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Off-Topic / Re: In the news...
« on: 20-03-2014, 18:03:26 »
Well, some Indian in Cracked tell us a story about his father, a MiG-21 pilot. The plane is called the "widow maker" for a reason. His father ejected twice, and on both occasion, he has to fly deadheading and cleared from any wrongdoings. So, after the 2nd ejection, his backbone compacted, and now relegated into flying cargo planes.

http://www.cracked.com/article_20991_5-reasons-flying-fighter-jet-way-crazier-than-top-gun.html

We also have MiG-21, a beautiful sleek-looking plane. But their small wings, mean that they have a very very low wing loading, and that semi-delta wing also means they are not particularly easy to control during tight turns. What our Air Force veterans say is that it is obviously very fast (clean aerodynamics), but not very good at controls, it easily spin out of control. MiG-17 is deemed far more agile and more controllable, but very slow.

Maybe the Indian Air Force is looking for interceptor. In that case, the MiG-21 shines more than F-16, because it has one of the fastest acceleration to Mach 2.0, behind English Electric Lightning and the famous Concorde passenger jet. Yes, not even the famed F-15 or MiG-29 or Su-27 can catch them when they dash for it. Or maybe, they just hate the F-16 because Pakistani is using it. LOL

BTW, I was quoting the cost for Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 1, the Tranche 2 version is probably very similar to Rafale-C's current price. I haven't seen any data for the new flyaway costs.

From what I remember it was the Starfighter they called a widow maker, we personally called them flying coffins. :D

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Off-Topic / Re: In the news...
« on: 19-03-2014, 21:03:38 »
Or souped up MiG 21s. The F16 was judged somewhat crappier than the souped up MiG during the AMCA trials.

The MiG 21 is still produced? :o And if it is, which version was tested in AMCA? From what I remember the IAF (Indian) had horrible experiences with their MiG 21's constantly crashing, although that doesn't necessarily mean it was the planes fault, if the Indian's weren't maintaining it properly.

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Off-Topic / Re: In the news...
« on: 19-03-2014, 20:03:07 »
If F-22 didn't suffer from teething problems like Oxygen supply system, I think F-22A is no match for any fighters in production as of today. I am saying this as an American hater.

Pretty sure, the 2012 Red Flag results (Eurofighter Typhoon got 'kill lock' on F-22 during dog fight), and many other anecdotes are just people pissing on F-22A's somewhat bloated reputation. But frankly, in real combat, F-22 is like the Koenigstiger, nearly invincible but not without flaws. For instance, unlike the Typhoon, the Raptor is stealth from ground up. It's radar is far more capable in air superiority role than Typhoon's Captor-E. The only thing that Typhoon clealry win is ground attack capability.

About the price, in 2006's USD, approximately, F-22A was around 178 million. Typhoon was 74 million, F-35A (at that time) was 45 million, now it is more than 100 million. Rafale-C was 117 million, Super Hornet was 55 million, and lastly, Grippen was 40 million. The quoted sum was approximate flyaway cost, not an actual price tag.

That's why everyone should get F-16's on steroids :D The Block 50/52+'s or the Block 60's with the AESA radars, JHMCS compatibility, conformal fuel tanks and the AIM-9X's to pair up with the AIM-120C7's. Pretty effective force with much less money spent. Plus when you compare an F-16's cost per flight hour compared to many others, its cheaper on that end too. :D

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Off-Topic / Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« on: 19-03-2014, 20:03:58 »
Weren't the TAM tanks essentially Marder's with Leopard 1 turrets? And if Argentine could sort a budget to produce an MBT, would they have the know-how to produce a modern one that could hold its own against modern counterparts? I'm guessing they could but what kind of engine could they use? Germans are too anal about their engines when it comes to exporting.

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Off-Topic / Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« on: 18-03-2014, 20:03:33 »
Argentinian mutineers aka "caraspintadas"... literally meaning "painted faces" I think, not entirely sure.


EDIT: I didn't know crotch covers for body armor were in use during the mid-80's.. The more you know. :D
(referring to the guy on the left)

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Off-Topic / Re: Turkey needs your help!
« on: 16-03-2014, 10:03:55 »
Politics, with you and them attitude. How silly it is, when we all are just tiny speck in the universe.

Isn't your concern about the religious Muslims Turkish is the same thing that Russia feared for Yanukovich supporters (which mostly are ethnic Russians)?

I didn't say I was concerned xD Turkey was a mess before I got here, it will be long after I'm dead so I'm sitting back in the countryside and watching it all go down.

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Off-Topic / Re: Turkey needs your help!
« on: 15-03-2014, 12:03:10 »
There's no telling how something like that would result, just that one way or another it'll be bad. All I see when Erdogan is gone will be that certain Muslims will be opressed for helping keep him in power like that self exiled rat in America Fethullah Gulen and his people. Either way the radical muzzies will lose.

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Off-Topic / Re: Turkey needs your help!
« on: 14-03-2014, 09:03:22 »
Protests kicked off again as a result of a kid who was hit in the head via a Police tear gas canister, he was in a coma for 269 days and he died a few days ago. While it is true most Turks aren't liberal this doesn't necessarily mean they are religious nuts. The majority claim themselves to be Turks first and foremost and then Muslims. That would make them nationalist conservatives but nobody interfere's with anothers belief here. We answer to Ankara, not Mecca.

