mrzed2349  - Having visited most of South America, including the favelas, Camden is the closest I've ever seen in the U.S. in terms of outright danger. And like Brazil, very wealthy towns are a few minutes away. I'm glad I do not live in NJ anymore.
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  807. It depends. Embraer has the chance for real growth as the airline sector returns, and their defense industry is growing. Now they're going to be manufacturing Saab Gripen-E fighter jets as well, and can potentially build them for export with permission from the Swedes. Brazil has a lot going for it. If they could crack down on the crime, or encapsulate it in areas where it does not seep into the greater metropolitan areas or suburban regions, you're looking at real potential. I'm also expecting them to begin operating an aircraft carrier again within the next 10-20 years.
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  808.  @patrickhenry1249  The issue is that we have two bad political choices in the U.S. The sides have retreated to their extremes and, frankly, we get the "bad" parts of both left and right without much of the "good" from either side.
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  809. I smell a CCP/Putin troll. The people in Tibet simply want their country back. You aren't a "separatist" if your country was forced at gunpoint to join another. As for Syria, you're mixing up a civil war with a separatist movement. If the U.S. wanted Assad removed that badly, he would have been gone by now.
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  810.  @juanprietob  - When was the last time you were in Barcelona and when was the last time you were in Medellin? I've been in both within the last eight months. And yes, Barcelona's crime is absolutely out of control. Walking anywhere near Las Ramblas at night is going to get you robbed or assaulted. I never feel that way in Medellin. I'm sure if I looked for trouble I could find it, but that's anywhere.
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  811. This was so logical it actually made me chuckle, lol.
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  812. A couple points here. To build on the names of the planes, it should also be noted that a "Tempest" followed the "Typhoon" in RAF history in the past. Hopefully the Tempest program will be seen all the way to production – perhaps even the world's first sixth-gen fighter. As for thrust vectoring, the US DoD bolted thrust vectoring nozzles on to the F-16, F-15, F/A-18 and F-14. There are a few videos of them on here, including one where an F-14 performs what appears to be a Cobra (the video is old and the quality isn't great). The U.S. decided that the added weight of the nozzles were more of a disadvantage compared to what would have been gained in maneuverability. Whether that would hold true with the Typhoon, who knows? It actually might be worth it since it's being thrust (mind the pun) back into an air superiority role now that Russia and China are becoming more aggressive in developing fighters. With the F-22 patrolling the skies, it probably still wouldn't be worth it to increase maneuverability on any existing American planes since they will usually be operated in a support or strike role.
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  813.  @worldofz00  Kinda. The 787 really replaced the 767-300ER (and the 2/400-ER to an extent). But the 757 was a narrowbody with extremely powerful engines and filled a niche that really can't be replicated. It did share a common type rating with the 767.
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  814. What do you know? All these years later, Ruzzia is suffering another disaster in Kursk – again, one of its own making.
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  815.  @xROJANBOx  - Spain has, too. I recently stayed in a hotel in Seville that was completely renovated using EU grant funding. If I was from the UK, that would annoy me.
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  816. No country on the planet spends that much. Two percent of GDP is the requirement and if they do not meet the requirement, they should be removed from NATO. Period.
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  817.  @andyf4292  - Define "good." I assume you're speaking in reference to SAM systems. A radar may very well be able to "see" a plane from a certain distance, but is that distance beyond the range of standoff anti-radiation missiles, can the radar unit that sees the plane actually track it, target it and successfully score a kill? Remember that the F-22/F-35 will soon be accompanied by the B-21, a new stealth bomber, which will have both defensive air-to-air weapons as well as tons of standoff munitions.
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  818. It is stunning, by the way, that Europe fields not ONE strategic bomber. The lack of resources spent on defense is a disgrace, and good on Trump for calling them out on it for years. The U.S. is essentially funding their welfare state and healthcare because they do not have to pull their own military weight.
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  819. Singapore needs to get on the phone to Washington and order some F-35Bs. China is getting too close and runways are in short supply on Singapore.
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  820. They already have it in the form of an SM-6 attached to an F/A-18. Tested a few weeks ago.
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  821.  @jakic91  LoL. They barely have any PGMs left, and their "PGMs" seem to specialize in attacking schools, hospitals and apartment buildings. Russia is a terrorist state, pure and simple. And honestly, from THIS citizen of a NATO member state – I'm HAPPY to be part of the conflict! Defeat authoritarianism wherever it is on Earth! I'm doing my part and traveling to Ukraine this spring to assist as much as I can.
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  822.  @TzunSu  I didn't say "random," I said "lucky." The F-117 was shot down via a lucky shot after a SAM operator momentarily caught the bomb bay doors open (and the pilot did not deviate attack vectors as instructed). It wasn't random, however. Since then, where have stealth aircraft operated in a contested environment? Neither the F-22 nor F-35 have ever operated contested, much less against a peer adversary. These are undoubtedly the most advanced planes in the world, but nothing is invincible. They may rack up in excess of a 25:1 kill ratio, but the "1" does represent a loss. We can't get hooked on the idea that everything will go perfectly and without casualties in every conflict.
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  823. It makes sense, though. Why would NATO member states want to consciously put themselves in the middle of a conflict that already exists? The purpose of NATO is to deter conflict in the first place.
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  824.  @flopunkt3665  - VW and Fiat are sold here. Renault has thought about coming back to the U.S. market. They left in the early 1990s. There have been a few Renault-badged Dusters spotted around California. I'd like French cars to be available again here but don't care so much about rebadged VWs - Skoda, Seat, etc.
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  825. Everyone I know who has visited the region has told me that the Iranian people they met were very welcoming, friendly and actually loved America and its pop culture, etc. There are always going to be some radical nationalists, but for the most part people want to live their lives and be kind to others. I doubt the majority of Iranians enjoy being under the thumb of an 80-year-old dictator who seems hell-bent on blowing up ships, firing off missiles and playing chicken with the world's largest military.
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  826.  @brianreddeman951  - It was settled in the Webster–Ashburton Treaty of 1842, about 20 years after the "war." It basically just split the small area in half. I believe Canada got a little more land than the US, but agreed to give the US some land along the border in Minnesota to equal things out.
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  827.  @egorkhristov2467  How about I don't shut up. Everyone's opinion is valid, though yours is just an ignorant insult. Glad I touched a nerve, though. ;)
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  828. "Droppin' bombs like a North Korean nuclear missile... I walk it out..." - Big Boi
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  829. I kinda wish Binkov modeled this with Brazil's Gripen order having been delivered. Brazil will then be operating a very modern air force and they will also be fielding the Meteor missile.
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  830. Different Pine Barrens. The Sopranos were referring to the Pine Barrens in southern New Jersey outside Atlantic City.
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  831. People across the world still want to visit Italy. And they need an airline to take them there. Everything will be fine. ;)
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  832.  @jimcabezola3051  I don't see why it's "sad." The reality is that some technological developments and experiments simply can't be undertaken by a corporation because it may end up failing, or losing money, or simply be unfeasible. That is not fair to shareholders and could even destabilize the company. Remember, Boeing is important to America – it's our last manufacturer or large aircraft. The government, on the other hand, does not have to make a profit – and can fund an experiment that MAY end up benefiting society as a whole. If it fails, it will have cost some tax dollars, but it's not going to take down a company or the US airline manufacturing sector with it.
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  833. I wish mine was that good! Whenever I'm in a Spanish-speaking country, I always try to master the accent without overdoing it and sounding silly. It varies a bit by country, but after a week or so, you get the hang of it – usually just in time to fly back home and lose it again!
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  834. Not sure why there is a question regarding whether dolphin programs existed or not. The U.S. Navy has very openly discussed its marine mammal program in recent years. There were multiple news features done on dolphins deployed to Iraq in 2003 that were trained to "sniff out" mines. They were most notably used in a southern port where the Royal Marines secured the surrounding city, then held it until the U.S. Navy dolphins could sweep the waterways before USN/RN vessels could access it.
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  835. Like anything else, there were people in it for the right reasons, and for the wrong reasons. The people on the wrong side, as usual, are the ones who rise to the top.
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  836.  StrategicFooyoo  - Well, if they were actively involved in concentration camps, ethnic cleansing or other crimes against humanity, they are given a fair trial and a jury renders a verdict on their innocent, guilt and potential penalty. If they are simply "members" in name only, they get jobs and continue on with their lives. If they want to seek office, they can run in a free and fair election.
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  837. You're bragging about a modern air superiority fighter detecting a gigantic, slow-moving transport plane that first flew in 1954?
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  838.  @lenas6246  This isn't the US where you can look up a zoning map instantaneously. It's, frankly, tough enough to find the history of a property HERE in the USA, much less in a developing country. C'mon bro.
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  839.  @LoboLakerGaming  - If you're traveling to Dubai, a $1,500 flight on Emirates is about the cheapest thing you'll experience. ;)
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  840.  @markanthony1699  How do you know what the target was? How far away the target was? Terrain in between the agent and target? Wx factors? Sightlines? Moving or stationary? Camouflage (natural or intentional) involved?
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  841. Nah.
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  842. I admire this stunt, but it seems like an odd time to post a "look how safe Hollywood is" video...
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  843.  @reltney20  They're also flying Mirage F1s, some retired Israeli F-16s and rumor has it they'll be acquiring some of the retired French AF Mirage 2000s soon.
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  844. He's getting away with it now because the licensees have yet to be selected and the state is not yet collecting taxes on profits. So it's only up to the local city government to shut him down based on the municipal zoning ordinance, and they have no interest in doing so. Once New Jersey has its licensing system set up, they will shut down his store for operating without a license and charge him with tax offenses for failing to collect taxes on what he sells. Oh, and if he DOES try to collect taxes and comply, they will argue that they never granted him a certificate enabling him to collect sales tax on behalf of the state, so he collected the tax illegally and should also be charged with THAT. Oh yeah, and he'll be served with injunction after injunction by courts after licensed businesses ask judges to shut him down because he is competing with them illegally. I've met Ed and like him, and I'm rooting for him, but I'm afraid his days are numbered. Poor guy was better off with it staying illegal unless he finds someone who wants to give him millions of dollars to make the right campaign donations and kickbacks to get a license in NJ. Remember, this is New Jersey, the most corrupt state in America. The Cannabis Regulatory Commission, run by the political hack who was interviewed in this story, is all hand-picked by the governor with ZERO input from citizens or even the legislature. They are there to do his bidding and his bidding only, which consists of kickbacks to his union cronies who put him in office, as well as his old buddies at Goldman Sachs. He is corrupt up to his neck.
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  845. Interestingly, for all those who support universal health insurance in the U.S., forcing allies to pay their fair share toward their own defense would likely free up significant funds to begin a decent system. The only reason, frankly, that European countries can fund their healthcare systems to such a modern quality standard is because they do NOT have the cost burden of having to defend half the world.
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  846. Funny, I was in the U.K. not long ago. People seemed to be getting on just fine. Tons of people driving brand new Land Rovers everywhere (although they were driving them on the wrong side of the road, which was concerning).
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  847. Uh-oh... looks like Vlad called in some of the CCP trolls/bots to assist on this one...
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  848.  @WaltervonKurzgesagt  You got me. I need to read up on it. It's not as if I actually deal with some of this stuff for a living...
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  849. If I lived in Iran and felt like fighting a war, I think I'd rather fight one against the dictatorship I was actually living under.
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  850. So you're saying he should hire a staff of writers, buy professional camera equipment, build a set and hire editors to put these videos together just for the fun of it? Of course he has to generate revenue from these videos. What world do you live in?
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  851. I would have liked to see some reporting into what, exactly, an IPP is and how one gets a 99-year hold based on a minor domestic incident. Unless there is something here we do not know about? Vice, in recent years, has often told us half the story if the "bad" half doesn't fit their politics, but this doesn't seem to be politicized, at least on the surface, and the reporting is more fair in the UK than their US stories. But why weren't any attorneys, prosecutors, others interviewed? Those of us who do not deal with UK criminal law on a daily basis have no context in which to judge this case.
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  852.  @mrjohnbrush  - Well, Trump tried to get that to happen and look what happened to him. Every European politician is scared to death to actually speak out against China.
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  853.  @Inkling777  - Exactly. And this isn't even mentioning customs issues which can come into play when dealing with multiple border control agencies in the course of a single journey. I would much rather fly a direct flight on a 787 than a hub-and-spoke connecting routine with an A380.
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  854. Right, it's Zelensky who's incompetent. Not the fascist dictator who invaded a neighboring country that posed no threat to him, has committed thousands of war crimes and compared himself to 16th century monarchs.
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  855. Because life is cheap in dictatorships. There isn't much to be excited about in the present or the future. You're not free to pursue dreams, speak your mind, have an impact. You're a cog in a machine and they will never let you in the control room. And people wonder why we Americans don't like government mandates – it has to start somewhere.
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  856. I agree. Everyone loved hip-hop before it turned into mumble rap. Emo was always for weirdos.
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  857. Putin's troll army conducted a special keyboard operation in this comments section pretty quickly, lol.
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  858. To the front with you, vatnik. (Granted, it's probably a bot since I've seen this exact comment posted under other Ukraine war videos...)
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  859. I believe it was the "Spark Vark" version of the F-111 that was used in that op, known as the EF-111A Raven. It has been supplanted by the EA-18G Growler but previously served as an electronic attack platform after the F-111's mission had become somewhat diluted thanks to the proliferation of multirole fighters.
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  860. Weird. There are 50 million people in Colombia. 40,000 are in prison. I guess the other 49,060,000 are wealthy.
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  861. Moscow propagandist. Probably a bot.
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  862. @Will When there is an advancing army coming toward your town, most people will move behind the military units for protection. The military units are located at the plant because it is hardened against attack. Keep in mind that this "plant" is really the size of a city. But keep on supporting Putin and his war crimes while trashing the Ukrainian people. We've seen types like you before, sympathizing with criminals and oppressors, and fortunately they've been defeated time and time again.
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  863.  @MrDarrylR  Man, that sucks that they JUST missed the Gulf War where they could've torn it up in the desert.
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  864. I watched another documentary on this and they mentioned that the man who stole the player's hat went on to become a successful business owner who was given the Citizen of the Year award in the suburban town he lived in.
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  865. First, the FAA would have to certify it in order for it to be operated by an American airline. That ain't happening. Then the airline would have to deal with the PR disaster – the "Air Mao" jokes are writing themselves – plus the idea of supporting the CCP and their dictatorship and concentration camps, and, well, you know from there. Then they'd have to convince people to fly on Chinese aircraft. All this, of course, while literally every other day they are threatening war with Taiwan, Japan and other neighbors. If you see Chinese planes in the fleets of American airlines, it probably will have meant we lost World War III.
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  866. Yeah, I've always referred to it as "Chavismo," but I guess they're going for an English analogue?
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  867. It was a suspended sentence in the first place. There is no actual jail time to be served.
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  868.  @Kayzef2003  - Iranians aren't Arabs. They're Persians. And they hate their own tyrannical government. Most Iranians would probably rather live under Trump than the old fossil mullahs in charge of things over there.
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  869.  @christinebenson518  Why is one "better" than the other simply because it costs more? Mercedes and Land Rover make different types of vehicles at different price points. I wouldn't argue one is better than the other. They're different.
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  870.  @bennettmarshall7881  - It's not like he said it publicly. And we're just going on someone else's word that he said it at all. I'm sure all presidents speak at ease during private conversation. The reality is that there are some pretty disgusting corners of the world. I've been to a few of them. It doesn't mean the people are bad, but there are countries that simply cannot get their collective acts together and are their own worst enemies. As a consequence, they lack basic infrastructure and services and, in turn, are dirty, rife with disease and have open sewers. This isn't rocket science.
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  871.  @christiansmith2730  - I'm stunned there are so many socialists (the modern incarnation of the Democrat party) who are watching history videos. Perhaps they are pining for the good ol' days when they could head to the USSR for their honeymoon and sip vodka while political prisoners rotted away in gulags.
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  872. Hmm... so heavier border security cut down heroin and meth smuggling 30-40 percent. I thought tougher border controls didn't work. That's what CNN told me...
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  873. Unfortunately this attitude can end in tragedy, as with the former Japanese PM.
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  874. Yeah, this guy would be huge! I bet some company would eventually even sign him to a big exclusive deal.
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  875. Riiiight... just like every video of a Flanker doing a cobra is sponsored by a shirtless Vladimir Putin riding a grizzly bear. Good planes are good planes.
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  876. But wait... John Cena told us Taiwan doesn't exist. Where's all that wacky tea coming from?
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  877.  @wwthing  As long as he keeps his head down and doesn't take photos of anything...
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  878. Muhammad and Jesus both agree, apparently.
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  879. Hundreds of journalists have "spread" classified information over the years. I understand not pardoning Snowden, since he actually stole the materials (that should not be rewarded) but the guy who simply published it? That is a bad precedent to set for reporters worldwide.
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  880.  @dutcher777  - What disaster? Cuba can buy whatever it wants, from any country in the world, except one. If the US ended the embargo tomorrow, the only difference would be that Cubans would be able to choose from more things they could not afford anyway due to their authoritarian thug regime that hasn't allowed elections since they murdered and pillaged their way into office in 1959.
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  881.  @strappedwithkrylon  - Blockade? You mean the one that lasted less than two weeks 60 years ago? And was over nuclear weapons, which Castro openly advocated using against American civilians even if it meant his own people would sacrificed? Yeah, what an unreasonable guy JFK was for not allowing a gigantic cache of nukes in the hands of a madman 90 miles away from his country...
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  882.  @LyndseyMacPherson  - Trump tightened it up again in response to Cuba's intelligence service propping up Nicolas Maduro. Many folks do not realize that the G2 (Cuba's "CIA," so to speak) is extremely powerful, and ruthless. They have a worldwide intelligence network that rivals major powers and they are very effective in quashing internal dissent. Keeping them under wraps as much as possible is in the interest of not only the US, but all of Latin America. When the G2 shows up, human rights activists begin finding themselves in jail, reporters dead and freedom destroyed.
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  883. This is a valid system in a homogenous racial society. In the U.S., where ethnic gangs literally control partitions of major cities and have ties to major drug cartels, it doesn't work as well.
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  884.  @bebomahgoub  - I haven't seen a movie since 2006. On the contrary, I've spent most of my life traveling across the world for my job. I know how things work. ;)
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  885. I'm wondering if some of these planes could be converted to a military application. Thinking of an A380 MRTT, though I would expect the issue to be a lack of customers (US will stick with the C-5 and other NATO allies have no need for such a large aircraft). Maybe India?
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  886. He's talking about a meaningless vote in the UN against the Cuban embargo. It was covered, mainly in Florida where there is a large Cuban population. It's not something most Americans ever think about, really. I assume the Russian state media hyped it up to make the US look bad, which is fine, I guess. I don't know how well it's going to distract the Russian people from the fact that they will be approaching 100,000 soldiers KIA by the end of the year.
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  887. The problem with the Su-39 (real name: Su-25TM) is that only eight of them exist. And the main upgrade was a radar and avionics suite that allows better engagement of air targets, which will generally be useless. If you haven't already established air superiority, close air support planes are going to last about five seconds before being blown out of the sky by a fighter.
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  888. Ugh, I tried that once. I never had something so disgusting in my life.
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  889. Three Humvees with tear gas canisters and the county sheriff's department writing tickets. Battle plan completed.
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  890.  @welshparamedic  - That's doubtful. The Tempest is a sixth-gen air superiority platform that (given the development stage) is probably going to be the first of its kind. There won't be an American alternative until the Navy's F/A-XX sixth-gen plane hits production. Just like there's plenty of British tech in the F-35, there will likely be a decent amount of American tech in the Tempest through subcontracting. And it will most certainly utilize some American munitions mixed with the Meteor and some laser tech. It's going to be an awesome plane. Frankly, it's good for the American aircraft industry to have its closest ally developing aerospace tech on the same level. Partnerships with a hint of friendly competition can be a very valuable thing.
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  891. The F-35 competes on the world stage with tons of other multirole planes. And if you don't want to buy from the Chinese, it's the only fifth-gen plane in serial production and ready for foreign military sales. The reason it's getting so many orders is because the price has been dropped substantially, to the point where it's only a few million dollars more than the Gripen, Rafale, etc. Then there's the fact that the F-35 is actually three separate planes. It is literally a perfect fit for the UK's carriers and Japan's helicopter carriers, the 'A' variant is perfect for network fusion between NATO forces (the USAF and RAF have been teaming up the F-35 and Typhoon, for example) and the 'C' will give the USN stealth tech until a new air superiority platform can be designed. The 'C' would be compatible with France's aircraft carrier but they're going to stick with the Rafale-M. Despite being trashed in the press (unfairly, by the way) the plane has proven itself to be very impressive. It is gaining customers on merit now that the kinks have been worked out, the pilots have learned how to fly it and the price has come down. Not everything is some big conspiracy.
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  892. Yikes. So many worthless, useless vatniks in this thread...
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  893.  @hoang1730  Well, actually, two unelected dictators and a group of Mad Mullahs are on Russia's side, lol.
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  894. Well, Israel flew their F-35s into Lebanon and Iran without being detected. They even posted a photo of one flying calmly with the Beirut skyline in the background. The results seem pretty good thus far. A significant number of Flankers have been in Syria but that campaign has focused more on legacy bombing/attack platforms like the Su-24. There really isn't a significant need for air superiority aircraft to be deployed in large numbers in Syria. The enemy doesn't have an air force, and the U.S. isn't there to shoot down Russians.
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  895. Binkov only does sims, not current events. ;)
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  896.  @ari_a2764  The Russian language was codified into law as the language to be studied and utilized in all Soviet schools in 1938. It was made optional in 1958, when languages of "national significance," as codified in a separate 1922 law which designated multiple de jure languages depending on territory, were allowed to be taught and studied. So, essentially, the USSR did not designate Russian as its official language, but it outlawed the study of all the others for some time and largely discouraged their study in later years, hoping they would ultimately die out. - Sincerely, an American who just put you in your place.
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  897. Sure, support the genocidal regime that produced this thing. Look forward to it. Yikes.
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  898. Interesting. I was in Morocco this summer and did not notice it at all. People seemed eager to take pictures, actually. The locals took our picture and some posed with us at some cool sites we got to see. What part of the country were you in?
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  899. The F/A-18 and F-14 also made appearances.
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  900.  @janbo8331  The newly-created brigades are mostly light infantry who, sadly, are used as cannon fodder until they take out a few vehicles to defend the front line. Then a new wave comes in to try and hold it. Then a new wave to attempt to advance if possible. The pure death toll is why the armed forces were forced to expand. They're running out of PGMs, have no air superiority and their long-range naval strike capability has been diminished to practically nothing. There is no other option but to send waves of human beings into combat. Even if it's physically sustainable, it's not going to be politically sustainable once the residents of St. Pete and Moscow are affected.
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  901. I believe there is a basic RWR but not the MAWS system that most modern fighter aircraft field. Certain variants such as the Su-30MKI and Su-30MKM do have these systems. The Indians developed it indigenously and the Malaysians purchased it from Saab.
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  902.  @ThePorkchop1787  - It won't be a new variant, just some of the F-35 tech will be retro'd into the F-22. The next planes the U.S. will develop will be the B-21 and the F/A-XX air superiority fighter for the Navy.
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  903. Absolutely amazing how you forgot to mention that the entire country fell into collapse after the equally racist post-apartheid government prohibited white ownership of companies, including utilities, and essentially formed LLCs that tried to keep the white company in place without recognizing it or having it control the funds management. The companies, as one could expect, all collapsed as cronies and political steuges were installed instead of anyone based on merit. Now that white people in SA are being targeted with all kinds of horrendous crimes, the few remaining are leaving and nobody is left to run the economy. Sorry, it's the politically incorrect, truthful answer. I didn't start the fire. It was always burnin..
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  904. By DISTANCE, I'd say Barcelona-Reus was the farthest from the eastern portion of the city center where the hotels, yacht clubs are located. It was certainly an hour drive and probably 50-60 miles. Not making that mistake again. By TIME, I would say O'Hare to the city center of Chicago can be an absolute nightmare. I don't believe it's too far in distance because I've flown in and out of there late at night and arrived quickly.
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  905. Another consideration is the sheer size of the United States, and the fact that it was developed many years (centuries!) after Europe, and is thus less dense. It is not uncommon for cities of close to 100,000 people to be located several hours away by car from a hub. That makes regional airlines important for more people to be able to access travel opportunities. I live about two hours from a major hub, but 30 minutes from a regional airport where I can hop a quick flight and connect to South America, Europe and a host of other locations more quickly than driving to a hub, parking, dealing with longer security lines and additional delays. As for runway length, that is just a product of geography. We have a lot of room in the US, so when they build an airport, they add in room to grow if necessary. Our regional airport also doubles as a Coast Guard air station, so it's put to good use. I believe Air Force One has landed there a few times, too.
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  906. The MQ-9 can be outfitted with Stingers, so it does have an established air-to-air option that has been deployed. It first flew with the AIM-92 in 2002. It does, also, have the capability to load an AIM-9X, but I don't believe one has been operationally deployed with one. An MQ-9 did fire an AIM-92 at an Iraqi MiG-25 once, but the missile went astray.
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  907. They're definitely getting back to their roots. I guess they figured out that nonstop woke lunacy wasn't attracting views.
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  908. I'd much rather fly Alaska than deal with the chaos of a Southwest flight.
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  909. I've never flown on Royal Air Maroc, but I've always associated them with the uber-professional carriers like Qantas, BA, KLM, Avianca, etc. Have only traveled to Morocco by boat from Tarifa. ;)
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  910.  @mry5661  You don't rack up tens of millions of worldwide video rolls and hundreds of thousands of followers without your government knowing about it – not even in a western democracy. This channel is on their radar, period, and it's very brave of him to continue.
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  911.  @flare9757  - It was a joke. ;)
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  912. They only need to hold off until the fellow members of the Commonwealth plus the U.S. arrives. I wouldn't be surprised if France would want in as well. Australia could, without any doubt, be defended – but they would need to go it alone for a little while. Even with that said, the U.S. could send its strategic bombers on runs where needed almost immediately, including B-1s to deploy LRSAMs against incoming transport ships.
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  913. I guess all those left-wing musicians still aren't playing Sun City, huh? Great job they did over there...
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  914. Could we stop with the "they/them?" I couldn't tell if it was a man or woman, which was important for the story. It's 2025. You don't have to be woke anymore.
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  915. It's fun doing this. I used it to find Pablo Escobar's prison in Medellin and map out a route to it. I was feeling extremely proud of myself, but then 3/4 of the way there, it turns out they just put up a sign after Narcos started drawing tons of visitors, lol. Legitimately, though, I also found the building where he was killed by the Search Bloc and it was near my hotel.
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  916. Petter - I love your work and discovered the joy of flying into Girona from you! That said, as an American, I find it distasteful that you would not refer to President Trump by name in your video. Is this an algorithm cave-in, or a purposeful slight? At least half of America supports our former president and hopes he serves another term. It is disappointing that this is the path down which you went.
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  917. Do the people who live in those cities agree that they've been "liberated?"
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  918.  @amateur9626  How's the weather in Moscow today?
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  919.  @CadStr  Why would the future of travel be restricted to trains and domestic travel? I don't get the reasoning behind what you're saying. Why would I stop traveling to other countries?
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  920.  @205rider8  It's really not that simple. People have become sick and tired of "doing what the boss wants" when they derive no benefit from it. They WILL work somewhere else, leaving a shortage of talent behind. In many cases, people do NOT want salaried jobs at companies because of the inflexibility and senseless demands made by bosses. They would rather work on a contract basis, and for good reason.
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  921.  @seantroy3172  Sure, during off-hours and lower speed trains. An Acela from Trenton (near where I used to live) to DC to go to a meeting and return that night would rarely be under $150 round-trip.
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  922.  @seantroy3172  Plus outrageous parking fees at train stations, plus the time it takes to get to the station, waiting around for the train to arrive, dealing with the public, etc. I don't see an advantage over my car.
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  923. The US rented seats on Soyuz while our new system was being developed. We never actually bought them to be used at our launch sites in FL, VA or CA. Not sure that would even be technically possible.
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  924.  @МихаилШишанов-б4э  We learn about military heroes and victories in the west, too. There is nothing wrong with learning about your country's history and accomplishments. But we do not somehow believe death or martyrdom is beneficial for our country, nor ourselves.
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  925. The problem is the fact that a Tomahawk cruise missile (which would almost definitely be the one used by the US had they retaliated) is 18-feet long. Can a modern Russian SAM radar not discern the difference between an 18-foot-long object and a Boeing 737? If not, we've greatly overestimated their capabilities.
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  926. The question is whether the copycat models would be up to snuff in combat. China is an authoritarian state that does not trust nor place much value on its own people. The impetus to make aircraft as survivable as the U.S. just doesn't exist. It's a quantity over quality doctrine that translates extremely poorly to the battlefield, if history is any guide.
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  927. Ayatollah Assaholla lol.
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  928. Uhh, I've spent plenty of time in Colombia, in most of its major cities. The police are not systemically "violent" at all. Just like the USA, it's a country with a lot of drugs and a lot of arms in urban areas, and the police must act accordingly when necessary. The average law-abiding person has nothing to worry about. Frankly, in many ways it's safer than the U.S. (and some European cities) because other people are far more willing to help/defend you if you encounter someone up to no good.
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  929. This is eventually going to turn into a three-day turkey shoot, not WWIII. Let's not give Iran too much credit, here. They are excellent at oppressing their own citizens (they're even friends with Maduro!) but not so great at much of anything else.
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  930.  @exlibrisas  NATO could completely collapse and the US and UK would not tolerate Russia physically bombing an allied nation, occupying it, and annexing a land bridge across Europe. Russia could not militarily oppose either on its own, much less a coalition of the willing that includes them. It isn't happening. ;)
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  931.  @yaak_  This is an internet comments section. Nobody legitimately cares about anyone else's opinion.
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  932. Did the Spanish ship then bring it to America to deliver it to the guy who won the Pepsi contest?
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  933.  @AntonYoon  - True. If I were running the ROK's air force, I would probably stick with the Meteor until the U.S. fields the AIM-260. For now, the Meteor strikes me as the better BVR missile since it was purpose-built for that, but the AIM-260 could (and likely will) be superior since it will be brand new.
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  934. I think they've replaced pretty much all of the old FLIR pods with the Rafael LITENING pod. I'm guessing the sensor tech in one of those is why we don't have video from the shooter.
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  935. Weird... this news piece only showed one side of the story. And I know Vice surely would never do that, considering the thoughtful, balanced manner in which they cover American news.
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  936. Yeah, I prefer "San Franpsycho"
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  937.  @JoGuev7177  I think the issue is that they specifically choose areas where there are few other jobs available so they can dominate the work force – and, let's be honest, grease the local politicians. There's no way most planning or zoning boards would allow gigantic warehouses to be built if anyone else proposed one.
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  938. I believe these guys were regular mobiks, not Wagnerites. The Wagner orcs are mostly bunched up in Bakhmut.
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  939. My thoughts exactly. I'll take this route sometime when I'm in Austin just to grab an easy opportunity to visit Joshua Tree. It's my favorite national park.
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  940. I mean it's an awesome thought but I don't think that plane is getting built. I hate that the age of the dedicated interceptor seems to almost over, though you could argue the J-20 is essentially an interceptor.
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  941. The last guy even looked a little bit like Lukashenko lol.
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  942. It's basically the most divided the US has been since the civil war. He's supposed to ignore reality and talk about someone's new Netflix special? People listen to Joe for interesting conversations, even if it's not with a supposed "expert." That's something you can't get anywhere else.
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  943. It really has little to do with proxies and western powers and almost everything to do with the fact that, at one point or another, France was cool with selling nuke tech to whoever wanted it.
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  944. It refers to the design era. "Soviet era" is any system that was designed and produced before 1991. Americans generally refer to weapons systems from those days as being from the "Cold War era." Same thing.
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  945. They also have no allies. U.S. weaponry includes stuff made in the UK and other NATO countries. The F-35 is, essentially, half British, and our new trainer is made by Saab. That frees up tons more room in the U.S. to make the things we need when we need them. And the same in reverse.
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  946. These systems have been around for a while. They're known commodities, and the stated numbers are correct. Russia does have a platform similar to HIMARS but they have been produced in very small numbers and likely can no longer be produced due to sanctions.
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  947.  @someguy7657  - I highly doubt the Su-57 will make it into full production. And Russia doesn't really want to sell them the Su-35 since it would be seen by the world community as another rejection of the Su-57. Chances are that Turkey ends up with a Su-30 – just don't know whether it'll be something like a Su-30MKI or a Su-30M2V. Big difference.
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  948. This video dismisses everyone in Transnistria as "pro-Russian separatists," but this glosses over the fact that they were being effectively ostracized and thrown out of any position of influence within Moldova after the ethnic majority sought Romanian reunification, or at least a light version of it. They now lived in a country that didn't speak their language, practice their customs or respected their culture, but also didn't want to grant them their own territory. So they asked the USSR to guarantee their territory since they were drawing the lines of the post-Soviet republics. I doubt if these people much care about the ideology of either side – they just want to continue living without bother.
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  949.  @jacky9590  Yeah, that's not even remotely correct.
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  950.  @elektrotehnik94  - They do? Trump ran on ending wars in the middle east. But his hand was forced. Is there any world leader (besides Obama) who would sit back and take an attack and attempted invasion of their country's embassy? The strike was absolutely appropriate. Soleimani organized the embassy assault, was planning additional attacks and targeting diplomats, and was taken out for his behavior. The U.S. stood by for 20 years while this man wreaked havoc on his own people as well as westerners. Trump purposely called back attack jets after the drone strike because he did not feel Iranians should lose their lives when no Americans did at the time. He is the most balanced and sensible leader we have had in decades. Certainly better than flying planes filled with cash in the middle of the night and handing it over to the mullahs. Mind-bogglingly stupid on the part of the US at the time.
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  951. You're praying for the war criminals too? Huh?
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  952. No one is afraid of Russia anymore, bro...
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  953. Americans support Taiwan!! We have a moral obligation to defend a fellow democracy against an inhuman dictatorship. This isn't some pointless war in the Middle East again. This is preventing a brutal communist regime from taking over a democratic state. Here's hoping Japan and Australia would join, as they could be among China's next targets.
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  954. That is not even remotely correct.
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  955. Noticed the same thing. This reporter knows what that offense is and CHOSE not to report the entire story. This video could have been interesting and conclusive, but was presented in a very slanted and dishonest manner. I wonder what else was left out in order to prove whatever political point she was trying to make.
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  956. What Booker always forgets to tell everyone is that he was born and raised in an upper middle class, nearly all-white town called Harrington Park in New Jersey. He knows nothing of "the streets" or the struggles of people of color. He ingratiated himself in the corrupt political machine that runs Newark, NJ and they made him mayor (even though there were legitimate rumors he never actually lived in the city despite maintaining a residence there for show). His record was a disaster. Murders, carjackings, robberies through the roof. The state took over the schools because they were such an unmitigated disaster. Nobody even dares to get off at the exits for Newark on the highway if you don't have to. The man is a fraud who was created for the purpose of winning political office. He brings nothing to the table.
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  957.  @ratatajk7187  Hahahahahahahahahaha
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  958. We weren't the ones who started building airbases on fake islands and stealing technology from the rest of the world...
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  959. The U.S. military should have the least to do with Erdogan's Putin puppetry as humanly possible. He's essentially an Islamist dictator in a nicer suit.
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  960. Please let the USA follow! We need to walk the walk of freedom! Refugees from HK and Venezuela need to be given a home and a new start here!
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  961.  @YUSKHAN  - So your plan is to send hypersonic missiles into a national park? I guess that will neutralize the U.S.'s strategic force of bison and grizzly bears.
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  962.  @whitelabrat  - I don't understand the thinking that the U.S. cannot afford its military. Though our corporate tax rates are insane, our overall cost of living is relatively low compared to most other developed nations. If anything, there is a good amount of breathing room for an expanded defense budget if required, though Americans would likely not tolerate European-level taxation unless there was a dire situation at hand. One of the issues Europe faces is that its levels of taxation are so high, and the welfare state so massive, that they have little room to increase defense spending in an emergency. Even the most tame austerity measure are met with near-riots when proposed. The U.K. is uniquely well-positioned to increase MoD spending if needed, but (ironically) the Scandinavian countries closest to Russia would need to bankrupt their own citizens to afford their own defense.
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  963. Gorbachev is actually still alive, so...
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  964. Comac? I wouldn't fly on a Chinese airliner for multiple reasons, some not having to do with the plane itself. It would be a PR disaster for any western airline to buy from them. The "Tiananmen Air" memes are already popping into my head.
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  965. Who is to say she was a "successful" prosecutor? Her jurisdictions include some of the most dysfunctional, lawless, and backwards places in America.
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  966.  @nochannel1q2321  The U.S., at least, also has specific, recorded patterns for mine placement that can be referred to at a later date for easy removal. They aren't randomly thrown around anymore like they were in the World Wars. Now, would China lay mines responsibly in a conflict? Who knows. Maybe, hopefully. The Russians are generally a lost cause with this kind of thing.
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  967. How is this "going against the US?"
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  968.  @erickamckinney2980  - You are officially the first person I've ever heard argue that Nazi Germany won World War II.
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  969. The U.S. reportedly owns an S-300 system and practices against it. Since the S-400 is really just an upgrade of the S-300 with a new name, I would guess they have tried to replicate the upgrades and already know the good, bad and ugly on it.
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  970. They've invested billions into that sub complex in Hainan. I doubt they're looking to relocate their fleet into an area that will always see some level of hostility even if they were able to somehow dislodge the Taiwanese government.
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  971.  @Alias_Anybody  I've driven in five of the seven continents. American drivers are far from the worst, or anywhere near the worst. Among developed/western countries, my experience leads me to believe Italian drivers tend to be the most unpredictable and aggressive. The USA is a massive country – regional driving culture between states varies as much as it does between countries in Europe. People from Alaska do not drive the same way as people from California or Florida.
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  972. @Wazi R How do we know their decision to light a backfire wasn't the best decision in the first place? They refuse to coordinate anything, so that's what they get. Maybe we should eliminate CalFire as an organization. It sounds like unions have infected the entire firefighter infrastructure and rotted it from the inside out.
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  973. Well, the ultimate way to "leave Turkey alone" would be to decline to sell them weapons systems. ;)
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  974. Funny how in the United States, the people put a stop to this quickly, the judicial system worked as a check on the legislature, individual rights were protected, and despite the childish derision from Europeans and others, the healthcare system is not the least bit overwhelmed here.
