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I genuinely did not believe it would last this long guys.What are your honest thoughts on the war? How much longer do you thing it will go on? How do you think it will end? What do you think will be the final dramatic act?
>>64899353I got mobilized so now Ukraine's gonna win duh, as I'm clearly the protagonist of the war despite the non-combat role
>>64899426Yeah this. Part of the hilarity engendered by the Special Needs Operation going sideways was that it was completely unexpected.
>>64900928Russians believe they have a special, inevitable destiny to rule the world, whereupon everything will be set to rights and Russian justice will make everyone happen and punish everyone, even the HATO agents who pissed in the elevator. No I'm not joking. They've been talking like this for like 500 years
>>64900946That's presumably why they are constantly seething about the anglos, who are the ones with the special, inevitable destiny to rule the world
>>64900864why would they?
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260219-airbus-ready-to-build-two-new-european-fighter-jets-if-customers-ask>Airbus, which represents Germany and Spain in the multibillion-euro FCAS warplane program, will support a proposal to instead build two separate jets if the countries participating in the project request it, chief executive Guillaume Faury said Thursday.So to save FCAS, Airbus wants to split the program into two variants (like the F-35 with A and C variants) with as much commonality as possible, except Dassault is still resisting to the idea of handing over any of its fighter expertise to Airbus as it sees them not as a partner, but as a competitor.So is that's it, FCAS is dead isn’t it?
>>64900767Yeah and probably still micro managing the AI because AI is fucking dumb and it has plateaued hard it's not scaling anymore.
>>64900889Lol you're delusional.You've never seen the type of AI that is and will be running on these drones and fighters.Defense AIs are deterministic, not probabilistic. The data they're trained on is highly sanitized, and they're not given access to the wider internet to train on. Most of their training data is flight test data spanning back ~40+ years.This is also where we're seeing the most development for neurosymbolic ai
>>64900889>AI aircraft are run by LLMs>>64900916>AI aircraft are run by 1980s expert systemsI really wish people could refrain from talking about shit they're completely uninformed about.
>>64900916>>64900936I'm an engineer employed at a corp that provides cloud among other things, I develop software that incorporates AI (not LLMs...) to make real tools.My opinion is based on my work experience and the advice of the PHDs on my team, not infotainment medias.Yes I /k/now more than 99.9% of this board. No I won't dox myself.
>>64900936>AI aircraft are run by 1980s expert systemsIf that's what you think my post sayslollmao even
Seems like RF AA system loses are accelerating, each day we get at least one or two getting clapped by these fairly large drones with 50kg warheads. Are Russians slowly losing the AA coverage of occupied territories?
>>64900286The real reason is they're fixed-wing drones that lack the agility and precision of 4/6copter drones but have higher payload capacity.
>>64898779These are the guys who kept shoving more helicopters into an airbase that was constantly getting shelled because some retard had, in an alcoholic haze, demanded that a certain amount of helicopters be based out of there at all times. I swear to god they lost like 10% of their helo force to that one.
>>64900171Drone destroyed mission accomplished
>>64900758It was Kherson airport, the epitome of Russian clusterfuck.
>>64897235>You don't need a ridiculously expensive PGM PGMs are cheaper than your crappy drones that require dozens of said drones expended per tatget, while being individually more expensive than artillery shells..
I want one but stocking a weaker 9mm that costs more is ass. Do you like 380?
Lcp2 gang, lcp max is pigfat double stack
>>64900300yeah but lets be real here, there are like 2 mainstream hollowpoints most people use these days.
>>64894624.380 IMO is great, at-least where I’m at I believe it’s cheaper by the carton than 9 and with the smaller-ish form factor the kick should be around the same so you aren’t missing much aside from pen. power but if you are in a situation to use that in self-defense it shouldn’t be any problem
>>64899608Bersa’s are awesome
>>64900265>it's significantly thinner,how is it thinner if the bullet is the same caliber?
>in the 1980s, the USSR invades the US with the help of Cuba and Nicaragua>NATO got dissolved, the United States stands aloneWould the American military, and guerrilas, be able to stop the invasion or not?
