https://www.aeronewsjournal.com/2025/12/uk-open-to-germany-joining-gcap-future.html?m=1Frenchbros...c'est fini
>>647476952010-2015:IHI begins research on a next-generation fighter engine. The goal is a "slim" profile to allow for larger internal weapons bays in stealth fighters.2014-2017:Rolls-Royce begins the E2SG (Embedded Electrical Starter Generator) program. (Which would be early work that would lead to the XG240 concept)June 2018:IHI delivers the XF9-1 to the Japanese MoD. It achieves its performance targets: 11 tons of dry thrust and 15 tons with afterburner, while operating at a record-breaking turbine inlet temperature of 1,800°C.Dec 2021:The UK and Japan sign a Memorandum of Cooperation to jointly develop a Future Fighter Engine (FFE) demonstrator, effectively merging the XF9 and XG240 research tracks.Dec 2022:The UK, Japan, and Italy officially merge their programs into the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP). The engine effort becomes a trilateral mission between Rolls-Royce, IHI, and Avio AeroComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64745149Hard to tell. It really boils down to what Germany wants and how far apart it is from France.From initial designs made by the DLR (German NASA) which likely uses German MoD requirements the "German" FCAS would likely be more in the territory of an F22 in size, load and power. That means: mach 2 supercruise, high altitude, highly-maneuverable, high power output for EW suit and the economy to fly from West-Germany to loiter in. The span between Germany's and France's requirement might be between 125kN and 145kN. Maybe not impossible to make such an engine with two derivatives for a German and French FCAS. Dassault maybe prefers to just further develop the m88. Hard to say.
>>64746290Europe had mass immigration before the marshall plan?
>>64749755The “Peace Dividend” is from the 90s, not the 50s.
>>64747168The GCAP project HQ is based in the UK for a reason.
Post gear. Discuss gear. Chico's got an M1 Garand in the Streetz Edition. Level IV required.Old: >>64713312
Mark my words. When the bangers get some of these >>64744486 shit's gonna be nasty. Stendo mags like a yardstick standard issue no cap
jpc 2 status in 2017+9?
>>64751211People like it, you could probably find one used too. Other options exist that are newer like lv120 or arc 3, if you want something really light similar to jpc you could check out esstac daedon. I ended up choosing defense mechanisms mepc, I have to wait another month before they finish it but they have a huge choice of camo and cummerbund, structured, laminate, elastic, hybrid, Velcro tubes roc etc. I chose the most expensive cummerbund tubes hybrid structural 5" plan to run side plates. It was $370 using a coupon code after adding plate bags so I'd recommend it on price, features, camo, quality etc. Most these brands want you to pay premium and nickel and dime you on everything, I also don't need a zip on back panel that I can't get into. Decide what you want and see who makes the closest to that without paying for shit you don't that you have to pay more to get what you actually wanted
Protech 2230s came in. Was going to use them to replace the ones in my PC, but decided to consoooom and buy another one since I got a good deal on it.
>>64750773>>64750212The main issue I have with Tasmanian Tiger is that their designs are straight up dogshit. Check out picrel. It's like every bad idea rolled up into one carrier. > Absolutely retarded "air mesh" that absorbs sweat, mud, and dirt, and makes the carrier only good for airsoft in mild climates? Check!> Dual bulky shoulder buckles? Check! I hope you don't like shouldering your weapon, lol! > Floppy, unreinforced, and weak-looking laser-cut MOLLE? Check! > Floppy elastic cummerbund? Check!> 2.2 pounds empty? Check!!> $500?! YEAH!And that's not even their worst carrier. Look up the "Anfibia". A $40 Amazon.com carrier puts it to absolute shame. In fact, I don't think that TT have any good designs. Everything is deeply flawed in some respect. Also, the quality is Airsoft-grade, and they've always been an Airsoft company. That's not even close to the biggest problem with them, though.
Philippines will get 5th gen fighters before Chinahttps://defencesecurityasia.com/en/philippines-kf21-boramae-delivery-2027-2029-south-china-sea-airpower/
>>64746545The F-35B is perfect for the PAF. We can have American pilots to fly the jets if the US is concerned about classified F-35 data being leaked to China
>>64741799NiceLooking forward to see them use those planes to make chink planes crash into each other like what their coast guard did to the chink navy.
>>64748270>if the US is concerned about classified F-35 data being leaked to ChinaAlready leaked by the likes of Israel and Chinkapore, if not by sympathizer Chink-Americans working for LockmartThe FA-50s when not in use are locked inside temperature controlled highly secured hangars in Basa, Ebuen and somewhere in MindanaoNot even maintainers and pilots can access them willynilly
>>64749980Many seething Australians on /k/ have already been sounding the alarm since the US decided to sell the F-35 to Singapore as they believe it compromises Australia's air defense to China. While the US can afford to replace the F-35 with something new in 20 years Australians are going to be stuck with them for at least 50.
