>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.
>>64688841I know the population is going to go ape shit at the mere mention of us getting nukes but fuck do we need some, like sixty years ago we should of gotten them
>>64689385In my opinion what we specifically need is miniaturised hydrogen bombs capable of being fired from submarines, as this will allow us a survivable second strike capability without the enormous cost of big dick silo launched ICBMs and whatnotLike you say though its the political issues that are the real problem here, I'm hoping trumps behaviour over the remaining 3 years of his term helps convince people to get over that particular hangup
>>64689051>entire west in support of ukraine want to kill everyone in russia including children./k/ is not the world and as a result the biggest strategic problem Ukraine faces is that this is not in fact the case, if it was they would be receiving sufficient aid
>>64689423I wasn't talking about /k/ or /pol/, most social media is about killing all russians and spaming "slava ukraini" whenever something explodes on video even if it's ukrainian soldiers because retards can't tell a diference.>if it was they would be receiving sufficient aidAid ends when you have to pay real money or are forced to weaken yourself, decades of dismantling European military industrail complexes result in slow production and low stockpiles in first place. When it came to vehicles only USA and ex eastern block countries had some resoanble numbers to send.
In my mind, China has already won. It's only been 1 year of Trump 2 and Germany is talking about the end of American hegemony. Even if someone else tries to steer things back to normal in 2028, the damage is already done to America's allies. Nobody trusts or believes in America anymore. Japan might not be the only country looking for nooks.Dumb motherfuckers had literally the whole world sewed up and you voted in the most retarded people for no reason.In what world would Trump seriously defend Taiwan? He's a pussy who doesn't want to look weak.
>time to shoot a nice .280- ACK!Which cartridge has the worst name? My vote is .280 ackley improved, with an honorable mention to .30 super carry
8.6 blackout should be 330 blackout 22 creedmoor should be 5.5 creedmoor>>64688643I think it takes the cake. 7x51mm would have been just fine. 08 means literally nothing
>>64688695Everyone just calls it 708.
5000 BUCKBREAKER
>>64688212>Which cartridge has the worst name?If you're not a furry then you might dislike ".360 Buckhammer."
>>64688241>Counter point, which name is best?If you are a furry, then you might love ".360 Buckhamer."
The 6th one. Talk about Russian submarines, the nuclear military, all that shit. Someone probably has a link to the first 5.
>>64685608Bhopal was partly caused, or at least severely worsened, by the jeets taking a coffee break while they were figuring out what was wrong.>The decision was made to address the problem after a 12:15 a.m. tea break, and in the meantime, employees were instructed to continue looking for leaks. The problem was discussed by MIC area employees during the break.[24]>When the tea break concluded at 12:40 a.m., the reaction in tank E610 escalated to a critical state at an alarming speed within five minutesTank E610 would release 40 tons of methyl isocyanate, killing thousands of villagers.
>>64688402https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster
>>64685720>created the asbestos filter and got into pesticideAbsolute gamers, debuff stacking on an international scale.
>>64686395So they're now down to around 500 base model T-72s that are being refurbished, plus the 1k or so really worn out T-62s and T-55s?AFVs are a bit less clear, they must have around 4k left. But at least a third of those are in the formations around Moscow and St. Petersburg, i.e. regime security.
>>64672472>Norilisk and Mayak were so bad that during an ecological and pollution review in the early 2000s where Russia basically gave the rest of their industries a free pass to continue polluting, they forced both of them to make changes and clean up their act. It was THAT uniquely bad.Karabash deserves to be up there with them, it probably went under the radar because its a pretty small city (that is literally dying out on top), and not only because it's on the same train line as Kyshtym>While rural areas of Chelyabinsk suffer from the effects of radioactive contamination, the urban population is faced with the impact of the chemical and metallurgical industriesThose people are fucked regardless where they live kekAnd Karabash has still some uniquely grim characteristics even for russia>parts of the city downwind of the plant were permanently evacuated because the dioxin concentration was too extreme>you can tell which way the wind blows by the changing color of the smog>male life expectancy as low as 40>inhabitants complain that when the wind changes it kills plants in their garden and chicken>Silver lining, they don't have to pay ground rent because the ground is so contaminated with heavy metals
>heavy? just lift some weights bro
>>64688969>Milley is a very competent military commander. Debatable
>>64689226SFABs were considerably less stupid than they might appear to you. They were perfected GWOT fodder. Career soldiers granted a little coziness to go with their frontline service. A full NCO structure to chase tewwoists and train browns with more numbers than SF but without retarded one-term newbies to slow them down. They were also active duty reserve units. In event of peer war, just add privates fresh out of basic and you have a full infantry brigade, without the expense of maintaining all those one-term privates in peacetime.
>>64688079Military equipment adoption is a cycle. We have to relearn the same lessons every generation or two and keep repeating what we've done prior. It won't take long for people to realize that having less ammo, even if less ballistically efficient, fucking sucks and people are going to move towards smaller caliber rounds still effective at ≤300 yards and let marksmen, artillery, or air handle anything further out. In general I think the US is learning a lot of the wrong lessons from A-Stan and Ukraine. What the fuck did Hegseth mean by deciding that Polaris OHVs are better for survivability in drone-rich environments over actually armored vehicles? The fuck?