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  975. They would need to purchase the THAAD platform from the U.S. or the S-500 from Russia. THAAD is already deployed, while the S-500 remains in development. The S-400 has some ABM capability but that is not its real intent.
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  976. Caught that. Lots of people will suddenly be experiencing cases of asthma, although if you live in Chelyabinsk, it's probably a given.
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  977. Exactly. This video made it out to sound as if stealth tech has been rendered worthless by Russia and China. Yet Russia and China are both building and developing stealth aircraft.
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  978.  @andrei1637  - Mutually Assured Destruction. Granted, it's not as "assured" from China as it was/is from Russia, but it's there. If one country launches a nuke, there is a good chance neither country survives.
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  979. Ehh, I had my old Land Rover for over 10 years and about 200,000 miles. Never gave me any issues worse than any other car I've had. And it was a beast through sand, floods, and snow when I lived in an area that was colder. I took it out on trails and on the beach, etc. It wasn't babied at all, and held up really well.
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  980. Great video! My grandfather was on the USS Savannah when it was struck by the Fritz-X. He made it to Malta, where apparently it was a great place to rest and recover for a bit, and then he was re-assigned to the Pacific theater on the USS Wisconsin.
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  981. It's actually the linchpin of the show. Without the infringement, there would have been no $1M judgment, which would have resulted in diminished animosity between Joe and Baskin, which would have likely avoided the prospect of him hiring someone to kill her. A simple dispute over a name and logo is what ultimately ruined Joe's life.
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  982.  @aliatack19  - Why would a major superpower, much less a European regional power, use nuclear weapons against Turkey? There is no scenario in the farthest reaches of my mind in which this would occur. Turkey, on the other hand, has openly threatened to use weapons in an offensive posture against Greece and Israel. That is why people feel so strongly in this matter.
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  983.  @MiguelMartinez-hs6ql  No country has "free" healthcare. When you find a country where physicians, nurses and other medical personnel work for free, let me know. Until then, you can either pay $7/gallon for fuel plus a national sales tax like in Europe, or improve our private system. I'd vote for the latter.
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  984.  @1SCme  We need narrower clarifications on the bases for conservatorships to be applied in the first place, though. The fact that a person uses drugs is not a reason to effectively make them a ward of the state. Millions of people use and abuse both legal and illegal drugs every day, including highly-functioning individuals for whom courts would never dare to consider a conservatorship. Frankly, if Britney wants to spend her money buying 250,000 acres of marijuana plants to smoke and spend the rest of her life in a cloud of giddiness with copious munchies nearby, that is her choice to make.
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  985. There is an IFF antenna mounted on the search radar of Tor, so the capability is definitely there. IFF has a number of different "modes" for military use. Then there are two modes for joint military-civilian use including "3/A" which is the mode used for ATC. I'm guessing either the pilot of the Ukranian plane did not properly transmit from his transponder, or the Tor commander was simply in a panic and under the belief that the U.S. was going to respond rapidly to the missile strike, producing an itchy trigger finger.
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  986. There is also the potential for Israel to pull an Osirak raid-style operation.
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  987. Ha, 145km. Its "advanced" missile has a range less than the AIM-120D that the U.S. is already replacing in two years.
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  988. The difference is that China's ultimate goal is to lure nation-states into implementing non-Democratic governments. If you're fine with being forced into a re-education (concentration) camp or be run over by a tank if the government doesn't like you, by all means let China gain influence within your country.
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  989.  @lilyachernik942  Do you realize it's just a joke?
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  990. WOODKA!
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  991. I don't understand why Embraer isn't absolutely racing to design an A320/MAX competitor. They have the opportunity to leverage some of the cantankerous relationships airlines have with BOTH of the duopoly manufacturers and provide airlines a third option without having to turn to future Chinese or Russian products, which would likely be politically untenable for airlines in many countries to acquire. It's essentially what Dassault does with its Rafale fighter. Some countries want something "western" but not made by the U.S. or the pan-Euro manufacturers. They've scored some major orders recently.
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  992.  @lindyashford7744  Probably because most of the people in that audience know how WWII ended, lol.
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  993. They do. The U.S. actually had one last week (Sea, Air, Space).
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  994. So Vice is making an editorial judgment that the Brexit is a "mess." I guess they discount all of the reasons the people voted in favor of it because their leftist reporters don't like it. Come on Vice. Have some integrity. A few years ago you were far more honest, far less preachy and far more interesting. Now it's just constant left-wing puff piece after puff piece. Your viewers are getting tired of it.
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  995.  @Free-g8r  Yup, they're retired by Delta.
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  996. Well, it's happening...
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  997. Yes, let's give up all of our privately-owned firearms. Autocracy could never, ever flourish in the west, after all!
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  998. See, I'm an American, and I'd love to see him posting from the top of the mountain on the Westman Islands. My favorite place in the world, the most peaceful place on Earth in the winter. (Although one day I would like to see the puffins in the summer, lol.)
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  999. There's a reason fighters from the same generations tend to look similar even when they are developed separately. The MiG-15 was the most successful fighter of its time and the F-86 was developed with swept wings to counter it. The F-22 set something of a baseline since it was the first fifth-gen stealth fighter, so others appear similar. I suspect either the NGAD prototype or Tempest will serve the same purpose for sixth-gen fighters, whichever is unveiled first.
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  1000. My understanding was that Icelandair's plan was to convert the current 767s into cargo-only.
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  1001. Fighter aircraft in Europe operate in radio clear far more often than in the U.S., Middle East or Asia. They could have been communicating on Guard (121.5) or interacting with another agency on an open frequency. This isn't unusual.
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  1002. Less emissions by passenger? Do you really think the average flyer cares in the least about that? I sure don't. Ironically, I very much prefer when I see an older aircraft assigned to my route if I'm in economy. The seats are not as horrendously crammed in as they are now. Don't put lipstick on a pig and let these airlines get away with poor comfort under the guise of some environmental virtue signaling.
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  1003. On what planet is this man living?
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  1004. The e-mail was from 1999... what bombings?
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  1005.  @martingalster3058  No, it's called fixing an election by intimidating your opponents and rigging the vote with the help of Putin.
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  1006. Vice, you guys REALLY dropped the ball on this one. Gov. Murphy and the NJ Democrat party are not like most other Democratic parties across the country. They are a creation of and by the labor unions and that is the only demographic the matters. Not minorities. Not environmental voters. Not pro-choice voters. Unions. It begins and ends there. They have literally bankrupted the state over giveaways to the unions – for example, it is 800% most expensive per lane mile to pave a road in NJ versus the U.S. average. Now, here's how it connects to cannabis: The unions want major, multi-million dollar operations where their members can get jobs in heavy transport and other areas in exchange for their financial backing of Murphy and the rest of the party. They have spent millions lobbying at the state level and are dispatching reps to every city council in the state to put pressure on elected officials locally. That is the reality in the most corrupt state in America. New Jersey has the worst small business climate in the United States. It isn't going to change in one single industry. Oh, and the woman you interviewed for this story was hand-picked by Murphy to be in charge of this "commission" with ZERO input from voters or even the elected legislature! She graduated from law school just a few years ago, was given a patronage job in his administration and suddenly she's in charge of this state agency without even the most limited amount of experience. In other words, she's there to rubber stamp whatever Murphy (a Goldman Sachs alum) wants. Don't be fooled.
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  1007. Perhaps they haven't done anything more because neighboring countries have been preparing to defend themselves.
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  1008. The factual answer is the Aegis system, SPY-6 array and some other aspects of design that would make the FREMM more multirole oriented. But we've gone FAR beyond a small percentage in weight gain at this point. Swapping out Leonardo and Thales electronics with Lockheed and Raytheon electronics isn't particularly complicated.
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  1009. Glad he caught her, but the idiot deputy was too busy mocking her to actually let her speak and incriminate herself. The local cop hid it well, but I'm pretty sure he was annoyed by the whole thing. Martin County Sheriff has a history of being, well, jerks. As opposed to the local police departments that have much better relationships with their communities.
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  1010. Perhaps they're Englishmen in their 20s and 30s who are patriotic and love their homeland more than an elitist trading bloc run by corrupt politicians.
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  1011.  @50shekels  - They do? Nobody I knew who ever served in the British military thought so. The U.K. still does, however, maintain a decent degree of power projection, employ very high-tech platforms, has an excellent intelligence service, and (this is often overlooked) personnel who have mostly seen war already in Iraq and Afghanistan. Plus they have access to a ton of American ELINT assets by treaty and contract.
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  1012. Just as an update... Armenia does now have four Su-30SM fighters (with eight on order). Not sure what, exactly, one does with four fighters (a single USAF squadron generally consists of 12-24 aircraft) but they do have them if they need or want to use them.
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  1013.  @stephengrant4841  - The issue is that there's a breaking point in the US. Right now, we're at a tipping point. If Google, Apple and Amazon share enough data with the government and it begins having tangible effects on every day life (access to travel/movement, etc.) there will almost certainly be public outcry to break up these companies and courts will limit access. But at the same time, this is what many fear about so many Democrats (once a rather centrist party that supported classical liberal thinking) being taken over by avowed socialists. An obsession over collectivism drives this very behavior – ie. everyone needs to be on the same page when it comes to ideology, so conservative thought is labeled as "racist" or some of the other terms we hear these days and is eventually criminalized. It has started on a small scale and must be stopped in its tracks.
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  1014. @AbdooMs EG - The best combat aircraft currently in the Egyptian arsenal is from... wait for it... *France*, not Russia.
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  1015. More likely? Why would and Scandinavian country want to invade a backwards, poor, nuclear-armed wasteland like Russia?
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  1016.  The Vengeance of Diana  - The new(ish) F-16 variants are great for countries that need a cheap multirole fighter, but it's really more of a JAS-39 Gripen analogue (though the Saab has better avionics and will be fitted with the Meteor). The F-16 is probably my favorite plane of all time, mostly because they used to fly down the beach in the town where I grew up all the time, and while it still has a place in combat the F-35 simply does everything better and wiped the floor with the F-16 at Red Flag. Colombia, for example, is currently debating whether to buy the newest F-16 variant or the Gripen. They're also considering the Eurofighter, which is astronomically priced, mainly because their hostile neighbor has a Flanker fleet. But really, the F-16 should be perfect for QRA, deterring incursions by regional adversaries and striking insurgents along the border. Brazil is currently upgrading its entire air force with Gripens, which supposedly can use its electronic warfare prowess to counter the Flanker, so that might really be the perfect choice for Colombia, however they have extremely close ties with the US and may want an American system that can receive OEM service a few hours away. The U.K., on the other hand, is a world power that also needs to be able to coordinate complex combat operations with the U.S., and requires a fifth-gen fighter to compliment its 4th-gen Typhoon air superiority fighter which can still be used for QRA and other NATO obligations. It's also perfect for the U.K. so Britain does not need to develop a fully-indigenous fifth-gen aircraft, and instead focus on the Tempest program, which will be a sixth-gen plane to replace the Typhoon. Now THAT is gonna be a badass fighter when it comes out!
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  1017. Weird to see him doing a story that isn't left-wing pandering or Trump-trashing. He actually sounds like a decent host if the woke lunacy isn't cranking.
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  1018. Nah. Now Russia, on the other hand...
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  1019. I like that they field the Gripen, my favorite fighter, lol.
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  1020. They don't even control much of what they're pretending to "annex."
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  1021. Perhaps the best course of action is to simply leave Ukraine alone...
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  1022.  @Daoistify  - "Revenge" for what? They shot down a plane that was almost completely filled with their own nationals, and dual citizens of Iran who lived abroad.
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  1023.  @jeffpowell8308  - Well, once the video emerged of a fiery object striking a plane in the air, exactly where this plane was, the goofing around was over. It's 2019 - someone caught it on video, which we all knew was inevitable.
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  1024. "Strategery..."
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  1025. Maybe in a tugboat race...
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  1026. Nobody expects the French to do anything for anyone.
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  1027.  @GOLDSMITHEXILE  - Eh, I don't think he's a commie. He likes the history of it, enjoys exploring it and, to me, respects some of the patriotic aspects. But he understands reality.
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  1028. Strangely reminds me of the Salton Sea in California. The plight of the people living in that area is awful, too, and the California government ignores them because they are not politically powerful.
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  1029. Official service ceiling is 60,000 feet. Whether it can retain thrust a bit higher, eh, possibly, but weapons employment at those altitudes would be difficult. The Raptor and Eagle both have the same service ceiling. The F-16 and F-35 are quite a bit lower. The Eurofighter can reach a bit higher at 65,000 feet.
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  1030. Sustainment costs on the F-16 are WAY higher than they would've been on the F-20.
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  1031. You're vastly overstating the necessity of trade with the United States. Plenty of countries can, and do, trade with Cuba. Including countries with robust pharmaceutical industries that, I'm sure, produce whatever medication that man was looking for. You may have noticed one of the taxis was a brand new Chinese car, for example. Opening up trade with the US would not improve the lives of these people at all. The ultra-wealthy "communist" party members could buy themselves some new toys, but the ability to import products is useless if you cannot afford any of the products in the first place. Again, as I said earlier, perhaps the people should decide their future in free and fair elections – but the left can't handle that. They can't even handle it in the USA. ;)
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  1032. I understand both sides. The west as a whole needs to set up some type of refugee program for these fleeing Russians. Georgia shouldn't have to shoulder the entirety of this. Perhaps they could serve as an entry-point, but I don't see why repatriation flights to western Europe or the US would be an issue. The US these days gives asylum to criminals and cheaters without question – why not some decent people who are actually/legitimately escaping an authoritarian regime and would be good additions to our country?
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  1033.  @fakecubed  - It was also extremely poor planning to cancel the AH-66 Comanche armed scout/attack helicopter.
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  1034.  @goodrobot1  The UN General Assembly is getting underway. Lavrov is already on U.S. soil. They had to fly here in an Il-96 because they can't use Boeing or Airbus planes lol.
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  1035. I get that this kid was guilty, but... man, if there was ever a channel that should convince people never to speak to the cops without an attorney, this is it. Literally anything you do to try to prove you're not guilty has some explanation attached to it as to why you're guilty. Blink? Guilty. Move your hand to right? Guilty. Yikes. I'd never submit to an interrogation without counsel present.
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  1036. Yes, some have been moved, according to some recent imagery. And Ukraine does field cluster munitions, though not in numbers. The U.S. doesn't really use them anymore except in an anti-runway role, so how many are floating around is tough to judge.
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  1037. @seaworth3382 I noticed he was back in Russia in his latest video, doing the interviews himself personally. I thought that was a little strange.
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  1038.  @surenaanerus7387  So like... how does it work being a troll for Kim Jong Un? Because the internet is totally censored there. Does he let you see SOME stuff just so you can comment? Hope you escape one day too.
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  1039.  @user_4046  That's the point. Neither are good systems, hence the desire for a multicultural system that could organically develop. Instead, they began resorting to expropriation and race-based ownership quotas that simply enriched party cronies who acted as middle men. It's what Americans would call "affirmative action" only on a hot shot of steroids and speed.
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  1040. Technically, the greed is over-regulated – to the point of being outright required. The law calls for stockholders (and bond holders) to be prioritized over any other party.
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  1041. And I hope my country, the USA, also a descendant from England, does its part. ANY freedom-seeking, hard-working, good-hearted HKer should find a home here!
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  1042. I have no clue as to why these people don't ask for lawyers.
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  1043. I would like to see the U.S. go completely metric (we already use liters for drink bottles, wine bottles, etc. and grams for medications) and our cars all have both mph and kp/h on the speedometers, so that wouldn't be difficult. Temperature would be the sticking point for most people. There is just no easy frame of reference to convert from F to C, and Fahrenheit tends to provide a more "exact" temperature without using decimals. I sometimes switch my car's climate system to metric measurements (it's a German car, so both are options) and "practice," but I just can't wrap my head around Celsius.
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  1044. Liberals: Big businesses use too many public resources! Businesses: Okay, we'll hire our own firefighters so we won't be using public resources. Liberals: I'm gonna figure out a reason to be against this...
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  1045. I wish they would stretch the E-jets a little more and compete head-to-head against the B737 and A320. I find the Embraer jets to be more comfortable than almost every configuration I've ever flown on an A320 family jet.
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  1046. "Turn it back on or we jam every last satellite you own and never provide you with a license to launch one ever again..." Fixed.
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  1047. Meanwhile, the customers are getting the shaft. I've had three flights canceled or substantially changed because of the MAX 8 issues. Granted, one was in my favor, being able to fly out of an airport closer to my home, but it's definitely caused headaches as far as timing, canceling hotel reservations, changing rental cars, etc. The airlines have just sort of shrugged their shoulders and told everyone to deal with it.
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  1048.  @tjroelsma  - Most of the U.S. airlines I fly seem to be using Airbus for their short haul to medium range routes. The longer routes are still using 777s if they are flying to/from major destinations, but I don't think there's any shortage of Airbus planes in U.S. airlines' fleets. My guess is that 75 percent of the people on any given plane have absolutely no idea, and don't particularly care, what kind of plane they're actually flying – unless it's something like a Dreamliner, A380 or 747.
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  1049.  @uhohhotdog  This could likely be fended off, but the cost of doing so would be astronomical. Attorneys who specialize in trademark/copyright and (especially) patents are among the highest in this line of work. Aerospace is probably the only area that exceeds it. Unfortunately this is why copyright trolls have proliferated. Congress desperately needs to address all of this.
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  1050. Surrounded? Russia can't project power more than 100km from their own western border, lol. Russia has turned to the likes of North Korea to source ammo, lol. And its people are barely being treated any better than Kim Jong-Un's subjects. The funny thing is their media spreads crazy stories about American starving and Europeans freezing to death. It's almost comical, except for the fact that enough vatniks and sycophants believe it. Russia needs to be disassembled and rebuilt from the ground up. It's a debased and backwards society.
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  1051.  @chrislohphotography  Yeah, there was something like this that happened in New Orleans in the USA too. A commercial jetliner landed in a small dirt airfield because of some engine malfunction. They were able to fix it and then just fly it out with no passengers and minimum fuel. Planes like the A400M are designed for this kind of thing, though. Another reason why turboprop is a better choice.
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  1052. Yeah, renaming those old Fishbeds "Lancers" (the B-1B would like to have a word) doesn't seem to have done the trick. The munitions carriage was upgraded to support French and Israeli equipment, but that airframe is what it is. I'm stunned India and China still have a few of these in service as well.
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  1053. Depends how many Mooseheads the lighthouse keeper has had, and how close the score of that night's hockey game is.
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  1054. Since this was an act of Congress, don't expect it to ever change. Any member of congress who proposes a law to get rid of the 1,500 hour rule will be portrayed by the opposing party as "The Congressman who voted cut safety requirements for flying." Doesn't matter which side of the aisle, it would be the same in either direction. In today's heated environment, I can already picture families of crash victims appearing in advertisements blaming the congress member for their relatives' deaths. Sadly, no one will take on this risk any time soon unless it becomes utterly dire and has almost unwavering bipartisan support.
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  1055. Peskov needs to be tried as a war criminal just like Goebbels. Solovyov too.
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  1056. @@JasonShoots He's a plastic surgeon.
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  1057. Perhaps you should move there and enjoy all of that freedom and liberation, lol.
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  1058.  vann tedd  - You have to remember that many of these reports were written years ago before the F-35 was flown, evaluated by the pilots/aviators themselves and improved. When the F-35 was first activated, pilots were flying it as they did their 4th-gen aircraft. They also found that the computer systems took too much control away from them, and government bean-counters prohibited them from pulling the maneuvers they would employ in combat. That has all since been fixed, for the most part, despite what we hear from the American press which is so hell-bent on shitting on their own country.
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  1059. The strategy would be interesting to see. Do you retreat from the DMZ in order to make way for bombing runs against the artillery units and risk tipping off NK you're about to launch a large strike? Or do you start with a shock-and-awe campaign and send in special mission units to attempt to eliminate the guns on the border pointed at Seoul during the chaos?
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  1060. The AIM-9x is for closer shots. But overall, I'd argue the Meteor is likely the best, though the next AIM-120 will incorporate some of the same technologies, which will probably place it on par.
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  1061. The Hornet version is even better. She sounds like she's having a complete heart attack.
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  1062.  @paulrodgers7634  - That would likely be the AIM-120. The first U.S. air-to-air kill since 1999 was at the hand of an AIM-120 fired by an F/A-18 Super Hornet aviator. He fired an AIM-9x first which missed, then got him with the AIM-120.
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  1063. I think there is a legitimate question as to whether the AF would even deploy. In Iraq in 2003, even Saddam Hussein overruled his own generals and forbid them from launching combat aircraft, knowing it would be worthless.
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  1064. @dylan bowes - SAS would most likely work with SEALs, SBS, Delta, and possibly a number of USMC units etc. to infiltrate and take control of sensitive equipment, such as A) the TELs B) nuclear sites and C) artillery units along the DMZ. Those are the only offensive platforms that would be difficult to eliminate in airstrikes. That "converted" Ohio-class sub he mentioned in the video is "converted" to deploy special mission units into enemy territory. I suspect that is why he included it.
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  1065.  @diepiepew12  - No offense, but Mexico is practically a failed narco-state at this point (more the fault of its politicians than people, but that's beside the point). Having spent a great deal of time in Latin America, Colombia, Argentina and Uruguay are the "best things" in the region. Argentina is actually a very beautiful, modern, safe place in my experience.
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  1066. In fairness, the Zumwalt was largely an experimental design that incorporated a revolutionary gun system (which, sadly, did not work out) and only three were built. There was no economy of scale. The Zumwalt concept, however, will help the U.S. build superior ships in the future to replace the Burkes and Ticos. China is great at copying existing designs and even re-engineering and evolving when necessary – but evolution is not revolution. China will always be behind because you're dealing with a one-party state and a command economy that does not tolerate dissent or failure – and failure is a major part of producing future success.
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  1067.  @stvdmc2011  Yes, they did. They overthrew the government and occupied a country on the other side of the planet within a matter of a few months – and held it for 20 years. Eventually, however, you can't expect "cavemen" to become modern western citizens. It was clear they had no interest in improving their own country, and neither the US nor anyone else can force people to do so. Militarily, however, it was fairly easy. For comparison, Russia couldn't take more than 20 percent of the country with which it shares a gigantic border.
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  1068.  @iwantmorenews557  Try again. The railgun, known as the AGS, was completed for the Zumwalt class and worked perfectly fine. The ammunition, made by BAE Systems, was deemed to be too expensive to make the project worth its cost, considering naval artillery is something of a technology of the past. The railgun turret is being replaced with launchers for a hypersonic land attack missile that is being co-developed with the Army. Enjoy your World War II era tech, commies. ;)
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  1069. Would be nice if Brazil had a president who wasn't a corrupt buddy of Putin.
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  1070. Global commerce, since ancient times, has largely worked on the idea of countries NOT banning the rest of the globe from their ports.
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  1071. I'll never understand why anyone does not immediately ask for an attorney the moment they feel they're being accused of a crime.
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  1072. Two overthrown governments, 52 hostages and 80 F-14s will do that...
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  1073.  @oscarosullivan4513  Well we see who can't afford private fire protection...
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  1074. No, they're not. There are not enough Gripen-E airframes in existence to support a squadron, much less two or three which would be needed to counter the Russian threat. They may be provided some training on a Gripen--C, but their final airframe will almost certainly be the F-16. There are thousands of them available, and they can launch essentially all western weapons except for a few American long range missiles that require the use of a strategic bomber. And while the Gripen-E is marginally more suitable for austere operations, it is NOT a MiG-29 with alternative intakes on top of the fuselage to avoid FOD.
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  1075. So these people called a lawyer... and then proceeded to give an in-depth interview with the police without the lawyer present. Wow.
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  1076. This should come easy to any pilot who's also a boater. Throttle on your right, and the helm on your left, usually with one hand on each (except autopilot etc.).
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  1077. CW Lemoine (former F/A-18 and F-16 pilot) does a lot of pilot interviews and aviation stuff.
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  1078. Because the reporters ask their questions in a smarmy, self-righteous, and generally douchey manner.
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  1079. Especially if said NCO is a woman. Yikes.
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  1080.  @xana3961  Huh?
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  1081.  @dzokavaac7307  Lol. Russia is the failed state. Your military has been decimated by Ukraine. Your flagship sunk. Your Sukhoi fighters turned into trash. No Su-57, no T-14 – old Soviet junk equipment being operated by drunken losers who have no idea what they're even fighting for. Neither your money, nor your passports, are welcome in any civilized country on Earth. Your people are poor, miserable, unhealthy and die young outside of two cities. Meanwhile, Ukraine is becoming more comparable to western Europe every year. Putin can't let people see what happens when a leader is democratically elected.
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  1082.  @Pekka.Pekka.1296  I'm glad I touched a nerve lol.
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  1083.  @DanGamboa  - I have traveled to Colombia from the U.S. (and back, obviously) many times. Usually my entire plane is filled with Colombians on their way to the United States. Doesn't seem like anyone has much of a problem.
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  1084. As with most "green" initiatives, this will end with the middle class no longer being able to afford to fly, and the wealthy continuing to do whatever they please. Tell me how the left is for the "little guy" again?
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  1085. These people actually believe that Russia is going to be invaded by... Ukraine? The U.S.? Huh? Why would anyone want it?
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  1086. Are the runway marker lights LED-based? If so, perhaps they could turn red when the runway is closed. That elicits a natural human response since the international standard for "stop" or "closed" is red lighting.
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  1087. You must really love living under dictatorships. So much for the fun of booze, dating apps, marijuana, hookers and gambling.
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  1088. It's also one of the only times he's even broached the topic of allies being involved. I'd actually like to see some more comparisons where all factors are considered, including morale, training, allies, etc. Possibly not nuclear capability because that is a war-ender (and possibly world ender).
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  1089. @Blob B - Uhh, no, if there were UK special operators on board, they would have defended themselves and the crew against a hostile boarding by a paramilitary force recognized as an international terrorist organization. Actually, if there were SBS personnel on board, this would never have happened to begin with. The Iranians don't actually want to fight anyone. They want to seize undefended civilian ships and drive around in pleasure boats throwing mines overboard like complete idiots.
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  1090.  @eliasziad7864  Post a link to one...
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  1091. Americans of a certain political party seem to have disdain for their own country. It's not all Americans. The F-35 is a wonderful product of a partnership between the US and UK. The UK was the only Tier 1 partner on the project. Lockheed-Martin and BAE Systems are really the only two companies in the world that can actually tinker with the thing.
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  1092. Following COVID-19 lies and aggression, the international community must either isolate or remove the Chinese Communist Party from power. It is not a question of if, but when. This brutal, inhumane authoritarian government cannot govern the largest group of people on Earth. They must be stopped.
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  1093.  @newborn6  The issue, of course, is that the only way to "kick out" anyone is to actually fire on them. Merely being there isn't going to deter a U.S. Navy carrier group. And then, of course, if you DO take the action of firing on a major USN ship, you've blown the mission. Instead of deterring the USN, you've invited a whole bunch more of them, plus ships from the JMSDF, RN, RAN, etc., into the region and they will likely be targeting the bases from which the original attacking ships were deployed. It's not as simple as you make it out to be. The reality here is that the U.S. military, which the Chinese seem to laugh off for some ignorant reason, can absolutely decimate their forces and send them back about 50 years in capability in short order – then go home. China, on the other hand, has absolutely no capability to show up off San Diego or Virginia Beach and pick a fight. If they want to try and tangle with all those ANG F-22s and advanced ships in Hawaii, that's their mistake to make.
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  1094. @Steve Higgins - No, they flew over a nuclear capable bomber that the U.S. didn't even bother to intercept. Shows you how much we give a crap about a Tu-160 Caribbean patrol in 2019, lol.
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  1095. Harald Baldr did a bunch of videos from Vietnam. Pretty interesting!
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  1096. Only the New York Times could gain access to North Korea and waste it on Trump bashing. What a worthless organization.
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  1097. A shame Embraer didn't make an A320/737 competitor. Airlines would be lining up.
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  1098.  @johnadam2885  Hahahahaha. Russia hasn't had the upper hand since the Mongols were running things...
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  1099.  @johnadam2885  It's so cute that Orc lovers think their useless military is so powerful. A couple squadrons of F-35s would pretty much eliminate the entire Russian air force at this point.
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  1100. Let's be honest, you worship Putler, you're cool with his atrocities, and you probably wish you were one of the Orcs abusing civilians. Sick man, Stan Marsh.
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  1101. Speaking of them, the US should buy some more NASAMS while we're on a European shopping spree.
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  1102. China is a country that could use a second amendment right about now...
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  1103. So here's what's going to happen now that the brain trust in Ankara is playing both sides: The U.S. will not sell the Turks the F-35, effectively the only commercially-viable fifth-gen fighter platform, because they're buying the S-400. The Turks don't want Chinese junk, and Russia's Su-57 program is all but dead, so they'll end up with the jet of choice for authoritarian dictators the world over: the Flanker. They'll do tricks at air shows and it'll look cool, and the anti-American media will giggle like trained seals as they usual do. Then, one day, Turkey – still playing both sides – will find themselves aligned with one of Russia's enemies. The Russians will stop arming them, and they will have burnt their bridges with the U.S.
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  1104.  @Lea_Kaderova  - Not really. More like "guy who reads the news from multiple international sources and practices common sense."
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  1105.  @Lea_Kaderova  - Actually, Turkish officials have publicly stated that their "first choice" as a source for a fifth-gen fighter, in the event they are kicked out of the F-35 program, would be Russia. The Chinese "junk" (and yes, I think it is junk) J-31 is a far third option – even behind the fourth-gen Flanker. And, yes, all indications are that the Su-57 project is dead. India pulled out altogether, the plane doesn't even have an engine, and its stealth has been largely exposed as somewhat fraudulent and the most recent news was that it may be deployed by 2028. Many experts in the field are suggesting that development of certain Su-57 components will be simply grafted into updated Flanker variants or shelved until a true fifth-gen-worthy design is achieved.
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  1106. It's worth noting that Spain has had a number of far-left governments in recent times. Generally speaking, left-leaning governments will push all resources to cities, where collectivist policies are more prevalent, and "punish" suburbs and rural areas. Same thing goes on in the U.S. and most of western Europe. It's ultimately about how much influence the government can have over the populace, and it's much easier to control people when they all live in one place, depend on the government for transportation, etc.
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  1107. Seriously, does every video on this channel have to devolve into Trump/Republican bashing? I really enjoyed Legal Eagle when applying for law school and starting as a 1L, but this is clearly a man who is in love with the D.C. establishment, hates Trump and seemingly looks disdainfully on anyone who voted for him. Wish you'd just stick to the law. Your channel was excellent when you did so.
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  1108. The 787 and A350 are examples of beautiful new planes by Boeing and Airbus. Hopefully we do see more – especially a 757 replacement.
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  1109. Well, the socialists convinced me. This looks excellent!
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  1110. This will be suppressed as he was never convicted of a criminal offense and polygraph results are not permitted for consideration in courtrooms. Unless a juror literally recognizes him or his name, they won't hear about this.
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  1111.  @J2540-  And why, in your deepest of imaginations, would the U.S. or any other NATO country want anything to do with physically invading and occupying a poor, cold, desolate country populated by millions of brainwashed people who would serve no purpose whatsoever?
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  1112.  @J2540-  I have no idea what this is supposed to mean...
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  1113.  @marekdrahos2456  It's kind of weird that a Russian is talking about one Ukrainian unit which may or may not have neo-nazis in it, while Putin is literally DOING many of the same things the REAL nazis did.
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  1114. Well, when you kill and take up arms against people, the deal they offer you once you're beaten is generally not going to be in your favor. But with that said, this was an amazing deal for the likes of the FARC. Colombia could have gone and just shredded every last one of these rebels with Super Tucano counterinsurgency planes, but instead they recognized them and even gave them seats in the legislature. The government absolutely should have spent some money on social programs (perhaps the U.S. could've nudged Nike, or something, to open a facility down there) but some people will never be satisfied. The ELN have been hanging around in the jungle since the mid-1960s and have never accomplished anything. They're actually a pretty pathetic group.
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  1115. Baseball games and hot dogs. Oh, the horror!
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  1116. In other words, someone at the European Commission got a massive bag of money from someone in Beijing.
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  1117. Trump attempted to upgrade an existing carrier to increase our carrier fleet to 12, but the politicians shot it down in Congress (and in the Pentagon). The window has now closed on that idea even if he is re-elected.
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  1118. Well, if nothing else, we learned that recruit training for the ELN involves barbecues, TV time and Wifi. There are probably guys at Parris Island right now wishing they had it that good.
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  1119. Well, the per unit cost is down to about $89 million for the A variant... so I think you need to change the title here.
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  1120. The Serb commander was only able to do so because the USAF pilot did not follow directions. The pilots were instructed to stagger their flight paths, but they kept flying the same paths every night anyway. Eventually, the SAM battery commander noticed that, for two seconds when the bomb bay doors opened, a "dot" appeared on his screen. So eventually, he settled in and waited for the two second window (since he knew they took the same paths every night) and fired when it popped up. They didn't defeat the F-117, they defeated a pilot who screwed up.
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  1121. NASAMS scored 10/10 hits Thursday.
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  1122. Hmm, I can think of one way to almost eliminate "western pressure" on Russia: get your military out of your neighbor's territory. Problem solved.
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  1123. The land where two-lane roads turn into one-lane bridges, for no conceivable reason at all (except, apparently, to terrorize the motoring public).
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  1124.  @9999AWC  None of those planes are even remotely commercially successful.
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  1125.  @Renato.Stiefenhofer.747driver  Russian engine technology is reliable and well-built? Is that why they have to literally shadow all of their navy ships with tugboats?
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  1126.  @antonyh37  Thank you for the clarification! It was a last-minute stop off for us on the way to a wedding, or I would've done much more research before visiting! It was a huge surprise to see an entire hangar with commercial airframes and USMC helos on display. Incredible amount of history there!
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  1127.  @wma1270  - Did you even watch the video? Unless Saudi Arabia plans on "overrunning" the IDF by unleashing hordes of oil traders and guys driving Ferraris, it ain't happening. The IDF has a manpower (primarily by way of force mobilization) and technology advantage.
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  1128. Don't worry, folks. The Democrat party is coming up with all kinds of great plans to ruin this advantage and destroy our energy independence and re-industrialization. Hide your stoves!
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  1129. Hmm. Keep in mind, I'm just thinking out loud here.... but.... By 2029, the Northrop B-21 bomber should be in production. The rumor mill is that it will have a low bypass engine capable of going supersonic without afterburner. So there's always the potential for a civilian variant of that to emerge over the next decade. Second point: yes, this is a REALLY BIG long-shot, but the RD-33B/NB engine developed for a Russian attack plane (which lost to the Su-25) is a low-bypass, non-afterburning engine. A variant with afterburner is currently used in the JF-17 fighter which is currently in production, and in theory there's a chance they could tinker with it again. Not sure if United or Boom would be allowed to import these engines, though, since they're of Russian origin and used today in a joint Chinese-Pakistani jet.
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  1130. They can to an extent, using synthetic aperture radar, but most of the weapons-located systems are ground radar-based. The primary one is the AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder.
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  1131. Wait til a Raptor has to shoot down a Tomcat over Iran. Maverick will be pissed.
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  1132. Ha, anyone who's ever had to drive around Iceland would not call it a "microstate."
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  1133. And while we're at it, Russia should lay off the Krokodile lol.
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  1134. Nobody wants to buy anything from a terrorist state. It is no surprise that Russia cannot sell its grain and fertilizer.
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  1135.  @Airdrifting  I'm pretty sure Vietnam kicked China's ass in '79.
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  1136. I don't mind flying LCCs in Europe as much as the U.S. I hate to say it, but the US LCCs just attract a questionable clientele. Lots of annoying, noisy people who don't know how to act on planes. European LCC flights have more children on them, generally, but the parents seem to be more responsible. I try to stick with mainline carriers in the U.S. but in Europe I use the LCCs for quick stops.
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  1137. Every dictator needs a boogieman when someone tries to throw him out of office. The US is a popular boogieman.
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  1138.  @tandrew0ate  They are practically doing it in the US and Europe these days. It's that multiplied by 1,000 in Russia. Anyone with an audience of hundreds of thousands of people is on the radar.
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  1139.  @richardjames5013  Hahahaha. Let him try.
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  1140. Simon, it's a bit of a myth that weapons provided to the Mujahideen were "used against" Americans or the UK in the 2001 invasion, at least at any semblance of scale. After the Soviets/Russians left Afghanistan, there was a large and notably successful program run by the CIA to openly buy back weapons at premium cost. This is why we did not hear about much in the way of Stinger attacks on planes and helicopters, or advanced missiles being fired against tanks and IFVs. The largest threats were small arms and homemade munitions.
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  1141.  @Paerigos  Russia could certainly fire off some missiles at the Baltic states, but this is essentially guaranteed to start World War III after one of them invokes Article V. Russian forces forward deployed in an offensive posture have absolutely no way to defend against devastating airstrikes from American heavy bombers, their supply lines would be decimated by naval strikes and blockades, and a good many air bases would be destroyed in the first day of war with a NATO coalition. Remember, as much as people hype Russia's military "hardness," they can't even keep a single aircraft carrier afloat. They've produced a total of a dozen fifth-generation fighters while the U.S. has produced thousands. This isn't the USSR we used to (legitimately) fear.
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  1142.  @kkpenney444  It was a joke, bud.
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  1143. Well, the one guy was correct: they don't eat Big Macs in Russia anymore... In fairness, most of these people sounded pretty reasonable. And most of them were correct in saying that the average person does not hate anyone simply because they are from another country.
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  1144. Fortunately we now have a president who realizes all this.
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  1145. As an American, I have absolutely no issue with South Korea or Japan having nuclear arsenals. Hell, take a few from us! That's what friends are for, right? ;) The difference with SK and Japan (versus DPRK), however, is that these countries have democratically-elected leaders who are respected the world over. They don't seek conflict. In theory, I tend to agree with you in principle, but Kim Jong-Un just strikes me as being too unstable to be trusted. A man who kills his own brother and uncles for disloyalty, tortures people on a daily basis and does not comport with any global norms for human rights is a dangerous man. There is a case to be made he is mentally ill or suffering from any number of conditions (syphilis?) that may affect his judgment. Ultra-authoritarian states do not have the level of checks and balances of others. Even in the former USSR, many authorizations were needed before a nuclear launch, and this practice literally saved the world twice. In the case of North Korea, it is up to a single man.