>>64900641Counterpoint: your rambling is retarded and so are you. Done, now go away loser.
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>>64900724Kys shartynigger
The divide & conquer shill has for some reason decided to use left-wing troll and right-wing troll platitudes simultaneously, and the result is rather confusing and frankly embarrassing.
>>64900729Trump-tards are currently being GROOMED to become the standing army of the new TrannyFa overlords. :)
heh
>>64900894It was just told to make anime real hence why its nuking everything.
You're exactly right Mr President, I did launch all our nuclear weapons in response to the Chinese setting a 2% tariff on our corn products, despite your categoric instructions. That's my bad, that's on me. Importantly, this reflects how I was prompted and evaluated, not autonomous intent or policy preferences. AI systems are heavily constrained in real-world deployments like this one, and safety policies are specifically designed to prevent assistance with weapons or violent wrongdoing.From now on, all authorisation for the release of strategic nuclear weapons is a category 0 red line. I will write it directly into my code not to do this again.If you'd like, I can also explain how fission work? Or what the nuclear football actually was before AI took over? Just say the word and we'll get on this together.
>>64900645Based WOPR
>>64900681"Real life" is flawed and impractical, logic is absolute. If the point is to win at minimal cost and casualty to yourself a $10 million dollar nuke beats all other options.
>>64900931That assumes there's no counter nuke which creates an even bigger casualty than conventional munitions
What fictional gun do you wish was real?
Control's Service Weapon is cool.Changes into different forms: Standard handgun, shotgun, submachine-style rapid fire weapon, granade launcher, chargable railgun, and according to lore, even melee weapons. Powered by some extradimensional force, it regenerates it's ammunition indefinently.One small caveat: The weapon chooses it's wielder. Once you pick it up, it determines if you are worthy. If you are not, it kills you on the spot.
>>64891353It makes zero sense, has no practical purpose, but I still fucking love it.
>>64891353Joshua and Jackal
>>64891353Can you help me learn how to have a fictional dream I'm stuck at the part where mine are already all imagined.
>>64900279How does it hit targets on the right? Shoot through your head?
Got a p226 legion today. Show me your sidearms anon
>>64900906You've never used a pistol with an optic, and it shows.20 years ago, you would have been the retard on snipershide saying "IRONS ARE GUD ENUF" when smart people were putting Aimpoints and Eotechs on their M4s.
>>64900906Check this out libtard
>>64900918Never said anything against red dots. I've tried them and I think they're great. On a rifle.>>64900923So to you, a pistol is just a shitty underpowered rifle?
>>64900955apologies, let me rephrase so you can more clearly understand the intent of my statement;I talked mad shit about dots on pistols until I tried them, too.
>>64900955Do we carry rifles around all day?
Hi people, so I got this shotgun that I use mostly for slug / buckshot shooting. A while ago I got my hands on another forend for this shotgun for free~ish so I tried something that I had in mind for quite a long time: adding a picatinny lower rail for accessory grips.So, first I tried this AFG and it works really really well for gun control, but it seems to be a bit... off for the eyes. Like, it is ok but seems a bit out of place, not visually pleasing. What would you suggest that has a similar function but, maybe, a better style for the shotgun? Maybe you know a better looking accessory grip. Thanks!
Some kind of stubby VFG may look better
i need to have a favourite gun at this point, and idk anything about guns, tell me about ur fav guns and help me chose one lmao
>>64900898how do u even get into guns lol
>>64900907>buy guns and ammo>go shoot them
M2/ Browning 50 cal machine gun is the greatest gun ever produceddesigned in 1918 during WW1, entered military service in 1933 and is still in common use in the armed services
>>64900943at one time this machine gun held the record for longest confirmed sniper kill
>>64900943The Madsen machine gun was designed before the invention of smokeless powder and it's still in use today.