>>64689430He meant they are easier to handle when you're tooling around with a BAC of .29
>>64689439Booze cruisers are the most oppressed group.
Post Keltec level gun ideas for $$$
>>64689349reposting a classic
>>64689421Isn't that just the Halo 2 SMG?
>>64689454It is double maged, meaning it is immediately better.
How does this change the global balance of power now that the US has closed the hypersonic missile gap?
the roach on /pol/ must be losing his mind over this
>>64689023damn donald trumpstein for once is not cucking to russians what a turn of events
>>64689100Meanwhile Russia is doing donkey assaults in the year 2026.
>>64689092>>64689188i do not think it was trump decision. Despite what Trump may be wishing he doesn't have full power and support among republicans and military to completely screw over europe. Doesn't mean he isn't trying though
How is Ukraine able to receive this quality of video feed and send controls to low fly drones targeting airbases inside of Russia?
>>64687692>King Nigger sided with Migrant MerkelLike pottery
>>64687652Right.A fiber optic cable is basically a tunnel you shine a flashlight into. A tunnel so tiny, the light has no room to bounce around in the manner it does on our macro scale. So the light comes out the other end exactly as it entered. That won't work if there are holes in the tunnel. There is absolutely no crosstalk whatsoever between these SM fibers.
>>64683832>It could have been over already if Putin didnt have Epstein related blackmail on Trump.But he doesn't even NEEED to have them. All he has to do is pretend to have them. This is the most dramatic part.And this is precisely why you don't elect someone that can be blatantly blackmailed, it's just so easy to make someone dance to your tune.Europe should also play the music and make Trump do the funny dance, really. EU plays way too nicely and by-the-rules.
>>64682824>How is Ukraine able toForeign intervention.
>>64686669Dat would be true if they were freedumb fries, tehe~
IT'S UP!: https://youtu.be/qvUbx9TvOwk?
>>64689434Just like in Ukraine.
>>64689412age of consent on epsteins island is 14, ergo no crimes were committed
>>64689435They will because the still need to protect shipping lanes. Both sides will attend to interdict enemy shipping while maintain their own. China won't be able to project naval power, so they'll do it with proxies. Every rogue state and third world shit hole aligned with China will be encouraged to prey upon Western shipping and if there's nobody there to actually engage in naval patrols it'll fucking work. What's more, is that the war isn't going to start over night. There will be a build up and thus concentration of US naval assets into the Pacific, and you'll still need people to fly the flag during the build up.>The FF(X) can only patrol home waters if there are no sub threats.No shit, hence the initial commentary on the state of the USN surface fleet.
>>64689437>In the U.S. Virgin Islands the age of consent is 18Lol, keep defending pedos to own the libs retard.
>>64689437You are subhuman, and I do not debate subhumans.
Do sidearms still matter in current meta?
>>64687021No, and they never did.
>>64687230>He said he'd prefer it to be smaller than an M9 or P320>something like a P365 or an M&P Bodyguard would be enoughWhat happened to the U.S. Army distinction with smaller pistols for officers, the M1908 .380, Colt Commander
>>64687021>in warThey became obsolete in WW2 as soon as things like the MP40 and M1 Carbine were developed. They were merely symbols of rank for officers and specialists like paratroopers.>in everything elseNo they are useful and still relevant for civilians and cops.
>>64687176>recorded knife kill>recorded pistol kill>recorded kills
>>64687021Yeah
Post gear, discuss gear.Innawoods with doxycycline edition. (Dreaming of Spring.) Old: >>64643979
>>64688477Yeah, PDs can buy NIJ certified plates for cheap as fuck using DOJ BVP grants. The grants will cover up to 50% based on need, so your local Sheriff can buy Hesco 4601s for $405 a set (assuming 10% bulk / LE discount) but you pay $900. You cannot NIJ certify a shield, because they fall under NIJ 0108.01 and not 0101.06, so PDs need to pay full price. Take a Hesco 4601, make it a 20x30 Level IV shield, you're at over $4.5k. Shields use expensive materials, and a lot of them, because weight is on a premium. Many ceramic shields use Silicon Carbide, which is very expensive from American sources but barely more expensive than Alumina from Chinese sources. Jinwudun sells big III+ SiC shields for only $1,200, and last I checked, they're still paying import charges for you. 20x35.5" windowed one here:https://jinwudun.com/products/nij-iii-bulletproof-shield-silicon-carbide-ceramic-material-spray-polyurea-layerFive monopoly bucks says they'll make a Level IV version if you ask, but it'll need to be wheeled unless you're the T-1000.
I'm going to buy a jinswoosdon shield and a botach battering ram call me The Doorfucker.