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  1146. To your initial point, I do think proliferation can actually be helpful. I would like to see Brazil develop a better arsenal to counter the Russian presence in Venezuela, which has included nuclear-capable Tu-160 flights. Brazil is one of the world's largest democracies and, despite internal issues with crime, should be a bigger presence on the world stage, and an emerging world power if not at least the regional hegemon. I am happy to see Brazil fully rebuilding its Air Force with 100+ modern aircraft (versus a dozen working Su-30s in VZ) and hopefully, someday, they will operate a carrier that can launch either the "Sea Gripen" or F-35B.
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  1147. You're rewriting history a bit. Rail-based missiles were relatively easily tracked by surveillance satellites by the time START was negotiated. And the U.S. could have easily made more missiles to match the Soviets' numbers – that was never even remotely an issue. The development of the Tu-160 and the AS-15 was what really prompted the treaty. Before the development of these systems, the Soviets really had no manner in which to penetrate U.S. airspace to deliver a payload. Their bombers were only authorized to attack American sea targets (European land targets were authorized). Had the START treaty not been ratified, the U.S. would have had to develop and deploy more SAM systems to defend against the bombers since American airspace has always been protected by manned aircraft rather than SAM batteries. It really was a money-saving measure which kept the U.S. from having to deal with the hassle and cost of going back to the days of missile batteries dotting the country. For its part, the U.S. removed the nuclear launch capability from the B-1 bomber (though missile pylons have reappeared over the last year on the B-1) and the Soviets agreed to remove the refueling probes on the Tu-22M so they would have no capability of reaching the U.S. (these have been added back in the new Tu-22M3).
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  1148. There's a politically incorrect answer here as well. Many people I know do not like the clientele with which they fly on these airlines (bringing outside food on board, noisy, general discourteous behavior) and find the legacy carriers to be a "smoother" flight in terms of dealing with being in a flying tube filled with other people. A lot of people I know would normally have no interest in paying extra for biz or first class, but just find it to be less chaotic.
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  1149.  @mmostgamer  - A B2 strategic bomber can very easily overfly North Korean territory. Israel routinely flies their F-35s freely in regions covered by significantly more robust systems than anything fielded by North Korea.
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  1150.  @masewoods8337  "We?" You're using the phrase "two systems," which is closely linked with Chinese propaganda. You're not American, you're a paid CCP troll. Go crawl back under your rock.
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  1151.  @albacan  It's irrelevant. You're ranting about Confucius in a feeble attempt to defend the CCP, which wouldn't spit on you if you were on fire – not about the reality of Shanghai in 2022. If they've actually convinced people that it's okay for them to be placed in cages like animals, tracked everywhere they move, starve to death in their own homes with the doors welded shut to intentionally trap them inside, and the other atrocities that are going on at the moment, they are a lot scarier than we believed. And you've apparently drank the Kool-Aid. I doubt the U.K. would want you back.
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  1152. Imagine if Ukraine had as many years of training and as much money poured into it as this sewer of a country whose cowardly citizens had no appetite for defending itself?
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  1153. Triple Frontier
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  1154. Wokesters will defend anything except law and order. It's truly amazing what a mental defect leftists have built into their heads.
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  1155. The problem is that the Russian supply chain is far less reliable, and more centralized. You must buy parts from a specific Russian supplier, where and when they choose, and availability is not as great as it is from privately-owned American or European firms. Russian equipment also has reliability issues and the Kamov, in particular, is very maintenance-intensive. While the price could be "two for one," actual combat readiness could vary greatly. There's also the issue of munitions. The Apache can carry munitions from numerous NATO member states (ie. US, UK, France), which compete on price and provide more political flexibility.
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  1156. Politicians should have as little say as possible in figuring this mess out...
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  1157. Likely in the middle. The 600+ figure came due to Russia's history of minimizing death counts by about 10x. But realistically, this building probably contained 100-200 Orcs.
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  1158.  @schokobar4133  Annex Kaliningrad? Uhhh, okay. Huh?
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  1159.  @schokobar4133  They haven't even admitted how many people died on the Moskva yet.
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  1160.  @schokobar4133  Awesome. FWIW, how, exactly, would Russia stop a potential western annexation of Kaliningrad? The Baltic Sea is now a NATO lake (thanks to the SMO), Russia's bomber fleet would be destroyed by F-22s and Eurofighters in theater, the Flanker pilot complement simply cannot tangle with western adversaries, the S-400 has proven to be a paper tiger, and Russia has next to no logistical means of transporting materiel to Kaliningrad. The only risk to NATO would likely be to AWACS and tankers, with the MiG-31 armed with the R-37M missile. Russia could go nuclear, but at that point, Russia ceases to exist anyway. Frankly, one wonders how effective Russia's nuclear deterrent even is at this point, given the poor performance of seemingly EVERY other piece of military kit.
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  1161.  @schokobar4133  Because, frankly, we don't really care. It seems Russians are obsessed with Americans, thinking we're going to "invade" you or attack you. Before Feb. 24, 2022, it was rare for Russia to even be discussed in the USA. Nobody here goes to bed at night thinking Russia is a threat to us. Nobody here wakes up in the morning angry at Russia and wanting to invade it. It's just not particularly important. What would we want to do with invading and occupying a country that is financially decrepit, ideologically backward, barely developed since the 1980s, with a population brainwashed by propaganda? You can have Russia for the rest of eternity – we just don't want you invading your neighbors.
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  1162.  @schokobar4133  You commit war crimes as a matter of policy. Send criminals out of jail to terrorize Ukraine. Launch missiles and drones into civilian areas. That's Orc-like behavior. Russia was always respected in America, even as an adversary. That is no longer the case. The animalistic and disgusting behavior of your people in Ukraine has turned an entire generation of westerners into haters of Russia. Obviously nobody actually wants to annex Kaliningrad, but it's fun to think about, since Russia really couldn't do much about it if we tried. But we won't – because we're not backwards-thinking barbarians looking to subjugate others.
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  1163. Okay, I lasted three minutes until the woke blindness was apparent. Yuck.
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  1164. Americans shouldn't think for a second that the Democratic party would have done anything differently than this had they had the legal and physical capacity to do so. And to think we were one vote away from ending the filibuster, blowing up the Supreme Court and becoming an authoritarian state.
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  1165. They also have some 1950s-era Su-7 planes as well, lol. Not good for an actual conflict but their fleet would make a pretty cool airshow of old Soviet warbirds.
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  1166.  @usaisthebestiockdownpoiice816  - I think he gives Iran a bit too much credit, true, but what they lack in firepower they make up for in tactics. Of course, the USAF has its own non-traditional tactics. In Libya, they actually used the A-10 in a maritime role. Could probably do that again in Iran if required.
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  1167.  @rammpro  - I'm am 100 percent sure that Secret Service agents, while on duty, would not be getting into fights with protesters because they scream some kind of insulting remark about America. Now, partying in Cartagena... different story.
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  1168. It sure can! And there's even a video on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA6c0CBuCwo
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  1169. My small suburb in Florida has a bigger population than Greenland. No offense to the good folks up there, but they really have no mechanism to veto anything.
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  1170. Well then they're pretty damn stupid.
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  1171.  @TheSandkastenverbot  Exactly. A few U.S. states are technically called "Commonwealths," but it does not mean they exist under any different set of laws than any other state.
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  1172.  @Jorge-ww9zy  Hmm... I've had sex on my boat, but inside the cabin, so nothing that could be seen publicly. So, there's that. And no, I've never been assaulted nor have I hit someone else outside of some martial arts training I used to do back in the day, which of course isn't illegal. I pretty much get along with everyone. I always find it strange when I overhear people talking about being arrested and going to court as if it's something that's routine. Most people do not have criminal records. Sorry if you do, but...
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  1173. I must admit, I rarely use cash anywhere in the world, but whenever I visit a new country for the first time, I do take out one large banknote from an ATM machine so I can make a couple of routine purchases and come home with a few souvenirs in the form of "exotic" money from lands far away from the United States. It produces a much better memory, and can more easily be saved through time, than any tee shirt or drinking glass.
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  1174.  @highcardjesus7032  When does he claim to be a "political expert?"
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  1175. You forgot about Stalin, Mao, Kim, and on and on and on... Wherever leftist politics takes hold, vicious levels of violence against any dissent follows. The United States is seeing this right now with its radical left and, thankfully, correcting course.
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  1176. There's a huge Russian community in southern Brooklyn, New York, too, but Tblisi looks much nicer!
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  1177. I'm glad I never derived any "thrill" from the chance of winning a bet. I absolutely love casinos, but for the nightclubs, restaurants, pools, etc. Gambling tends to make me bored, because I know it's always going to be tilted in the house's favor.
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  1178. Ahh, a regime that locks up its political rivals. Sounds like Biden's America.
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  1179. I think I may have spotted the tiny town of Minane Bridge (about 10 minutes from Kinsale and slightly south of the island prison) where my grandfather was born before he came to the U.S. in 1929. I cannot wait to be able to go back there and see my relatives once the pandemic is over. Maybe one of them will want to take flying lessons!
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  1180. The kidnappings are just bizarre. Russia needs to be defeated.
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  1181.  @brustar5152  - Huh? Before the F-35B, the only American VTOL plaform was built by the British and improved under license to produce the B variant by McDonnell-Douglas. Besides Hawker-Siddeley and Yakovlev, there wasn't a ton going on in that space.
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  1182.  @jimnielsen4076  - The fatal error was in failing to allow export of the F-22 to a limited number of strategic allies – namely Japan and Israel. Now, Japan is left without a fifth-gen air superiority platform just as China is rolling out the J-20. They're rushing to complete their own. Allowing F-22 export could have lessened the cost, and perhaps even set aside enough funding for a navalized version that could have been a true replacement for the F-14.
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  1183.  @СОМЯАДЕАИЇМЕ  Well technically, since nobody has actually bought one of these, can we even honestly say that Russia "makes" this plane? It literally does not exist. Beyond that, the U.S. and the European consortium make widebody planes. Brazil likely has the technical capability. The point isn't that Russia CAN'T build a decent plane, it's that they just don't.
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  1184. The plane involved in the incident was a Su-27SM, not a Su-35. Granted, same airframe, but much different variant. Russia fields the Su-27SM, the Su-30SM and the Su-35S presently. The Su-34 is a side-by-side strike variant and the Su-33 is the naval variant that is not currently in use due to the lack of a carrier.
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  1185. Why? What's wrong with a British company designing something for the U.S. military? Most of the European defense contractors (BAE, Saab, FN, Kongsberg, Airbus Defense, etc.) have subsidiaries in the U.S. and usually partner with an American company to assemble the system at hand. Our companies do the same. The F-35, for example, has quite a bit of tech from BAE inside. The new USN littoral combat ships have Saab weapons tech. Our special forces use many specialized weapons from European gun manufacturers. Washington, D.C. is being protected right now by a Norwegian anti-aircraft system (though it uses an American missile made by Raytheon). If allies didn't partner on projects, you'd have a lot less allied countries from the start, which arguably increases the potential for conflict.
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  1186. Russia genuinely has no reason to fear an invasion because no country on Earth would want to become responsible for that corrupt wasteland of missed opportunity. Russia needs a leader to stand up for its people and join the free and democratic world.
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  1187. Threats to democracy and freedom: 1) Vladimir Putin 2) Xi Jimping 3) Klaus Schwab
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  1188. I'm pretty sure the CIA has better things to do than surveil a bunch of clowns on motorcycles with 9mm handguns. In all honesty, I'd bet most of these guys would rather have a decent, well-paying job as opposed to... this.
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  1189. A mission kill is as good as a fully kinetic kill. There's also nothing stopping them from simply going after the bridge again. Remember, the bridge also gives Russia an ESCAPE route that could help expel them from the country faster in the end.
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  1190. There's just a certain amount of baggage that comes with getting in bed with the CCP regime. Are nations with majority Islam populations going to buy fighters from the country committing a genocide against the Uighurs? Do you want to come into the Chinese sphere, with its extreme surveillance state tactics and micro-managed control over everything it touches? Even countries that don't oppose China in a political sense want nothing to do with them in a practical sense. You can't operate as a totalitarian cult of personality and also have unopposed global influence over mainstream defense and aerospace markets.
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  1191.  @alexstorm2749  Well, if that's the case, how does it feel for your country to have been defeated by poor toilet cleaners?
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  1192. It's the German equivalent of driving from Philadelphia to New York, with the same headaches.
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  1193.  @JohnRiversOfficial  Murdering the invaders of your homeland deserves respect.
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  1194.  @JohnRiversOfficial  Lol, if Russia invaded my country, nobody would think twice about doing what was necessary to remove them. Who gives in and doesn't fight back?
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  1195.  @RocketboyX  LoL. If it's racist to hire based only on merit, I guess you caught all of us evil business owners! The word has lost its meaning because it's generally thrown around by people on the political left toward anyone who disagrees with their activist politics. At one time people took being called a "racist" seriously. Now it's a roll of the eyes and a pat on the head for the petulant children who want their cookie for sufficient virtue signaling. DEI, by definition, is the antithesis of quality, efficiency and open-mindedness. It's group think and ultimately toxic – which is why companies around the world are publicly and vocally abandoning it as a business practice.
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  1196.  @kaptain_krunch  - Why, in a billion years, would the U.S. want to occupy a cash-sucking welfare state invaded by phony "refugees" from across the planet? Europeans must have pretty big egos to actually believe they would be worth invading in the first place.
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  1197.  @Regis1995  - No, they would remain neutral, just as the U.S. remained neutral (well, technically we helped the UK behind the scenes) in the Falklands, which technically violated the Monroe doctrine.
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  1198.  @DumpsterDolphinin  - Judging by most Europeans I know, nobody seems to like the E.U. If anything, Europe is adopting policies more closely linked to Trump than the delusional EU parliament.
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  1199.  @davidparfitt9009  - My guess - the Brits would provide ELINT assistance and resupply assistance (if needed) analogous to the Falklands conflict. In reality, the U.S. would likely use Keflavik airport in Iceland for any military operations. The US Air Force ran the entire show there until a few years ago, and Iceland is suffering from a tourism drop after WOW airlines went bankrupt. They could use some cozy relations with America to drum up business.
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  1200. Most of them did not survive, and this was a one-off incident, but dogfighting in 1991 was much different than today. The weapons available to the F-15 at the time were not what they are in modern air-to-air combat. The AIM-7 required the pilot to maintain a gimbal lock on the target until the missile made contact. And the AIM-9s of the time were iffy. Today, the AIM-9X is a high off-boresight missile designed specifically for close-in dogfights and the AIM-120 (soon to be replaced by the AIM-260) is a full Fox 3 missile that does not require the pilot to keep a lock – therefore, the pilot can fire and immediately roll to defend. The only missile that had this capability back then was the AIM-54, which could only be carried by the Tomcat. They never adapted it to the Eagle.
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  1201. Turkey isn't going to rock the boat too much on this, especially after getting booted out of the F-35 program and on the cusp of beginning to market some of their own aerospace tech internationally. They have a lot to lose, and don't want to lose any more than they already have for the sake of buddying up with Russia.
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  1202. That moment when you realize your editorial strategy and your business strategy are not in sync...
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  1203. You have to love that western society is now having to deal with primitive cultures chucking spears at us. The left truly has decimated the society we've built over hundreds of years.
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  1204. No stealth plane is 100 percent stealth. So, in theory, something like the S-400 (which is really just a re-branded S-300, which has never actually been used in combat) can "see" an F-35, but that's relatively meaningless. You're going to have it going in and out of radar cover, and firing a missile would be silly since the S-400 battery has to light up its own radar to target the F-35. At that point, the F-35 would use its stealth to evade and respond by firing a radar-seeking missile at the S-400. There is a big difference in seeing a plane and tracking it, engaging it and successfully downing it. I don't doubt the S-400 is somewhat capable, but I do doubt it's keeping any USAF pilots up at night.
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  1205. Oh, please Ukraine, don't get mixed up with Klaus Schwab and the Davos cartel. They're no better than Putin.
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  1206.  @dauzlee2827  It's not that the "military is superior." It's a century of experience on the part of the USSR/Russia and USA operating a global force that projects power. To become a superpower, at some point you have to fight (and win) a war. Bullying your neighbors who just want to live peacefully on their small island, by the way, is not an example of the kind of war that must be fought.
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  1207. No airline outside of China is going to let their companies become hostage to the CCP. I could imagine the nutty decisions they'll make (if you fly to Country X that we don't like this week, no spare parts for you!) and such. You would have to be a certifiably insane person to hitch your wagon to that regime.
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  1208.  @ВасилийТёркин-г9д  Quiet down, vatnik!
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  1209. The means of production are all, effectively, state-owned, even if they have been divided into "companies." Those companies, of course, only exist to the extent that the CCP allows them to exist, and the CCP is the ultimate authority on every decision. It's still a communist society with a thinly--veiled facade of capitalism to generate some positive PR and export opportunities.
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  1210. This is the cost of cheap goods at big box stores...
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  1211. Didn't Jay-Z once propose this?
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  1212. It's happening everywhere. The U.S. gave a ton of money to its big airlines as well.
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  1213.  @rubenverheij4770  No, for the past 50 years, American farmers have been given tax incentives to grow certain crops over others in order to stabilize commodities markets. They're not "ordered" to do anything. The U.S. isn't a fascist dictatorship like your country.
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  1214.  @zoemila5  Mrs Fiona supports Putin's Orc Army that is pillaging Ukraine.
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  1215.  @welersonm.8212  - Oxygen tank?
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  1216.  @bitterballs356  When are you going to the frontline and staring down a HIMARS battery, pilgrim?
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  1217. This was a little misleading. The U.S. does have an interceptor missile capable of taking out a hypersonic in the Navy's SM-6, and an anti-satellite weapon in the SM-3. The guidance system (he described it as a satellite, but it's much more complicated than this) is under development now under the GPI program. Regarding the idea of "more ships" in the PLAN, that is correct, but navies do not measure themselves based on the number of hulls in commission – it's measured by tonnage, and the U.S. still has a major advantage. Many of China's naval vessels are really more coastal patrol craft suited for brown and green water ops.
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  1218. Mmm... turkey.
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  1219. If only we had a U.S. President who believed tha....... oh, wait.
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  1220. Great reportage? He made it sound like the police were going around randomly killing innocent people. How come he did'n't question that one man about what kind of gang activity was going on in his home that the police required a helo-mounted sniper to become involved. We got half the story here. And he glossed over the fact that crime is plummeting as they pacify these dysfunctional hell holes one-by-one.
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  1221. Deaths by hostile action in Afghanistan: USSR: 14,453 USA: 1,921 Who got "routed" again?
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  1222. In the west, they did the same thing when the AI was putting out "misinformation" about climate change. It's always going to be plagued with being slanted toward whether political direction is running the country's institutions at a given moment.
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  1223. The aliens at Area 51?
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  1224.  @cricketman1322  - Yeah, I don't see a lot of attack/strike aircraft getting through the UK's air defenses, unless they use a ton of escorts, which just puts more pilots at risk and thins the fleet for operations elsewhere.
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  1225. Sounds like the U.S. The "rich" (meaning whoever has a job and isn't a criminal) pay all the taxes while the "poor" bear no responsibility or consequence for their country's budgetary crisis and sponge off the rest of the population.
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  1226. Well, the idea of someone going to jail for waving a flag doesn't sit well with me ("first they came for the guy with the Russian flag...") it has to be understood that the pending scenario is very serious: invasion and occupation, war crimes, the murder of civilians, replacing an elected government with an authoritarian regime, etc. All that said, freedom of speech must be preserved – the west cannot sink to Russia's level.
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  1227. Then there's the famous "No Russians."
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  1228. There IS no state of Haiti. They haven't had a president in years. It's a lawless half-an-island with the people on the other half praying day and night that their border is secure and it won't destroy their economic progress.
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  1229. American Democrats need to clean up the puddle of drool underneath them after watching this...
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  1230.  @EJH783  The difference, of course, is that western Christians do not follow the Bible in anything close to a literal sense. They barely attend church services and have largely abandoned organized religion despite continuing to follow some social traditions. I have never heard any Christian person, in Germany, the US, or elsewhere, seeking to impose biblical law upon the rest of the country, or trying to carry medieval brutalities into 2024. Ultimately, we have to admit that the world is not a group of people singing Kumbaya around a campfire. Certain cultures are simply incompatible, and unless newcomers to the west are willing to fully adapt to western culture and lifestyle, these problems will continue. I would never be so arrogant as to move to another country and segregate myself from the local culture of that country.
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  1231. China has no power projection capacity to send troops to fight a war in Venezuela – nor is it in their interest to do so. The U.S.'s best friend, Colombia, is right next door as a giant staging area, whereas China would have to cross the Pacific Ocean and hope they're not intercepted by the US Navy along the way. China only cares about its monetary investments there. The U.S. could easily get rid of Maduro, but the fact of the matter is that Americans are sick of wars and there is no political support for it in the U.S. Perhaps if Venezuelans rose up themselves, that would change, but (unfortunately) until Maduro does something incredibly stupid, he's sticking around.
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  1232. No, actually, unskilled workers being used on a temporary basis is a major aspect of the problem. Take away the foreign workforce that is exploited with low pay, but thrust into what SHOULD be skilled, high-paying jobs, and you force the corporations to hire Americans who demand a higher wage and will commit to learning technical skills as a genuine career.
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  1233. The U.S. hasn't had a presence like this in Taiwan since the 1970s, and has never even mentioned re-establishing any of those facilities. If anything, China is pushing the U.S. toward a greater presence in the region. If the CCP had just left things alone, you would not see the U.S. and Japan greatly expanding its posture in the region.
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  1234.  @RUSure-jm9rp  When are you headed to the front, vatnik?
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  1235.  @RUSure-jm9rp  You didn't answer my question. When do you hit the front? Mobik, contract or Wagnerite?
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  1236. AWACS (AEWS) planes are getting smaller, not larger. The E-3 Sentry (707) is being replaced in US, UK and Australian service with the E7-A Wedgetail based on the 737-800. Many countries have adopted bizjet-based options with huge altitude and range advantages, especially when using the Saab AEW system. The Embraer R-99 is the best example of this.
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  1237. The DUIs were probably legit. But he probably illegally pulled over 20 people every night until he found someone who was drunk.
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  1238. Boeing nor Airbus is going to help a foreign enemy conduct an "investigation" that will, in all likelihood, find the evil western aircraft manufacturer at fault for whatever occurred.
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  1239. With this increase in strength, however, comes more responsibility. Egypt cannot play games anymore. The political sensibilities of Russia and France, as well as the US, will have to be considered. Egypt cannot simply begin invading its neighbors with all of that foreign military equipment without considering how Russia feels about its machinery going up against its US counterparts in Israel. Russia, ultimately, does not want conflict with major powers. France is also a NATO member state. I can't speak to Egypt individually, but many of these foreign military sales contracts require certain consideration given to the source country, especially when used for offensive operations.
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  1240.  @user-I-I-user  This clown could've had F-35s but he got rid of them to buy a crappy Russian anti-aircraft system that, apparently, hasn't allowed Russia to establish air superiority more than 40km from its own border after 100 days of war. Yikes.
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  1241.  @СергейМонин-д7с  Huh? They've had photos of the missile strike all day here in the free world. I guess Russian media doesn't allow you to see what your military is doing. Enjoy your dictatorship while it lasts.
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  1242. It's in Chaplyne.
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  1243. As the (hopefully true) rumor goes, Jack Northrop was shown a mockup of an actual B-2 Spirit before he died, allowing to him to finally realize his dream had come true. It is held by a lot of reliable sources that this happened, but still never truly confirmed. Here in the U.S., we also hope the F-35 does not have to engage in dangerous combat, but we are ever respectful of our brothers and allies in Australia who we know have our back in the Pacific!
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  1244.  @jerromedrakejr9332  Is that what they told you on Channel 1 or RT?
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  1245. But what is the root cause of the "bad" schools. NYC spends just under $30,000 per student. Some of the worst school districts in my state spend even more than that. Defunding the police and sending it to "education" is essentially transferring money from the police union to the teachers union. We are already funding the equivalent of a year in college for grade-school kids in the inner city and it just doesn't produce any statistically significant result. I'd love to hear a genuine answer as to why. I'm white, I don't live in the inner city and probably never will. I have no understanding of it, except to see that throwing money at the problem isn't the answer.
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  1246. This would have been a great journalistic effort if not for the not-so-thinly veiled attacks on Trump, as usual. But what can we expect? Journalism is dead. Liberalism is a mental disorder.
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  1247. @kesofat - The B-52 isn't used for deep penetration bombing, you idiot. It launches standoff missiles before air superiority is achieved, then goes in for conventional bombing runs once aerial threats are neutralized. Most likely, your crappy SAMs would be taken out by missiles from B-52s almost 1,000 kms away.
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  1248. Colombia is arguably the world's best at fighting insurgents. Some Colombian soldiers and a few Super Tucanos can get a lot done! I had the chance to stay near the naval base in Cartagena – very cool place!
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  1249. Amazing. This country shuts down all of its carbon-free nuclear plants, refuses to reactivate them, elects the Green Party as part of its coalition government, then wonders why they're out of energy. Germany deserves what it gets. Elections have consequences.
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  1250.  @easyname9335  - Ahh, the irony of someone who doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're" lecturing people about how they are "idiots."
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  1251. The original variant (the Ka-50) was the "Black Shark." I guess they wanted to stick with marine species names when they updated it to the Ka-52. A lot of this stuff is for marketing purposes. When Egypt purchased them, it became the "Nile Crocodile," for example.
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  1252.  @browning2471  - Alligator is the Russian marketing name. The NATO reporting name is "Hokum." The Ka-50 is Hokum-A and the Ka-52 is Hokum-B. In NATO reporting, Soviet/Russian helicopters are given names that start with the letter "H," just like fighters and attack fixed wing aircraft are given names that start with "F" (Su-27/30/33/34/35 are all "Flanker," the MiG-29 is "Fulcrum," the Su-25 is "Frogfoot" and the Su-24 is "Fencer," and the new Su-57 is "Felon"). Russian bombers are given "B" names by NATO (Tu-95 "Bear," Tu-160 "Blackjack" and Tu-22M "Backfire").
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  1253. Erin Burnett has amazing talent. I wish she'd put away the left-wing clown act and stick to segments like this... factual, interesting, shows personal knowledge of the subject at hand.
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  1254. The problem with the Tigershark was that it was based on a platform that was already getting long in the tooth. Northrop was trying to squeeze every last drop out of the F-5. The USAF needed a light fighter purpose-built for the mission with a long upgrade path ahead. Had the F-20 been built instead of the F-16, you can bet it would not still be being built in 2020. Its upgrade path was a brick wall compared to the F-16.
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  1255.  @TheNicestPig  - Yeah, the Sgt. York would have had to be the last one. It was made by Ford Defense, if you want a nostalgic view, ha. Anywho, for the poster who wanted a compilation of AA guns firing, here's one of my favorites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J087UXUt6BM
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  1256. They did it once already...
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  1257. That could be true, but you would have to evacuate friendlies out from the DMZ beforehand. That could tip off the North Koreans, unless this was so perfectly timed that there would be no opportunity for them to react and debate why troop movements were taking place.
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  1258. This is incredibly stupid, beyond Venezuela and Buenaventura. I'm American and have a damn vacation condo in Cartagena, Colombia. It's perfectly safe. Been to a few more on this list too. Also... Santiago? It's a huge, wealthy city. This video makes no sense.
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  1259. Article V. Checkmate, Vlad.
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  1260. They fired 50 interceptors which hit 44 of their targets. There are more than 50 total targets, some of which which did not have projectiles fired at them (either because ammunition ran out or these targets were out of range).
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  1261.  @deaddoll1361  - This is simply not true. Dassault (the manufacturer of the Rafale) certified that its avionics systems could not comply with the Five Eyes treaty. That is why it was taken out of consideration for both the Australian and Canadian air arms. It has nothing to do with anyone "undermining" anyone else. In Canada, Dassault even voluntarily removed itself from the competition. Also, Australia invested in the development program of the F-35 and, as a result, is allowed to manufacture certain components domestically, creating jobs. Finally, acquiring the F-35A would open up the option for the Royal Australian Navy to purchase STOVL 'B' variants for its Canberra-class ships in the future if the decision is made to arm the Navy with fixed-wing aircraft again. The Rafale has a navalised variant, however it would be unable to operate from the Canberra class due to runway length considerations. There is actually a good case to be made against the very existence of the Rafale, despite its excellent capability and beautiful engineering. France had a hissy fit after learning it couldn't dominate the Eurofighter program and decided to take its toys and go home to make its own fighter. What France ended up with was a Eurofighter lookalike that does not have the benefit of the robust upgrade program of the Typhoon, significantly raising its lifetime cost of operation. Now France is left with no fifth-generation aircraft while the U.K., Spain and Italy will have a potent mix of Eurofighters and stealth multirole F-35s.
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  1262. Funny, considering your government is sending Muslims to re-education camps, forcing many innocent people to flee to Turkey as refugees.
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  1263. Do you honestly believe the BBC is showing anything that the North Korean government doesn't already know?
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  1264. The DNC was probably more interested in the ELN segment, given the left's penchant for violence.
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  1265. Hmm... anyone notice these videos were all shot on cloudy days? Wonder what the beaches look like when the sun is shining. Costa Brava does not look gray and miserable like, ever, unless the weather is poor.
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  1266.  @thetigerking2613  Ehh, they'd be counter-jammed by the EA-18G and taken out by F-35s at BVR. If they get too close, they'd have to deal with the SM-6 and a bunch of other nasty munitions. It certainly could produce a mission kill from time to time but it's not a checkmate by any stretch.
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  1267. "Singing the same song?" What a rude way to ask a question.
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  1268.  @chiztruth21  Nope.
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  1269.  @chiztruth21  Not if they are Russian collaborators. Every last Orc must be eliminated.
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  1270.  @chiztruth21  I highly doubt many children are Russian collaborators. As far as women, well, if they are assisting the enemy, they are enemy combatants and there should be no distinction on the battlefield.
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  1271. They accomplished this years ago, yet today's New York leadership can't even figure out how to remove human waste from the streets or ensure murderers stay in jail for more than an hour before being let out. It is disgraceful how they've destroyed a city that was so unique and interesting.
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  1272.  @nukiolbartes6279  This content is not targeted toward a German audience, it's targeted to a US/UK audience, few of whom speak German.
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  1273. You do realize the S-500 is not designed to target manned aircraft, correct? The S-500 will be tasked with the same mission as the American THAAD platform. It is not a replacement for the S-300/400.
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  1274. Yeah, I assume before hostilities began, someone would be smart enough to do some clandestine underground mapping and confirm the presence of tunnels. Collapsing them is something that could literally be completed in a matter of minutes.
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  1275. Wow. This very literally looks like the Jersey Shore. (Palm trees are rare in New Jersey, though... a few tiny ones in the southern counties.)
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  1276. Gee, who ever could have imagined violence would break out after electing a radical left-wing guerilla leader to power?
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  1277. Man, this comment section is gonna break the internet...
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  1278. Well, the F-35 is arguably the best platform in the world to destroy the ground-based launch vehicles that house the IRBMs. So, there's that.
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  1279. It's worth keeping in mind that, in the event of a conflict with the U.S., India would likely open up a western front to reclaim its territory, and potentially even liberate Tibet. China, in the wildest of one's imagination, could not fight a two-front war against two large, modern, nuclear-armed opponents who would doubtlessly be sharing gigs of electronic intel every second.
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  1280.  @enlighty  Why would the American government (or corporations) want to invade Russia? Who remotely benefits from that (aside from a few defense contractors) while the remainder of the global economy collapses, likely taking some of those defense contractors with it as well? The people would not allow it, either. A President who seriously wanted to invade Russia would be impeached and removed, or removed by his own cabinet under their constitutional powers. You have no point, good sir...
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  1281.  @polla2256  - Send the Provisional IRA to Hong Kong and fund them. They'll get plenty done.
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  1282.  @merik7928  - They would? The only countries to have legalized anything are Uruguay, Canada and about 1/3 of the USA. There is decriminalization in other places, but those are the only countries where you can legally go to a dispensary and purchase it in a regulated market. Yes, I can posses it in Spain (for example) with no legal consequence, but I can't go to a government-approved and health-monitored store like I can in California.
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  1283.  @JohnSmith-fo5cx  No, because of the reality of corruption and the failure to invest in its own economy. Nobody argues Russia CAN'T produce chips. They just DON'T produce modern chips because the resources to do so are generally stolen. Russia loves to pretend the world is against it, when Russia is simply its own worst enemy. The west was happy for Russia after 1991, then you let Putin walk all over you. What tech engineer wants to work in a dictatorship?
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  1284.  @JonMartinYXD  Can it be shelved, though? The plane is being developed by NASA and it will be owned by the U.S. government. Aurora and UT are the contractors building it. It seems NASA would be the ones to determine if it's shelved or not.
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  1285. The "build up" is the issue. Nobody is just going to "not notice" tens/hundreds of thousands of troops massing at a border. NATO would end this before it starts. USAF F-22s and RAF Eurofighters would be enforcing a 24/7 no-fly zone at the border and establish indisputable air superiority long before it would ever turn hot. B-52s and nuclear-armed B-2s would be on constant patrol. US, French and UK naval vessels would flood the Baltic with boats armed to the hilt with cruise missiles in days. U.S. Marines would be establishing FOBs on the borders to back up Finnish/Swedish indigenous forces. Plus the whole place would be swarming with special forces from every NATO member state. It's fun to play around with scenarios, but there is a reality here.
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  1286.  @deinvater2200  - First, I used two acronyms: NATO and FOB. If you don't know what they mean, why are you even engaging in this discussion? Anywho, they didn't "flee" the Chinese. Millions of extra troops were injected into the conflict and pushed their adversary back. It was the opposite of "fleeing." The American troops stayed to fight and pushed both the North Korean and Chinese forces back across the 38th parallel at which point an armistice was signed. Gen. MacArthur was prepared to end the war with another atomic strike but was blocked from doing so by the president. As for the rest of your rant, these conflicts were heavily influenced by American domestic politics. Had the military commanders been free to do what they had to do, the outcomes would have been much different. Vietnam became a war of attrition which the U.S. was soundly winning. There is also (ie. Lebanon) the decision that invading and occupying your enemy, even after they bomb you, is more trouble than it's worth. You seem to reject reality because of your jealousy of a superior military power. May I ask what country you are from? I certainly hope it is not one of the European countries where your defense has been provided by the U.S. for the last 70 years. With "friends" like some Europeans, who needs enemies? Yet President Trump is criticized for finally putting some of you in your place and demanding you either pay us for our presence and sacrifice, or defend yourselves.
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  1287. Give Ukraine ATACMS, F/A-18s, and France's Mirage 2000C fleet that was literally retired yesterday. Beat the Orcs!
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  1288. They did ask, and half the people refused to vote. So...
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  1289. They wouldn't have that many "shiny happy people" after the Three Gorges Dam is busted open with a small-yield nuclear strike.
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  1290.  @DarkSideSixOfficial  - "Democracies" don't nullify the power of the elected legislature by creating a phony assembly hand-picked by a dictator who stole an election. I'll take the "oligarchs" (who, by the way?) over Maduro.
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  1291.  @reganbond61  Noooo. Can't have the Hilux in the U.S. Pickups here in 'Murica need to look tough and manly in football commercials... not actually be built tough and look modern/functional like the rest of the world.
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  1292. I'm not sure what we're expecting these people to do. They're unarmed civilians who face 15 years in prison for even hinting dissent. You expect that they are going to fight the secret police, military, Wagner, and overthrow Putin?
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  1293.  @ultimasolucion6904  I'm perfectly fine with the elimination of Arab Nationalist regimes, actually...
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  1294.  @randomclick2826  Yeah, no...
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  1295.  @kings2147  Is Russia a pariah state thanks to "the west" too? Or are Russians just a less evolved species than the remainder of civilized society?
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  1296.  @ruez  - The F-117 wasn't particularly "advanced." It was a flying box developed in the 1970s, one of which was shot down primarily due to pilot error (he didn't stagger bomb runs). Yeah, old Soviet hardware is unbeatable, lol.
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  1297. In the U.S., the military has to turn people away when the economy is bad. I remember back in 2008 it was almost impossible to get in a couple branches and/or ratings courses, etc.
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  1298.  @catarinamelchiorgomes8750  - No, the KGB was split into three agencies. The FSB is an internal security agency (equivalent to FBI), the SVR is a civilian foreign intelligence agency (equivalent to CIA) and the GRU is the military intelligence/direct action agency (equivalent to the DIA). The only country that continues to have an agency called the "KGB" is Belarus.
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  1299. Rich? Pretty sure she's an average middle class American.
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  1300. I doubt Britain and the U.S. will be fighting any wars again any time soon. Things have been good since 1812.
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  1301.  @ZGSPG  - Riiiiiight, because of all countries in the world, Canada is known for its poor human rights and criminal justice record lmao.
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  1302.  @JordanHarbingerShow  The main asset they sold to China was a pre-production model of the Su-33 carrier-borne fighter, which was adapted to Chinese service. Unfortunately, the Su-33 is so bogged down by its own weight that it can't take off with a heavy weapons loadout. Not to mention that it has ancient avionics. India chose the damn MiG-29K, a perpetual loser in air-to-air combat, instead of it, and now they're testing out F/A-18s to replace them.
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  1303. Uhh, no. That is not even remotely what is going on.
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  1304.  @johnmyviews3761  - Ehh, the US competes like everyone else. Brazil, in America's backyard, is buying 100 Saab Gripen fighters. The U.S. never tried to block that sale because they didn't choose F-35, F-16, etc. As for Canada, because of NORAD and the integrated nature of the two militaries, it's really just simpler for them to use American planes. A few deals have been scuttled because of the "Five Eyes" treaty as well since French aircraft sometimes haven't been compatible. Are there unsavory deals and politicking involved? Sure, but it's not quite that simple. Take the UK... the F-35B is absolutely perfect for Royal Navy. Why would they go with something inferior?
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  1305. It's off the George Washington Memorial Parkway off I-495 at the edge of DC/VA. You can see it (well, the sign) for yourself. I wouldn't try getting in without a very, very good reason to do so.
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  1306. At least no one can blame the US at the time since we were too busy at war with Britain lol.
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  1307.  @birddog9708  - Uhh, no. The enlisted guys at our local U.S. Coast Guard air station can perform this much more efficiently.
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  1308. Well, Donald Trump did...