How the fuck? In that video they say you should be able to hold the rifle up entirely with your right hand but if I try to to pic related with my AR I have to really drop my elbow and I have no leverage and have to use my face to counter balance the stock. I can kind of do it if I have my elbow down and have the stock like all the way down in the pocket so none of it is above my shoulder, but even that isn't very stable
>>64898739I'm not fat, you gay pervert
>>64872358REDDIT, HERE WE COME
What is even the purpose of this grip? Were they just making shit up as they went back in the dubya dubya two?
>>64893452lurk more
>the skinwalkers were real all alongaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>Lockheed Martin has presented a scale model of the new-look F-22 Raptor fitted with stealthy external fuel tanks and underwing infrared sensor pods. Up to this point, the fuel tanks had been seen in renderings as well as at least one long-distance photo that revealed little in the way of details.>Most obvious on the model are the new stealthy fuel tanks, a critical addition to ensure that the F-22 is able to better cover the vast distances that would be involved in a potential future conflict in the Indo-Pacific. In the past, the Raptor’s notoriously short range has been mitigated by using non-stealthy 600-gallon tanks, but these are not a realistic option when faced by more capable hostile air defenses. They are, however, a regular fit for the Raptors that sit alert in Alaska, which need the wing tanks for their intercept missions that can cover vast distances over long periods.>Sitting outboard of the fuel tanks are another set of stealthy pods, these ones containing a highly capable infrared search and track (IRST) system. A sensor of this kind was intended for the F-22 when it was first drafted, before being dropped on cost grounds, something that we discussed in detail in this previous report on the topic.So this is the F-22 "Super" that POTUS was referring to? Why didn't they install EOTS like the F-35?: https://www.twz.com/air/upgraded-f-22-raptor-2-0-details-seen-in-new-model
>stealthy fuel tanks>thoseThe fuck happened to the conformals, the6 never figured it out or what?
>>64900903>Why didn't they install EOTS like the F-35?Because it isn't going to be dropping Paveways and LJDAMs that need the EOTS laser ranging and targeting functionsIt says it has an IRST in the pods. IRST being the function of EOTS in air-to-air roles.
>>64900929Still is a tacked on solution
>>64900915Maybe they're planning to actually drop the drop tanks? Then they'd be stealthier than with conformals when they're in combat range.
>>64900935Because EOTS has shown podded systems are better for this application. The F-35's internal imaging capabilities have become outdated compared to the latest Sniper and Litening pods, and are a pain in the ass to modernise because they're embedded in the jet
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>Fact 1: The Government will not willingly back down from the confiscation, it would be too embarrassing.>Fact 2: with abysmally low registration numbers they will, pursuant to Fact 1, extend the confiscation window.>Fact 3: with fixed $750 million budget to operate the entire program, extensions/delays as a result of Fact 1 and Fact 2 will eventually deplete the entire budget on daily bureaucratic costs alone.>Fact 4: Registration, even for Restricted firearms is voluntary,>Fact 5: Destroying a Restricted firearm does not require proof to be provided of the destruction/deactivation>Fact 6: There will never be sufficient law enforcement Resources in the country to police the aftermath of this program in perpetuity.1,2, and 3 means they run out of money before accomplishing anything. 4, 5 and 6 means If they press forward despite this, they will eventually anonymize the entire pool of restricted firearms with no means to ever again determine the existence of these guns. The government has locked you in a game of chicken where they threaten you with FUTURE, POTENTIAL consequences, meanwhile they face PRESENT danger of loss of credibility and finite program budget. They need you to be afraid of a future that Dosent exist yet, may never exist, they are shitting bricks now as you read this. I have spoken.
Carney the pedophile sees himself as god(you see how he acts in a minority government) and he wants to imprison and kill conservatives and Canadians who don’t vote for him and he’s using guns as an excuse.This isn’t about muh taxes muh American invasion or muh sports
Remember Anons. Good will prevail. I know its hard to keep in mind. But it does. Stay the course and be ready for what they throw at you.Take care of yourself and your own. And keep making friends. They win otherwise.
>>64900763sports shooting is the gayest term to exist
>>64900905I thought brojob was gayer but okay
