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Junkenstein

Quote from: Cain on April 11, 2017, 09:06:37 PM
Quote from: East Coast Hustle on April 11, 2017, 05:31:37 PM
So he's been reading Zerohedge? :lulz:

Funny story, the guy who runs Zerohedge?  His dad was a diplomat and journalist for the People's Republic of Bulgaria.  He wrote for the Communist Party's own propaganda outlet...as a roving international commentator covering political and military conflicts.

If you're thinking NOC for the CSS's 1st Directorate...well, you're not the only one.

That adds a hilarious level to that rp debacle a while ago.
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Cain

It's amazing how many popular conspiracy sites have ties to Russian figures.  Like Global Research.ca, Infowars, the LaRouchies...

Prelate Diogenes Shandor

Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on April 07, 2017, 03:31:50 PM*eta: Does this mean there are now a couple of dozen top secret missile guidance systems currently just lying around in the syrian desert?

Presumably they're only classified so that people won't know how bad they are.
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00.dusk

Quote from: Prelate Diogenes Shandor on April 12, 2017, 02:09:16 AM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on April 07, 2017, 03:31:50 PM*eta: Does this mean there are now a couple of dozen top secret missile guidance systems currently just lying around in the syrian desert?

Presumably they're only classified so that people won't know how bad they are.

We actually know quite a bit about their guidance systems. They can't go very far off course (due to their GPS receiver), and the newest Block 4s "phone home" with their coordinates so that if they're deviating and don't realize, they can be corrected by humans. There's even facility for mission abort in the new ones, IIRC.

Here: https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/bgm-109.htm
Also: http://science.howstuffworks.com/cruise-missile3.htm
And for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TERCOM

They're very good. That's why this whole shitshow /stinks/. There's no way in hell that that many Tomahawk missiles get launched and less than half of them land on target. That requires unprecedented mass munitions failure or purposeful malevolence.

The Wizard Joseph

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-appears-back-away-bannon-i-steve-n745501

QuoteI like Steve, but you have to remember he was not involved in my campaign until very late," Trump said. "I had already beaten all the senators and all the governors, and I didn't know Steve. I'm my own strategist and it wasn't like I was going to change strategies because I was facing crooked Hillary.

QuoteSteve is a good guy, but I told them to straighten it out or I will.

:lulz:         :lulz:         :lulz:
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So at this rate it would probably be good to set up a pool on the job survival time of the remaining staffers, I remember people joked about it day one, but it seems to be a rate of one a week now.
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Junkenstein

Well it looks like spicer next. When you fuck up this consistently you're just asking to be sacked. And that's obvious even before the current Hitler debacle.
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Quote from: 00.dusk on April 12, 2017, 02:39:58 PM
Quote from: Prelate Diogenes Shandor on April 12, 2017, 02:09:16 AM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on April 07, 2017, 03:31:50 PM*eta: Does this mean there are now a couple of dozen top secret missile guidance systems currently just lying around in the syrian desert?

Presumably they're only classified so that people won't know how bad they are.

We actually know quite a bit about their guidance systems. They can't go very far off course (due to their GPS receiver), and the newest Block 4s "phone home" with their coordinates so that if they're deviating and don't realize, they can be corrected by humans. There's even facility for mission abort in the new ones, IIRC.

Here: https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/bgm-109.htm
Also: http://science.howstuffworks.com/cruise-missile3.htm
And for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TERCOM

They're very good. That's why this whole shitshow /stinks/. There's no way in hell that that many Tomahawk missiles get launched and less than half of them land on target. That requires unprecedented mass munitions failure or purposeful malevolence.

On the other hand, they've been on the shelf for a while, and anyone with hands-on experience with munitions can tell you what that means.  Also, more complexity means more failure points.
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Cain

And today, the Trump administration drops a MOAB on the collection of Taliban rejects otherwise known as ISIS in Afghanistan.

Despite the fact that ISIS in Afghanistan are hiding in the hills of the N2KL because both the government and the Taliban hate them, and they have no popular support.

Why not drop a bomb on the Taliban?  Well, that might upset Russia.

Cain

Looks like North Korea has missiles that can, at least in theory, hit things now and aren't just repainted SCUDs with parts from Pakistan and China.

Cue:

a) China desperately trying to keep the missiles pointed away from itself by promoting "dialogue"
b) South Korea and Japan going "well, fuck, but we we're always in range"
c) the US media shitting its pants, causing
d) Trump to shit his pants, causing
e) a further racheting of tensions with North Korea, possibly by adding ships to the naval task force already on its way to Korean waters and putting soldiers on the DMZ and in Japan on high alert, leading to
f) a whole lot of stupidity.

Junkenstein

So the annual NK sabre rattling is going to be even funnier than usual then?
Nine naked Men just walking down the road will cause a heap of trouble for all concerned.

Cain

Quote from: Junkenstein on April 15, 2017, 08:16:22 PM
So the annual NK sabre rattling is going to be even funnier than usual then?

Last night my feed was full of North Korea and arms control specialists going "ohhhh FUCK".  Not paraphrased.

00.dusk

Quote from: Cain on April 15, 2017, 10:21:52 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on April 15, 2017, 08:16:22 PM
So the annual NK sabre rattling is going to be even funnier than usual then?

Last night my feed was full of North Korea and arms control specialists going "ohhhh FUCK".  Not paraphrased.

So it's going to be quite possibly /very/ /very/ funny, for radioactive values of "funny".

The Wizard Joseph

Quote from: 00.dusk on April 15, 2017, 10:54:33 PM
Quote from: Cain on April 15, 2017, 10:21:52 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on April 15, 2017, 08:16:22 PM
So the annual NK sabre rattling is going to be even funnier than usual then?

Last night my feed was full of North Korea and arms control specialists going "ohhhh FUCK".  Not paraphrased.

So it's going to be quite possibly /very/ /very/ funny, for radioactive values of "funny".

Let us not forget the chemical. VX is known to cause perma-GRIN. Sarin will choke you out, but as I hear it VX causes a sort of neurological signal cascade that causes contortion and muscular contraction strong enough to crush organs, break bones, and this can pull the facial muscles into... new places.

He killed his own brother with that shit. Wanna bet he's a full blown psycho with a god complex hopped up on meth and just itching to re-experience his fratricidal rush?

I'd like to think I'm wrong here, but my guts haven't been able to put it to rest since I heard HOW his bro died. It's always been amusing to me how little info actually makes it into "the news". Wouldn't want anybody to panic. It's bad for national security.
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Salty

I make a pointed effort to avoid thinking about VX and it never works for long.
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