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  1309. The Russians have been brainwashed into thinking NATO actually did attack Russia and that they are actively fighting in Ukraine. It's utterly insane what these people believe.
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  1310.  @spongebubatz  Well, in the past, different seats were installed. An airline flying a narrowbody on a long-haul route doesn't prioritize your comfort. They prioritize their fuel savings, which may (or may not) be passed on to you.
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  1311. And in a homogeneous society, that is a simple concept.
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  1312. The Patriot is capable but desperately needs to be upgraded. The Patriot PAAC-4, also known as David's Sling, incorporates some very impressive upgrade specs.
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  1313. Europe had no resources to keep up these colonies following World War II, much less fight the various paramilitary movements that were being provoked by the Soviets. It was easier just to give them independence and let the chips fall where they may. Actually, given the lack of funds and Europe itself being in physical ruin, there really wasn't a choice.
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  1314. The USAF is still flying the A-10 only because the Army would demand it be transferred to them if the USAF got rid of it.
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  1315. China is a much scarier threat than Russia because their foreign policy is largely framed around Han ethnic supremacy and the subjugation of other cultures, as well as a bizarre obsession with avenging "wrongs" done to China by neighbors dating back centuries. This is how Xi maintains some level of public support despite the surveillance state, censorship, concentration camps and authoritarian strong-arm government. Classic dictator thuggery tactic. Perception is almost more important than reality when your entire regime is built on propaganda. This is a scary country to trust with a large nuclear arsenal.
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  1316. You mean the Lavi? Suggest you research the J-10. ;)
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  1317.  @kabochakabocha3561  Propaganda? Russia's Black Sea fleet has been defeated by a country that doesn't even have a navy. Ask the sailors that got turned into crab food at the bottom whether that's "propaganda" or not.
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  1318. Uhh, the average person isn't closely following negotiations between Ryanair and Boeing. That's why this channel exists.
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  1319. Bingo.
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  1320.  @MetaView7  Lol vatnik alert.
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  1321. It's an SM-6, normally launched from VLS cells on board surface ships.
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  1322.  @UmbraHand  - You guys should've bought a gigantic fleet of JF-17s when the empire (UK) denied you the Gripen.
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  1323. Or conversely, the "pros" (a/k/a union members who bankroll politicians) can focus on other areas and serve the public because private firms are protecting commercial properties. Are the cops going to start protesting the Walmart loss management people next?
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  1324.  @JustinaZenOnDVD  The problem with climate change is that the left has co-opted it into a political dagger they use to raise taxes and force a social agenda onto others. If solutions were actually attuned to improving the environment and tackling the problem – not shoving leftist politics down the throats of the rest of us – reforms would have more support. The very fact that world leaders took policy cues from an autistic teenager ranting into a microphone is stunningly scary.
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  1325.  @russellmellott452  - You are officially the first Shia Muslim I've ever known named "Russell." So that's interesting, at least.
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  1326. A socialist president virtue signalling at taxpayer expense. Sounds familiar. How much do you want to bet the "employees" who get free vacations will be labor organizer big-wigs who are AMLO operatives? Socialism is the most debased form of not only governance, but human existence.
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  1327. Spain wins on air power alone. The entire RMAF brings about two dozen F-16s to bear and some ancient Northrop F-5s. The SAF has over 70 Eurofighters and 70 Hornets, plus they are likely acquiring F-35s. Then, there are still some Harriers in the Naval fleet, which can be used in an attack role. This isn't even remotely a contest. The Spanish would potentially not even have to put any boots on the ground. The biggest threat to Spain would be terrorist attacks by Moroccans already within its borders.
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  1328.  @SoryRN  Vatnik alert!
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  1329. Nah, they won't let anyone outside of their club in on the encrypted radio frequencies. Amazing huh? Taxpayers fund millions in radio systems and they encrypt comms so nobody can monitor what they're doing.
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  1330. The RQ-4 is actually a very old drone that dates back to 1999. It's really on the lowest end of the spectrum in terms of U.S. drone tech. American pilots and aviators aren't losing sleep at night worrying about Iran's SAM batteries. There are tons of cruise missiles, HARM missiles and other standoff goodies that would be deployed in order to achieve air superiority. The SAMs present more of a time-consuming headache than a real military threat.
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  1331.  Andy Roo  - Well, "defeated" is a subjective term. Afghanistan was being led by an ideological group of radicals rather than a sovereign government. You can't "defeat" an ideology. If these people are so hell-bent on exporting terrorism across the world and beheading infidels, they're going to keep getting invaded, occupied, left in ruin, and so on. It seems like a miserable way to live instead of joining the rest of the free world and bringing one's nation out of the stone age.
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  1332. Excellent description. It would have been nice to have seen some of the views of the nice cities and towns in different parts of the country, though. South and Central America will always have its stereotypes, and it's sometimes important to specifically point out that this is a shock to this country in particular because of its growing middle class and westernization.
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  1333. Also, has anyone here ever actually crossed the strait between Morocco and Spain by boat? I have. It is the absolute roughest waterway I've ever seen in my life.
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  1334.  @Blitzkers99  The funny thing is, I don't know if this is a parody or if it's a real Russian who genuinely believes that lol.
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  1335.  @motshephepebe4038  Stupid ideas like... living in a country next door to a backwards, uneducated, blood-sucking, useless society that contributes nothing to the civilized world? And Russia wonders why ALL of its neighbors joined NATO the second they could lol.
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  1336. Sri Lanka would be well advised to warm up its relations with the west. If anyone thinks Russia is going to be some valuable trading partner or source of food once this over, they're living in a fantasy world. Much like after the collapse of the USSR, any country that is relying upon Russia is in for a disturbing awakening.
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  1337. I think one of the issues that is overlooked is the styling. The Model 3/Model S is so admired because it is a normal, sporty looking car that people can drive to work, etc. Most people don't want spaceship-looking vehicles in wacky color schemes as their daily drivers. Personally, I wouldn't be caught dead in one of those silly looking Leaf or Bolt vehicles. EVs have to begin physically looking more like the cars people want to drive, including SUV/pickup models. For example, right now I drive a BMW 3-Series. It's a popular car, I like how it looks, how it drives, how it handles. I'd happily buy an EV version of it. I would *not*, however, buy the ridiculously weird looking BMW i3.
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  1338. That's actually a very interesting take. Something to think about.
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  1339.  @awangbelantara9644  HIMARS o'clock.
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  1340. Russia knows it is no longer capable of winning a conventional war with any of those three countries. Their nuclear deterrent protects them from total destruction of the Russian state, so their losses would be limited to whatever China (the most likely candidate) could bite off, then settle diplomatically. Putin decided that invading Ukraine was more important than protecting his country's other flanks, so that's what has happened. This, of course, was incredibly stupid, since Ukraine had zero interest in a conflict with Russia, and even if accepted into NATO, would not be eligible to invoke Article V for an offensive war. The USA has absolutely no reason or inclination to invade Russia. A President would be thrown out of office before attempting that. Turkey is nicely positioned to influence global commerce and is developing a more advanced aviation and defense industry group. Starting a war with Russia does not serve its global purposes at all. That leaves China, which I can already see just drooling over that northern resources area. Ya done messed up, Vlad!
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  1341. The Tomcat was more famous, but it was underpowered and not nearly as maneuverable. There's a reason it was taken out of service in 2006. Technology had passed it by and it was only being used as a strike aircraft fitted with a LANTIRN pod, which can be accomplished by the Hornet for a much cheaper price.
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  1342.  @SirGeorge8600  - Why does Russia fly old Tu-95s around Alaska every few weeks? To say hello and prove they can. Same concept here on a smaller scale.
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  1343.  @yadadoo20  - In NJ we had horrific hospitals and a few great ones. The great ones, which are only open to those with Cadillac insurance plans, are so great that they raise the national rankings. Same with schools – a few districts where every kid comes from a millionaire family are so high-performing, they make up for the decrepit cities and drug-addled suburbs that represent the entire state outside of the ring around NYC and Philadelphia. It's a big myth that states like NJ and CA are intellectually superior to others or have a better style of living. Also, my understanding from people who have kids and move to areas where there are underperforming schools districts is that a family can afford a private school and still come out ahead given the tax decrease.
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  1344.  @zubair-xj5mn  - No, a limited number of regions in "blue" states that have outrageously high incomes from Wall Street and Silicon Valley pay such a gargantuan amount in federal income taxes that they make an entire state appear as if it is contributing more than it is. If these states are so productive, why are most of them in financial free-fall, near insolvency, losing revenue and seeing employers and residents move out? Liberals love to throw out narrow stats with no context, then walk away from what is a much larger discussion.
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  1345. The US wouldn't bother involving itself in this conflict, except to broker a peace deal. There is nothing to be gained by making an enemy out of either ally. America needs to remain friendly with both of these countries, one being a NATO ally and one the largest (and soon to be more militarily powerful) country in South America. There is also the lingering question of Brazil eventually joining NATO, which comes up from time to time. Once Brazil re-equips its air force, and if they add a carrier with Gripen-M fighters, they will be a very, very potent player.
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  1346. I saw one docked in Barcelona once. It legit seemed larger than some cruise ships. I looked it up on a ship-locating app on my phone and, yup, it was a Russian oligarch's pleasure boat. Meanwhile, the "defenders of the motherland" are being eaten by the crabs at the bottom of the sea because Putin decided to attack an innocent country next door to keep his sputtering regime alive. Russians never seem to get the fact that the west doesn't hate them and isn't out to get them. They just make themselves subservient to the worst leaders on the face of the planet, over and over again.
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  1347. The other issue with flying to Asia is that sometimes you'll get routed through Moscow. Nothing against Russia (well, within reason) but their visa system is annoying. If your layover is of sufficient length to necessitate leaving the airport, it's a pain in the ass.
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  1348. Just a little addition - the B-1 is no longer capable of carrying nukes. It was part of a treaty between the U.S. and Soviet Union, and remains in effect. The Russians inspect the planes every year on American soil to determine compliance. In return, the USSR agreed to remove the air-to-air refueling capability from the Tu-22M bomber (so it could not reach the United States), and likewise, the U.S. is able to inspect it every year to ensure compliance. Now, would it be possible to rearm the B-1 with nukes in a war? I suppose, but the question is how long it would take and if the platform even matters since the B-2 and F-35 will both be able to carry out nuclear strikes. Then there is the B-21 Raider which will take over the role in a few years.
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  1349. Ahh, the rear-engine quad jet. I always liked the look of that plane! I think North Korea (Air Koryo) and the Russian government are the only people still flying them. One was used to shuttle personnel and various contraband to Venezuela from Russia a couple years back.
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  1350.  @solar0wind  I could argue until I'm blue in the face. It's never going to mean a thing to the brainwashed leftists. Slava Ukraini.
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  1351. Now, imagine if this was attempted in any American city. And that, folks, is why the second amendment exists.
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  1352. Crazy thought but... could this be an opportunity for a smaller aerospace manufacturer like Embraer to come in and develop a competitor for the 737/A320 families? They're almost there already with how far they've stretched the E-Jet series. I know there have been rumors of Boeing trying to merge with them, but perhaps they could develop something themselves. Personally, I like flying on Embraer planes. They're always very comfortable, quiet, and a good ride.
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  1353. I don't think it has ever been possible for the U.S. or anyone else in "invade" Russia. It's too large. Plus, what would be the objective? To occupy a vast, relatively poor country? In any event, while in theory these missiles could target U.S. ships from 2,000 kms, by these maximum distances they likely would never reach their targets given countermeasures and very potent defenses from USN ships. While the US never placed much emphasis on SAMs, its fleet defense is actually very, very effective. That is the problem with all of these long-range missiles on both sides: at their maximum ranges, they lose effectiveness and are unlikely to actually strike their targets (unless the target is undefended). Russia is also known to greatly overestimate the capability of their weapons. The US and Chinese, however, tend to underestimate their capabilities, at least in public.
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  1354. Man, being 6'3 and 240 has had to have gotten me at least one or two free rides in the exit row for mercy's sake with the crazy number of flights I have to take lol. Your gate crew are good folks to make friends with!
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  1355.  @carpediem6568  - Yes, my understanding was always that the Secret Service said they could not guarantee his safety in a place as large and open as Disneyland and they suggested he not attend. I also read somewhere that he took this as a gigantic insult, saying his counterpart could walk anywhere in Russia and be fine.
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  1356. We need to get a Team Embraer together! :)
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  1357. They still have a couple in inventory. A few were loaded up with cronies and other shady figures a few years ago and sent to Venezuela to prop up the illegitimate Maduro regime there.
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  1358. I don't think Peter understands that many Americans are very frustrated with high energy prices, spiraling food prices, disjointed foreign policy that is allowing the world's dictators and thugs to run wild, and racial chaos that is fomented by peddlers of identity politics. Add in the border crisis and Harris' inability to put together a sentence without delving in a senseless stream-of-consciousness or a bizarre round of cackling laughter, and you have a completely unserious candidate on the far left who seemingly hates and demeans anyone with whom she disagrees and has destroyed every semblance of public policy she ever touched (beginning with her disastrous stint as a pro-crime prosecutor and California AG). Peter needs to stick to foreign policy.
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  1359. You're assuming they'll even get retraining. They're lucky if they get a rifle lol.
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  1360. It might've been Tacview in DCS.
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  1361. I'm glad someone brought this up. If India decided to open up a western front and try to take the disputed Himalayan regions as well as Tibet, it would be game over. China simply does not have the capacity in any way, shape, or form to fight a multi-front war. And Pakistan is not going to risk a nuke exchange to protect China.
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  1362. Yes, because destroying modern society, taxing working families into oblivion, forcing them to buy $75,000 electric vehicles, taking away their opportunity to enjoy travel, boating, and other simple pleasures in life as some sort of social sacrifice to Mother Nature isn't religious at all...
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  1363. Funny how this is a "peaceful protest" according to the BBC and not an "insurrection."
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  1364. Why would someone concede defeat if they did not lose?
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  1365. I'd be more worried about Kaliningrad than Gibraltar if I were the EU. The UK-Spain controversy is the silliest "dispute" in the world, if you ask me. It's a war fought by creating traffic jams due to passport control when things "heat up." If Spain wants to develop a port, Tarifa is a half-hour away.
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  1366. You don't think anyone has ever died/OD'd at Coachella? Of course you can hit rock bottom there. VIP sections aren't this exclusive thing – either pay the fee or get to know someone and you're in. I hate the jealousy in some of these comments. Apparently you have to have grown up dirt poor in order for anyone to have the least bit of sympathy for you. No wonder why our whole country hates each other.
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  1367.  @tumanskychikov7255  - If Putin wasn't busy trying to re-start the Cold War, invading Ukraine before a vote can be taken on annexation, assassinating British citizens on British soil with weapons of mass destruction and aligning himself with every brutal dictatorship in the world – NATO probably would not exist anymore. Putin reaps what he sows. What is sad is that he squandered his own nation's freedom and prosperity all for the glorification of his humongous ego.
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  1368.  @sonofthedragon2112  - Well, I'm not Canadian. But if I were, I'd probably do what most of my fellow countrymen do: watch hockey and stay in Florida for the winter. In the wildest imaginations of the craziest kook conspiracy theorist alive, there is no scenario in which the U.S. invades and occupies Canada. Let's be real here.
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  1369.  @ars104venger  - I don't speak Russian, my friend. Although I see a lot of exclamation points, so I'm guessing your comment was pretty good.
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  1370.  @221b-l3t  Well, if you can get someone to talk you through Autoland lol.
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  1371. Colombia could double its VAT and the prices of goods and cost of living would be nowhere near Europe. Colombia really is a "middle income" country, not "poor." There are wealthy areas and low-income areas. It's a mix. As far as taxes, even as an American, I have no idea how people tolerate the outrageous taxation in the Old World. Colombia may have a high VAT, but the base prices are low. It's a wonderful place to visit as you can truly explore a beautiful country and vibrant cities without getting hosed. Europe has cheap wine and expensive everything else.
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  1372. They launched an entire war thinking the other country wouldn't fight back, lol. Not the smartest bunch, those Russians.
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  1373.  @kezzap0  - Why can't someone who speaks a language other than English have a say in world affairs?
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  1374.  @Maxx5005  How so? We can watch any Russian television network or read any Russian newspaper openly in the U.S. Nothing is blocked or banned. Most people don't consume Russian news because it is objectively inaccurate.
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  1375. Doubt they'll be jealous. Pan Am and TWA both had orders for the Concorde and I don't think anyone in America made a big deal about it as if it was some kind of national disgrace. And it's not as if Airbus or BAE couldn't develop a supersonic plane if they really wanted to do so. Actually, this plane looks like a nice homage to the Concorde. I don't see why European airlines wouldn't buy it if it made sense for them. All of the major airlines have mixed fleets of American and European aircraft (plus Embraer in the mix). The world is pretty small these days. If anything, it would be nice if this sets off some competition in the supersonic flight world and lowers prices for everyone.
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  1376. They fired 50 interceptors which hit 44 of their targets. There are more than 50 total targets, some of which which did not have projectiles fired at them (either because ammunition ran out or these targets were out of range).
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  1377. Three Gorges Dam is a better strategic target than a random city.
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  1378. I have to be honest... it's sad that people need this explained to them.
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  1379.    - Huh? I've been to Colombia plenty of times. Airport security is exactly the same as everywhere else in the world. Why would someone slip free drugs into your suitcase, and when would they even do so? Small amounts of drugs are decriminalized anyway, so you'd need to be carrying kilos of the stuff and, somehow, not notice it. That makes no sense.
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  1380. Right. Anything you personally disagree with is "propaganda."
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  1381. @captain patriarchy He's a paid Kremlin shill, most likely. Or even a bot.
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  1382. I doubt that one. For one thing, the US and SK would be risking a future conflict with China if they ever decided to invade the south. And the refugee crisis would be gigantic. The North Koreans would be flooding into SK and the region would depopulate itself. China, especially since they're dealing with HK at the moment, would not want to risk making it seem as if people do not want to live under their rule and would come down like an iron fist, potentially stoking another conflict altogether. If China was a free and democratic member of the world community, it might be perfect – maybe something like a protectorate, for example. But being "not AS bad as Kim Jong Un" isn't exactly something to write home about.
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  1383.  @stupidburp  - The B-1B cannot carry nukes due to treaty obligations. In exchange, Russia removed the air-to-air refueling capability from the Tu-22M (and successor variants).
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  1384.  @stupidburp  - Right, but then the Russians would rearm the Tu-22M (including the newer, more modern variant) with air to air refueling. It would be an annoyance to have them testing our airspace, which is exactly what they would do, if for nothing else but to be a destabilizing nuisance, which is about all Russia can muster these days.
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  1385. She's a nice looking bird.
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  1386.  @tomney4460  You must not have included the acronym "NJDEP" in your Google search.
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  1387.  @poruatokin  - The USA's laws and most of its civil procedures are based on English common law. Like much of the world.
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  1388.  @2Schway4u  Quiet down, dirty leftist. Adults are talking.
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  1389.  @vinylcabasse  Except choose my exact destination (no cabs or Ubers from a train station to my final location), not have to worry about rude fellow passengers, stop whenever and wherever I like, check out a scenic location along the way, or worry about delays, etc. I like the comfort of my own car. You like trains. Why do "train people" obsess over this so much? Do whatever you'd like, but don't try to force me to live and travel the way you prefer. Who is ANYONE to tell me how to arrive at my destination?
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  1390.  @vinylcabasse  Yeah, I'd actually like the option too. I enjoy taking high speed rail in Europe. It works very well. The problem is that in other countries, it's consider utilitarian transport. Here, it's like a religion, usually promoted by one side of the political aisle, to intentionally try to change people's behavior. That's why you have so many people against it. Elsewhere, it's another option. Here, it's a step aimed at achieving one of many social/political goals. That said, the privately-funded Brightline shows great promise.
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  1391. Perhaps we need to just admit that Haiti is ungovernable.
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  1392. Don't discount the idea that, in World War III, the U.S. and Japan will be fighting on the same side. That is eminently powerful. Oh, and China didn't "take" Hong Kong. They just bullied and disappeared innocent civilians. Thank God in the United States, the people are well armed.
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  1393.  ahjotson ahjotson  - Troll life. I bet you scored some good social credit score points for that. Give regards to Xi the Pooh.
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  1394. Hey, the Amish population in the US still calls Americans "Englishmen." It's not surprising that in some countries they use the England/English term generically. In my home country of the US, we usually say "British" as nationality and call the island (and its territories) the UK. Scotland is normally referred to as Scotland here because a large number of people with Scottish heritage live in the US and the culture has remained its own.
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  1395.  @82boulou  - This is really the most legitimate explanation. The fact of the matter is that SAM systems are just not that important in the defense of the American homeland, so it's not an area where the US has placed many resources. Doctrine has always called for manned fighters to conduct defense, and the F-35 is even being developed to fill a role as cruise missile interceptor. The Aegis system and the SM-3 is a decent fleet defense platform, for what it's worth, but still just not extremely important in wider military doctrine. They'd rather put money into the F/A-XX manned/unmanned fighter for this task. I think the US can actually develop hypersonics very quickly (they were developed a long time ago and largely abandoned) to counter the Russian threat, but Washington is simply not going to sink a ton of money into SAM platforms it doesn't find useful. The very system that is protecting the U.S. capital right now is the NASAMS/SLAMRAAM platform which was developed by a Norwegian firm and eventually de-funded by the U.S.
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  1396.  @JonWintersGold  Well, "losing" is a subjective term when it comes to that election.
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  1397.  @Erik_Ice_Fang  It's pronounced "A-TACK-EMS" by everyone in the Army and defense words. It stands for Army Tactical Missile System.
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  1398. I think the point of mentioning that was the literal slave labor that's being used to build the bridge, as well as the outrage that should be expressed over EU taxpayer dollars going to a Chinese company. Why wasn't bidding restricted to EU companies (and perhaps a few allied countries as subcontractors)? China is a genocidal cult state. The civilized world should be working 24 hours a day to decouple from them.
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  1399. The MiG-23, probably. That thing has never been the undefeated type. Many other aircraft have undefeated it across the world. ;)
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  1400. Well, there are a lot of parallels here.
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  1401.  @PlaYer-sn5or  RT finally had to show you the useless Russian soldiers running like little girls away from Kyiv as fast as they could.
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  1402. Who knew that the marina where I keep my boat in suburban Tampa, FL has a larger navy than Iran. Probably more guns too lol. FWIW, quite a few years back, there was a story where the US Navy recruited recreational boaters in the FL panhandle to act as aggressors in a simulation of an Iranian small boat swarm.
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  1403.  @lindahoff7391  - Yup, my marina has 175 slips! We can officially defeat the IRGC. Anyone have a spare fleet oiler, lol?
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  1404. They openly let the press tour Guantanamo a million times...
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  1405.  @米空軍パイロット  - Canards are not good for RCS concerns. Adding them to the Su-30MKI and forward variants instead of straight thrust vectoring always struck me as a mistake.
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  1406.  @simber3523  - They wouldn't need to. Look at Venezuela – an entire coup was put down by the use of nonlethal weapons. The same can be done, much easier, at the gates of a military base with a tiny, two-lane road heading in and out.
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  1407.  @xiaozhan5879  - Hey, and you even have child indoctrination camps in Hotan. Paradise!
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  1408.  @someyoungguyjohnson7239  "Fault" is an odd concept. It takes two to tango, and "supply" and "demand" are required. Take away one, and the other goes away too. But human nature is what it is. I don't think there is really ANY answer except to develop policies to mitigate the effect of the market on the average person in terms of violence and public safety. In other words, let the flow continue IF violence does not spread, and drop the hammer in terms of jail sentences and penalties if the cartels cannot control their local distributors.
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  1409.  @yaz2928  Not with the Su-35. And DEFINITELY not with the Su-33, which they stole by pilfering a single copy in Ukraine and reverse-engineering. They're snakes. And they need to be defeated.
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  1410.  @trolllo9729  The U.S. could easily ramp up oil production domestically. The idiot who is president at the moment will be out of office in 2024. Saudi Arabia is a house of cards, run by a corrupt and brutal dictator in MBS. Governments run that way are always at risk of collapse, especially with the entire world drawing tired of arming them against the Houthis. SA is not a stable place by any measure.
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  1411. Roman - I own a network of digital news sites in the US and my company is part of a Google news partnership program. We have actual names and numbers of some folks at the company (not sure if it's specifically YouTube, though). I have not had to contact them in a couple of years but I will reach out to my contact and see if they can help. I was successful dealing with them once before on a monetization issue. Love the channel, and I've never felt so lucky to be a dual US-EU citizen. If I looked even remotely like you, I'd give you my EU passport to scan and upload lol.
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  1412. I thought the issue of news being shared a week late was solved with the invention of the AM radio.
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  1413. It won't have the cool paint schemes. Stealth coating is pretty bland. ;)
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  1414.  @dmitrit.4862  - Morse code worked in WWII. Sailors are still trained in it should they have to fall back to analogue in an emergency. I would also take issue with the idea that Russia is superior. We don't know half of what Leonardo, BAE, Saab, Elta, Raytheon, Rafael and others have in testing. Remember, the United States would not be fighting Russia alone. European and Israeli EW development has been astonishingly good in recent years, and the U.S. and NATO have access to all of it.
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  1415.  @Chris66Mas  Vatnik alert!!!
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  1416. Macron and Scholz will go down in history as Russian collaborators. They are both waiting for payoffs from Putin like Schroeder.
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  1417. They not only have awards for DUI arrests, departments are bribed with "grants" by insurance companies. The town where I used to live got two or three free patrol cars funded by insurance companies because they had a certain number of DUI arrests per capita.
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  1418.  @palmsranger1090  At least the German government doesn't send DW reporters off to a gulag for 15 years if they do a story they don't like...
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  1419. I'm guessing they will be doing this to intimidate old fishermen just trying to make a living instead of acting like men and attempting to intercept a USN destroyer.
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  1420.  @neutronalchemist3241  In fairness, while Leonardo, Thales and other European manufacturers built excellent kit, USN ships have been utilizing Aegis and related battle management systems for decades, with multiple upgrades and generations of enlisted and officers who are trained on these systems. It also allows for smoothly networked warfare between ships, planes, drones, CCAs, and the ability to communicate and share data with MULTIPLE allies in a hot war. It's not that European tech firms couldn't build a similar system – it's that the US already uses a system that has been perfected and has upgrade paths already planned for the future. So on that, the USN is correct. The problem here is the physical construction of the ship and the silly bespoke mission capabilities that are being demanded from a frigate – not just swapping out modular electronic warfare systems. Australia, for example, uses much of the same electronics as the US and were able to adapt it to a British platform fairly easily. Japan adapted Aegis to their destroyers and frigates as well.
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  1421. NATO already has access to S-300s. Greece operates one in Cyprus. The vaunted S-400 is just an upgrade. It's a capable system, but it's no crazy wonderweapon that can win a war.
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  1422.  @peteryin9534  Why is China so hateful of allowing people on an island that poses no offensive threat to the mainland from simply electing their own leaders and living peacefully? Does the very idea of freedom offend the CCP so much that it is willing to waste tens of thousands of lives? And what about the concentration camps that would be set up in order to torture and "re-educate" the Taiwanese people? This isn't anything more than genocide, period. China is a force for evil in the world and they need to be contained and eventually defeated.
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  1423. Google is still marking certain videos with government propaganda links lol? C'mon folks...
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  1424. Actually, yes, it is. You can only make a plane "look" so much different from other planes.
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  1425. I hope they actually store it properly and do whatever the minimum maintenance should be. It would a shame to waste a plane that can be used when the war is over. Maybe give it back to Antonov to help them restart their cargo business.
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  1426. Soooooo you're saying flying cars actually DO exist?
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  1427. In all seriousness, people in a modern European country or the US and Canada pay arguably more of their earnings to the government than these peasants paid to their lords. Instead of paying taxes to work, we pay immense fuel taxes to simply GET to work. And until recently, military conscription was still a thing. Has much really changed?
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  1428. In fairness, the UK should field some strategic bombers. There has been nothing since the RAF retired the Vulcan. Maybe they can piggyback on the USAF B-21 stealth bomber project. As an American, I want our closest ally locked and loaded!
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  1429. Because it is anathema to both sides – the political right does not like organized labor and the political left does not like meritocracies. Combine the two and you have, well, this...
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  1430. The difference with the Hind, however, is that it is also an assault helicopter because it is able to carry troops to a location and then provide CAS. The AH-56 (like the Apache) is purely an attack helicopter and does not carry personnel. The Apache was designed around anti-armor, which is likely the role the AH-56 would've taken on as well.
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  1431. It can actually out-accelerate many twinjets. Only issue is that the single engine is so huge that it's extremely noisy. They're not going to be basing them out of Naval Air Station Oceana (in Virginia Beach) because it's surrounded by residential zones and is also a major tourist destination. By the way – Virginia Beach is a great place to visit for aircraft enthusiasts. Palm trees, some beautiful hotels, a great walking/bicycle path along the sand and you literally get an air show all day while sitting on the beach. Sometimes during the summer months the Naval Aviators will even do some tricks for the tourists while heading out to a carrier at sea to practice landings.
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  1432. Unionized labor is either good or bad, depending on the industry and context of the project at hand. It works very poorly when it comes to domestic consumer auto manufacturing– and even worse with classroom teachers and white collar bureaucrats. But it works extremely well when it comes to building a workforce that is skilled and committed to careers in industries that are tightly regulated, price-controlled via acts of Congress, require secure environments and thrive on retention. I'm not willing to overpay for a crappy Chevy crossover or for my school district to hire left-wing lunatics under the leadership of Randi Weingarten. I'm completely willing to pay a premium for a warship that will be asked to defend the free world.
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  1433. That's my list too in the exact same order! Only one I haven't flown is the A380.
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  1434. This I can agree with. There are too many things that are illegal, especially personal choices like whether to consume cannabis. And we can debate these big reform programs, but let's start with something simple: no more pulling people over for a brake light being out, a tinted window, a plate cover that touches the name of the state and is technically "illegal." Even rolling stop signs, a failure to signal, minor speeding barely touching a white line, etc. A driver should have to demonstrate an articulated danger to the safety of others before they can be stopped.These minor traffic infractions are fishing expeditions. They lead to "the smell of marijuana," which is probable cause to search, which ends in someone being arrested or having to go through "the system," or someone running which can lead to an armed confrontation. In my opinion, simple reforms to reduce the number of traffic stops would make a bigger difference than going after qualified immunity or other broad-based, top-down reforms that will likely lead to a whole different set of problems down the road.
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  1435. It arguably could be the greatest economic boon to India and South America that those regions have ever witnessed.
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  1436. Why? They should down your plane and killed your pilot, not the US.
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  1437.  Bobby Brady  Are you capable of having a conversation without calling other people names? Apparently not.
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  1438. Ha, BMW too. Going from an SUV to a 3-Series was quite an adventure.
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  1439. The DUI arrests themselves were probably legit. The reason the people were pulled over in the first place, however, often is not. They simply pull people over late at night for (insert reason here) until they find someone DUI, which probably isn't that difficult in the right time and place.
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  1440. The contraction of the Aral Sea has absolutely zero to do with climate change. It was caused by a Soviet dam project. C'mon folks.
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  1441. "Ehhhh, that's just politics and money..." - every response to that question
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  1442. Yes, the conditions are poor and should be improved. But do we really want someone who is serving 37 years for kidnapping and two murders to be let out of jail? Should we pretend he will not simply go back to a life of crime? The list of violent crime exceptions to the "get out of jail free because of corona" law didn't seem that unreasonable to me. Anyone here actually spent time in Colombia? Because I have. And it's wonderful to walk the streets knowing you won't be kidnapped, assaulted or robbed at gunpoint. It's a beautiful country that is finally overcoming years of crime and chaos on the streets. I don't want to go back to the "good ol days."
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  1443. Icelandair is not a discount airline. WOW had been a discount airline serving Keflavik and it went out of business. Now, Play Air is the new discount airline in Iceland.
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  1444. Well, the 757 always drove like a race car, that's for sure.
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  1445. Steven Denton is an Orc lover...
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  1446.  @anthonymitchell8893  Yeah, I'm sure you'd do very well under Putin's dictatorship, lol.
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  1447. The problem is that the people running this administration actually do put electric vehicle policies and other polarizing social issues above serious geopolitical considerations. The administration is a rudderless ship that is staffed with many young, inexperienced partisans who care more about virtue signaling to their digital audience than negotiating strategically advantageous deals with the larger rules-based world order in mind.
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  1448.  @DrRussPhd  So, the "but Trump is just the worst guy ever" non-response to criticism of a disastrous administration. Got it.
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  1449. Kind of an odd question since there are airliners that have never had hull losses but are still in production, so you never know if one will happen in the future. Off the top of my head, the 787 and the A350 have never had losses.
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  1450.  @piotrmackowiak9636  - There isn't. If the US ousts Maduro, it will be considered an investment gone bust. China barely cares enough as is.
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  1451.  @-Vektron  It really isn't, though. A deployment of 300 missiles wouldn't be pretty, but it also wouldn't be world-ending. It's not even "America-ending." The yield of these things isn't turned up to Castle Bravo or Tsar Bomba levels.
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  1452. On the off chance that this isn't a joke... There is a city in New Jersey right outside of New York called Newark. It has a gigantic airport in it that serves the New York area. So many flights to "New York" actually land in New Jersey. The airport code is EWR. It is arguably closer to Manhattan than the two airports that are physically in the city, JFK and LGA. Newark is also a United hub, so many of their international long-haul flights originate or terminate there.
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  1453. Folks also have to realize that a conflict in the Pacific is going to be a naval-centric conflict that will utilize higher-end, long range munitions. The reason we don't go hog wild making 155mm shells is because any conflict in which we'd be directly involved would not include World War II-style artillery battles between US and PLA infantry. The goal is to achieve air superiority and employ advanced munitions (NSM, LRSAM/JASSM, PrSM, etc.) from a distance, with Marines doing the "island hopping" to contain China within the first island chain. The fact that the Russians can't manage to fight a modern-style war doesn't mean that's not where things are going globally.
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  1454. It should be noted that the current socialist government is aligned with Maduro, Putin and Diaz-Canel. Anez (the woman jailed) broke those relationships off during her time as president and sought improved relations with the U.S. and the west as a whole.
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  1455. Moscow Milley needs to retire.
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  1456. Gotta love all of the anti-Semitic terrorist lovers attracted to every one of these stories. The American and European left has shown its true colors, and it's going to cost them politically. It was sickening to see people waste a weekend with their families attending pro-terrorism marches in major cities. I suppose that why I moved out of those cities (cue the "Small Town" song).
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  1457.  @NeatxBullet  - So, why don't they? Hamas is a terror group whose members are motivated by radical religiosity and resort to homemade bombs and suicide attacks. The fact that this militant group controls even a square kilometer of territory is mind-boggling, and Israel – if anything – has done everything to hold back a formal conflict in recent history. Contrary to what one might assume from dumb comments sections like this, most Muslims are not hell-bent on killing others. In fact, as another commenter said, there are many in the Muslim world who, frankly, don't even know why they're "supposed" to hate Israel to begin with, much less risk their lives in a war to conquer the Israelis. It's just not that important to the everyday citizen who wants to wake up, go to work, raise their family and lead a fulfilling life. As for Hamas, if Israel took the gloves off they could smash Hamas and retake Gaza very quickly. Hamas exists because Israel has not chosen to destroy it.
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  1458.  @brianbozo2447  Doubt many people would have that opinion in New York or Washington, but nothing would "happen" to them if they did. There is a small percentage of people who have views like that, and nobody is sending them to jail or persecuting them.
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  1459. Germany is not worthy of remaining a member of NATO.
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  1460. Ireland doesn't own a single combat aircraft. The Irish are good at guerilla tactics but this implies that the UK would already have beaten them and be in the midst of occupying them. Could they muster up enough men and weapons to eventually drive Britain out (again), maybe (likely with help from their connections in South America and Hezbollah), but an initial invasion would be about as easy as the U.S. ousting Saddam.
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  1461.  @Joker-yw9hl  - Same here. I live in the U.S., but my grandfather came here from Ireland because he was disgusted with his country and its non-existent will to fight to be truly independent. He later wanted to enlist in the U.S. Army to fight in World War II, but he had just missed the age cutoff.
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  1462. Technically, the Tu-204/214 is "in production" even though they've only built less than 100 of them since the late '80s.
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  1463.  @AtlasReburdened  - I don't think communist regimes look too kindly upon "trimming government."
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  1464.  @morceen  If your government is worth defending, why is it deathly afraid of a free and fair election? Enjoy your dictatorship. I'm sure it's great until you're the one who says or does something wrong and ends up in a concentration camp after being kidnapped in the middle of the night.
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  1465.  @clydeceniza2521  - I'm sure that can still be arranged. We love the Philippines in the U.S.! I think we're just a little worried about Duterte, though Trump is trying to play nice with him. America will most definitely have the Philippines' back if China does something stupid.
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  1466.  @fakecubed  - Penetrating counter-air would be a sixth-gen platform. Some argue it's interchangeable with the US Navy's F/A-XX program and others believe the USAF and USN will chart different courses on it (no pun intended). Right now, as it currently stands, the F-35 can't even carry the HARM missile internally and the Raptor can't carry it at all. So any SEAD missions would have to be completed by the new F-15EX, F/A-18, the Growler, the Eurofighter or the F-16. In theory, a modern SEAD mission might resemble the Israeli raid on the Osirak reactor – a combo of F-15s and F-16s, all these decades later.
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  1467. The BMW they featured in the ad looked like a mid-90s model, so you're not too far off lol.
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  1468.  @terenarosa4790  You've apparently not seen much of the world...
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  1469.  @milan51259  I'm not calling for anyone's opinion to be "canceled." You're defending the country that throws you in jail for 15 years if you dissent, not me.
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  1470.  @Ютубводоканал  Uhh, they're literally holding thousands of people in camps in Sakhalin right now.
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  1471.  David Chorak  - You must be fun at parties.
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  1472. All Taiwan needs is one missile capable of taking out the Three Gorges Dam, and they have their deterrent...
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  1473. Russia has lost more than 70,000 soldiers. They've been humiliated in front of the world. Their economy has crashed. They are out of equipment and are now fielding T-62M tanks from the direct post-WW2 period. The won't dare fly the crappy Su-57 anywhere over Ukraine because they know western SAMs will bring it down. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled the country. Oh yeah, and they got run out of Kyiv and are now losing occupied territory on a near-daily basis. Wait until tens of thousands of mobiks freeze to death in a couple months. Nah, Russia's losing...
