>4x Rafales>1x Su-30MKI>1x Mirage 2000>1x MiG-29>52 minutes
>>64676123>>64676939>>64681994>>64682006>>64685639Where can someone read online about the air battle? The Wikipedia article is useless.
>>64685663you can't. all the sources are biased as hell from both sides. if you want a summary than>india got attacked by terrorist>they immediately blamed Pakis>fired bombs or missile (idk) at a mosque which injured and kill people>they tried to do it again but got intercepted this time because the entire airforce is equpped for A2A and the enemies have way more AWACS than you and and most of their fighters are data-linked >rafales (not sure how many) mig 29 and su30 all got blown up >India started firing missiles at Pakistani bases >Pakistan also fired it's missiles >ceasefire is announced >India claims they made all the airbases inoperable and hit all the terror camps>while Pakistan claims they hit a missile munition werehouse, some bases and a s-400the end
>>64685663good luck finding shit in jeetgle. you wont see seo spam of this magnitude everunironically pakis are the most serious source>>64687356there are evidences of four rafales and a mirage shot downone with the bs-001 serial still visibleone with a mica still attached to the hardpointone filmed shooting a missile at the ground before crashingone with an engine nozzle partially intactalso a mirage 2000 recognized by the enginei dont care about the russian shit
>>64676157MIC lobbyists in washington will unironically never let a sale to india go through after seeing the massive hit to french MIC prestige when chinkjets shot down jeet piloted rafales, so no worries there
you are telling the Americans had cool looking AR battle rifle with wooden furniture that shoots big bollets and they decided to adopt the shitter version that shoots smaller bollets. were the Americans retarded?
There's not enough reason to pick it over the M14.Only argument would be reduced muzzle climb, which the e2 did basically that.
>>64687502Wtf are you on about? The USMC is using Gen 3 IMTVs, the SPCs never saw widespread adoption
>>64687382>woodNope
>>64687382>were the Americans retardedNo but you are
Shitter's full
>In Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that "Japan's leadership is attempting to accelerate militarization," with reference to increased defense spending under the Sanae Takaichi administration. Amid escalating Japan-China tensions, he expressed Russia's firm support for China's position on the Taiwan issue, inferred that Russia would provide China with military assistance in bringing Taiwan back under China's control, and made veiled threats about the consequences of Japan interfering.>This appears to refer to Prime Minister Takaichi's parliamentary response regarding a Taiwan contingency potentially constituting a "survival-threatening situation," the Japanese government's proposal of a record-high defense budget for fiscal 2026, and considerations to revise the three non-nuclear principles. Lavrov pointed out that the "acceleration of militarization" under the Takaichi administration "will clearly have a negative impact on regional stability."Source:https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c5993ae64bfc1aa80ba17f8036e6546ea4030addI am under no delusion that Russia's much-diminished military could provide any meaningful aid to a Chinese marine invasion of Taiwan. Nor am I deluded enough to believe that this is anything more than lip service from Russia to China--probably directly requested by China--in relation to China's crashout over the Japanese PM stating that Japan would defend Taiwan from invasion as a matter of national self-preservation. However, I hope that statements like these from Russia convince Japanese that they have skin in the game, that it is better to kill Russians in Ukraine than in Hokkaido, and that Japan should start sending real military aid to Ukraine.
>>64688372>didn't allow Rockfellers to run his countryInstead he allowed smelly commies to run his dead wife through.
>>64687626Does this mean the whitehouse will now tell Japan to surrender immediately?
>>64688372Imagine sucking kremlin dick in the current year. The sign of a subhuman.
>>64688357Oh wow, thanks for these numbers. I knew more about the F-2 and realized how much I undersold the ASM-12.
>>64688414They launched 7 missiles this past summer of the improved Type-12 missile and they went more than 1000km.FY26 budget purchases ~300 of them.