>>64749980>Americans decided to sell F-35 to Singapore.>Doesn't realize that Singapore is another Communist China province.>Singapore allowed PLAAF 'technician' to inspect the F-35 in the name of Chinese brotherhood and supremacy>Just a year later F-35 got surpassed by advanced Shenyang FC-31 version.I laughed hard when I saw news that the US is going to sell F-35s to Singapore. The moment those jets land in Singapore there is going to be an army of Chinese spies ready to dig into whatever areas they haven't stolen already
Staccato EditionGuide: https://files.catbox.moe/9g5sv2.pdfPastebin: https://pastebin.com/gs6mLNikThread prompt: Shotshow 2026 handgun predictions/hopes?Previous: >>64734006
What’s your favorite thing in .22lr?
>>64751310You probably do: I don’t have the space for a workbench so I bought a 50$ harbor freight stand and mounted the basic lightweight press and loader Lee sells.I can set it up outdoors or in doors and store it when I don’t need
>>64749270>>64749620Thx for the pointers guys. I think if I'm already going through the hassle of importing stuff from LTT, I'd rather just wait for the full deal. I know I can always spend more money on the gun, but I'm just trying to get a "good enough" setup going. Rn i feel like the trigger pull is a bit too much, esp in double action, so I want to do smth against it, and I might as well do it properly. I know, I know, skill issue, but then again, I like the idea of taking the thing apart and getting to know it a bit better. And I need a good excuse to do it - a trigger job is such an excuse.I try not to be a gunsoomer so I'd rather just have 1 pistol that I've kitted out and have come to know intricately, have shot a bunch in various setups, etc.
At what age do you worry about older handguns?>have an 80s H&R 22lr revolver i love>run across a H&R Sportsman 22lr revolver at LGS, bought it waiting to pick upI assumed it was the same vintage, 70s or something. Turns out its very early production, made in ~1932 (production ran until 80s)Im not too worried about it since its 22lr and in pretty decent shape, but its definitely the oldest firearm I own. Whats your feelings on old shit like that?Im planning on buying some older 22lr bullseye/match pistols, but those all seem to be ~60s vintage.
Lol. Strikerfaggots
This changes everything.https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/indonesia-rafale-fighter-jets-depart-france-airpower-shift-southeast-asia/
>>64749304Mengkagumkan.With this most recent achievement, fate has, in a single puff, marked the decline of the west and China and spelled a new era of wondrous prosperity and peaceful global dominance for the Indonesian Garuda, which promises to firmly stand in sharp contrast to the historically bloody ascent of Chinese powers and the cruel subjugation it brought to the humbler nations of the world. The blessings of Indonesian plasma gudang garam, hypersonic indomie goreng, quantum Ayam Penyet, neutrino soto medan, gamma titanium mono crystal bakso, unmanned autonomous bootleg HoloID merchandise, magnetized plasma Dangdut and the genuine Restaurant Minang will be the instruments with which Indonesia affirms its noble construction of 21st century South-East Asian politics and offers the Asean a different option; an humanist alternative to the depredations of Western and sino leadership and the opportunity for a more equitable and dignified multilateral Kobo Kaneru.
>>64749304Indonesia has also just signed a deal for 48 Kaan from Turkiye. This will give them a fleet consisting of:>F-16>Su-30>FA-50>Rafale>Kaan>F-15EX>KF-21>J-10CThis will be the most powerful airforce in Asia
>>64751597you mean the biggest maintenance clusterfuck you'll ever see (except Nigeria with snow)
>>64751313>hypersonic indomie gorengI kneelThe West has fallen
Indonesia is one of the countries that will become a superpower someday and rival the US.Indonesia is now set to have a capable Airforce once these jets land in Indonesia early next year not to mention Indonesia is buying 5th generation stealth fighter jets from Turkiye.Indonesia also has long range ballistic missile strike capabilities thanks to Turkiye.take note that indonesia see australia as frienemy. australia is a friend, but have high potential to become an enemy. if you read history about relationship between the two countries, the two countries already find them self as enemies many times in history. there's even a prophecy by king jayabaya from 7th century that said nusantara (indonesia) will go to war with it's southern nation (australia) to become the regional superpower that rule indian ocean and south east asiaLooking at how the US turns a blind eye to Israelis killing women and children, Indonesians fear they would be treated similarly to Palestinians if there were conflicts, for example, between Indonesia and Australia. Historically, Indonesia has been mistreated by the US and Australia before. Indonesian has more realistic view of relationship with Superpower.In fact, Indonesia is the one who has to worry even though it is non-aligned but is surrounded by American military bases. such as in Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Australia, etc. there is a possibility that other countries will attack it to take its resources, for example, Australia, which has a military backup from the US, could help Papua become completely independent, especially as Indonesia's military equipment is much more outdated than Australia's. especially because Indonesia is flanked by China and Australia, where the issue will definitely be related to the blurred South China Sea and Australia's potential to help Micronesia push for the liberation of Papua... so maintaining and increasing Indonesia military strength is important
What if you made an entire city out of UHPC,How hard would it be to root out the defenders?
>>64732722>Proper drainageVery true. Germans 200 years ago knew this>t. Posting from inside a 200 year old German house on formerly German clay.The roof fell apart and it nearly went down because the outside brick is cooked but the inside brick isn't and would just wash away. Gutter water also had to be sent a metre or two away from the foundations to prevent further cracking in the walls due to sinking in wet clay.