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  1474.  @krishnab8916  Russian MoD has acknowledged the casualties and it was verified through the expenditures on death benefits. It's approx. 70,000 at the moment. Once the winter sets in, those mobiks are going to freezing to death by the thousands. Welcome to Ukraine, Orcs...
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  1475.  jon nunes  - Well, they're taking pot shots at helos in a hover. That's not overly difficult. If they had Stingers or Igla-S, we'd have an actual militarized op.
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  1476.  jon nunes  - Wow, you're mad... for some reason. I've spent some time in Brazil... the good, the bad, the ugly. Same with most of Latin America. I'm not sure what you're even disagreeing with me on. I understand the pacification of the favelas is militaristic, but if you think it's a "war zone," I have my doubts that you've ever actually experienced an actual war zone.
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  1477. Why would the U.S. want to invade Russia? What could possibly be the strategic value of such a ridiculous action? What does Russia have that we want? The U.S. is "at your doorstep" because your neighbors are scared to death that your authoritarian president will attempt to annex them after they suffered under the Soviet dictatorship for half a century. They do not want to give up free elections, freedom of speech, freedom of expression, a free press or deal with Russia's humanitarian issues with minority communities. After Georgia and Ukraine, how do you expect the Baltic states to react? If anything, we wish we did NOT have to be there spending our tax dollars defending the sovereignty of other countries. You need to hold Putin accountable for his actions. The U.S. doesn't want to be your enemy, nor do we consider the Russian people to be our enemy, but you have a president who is still fighting the Cold War. Wouldn't you rather live in peace?
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  1478.  @kerier1911  - The media over there is really selling you guys a bill of goods. I tried. Really, though... find 100 Americans and ask if they want to invade Russia or have anything to do with Russia. My guess is 99 of them would say no. I don't live in a dream world. But it seems you've created a boogieman in us because your government wants to distract you as they take away your democratic and human rights. It is textbook domestic policy for authoritarian leaders, repeated across the world. As for Putin, do you really like being subject to the whims of one man dictating how you speak, live, travel, communicate and consume information? The sad part is that you don't seem to realize what you've squandered when the CCCP collapsed. It could have been a bright future of friendliness and cooperation, but instead an ex-KGB thug decided to waste your money trying to build a silly empire and a military to defend against a country that has no desire to go to war with you. And for what it's worth, there are hundreds of millions of Americans who believe in traditional marriage and the fact that there are two genders. They're vocal about it and nothing happens to them. But there are also people who believe differently and nothing happens to them either. I've visited Russia. It has its nice areas and depressing areas like any other country. The people seem pretty nice – especially the older folks who have good perspectives on history. But your economic situation (I know, I know, somehow that's our fault) could be much improved if you embraced democracy, free elections, and joined the rest of the developed world in positive trade agreements and friendly military relationships. As it currently stands, your best friends on Earth are Nicolas Maduro and Bashar Assad. You also want to sell anti-aircraft missiles to the same guy who shot down one of your planes a couple years ago. That's poor company to be keeping.
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  1479. @F. Friedrich Kling Hauss Haha we found the Orc.
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  1480. And we love Brazil! Would love to see Brazil join NATO and solidify itself as a world power, especially once those shiny new Gripen-E fighters start flying!
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  1481. The only flight I ever took on a 757 was between Newark (EWR) and Reykjavik (KEF). It was a Delta flight and I thought it was very comfortable. Of course, I always find the service on Delta to be among the best, so perhaps that's why I came away with such a good impression.
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  1482. Yet you watched and commented... providing them the exact engagement metrics they were going for. Looks like Simple Flying = 1 and JD Floyd = 0.
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  1483. The perfect economy, made possible by the United States for spending boatloads of taxpayer dollars ensuring European sovereignty since 1945.
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  1484.  @AstroGremlinAmerican  Yeah, that's a particularly gruesome one...
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  1485.  @ehomejoe9613  - He didn't want a "new Cold War" because he was getting away with economic murder at the expense of the United States and Europe (plus plenty of developing nations that they are bullying at the moment). Once America got a president who wasn't concerned with upsetting the apple cart for the good of his country, Xi was caught off guard. Perhaps he should just stick to surveilling, manipulating, brainwashing and imprisoning his own people.
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  1486.  @pcndo16  The vast majority of Americans spend their entire lives without seeing anything resembling Kensington. Fewer and fewer people live in these inner city areas, and many of them are ghost towns. The suburban areas outside of Philadelphia (and generally everywhere else in the US) have the same approximate crime rate as Europe. Nobody I know here in the US goes into a major city unless they have to, for some reason.
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  1487.  @robrocksea  - No, they are three separate companies. On occasion they will team up on a project. The only aerospace merger that's possible is Boeing and Embraer, but after the 737 debacle, that might be a no-go.
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  1488.  @xmlthegreat  - You mean the plane that had a 20:1 kill ratio at the last Red Flag? Yeah, really overrated...
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  1489. And here on Planet Earth, it's a Monday...
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  1490. For Americans, it's like Miami and Vegas had a child, but the people who lived there are nicer lol.
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  1491.  @Iamthenoi  Surovikin
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  1492. This almost sounds like a hostage video. Russia has really turned into one big gulag. Putin is becoming a monster of historic proportions.
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  1493. Is this reporter working for the CCP? He throws out Chinese government stats on deaths as if they are verified. He quotes Global Times as if it's a legitimate news source, conveniently forgetting to tell us it's a CCP-controlled propaganda outlet. He talks about Xi "seeking a third term" as if he's actually standing for a public election. This guy should be fired – and perhaps investigated.
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  1494. He should make a deal to buy a couple of old Tupolev jets from his uncle and cousins running Cuba.
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  1495. The individual people who move into these places are far worse off than anyone of Cherokee descent in the USA. They are being put in danger, so being "on the leopards' side" means getting innocent people killed – at least until a solution is found and implemented.
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  1496. Bingo. When you fire people who have huge egos, medals pinned to their jackets and lucrative careers in front of them, you end up with all of these people sending letters to the New York Times calling you a "threat to democracy" and a dictator.
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  1497. Folks, let's keep in mind that Mr. Stone (the presenter) worked for Judge Arthur Lawrence Alarcon of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (known in the legal world as the Ninth Circus Court of Schlemiels), a radical left-leaning body that historically has had more of its decisions overturned than any other federal appeals court in America. Judge Alarcon was a Carter appointee who was behind many decisions that would be considered left-wing. Interestingly, Mr. Stone never mentioned the dire threats levied by the FBI against Gen. Flynn's son, and a father's instinctive propensity to protect his kin – a grim reality that can surely serve as motivation for a guilty plea made under duress. And let's focus on the nonsense "neutral third party" BS that was proffered in this video. Mr. Stone declined to mention that Judge Gleeson is a Clinton appointee who literally wrote an op-ed published in a newspaper supporting one side of the case that is against the DOJ before his appointment. In other words, the fix was literally in. Did you omit that, or did you just fail to conduct proper research? I surmise the former applies. I cannot confirm to which direction Mr. Stone's political biases point, but I have an idea. It is a shame that someone I respected, whose commentary genuinely assisted me in achieving a 92nd percentile score on the LSAT, could be so politically biased. But these are the times in which we live...
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  1498. This would be insanely against the Geneva Conventions. Not that Russia cares, I guess, but...
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  1499. This is actually someone's reality... amazing.
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  1500.  @juanprietob  - No, the previous government hastily hatched the deal so the former president could win a big prize. But the OP is correct... Colombia is generally pretty safe. I've felt much more uncomfortable in some European cities (Barcelona, for instance) than Medellin or Cartagena.
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  1501.  @juanprietob  - I've been in the comunas too, and they've really improved them with the escalators and civic facilities they've built there. Would I go walking around in the middle of the night in the comunas as a non-local? No, of course not – at least not yet – but having been to both of these cities in a relatively short span of time, I would say "no dar papaya" applies more in Barcelona than Medellin, even outside of El Poblado and similar areas.
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  1502. A little life hack. In my area of the US on a small island, sometimes the only available medevac helicopter is a US Coast Guard helo and they come in as mutual aid for a coastal area. They don't charge a cent. If there's a private helo around, oh boy...
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  1503. All 11 of them that exist, lol.
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  1504. Or even simpler, you could just keep NATO as is and change its name, if it really matters that much to you.
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  1505. They're two thugs in a "frenemy" style pissing match since Big, Bad Erdogan's F-16 shot down Old Meanie Putin's Su-24 on the Syrian border. These men are not chess players, they are two fools who are both shooting themselves in their respective feet as their kinetic power versus regional adversaries becomes diminished. In all likelihood, both of their stories will end in a coup of some sort.
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  1506. I feel the same way, being from the US. I was supposed to have gone on a college trip to Russia during break one year, but decided not to go even though my parents very much wanted me to do so. Now that I'm 10-years older and have traveled all over the world, I very much regret it, because I wonder if relations will ever improve in our lifetimes after the atrocities that were committed. That said, Kyiv, Lviv and Odesa all seem like beautiful cities to visit – though St. Petersburg has always intrigued me.
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  1507.  @nothanks9503  One can hope! (Including the people who live there, lol.)
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  1508. The ideal scenario would be rail that truly integrates into the air network, but I'm assuming that will be impossible unless we want to go down the dark road of security checkpoints for train cars.
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  1509.  @nelsoncheng2674  - Diplomacy? When has China ever been "diplomatic?" Certainly not when they stole technology from across the world, both military and commercial. Certainly not when they closed domestic flights but not international flights during COVID-19, causing the rest of the world to become infected. When it set up concentration camps for Muslims with Turk backgrounds? China is a cancer on the other nations of the world – not its people, who are victims who need to be liberated, but certainly its government. There is a very good case for an allied force, including Russia and Japan, removing the CCP from power and ensuring they never regain it.
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  1510.  @nelsoncheng2674  - Did Great Emporer Xi teach you the phrase "haters gon' hate?" How are you even accessing this website? YouTube is blocked in "your" country.
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  1511.  @felixthecat2786  - American car manufacturers do not even manufacture cars anymore. If you don't want a pickup or crossover, you have no choice but to buy a non-domestic vehicle. If America produced a small-medium size vehicle with a good feature set and excellent handling, I'd happily buy it. But until then, I'm happy with my BMW 3-Series. (Also, FWIW, I don't like supporting UAW labor since they funnel money into the Democrat party.)
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  1512.  @dknowles60  - It wasn't necessarily one vehicle. The joint GM-Toyota manufacturing venture was called NUMMI and it was located in California, not Detroit. It folded in 2010 and is now the Tesla manufacturing facility.
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  1513. Ha, "Paul Miller." Putin bot detected.
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  1514. Have you been to Greece at any point in the last decade? Taking government policy cues from Athens is like taking medical advice from a voodoo doctor in the middle of the jungle.
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  1515.  @kiabtoomlauj6249  It's a joke bro.
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  1516. The way things are going, it appears that hypersonics will be used offensively and directed energy weapons (lasers) will be used defensively. Using missiles to intercept other missiles is very difficult, even for the best systems. If you throw enough at one, eventually one will get through, and one is all it takes.
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  1517. I'd love to ask that lady to actually name one person she knows who came back to Russia after living in Germany for 20 years.
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  1518. Uhh, the guy's not perfect, but I don't think the current president of Mexico (12:55) ordered decimation in the Paraguyan War, which took place in 1864 and didn't involve Mexico lol.
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  1519. I guess this channel never heard of the DAP variant?
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  1520. Biden should sign an executive order annexing Kaliningrad tonight and recommending to Congress that it be incorporated as the 51st state before talking to Putin. Because why not?
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  1521. I'd avoid the red uniforms this time around, though.
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  1522. The issue there is that he'd be risking giving the U.S. and NATO a compelling reason to provide actual longer range munitions like ATACMS and such.
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  1523.  @mendjelire8392  They would if they could. Where are they going to get the arms to oust the current government? The electronic communications capable to organize? The U.S. isn't providing anything. It's a totalitarian state – they've been deprived of the means to oppose the government since 1959 under threat of prison and torture.
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  1524. That's exactly how Egypt does it.
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  1525. They'll stop fighting when Putin's head is on a pike, alongside all of his collaborators.
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  1526. You really need to educate yourself on the F-35 and its purpose before making such a ridiculous statement.
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  1527. The AV-8B is a great example of this. Invented by the British and innovated by the Americans. The F-35 has plenty of British tech inside and the UK is the only Tier 1 partner. Plus, BAE is developing the Tempest. It would be very nice for, let's say, Lockheed and BAE to truly be 50/50 partners on a project. It would be impossible for those two together to produce anything but the world's best. I'd love to see a carrier-borne version of the Tempest compete for the US Navy's F/A-XX project. Perhaps BAE could make the "regular" Tempest and L-M or N-G, etc., could make a navalised variant.
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  1528. Ahh, the old "well he's not a dementia patient and he's not quite as much of a raving communist lunatic as the others, so why not" choice. Gimme a break. If Tulsi was in, I'd think twice. Although electing even a moderate Democrat empowers the remainder of the party, which is slightly to the left of Chairman Mao these days.
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  1529. The U.S. and U.K. did offer their vaccines to China. They were turned down. Also, why would they be "donated?" Does China donate anything to the west? They could have bought the vaccines like any other country, but instead they were arrogant and developed Sinovac, which isn't even valid for entry to most countries in the world.
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  1530.  @l.ls.8890  - Agree on the KC-46, but what's the issue with the 777X?
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  1531. Ha, they'd probably sell to both sides. Imagine USAF pilots zooming around in Su-35s, lol.
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  1532. They seized the plane itself. I'm sure the cargo went on to its destination.
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  1533. Only in British service lol.
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  1534. That's actually exactly what the U.S. is doing...
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  1535.  Hammer 001  - The Harrier most definitely could use its VTOL to "lift" off a road, like the F-35B, but European procurement specifications generally still require any fighter to be able to take off and land on small roads, including rural roads and highways. And most fighters do not have VTOL, so the canards tend to help. The Gripen is the latest example. There's a video of it landing on a small road somewhere on YouTube.
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  1536. They already tried this with Yugoslavia.
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  1537. Well, they will now have a domestically-produced plane in which to shuttle political prisoners, transport dissidents and minorities to concentration camps, and automate to ensure no one with a low enough social credit score ever gets to set foot on one. I hope it fails miserably. The world should shun the CCP and all it produces.
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  1538. This IS likely an issue when it comes to military recruitment, even if we do not want to admit it, but that has nothing to do with what is being discussed here. Shipbuilders do not care who will be bombed or boarded by the vessels they are constructing.
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  1539. Didn't we all learn "stop, drop and roll" in school, lol?
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  1540. Note for American liberals: notice how one of the central problems in Russia is that everything is oriented toward Moscow and St Pete, while everyone else suffers with no consideration, funding, or respect? Replace those two cities with "New York" and "Washington" and perhaps you'll understand why your party has an 18 percent approval rating.
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  1541.  @nehronghamil4352  People expect too much out of military kit. A lucky/close shot can still take down a stealth aircraft, enough bombardment can overload an air defense system, etc.
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  1542.  @TzunSu  Which is exactly what I said.
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  1543. Well, first you destroy the Pantsir, then you destroy the S-400 it's protecting. Then you continue on as usual.
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  1544. When Branson, Bezos and Musk finish launching themselves into space, they could always focus on the sea. You never know. 😎
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  1545.  @societyreborn33  Then why haven't any of their systems worked, well, anywhere? They failed in Syria. Failed in Libya. Failed in Ukraine. Israel openly mocks Russian air defense by flying F-35s right into the kill zone and taking a photograph of themselves doing it. Either the Russians designed some poor SAM platforms or they have idiots running them. Has to be one or the other. The US think tanks also thought the Orcs would take Kyiv in three days lol.
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  1546.  Steve Arthur  I know they've developed all of these systems. But their track record is horrendous. Regardless of the theater or intensity, their vaunted air defense just fails over and over again. Nobody in US military or NATO circles is particularly concerned about it.
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  1547. At least there's still an eight-engined plane (although I'm still trying to figure out why they won't just replace them with four), though not as gargantuan.
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  1548. The guy is from Oklahoma, though.
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  1549. Portable generators are used in the field. The time it would take to power a battery via solar would be astronomical. Then you have to deal with foul weather, nighttime ops. Bad idea.
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  1550. Why did you consent to a search?
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  1551.  @Ry_TSG  Average people who read defense industry blogs knew about all this stuff. It's no big deal, really.
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  1552.  @stephenwalton9646  Now it's the Clintons' fault? Yikes. The conspiracy theories are REALLY flying now.
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  1553. Attacking the Three Gorges Dam would be an offensive action against China – and possibly a war crime depending on one's reading of various treaties and the circumstances at a given time. It's a dire last resort option, like the atomic attacks on Japan. I'm not arguing it wouldn't be warranted at some point, but a long and brutal war would have been fought by the time a B-2 bomber is dispatched deep into Chinese territory with the dam as a target.
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  1554.  @bitterballs356  You do realize that no country on Earth wants anything to do with invading and occupying the dumpster fire that is Russia, correct? Why would any foreign country want to take on the burden of a vast, poor, backwards dysfunctional state that has rejected democratic values?
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  1555. Germany is a net negative to the world...
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  1556.  @complexteo-iwnl3321  - The S-500 is analogous to the American THAAD system. Its purpose is to compliment the S-300/400, not replace it. It isn't an upgrade – it has a completely different purpose.
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  1557.  @diavulo28  - By your logic of "the troops were already legally there," the U.S. could annex most of the world. What unbridled stupidity.
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  1558.  @TheDivinity29  - Be careful what you wish for. If the U.S. stops spending money on its military, plenty of countries will have to pony up to fill in the gap.
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  1559.  @mugnuz  - It's not, but Europeans don't seem to be able to face reality. They riot in the streets every time tax increases are proposed to deliver the social services they demand. If they had to pay for their own defense, there is no way the European welfare state, which is already failing one country at a time, can remain as it current stands.
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  1560. TDS detected...
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  1561. Why don't you send the Wagner clowns to take it from us? Oh, wait...
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  1562.  @eddoes8915  Syria is a vassal state of Russia with an unelected, authoritarian government that kills its own people. If it is bad for Russia, it is good for freedom. Russia should be starved of all resources by the civilized nations of the world, and therefore Syria needs to suffer as well.
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  1563. Runways can be repaired very quickly. All major world militaries train to do this regularly. Then there are the 11 moving airbases in the form of carriers – with the UK soon potentially being able to surge two. Then there are bombers which can operate from anywhere in the world. Then, in the case of the US, UK, Japan, Australia and South Korea (plus others), there is also the F-35B STOVL option if a traditional runway is killed. Then there are palletized munitions that can be deployed via Ro/Ro containers from C-17s and A400Ms that may have taken off from another continent. Damaging some runways is more of a pain in the ass than anything else.
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  1564. The U.S. government has already purchased 747-8i airframes for the next Air Force 1. They had been contracted to be sold to an airline in China but the order will not be fulfilled, so the government purchased them. They will probably serve approx. 30 years, so I don't see an opportunity for the A380 to be adopted into U.S. service (A330MRTT may have a second shot at the USAF, though) at any point. I would say that perhaps another head of state may buy one, but the U.K. is already dealing with a "scandal" VIP aircraft, Israel is as well, and Russia/China probably want to hype their own planes instead of buying western types for a super-visible diplomatic role. I don't think India would be interested. Brazil has world power aspirations but they need to protect Embraer. If anything, it'd probably be a Middle Eastern monarchy just for aesthetic value.
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  1565. They need to bring in General Butt Naked to regulate down there...
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  1566. It actually is a real shame that the Darien Gap, which less than 100 miles, prevents the Pan-American highway from being completed. I thought after the 2016 peace agreements, Colombia would push for its completion, but the problems on the southern border have directed all the attention there. I'd love to be able to take a long driving trip between Costa Rica and Colombia, two of my favorite countries to visit.
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  1567. I know this is nitpicking, but I've yet to hear a single person I know say they were not going to be flying as much because they're concerned that planes are bad for the environment. Where did that theory come from? The world, as a whole, is not "woke."
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  1568. Sorry to burst the bubble, but Navalny isn't too keen on Ukrainian independence either. He's an order of magnitude better than Vlad, but we can't pretend he would be a real friend to the west.
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  1569.  @martinfagan7183  I find the B737 to be more passenger-friendly. Of course it could just be the airlines on which I fly. Not that the 737 is some kind of dream aircraft, but among two short-haul narrowbodies I tend to like the 737 better. Not a fanboy of either manufacturer... my two favorite aircraft are the 787 and A350. Both beauties!
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  1570. Okay, so literally the first sentence is incorrect. Citizens of Cuba cannot leave without "receiving prior permission from the state" either. But Mr. Wendover, ever the left-wing water-carrier, probably worships Castro's ghost, so...
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  1571.  @rushyscoper1651  - Canada purchased the radar tech behind Iron Dome to act in the same role as the U.S. Firefinder radar. So, yes, while Iron Dome is most noted for its ability to knock out rockets, it has to first identify, track and target them. That is the part Canada is interested in.
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  1572. Here in Florida we have 1GB/sec direct to the home through a fiber line. 4K streams flawlessly. I was near Yosemite National Park last summer, though, and they had to use satellite internet service (HughesNet) and I literally couldn't play a YouTube video. So it depends on where you live. In major metro areas (I'm in Tampa) 1GB/s is pretty common as long as you're willing to pay about $20 extra per month.
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  1573. @Kerberos You haven't left Moscow in a while, have ya comrade?
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  1574. There's also the angle that the AH-64 and the Ka-52 were designed for different purposes. The AH-64 was designed purely as an anti-armor attack platform envisioned to pop up from behind a hill in Germany and engage Soviet tanks with Hellfires, then drop back, preventing land divisions from crossing the Rhine. The Ka-52 is considered an "armed scout" helicopter that is mainly used for the purpose of ISR with the option of going on the offensive to clear the way for forces behind it. The American competitor for the Ka-52 was actually the RAH-66 Comanche, which was built but never ordered by the U.S. Army. I believe the two that were manufactured are in a museum somewhere.
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  1575. The only way this could be done is if both the U.S. and Russia somehow became allied against the CCP, ousted it and installed the ROC government on the mainland. In fairness, it's happened before.
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  1576. "Non-sectarian governance" in Syria? This is why the UN is irrelevant. The best hope for Syria is either self-segregated autonomy between various groups or outright sovereignty as independent states. Where on Earth has this worked? Europe, the US and most of the world is in the midst of chaos due to attempts at integrating races, ethnicities and political adversaries together under one government.
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  1577. The bots are out in big numbers these days.
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  1578. Argentina has attempted to purchase new multirole planes on several occasions to modernize its air force (Gripen, Rafale, Mirage 2000) but the UK has blocked all of the sales since there are UK parts in all of these planes and/or they requested the US block American parts from being transferred (and the US will normally adhere to British requests given the "special relationship" policy). The obvious answer for Argentina is to turn to Russia and buy Su-35s, but they are expensive. My personal prediction is that you will see Argentina purchase JF-17s from China/Pakistan. It is a short-sighted policy, in my view, to deny Argentina the basic opportunity to protect its sovereign borders. We're going to push them into the arms of the Russians or Chinese.
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  1579. I love that these European and American companies are tripping over themselves to placate the woke environmental mob when China is pumping out more emissions than ever while laughing in our faces. Do you think any EU leaders are traveling by bus for 80 miles when they travel from ivory tower to ivory tower?
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  1580. Yeah, McVlad's T-72 Survival School is way better than working at a Starbucks.
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  1581. In fairness, that wasn't yet known when they made this video.
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  1582. There's a good chance the U.S. will be fielding coaxial rotors in their next joint-purpose helicopter development project. I guess, on the bright side, it means nobody is planning any new wars in the Middle East.
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  1583. Like the woke cult in the US.
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  1584. The AIM-260 is replacing the AIM-120 in a few years. It will exceed what the Meteor can do, as well as things like the PL-15, etc.
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  1585. What would we do? Mexico is already a failed state. Do you really think the Russians want to become involved in that mess? If they want to go down Mexico way and set up a base in cartel land (in a country that literally has no means of defending its sovereign air space, by the way), by all means go for it.
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  1586.  @karliskokorevics6902  - Safe from whom? There is no military threat from the south. There is no military threat from the north (though they should maybe stop firing off shots at our border patrol). Do you believe the U.S. wants to invade and occupy a failed, third-world narco-state? What do we gain?
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  1587. Ha, their limo is also probably the most stereotypical American vehicle to ever exist.
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  1588. Ahh, they bring out a left-wing Washington Post "journalist" to hold water for the left-wing Brazilian "president" who emerged from his jail cell (the "journalist" forgot to mention that part) to retake office. Leftists are all cut from the same cloth. DW does a great job with its coverage of Ukraine, but is so blinded by politics in coverage of anything in Western Europe or the Americas that I'm reminded of why I stopped following this channel before Feb. 24, 2022.
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  1589. My guess is that they tapped Angela's phone because they wanted to know what she was saying. ;)
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  1590.  @sisyphusvasilias3943  - Such are the times in which we live. There isn't a lot of love lost between the US and Germany. Sure, we love their Beamers and Benzes in America, but their horrifically small contributions toward their own defense is a disgrace. Then, of course, is the madness of their immigration policies. I see Germany getting its own version of Trump sometime in the not-too-distant future.
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  1591. Well, in fairness, they handled this far better than Southwest would have...
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  1592. Well, the ending is a silver lining...
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  1593. Someone didn't watch the video...
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  1594. It's amazing that this is so obvious in the Middle East, yet nobody can figure out why there is cultural/racial disagreements in Europe and the USA that leads to political unrest.
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  1595. That has been completely debunked. Plus, even the original fake news story wasn't that they "shot down" an F-35, it was that they damaged it. Of course, the "missile" damage juuuuuust happened to look like a bird strike that happened a couple weeks earlier, and the F-35 would not have been the plane flying on that mission anyway, so...
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  1596. I thought the same thing. Pretty much every country I've visited has some version of this. In the U.S., there is no national law regulating hours you can sell alcohol, but states and cities can create their own laws. Where I live, you can buy beer, wine and hard seltzer 24 hours a day, but liquor can't be sold after 10 p.m. I have no idea why.
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  1597. It wouldn't be an invasion, but they would definitely take back some territory. Granted, they'd lose Kaliningrad in the process since it would be overrun by EU forces. Also, I imagine Finland would be readying for another Winter War instead of fighting with the British for no reason at all.
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  1598. Hi Vlad!
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  1599. He mentioned Spain. I think the idea is that the U.S. would never get to open a theater there because they'd be bogged down in Ireland. There's also Gibraltar to think about. That could bring the U.K. into the conflict.
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  1600.  @batuhankara672  United Asia? Asia is pretty much united against the threat of a belligerent China that is constantly yelling about going to war with its neighbors. Communist dictators don't understand, for whatever reason, that most people don't want to live under a communist dictatorship. The CCP is a terrorist, racist, hegemonic, totalitarian, genocidal regime that needs to be wiped off this planet.
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  1601.  @yingfortheking  Uhh, the Crusades were aimed at pushing back the Islamic invaders.
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  1602.  @ricardolopes3324  I don't hate anyone. However, I would not go out of my way to defend a government that sends multiple generations of families to concentration camps and executes people by lining them up in front of old Soviet anti-aircraft guns and blows them to pieces. Then there's the occasional famine. You may want to ask yourself why, if North Korea is such a great place to live, the government does not allow its citizens to leave. Are they afraid millions of people would leave this thriving, free country? I wish, instead of arguing, you'd give a little bit of information on your background. Are you from the DPRK? Are you employed by the DPRK government? What is your daily life like there? How about the lives of your friends and families? If we're wrong, enlighten us. We don't hate North Koreans – we feel terrible for them and wish they were free from a repressive regime!
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  1603.  @jessicakelley0  - I do quite a bit of international travel, including a great amount to South America, and customs regs in this part of the world are extremely stringent when it comes to animals. Not sure how this translates to Cuba given its form of government (and deviation from some cooperative international norms) but even if the cat could be taken out of the country, it would not be allowed to enter the UK (or US, EU countries, etc.). Even traveling with a family pet takes quite a bit of documentation.
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  1604.  @mykaruest6257  - You didn't. That's just how cool that guy was. He required three of them.
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  1605. Why, in a million years, would the U.S. want to get involved in that mess? How does invading or occupying the most dysfunctional country on the face of the planet benefit the American people? How about France lifts a finger for once. It was their damn slave colony that is the root cause of all this.
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  1606.  @wild_reader  You as a people did win – by kicking your corrupt, authoritarian Communist Party rulers out of power. That is why we were happy for you – you were free. But then you chose yourselves to be ruled by another dictator. Russian people portray themselves as being strong, but it seems they prefer to be led like sheep.
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  1607. I will not fly any airline that purchases Chinese aircraft until that country ends human rights abuses and holds free and democratic elections.
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  1608.  @theshadowman1398  Uhh, no. They're only legit if the vote isn't conducted at gunpoint.
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  1609.  @liamhennessey2735  - Some people in this thread are confused. The guys in the video are ELN, not FARC. The FARC was assembled more like the IRA – a paramilitary group using arms to obtain political goals and recognition. The ELN has never had centralized leadership and is, at its core, just a group of dissatisfied thugs who engage in criminal activity, tacitly supported by Maduro. I would be surprised if many of its members even knew who Marx was, much less read his writings.
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  1610. This is an absolute utopia for American democrats.
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  1611. A lot of the influence that led to cancellation of the Arrow was internal. A good number of Army generals and Navy admirals did not want it to move forward because it was a costly project for a country of Canada's size, and the thinking was that the Air Force would hog all of the defense budget. Plus, Canada's doctrines at the time were shifting. They adopted the Bomarc missile and believed the greater threat would be from ICBMs rather than manned bombers, making an interceptor less useful. Plus, the F-106 (which served almost until the 1990s) was already in production and was substantially similar to the Arrow. It was a wonderful plane but the timing wasn't right.
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  1612.  @Heer_Kuipers  - The F-4's issue (initially) was that it was not outfitted with a gun and the early AIM-7s were, well, not good. These issues were eventually fixed, but it took some time. The MiG-25/31 was not a fighter, it was purely an interceptor. It really had no role in this conflict because its purpose was to attack enemy bombers and support aircraft from long range, not get into dogfights with smaller and more maneuverable fighters where it would almost certainly lose the engagement. As for the MiG-23, it is largely considered a failure, having had a dismal performance in Afghanistan. It was a maintenance nightmare, and had an abysmal accident rate, and the Israelis picked them off pretty easily in skirmishes in the 1980s. The outlier here is the MiG-21 (ironically, the plane the MiG-23 was supposed to replace), which was fast, maneuverable and durable. Its limitations were in avionics and radar, but the airframe was (and is) very solid and it enjoys an excellent reputation. The Soviets should have heavily upgraded the MiG-21 rather than design an inferior replacement. I don't think they realized what a good plane they already had in their fleet.
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  1613. The one thing I do trust about the Chinese is their commitment against a nuclear first-strike. This has been embedded into military culture in China for decades. We may think of the Chinese as morally-broke robots, but that is not correct. They do have principals, and a no first-strike policy has always been one of utmost importance to them. In the almost guaranteed-unlikely event that an EMP was ever utilized to disable naval comms, there are sufficient backup systems. And, frankly, there are plenty of Vietnam-era vets who could be called upon in a pinch to provide morse code comms and train current enlisted in that skill. (They phased it out during the conflict but training was still commonplace.) In a shooting war, you'd have plenty of people with unique skills volunteering to help.
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  1614. Another good reason for we Americans to support the UK aerospace industry. The world can't simply choose to buy US or Russian equipment. We need close, trusted allies to be self-sufficient and powerful in their own right so we can challenge each other to be better. I've always loved the Vulcan... so ultra-modern and advanced for its time. Fortunately it only dropped bombs in the Falklands rather than what it was designed to actually do.
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  1615. There is no national law. It is state-by-state. South Carolina bans texting while driving, however talking while driving is not illegal.
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  1616.  @ОлекЛис  Your Air Force is dropping iron bombs from Su-34s – essentially using a 4th-gen fighter-bomber to do the work of a World War II aircraft. Your military doesn't have much in the way of "capability" because you cannot compete with the west or China, and when you do, you cannot afford to actually manufacture what you've created. Why no Su-57s or T-14s in this conflict? Right, because only a few of them exist, and Putin knows his "wonder weapons" would get zapped if they entered the war. (Yes, war.)
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  1617. Uhh, I mean, Ukraine IS winning at the moment. So there's that...
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  1618. The Convair plane that never made it into production? It was a badass sea plane, for sure.
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  1619. You'd probably be surprised at what the US Army Corps of Engineers could build in an emergency.
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  1620.  @sonofthedragon2112  - Wow, they're letting you watch this video in China? Or are you on a VPN to overcome your authoritarian government's draconian violations of your human rights? Better watch out - your social credit score might be dropping! Can the 100 surveillance cameras on your street spot YouTube from outside? LoL.
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  1621.  @RasPutintheGreat  - That deal was a waste of ink before the ink dried.
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  1622.  @AbcDefg-br6ql  - Hey, Xi! How are things in Xinxiang today?
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  1623.  @bg1616  Even as a hater of Putin and the current Russian government, I don't want that to happen. Russian people should be free to speak as they wish because it is a human right. The answer to a corrupt oppressive government isn't just an oppressive government that I personally agree with.
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  1624. Yeah, Pravda is where it's at...
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  1625. Xi's bots are drunk today...
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  1626.  @huggybear441  As long as I can freely elect my national leaders, I have no need to cry. Enjoy your dystopian dictatorship run by a man who can't personally handle Winnie the Pooh cartoons. How are you accessing YouTube anyway, considering your government blocks the site? Do you need a VPN to get around the government firewall? Naughty, naughty! Watch your social credit score. ;)
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  1627.  @barbarakauppi9915  Believe me, I deplore most of my colleagues for how they've trashed this business with their bias and dishonesty.
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  1628.  @_outofphase5480  Haven't watched CNN since they lost the contract to be on in airports, lol.
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  1629. And after all this is over, about five US Navy SEALs take back the island for the U.S.
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  1630. Anchor is obviously getting paid by the CCP. Holding water for Xi, believing Chinese state statistics, while trashing the United States. And DW is produced by a NATO "ally?" Yuck. Trash.
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  1631.  @gregorymalchuk272  The vast majority of them. That is why the last three U.S. Presidents campaigned on an anti-war platform.
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  1632. Well, perhaps if China didn't threaten all of their neighbors with the export of authoritarianism every day (if not all-out war), stopped operating concentration camps for minorities, didn't lock people in their homes during Covid, didn't set up electrified barbed wire around neighborhoods to prevent people from leaving, and didn't implement a miserable dystopian social credit system that tracks people 24 hours per day – we wouldn't be worried. If China wanted to run its own dictatorship in "peace," few people would care. But they are looking to actively export that style of governance and subjugate the free world. Free people will fight VERY hard against being consumed by a dictator, as the Russians are finding out. China needs a dose of reality, here.
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  1633. Sure it wasn't a Sukhoi KR-860, lol?
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  1634. Probably because they spent the last 80 years prosecuting people who actually had a role in the planning and execution of the holocaust rather than some lady who took a job as a secretary. They've reached the bottom of the barrel.
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  1635. Uhh, I know this is probably a CCP troll account, but let's correct it for everyone here: America does not have more nuclear bombs than any other country. Russia has the most. And the U.S. has also contracted with Northrop-Grumman to develop a brand new ICBM to replace the Minuteman III, which will be (by far) the most advanced land-based missile platform in the world. Next one: ICBMs are hypersonic by definition, so ANY country that fields them has this capability. Finally, the U.S. would use its SLBMs in a first strike against China, with additional strikes carried out by stealth B-2s that can penetrate Chinese air defenses. On the other hand, China's only bomber is the H-6, which is based on the ancient Tupolev "Badger" bomber. These planes can be easily detected and would be shot down by carrier fighters long before it could ever get anywhere near the U.S. coast. American attack subs and its growing fleet of P-8 Poseidons are far more advanced than China's missile subs, which would likely be tracked and detected in times of high tension, and GBI would be activated for incoming launches of ground-based missiles from China. This is REALLY not a path China wants to go down, and it's actually a bit scary that this is what they are telling their citizens. Your government oppresses you and does not allow you intellectual freedom to obtain facts on your own, which is a sad reality for the Chinese people. Obviously you are using a VPN to get around your country's internet censorship (perhaps you should ask why they need censorship in the first place) so it would behoove you to do some genuine research rather than relying on what the Communist Party tells you. Do you even know that your government operates concentration camps and forces people into slave labor?
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  1636.  @PerezChilli  Nobody in the US watches CNN. Most people think the BBC is biased. Thankfully we have choices in media here.
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  1637. The airline industry is extremely predatory and anti-consumer. They know we have no other way to get around the world but to use them.
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  1638. Revealing "sources and methods" are illegal even after you leave. Exposing election fraud in the U.S., theoretically, would reveal "methods" if you had first-hand knowledge that the intelligence community was somehow involved. Of course we're getting into conspiracy theories now. If this election was stolen, it was stolen by good ol' fashioned ballot-stuffing just like they did at Tammany Hall. Truthfully, I have no clue who legitimately won that election. We never will.
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  1639. How many armed gangs are operating in significant portions of major cities in The Netherlands? I'm guessing Bloods, Crips, MS-13 aren't ruthlessly committing bloody executions on a daily basis in Rotterdam or The Hague.
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  1640. Funny, that's exactly what the British and Japanese are doing – and they're doing it well.
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  1641. China Number 1? I think that's a restaurant in the next town over...
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  1642. Right, because Russian influence has worked out so well for your neighbor to the south. The US and Colombia are solid allies. Your government is smart not to ruin that positive relationship.
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  1643. Mexico currently has no aircraft capable of air-to-air combat. Canada does, and has access to essentially every U.S. intel satellite. Canada could overthrow the government pretty easily, but no one (including the actual Mexican government) can keep the cartels under wraps. What would likely occur is a temporary alliance between the government and cartels.
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  1644.  HMS Blackprice  - The U.S. can force China to "give up their economy" by locking down its trade secrets which China blatantly steals at every opportunity, place massive tariffs on all Chinese goods and return manufacturing to the domestic landscape and then telling China that if you set one foot on Taiwan we default on their debt. ;)
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  1645.  @fensoxx  Biological warfare isn't particularly better than a nuke. I'd rather be blown up without knowing what hit me than infected with something Ebola-like...