I used to intern with a Class II FFL precision rifle builder who also manufactured some NFA items and no joke, you can literally make a good quality (albeit rough finished) suppressor for under $100 provided you have a lathe. You can make even cheaper wipe suppressors for close to $50 out of pipe tubing you find on amazon. I remember watching this video by an American volunteer in the Ukrainian International Legion who talk about a company in the Czech Republic that sold suppressors for the Bren 2 that cost $125 so clearly it doesn't cost that much to make them yet I'm having a hard time finding anyone selling even shitty .22lr whip suppressors for under $500. Certainly with the NFA tax going away you'd think there'd be a market for cheap suppressors in the US right?
>>64684773kek
>>64687147>3d printed titanium is likely to remain expensive.>"Oil filter adapters", "freeze plugs in a tube", and "solvent trap" type suppressors are likely to be quite affordable.Jesus Christ there are suppressors between titanium and oil filter thoughJust look at some Euro catalogues
>>64688022>Jesus Christ there are suppressors between titanium and oil filter thoughAnd their price is likely to run between those of the titanium and the oil filters, was this really so complex I had to type it out for you?
>>64687147>"freeze plugs in a tube"I haven't seen those, what's that all about?
>>64688454>googled itah, honey traps
Hey anons, I’ve started getting interested in weapons, militaria, and artillery. But I have no idea how to study or research this topic. Does any anon know or have resources for that? I always look at /k/ threads, or some messages in militaria channels on Telegram, and I get completely jealous of people’s knowledge. They can identify weapons by name, know about calibers, understand military history, etc… I wish I could have the background to join those conversations.
>>64687976Concept starts with a name. Saw some weapon in movie and games? Imfdb the media.Read document, put new names in notes.Search database again with those names, note down the new document if can't finish in one sitting.Analysis detail by asking question about how these concepts are linked in the component and big picture, before and after. Do it a few time, realize there is too much to read and the rest feel like a grind.order and map the notes to organize what you have.Distill patterns and principles as you realize they are just different appreances of the same thing, different combination of the same building blocksAsking more basic and fundamental questions like a designer would, if you are the engineer type. Ultimately like the notes we make, something has to be done with the new knowledge, mostly an advantage for a competition prize and a role to be fulfilled.Database you can use are dtic, internet archive, science journal, then google and library search. Im too weak to dig through national archive.The document include field manual, handbook, report, memoir\vignette, some autist's blog and some cadet's thesis who tries to graduate academy. Don't read stuff from an active military staff, all garbage of the month.Hopefully you don't end up as pdf horder like me.
>>64688029>>64687980thanks.>>64688029>maybe your time is better spent elsewhere.Thanks for the advice, but honestly, I just like the subject. I don't think I need a purpose or anything like that. I just have an interest in militaria and want to learn more.>The other point is that there is just too much - an aircraft weeb and a navy weeb won't necessarily have much overlap with a tacticool and a HAM weeb or range weeb with a HEMA weeb, etc. Decide your weeb class.I want to be a jack-of-all-trades weeb :D
>>64688326What stupid questions do you have now OP? Honestly asking stupid questions is how you learn.Why does a heli kill a tank?Why does an IFV get killed by a tank, but the Bradley sometimes doesn't?Why did the Tomcat get discontinued?Why do you still need ground troops when drones win wars?
>>64688213Thank you for the text, it was very informative. I will take notes. What did you mean by 'Hopefully you don't end up as a PDF hoarder like me.'?
>>64688382It takes minutes to recognize the value of a text book, download and flip through, days to plain read hundred page, and more to take notes and do practices. After all it takes half a year of 5 hrs a week to finish a book when your parent paid money for someone to nag you into finishing. The powerful feeling of getting a valuable book that feels like would answer your problem deminishes when actually invest time reading it as you don't actually have a problem at hand or would take on the problem. Retard like me just keep adding more book to the harddrive for that hit of rush.
https://youtu.be/9OXFnVCJHBc?si=89rM-PqH-jI60d6y
>>64685635>more F35s crashed than su75 and other russian 5th gens existvodka-addled putindrone: >"That proves Mighty Russian jet more reliable!"
>>64661602Consisering what happened to Iran, ignoring F-35s is a definitive self own
Should've bought Gripen.
>>64687242Why?
