When will the USS Ford be able to launch F-35C's?
>>64764845Yes, sort of, it can laynch/recover, do all that normally but it doesn't have certain testing/maintenance stands for the F-35c so it can't do like 100 hour or quarterly maintenance. Apparently due to changes that were made on the C model after those had already been installed. Navair doesn't consider it a huge issue though as the jets can get cross decked over to a different CVN for the inspections or just land at a airbase or whatever. Presumably will be rectified next time it is in an availability at the yard.
>>64769113USS Gerald R. Ford
>>64763619>US pairs new aircraft with mature carriers and mature aircraft with new carriers to mitigate risks>China has no choice but to rush their new aircraft onto their new carrier because the J-35 can't launch from their other carriers>Somehow this means China stronk or something
>>64771265I've always wondered if the Marines have a similar issue with operating F-35Bs from the older assault ships or if it's just a Navy/F-35C thing.
>>64771581It's not a risk mitigation thing. Like anon >>64771265 said, the Ford wasn't built with the maintenance infrastructure to handle the F-35C but a couple of the Nimitz-class have gone in for their midlife refueling/upgrades since then and so they do have the needed maintenance facilities. One of the (many) reasons why the JFK has been delayed so much is that they decided to go back and refit it with the new hangar/maintenance bays while it was still under construction, instead of waiting 25 years for it to come in for a midlife refit.
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>>64765877Based fixed carry handle enjoyer.
>>64771571only if it's an A1 rear
>>64771579trip dubs got you wrong, son >>64770044
>>64771579It's a metal 2 position CAR 15 stock.
>>64771548Snow camo is cool
Post your most interesting, cool or weird uniforms and kits. Pic related isBengal troops uniforms during colonial period.
>>64748314Damn. Totally forgot about those guys. I think they said that the helmets were made out of fiberglass or a similar material that provided no protection. They also said that you couldn't lie prone while using the helmets because of the "neck guard" would prevent you from raising your head up. I think Saddam's son just liked the style and that is why they used it.
>>64770818What was the "battle uniform" for those guards?
>>64771413Image you linked is the Restoration of 1814/15 (excluding Napoleon's 100 Days) to 1830, per wikipedia at least (open to being wrong here) this is what they'd be wearing in active service. I'd assume like the Swiss guard you'd have stuffy guys around the palaces with the actual reserve or non-duty guys drilling and training in something like this
>>64771413OK reading more and that specifically is the Garde de la Manche so more of a processional bodyguard outfit. If you look at the UK, the Honorable Corps of Gentleman at Arms and especially the Royal Company of Archers are similar. Something like an elite honor guard but not necessarily the best of the best delta force guys but very tenured experienced people in a semi ritualized thing.
>>64762539>>64742471are these the same ?
I posted about this a long time ago, the day I found these magazines. A shitload of old hunting mags going back to 1980 (ignore the CDs and games). I'd love to scan and share them, but all my research comes up at the possibility of copyright rape. Is there some way to do this that I'm missing? I don't want these to slowly turn to dust in my entertainment center
>You’re in command of Cuban military. >US Carrier group parked outside your island >Trump seems determined for a regime change How do you defend the island?
>>64770583How do the crayons taste?
>>64770884Every time someone cites the 'gorilla warfare!1' meme they can only ever cite those two examples. One in Vietnam where the US military was hamstrung by it's own government and wasn't allowed to to follow them or attack North Vietnam. The other in Afghanistan where the Taliban scurried over the border into Pakistan and the US Government prevented the military from following them again, and every time they climbed over the mountains back into Afghanistan they got turned into paste. That's not even to mention the K:D ration in Vietnam was lopsided in favor of the US to put it mildly, and in Afghanistan it was outright laughable for the amount of time we were there.Guerilla warfare doesn't work on an island against the US military (the island itself being within pissing distance of America too), with a bunch of weapons leftover from the 60s, with a population that by and large isn't interested in maintaining Communism for the sake of it. Anyone interested can go and check out how the Cuban 'masters' faired in Angola.
>>64770884Yea, being trapped on an island without retreat or resupply, while the US airforce is circling above does not sound very sustainable.
