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they dont look like they got their 72 virgins

Because the news doesn't report on positive actions. Fear brings views.

>>23305190
That guy looks fucking cool.

Shot himself.

lives with his grandma and doesn't talk to any of his old friends.

>>23303411
I knew a former ranger who liked coke and booze and was as crazy as the day is long.

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>>23308370
>Can we all agree
You know good and goddamn well that we can't agree about anything here.

>>23308370
>/k/ agreeing on anything
I think we can only agree that weapons are fucking cool.

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Probably. Keep in mind they used these ships for orbital bombardment as well.The missile is practically obsolete since they can easily be shot down. You can't shoot down a a 30' 600 ton depleted uranium slug fired at 12,000 kilometers per second.

>>23303239
thanks OP im now sitting here with a cold chill cradling my 1911 and looking behind me

>>23303273
SKSs with an open bayonet here.

The video isn't helping.

>>23303294
>mfw i didnt even watch the video

Nope we're not going to do this nope nope

>>23289631
are you
>>23289571

>>23289631
I would kill myself before being a furry.

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>>23286884
How do you kill that which is already dead?

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>>23286884
By becoming one of them of course.

>>23288434
A solid push.

>>23286802
tinnitus

>>23286814
you forgot to state your country

>>23286802
back pain

>>23286518
"G"'s refer to gravitational pull. while standing you excert one G, or one Gravity. while in a plane turning 45º at 400mph you excert close to 3 g's. its the force of the inerta of your body going one way pushing you into the seat, which its inerta is going another way, thus "simulating" a gravitational pull to the seat. This is the best way i can explain iy OP. now stop being a faggot and feel it for yourself.

>>23287654

While correct, that's a bit of an incomplete answer.

In order for an aircraft to turn, you need to bank it and place the lift vector outside of purely vertical. Once that happens, if you want it to turn faster and have a smaller turn radius (assuming constant airspeed and altitude), you need to pull back on the stick. This causes centrifugal force (inb4 it's a pseudoforce, I know but let's just go with it) to press you down in your seat, increasing the number of Gs you feel.

So the rough equation is more Gs, higher turn rate, smaller turn radius.

>>23287654

Also pulling Gs sucks. I can feel the blood pooling on the bottom of my forearms.

>>23281492
I remember that thread. I suspect you should have brought it here in the first place.

Here's my take on the situation. Carry an air horn instead of spray, and also carry a gun. The horn because it has longer range than spray, and it might serve to scare the animal away. If something is within spray range, you need to have your gun ready because you won't have time to transition if things go south. You're also tactically withdrawing, not standing there and taking selfies with (insert animal here) to post on FB.

A rifle is preferred, .308 being the minimum caliber you're looking for. Or possibly a 12ga with slugs. Look up the ballistics to see if a 12 ga has enough penetration. Speed of follow up shot is also a consideration.

If you choose a pistol, my inclination is to go with a wheelgun in at least .44 Rem Magnum. Avoid 9mm, regardless of magazine capacity, due to marginal penetration in this application. It was originally made as a military round and is not well suited for hunting purposes. This application isn't hunting, as such, but it is big game shooting.

So there's my opinion. Crack a beer, sit back and enjoy the show.

>>23282046
>.308 being the minimum caliber
Bring PTR/FAL/M14 hiking for no worry about animals ever!

>>23282079
I was thinking something more along the lines of a bolt gun. Though I suppose I have no room to bitch if you pack an M-60. Anything in a full size rifle caliber will do. Just don't miss

>>23272020
>Beat Ace Combat Zero on Ace mode
Fuck you OP, now I want to play this game.