Are they an effective, cheaper alternative to heavy aircraft like the AC130 for air support?>Pic-related is an AC235 by KADDB and Orbital ATK
>>64686641>Why don't they export the AC-130 anyway?Because it's just a transport plane with guns on it
>>64688064you could at least open wikipedia before your mouth
>>64688300Wikipedia says as much in the first sentence
>>64688411this nigga fucking retarded
>>64688300>The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). >The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed, long-endurance, ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport, fixed-wing aircraft.First sentence on both articles.
>heavy? just lift some weights bro
>>64687185So weird to see the US going the way of heavy rifles with less ammo capacity when everything I’ve seen from Ukrainian and Russian sources says that lighter rifles with a shit ton of ammo is what you want for close combat in a drone saturated environment. From what I gather appeared to pure war all your long range combat is mostly done by artillery and drones in the 21st-century. Long range engagements between infantry units are very rare. The Azov international guys say that assaulters are carrying upwards of 17 mags per guy. A Ukrainian recon guy I talk to said it’s not uncommon that guys will expend about 400 rounds during a hot mission. That’s about 13 mags of 5.56 and 20 mags of 7.62/6.8mm. Somebody who knows the weight of that shit do the math but it’s obvious which one weighs more.> but what about owning camel jockeys in the desert?I’m sure it’s a great rifle for shooting at desert dwelling sheep herders who don’t even know how to properly aim an AK but is it really the best rifle for pier-to-pier infantry land war when actual professionals doing the hard-core fighting say otherwise?
A 12lb AR would have a thermal one it and carry more ammo. Smash/smart scope+specialized ammo would do everything NGSW does.
Remove the optics and the suppressor.
>>64687185A guy on one of the precision shooting youtubes was saying that "pushups are free" regarding lumping an AR-10 out for mountain elk. Twelve pounds of rifle gets real heavy after some miles.
>>64688113And that might be fine for a guy hunting in the woods with about 30 pounds worth of gear, but the modern soldier is carrying close to 100 pounds of gear. I wonder if that same guy has tried hunting elk in full combat kit with a three days pack worth of supplies while huffing an AR-15 and still thinks that push-ups are free.
>WWII American vets>get drafted>go overseas for 3 years straight, no body armor, any shot is basically fatal >fighting conventional warfare against organized armies backed by economies engaged in total war>leave behind a wife and 6 kids, can only communicate via snail mail >experiences almost 20x the average combat action as modern day vets>war ends, immediately return to work with no special passes>work until 75 years old, get $6 a month from VA for minor chronic onset shellshockVs>enter military voluntarily >get to pick your job, and get a big bonus >maybe you might - possibly- get deployed overseas for 9 months>a mortar lands 60km from FOB mall>get back home>ETSComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64688253How can a man be patriot if his country doesn't spoon feed him every month so he can play games and chill 24/7?If you aren't on welfare and are a patriot. You are a fucking retard.
>>64686650WW2 vets were in my experience very civil and nice people compared to e.g maga milennials, they also had manners, more intelligence and a concience and dignity completely lacking in the bullshit roided 2A civil war head full of kremlin piss youtube brigade. They won their nations respect, millenials won their nations contempt
>>64688290>If you aren't on welfare and are a patriot. You are a fucking retard.>>64688432>millenials won their nations contempt
>it was the year 3522
>>64687294>Stone age grug>hear leader roar and know that all grugs need fight now or rest of tribe will forever sleep>have to pick up rock or stick which means must drop berries into mud now, might not find after>leave small grugs and female grug behind in cave, can only make talk by screaming back at them louder than leader grugs roar, but they no understand>by the time I have good rock and join fight many grugs are forever sleep and red, or about to forever sleep and screaming while red leaks out>I kill 3 grugs with rock, bash red out until they no move or yell, but 1 grug pretended to be sleep, he poke me with stick, red come out and I fall into mud>leader grug see this and stomp my head until dark start coming, take my rock and female grug back in cave, kill my small grugs>I go now to forever sleepVs>Common soldier during the 100 years war>told by my liege lord I can take a vacation from backbreaking farm work and travel the countryside>bring my trusty billhook, am very experienced and confident in it's use >know that my dozen or so family I leave behind will be taken well care of because I have taught them well, and they also have 1 less mouth to feed with me being gone>most of the time spent away is marching, burning down and looting some undefended villages, paying a visit to the wenches following the army, and once or twice I stand in line while my lieges knights and men-at-arms win battles and then tell me and my friends to mop up afterwardsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
How Was Your Christmas EditionOld: >>64674136Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhT8aI9-X5I
>>64688256Gangle's cool. She ran that Spudsys like a navy seal
>>64688330Replace the brace and free your soul
>>64688310Post pics of how you're holding the gun. Your support palm should be directly on the side of the gun with your thumb over it there should be no gaps anywhere.