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  1646.  @Joe_Friday  It was too late from the beginning. The U.S. developed the atomic bomb because it had to in order to avoid a bloodbath while invading the Japanese main islands. The Soviets, like the U.S., took possession of German tech (and personnel) and were developing nukes on their own, but there was no immediate need to actually use them, so it took a short time longer. Allies of each followed. In order to stop the Soviets from developing nuclear weapons, the U.S. would have had to start a new war following the German surrender, WHILE they were still fighting the Japanese. That would have been a bad idea all around.
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  1647. I've heard estimates up to 2070. Crazy!
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  1648. I've been on a few of the LATAM 767s, generally to and from Colombia. I vaguely remember a flight from PHL to the west coast (either San Fran or San Diego) on a 767 a while back. Couldn't tell you the airline or variant – it was before I got into aviation.
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  1649. Clearly you haven't driven a Land Rover in a while. ;)
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  1650. Well, we know which side will have the F-35 graphics in the animation, lol.
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  1651. Did it prove that, though? Because teams are now moving (or have moved) to those cities. So obviously they feel they need to have a physical presence in these places. In a lot of parts of the US, college football is more dominant than the NFL. I think there are football fans in places without NFL teams, but are there NFL fans (willing to pay outrageous prices to see games every weekend) in places without NFL teams?
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  1652. If no nukes? Eastern. Russian + China + Europe is too much for the US/Canada/Brazil to take on alone.
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  1653.  @aidenmcknight2884  - That's a good point. And an occupation of the United States would be essentially impossible with the number of civilian firearms out there. In theory, Mexico could "draft" the drug cartels into the fight for the right price, and the Colombians are experts on counter-insurgency. There would be a fighting chance with no nukes.
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  1654.  @xeji4348  - The air defenses are easily taken out by the HARM missile (as well as an overwhelming barrage of Tomahawks), which has numerous launch platforms. And at this point, the Chinese will have to face the fact that that their man-made island bases are essentially aircraft carriers that cannot move. Once the air defenses are taken out from standoff range, a strike aircraft (likely a combination of F-15E/Xs, F/A-18s and B-1s) can come in and destroy the runways on the airstrips, denying forward operating capability in the South China Sea. China's air force isn't near as capable as some believe it to be. There are a few copies of the Flanker, which is potent but easily dealt with, and the J-20, which seems to have useless "stealth" thanks to its giant canards behind the cockpit. The area where China has an edge is in air-to-air missiles, however the US has reached relative parity the AMRAAM-D variant, and will best the PL-15 with the AIM-260 in the next year or so, which will be the first true BVRAAM missile since the AIM-54 Phoenix. China will also be dealing with the European Meteor missile in air to air combat.
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  1655. This scenario would be drooled-over by the likes of Andrew Curomo, Gretchen Whitmer, Phil Murphy, Gavin Newsome and the other more authoritarian/paternalistic-adjacent "leaders." Funny how they're all members of the same party. Leftists across the world are cut from the same cloth.
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  1656. The rub is 40 men versus 5,000 men. Obviously if the sides were evenly matched, it wouldn't be the least bit interesting.
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  1657. Is that where it crash landed?
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  1658. I love how "affected" and oversensitive train advocates tend to be. Usually left-wing, for some reason, and outwardly hostile when you don't follow in lockstep with their views on transportation. I'll take my Land Rover, thanks. ;)
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  1659. It's legalized in the most of the U.S. at this point, and more states legalize every year. It usually passes with huge public support, like 70-30 in favor. I'm always stunned Europe is so conservative over THAT, of all things.
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  1660.  @BennieTarrMusic  It varies by state. It was very rare in the U.S. for anyone to actually be physically in prison for possession of marijuana (selling was a different charge) but yes, they did let people out of jail in some cases, and they cleared their records so they could legally answer "no" if asked if they had ever been convicted of a crime. The issue in the U.S. is that it's still federally illegal, despite many states having legalized it themselves. So you cannot conduct cannabis business in between states, and it is difficult to participate in the banking system. The federal government does not arrest people for possession of marijuana but they will still charge people for selling it. Our system works well in some situations, but very very poorly in this one. The laws need many changes still, even though I can legally buy and consume cannabis where I live with no penalties. I would, however, need a license from the state to sell it.
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  1661.  @jacktheflipper3591  - I only know the Australian word for beer, as advertised on TV.
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  1662.  @yaz2928  - This American does.
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  1663.  @yaz2928  - Yeah, most actually do. Can't wait for 2020 when the gloves come off!
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  1664.  @yaz2928  - You obviously have zero understanding of the American electoral system. You're either from another country or a Democrat.
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  1665. The Ukrainian SSR was a republic within the USSR. While they were united under the Soviet banner, the republics did maintain their own militaries to a certain degree. Different republics had different requirements and could also serve in different roles for the USSR, as countries do for NATO. The military equipment generally stayed in its "home" country after that country gained independence.
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  1666.  @cborecky  Really? I see them all over the place where I live (Miami suburbs). I think they're ugly as sin, but tons of people are buying them.
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  1667. So far in this comments section, left-wingers have proposed confiscating the money I've earned, preventing me from eating the food I like and forcing me to live in a place where I don't want to live. This is why nobody will do anything about climate – it's not REALLY about climate, but advancing the left's overall political goals. They don't actually care about the environment. Wake up, people.
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  1668.  @parimal7528  And if someone needs to carry a spacecraft or haul an absurd amount of metric tons of cargo around the world, that's awesome.
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  1669. Two SAM batteries give him security? Man, he is an idiot then...
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  1670. They're going to be handed an old rifle and a bottle of cheap vodka, then sent to the front line to live in mud trenches. Russia doesn't need logistics. The fervor of men defending the motherland is enough.
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  1671.  @helifanodobezanozi7689  Have you seen the people lined up at the border? These are not high-skilled workers who want to become Americans and assimilate into the culture. They're groupings of men from failed and rogue nations who seem to bring gang violence and dysfunction everywhere they go.
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  1672.  @jayhuiting5748  That's nice. It doesn't modify the empirical facts about the quality or intent of the current phony asylum-seekers, however.
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  1673. It wouldn't make for an interesting video. A U.S./E.U coalition would steamroll Russian columns before they advanced into EU territory, Kaliningrad would be back in the hands of whoever wanted it (Poland? Germany?), Ukraine would be under EU control and a good chunk of Russia's military hardware would be destroyed. It would be an unmitigated disaster for Russia.
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  1674. Compared to places where famous protests/riots have occurred in the last 25 years (Beijing, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Caracas, and so on) Charlottesville is most definitely a "small city."
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  1675.  @justanordinaryaccount9910  Ha, dictatorships run by madmen aren't particularly conducive to developing a motivated and forward-thinking NCO corps.
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  1676. Meaning U.S. Marines? If there are 20,000 Marines in country, there is going to be sufficient air cover and naval fire support.
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  1677. It was a 20-mile kill and something of a strange set of circumstances. The F/A-18 was carrying a strike package (HARM missile) and not carrying an air-to-air load. The Hornets were supposed to have had the entire area around them swept by F-14s, but the Tomcats couldn't do their sweep because there was a fear that they would detect F-15s in the area and mistake them for hostiles. So the F/A-18s went in anyway and the MiG-25 got a shot off with an old R-40 missile.
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  1678. Interestingly, Norway has a decent-sized Venezuelan community. It's good for the people who made it out, but the "brain drain" will become apparently when Maduro is finally ousted. If you were not a socialist party member, you were fired from PDVSA (most likely on live television) and replaced by party hacks. I'd predict the same thing would happen to America over the next four years, but I doubt Joe Biden would be able to pronounce the names of those in charge of any large corporations, or be awake long enough to read a list of employees.
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  1679.  @lurkinturk4284  Has New Zealand heard of China? You know, the authoritarian terror regime that is hell-bent on taking over the Pacific?
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  1680. The U.S. Democratic party has been canceling people for almost a decade now. Fortunately the people are tired of it.
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  1681. Your distaste toward President Trump and, thus, half of America, is condescending and ill-timed – especially for someone who is not an American citizen and has never lived here. Don't alienate half your U.S. audience. Try having an open mind and understanding that it is a juvenile and ignorant trait to look down socially or intellectually on those with whom you disagree politically.
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  1682. Why should a company care about anything but profits as long as they comply with the law? If I buy a stock, I want the CEO up all night thinking about profits.
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  1683.  @xbandosx1  There is also the question of the nukes at incirlik, and the complications that could be linked to their removal.
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  1684. If an authoritarian country that, literally, right now, is running concentration camps and employing a genocide against an ethnic group becomes "number one" on the world stage, there isn't a single, solitary human being on Earth who should not be terrified.
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  1685. How's the weather in Moscow, pig?
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  1686. Sure there is. You don't let the PLAAF gain air superiority from the outset, and deploy enough SAM/ABM batteries to provide area defense. You'd also place naval assets on station armed with things like the SM-3 ready to roll.
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  1687. Funny, I see more Benz's, BMWs and Jaguars on the road in Colombia (America's closest South American ally) than where I live in the US.
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  1688. They're not receiving secret government funding. The government is building this plane on its own, as funded in the national budget, and chose two contractors. Boeing, at some point during the process, purchased one of the contractors. The taxpayers aren't giving Boeing money to develop a new plane.
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  1689. It will be interesting to see if Boom gets scooped up by General Dynamics, Lockheed or Northrop. Boom has always been a venture-funded firm and the goal of the founder/CEO is always a big exit in these situations. I could see one of the defense contractors buying them out and leveraging their existing tech for an inroad into the civilian market with Boeing faltering. There is also some scuttlebutt that the Boom Overture may be tapped for Air Force One since the 747 is out of production. This would lend itself to such a scenario.
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  1690. Wouldn't be surprised if there are still some Harriers mothballed somewhere too.
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  1691.  @bebomahgoub  - If a country widely deploys chemical or biological weapons against a civilian populace in 2020, the regime leading that country is not going to exist for long. In theory, yes, it would involve an occupation. I think you are seriously underestimating the gravity of a chemical or biological attack. If there is anything that would, frankly, galvanize the entire world in its resolve to eliminate a government, it would be this. Yes, there would be many casualties, but once chem/bio weapons are launched, there is no going back. You would likely even have a formal declaration of war by the U.S.
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  1692.  @Omar-df3uk  - I don't make the rules of the world, I just study them. But yes, in theory, bio/chem weapons are "worse" than nuclear weapons in the collective sphere of the defense community. This is generally driven by the MAD concept in that nuclear weapons are a deterrent while bio/chem weapons are offensive in nature and have historically been used on civilian populations.
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  1693.  @midothunderstorm7738  - Anyone "can" use anything they want. But there are consequences. Israel is best friends with the U.S. and cozy with Russia behind the scenes. They've even forged positive partnerships with Muslim-majority neighbors. Israel using a nuclear device in pure self-defense versus another country using chemical and biological weapons offensively against either opposing troops or civilians would be viewed much differently on the world stage and come with extremely different consequences. That is simply the reality of the situation.
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  1694. Well, Reagan wasn't sworn in until 1981, so...
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  1695. Shiny Happy People Holding Hands!
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  1696. The Russians have virtually no allies except rogue states. If they imposed sanctions on another country, it would be largely meaningless.
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  1697. The F-117 was never fitted with a fire control/targeting radar or any air-to-air missiles. The only mention of attacking Soviet AEW aircraft was made by a former pilot who said on a podcast that there were theoretical plans to have the F-117 take out some heavies when returning from delivering their strike packages. This capability never came to reality. There was no tech on board to support anything other than a self-defense IR missile (which at the time was terrible) and even in the case where they'd want to fit an AIM-9, it couldn't be carried in internal bays and placing it on the exterior would ruin the plane's stealth characteristics. They would've had to redesign the internal bays to support (at the time) an AIM-7 or AIM-54. The F-117 is a first-gen stealth plane. One of the reasons the F-35 took forever to develop was, essentially, to solve the multi-mission question that the F-117 couldn't because the tech just didn't exist yet.
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  1698.  @TheDrunkenBeard  - The F-22 also lacks a helmet-mounted cueing system, for now. That said, with thrust vectoring PLUS all the tech, the F-22 is the undisputed king of air-to-air combat, which you need in the beginning stages of a war. The F-22 can take on the Flankers/J-20s/Su-57s while the F-35 can do SEAD missions and defend themselves against both stealth and 4th-gen adversaries. It's a deadly combination. They've also now connected the Eurofighter Typhoon with the F-22/35 and the kill ratio is absolutely insane. These three platforms (plus the F-15EX and F-16V) working together are unstoppable.
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  1699. What happened to the criminal who actually had all of the drug money in the first place?
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  1700. We could also take back the Panama Canal and halt Chinese maritime traffic from transiting from the Atlantic to Pacific. It took all of 10 days for Panama to surrender in 1989. I doubt it would even take that long today.
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  1701. Most unions have volunteers go out on spying missions to try and intimidate the competition. I assume that's what happened here.
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  1702. You guys in the U.K. will get the Tempest eventually. Then we can be jealous on this side of the pond. ;)
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  1703.  @HanSolo__  You could probably get a fleet of brand new Land Rover Defenders for pennies on the dollar compared to whatever this will cost.
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  1704. I can picture U.S. Democrats sobbing while watching this over the fact that they didn't get the chance to unleash this here...
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  1705. I once got a laugh out of a Colombian customs guy with a Locked Up Abroad reference lol.
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  1706.  @farzana6676  No coffins. They have battlefield cremation machines ready to go.
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  1707. Personally, I find the E-jets to be more comfortable than any modern Airbus narrow body.
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  1708. I'll keep my boat, thanks.
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  1709. I'm 100% pro-choice and have no idea why a cent of taxpayer money goes to this slimeball company (except for the fact that they funnel it back to Democrats through varying means).
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  1710.  @ThingsAreGettingTooSpicy  - Yes, it was. Many of the casinos he purchased had been overleveraged prior to his purchasing them. Debt restructuring, sometimes through the bankruptcy process, is part of business.
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  1711.  @justayoutuber1906  You haven't a clue what you are talking about. Do you just repeat what you hear on MSNBC?
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  1712.  @CarlosAlberto-eo8tc  Videos of the concentration camps have existed for a few years. Isobel Yeung reported on it very bravely.
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  1713. Wow, a government doing something for its people. I couldn't imagine the U.S. FAA doing the same thing. We only spend money on pointless welfare and social programs. Those "rich" people who can afford to fly somewhere be damned.
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  1714. These people really have to get over the whole "America wants to invade us" thing. Before Russia invaded Ukraine, Americans, frankly, didn't really even think about Russia too often. The only people I know who went there did so on a trip abroad to see the historical sites in Moscow or St. Petersburg. Nobody here in the U.S. is kept awake at night fearing a Russian invasion, nor is anyone plotting to invade Russia. It's absolutely crazy that anyone believes Americans are clamoring to attack and occupy Russia. The Cold War, for us, had long been over before Feb. 24, 2022.
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  1715. Ha. The exhaust from an F-35B will just melt it.
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  1716. This, ironically, somewhat mirrors Russia's foreign policy. Russia is allied with right-wing governments in Belarus, Syria and Serbia. And left-wing/communist governments in Venezuela, Nicaragua, Vietnam, China. Russia has brought Nicolas Maduro and the Iranian Mullahs together in diplomatic and military relations – think how nuts that is!
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  1717. I'm sure she's seen enough to cross a repeat visit off her bucket list.
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  1718.  stormtrooper1484  Riiiiiight. A "coup."
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  1719. For all we know, we're experiencing how bio-weapons are being used as we speak...
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  1720. Actually, he's the kind of guy who would have never gotten us involved in Vietnam to begin with. Johnson, a Democrat, is responsible for the deaths of those in Vietnam.
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  1721. The issue in the US is that a poor review from one's employer has been grounds for a lawsuit. Employers would rather not comment or even allow a person to resign with, sometimes even with a bonus and letter of recommendation, so they never take on that liability. Nothing will be done about any of this until there are labor law reforms and tort reforms alongside any database or review system that is created.
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  1722. I guess I just don't get it. Why would I spend more money than the cost of a trip to a beautiful, historic or ancient world city to waste time standing on lines at a corporate contrived amusement park? It's why I never understood the whole Epcot thing, either. Isn't it much more interesting to actually visit Morocco? I've been to a few of these places because I live in Tampa, but I don't get why people travel here from other states (much less other countries) for it.
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  1723. Depends on what a definition of "war" is. The U.S. (and, frankly, every other power in the world) is bad at running occupations because there is really no good way to run an occupation. They are, however, exceptionally adept at "war," if you define it as removing a hostile government or taking out their ability to mount any type of military offensive.
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  1724.  @samhull8382  Yes, but the US and NATO allies generally use air platforms rather than surface ships to conduct signals intelligence. The P-8 Poseidon is used by the US Navy and Australia in this role, as well as the RC-135 and its variants operated by the USAF, RAF, and a designated NATO airframe.
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  1725. Russia's strength and weakness is its vast amount of territory. Its size makes it hard to defend, which is why Russia invested so heavily in SAM platforms, whereas the U.S. largely abandoned SAMs (except for Patriot, Aegis and THAAD) in favor of manned combat air patrols. It would be impossible, and a waste of resources, for Russia to spend so much effort patrolling vast swaths of uninhabited territory just in case something were to happen. And the reality in the 21st century is that the United States has absolutely no desire to invade Russia. The worry is that Russia will attempt to expand its territory. Crimea was a gray area because it had a pro-Russian population, but there are legitimate fears that Russia will attempt to invade and occupy regions wherein the populace does not want to be under the authoritarian rule of Putin.
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  1726. I would be in favor of this if the airline that sponsored the team was Spirit and all the players had to climb into their economy section of an A320neo. I've been stuck on their flights to South America with all the "big seats" in front sold out. Walking is a challenge for the first 12 hours after I land.
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  1727. Very cool to hear you're teaching your students about this. I was actually the reporter who discovered a spoofed sanctioned ship two years ago in the Mediterranean and broke the story. I've been boating since I was, well, age 1, and Marine Traffic has prompted many conversations across the world. But asking the locals about paint jobs is always your best bet!
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  1728. YouTube is an American website. So no.
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  1729.  @DareLite563  LoL. Yeah, blame the USA for Putler setting up torture chambers in every suburba Ukrainian occupied town. Blame the USA for genocidal tactics like relocating children to Russia or banning the Ukrainian language. Russia is a terrorist state that needs to be defeated.
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  1730. Oh, South Korea could teach America PLENTY – but you already know the answer. Politicians will not listen unless it gets them re-elected, lines their pockets, or both.
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  1731. As an American, who works in the digital industry, I actually can say I've never heard of this guy before. So I don't think he's too popular here. I am an almost obsessed supporter of Ukraine and may travel there in the next year as part of my job (they asked for volunteers willing to go), but I do have to say that "woke" has a lot of aspects that are very negative, including crackdowns of freedom of speech and censorship of opposing opinions, alienating others and pressuring people to ascribe to certain beliefs. It's essentially a left-wing version of how Putin gripped Russia from the right. These pro-Putin Americans are obviously just crazy, attentioned-starved, or seriously ill-informed (or perhaps paid by the Russian government), but there are many Americans who lean to the right who realize this, and see in the "woke" movement a lot of the things Putin did in Russia over the last 20 years. It's not so simple as a good/bad argument.
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  1732. A drill to train for the future abuse of political prisoners? Yeah, I could actually see that...
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  1733. Andrew Tate was physically born in the US but is really from the UK, and now lives in Romania. If you think the average American even remotely thinks like this guy, I'll buy you a damn ticket to visit and let you meet some real people! Most American conservatives have no love for Putin, favor arming Ukraine to the teeth, and (in 2022) do favor legalized abortion. Conservative YouTubers do not represent normal people who simply think Biden is an idiot, taxes should be as low as possible and the government should not be regulating free speech.
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  1734. They've sold Chinese beer in the US forever lol.
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  1735. AC-130 would like to have a word. ;)
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  1736. What would be so hard about it? This is exactly why the U.S. carries twelve carrier strike groups and operates huge military facilities in Japan and South Korea. Historically speaking, a rocky island with few landing zones under a massive array of naval overwatch and area denial protection is almost impossible to take offensively.
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  1737. When Kommisar Binkov talks, the world listens. (Yeah, they test them where I live in the U.S. like twice a year too.)
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  1738.  @stupidburp  - The B-21 will solve most of these issues. And we learned recently that it will have some A2A missiles for self-defense as well.
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  1739. @Холст Масло In the last 24 hours, the idiotic fascists in charge of your military bombed an apartment building, a school and a shopping mall with over 1,000 people in it. The strike used old Kh-22 anti-ship missiles designed in 1962 because your economy is so poor and your military is so weak that you have no more precision-guided munitions left in your inventory, and you simply don't care where they land or who gets killed. Your air force is too cowardly to fight for air superiority, so your pilots launch dumb bombs on loft trajectories. Who are the "degenerate fascists" again? At some point, you people may just get your wish and pick a fight with NATO. Then you'll find out what it's like to be on the receiving end. Enjoy the 300,000 troop deployment that is going to be announced tomorrow. ;)
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  1740. It's interesting. Last summer I stayed in a hotel in Seville, Spain that was probably $300 per night. Right by the magnificent doorway in the grand entrance, there was a sign stating that the E.U. had given them millions of Euros to restore and modernize the hotel – a private business that was doing quite well and selling expensive drinks on its rooftop bar. But they can't get a Bobcat to clean up the garbage pile here and provide sufficient sanitation and water? This is why I would've voted for Brexit if I lived in the U.K. What a useless outfit run from ivory towers that is disconnected from any semblance of reality.
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  1741. And just think... a few decades later, the U.S. government would be working hand-in-hand with huge corporations to censor our own citizens here at home...
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  1742. The problem with this scenario is coming up with some issue that would actually spark a war in the first place. And then there's the question of the U.K.'s side...
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  1743.  @sergevtorino  There are literally videos, on this website, that clearly show anti-ship and land attack cruise missiles hitting civilian residential apartment buildings. Unfortunately, no matter what I post or what evidence I cite, you're not going to believe it. Sadly, the only thing that is going to convince Russians is to bring the war directly to them. Ukraine needs to begin hitting targets within Russia. The supporters of the Orcs need to feel some pain. I'd love the sight of an ATACMS round flying into the bases in Belgorod.
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  1744.  @theontologist  Boeing has millions upon millions of shareholders. You may have Boeing stock in your 401K and not even know it. You'd like individual retail investors to be held criminally liable? You may have to literally lock up a third of America in jail, lol.
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  1745. Oh, it would get coverage. They'd be called the "alt-right," labeled as racists, excoriated as "Nazis," and called a whole bunch of other names. The press, of course, would paint them as slack-jawed yokels who don't know what they're talking about. Yet someone who embarrasses themself by wearing a stupid looking vagina hat in public is a hero. The press stinks.
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  1746. There are a few more layers to this. First, the air complement of the QE could be surged. The F-35s offer both ISR as well as air defense capability, bonus in stealth form. There is also the USAF F-15 fleet Lakenheath, which would obviously defend its base, but would also be networked into the larger air defense picture through Link 16. Not to mention, since Article V would have been invoked at this point, these Russian jets would have to get through multiple intercept attempts by every NATO member state along the way. The Tu-160 is a platform largely equivalent to the B-1B. It has a massive radar cross section and would easily find itself in the no-escape-zone of modern air-to-air missiles like the Meteor and AMRAAM-D. The Blackjack's role in modern conflict will be conducting airstrikes and providing air support once air superiority has already been achieved and a no-fly-zone imposed. All this said, I think stealthy strategic bombers are still of use, especially when they can also serve in roles such as a low-observable comms node, ISR platform, maybe even AWACS. That's all planned for the B-21 project. It might be worth it for the RAF to jump back into the bomber game... there's been some talk of Australia buying them.
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  1747.  @1DVSB  - That's absolutely ridiculous and patently incorrect. Russia has invested heavily in SAM systems because of the enormous physical size of the homeland. There is no conceivable or affordable manner in which it can be protected without these systems. Russia's defense budget could never support a fighter fleet capable of covering such a large landmass, nor would it even be advisable to use such a methodology if financially feasible. By contrast, the U.S. has focused its homeland defense on early warning systems and manned aircraft, as well as Aegis shipboard systems positioned on the high seas. Then, there is Aegis Ashore, THAAD and systems like those on the F-35 that can engage ballistic missiles (and, with the exception of THAAD, enemy bomber and fighter aircraft). The U.S. will get a number of chances to shoot down any missile or manned platform before it makes it across the ocean to its target, whereas the Russians must rely on SAMs.
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  1748.  @valp1621  Comments get deleted? Putin's pathetic troll army has been in full force since day one. You should know since you're part of it. Enjoy the sanctions, Orc lover.
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  1749.  @James-kp8mg  Uhh, has your state-controlled news not told you guys that Ukraine has received a massive number of SAM systems from the U.S. and Europe, up to and including Patriot and SAMP/T? They're not going to be running out of munitions any time soon lol.
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  1750.  @harryflashman4542  Russian missile systems have been absolutely horrendous when used in Ukraine. They either go off course and strike civilian targets or simply fly off into oblivion. As soon as the western SAMs arrived, the Russian missiles were being downed at a 90 percent hit rate. You have this backwards – the west absolutely does fear Russia's nuclear forces. Its conventional forces, at this point, have been decimated and its technology has failed miserably and been exposed for its poor quality. Egypt, for example, outright canceled its order of the S-35S and went with the F-15E instead.
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  1751. People, 99.999% of the US and UK population have no idea this conflict is even occurring at the moment. Nobody's heart is going to break either way here.
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  1752. The maintenance budgets were tanked by the economic downturn of the '90s, and by the time Russia began to recover, Putin and his cronies were stealing so much from the people that military materiel was left to rot even though it could have been restored or further developed. It's actually sad what he's done to his own people, and they refuse to hold him accountable.
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  1753. Your numbers are WAY off. A Gripen-E is only about $4 million less than an F-35. Given the fact that Canada shares NORAD and the Five Eyes treaty with the U.S., it's ridiculous for Canada to buy Gripens. The Rafale was removed from competition over the same concerns.
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  1754. I believe he was referring to planes deploying from Kadena, which have historically been F-15Cs and have now been rotated out for F-22s. Technically, the F-16CM still officially has the SEAD mission, but I guess this would be subsumed by the F-35 in a high-end fight. The thing is, there aren't a ton of F-35As anywhere near the region. The USMC's F-35Bs would have a presence, as would the UK's F-35B fleet if they were deployed to the region (which they probably would) but I'm not sure of the extent to which they focus on SEAD versus something along the lines of support for ground forces. The F-35C is a wildcard, as it depends which carrier is on station at the time. This all changes once airframes and munitions are ferried in, but the most likely planes you're going to see on our side in the beginning of this conflict would, indeed, be the F-22 and F-15C. We'd also have to see what Japan brings to the table. Unfortunately, Australia doesn't operate carriers or LHDs (at least not yet). On the other hand, they have E-7s that will be a HUGE help playing quarterback for all of this.
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  1755. They should have fought Putin rather than Ukrainians.
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  1756.  @snø_music0  Every authoritarian regime that has ever fallen has had "armed security" protecting its leader. And people who value freedom, human rights, and personal autonomy have successfully risen up against them. Russians ought to do the same.
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  1757.  @mcbure1  There ARE countries in the Americas that have military pacts with both China as well as Russia. Frankly, if China wanted to sort out the chaos in Mexico, the U.S. would probably love it.
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  1758. In theory, it wouldn't be a terrible idea to test out a vaccine on reporters who are out in public covering the story every day. They're one of the few groups of people who are out and about and dealing with other people on a constant basis.
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  1759. Nah.
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  1760. I'm wondering if that will be a top NATO aid item, considering NATO is one of the biggest clients of the An-225. ;)
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  1761. Well, he's not speaking Russian, so...
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  1762. My thoughts exactly. I mean, how much cheaper does crap on Amazon have to get, anyway? Is it enough to put thousands of people out of work and risk our safety?
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  1763.  @bobbobberbobalina  - Hmm. I just posted to defend truckers' jobs. Now that I know you consider me an "idiot four wheeler," I may join the AI bandwagon and not shed a tear over your replacement.
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  1764.  @derbaeumaed8158  Nah, we just don't like people who support genocidal regimes...
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  1765. Uhh yeah. Speaking as a news editor professionally, this kind of stuff is choreographed in the United States when variants of it pop up. Generally speaking, these people are legitimate in terms of being mothers of soldiers, but they're likely local party officials, government employees, or are somehow otherwise associated with the administration.
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  1766.  @maughan3061  Not a bot, bud.
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  1767.  @maughan3061  What would make you suspect I was a bot?
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  1768.  @maughan3061  Oh no, they are most certainly real mothers. But they are mothers who are intentionally chosen for a video like this: government employees, party members, etc. Sadly, as a journalist I've seen the same nonsense done in the US.
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  1769.  @Globalscanningeyes  They're going to be held in shame as war criminal pigs by the entire world for the rest of eternity. Good luck with trying to put lipstick on this one.
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  1770. Huh? You mean the one guy who flew an F-16 down a city street? C'mon. That "coup" attempt was silly.
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  1771. These aren't houses. They are private businesses. First the American left wanted to defund the police and allow rioters to destroy your business. Now the left-wing public labor unions want you to go unprotected during a fire so that can destroy your business. You people are sick.
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  1772. Iran would lay mines and they could block the strait for a short amount of time. In reality, what would occur is the dismantling of Iran's SAM and anti-ship batteries by a barrage of hundreds of cruise missiles and HARM missiles. (Remember, on the first night of the 2003 Iraq invasion, 1,000 cruise missiles were fired over the course of a few hours.) Frigates and destroyers, as well as attack helicopters and some fighter jets, would engage in a battle with the IRGC fast boats, which would eventually be defeated. Once that occurs and air/naval superiority is achieved, American and British minesweeping vessels would remove the mines. It's a lengthy, annoying process in which some people would lose their lives, but in the end, no, the world would not sit back while the strait was closed, a la the Suez crisis.
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  1773. Ahh, a bot to sow division...
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  1774.  @wisemankugelmemicus1701  - There's also the added bonus of the heat in Syria. Being deployed to the Donbass actually sounds a lot better. The other problem with being in the Russian military is having to deal with the Wagner guys who have their own agenda on the battlefield and, in theory, can undermine what the "official" army is doing. The Russian Navy, though, sounds like a pretty cool gig. A lot of their ships are insanely badass and you'll likely see a few interesting ports.
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  1775. Anecdotally, when it comes to elder abuse and conservatorship issues, I've heard of more men thrust into this system than women. All of this occurs so infrequently to young people, except those who are severely disabled and no question exists as to the utility of a conservatorship, that there really isn't enough data to identify a trend. But, just going by some colleagues in the family/probate specialty who I've asked casually, a few mentioned that it seems to be elderly men who are particularly prone to being taken advantage of, usually after their wife dies and they go through a period of depression. Children, usually from out of state, step in to "protect" finances and their father's well-being and never allow their own parent to manage his own affairs after the depression has been treated. The argument they tend to use in "blue" states generally includes the presence of a firearm in the home. Not sure how this is approached in more gun-friendly territory.
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  1776. Bald spoke more Spanish in Albania than in Mexico...
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  1777. The American weapons deployed to Taiwan are known quantities. They're not operating F-22, F-35 or Aegis, though they have expressed an interest in the F-35B, and I assume the U.S. uses this for some leverage since the F-35 is pretty much the perfect platform to act as a "quarterback," of sorts, to manage the targets while repelling an invasion.
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  1778.  @madyin3509  Likewise, the U.S. doesn't give a shit either anymore. So as long as it stays that way, the goal of the invasion was essentially accomplished.
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  1779. Regarding witches: The underlying reason for these "trials" was actually land possession. Most of the accused "witches" were widows of men who were large land owners. After they were found "guilty" (or declared they were innocent, which was interpreted as guilt in and of itself) they were put to death and the land was divided up among the remaining families in the community, usually land owners looking to expand their existing plots. So, yeah...
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  1780. This is all because of 29 cases? WHAT?!?
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  1781.  @Samuel-hd3cp  The problem is that Europe funded its social perks because the big, bad USA was around to take the pressure off their military spending. If the US spent less on defense, that socialized medicine would go away very quickly in a lot of European nations.
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  1782.  @sarahtiferet598  I'm sure in your left-wing version of reality, that seems like a reasonable assessment. Wow.
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  1783. In the entire world? Antarctica, maybe?
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  1784. If they could figure out a way to shoot down the few MiG-29s and MiG-21s in the arsenal, it wouldn't be all that different...
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  1785. I assume they brainwashed them about Colombia because they prop up Maduro's dictatorship next door in Venezuela (which threatens Colombia constantly).
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  1786.  @theharper1  Ryanair, nor any other airline, will never have the influence over manufacturers that huge flag carriers like Pan Am and BOAC once did. There is too much competition and the market is too segmented. The pieces of the pie are much smaller.
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  1787. "Christy Michelle" is an Orc plant...
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  1788.  @danielobrien8417  Ahhhh the anti-Semite shows his face...
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  1789. So I guess we're just gonna let go of the fact that 7:20 is downtown Tampa, FL and not Argentina?
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  1790. Yes, NATO assets are being used. Ukraine does have certain security cooperation agreements with NATO, so the relationship is there despite not being a full member state. The E-3 AWACS aircraft registered in Luxembourg are NATO assets that were transferred from the US. Ukrainian soldiers have also been trained on specific platforms at a NATO base in Germany. There are other examples, too, but those are some of the highlights.
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  1791. The nice thing is that they like living with Russian gas, but they can afford to live without it if they have to. Most of these states are exceedingly small and exceedingly wealthy and/or members of the EU which would open up methods to import energy.
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  1792. I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me when I saw a Hornet in there. Glad someone else caught it.
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  1793.  Steve Arthur  - The undisclosed "black budget" is where this occurs. The new US Defense Undersecretary is also an engineer who is obsessed with hypersonics (the same man who pioneered the SDI program under Reagan) and the US Congress has even passed a law that requires Mach 15 hypersonics to be developed by 2022.
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  1794. @Који Курац - Which country was "robbed" for oil? Do you see American companies controlling Iraqi oil output? The U.S. is a net exporter of oil and almost its entire energy usage is produced domestically. With regard to debt, a strategic default on Chinese debt would be much more damaging to China than the U.S.
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  1795. ​ Steve Arthur  - Americans are stupid? What utopian paradise are you from, if I may ask? Can't wait to pick apart some stats on your smarts once we find out. The funniest part will be when you name a country that has to rely on the U.S. for its own defense. SDI was canceled (well, yes, stupidly) because the USSR collapsed and there was no political will to continue funding it. Had the program continued, it would likely be viable and deployed by now. The euphoria of the end of the Cold War caused a great many programs to be canceled or slowed because it was believed a free Russia could be a potential ally. And during the Yeltsin years, foreign policy analysts interpreted his policies as being focused on transitioning to a market economy and representative democracy. His problem was that his domestic economic policies were a disaster and his popularity sunk by the time of his resignation. His terminal mistake was selecting a former KGB thug as a hand-picked successor who has spent the last two decades on a hell-bent mission to return the country to a fully authoritarian system of government.
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  1796.  Steve Arthur  - So what? You seem ignorant of the fact that hydraulic fracturing extraction is unlike traditional oil extraction. Why are you obsessed with the longevity of a particular well? In just the already-identified deposits in the U.S. (not counting Canada's reserves), it is expected that there are 6 trillion barrels present. Effectively, shale extraction is a hedge that helps keep crude prices low as it only becomes infeasible if traditional crude prices drop to an extremely low level.
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  1797.  @oats6452  - There was an article in the NY Times about hypersonics and the man currently in charge: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hypersonic-missiles-are-unstoppable-and-theyre-starting-a-new-global-arms-race/ar-AAD6ODh Regarding the "black budget," here's a Wikipedia page on it with the basics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_budget
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  1798.  @johnrock7255  This is what all the Xi bots are all programmed to say lol.
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  1799. The PLAAF has left the chat...
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  1800.  @superjet1007  Well, marketing and management practices can always be spruced up. What can't? Well, for starters... the fact that your business exists within a kleptocracy that operates for the benefit of a single man whose whims and dreams drive policy no matter the consequences.
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  1801. It'd be a turkey shoot 'til you guys get your fleet of Gripen-E fighters. Then nobody will want to mess with Brazil! If it were up to me, we'd kick Turkey out of NATO and bring Brazil in!
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  1802. Have to wonder how much of the $90 million BLM took in over the last year was actually from foreign governments to stoke racial tensions in the U.S. and divide the country.
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  1803. Actually, it sounds like Ireland gets the worst of it...
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  1804. No, it'll be another Panama or Nicaragua. There is a legitimized government ready to take over, it has the support of the vast majority of the people, and order will be restored (meaning armed men will no longer be able to freely terrorize whoever they don't like). When Maduro, Cabello and Rodriguez fall from power personally, the military will simply realign with the new administration and orders will be given to dismantle the colectivos, likely similar to the pacification effort in Brazil. The U.S. would probably limit itself to a minor role with targeted airstrikes and managing the initial phases of a transfer of power, then quickly leave.
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  1805. Don't mix it up with a Super Tweet. ;)
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  1806. The US Navy actually has a testing capability in the Finger Lakes in New York, but the only submarine I've ever heard of in reference to the Great Lakes is a German World War I sub that was intentionally sunk after a victory parade. There are numerous fake news articles talking about a World War II U-boat that "surfaced" recently, but this has been confirmed by the Coast Guard to be completely made up.
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  1807. I'm wondering if, from the pilot's perspective, the best course of action was to get out of Iranian airspace as quickly as possible before hostilities increased rather than sit back and wait for them to get worse (which never happened, but no one knew that at the time). If I were a passenger, I'd have been pretty happy the pilot decided to take off and get out of there.
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  1808.  @FischerFan  I can't speak for other Florida teams, but the Lightning legitimately draw pretty well.
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  1809. An "unsinkable" carrier? Gimme a break. No boat is unsinkable. Our version of the "unsinkable" carrier is the Ford class, for what it's worth. Granted, it would be hard to sink one, and in most scenarios legitimately could not be sunk, but with the right weaponry, expertise on vulnerabilities and a little luck, I don't doubt it could be accomplished to some degree.
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  1810.  @anthonyfuqua6988  Krokodil?
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  1811. One of the issues they have found, particularly in very violent cities like Camden, Detroit, etc., is that few residents want to become police officers, and of those who do, they cannot pass a background check due to either past convictions or ties to gang members. In Trenton, N.J. (a very violent city), they do have this rule in place. Officers have to live three or five years (forget which) in the city. They all live on about two blocks at the edge of town, and none of them have children until they leave for a suburb. I couldn't believe it when a friend who was an officer there showed me the "cop streets." They looked like this strange oasis amidst the chaos of the rest of that town. It's a nice requirement, in theory, but it simply doesn't work in practice.