>>64770672No, their economy sorta collapsed when the soviets did and AFAIK they haven't gotten any new equipment since the late 80s
>>64771018you're a retard that's mad goat romancing tribesmen and buck-toothed gooks btfoed you, now coping with your video-game highscore logic>muh political constraintsthat's a military reality retard, the US internal system allowing for its military prowess is reliant upon a pacifist populace that is not aggressively tribal and ethnocentric, thus excluding certain forms of warfare from your military repertoire, the fear of chinese intervention in north vietnam was also a military reality>muh US K.D in vietnamwhy do mutts always seem to forget the south vietnamese they claimed to have been helping in the first place? your 'allies' died in droves as wellyeah you guys could have 'won' your conflicts by nuking and genociding everyone, followed by your system collapsing from the implications and cognitive dissonance that would ensue from a humanist universalist society going Genghis Khanbut yea the cuban government is full of scammers, liars, and idiots, they're not going to have much support once the US bribes their officials with a piece of chicken and 15$
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp0zeixbbRcDid he cuck?
>>64771307This is the norm in most countries. I lived in Japan for 10 years, and every single fucking time I went out without Japanese people, cops would ask me for my papers. This is only a problem if you're illegal.
>>64771425>every single fucking time I went out without Japanese people, cops would ask me for my papers.We don't need to know how black you are anon
>>64771425>This is the norm in most countries.Well, then go fucking live in those countries. This is America.
>>64771440Why would I? We're checking papers in America now, which is exactly what I want.
>>64771440>This is America.Yes, America. A country in which you'll be asked for your papers from now on. Deal with it. The majority voted for this.
>this is all that remains of the cubans that tried to defend madurodamn, what kind of weapon could cause so much damage?
>>64770220>Delta Force is now a pay2win chink Battlefield clone with anime sluts>Joint Ops dead and buried foreverAnd lets not talk about Rainbow Six
>>64771474I feel like we could kidnap most world leaders no problem. I also feel like Kim, Xi, and Putin would be next to impossible to kidnap, particularly my man Kim Jong-Un.
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>>64771497Didn't they give Rainbow Six magic tier gear in the books?
>>64759627The brown note.They pooped themselves into total dessication.
What causes slavabooitis and how can it be cured?
>>64771037That has no bearing on looks or taste you fucking child. Yes I know the AR is better, that doesn't change my mind that I think AKs are pretty neat
>>64769248Doesn't matter, Ukriane is Slavic. For the longest time STALKER has been called slavjank and placed on a similar pedestal as the Metro series and guess where those games come from. Slavshit doesn't mean Russian, it means anything Eastern European which includes Polish stuff, Romanian stuff, even Yugoslavian stuff even though they were never aligned with Russia
>>64771335>Russia is a vast open air gay clubTrue, I especially like this one
>>64769248Ukraine is to Russia what Canada is to America. Literally identical but historically less successful.
>>64771381>BOY-Z
Did I do good /k/? First time buying a handgun.
>>64768157>All new tablecloths>not buying vintage table cloths from Goodwill for $0.10 on the dollarLrn 2 shop.
>>64771408>>not buying vintage table cloths from Goodwill for $0.10 on the dollarnot OP but I worked at goodwill while I was in college and I would not recommend anyone buy any sort of clothing or fabric from there. They don't wash any of it, and at least twice a week donation bags would come in with either human or animal shit mixed in with the clothes.
>>64771421You know there's entire industries of cleaning products out there specifically designed to combat every type of shit that could soil linens?
>>64769634>pic semi related.I prefer the hipsters that were autistically enthusiastic about random obscure shit more than the current crop of youth that don't believe in anything and have irony-poisoned themselves. Also, my family is involved in the coffee importation business and those faggots made us rich, so they have our gratitude for popularizing it.
>>64771421>goodwill doesnt wash clothing>therefore me, the consumer who buys the clothing shouldn't wash it either???
UN peacekeepers should be armed to the tits. I'm talking tanks, artillery, jets, high training & standards for every soldier. Hell give them fucking nuclear weapons, arm every infantry man into high hell and train them into guerilla warfare & build emplacements.Then you take them, force them between two countries. And if either side tries to attack one another, you kill anyone approaching the border. You bomb bases near the boarder and shoot down any planes. And if they somehow get close to destroying this peacekeeping force, you nuke them.>But how do you fund it!You force everyone to do fund it. 0,5% of GPD from every country on earth, if they don't their government will face the wrath of the peacekeepers. Its a positive for more peaceful countries that don't want to maintain massive militaries due to lower military spending. This would also make the world much more stable which is good for making money as well.
>>64771278I don't care about your faggot e-celeb posting, we made fun of the fag before Willis was even around newfag. Fuck off and die. All Italoids are subhuman mongrels.
>>64771500I'm sorry an Italian fucked your wife, anon. I assure you, someone else would have at some point.
>>64766111You are what, 12?Other than the NATO countries, all other countries send their worst garbage as "peacekeepers". They shouldn't even be allowed to carry batons.Every place they get sent to should build pyramids out of blue buckets.