So this is not a case of secularism vs Islam, its a case of the majority vs a corrupt Government that stole billions from the country. Foreigners sometimes link this thing to religion because AKP masks itself as humble Muslims when really tbh they're thieves trying to get Muslim votes.

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Off-Topic / Re: In the news...
« on: 08-03-2014, 13:03:58 »
So far in the last few weeks, Russian and US Navy ships have been passing by my ferry on my way to work every morning... What the hell is happening in the Black Sea, I've seen more than a dozen foreign ships by now...

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Off-Topic / Re: In the news...
« on: 06-03-2014, 21:03:02 »
This is still strange. Who in the world wants to belong to Russia? As far as I remember the tenor was always like this: everybody run, the Russians are coming!

I always thought even the Russians would prefer not to be russian.

Pretty much every ex-USSR state afaik has a large Russian speaking minority that want to be with Russia again. My fiancee is Estonian and she runs into them everyday, most of them are Estonian citizens and don't even speak the language.

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If I witnessed all the fuck ups humanity has done I'd be an alcoholic too ;)

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Off-Topic / Re: In the news...
« on: 06-03-2014, 14:03:04 »
How come Putin is portrayed as the bad guy here. The EU/US did agree to a temporarily Ukr. government that included Yanukovych. Now the government only consist of the former opposition making it a coup d'état after the fact.
The US/UN has started war on shakier grounds than that (Fuzzy pictures with make believe WMD's storage location).

Actually you have to give credit to Putin/Russians where its due. They haven't really shown any hostile intent (soldiers without ammo, the "polite" troops not keeping a magazine in their weapons to avoid being seen as hostile etc) nor did they show any intention that they'll be occupying indefinitely. Its a better occupation than NATO could have dreamed of, if we'd done the same there would've been shootouts at one point sooner or later.

I'm pretty sure this will all be over sooner or later, a post modern "bloodless" coup. The Poles and whatnot with their troop movements are just overreacting. Russia has no intention to have a stand-off with a NATO member. To me it seems like some countries are just trying to poke Russia.

Is it okay to send troops into a sovereign country as long as you don't have your guns loaded?

The fact that unmarked gunmen were able to take a whole area over night, without any reaction from any Ukrainian law enforcement or military outfit really says just how careless everyone was in Kiev. You think a military that has its shit together would let men with no form of identification take over something as big as Crimea? Sure the Government collapsed, but the military is supposed to step in during that time, the Ukrainian military did not, and the Russian did.

I'm not exactly supporting the occupation but I think this story is more about the incompetence of Ukrainians officials getting caught with their pants down rather than the big bad Russians. Imagine if an area within a NATO country was occupied so easily, without a shot. That country would have some explaining to do.

EDIT: I don't know, maybe I'm thinking too "Turkish" (Turkish tanks and APC's would secure every street corner in the country within 24 hours of a Government collapse) when it comes to these ex-USSR states, I could be very wrong but at least I know the rights a military has and what rights they don't have. The Ukrainian's did two mistakes, one is they used local conscripts to man the bases in Crimea. Locals will always have problems performing their duties when it comes to their own neighborhoods and streets, the second mistake precedes the first and is just as important. Ukrainian military should have sent out patrols and secured airports, Government buildings and Police headquarters/stations the second the Government collapses, and should've responded immediately to reports of masked gunmen taking important landmarks in the area. Had they responded faster, they wouldn't have been in the corner they're in now. The law is on their side, not only do they have the right to reinforce public order but it is also their duty once the civilian leadership collapses.

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Off-Topic / Re: In the news...
« on: 06-03-2014, 13:03:27 »
How come Putin is portrayed as the bad guy here. The EU/US did agree to a temporarily Ukr. government that included Yanukovych. Now the government only consist of the former opposition making it a coup d'état after the fact.
The US/UN has started war on shakier grounds than that (Fuzzy pictures with make believe WMD's storage location).

Actually you have to give credit to Putin/Russians where its due. They haven't really shown any hostile intent (soldiers without ammo, the "polite" troops not keeping a magazine in their weapons to avoid being seen as hostile etc) nor did they show any intention that they'll be occupying indefinitely. Its a better occupation than NATO could have dreamed of, if we'd done the same there would've been shootouts at one point sooner or later.

I'm pretty sure this will all be over sooner or later, a post modern "bloodless" coup. The Poles and whatnot with their troop movements are just overreacting. Russia has no intention to have a stand-off with a NATO member. To me it seems like some countries are just trying to poke Russia.

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Off-Topic / Re: Geoguessr Game
« on: 06-03-2014, 00:03:24 »
Yes, geoguessr is a very nice game.
Here, try to beat me: http://url.geoguessr.com/6G0k  :)
LOL last one was in Québec! There was french and and Québec's flags everywhere man! Also I knew the place in the photo :D

I didn't look for any flags, it looked a bit like NY State, including the old American school buses. :D Luckily I wasn't so far off.

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Off-Topic / Re: Picture of the Day (Other eras)
« on: 06-03-2014, 00:03:08 »
The pants at least, look very much like a plain green uniform with waterdrops on it :d

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