>shoot a perfect NRA Combat score (200/20x)
I've come close a couple times. My best was a 199/17x.
>get good enough at extreme-range shooting to warrant a .338-378wby
Currently my .338RUM outdistances my ability by a large margin.
>shoot a trophy moose
Haven't gone moose hunting yet. Need to do that.
>finish out the North American Grand Slam
Missing the Desert Bighorn. I've put in for the tag drawing for the last 17 years with no luck.
>finish out my Winchester collection
I'm missing an 1886 Deluxe in .40-70. That's it. Unfortunately they only made about 900 of them so they are extremely rare and expensive. After that I will have every variant of Winchester levergun made in every caliber they were offered in.
>shoot a perfect skeet tournament
That's 4x100. My best is 100x100x100x99, and that was years ago. Fucking .410.
>shoot a Chinese water deer
I don't even know if these are legal to hunt, but goddammit I want one on my wall. I have literally every other species of deer in the world on my wall.

>Finish college with some goddamn dignity (last semester)
>18X, yo.

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Because I like to fly

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I also like landing, sometimes

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But I mostly like flying

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A question just came up, "Can one learn from wars?"

It is a question I would answer naturally with "Yes". I would of course answer it with "yes". And I would connect it to the observation that learning also happens during war; which is a much more difficult and less evaluative form of learning. I shall exemplify this using the example of the first world war. I might add that I didn't just choose this war because I wrote a book about it and thus am rather familiar with the way it went, but also because it is the "key-war" to understanding the 20th century - without this war, the 20th century would have certainly went differently on an elementary level; neither Mussolini nor Hitler, neither Lenin nor Stalin would have probably gained power - ergo the second world war would have not happened in this form - at least in Europe, how things would have turned out in Asia is another question.

Second, I also think that this war is particularly interesting because it is a contraction of time. In many regards it begins with tactical and strategic models but also supply and equipment resembling the war of 1870-71, and by its end - not only in terms of iconography but also in terms of strategy - the constellation of 1939-40 is reached. Thus this war is an example of learning.

In the following I will distinguish between learning during war and learning from war. During war, one learns under time pressure and for the purpose of optimisation of actions and maximisation of actions. The goal of learning is victory, or rather - prevention of loss. Learning from war on the other hand follows an evaluation of cost and gain, and it provides at least the possibility to take a look at the purpose of war itself.

As you see, I made an analytical difference, akin to the disguised intellectual General von Clausewitz, as he distinguished between goal and purpose. Goal of war is what we want to achieve during war, purpose of war is what we want to achieve through war.

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When learning from war, it is possible to estimate the value of a victory, which means to ask the question whether it was possible to convert a military victory into a political success.
This is not a matter of course. Very often the military victor is not the political victor.
In general, the principle applies that one learns from defeat more and better than from victories. The victor, due to his victory, is under the impression that he has done everything right. The political scientist, Karl Deutsch has put it wonderfully into words, saying: "Might is the licence for not having to learn."; of course he also had in mind that this might change at some point and if one has had power long enough but refused to learn, then one is in danger of becoming powerless in the future. The losers on the other hand reach, due to their defeat, the conclusion that they did all kinds of things wrong and have to change those.
The remarkable thing of WW1 - and that is the third reason why one should take a look at it when considering the initial question - is that what I just said does not apply to the German side. It did not consider the general framework of peace and war, at least not in-depth and to a point where it would affect political actions after 1918-19, but it - at least when it came to results - focussed on increasing the active military capabilities, in order to reach the goal it failed to reach in 1918.
This paradox has to be explained. And the explanation I propose is that the German side had learned during war - out of all participants - possibly the fastest and the most effective.

>>23270349
>Lernen im Krieg - Aus dem Krieg
schaus mir mal an, hoff es wird interessant

>>23265984
>why are wars lost when a team runs out of money?

>>23265989
You speak as if the crusaders couldn't harvest resources from the local region or anything.

>>23265994
alright back to firefly studios you go

>>23270568
Bumb

>>23270568

why are aliums always nekkid

I'd think if you went to another planet with a potentially hazardous environment you wouldn't step out of your spaceship with your dick swaying in the wind

>>23270634
To fugg biches

I dunno, man. Maybe they dont need clothes?

also, discussion about Dulce base and underground anti alien warfare? Probably complete bullshit, but hey, aliums

http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/branton/esp_dulcebook14.htm

>>23258344
A dildo, that shoots battery acid?

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Looks like there's a little glint to it...

>>23258360
I'm guessing a dragon dildo, as well.