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Alright /k/I’m working on a game that has you up against machine human hybrid soldiers that are heavily influenced by the following.>Strogg from Quake 2 and 4>Virus 1999>Borg from First ContactI should note there is no nanoprobes stuff for the Borg or Strogg.If you had the chance to arm the common soldier against these creatures, which can range from crabs that move around and collect materials, to humanoids built from the flesh of the fallen employing the same loadouts, to large tracked cyborgs that tower over humans and tear open doors and corridors like it’s nothing,what loadout would you give them, and why, to counter this?
>>64771428If any of you have played the games or watched the films then you will know there's only one correct answer.A gun.
>>64771428Here's your assault rifle bro, It's a light machine gun technically.
>>64771428Well you better keep in mind its the future so there better be goddamn phaser guns!
>>64771577>its the future so there better be goddamn phaser guns!What's the logic in this conclusion? It's ARslop from here on out. Forever.
>>64771428Stgw 57, it takes rifle grenades, and make it handle like the FG-42 from Day of Defeat.
Whatever happened to the patch threads?
>>64763270>perfect population size>niche subject that's seen as cool but not cool enough to make everyone look into it extensively>getting into it requires extensive lurking More or less a perfect storm for preserving board culture, the only place you get something like that is on much smaller boards that may as well be dead now./g/ has kinda drifted back to that in recent years now that the whole "lern 2 kode!!" fad died out, and another example is probably /mlp/ being a time capsule for pure late 2012 funposting outside of generals.
>>64769402I got better, we tried to determine if he was made of wood
>>64769395Which is acceptable, because everywhere else seems to be retarded about armor
>>64767750I've literally been here the whole time what are you on about?
>>64761372
OH, NO NO NO, turdie bros, our response? Looks like or wonderwaffle fiber-optic drones are no match for US' Epirus HPM. What do we do now? Also, can an anon make a WebM out of this for further use to make turdie shill seethe?https://xcancel.com/epirus/status/2011107372530614662>Epirus’ Leonidas Demonstrates Successful Use of High-Power Microwave to Defeat Fiber-Optic Controlled UAShttps://www.epirusinc.com/press-releases/epirus-leonidas-demonstrates-successful-use-of-high-power-microwave-to-defeat-fiber-optic-controlled-uas
>>64771304>thinks being pro-consumer bomb drone is an anti-luddite opinioncheap bomb drones were a cheese strat and their complete nullification by actual superpowers was inevitable
Not to rain on your parade or anything, but real drones don't fly like that during war
>>64770375>doubt its nice for an infantry man to be hit by this.Infantry are expendable. This whole project shows why 1 scientist is worth 1000 solders.
>>64771304They only work on third world shitholes with fourth rate militaries, like Russia, and maybe Chiner.
>>64771333They can only fly one way. It really doesn't matter, as they're not faster than the speed of light or the beam steering speed of basically an AESA array.
Realistically, what firearm would you need to take down a rampaging Na'vi from the Avatar films? Nine feet of solid muscle and bone (reinforced with natural carbon fibre), extremely fast-moving and agile, fighting on their own turf with very short engagement distances? There's no way 5.56 mm would cut it, would 7.62mm be enough?
>>64767012>purple haired alt girl who's also "bad"Why did they do this, when that's an incredibly popular look at the moment?
>>64765517cameron is avowedly pro-money first and foremost
>>64752947Double Ought out the Semi Auto. if it don't penetrate then the hydrostatic shock will crunch em
>>64753296and you think that started with the second one?it was environmentalist anti-colonial treehugger shit from the outset
How many blue catgirl wives would you as a military commander allow each of your soldiers to take, and what do you base this number on?Note there is at least 50-1 catgirls to soldiers so it isn't physically possible to satisfy all the demand for solider-husbands with the assets you have.
Shitehawk edition Insert that one handed challenge here Guide: https://files.catbox.moe/9g5sv2.pdfPastebin: https://pastebin.com/gs6mLNikBottom text: >>64757035
> won bid for iwi mountain eagle> take it to shoot find out mag is fuckedWell shit, guess I'll hope to find one
>>64771495>laughing merchant.jpg
>>64771105The only thing I would like custom is to make the compensator in the style that I would like, which is those big blocky ones that also connect to the lower part of the frame.I figure if the FNX-45 can be Rowlandized than anything with a steel upper frame should handle it about as good, even if the grip is aluminum instead of steel, but on the FNX-45 I'm pretty sure it's polymer, so aluminum *should* hold fine, right?
>>64768777>can-height sights>no threaded barrelFor what purpose?
>>64771538The optic plate also has a rear sight that aligns with the front and cowitnesses with optics.