>>64673341>>64688510Cool, thanks. In your opinion, or anyone else who reads this, is there any reason to get the 3612 over the 3810? More or less the same weight, thickness, and price, but the 3810 offers slightly more protection being able to take a 7.62x63mm JSP round. Also, generally speaking how much space is inside of plate carrier pockets thickness wise? Since these plates are light, I was wondering if I could put backers in for some more protection
>>64689373>is there any reason to get the 3612 over the 3810? More or less the same weight, thickness, and priceThey're rather redundant. 3612 is slightly lighter and somewhat cheaper, but loses out on 7.62x54R LPS and .30-06 JSP. If those two aren't a problem then 3612 is the better buy. 3811 is much lighter but is significantly more expensive.>generally speaking how much space is inside of plate carrier pockets thickness wise?Rule of thumb is that you don't start running into fit issues until the plates are 1.15" and up, but that depends on the carrier. Plates thicker than 1.2" are iffy. My Protech 2230s for example need to be worked into my TT vest and they're 1.2" flat. Once in I can squeeze IIIA backers behind them.>I was wondering if I could put backers in for some more protectionThat will reduce BFD but not likely increase threat level by a substantial amount. At that combined weight you'd perhaps want to look at LTC 19513s or Hesco 3411s which add M855A1 protection.
>>64689239I'm pretty formal with strangers and will call you Mr. Fucker, out of respect.
Black Nitride edition Guide: https://files.catbox.moe/9g5sv2.pdfPastebin: https://pastebin.com/gs6mLNikPrevious: >>64674842
>whataboutism>straw man>has never shot a comped gun but professes to know about their effectiveness>still didn't answer the question>still didn't post a gunSigh.
>>64689320>Why aren't you carrying a Pit Viper then?Hey, I'm not the guy you are being an insufferable faggot to, and I don't know if you noticed, but that gun is like, a lot bigger than a Bodyguard.
>>64689320>Ben Stoger
mashroom and revolvorb
>>64688913>cop shooting posterYou must have been gone all of last season because I forfeited my own OP privileges months ago as a gesture of good will>>64688892He said it was porn
I need a safe for muh gunz. It needs to be able to be wall stabilized or not a tipping hazard. Needs to be able to fix six rifles, and around a dozen pistols. Other room for bullshit like mags and ammo, and bullion would be ideal. It doesn't need to be high end, it's quite literally only being purchased so small children cannot access it with ease. I am not worried about burglars.
>>64686760>A sheet metal gun cabinet>sheet metalYou mean a security cabinet. Honestly, high-school locker tier security.
>>64686838>so if that alarm goes off I’m calling the cops then opening the garage door>safe is open>call cops who put you on hold>open garage door for easy escapeShrewd plan.
>>64686760Still have the one I bought when I was 16, back in '73.
>>64685985>far more expensive than sheet metal cabinets and if made poorly they can still be popped open in 2 seconds with a crowbar.But aren't they harder to pry open if they cannot be laid flat on their backs, by bolting them to the structure?
>>64686760this, the absolute minimum to get women to stop worrying
- 1x Type 003- 1x Type 076- 1x Type 055- 7x Type 052D- 4x Type 054A- 2x Type 054B
>>64688988then why don't they, even after all this time?then there's also the uhhchinese "mentality"demonstrated brilliantly by the chinese officers and crews in this video
>>64688999Oof I can't imagine how the propaganda guy had to spin that so the CCP could save face.
>>64687667no subs?
>>64687667Wait thats it?The shills here had me convinced they were shitting them out like the US in WW2
Do people unironically think America is going to beat China lol? Literally all China has to do is inflict ukraine level casualties on the US, which is maybe 2k a week and Americans will be in the streets protesting to end the war.Tucker and Fuentues will be calling for an end to the conflict, blaming the sitting president, fox news or CNN will be railing the administration 24/7 depending on which party is in office. America has no chance unless they have some super weapon that can cripple China instantly.
How Was Your Christmas EditionOld: >>64674136Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhT8aI9-X5I
>>64689313wonder if its actually space magic or if there is some glaring fault with the can. Pew science has a tendency to hype up cans that kind of actually suck or are just meh.
>go to sports store to pick up supressor>system down until next year>OK let me pay now and get the paperwork done for submission>hurrdurr no comeback on Jan 2>in the middle of a workday>can I just call and put it on hold>nono come all the way back on Jan 2 and spend and hour and a half filling out forms after work
>>64689390If you dont have christmas eve through Jan 5 off you're a nigger and dont deserve a suppressor anyways.
>>64689417I've had off since Wednesday and I can't wait to go back to work tomorrow. It's literally all I have to do
>>64689417>>64689433I don't understand why he couldn't just take the money and let me fill out the forms.Then I'll come back in another half year or whatever because we all know this change is going to get the ATF all sorts of fucked upSilencer Shop killing it for a reason
yeah
>>64689407selling it and putting the money towards a proper walther
What's wrong with it? What version do you have?
I dont have it yet but I was planning on getting the 22lr version of it sometime in the future. But does it really jam that much that people are saying about it