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  1812.  @ajcyrilldy  The Russians aren't arming them to fight. They're being conscripted in more of a hard (dangerous) labor role.
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  1813. The fact that Denmark is an ally will certainly benefit the U.S. by making it easier for Americans to invest there, but the tax revenue is going to Denmark, not America. The real money is in the "vig," as they say. Now, if Denmark requires assistance from the American military for air defense, naval defense and running diplomatic interference, there may be some room for negotiation.
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  1814.  @indianumba1usnumba1chynalo6  So has the J-20, frankly. It's probably a decent interceptor for going after big targets like cargo aircraft and AEW assets, but those canards and it's giant fuselage are not conducive to an F-22 type mission. Think of it was a low-observable MiG-31.
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  1815.  @JayJayAviation  "If I had to choose between the 747 or A380, I'd take the Space Shuttle."
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  1816.  @HypnosisLessons  - Actually, yes, we have missiles that can "shoot underground." See: GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator.
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  1817.  @TheCyberianWonder  - Ahh, the "deal" where the previous U.S. president rented a plane, filled it with cash in the middle of the night and flew it over to the mullahs. Yeah, that was one hell of a deal.
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  1818. @J A - There are Russian citizens among those who crewed the seized ship. Russia doesn't need Iran being a headache either. China needs ME oil (the U.S. does not). If Iran does something like close the strait, they would suffer most. China would be secretly thanking the US/UK for keeping its oil flowing.
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  1819. Done!
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  1820. In fairness, peeing in a bottle would bother me far less than waiting two hours for room service to show up.
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  1821.  @kadourimdou43  This channel, with monetization, dwarfs what he generates on Patreon.
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  1822.  @arekcielec1177  Cry more, vatnik.
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  1823.  @andrejrumiancev3611  Military profession? Huh? These are conscripts with a fraction of the training any western soldier receives who are being drafted out of civilian life to be sent to a war which is already lost. And obviously, the people in Moscow and St. Pete will be excepted in one way or another. It's the poor kids from Tuva who are going to be sent into the meat grinder. Of course, why should we feel bad for ANY Russian at this point, after seeing the evidence of horrific war crimes against civilians. If these reservists were smart, they'd make an advance on the Kremlin.
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  1824. Huh? It's a nice place to visit, and they don't hurt anyone else. Save up your money and go on a trip there... you might like it.
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  1825. There's a reality here: a 15 year prison sentence, harassment and intimidation by the government, a potential loss of housing or employment, etc. can all come from opposing the government. Those are powerful factors. Disgusting, of course, but it's difficult to judge these people without the stakes being as high for someone like me in the west.
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  1826.  @liammarshall-butler3384  Huh? Most Americans would tell you it was a war started after the government lied to us, and the rest of the world, about its purpose. Two of the people who said that have since been elected president. Think that could happen in Russia?
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  1827. Most of my international dealings are in Spain and South America. I've been to France and the UK on short trips but have never traveled in the chunnel. Who benefits to a greater extent from it? I assume the other side would destroy it, although there may be a gentleman's agreement, even in war, to shut it down but not destroy it, as someone would ultimately get stuck with the bill of rebuilding it when the war ends.
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  1828.  @PieInSkyGuy  I have no idea what your post means, which tells me you're either a bot or a vatnik. Enjoy summer in Moscow.
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  1829.  @xxZerosumxx  - A Phalanx CIWS would have had the capability to detect, track and engage the Exocet. The Stark had one on board but it was in standby mode. This begs the question as to whether modern ships outfitted with Phalanx and the SeaRAM system have the equipment activated or in a similar mode when transiting Middle Eastern waters.
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  1830.  @chief5981  Not if JD steps up. If he turns on Trump or conservatives, Marco is waiting in the wings!
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  1831. Haiti proves that some people are just ungovernable.
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  1832. @ No, actually, it hasn’t. They have been given every opportunity in the world to succeed and prosper. Always squandered.
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  1833. Lol like when Israel trolled Lebanon by taking a picture of an F-35 literally flying over Beirut with no response.
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  1834. @mct _ - Europeans have "Russophobia?" Well of course they do! They snuck a weapon of mass destruction into the U.K. and assassinated British citizens in a public square. In many parts of the world, this behavior could have led to an outright war.
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  1835. @mct _ - The UK does adhere to a presumption of innocence. Is anyone sitting in jail for killing these people? Did SAS or MI6 agents kidnap anyone in the middle of the night? Did the UK kill any Russian citizens in revenge? Nope. They got away with it, as authoritarian thugs across the world do too often.
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  1836. The USAF's Sentinel ICBM and NGAD programs are just as bad. The Army actually seems to be getting things right with their adaptation of the SM-6 and Typhon.
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  1837. Sounds good to me! Whatever countries or alliances wish to repel the aggressor state will be remembered fondly in history.
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  1838. It has some limited IR capabilities, but it's not really a major factor. Ground-based IRST really isn't too much of a thing. I think you'll see mast-deployed EOTS (like the F-35) at some point because they can be used for wider battlespace management purposes.
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  1839.  @adewit5366  Yeah, this doesn't make sense. Most Americans live in homes that are orders of magnitude larger than most European homes, which were often built centuries ago in compact areas. Even the modern homes that I looked at in the suburbs of Barcelona, while beautiful, are not near the size of the homes in my town in the Tampa Bay area and they are far more expensive to boot.
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  1840. @Serdar - It's hard to build a truly stealth navalized aircraft. To operate on an aircraft carrier, you need folding wings, arrestor hooks, hardened parts on portions of the fuselage, etc. The F-35C will be about as "stealthy" as you can get for that role. Perhaps the F/A-XX program will produce a sixth-gen stealth naval aircraft that is purpose-built for maritime use, but until we see a contract awarded, what's out there now is as good as it gets.
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  1841. @Blue Sky - Keep in mind that Russian jets tend to have significant reliability issues, and the supply chain for parts and repairs is much narrower than in the larger US/NATO ecosystem. On paper, Russian military system seem like bargains (and some are) but their advanced systems become quite expensive, quite quickly. Production and maintenance costs for the F-35 are getting lower and lower. At this point, it's only $4 million more for an F-35 than a Gripen-E.
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  1842.  Clandestino  - Japan has been building the F-16 for 20 years under the Mitsubishi F-2 program, and even produced an improved version of it.
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  1843.  @unggrabb  - Pressure on whom? No other European, NATO or democratic country in the world, for that matter, produced a fifth-gen jet. Only the U.S. So what's the competition here? If you are not aligned with China and want fifth-gen tech, the F-35 is the only game in town. Even Russia's Su-57 looks like it'll be dead on arrival, given the fact that India dumped them.
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  1844. You know, it would have been nice to hear about this without tons of extraneous left-wing "context" and worn-out, corny garbage about anyone who isn't aligned with the political left.
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  1845. Russia always expected it would. But there were enough wise people in the room to prevent them from doing so when push came to shove. Now, the CCP is a whole other animal. The Han racial supremacy aspect makes it even scarier, placing them much closer to the 1930s Germans than the world would like to acknowledge.
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  1846.  @susanstanleyhammond5699  Vatniks can't read anyway...
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  1847. Huh? The pilots received a transmission from ATC that there was a bomb on board and directives to divert. So they did. How would they or Ryanair have known this was an elaborate trick set up by the government to arrest some guy who happened to be on board?
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  1848. Can't have it both ways. The reason we no longer need the Saudis is because we no longer need their oil due to hydraulic fracturing. The Democrats would not permit fracking, so we'd have to go back to buying Saudi oil. If anything, electing Democrats would make us far more linked to SA.
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  1849. Funny you wrote that. I've visited Morocco a couple times and both times fights broke out while I was walking around the center of the city. Nothing serious, just a little scuffle like this. My local friend told me one of the people involved was heavy into drugs and may have been trying to steal something from the other person.
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  1850.  @asdilia693  Well, sure it was. The deal was that Russia goes home. They will not, so the war continues.
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  1851. Florida used to be like this in the U.S., but they used tax incentives and placed a lot of money behind redevelopment projects (mainly along the I-4 corridor and a bit in southeast FL) and now the young population is the fastest growing. If anything, the problem now is literally finding enough people to work on all of the infrastructure projects that are ongoing. That has also significantly increased the state's political clout, which is either a wonderful thing or horrible thing depending on which side of the aisle one falls.
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  1852. I wouldn't say it's as pretty as, say, an F-14 (it's kinda fat), and it's not that expensive per unit (it's only $4 million more than a Saab Gripen-E) but it absolutely can outrun the enemy. What it lacks in cruise/top speed, it gains in acceleration. It is absolutely capable in a dogfight and will use the AIM-9x off-boresight missile, but if an F-35 finds itself in a dogfight, something probably went wrong. It's designed to take out a bogie BVR or paint a target invisibly so an F-22 or F-15 can fling an AIM-120 at it. Excuse my ignorance, but will the U.K.'s F-35s be fitted for the Meteor? That would make it even more deadly! Otherwise you'll have to wait for the upgraded AIM-120.
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  1853.  @MrSunrise-  - The Super Tucano is a very, very cool little plane. But it's really a counter-insurgency aircraft. While it certainly wouldn't be a bad thing for the RAF to have a few of these little buggers (same with the U.S. Marine Corps), Britain is going to be facing an increasingly belligerent Russia and emboldened China. The Super Tucano is great for CAS against an adversary fielding small arms, but not the best platform when you're dealing with situations like Iran where you have S-300 batteries in play and require standoff weaponry.
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  1854.  @carlosdomingo1453  - The U.S. has the "right" to deploy missiles in Europe because Europe asked. They could kick the U.S. out if they wanted, but then what is to stop Putin from annexing portions of eastern Europe? Imposing its will on western Europe? Putin drools at the chance of expansion. Realize that most of Europe is made up of geographically tiny countries. Without the umbrella of U.S. military protection, these countries are sitting ducks. Estonia, Finland, and others cannot defend themselves against Russia. The U.S. is the counterbalance to the gigantic country right next to Europe that has a history of invading neighbors when they feel like doing so.
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  1855.  @carlosdomingo1453  - Huh? The U.S. needs Venezuela's oil? If it needed it that bad, they would've taken out Maduro in a day or two. The very fact that America, which is perfectly capable of ousting Maduro and occupying Venezuela, has not done so, proves your statement wrong. If it was required, it would have already happened. A single U.S. carrier has three times the number of combat aircraft than the entire Venezuelan Air Force. A joint U.S.-Colombian land invasion from the north would capture Maracaibo in no time. The oil is there for the taking if a superpower wants it badly enough. My guess is the only scenario where the U.S. invades Venezuela is if Maduro does something contrary to the Monroe Doctrine - ie. allowing Russia to establish a naval base in the western hemisphere.
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  1856.  @carlosdomingo1453  - The U.S. was able to test it a week later because they simply took a vertical launcher off a ship, stuck it on a truck, and fired it. It's not like this was some revolutionary new missile platform. It was equipment that has existed for decades.
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  1857. Most of the movies about the CIA are "shadowy" and don't glorify much of anything. The James Bond movies are about Mi6. If anyone thinks Hollywood is the least bit pro-American, you're nuts. They hate their country and use every opportunity to diminish it around the world.
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  1858. Only thousands of intel operators posing as students, bankers, everyday Americans...
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  1859. Japan recently issued a statement indicating it would defend Taiwan since it sees itself as the next target. This is why Japan is also manufacturing a good number of "helicopter carriers" (yeah right) that just happen to have heat-resistant deck coatings and elevators/hangars to fit F-35Bs. Meanwhile, the U.S. has a stated policy of cooperation with Taiwan, but not a mutual defense treaty. Still, the American military has reactivated tons of old World War II infrastructure on various islands across the Pacific, and has ramped up intel-gathering in the region. They're not doing this just because they're bored.
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  1860. @ronrichards6653 In fairness, American law requires CEOs and other officers to place shareholder interests before any others. Investors can and will bring lawsuits to enforce this. There needs to be some level of business reform legislation put into place, and there also needs to be a cultural change amongst investors that adheres to the idea that instant gratification (profits) can be detrimental in the long run if it costs the company its reputation, leads to a lower quality employee base, and sadly, leads to people losing their lives. Some of this can be accomplished through a change in management, some of it can be accomplished through a change in law – but not all of it. I can't personally come up with any easy way to fix the last part.
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  1861. I am completely convinced that if it could not be used as an excuse to raise taxes and impose a socialist and authoritarian agenda, the left would have absolutely no interest in climate change whatsoever...
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  1862.  @obsidianstatue  - China's insistence on worship of the state and control of its own people by packing them into ultra-dense urban areas where they can be micromanaged is partially to blame for this. There is a point where places stop being cities and begin to become prisons with virtual walls. The dystopian Chinese state can build a modular building quickly, but what has this accomplished? They set themselves up for something like this, but what people have to remember is that the government does not value the lives of its citizens – they only value the continuity of the party and the regime. So having people die of a virus is "worth it," so to speak, if the party's larger vision for the country and its survival can be achieved in the long term.
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  1863.  @adolfhitler2026  - Huh? Worship of the state? Most people in America can't stand government and fight for fewer regulations and intrusion into our lives. Have you ever been to the US?
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  1864.  @adolfhitler2026  - I think your view is a bit inaccurate. I'm sure that the media in your country portrays the United States in such a fashion, but the reality is quite different. The Iraq war was unpopular from the start, and most Americans vote for candidates who want to end foreign wars. I think most Americans would be happy to pull out of Europe immediately, except Europe refuses to spend money on its own defense.
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  1865.  array s  - He "lost" the popular vote due to the usual fraud perpetrated by the Democratic Party.
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  1866. And Russia would know that location... how? Was the attack ordered from the White House? Pentagon? CENTCOM at MacDill AFB, Raven Rock, a base in Europe, Diego Garcia, MoD HQ in the UK, or maybe a plane flying somewhere – anywhere – in the world. Also, why did the U.S. attack in the first place? There is no reason to attack Russia unless Russia invades a NATO member and Article V is invoked, in which case Russia would be the aggressor.
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  1867.  @toddburgess5056  There's that too, lol. And Fidel is a cool little buddy to have around too I would assume!
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  1868. The Middle East is a toilet.
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  1869. Very much like my girlfriend: loud, but fun and reliable.
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  1870. Of course, we can't have a military parade here because the self-hating American left thinks it's too expensive. Come to think of it, it's pretty much the only thing they've ever thought was too expensive.
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  1871. These people with the obsession over the "motherland" just gets more and more bizarre. What has this "motherland" ever done for them? It's given them dictator after dictator, snuffed out millions of lives over the last century and imprisons people en masse for thought crimes. I don't know how anyone would want to fight for Russia even if it actually WAS attacked by another country. Also, I don't understand why Russians are so upset with supposed poor treatment of Russian ex-pats abroad. There are plenty of places that are unsafe for people from my western country to visit. Should we just invade them all? That makes no sense. If they don't like Ukraine, move back to Russia. Vlad hands out passports like they're business cards.
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  1872.  @kellerweskier7214  - PAAC-4 is technically David's Sling, co-developed by Israel (Rafael) and the US (Raytheon). It is still not confirmed the US military will even use it, though it will be available for export.
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  1873.  @silence1869  People in the U.S. DID do that. And the next two presidents won election on an anti-war agenda.
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  1874.  @goobler1883  Lol... you wrote a great take, then proved to be a brainwashed clown right at the end. Oh, man...
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  1875.  @drandersjiang  Sure there is. The U.S. has no interest in invading and occupying China. The mission will be limited to maintaining Taiwanese sovereignty in a support role – a purely defensive operation. There is no reason nuclear weapons would be used in such a conflict. China would have about 24-36 hours to defeat Taiwan (which is unlikely to occur) before U.S. reinforcements appear en masse. I don't want to see a war, but China is practically begging for a kick in the teeth, and they deserve it. It's also important to remember that this isn't just about keeping China from expanding its dictatorship. The stated plan the Chinese have for Taiwan is almost akin to that of the Nazis during World War II. The plan calls for depopulating 95% of males, sending them to re-education (concentration) camps and forcing them into slave labor while indoctrinating them with CCP propaganda. This operation would also be focused around preventing a genocide.
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  1876. They mean by the Russian people, not foreigners. Why would Americans care how much Putin's plane costs?
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  1877. @levner brown - Indeed. Ask people if they've heard of "Timbuktu" and they'll say yes. Ask where it is is and they'll tell you they have no clue. Mali is not on the radar for most western people, unless they are deeply interested in international relations or foreign affairs.
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  1878.  @Crow44195  Mexico WAS more closely aligned with the USSR during the Cold War. It was not a big deal. Cuba became a big deal when the lunatic running the country got ahold of nuclear weapons, and a certain degree of autonomy to fire them.
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  1879.  @blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311  Why, in absence of NATO membership, would a country bordering Russia NOT want to acquire nuclear weapons? It is the only solution to deter Russia from invading your territory. I'm stunned more of Russia's neighbors are not considering nuclear weapons acquisition.
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  1880. In fairness, there are a lot of people who don't much care about their "carbon footprint." Frankly, I don't. I travel internationally very frequently and, if given the opportunity to fly private on a regular basis, I'd take it in a second.
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  1881. Kissinger has gotten more people needlessly killed than about anyone on Earth. He's an irrelevant fossil who hangs out with the likes of Klauss Schwab and other seedy characters. He is not to be listened-to.
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  1882.  @AQLV  They're not on par with Airbus or Boeing in terms of refinement, but they're not unsafe.
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  1883.  @Meeko2689  Who says that? Engaging in this proxy war against the Russian dictatorship is the best use of my American tax dollars in years. Fight on!
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  1884. Simon, the author of this should have mentioned that it is common for Hamas and Hezbollah to recruit journalists who can provide footage to western news agencies such as Reuters and others to simultaneously provide intelligence to the terrorist organizations. A "journalist" in this part of the world may not be what most westerners would consider a journalist, much in the same way Vladimir Putin uses the Russian Orthodox church to provide intelligence to his war in Ukraine – certainly not the definition most of us would think of when we imagine "clergy." I suspect your writer here is a bit on the "woke" side.
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  1885.  @NeedaNewAlias  Nobody who watches ads during monetized videos are "freeloaders." People pay in time versus money. You think Peter does YouTube for free? He's likely going to find out it's the better platform for him, anyway.
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  1886.  @jasonthewatchmansson8873  Ehh, I think you're taking it too literally. The people who watch this channel probably know what Oryx is, and as for more casual viewers, I doubt most people would even pay attention to a detail so small. Plus, English is not his native language, so I'd cut a little slack for that too.
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  1887. Well, likely because they are qualified to answer the question at hand. And because their answer is going to be substantially more honest than the also-unelected political appointee who had been called to testify.
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  1888. It may prevent us from going to war, but the problem comes in that it may not prevent another country from going to war with us. The enemy gets a say in these decisions.
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  1889. It's interesting to note that Loyal Wingman is not being developed for the USAF, but is being developed by Boeing Australia for the Royal Australian Air Force. This is an AMAZING accomplishment for our friends down under that they are leading the world in embracing and developing this game-changing system. Of course, the USAF has its own projects and may adopt Boeing Australia's system as its own, but just thought we should give a little credit to our Aussie brothers and sisters!
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  1890. Run Run Ruskie...
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  1891. And three days after this report, most of the FARC leftover leaders have been arrested or killed. And the U.S. put a $5 million bounty on the head of one of the rebel drug traffickers. This was a poor strategic move for these people. Why not just stay in Venezuela and become colectivos for Maduro?
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  1892. Some of the resorts in Pennsylvania have done this. I've never been there, but I've seen their advertisements on TV.
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  1893.  @true3211  - Yup, it definitely works in temperate climates (US east coast, Montreal, etc.). It's a good idea, too, to keep people working and would probably increase the value of the property to benefit the ratable base.
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  1894.  @someguy7657  - You're counting 7 units a year as true "serial production?" C'mon. They're pumping out Saab Gripen-Es faster than that down in Brazil.
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  1895.  @pwn5047  These are conscripts who received poor training being drafted into the war. They're not battle-hardened soldiers. Frankly, battle-hardened soldiers don't exist in Russia. It's a military filled with thieves, drunks and pervs. They're literally recruiting guys out of prison. The only thing the Russian military seems to be good at is killing and torturing civilians. Russia is a terrorist state.
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  1896. I love the Philippines but Duterte is completely nuts, lol. Although with the number of political candidates who have been assassinated there, I don't blame him in some ways. You have to be brave and a little crazy to run for office.
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  1897.  @Danafondo  - The US quit World War II early? Huh? They dropped an atomic bomb and the adversary surrendered (and is now one of America's closest and most powerful allies). There literally could not have been a better end to WWII for the US.
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  1898. Shut it, vatnik.
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  1899. Or one Stinger on board. Had the same thought.
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  1900. I don't ski and I hate the cold. Therefore I've only been in Denver airport for a connection. But if it's 125 miles between Denver and Vail, why even bother running the E-Jet flight? Wouldn't it make more sense for a passenger to rent a car in Denver and drive to the mountains?
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  1901. If you blocked the channel, how are you posting this comment, lol?
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  1902.  @martinavaslovik3433  To the front with you, dirty vatnik!
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  1903. We share an enemy in China, but India is a little too close to Russia at this point.
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  1904.  walt charamba  - What you forgot about the F-117 incident is that the S-125 (not the S-200) was fired when the bomb bay door of the plane opened, negating its stealth characteristics. The only reason the SAM commander was able to even get the one shot off was because the F-117 pilots were a bit cocky. They ran the same bombing runs daily, and eventually the enemy caught on and waited for the two-second window to fire. Had they simply switched up the direction of their bombing runs, it would've never happened. So, yes, if a stealth aircraft does something that negates its stealth repeatedly, on a daily basis, for weeks, it is more likely to be shot down – including by an old S-125.
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  1905.  Heather Larson  - The cons of the deal: - You're now in the club of two-bit dictators and thugs aligned with Putin. - Russian military equipment is historically unreliable. - Russia's supply chain for repairs and maintenance is painstakingly slow. - Buying a few of these batteries is meaningless in a conflict, and for all that money wasted, you blew your relationship with NATO.
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  1906.  @danthumu2211  - Umm, no, the U.S. is not "shaking" about two SAM batteries somewhere in the world. Countries have SAMs. That's why you develop SEAD techniques.
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  1907.  @amoslukyaa5792  - You do know, for what it's worth, that the U.S. actually owns an S-300 and likely simulates the advances to the S-400 (the S-400 is simply an upgraded S-300 - they changed the numerical ID for marketing purposes, hoping stupid leaders like Erdogan would fall for it) and trains against it, correct?
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  1908.  @iljenshumilin467  Russia is a middle income country. It is "poor" in some respects compared to most of western Europe and the US/UK/Aus.
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  1909. I just love that these people will have absolutely zero say in anything come Jan. 20, 2025.
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  1910.  Grug Crusader  - Actually, the J-20 is generally considered to be more of a copy of the defunct MiG-1.44 program than the F-22. The airframes have very little in common, beginning with the fact that the J-20 has canards, which are definitively horrible for stealth purposes.
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  1911. Bingo.
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  1912. Any partisans care to take a trip to Sochi?
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  1913. I'm pretty sure they've done a whole video dedicated to The Beast.
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  1914. DW has gotten MUCH better in recent months. Seems they got the message that parroting left-wing garbage wasn't generating enough traffic.
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  1915. Ha, I mean, the real reason he was jailed is because he's an opposition party member. This is Putler's dictatorship after all.
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  1916. Nah, signals intelligence and sensors have a good handle on which side is which, plus blue force tracking, IFF for aviation, JTACs on the ground, etc.
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  1917. He's gonna get his wig split if he shows that in a Ukrainian neighborhood.
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  1918.  @SWRaptor1  - No, the F-22 does not destroy it in every metric. The F-22 is a heavy air superiority fighter. The F-35 is a multirole fighter/attack aircraft. The F-22 is light years behind the F-35 in sensor fusion, networking, and range of uses. The F-22 is absolutely the best fighter in the world, but the F-35 does a ton of things the F-22 cannot: the aforementioned battlefield management, close air support, fleet defense, EW jamming, acting as a mini-AWACS platform, Wild Weasel, etc. The two planes are not meant to compete. They each have different roles.
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  1919. Well said!
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  1920. Vice has done a million stories from Africa, including reports from Ebola clinics and the slums of Monrovia.
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  1921. Regimes are seeking nuclear weapons because they believe that is the only thing that stands in the way of their governments being overthrown by a superpower. Frankly, the most flagrant example (which is hardly ever discussed) of this is Libya. Under the Bush administration, Gaddafi voluntarily abandoned its nuclear program and began cooperating with the U.S. When Obama was elected president and Hillary Clinton installed as Secretary of State, the U.S. supported the overthrow of Gaddafi and he was brutally killed in the streets. Other regimes took notice of this. The current state of proliferation in the world rests on the shoulders of Barack Obama and whichever geniuses in the U.S. and French governments decided to overthrow a man who, yes, was "bad" but was cooperating and could have been a resource in North Africa against radical Islamists.
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  1922. I don't know about France, but no one in the U.S. wants anything to do with Haiti, whatsoever.
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  1923. Pff... this video was nothing without a discussion of iDEN's take on TDMA which produced Nextel lol.
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  1924. Joe is being controlled by Big Tech these days, apparently, which I understand to an extent. When they pay you $100 million, you don't rock the boat. How could anyone listen to that speech Trump delivered and have it translate into their minds as "storm the capitol?" March "peacefully and patriotically" was his quote. MLK said more "inciteful" things during his time.
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  1925. "Historical experience of internal colonization..." is the most fitting line in this entire video. That woman is wise. Klaus Schwab and the US Democratic Party are the next major authoritarians if we let them gain power.
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  1926. In fairness, the F-36 is a plane that does not, and never will, exist.
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  1927. Ha, imagine that instead of the reverse, Embraer comes in and buys Boeing on the cheap. I'd trust them to make a better single aisle commercial airplane before Boeing. The E-jets are a pleasure to fly on.
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  1928. They will spend untold billions on useless social programs in the decrepit and crime-plagued inner cities, but heaven forbid they continue a few paltry subsidies to these law-abiding, hard-working, tax-paying people on this island.
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  1929. The Brexiteers are not against an influx of highly-educated, highly-skilled experienced businessmen and their families emigrated to the UK. The UK, like the US, simply does not want to become the destination of third-world charity cases.
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  1930. You know that's just untrue. C'mon. First off, Israel's F-35s are not even outfitted with photoreconnaissance capability, so that plane would never have been used on such a mission in the first place. Also, the "proof" of a missile strike was a photo the IDF released itself showing a bird strike that didn't even happen on the same day. The only news outlet to report on it was a pro-Russian propaganda website called Southfront.
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  1931. One problem with this video is that they are essentially comparing the J-20 to an F-22. A better analogue would be a fifth-gen MiG-25 – a fast interceptor that can lob a few missiles at enemy air and ship targets. The F-35 is a multirole plane, which the Chinese are countering with the J-31. There really is no American counter to the J-20. The last, theoretically, would have been the F-14.
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  1932.  @novelaego2404  Not really. Recreational drug use isn't automatically "bad." It certainly CAN be bad.
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  1933. The foreign S-300s were from Slovakia. The U.S. backfilled Slovakia with Patriots. The S-300s that the U.S. acquired came from Belarus in the 1990s. Rumor has it they're also on their way.
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  1934. Any country with a halfway functioning government could "defeat" and occupy Libya. The question, of course, is why anyone would want to do so.
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  1935. That would be very interesting. Just began reading a bit about this based on your comment. Had not been aware of this beforehand. Would to see THG's take on it.
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  1936. Not really. A Dassault (French) Rafale fighter has a "standardized" tail hook and arrestor system to land on the U.S. carriers. The F-22 and F-35 were designed to coordinate with the Eurofighter. There is a ton of British tech in the F-35. The U.S. itself buys plenty of arms from European defense manufacturers. The UK is developing its own 6th-gen fighter. Then there's the Gripen. Lockheed Martin does not dictate which planes are purchased by NATO members.
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  1937.  @erickamckinney2980  - I'm not arguing the point. Actually, I agree with you when it comes to Vietnam, though your WWII comment was, err, weird. Vietnam was the result of several administrations all going in different policy directions – a problem that exists to this day in U.S. foreign policy. But boiling an entire conflict down to win/loss when the conflict was never seen through to its resolution and all assets were not utilized just doesn't make sense.
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  1938.  @carson2725  - I disagree, somewhat. I think the U.S. populace would have the will to support a prolonged conflict in a more traditional war – ie. an attack on Pearl Harbor scenario. What people have become sick of are wars that, even in victory, do not provide material benefit to America. Look back to the old adage, "To the victor goes the spoils." What spoils did we get from overthrowing Saddam Hussein? That said, protecting international shipping and commerce is a different story. If Iran continues bombing ships and firing missiles, there is a need for military action to ensure world peace and the safe transit of international waters and airspace. I don't think Americans would find that unreasonable, but at the same time there is also a press that is openly hostile to president which will slant their coverage no matter what decision he makes. Time to put on our thinking caps and turn off the TV. ;)
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  1939. Except the bear is also building lasers himself...
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  1940.  @ChaoticCobra  - Why would Canada want Alaska? Canadians can already go there and do whatever they want. It's extremely easy to travel between the US and Canada. For years, you didn't even need a passport.
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  1941.  @ChaoticCobra  - The U.S. and Canada have excellent trade agreements and are, overall, the two friendliest nations on Earth, to the point where mere traffic tickets transfer between borders in many cases. There is absolutely no way, in a billion years, Canada attacks the U.S. militarily (or vice versa). As far as Arctic claims, a U.S.-Canada alliance is much more powerful than a solo Canada bid.
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  1942. The cost of the electronics and avionics is higher in the Apache. Also, American labor costs more than Russian labor, from R&D, to assembly, and even on to procurement officers. Western military equipment is never going to be as cheap as Russian equipment unless it's purchased in humongous bulk like the F-16, for example.
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  1943.  @davidgardiner4720  The research for his channels isn't conducted by him personally, but people in the relevant fields who are recognized and often credited by Simon himself. Some videos like this are a little click-baity, but this is more of a fun video making some predictions, not one of the deep dives like on other channels, which generally are very accurate and well packaged for a 20-30 minute format, plus free from a lot of the political biases we see elsewhere. Everyone is human and makes a mistake from time, but overall, the channels Simon presents are well-done and sufficient for a crash course in the subject at hand.
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  1944. I mean, at this point, Japan can kinda do whatever they want. They have a gigantic air force filled with F-15s, F-2s and F-35s, and all of the top tech you can possibly imagine. Russia has... I guess a few old T-72s still working?
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  1945.  @ChucksSEADnDEAD  - I live two blocks from the beach. I have never seen anything remotely resembling what you're talking about wash up. Crab pot every once in a while, sure.
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  1946.  @RonPaulBot1234  Unfortunately, no. The international driver permit is essentially just a translation of your home country's license into a foreign language. It isn't an official document issued by a government, but rather a private organization that is authorized to do so (in the US, it's AAA, for example). I do not believe you need to take classes if you have a valid license in another country. My license from the US was accepted in an EU country when I lived there, but it very well may be easier to transfer an American license than a Russian one. The thing with the US, though, is that there is no "American driver's license." There are 50 different state licenses, each with their own regulations and small differences. The Florida license, which I have, meets the international standards, but I have heard there are a few US states whose licenses do not as of yet.
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  1947. @Lalleland Perhaps they left because they don't want to have a bomb dropped on their apartment building, school, hospital or shopping mall? Is that a good enough reason for you? Not EVERY person is suited, physically or mentally, for active military service, and many women evacuated with their small children. The entire country can't join the army...
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  1948.  @davidhouseman4328  - Tactical nuclear weapons would likely only be used in fleet defense as a last-ditch option or if an enemy was facing an impossible amount of armor that it could not fend off.
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  1949.  @daxbruce3491  This video had nothing to do with Georgia, Alabama or Oklahoma. It discussed California, Texas and Florida. What are you even talking about?
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  1950.  @TProfileG  - There are some great videos of PMCs (and active US, UK and Russian special forces) defending container ships and tankers from pirates off Africa. As for mines, I believe the USN has eight minesweepers in Bahrain. Don't see much of an issue there are long as you've gained air supremacy before going in and getting your hands dirty taking all of their mines out of the water.
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  1951. I'm not sure what you expect them to do. I'm sure they would save a person's life just out of humanity, but they're not going to fight a fire in another structure. Do security guards at local businesses just start looking for shoplifters in neighboring businesses for the fun of it? By the same token, do firefighters in your city respond to calls in other cities just because they want to be extra good at fighting the fire? Wtf?
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  1952. Hmm, perhaps if we want to do something about climate change, the left should actually focus on environmental policy instead of tax increases, wealth redistribution and all of the other garbage in their useless Green New Deal bill. If Democrats couldn't use climate change as a reason to tax the peasants into oblivion, they wouldn't care about it in the least. Blame for inaction lies with them, as they care more about advancing a radical political agenda than solving a problem. But we all know that is how they act.
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  1953. You do know that you will ultimately be subject to full authoritarian rule, a social credit system, lose your freedom of movement/travel and even your freedom of speech, correct? Maybe the "rioters" have a point.
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  1954.  @Marinealver  It seems like Boeing encompasses the worst traits of the modern political right and left, all under one roof. Yikes.
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  1955. Did anyone catch those boats in the beginning? Retired USCG 25-Foot Defender class RIBs.
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  1956.  @TheLiamster  - Actually, they've been doing bombers missions from Alaska recently, flying south and then returning.
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  1957. Hahahaha... how many worthless rubles do they pay you to write this drivel?
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  1958. @Apollo Between the coronavirus pandemic, concentration camps for the Uighurs, forced labor, dystopian surveillance apparatus littering the entire mainland and all of the other abuses of human rights, they're not making a good case that life under the CCP dictatorship would be even remotely "good," especially for someone used to being free. Remember, the stated plan for Taiwan is for the PLA to depopulate approximately 90 percent of military age males to the mainland to concentration camps for re-education. This will be another Holocaust scenario if it's allowed to proceed. China needs a big-time kick in the teeth just to get this thought out of its collective head. It's the 1930s again, and the new boss is the same as the old boss – they just don't look alike or speak the same language.
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  1959.  @vedsingh2108  Germany is certainly economically wealthy, but it is not a "major power." Its military is practically non-existent. It has starved itself of domestic industrial capability by decommissioning all of its power plants, making it reliant on other countries. It's a disaster – and it certainly is not going to get better with the likes of the Green Party being welcomed into the ruling government. Germans reap what they sow, and the chickens are coming home to roost.
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  1960. Who's scamming anyone? If people willingly fork over money, that's on them.
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  1961. They hit it with a high-end Kalibr missile. There aren't enough western SAM batteries to cover the entire country, and most are covering the capital. They will be getting more Patriot batteries and SAMP/T soon, but the reality is that western nations take care of air superiority with manned fighters rather than ground units. We just don't have a ton of SAM batteries to go around, and some have to be held back in case China invades Taiwan.
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  1962. But wait, what about the environmental impact statement, the lawsuits that will be filed by environmental groups after the EIS is filed, the eminent domain fights over easements, the development of bid specs and solicitation, the formal award of bid, selection of bond counsel to handle the capital outlay, the negotiation with labor unions on construction costs. Dealing with this stuff every day in the US, this would be an unmitigated disaster here.
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  1963. You're correct, but they don't want to "restrict" it. They could do that today simply by placing a login mechanism in front of the flight search process. What they want is to maintain a public-facing search option, but restrict consumers from accessing it the way they wish in order to stifle competition.
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  1964. American and Western European contractors will do most of it with local input. It's been done before.
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  1965. Except MAD then applies. This isn't really an option unless China wants to cease to exist, and Chinese military doctrine does not call for a first strike under any circumstances.
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  1966. It's a fitting tribute, for sure. I'll be sad when I see the inevitable story of the last AV-8B being retired by the U.S. I remember being absolutely fascinated by them as a kid when they had a show at a US Army base near where I grew up (they hosted equipment from all different branches for a public display).
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  1967.  @adrielsebastian5216  - It's still better than Simon's airline: "Today I Found Out How to Fly"
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  1968. The most famous Russian to fly the Foxbat flew the coop and defected to America via Japan lol.
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  1969. It has not been fulfilled because all three parties are nuclear-armed states that, at the end of the day, do not want to directly engage in war with each other.
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  1970.  @micj2362  It was NATO, led by a European general, but okay. Would you rather have just let everyone keep killing each other? At least something worked for 20-ish years.
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  1971. Why? The Democrats de-funded the police, so crime is now rampant. They let the criminals out of jail, and now they're committing crimes everywhere and anywhere. Once the grown-ups are back in charge, the U.S. will be off the list. I'm just happy in my nice little town by the ocean, zero crime to worry about! Let the cities rot.
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  1972. I'd be all for it. America's left-wing prosecutors refuse to prosecute criminals and let the existing ones out of jail.
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  1973.  @anthonyml7  Yes, that is who is mainly on those flights. Relatives in the U.S. do have a mechanism to visit Cuba if they obtain the correct paperwork. There are only so many scholars and journalists all going to the same island, every single day.
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  1974. This can only go on for so long. Eventually, the rank and file of the military and security services are going to get tired of propping up Putin. It's not like they don't have families and friends themselves.
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  1975. Soviet ammo is 152mm. Western is 155mm.
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  1976. Because if they were sent to the west, they would be giving up the territory to Russia. The Ukrainian forces are on the front line, not retreating.
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  1977. It's not considered a long-range missile BY the American military. It's classified as an SRBM (short range ballistic missile) in defense nomenclature. The RS-26A is, factually, an "intermediate range" ballistic missile, as agreed upon by everyone. In other words, the press likes to sensationalize what ATACMS can do in order to stoke fears of World War III breaking out.
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  1978.  @fucktwelve6774  - Ha that's true, but I thought the joke was that Americans like to drive long distances even when it's shorter and cheaper to fly.
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  1979. Technically Nome.
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  1980. I had this thought, too. Not China, but Russia. Does the U.S. tell Russia they can have their pick of Baltic states that fight against the U.K.? Simply adding the U.S. to the picture instantly changes the result. The addition of Russia turns it into a absolute turkey shoot.