>>64688256Kinger is the MVP, Jax is queer and a griefer
>>64688377I figured it out with ChatGPT
why is the entirety of latin america armed with galils,tavors,barak missiles...
>>64687860>Peru did buy Belarussian MIGsWait, whut?
>>64687862In the 1990s, when the Carter embargo was still in place. It's what prompted the Americans to lift it.It's one thing to lose sales to France or Israel, but it's another to have Russian arms make inroads in the region.
>>64687846>EuroTends to have some American parts which we have the power to veto sales>RussiaUnless you're Venezuela or Cuba and have already gotten on our shitlist it's political suicide>ChinaThere are a few nations either buying or strongly considering chinkshit but it seems like unless they're getting some kind of belt and road deal with the kit they're not adopting Chinese stuff
>>64687860Or Mexicos Mi-17s, Russia really liked to pay off debts or pay for food in exchange for military hardware. Also the reason Worst Korea has T-80s
>>64687846>EuroToo expensive, too complicated, too many strings attached, too specific for Euro conditions>RussianNot useful in smaller numbers, mediocre in every way, no customer support>ChinaUnproven, chink quality issues, more strings attached than Europe somehow
Today the Somaliland coast guard showed off its entire coast guard to celebrate Israeli Recognition I'm sharing every boat showed off. Seems to be 1 warship, a few patrol boats and 2 other boats
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>>64688424>>64688426Nice to see you again. What even is the current state of the frontline in the east these days?
>>64688426
>>64688430Pretty meh, we've kicked them back to the 2008 border so we don't border Puntland as much but its best for rn Some assholes online claim Adwal has fallen but that dispute was fixed in a day
>>64688433
>Ukraine lost 87% of its Abrams tanks in under two years. Australia's 49 replacement tanks arrive as the 68-ton breakthrough weapon has been forced into a different role>It is now used not as a spearpoint but a "shielded hammer" — only surviving in a symphony of sensors, jammers, and screens.Tanks are now truly obsolete:https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/australia-completes-delivery-of-49-abrams-tanks-now-they-must-survive-the-drones/
>>64682208Probably because it would limit gun depression increasing exposure to ATGMs and MBTs.Drones aren't the only threat, just the only threat that records every kill.
>>64679297Yes.
>>64686595Can you explain why each tank shot results in exactly two small white clouds appearing at 20m intervals in front of the respective tank?
>>64687019Sabot casing most likely.
>>64686673because that's the kind of war monke wants to fight, Ukraine is doing fine spawn camping the frontline and hitting industrial targets, eventually the whole thing will collapse like a house of cards. Kursk was already what you describe, much better because it was a deep push into Russia but it didn't do much good as a PR thing because western media is perma demoralized Russia===USSR and they don't budge easily from their frozen patterns of thought.
The M113 is immortal. It will keep getting upgraded and will serve on Mars.
>>64686582I hate this vehicle like you wouldnt believe
>>64686743nothing quite like the sound of a two-stroke V6 beating itself to death
Except it's not an M113 but an AIFV. Nice try though.
>>64687157It's an evolution of the M113 and shares parts in common so it's part of the family.
>>6468670830mm is the smallest actually functional caliber for antidrone flak rounds.
what if we vibe-coded the next NGAD?
>>64687737You'd cut the cost for a few hundred engineers and then need a few hundred engineers to fix all the dumb shit the AI halocinated into the design.
>>64687737It probably just downloaded an f35 model from grabcad. Trying to vibe code a workable CAD model would take ages.
>>64687769It takes a lot more work to fix shit code than to write it decently in the first place, so replace the second 'few hundred' with 'few thousand'
>that name