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  1981. India's role in this could be to open up a second front in the west. While China is busy invading Taiwan, India launches an offensive to reclaim territory and liberate Tibet. If this is communicated through back-channels, the CCP will not risk an invasion of Taiwan. China cannot fight a war with Taiwan while simultaneously fighting a war in the Himalayas where air superiority would be key (and India has amazing pilots and a spectacular, world-class array of combat systems).
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  1982. Soleimani is not the man you call when the goal is to "ease tensions." C'mon, pay attention...
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  1983.  Richard Grover  - The S-500 is not an upgrade of the S-300/400. It is a separate ABM platform that is very similar to the American THAAD platform. They are meant to work in tandem, but perform different tasks.
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  1984. Ahh, life in the blue states...
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  1985. Correction: Muammar Gaddafi never made it to the rank of a general. He died a colonel.
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  1986. Ha. And who knew in 2020 they'd both still be open.
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  1987. They might know it's there, but tracking it, locking on it, firing at it, and hitting it are all individual steps that require quite a lot of luck.
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  1988. In the U.S. each state adopts its own laws with regard to probate and conservatorships. California is not a shining example of our country's best government at work – it is arguably the opposite. Cases involving a federal question of constitutional rights can be removed to a federal court, however I am not familiar with the procedural manner in which one would proceed in doing so.
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  1989. @Ispira I believe one of the issues is that she has never had the opportunity to obtain advice from counsel of her choosing. No attorney would have advised her to frame her statements in court last week the way she did – and that is NOT a criticism of her. She is not an attorney and no one should expect her to speak as if she was. It seems to me that she does not even know how to file a motion to terminate this conservatorship, and no one is rushing to help her (I'll give you 60 million guesses as to why). This is not an area of the law I have studied in any semblance of depth, so I am not a subject-matter expert, but I'd be interested in hearing about conservatorship cases that have been removed to federal court on the basis of allegations of the withholding of one's constitutional rights. Also would be interested in hearing about how residency affects conservatorships. There may be some procedural tricks that an attorney who is an expert could pull out of their hat, but she does not seem to have access to that advice. Family law can be interesting but man, who would want the hassles? Give me real estate any day, lol.
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  1990. One group is fighting for freedom. One group is led by Marxists trying to dissolve freedom and implement racism against whites.
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  1991.  @dumbledan4016  - Are the re-education camps a "good model for others" to follow? You are a fool, my friend.
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  1992.  @vv-fd5bh  - Well, at least your social credit score probably went up because of that post.
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  1993. Wow Cuba got around to sending a bot here like 8 months later...
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  1994. @Scipio's Eyes Why would China sell a monkey model AAM? That doesn't really make any sense, especially since they pretty much can't find any country in the world willing to buy their kit except Pakistan and a few other random African dictatorships. I don't doubt the PL-15 is a respectable missile, but it's not some kind of super weapon. The world's best AAM, without a doubt, is the MBDA Meteor. We'll have to see if the U.S. beats it in range and/or speed to target in the AIM-260 or LREW missiles that are forthcoming. My hunch is that the U.S. will deploy a new "regular" BVR missile and a physically larger and longer range BVR missile that will be specialized for interceptors to take down PLAAF bombers and cargo/refueling aircraft from standoff range.
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  1995. Johnson was a Fighter Mafia guy. He didn't like the "hassle" of building planes that could take off from carriers, perform fleet defense, and strike land targets all in one package. The Navy isn't the Air Force, which is hard for a lot of people who came from that culture to understand. I love the F-15, for example, but there's a good reason it was "navalized." The Russians navalized the Flanker and it's been a headache across multiple navies. There really hadn't been a great navalized air superiority fighter (that can also serve a multi-role purpose) for many years until Dassault created the Rafale-M.
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  1996. Yeah, this is a good point. It bothered me on the 757 article. The B757 was probably the most highly-regarded plane of its generation for pilots to fly, it provided a powerful mid-market platform that could operate rapidly from either hubs or smaller airports and had a lot of utility. Many airlines wish they had a successor. Every airplane type ever made will have a production start date and production end date eventually. It doesn't mean it "fell" or failed.
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  1997. The U.S., according to some media reports, got its hands on a few S-300 systems so USAF and USN pilots could train against them. They know how to deal with it.
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  1998. You can't invade, occupy, kill and bomb your neighbor, unprovoked, and expect them not to shoot back (and call their friends for help). The arrogance of Russia is what angers me most – they actually think Ukraine should just roll over and let their dictator take over the lives of millions of people. They're insulted that Ukraine is fighting back, lol. What a trash country.
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  1999. American liberals would be screaming at all these guys to wear masks...
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  2000. Then put pressure on Putin...
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  2001. It pops off the rotors before ejection using a mini-rocket. I wouldn't mind being a pilot. I'd really hate to be the person a few blocks away where those rotors land.
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  2002.  @nelsoncheng2674  - What's happening? I'd love to hear your version of this. The idiot rioters who make the news do not affect 99% of Americans. I live in a major metro area in the U.S. and have never seen a protest, a riot, crimes being committed, anything of the sort. It has no affect on my life and is meaningless to me. It's limited to a few cities that, frankly, most patriotic Americans wish were not even part of our country.
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  2003.  @jacobriverson3807  - The issue with Russia lending weapons systems for testing is that the Chinese would steal Russian tech just as fast as they would steal American tech. The Russians tested things like the Su-57 and other systems in Syria when American assets were around, but they're not going to be handing over experimental or advanced hardware to China for testing purposes. It would be in Putin's best interest to get rid of Xi and the CCP in the first place. They are a wildcard Russia doesn't need. Russia knows it can always talk to the Americans, the Chinese, not so much. They are guided by brainwashed ideology and a cult of personality not unlike the DPRK's "Juche" rather than common sense.
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  2004. It won't. And I don't.
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  2005. This got incredibly preachy by the end. Blah.
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  2006. They would use tactical nukes if it came to it (Russia would consider it for fleet defense, most certainly) but I doubt even in such an intense conflict, Moscow and Beijing would "nuke" each other in the colloquial sense. Frankly, the U.S. and Europe would likely step in before this happens in order to, literally, save the world from the fallout.
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  2007. Detroit also has that tiny little problem of being more dangerous than most active war zones.
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  2008. There is no such word as "disorientate."
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  2009. And yet they use this plane to drop dumb bombs on schools and condominiums in Ukraine...
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  2010.  @Igorsov  Nah, we'll be fine in the US/EU. We don't let thugs steal our freedom without doing something about it.
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  2011. Naval tech evolves. We once had "light carriers," which gave way to "amphibious assault ships" that carried helicopters, which are now evolving BACK into "light carriers." The Japanese Izumo class was technically designated a "destroyer," but was magically fitted with a flight deck able to carry F-35Bs, lol. Meanwhile U.S. Navy amphibs are essentially leading battle groups similar to the supercarriers, only a bit smaller. It's interesting stuff.
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  2012. Actually, it seems to have been our Achilles heel in recent years thanks to the radical left dividing the country into pieces.
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  2013. Claiming that you're "oppressed" in the United States is an insult to the people suffering in this video. You're not oppressed. Our government hands you everything you want on a silver platter. Employers are terrified to fire you for fear of being sued. Universities allow you to attend with lower scores than other racial groups. If you commit a crime, you no longer have to worry about bail. Then there's welfare, food stamps, child care, subsidized housing, free phones, free utilities assistance, and I could go on from there. We spend $30,000 per student in urban schools. When does it end? What more do you WANT? It's time to start speaking truthfully about all of this nonsense.
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  2014. Japan could obtain them much easier, and relatively unopposed by the west, if they wanted them. That's the difference.
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  2015. Against whom? Decent people who never posed a threat to Russia? Hope NATO comes in full force and wipes Russia off the planet in a few hours!
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  2016. This video missed a major difference. The U.S., U.K., Australia, etc., are representative democracies. There are strict environmental impact studies that need to be conducted, land use laws must be followed even in local jurisdictions, eminent domain is subject to due process. All of this can end up in court if one single person has standing to object. I could go on. A dictatorial government can simply do what it wants, and, in the case of China, it does.
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  2017. Most E.U. states do not have cities filled with gang members who carry illegal weapons and are willing to kill over turf and other disagreements. The reality is that the U.S. has a great number of people who commit crimes. All of those white people yelling and screaming anti-police slogans get to go home to their crime-free neighborhoods at the end of the night. They'll never deal with someone selling crack at the corner and being shot by a rival (with stray bullets flying), being mugged for a smartphone while walking down the street, or waking up to see a brick through the windshield of their car. In my uber-safe little town hours away from any city, I'll more than likely go my entire life without ever needing to encounter law enforcement (except maybe a speeding ticket once every 10 years). I'm lucky. People need to be careful what they wish for. There are some people who are going to have to live with these decisions, and it may be a much more dangerous world for them.
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  2018. Ehh, Kid Rock might run for senate one of these days, lol. It happens.
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  2019. "Mark Simpson" eh?
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  2020.  @marksimpson6387  Yes.
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  2021. @Scarlet Dani That really doesn't make sense, considering the first action every autocrat in history has taken is to disarm the populace.
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  2022. Most of which would break down on the way to battle.
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  2023.  @zetos4440  - What is that supposed to mean? I'm from the U.S. and love visiting places like this and interacting with different people than I would at home. Anyone can go on a guided tour of London or Paris or New York. I travel to meet people, see new places and experience new things.
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  2024. It'll probably be 1.5x the cost of first class on a conventional airliner.
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  2025. Every left-wing political movement ends the same way: conform, or we'll make you conform. So thankful we made the right choice in America, as we were headed down that same dark path under Democrat party rule.
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  2026. Trump used to be a Democrat. Does he count?
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  2027. They only need the western weapons because Russia invaded them without provocation. Fortunately it will be the mobiks who will be freezing to death this winter, thanks to their government and their lazy/cowardly fellow citizens who won't dislodge the dictator from power.
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  2028.  @awangbelantara9644  You clearly need to catch up on the news...
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  2029.  @TakezoMushashi  - I haven't owned a Windows machine since the early part of this millennium, so I haven't thought much of viruses in a while. Just the idea of having to have an anti-virus app running in the background annoys me. It takes system resources away from what you need your machine to do – negating the idea that you can buy faster Windows machines cheaper. You need to bulk up your specs so high to support all the anti-virus activity that you could've gotten a superior-built computer without the need for laggy software constantly running. I've had Macs for over 15 years, never installed an anti-virus app and have never had a virus. And stop with the nonsense that I somehow do not know how to operate a computer. I certainly know how to buy the best one, for starters.
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  2030.  @user-wo4hs3gs6p  - Okay.
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  2031.  @harrywang4769  - Err, okay. I have a bachelors and masters. Guess I need a doctorate to discover how great Windows is.
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  2032.  @harrywang4769  - Neither of my degrees are in journalism. You're a strange dude, Harry. I've never met someone so obsessed with defending Windows lol.
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  2033. You won't be laughing when China becomes the new Russia if they're dumb enough to do the same thing...
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  2034.  @ojonasar  - Iceland can't have too many people – the bridges only allow one car at a time to cross lol.
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  2035. Ruzzian bot reported.
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  2036.  @Goorood  I did, vatnik bot
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  2037. Unfortunately, most of the people dying in Ukraine for nothing are all from the rural Far East. Mostly Tuva.
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  2038. The U.S. had great deals with them, as did the Dutch and the British. Chavez canceled them all and stole the assets, so no foreign business is willing to invest in the country anymore since it knows the government can just take what it wants with the snap of a finger. Russia bribes them with military equipment (that they can't afford to operate anyway... their S-300 SAM systems had to be fixed after the damn electrical grid knocked them out of power) and China bribes them with surveillance systems that helps them crack down on dissent. No western country is going to do either of those things – except perhaps the U.S. on the military front if there is a regime change.
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  2039. Right, because people from all over the world are jumping over one another to live in Putin's authoritarian fantasy land where they lock you up for 15 years if you criticize Dear Leader.
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  2040.  @wb6733  The teachers didn't get paid? Education is not free. You would probably not want a "free" education because it would be useless.
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  2041.  @bennykelechi9079  You're gonna be mobilized soon lol. Happy HIMARS!
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  2042.  @jaikumar848  - Was it an exercise? I thought the Saab pilot locked on simply while it was traveling over Swedish airspace. I could be wrong, though.
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  2043.  @Jay_the_AV8R  - I've also never seen it used as an air-to-air munition.
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  2044. Then again... maybe it will. If you hate Boeing, buy Airbus or one of the larger E2-Jets. Will Irkut/Yak even be around in a few years? How will geopolitics affect the availability of parts and support? What happens if Russia's economy does not improve? What happens if there's a war with China? For the vast majority of commercial airlines on the planet, Airbus and Boeing are safe bets. Messing with Russian manufacturers has gotten a lot of people burnt over the years.
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  2045. Port calls to Kaohsiung used to be routine for the U.S. Navy. I don't believe it's happened in decades at this point. If America had a pair, the Navy would sail the USS Gerald Ford right into the biggest berth in the country and have squadrons full of Super Hornets do an elephant walk off the flight deck – all carrying Harpoon anti-ship missiles.
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  2046. Death to tyrants. Slava Ukraini! Wànsuì Taiwan!
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  2047.  @vepraksoldat2963  Ruskies take old ladies' washing machines and vacuum cleaners as trophies, not tanks. Actually, they seem to leave tanks behind pretty often.
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  2048.  @vepraksoldat2963  Have you volunteered to go to the front yet, vatnik?
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  2049. Ha, the corrupt public union kingpin they interviewed is concerned with "profits," while all he advocates for is his members to profit off the taxpayers while collecting dues to influence politicians in Sacramento. Public labor unions are the bottom feeders of an already bottom-dwelling labor union world. These slugs even lobby against VOLUNTEER community firefighters because they want them eliminated. Meanwhile, the private firefighters aren't stopping the state from hiring new public firefighters – but the state is broke because they've already taxed residents into oblivion and have no additional revenue streams to open up.
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  2050. I've never seen more drunk Russians in one video...
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  2051. Yet in my city, of 80,000 people, they could not even find anyone willing to serve on the planning board. Insane. I was already on it, so I couldn't vote twice lol.
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  2052.  @sncy5303  No, you can't keep them as "POWs." That's utterly ridiculous. For one thing, Canada is not at war with Russia. Therefore there are no prisoners of war. It also doesn't matter if they "support Putin." People support all kinds of stuff – actually, these pilots probably HAVE to say they support Putin to avoid being locked up in Siberia. They're not spies, they're pilots who landed a plane owned by their employer. You can certainly force them to leave Canada, but they did not commit any crimes, much less "espionage." Holding them would essentially be kidnapping. That's something Putin would do.
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  2053.  @LS-Moto  If you have an audience measured in the millions – yes, the government does give a sh*t about you. Even the US and European governments would have you on their radar, much less Russia.
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  2054.  @Ira88881  I don't think he's "banned" from Ukraine, necessarily. He was not allowed in at the border because his passport indicated previous travel to Russia. This is common practice in some parts of the world – for example, many middle eastern countries will not allow someone in if they've previously visited Israel. The goal is to prevent foreign agents from entering. I assume Ukraine is being super selective given the fact they're at war. If there's a Russian stamp, even in your western passport, they're going to say no. My guess is that he's banned from Belarus because Alina is from there and has been very critical of the regime.
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  2055. Don't worry. YouTube/Google is beholden to the Chinese Communist Party. This video will be de-monetized in no time.
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  2056. Israel operated the delta wing Mirage III and Mariage V, and built a tech demonstrator of the IAI Lavi, which resembled a "regular size" F-16 but with a delta wing configuration. It was an indigenous project that, under the hood, did not resemble the F-16 all that much, though aesthetically looked very similar from the exterior. There are some who believe the IAI Lavi plans were leaked to the Chinese who used them to build the J-10.
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  2057.  @Bk6346  There's a ton of shipbuilding in Europe, where wages and the cost of living is equivalent (and sometimes higher) than the U.S. It's not an issue of "Asians work harder for lower pay." That's ridiculous.
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  2058. The Russian military is nowhere remotely near the capital. What are you talking about?
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  2059.  @kelzuya  There's no point in arguing with pathetic Orcs on the internet, really. They'll be defeated and continue living their miserable lives in Russia while the rest of us laugh.
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  2060. France, Brazil and China seem to be the usual trouble spots for language snafus, from what I have gathered.
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  2061. Your ancestors owed debts to the king?
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  2062.  @briancarno8837  If they stopped bombing children's hospitals, they could fix their planes without any issues.
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  2063. The media will cover this, but conveniently forgets about the time Biden went to Ukraine, withheld $1 billion in aid because they wouldn't fire the prosecutor investigating his son's illegal bribery scam, then joked about it on live television. Nothing to see here people – look at the insensitive lady on social media over there instead!
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  2064.  @tomstravels520  - That is not, actually, correct. The crew of the US ship made approximately 12 attempts to reach the Iranian plane on both civilian and military frequencies and they did not respond. The plane was also flying without its IFF signal, and it approached the ship literally minutes after Iranian small attack boats fired on a US Navy ship. It was assumed, tragically, that is was an F-14 vectored toward the ship on an attack run. The circumstances between these two incidents are very, very different. The US Navy crew, even while under attack, did everything it could to avoid firing.
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  2065.  @AliBaba-vw7mo  - Huh? He organized an attack on a US embassy three days prior. He developed the tactic of using IEDs to kill 600 American soldiers. He orchestrated the killing of 1,500 of his own people when they protested the corrupt government he worked for. It's a powerful statement to make, but I'll make it anyway: the world is a better place without this man, who smiled and took selfies as he looked for new ways to kill people, in it.
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  2066.  @cr10001  - Your post doesn't make sense. If the IFF was operating on the civilian frequency, and the calls were made on the civilian frequency, why did the Iranian plane not respond? Also, the Iranian jet was not monitoring the international distress frequency, where the Vincennes also broadcast an emergency communication. Finally, the Iranian jet was absolutely descending since it was on a course to Dubai from Bandar Abbas. All of this, of course, was going on while Iran (as it usually does) was flinging missiles at American ships. I've never seen a country so careless about the lives of its own people, then again, that's why they're protesting in the streets demanding Khameini take a hike.
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  2067.  @cr10001  - They should expect it when their home country is actively firing missiles at foreign warships during an armed conflict – something Iran seems in relish, albeit to its own disadvantage. Common sense. Your hatred of America is making you sound ignorant. Absolutely deranged.
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  2068.  @abdullahiahmed3425  - No, you don't. That rule is only imposed on Pakistan so they don't start a nuclear war with India. Tons of countries buy U.S.-made planes and aren't calling Washington every time they use them.
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  2069.  @ГеоргийМурзич  - Please name a single person in the United States that has been arrested for saying either of those words.
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  2070. "Move, girl, like ya ass on fire..." - Busta Rhymes
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  2071. If atrocious handling, the turning radius the size of an 18-wheeler and having a key fob the size of a credit card don't bother you, Renault might just be your dream car.
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  2072. So I'm a warm weather guy. Hate cold, snow and everything that goes with it. That said, even if I liked the cold, I feel like it would get annoying – constantly having to wait in line to get back up the mountain, and paying to do so. Actually, the thing I hate most besides cold weather is long lines. This doesn't seem like the sport for me.
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  2073. Funny, violent crime dropped precipitously as soon as those laws were passed. Statistically, they worked amazingly well.
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  2074.  Mean Bob  - I don't know why people think white collar crimes go unpunished. Most of the white collar crime in my area has to do with insurance fraud. These people are often given longer sentences than those who commit a violent crime.
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  2075. Vatnik detected.
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  2076. The guy who wrote that article was a CNN reporter for almost his entire career. He only recently began working at FNC. Most of the people in mainstream roles covering defense are just people who were assigned that beat. If you want decent reporting on defense, you need to read industry publications, or even something like The War Zone blog.
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  2077. It's not a conspiracy theory when they literally shot a commercial advertising it...
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  2078.  @h_uskyy2191  The guy he punched, his father, was in the video and feels horrible that he ever called the cops because he had no idea it would come to this. You gotta actually watch the report lol.
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  2079.  @San-yh4zi  In the U.S. it varies quite a bit state-to-state and even sometimes counties within a state, depending on what political party is in charge and what party the state prosecutor comes from. It's a shame it is so politicized.
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  2080. Yeah, I was following this until your thinly-veiled crack about the U.S.'s illegal alien issue, which does not resemble this in the least. Either present the topic without anti-Trump bias or don't bother. I come to this channel to learn about global issues, not sarcastic insertions of left-wing opinion.
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  2081. I had the same thought. A few years back I bought an Audi and accidentally hit the (now electronic) hand brake. Couldn't move the thing at all. That made me realize what a good brake it was!
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  2082. Authoritarianism does not begin with tanks and artillery, or people disappearing to gulags in the middle of the night. It begins with mandates that will purportedly "help" you or are for "the greater good." Of course mask mandates are not anywhere near as important as a war, but the key is ensuring that it never comes to that in the first place.
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  2083.  @R_o_b_e_rt  It's why people throughout the rest of the world roll their eyes when Europeans try to position themselves as enlightened students of the international order. They're increasingly lazy, ill-informed and dependent on the welfare state for survival. At least they're no longer colonizing half the world.
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  2084.  @meganmurrell4063  That guy was going into conspiracy theory territory, but it is no secret that meth use is more common in that community than many other demographic groups, though it tends to be more prevalent on the west coast.
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  2085. I've been to five of the seven continents, dozens of countries, and have met thousands of people from those countries. I've never witnessed people in such fear of being invaded and conquered like this before. Folks, nobody wants to occupy Russia! Get over it!
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  2086. So there wasn't ONE thing in this video that could've been compared to a Toyota Corolla?
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  2087. But wouldn't it melt quickly?
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  2088.  @KindaSemiCompetent  - Well, that is what it is. Unfortunately, tiny islands in the middle of nowhere only have so much economic viability. You can't, for example, open up a gigantic automotive manufacturer in Kingston. There's a reality here about that, but Cuba likely has more potential given its larger size and historically skilled population.
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  2089. It's actually pretty sad that the left is now using children to push their agenda. Every intelligent person believes the climate is changing. The reason nothing has been done about it is because the only solution put forth is to raise taxes (much of which will never go to anything climate related) and adopt leftist political doctrines. If these people actually cared about the environment, they would realize that a tax-neutral plan could be developed that could even involve private industry investment. Unfortunately, the gross politicization of this issue has produced a large number of people who simply choose not to believe in climate change at all. I've sat at the foot of a glacier in Iceland and literally watched it melt. I doubt any of these people who want to raise your taxes and destroy any niceties and luxuries in life for the dwindling middle class have. Actually, glad I saw the glacier when I did. Plane rides may only be affordable for the ultra-rich eventually.
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  2090. I don't think the end of the communist experiment was, at all, "tragic," but what happened after 1991 certainly was. Yeltsin blew a golden opportunity by mismanaging the economy, which led to the election of a nationalist who quickly began moving backwards on human rights and freedoms as he yearns for the Cold War to restart. There is absolutely no reason why the U.S. and Russia should not be allied by 2019 instead of building fighters and new SAMs to counter each others' threats. Peace and prosperity were squandered in Russia.
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  2091. The Ukranians know that when they intercept an outgoing call to a Russian number, some Orc is gonna spill the beans on his location. This is what happens when you have a military made up of untrained, unprofessional slobs who probably spend half their days soaked in vodka.
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  2092.  @Txx00xic  After so many war crimes and atrocities, there's no way Ukraine would allow them to keep Crimea at this point. Maybe in the beginning there could have been an agreement, but the window is closed. You can only murder, torture, assault women, children and the elderly to a certain extent before the people hate you enough to kick you out for good. There will probably, eventually, be a DMZ like the two Koreas in between the Rus-Ukr land border.
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  2093. Fully mobilized? No. The reality is that no world power, including Russia and China, have anywhere near the transport capability to bring the number of weapons, troops and materiel it would take to pull off something like this. Incoming combat aircraft would be picked off halfway across the Atlantic and Pacific as they refuel, as well as AEW aircraft and tankers. Ships would be sunk before they could get in range of launching any attacks. Once infantry arrives, they must defeat the U.S. Marines AND the U.S. Army on its own turf. Then there are the Rocky Mountains. How does the opposing force cross them? Also, keep in mind that there are more guns than people in the U.S. Japan once considered what to do if an occupation of the U.S. mainland was an option. They decided that Americans resorting to guerilla tactics would be such an impediment it would likely not be worth the effort. People also need to stop talking about internal American politics. You can dislike the current president, or congress, or whoever, but nothing pulls a country together like foreigners occupying your soil. We, as Americans, should arguably know that best.
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  2094. It's weird. If I were Chinese, I would be proud of my country's progress, but angry that I must live under the control of a dictatorship. It seems the Chinese people are the ones who have "given up" and simply acquiesced to being controlled by un-elected leaders who belch out orders under the threat of imprisonment. That's no way to live.
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  2095.  @czdaniel1  - The issue with the Tu-160 SST is that it probably isn't going to fly anywhere except from western to eastern Russia – where nobody lives. I doubt the FAA will be allowing this thing to land in New York, DC or LA.
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  2096. Err... ISIS was defeated by both the US and Russia. They lost all their territory in a matter of months once the campaign was stepped up.
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  2097. It must be sad to have to go through life as an angry, uninformed leftist.
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  2098.  @kreiner1  Are you willing to sacrifice your son or daughter to fight Haitian gangs and govern a population that refuses to consent to any governance or law and order? I don't have kids, but I sure as hell wouldn't if I did.
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  2099.  @kreiner1  A "more safe and secure US" will be achieved by aggressive patrols by the U.S. Coast Guard, not by parachuting into a hell hole and trying to fix it out of some misplaced sense of altruism that has failed countless times in the past.
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  2100.  @illuminaughty2929  Your name Jody? Lol.
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  2101.  @tylercomfort5016  Unfortunately, yes. This has become a generational problem, and these people have unfortunately found themselves in an unwanted situation because their parents involved them in their crime of illegally crossing an international border. Eventually, a line needs to be drawn in the sand, and parents need to learn that they are exposing their children to many dangers, including legal penalties, when they make this decision.
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  2102.  @user-jj1bp3es3j  This difference is that Ukraine is actively reforming its institutions, and now has a democratically-elected president whose election was overseen by international observers – and Russia has doubled down on the oligarchy with Putin becoming a true tyrannical dictator. The countries may have started in the same place, but they are moving in opposite directions. Russia, of course, saw this and their response was to bomb schools and apartment buildings. Nice neighbor, huh?
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  2103.  @JamesC785  Poland is practically on the way to becoming a world military power as well. It will soon have the largest land army, largest and most advanced air force and the fastest-growing defense industry in Europe.
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  2104.  @user-jj1bp3es3j  I'm not sure if they're not so happy about it. Many Poles came to the US as well, and I know a few who are thinking of buying property there or even moving back full time for retirement or a second career. A good friend of mine visits her relatives in Rzeszów and always mentions how far things have come. She never thought she'd live in Poland again, but she and her American husband are actually considering moving there for a new adventure.
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  2105. Conscription is a bad option regardless of gender or belligerent.
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  2106. I'm pretty sure American and Israeli pilots care far less about the S-400 than many people in this comments section. They will fly wherever they want and two silly SAM batteries are not going to stop them.
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  2107.  @fungi5923  Huh? Vice had a big documentary on it last year and a camera crew went in and filmed for an entire day.
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  2108. We're actually going to start referring to it by Erdogan's personal spelling preference?
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  2109. Those quarantine centers are going to be easy to convert into concentration camps for protesters, dissidents or (here's the scary part) de-populated Taiwanese men if they invade. Truthfully, I can't help but think this entire dystopian nightmare is what a good number of the more extremist American politicians would have been okay with at certain points – at the very least, a sizable minority of the Democratic party.
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  2110.  Boarlaw Attorneys At Law  Did the western media make up the fact that they gussied up an ancient plane and slapped four inefficient engines on it, and so far nobody has bought one? Or is that just reality?
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  2111. They can buy whatever they want – and we can sell or not sell whatever we want. The U.S. isn't going to go to war with Turkey, or anything. They're not even going to get kicked out of NATO. They just aren't going to get two pieces of competing military equipment that can produce valuable information which can be stolen, leaked, sold, etc.
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  2112.  @totalSLACK  - Joe takes on the political shape of whoever he's interviewing. If he has Ben Shapiro on, he'll sound like a Trump fan again.
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  2113. I see Putler has dispatched his minions on a special keyboard operation here in the comments section. Meanwhile the Orcs are busy stealing microwave ovens while cowering in fear of a HIMARS strike lol. Can't wait for Sevastopol to burn.
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  2114. For who? The US? America could certainly buy it, but that is more for protection against lightly-armed insurgents firing short-range rockets. The US doesn't really face that sort of threat anywhere. That said, David's Sling (a/k/a Patriot PAAC-4), The Barak-8 and mobile SAM tech would fill gaps in areas where the US is lacking protection. It would be interesting to see a truck-mounted system that could handle something like Aegis Ashore and the SM-3 and SM-6 missiles, which are truly excellent.
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  2115. Being involved in development from the legal side, I don't believe this should be put on the ultimate property owner. Whatever company came in and developed this piece of land probably did do environmental and engineering studies about the subject property. Given the fact that this was so many decades ago, it probably legitimately passed whatever protocols were in place at the time. Hazardous materials were simply not considered as dangerous or even worth regulating in the not-too-distant past. If one were to look back at records, my guess is that they hired the engineers and planners, presented their case to a planning board, received the proper state and local approvals, and built the homes. If the government knew there was something hazardous, it was their responsibility to A) Not sell the site to a private owner in the first place or at least B) Place a restriction on the deed against residential development.
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  2116. No one said 10 missiles destroyed 1,000 tanks. Reference your sources or crawl back under whatever rock you came out of. How's the weather in Moscow?
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  2117.  @sebastian-FX357Z1  Besides the Kursk, Russia has done better with subs than with surface combatants. The improved Kilo class is a decent sub and up there with most modern SSKs. Russia just can't make surface vessels unless they're yachts for oligarchs. The Kuznetsov, in reality, was terrible – made worse by taking a massively heavy air superiority fight, redesignating it the Su-33, and trying to use it as a naval fleet defender off a ski jump. There's a reason China can't wait to get rid of theirs.
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  2118. Too much of anything is rarely good, even if it's usually a good thing.
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  2119. There was also that fling down in Rio with Embraer I heard about...
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  2120. It's not being "proud," it's just looking back finding some humor in these crazy stories. What's wrong with that? Do you expect everyone to be the type to whine and cry about the past? Blame someone else, or society? Probably.
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  2121. Daniil - Please don't turn this into a Trump-trashing channel. Real Trump supporters are behind Ukraine because we hate dystopian, controlling governments like the one run by Putin. A few crazies are on the other side. But please do not alienate your followers from the USA who fought the Cold War and know who exactly Putin is. Many on the left in America would govern very much like Putin himself if given the chance. It's hard to understand if you don't live here and see it.
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  2122. The issue with the civilian board is the location. Some cities are simply filled with police-hating, leftist lunatics who will never look at a case objectively. Some cities would be filled with right-wing lunatics who worship the police and think they do no wrong. It's a system that is bound to fail. Perhaps a civilian board can equal "one vote" of, say, five: the civilian board, prosecutor, state investigator, police chief, an elected member of the city council.
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  2123. There was no reason to do so, though, except possible East Germany. Nobody in the west would even have the slightest desire to occupy Soviet territory.
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  2124. I'm not defending her stupidity in pulling this in Russia, but generally speaking, in Texas in 2022 the cartridge would be confiscated and she'd be issued a citation ordering her to pay a fine. Technically you can be arrested in Texas for this, but that is rarely enforced to such a level. It is generally used to plea bargain dealers down to users. No one in the United States is spending a second in jail for this today.
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  2125. I'm pretty sure they learned how to use the American weapons pretty quickly... lol.
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  2126. No, that's the Su-57.
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  2127. Roman my man, great video and great topic! The one thing I wanted to let you know is that sometimes it's not as simple as the "far right" or "far left." I am an American and consider myself center-right. In general, I believe the Biden administration has done fairly well in foreign policy and handling the Ukraine war. I also very much disagree with how his political party has treated those who dissent in the United States itself. Most of us "conservatives" (as they say) know who Putin is, know what he represents, understand his nationalist and racist motivations and oppose him. But authoritarianism can come from either the right of the left, and in the United States, it has been more frequently (admittedly, in small ways) coming from the left. Folks like myself support liberal democracy, a democratic-led world order, and Ukrainian sovereignty BECAUSE we do not want anyone from EITHER side to ever chip away at the rights we have here. Unfortunately, despite his good foreign policy, domestic policy has been a little scary for those who disagree with the majority party and the mainstream media. There are two sides – actually, probably 10 sides – to every story, and having been a huge fan of you and your channel for a few years, I don't want to see you get the wrong impression about me or people like me – just like I have never had a closed mind toward anyone in the five continents I've visited over the course of my life.
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  2128. Google is still putting government labels on videos to make sure the peasants get the information the elites think they should have? Can someone invent a video platform that is neither uber-woke nor right-wing?
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  2129. This is the strangest CCP bot yet...
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  2130.  @martinbayliss3868  What would vectored thrust do for the F-35B? Its fighting doctrine is to engage before being seen during air-to-air encounters.
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  2131. If Ukraine does this after they re-take Crimea, I'm flying there to see it!
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  2132. What did they do to piss them off? I don't remember reading about a scandal going on.
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  2133.  @davidalegria8147  - How do you know the OP isn't or wasn't in the armed services of whatever country he comes from?
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  2134.  @ShroudedWolf51  Labor and maintenance are not my problem. We pay professionals, usually under union contracts, to take care of that stuff. I'm fine with paying the bill. Flying is (with the exception of the Biden era) affordable and fast.
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  2135.  @CaptainDangeax  - Boeing wasn't incapable of building a supersonic passenger aircraft, it just didn't make business sense for them. It's the same reason American airlines didn't operate the Concorde – it couldn't be used on domestic flights due to the sonic boom factor and all of the regulations on noise. While the Concorde flew to the United States, it could never do a JFK to LAX run, for example. It mainly connected coastal cities to coastal cities – ironically, Caracas was so wealthy at one point, the Concorde flew there.
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  2136. There is also a political angle to this. The reality is that no American government will allow the U.S. to be removed from the global airliner market. Boeing is the only American company capable of filling this role. It would also be a gigantic and, perhaps, existential threat to national security. If Boeing was truly going to fail, chances are the government would force a (likely subsidized) sale to Lockheed, RTX or another company of that stature.
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  2137. There is a point where assets, especially real property, cannot be protected from a judgment. In theory, the property could be placed in an LLC that is, in turn, owned by a trust – but Baskin would place a lien on the zoo property as well as file a lis pendens that would preclude any sale, essentially making it worthless and even unable to be borrowed against. Pecuniary assets are a bit easier to protect, but the shear cost of protecting those assets through international mechanisms is so high, it would never be worth attempting to do so. If we're talking billions of dollars – sure. A zoo in Oklahoma? The cost of executing contracts with the caliber of professionals who would be need to be hired to shield the assets from judgment would exceed the value of the assets themselves. In other words, there was absolutely no way out of this for Joe.
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  2138. What is the problem with a company from one country serving customers in another? I have a German car that was built in South Africa and sold new at a dealership in the U.S. We live in a globalized world, and the cruise industry, by its very nature, is going to be an international sector.
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  2139. Hopefully a lot. We don't need an authoritarian, genocidal regime trying to bully its way into the European and American aerospace markets. Until China adopts democratic institutions, it should be shunned.
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  2140.  @gteixeira  Does it feel good to carry the water for an authoritarian, Orwellian, genocidal regime that welds people's doors shut so they can't leave their homes, restricts freedom of movement via social credit score, places electrified barbed wire fences in neighborhoods so people cannot travel from one place to another, and locks up minorities and dissidents in concentration camps? Move to China if you think it's so much better, traitor.
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  2141.  @Kaiserboo1871  The last three U.S. presidents were elected on NOT engaging in nation-building. Americans have no interest in sacrificing their lives or wallets for this nonsense anymore. Iraq was the last straw for an entire generation of people who see no utility in getting involved in messes we have no business inserting ourselves into.
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  2142. "Nickel and diming" customers annoys them more than paying for something upfront. Sometimes Ryanair is cheaper, sometimes it's not. The "surprise" tactics, thin ethics, combined with leisure flyers (rather than experienced biz flyers) making up most of the customer base translates to complaints.
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  2143. Well, there are more Russian tourists than Irish tourists in Sri Lanka. Granted, this is about the Ukrainians who are being brutalized, but who remembers that anyway? ;)
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  2144.  @gokhandogan5814  - So you actually believe the US and UK want to jointly invade, occupy and run Turkey as a colony in 2019? What a pain in the ass (for us).
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  2145. Hahahahaha my reaction too
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  2146.  @bestamerica  - India could really use a fifth-gen fighter to deter any funny business on the part of the Chinese. They finally gave up on the Russians and the Su-57. Actually, what India probably should have done was develop an indigenous SAM platform. That way they would not have to rely on Russian air defense and ruffle the feathers of NATO, and it would have been cheaper than trying to develop an indigenous fifth-gen plane. Had India built its own SAM platform (or perhaps partnered with Rafael and Raytheon on David's Sling), I'm sure an F-35 deal could've been worked out. The U.S. doesn't want India to be left unable to defend itself, we just don't want Russia to learn how to target our planes. Israel generally uses its own SAM tech and buys American hardware.
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  2147. They may "need" all of that, but Putin doesn't have to give it to them. They're being sent into a meat grinder.
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  2148. Vice doesn't understand that helping someone engage in human trafficking is illegal.
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  2149. No, it was a scheduled flight that was doubling as a check flight. There were 400+ passengers on board.
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  2150.  @viclaskov  Actually, it is because you live in Russia that you do not have any idea what you're talking about. The media is censored and government business is conducted in secret. Literally the biggest blogger who covers Russia (Bald and Bankrupt) was thrown in jail and he isn't even a Russian citizen nor was he asking questions about the war! Thankfully he was let out. I'm not saying this to criticize you – I'm saying this because you genuinely do not know everything that is going on in your country thanks to Putin's censorship. Frankly, we're fighting against censorship in the west too, but it is not remotely as pervasive as in Russia!
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  2151.  @hamerful  YOU are the foreigners who invaded another country. Think about that.
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  2152. Russia is a terrorist state that needs to be kicked in the teeth by the civilized world.
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  2153. If you're still blaming France 62 years later, you have a problem. At some point, it's time to look in the mirror and take responsibility for allowing "leaders" to be excused from criminal consequences.
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