Knowing nothing, looking at >>64720442 makes me wonder about rebar, does curving it's form reduce it's integrity? I imagine if it was that way as a consequence of bending it on site the same alloy capable of such wouldn't have the weight bearing capacity to not bend under load while curing, but say you mold, an alloy incapable of cold bending to the shape desired like a blacksmith would make a fancy iron gate then coat it. Would any issue arise?
>>64748012It depends. Steel rebar comes in different grades, some are lower-carbon grain-agnostic and can elongate or deform a lot more at the cost of lower ultimate tensile strength (~280Mpa), they bend into eights or a knot without issues. The (roughly) 400Mpa tensile strength rebar that's most common on construction sites is a medium-carbon slightly grain-aligned version, it has a minimum cold bending radius allowed by code. Past that, high-carbon, highly grain-aligned stuff with >600Mpa >1000Mpa tensile strength has larger minimum cold bending radii, once you get past about 1500Mpa tensile they're usually made as twisted cable to retain the ability to bend.
>>64744153It appears to be a tracker token, i.e a key generated to a user/session id stored by the server that would allow google to decode it seeing what user posted the link by matching the key to the id, since it's appended as part of the url the identity is maintained regardless of where it is posted. It's removal appears to hold no functional difference to how the link opens. "si" is believed to stand for "source identifier".
>>64720863>cures faster than normalthat's interestingi've read about mixing coal ash particles into concrete, and that's supposed to make it stronger at the cost of curing slowercould you make the giga-nigga concrete mix also cure slower, without making it shitty? if it could be done, waiting an extra 30 days for it to harden seems worth it when you're building something that'll last a thousand years
Skydagger, a Baykar affiliate in Türkiye, is now delivering 10000 FPV attack drones to the Turkish Armed Forces every month. The company has a target of producing 1 million units annuallyhttps://x.com/haluk/status/2010371711334572432
>>64748885quite cool roachtech. It's good to see that they make all the sub-components on their own instead of buying them from china
>>64748885Is this even legal?
>>64748885Did they announce price tag?
>>64748885>TürkiyeSorry, it's Turkey. Just like it is Swaziland and Ivory Coast. Not going to use their trannyname.
>>64751579>Sorry, it's Turkey. Just like it is Swaziland and Ivory Coast. Not going to use their trannyname.Fuck you, I hate the ambiguity when I say that I love turkey.I love to gorge on roast poultry with all the trimmings and hate being jabbered at by scammers outside every tourist trap in Istanbul.It's Turkiye for me just so people know what I'm fucking talking about.
Starting with this piece of shit. Any gun that gets a cracked frame within 20,000 rounds is an irredeemable hunk of absolute dogshit. That isn’t even a high round count for 9mm. Glock runs circles around beretta.
>>64749953Thank you.
>>64751099checked, wrong
>>64748928Beretta is all about style.If you need to use a gun against another person, then your life has gone down the wrong path.Glock is a plastic mass-produced weapon for the ghetto.
>>64749943The infamous slide fatigue failures were in italian-manufactured slides, you know that right?
>>64749953Nothing overrated bout a Glawk. "Glock perfection" is a good meme but I think everyone knows there's nothing special to em. They're popular because they check all the boxes for blue-collar sensibilities - cheap, reliable, light, you can get one in any sane size & caliber combination you want, and it'll last long enough to pass on to your grandkids. That fits the bill for 90% of people.
I am about to import 80,500 of these indian hesbee 22 short single shot handguns. They are currently in transit being shipped from India.They have sat in storage as they were built in 1959 as gunlaws became more restricted in India. If you were in my shoes, how do I make this business venture successful. I purchased each pistol at 2160 rupees (around 24$) and they cost me ($1500 for import and $5000 in shipping) so i am in for abit under $2mil. Do you think people will actually buy these or should I put my house for sale ASAP?
posting in epic thread
So now what
I wish you had imported those Indian police Webleyshttps://youtube.com/shorts/7ZWr2jmfTxY?si=fGrT5quex9ntrVkk
>>64751296>?si=fGrT5quex9ntrVkkthank you glownigger
>>64742593Put indian flags and a little cowshit on them and market toward call centers
Dominos gave us a pizza box that's just a little bit more than a 2moa circle at 300 yards. >Order dominos pizza >throw away pizza>Get out AR>Go Shooting
Hope you guys like it
And of course to wash it all down, my personal favorite, a good ole' can of carbonated sugar water (piss-colored version).
>>64747796thanks bro, i was eating pizza too, feels like we had a nice little dinner together
>>64722802I remember the local hunt brothers' pizza actually put targets on the back of their pizza boxes for a while
>>64722802>Has no idea how moa works>Owns no weapons>Buys shit pizza because poorfag
There’s been a noticeable lack of innovation in tactical gear for over a decade now. A Delta operator in 2026 looks nearly indistinguishable from one in 2016. Why are we in this gear plateau? Have we reached the maximum potential for development?
>>64746599they are all just Segway derivativesSegway came out in 2002
>>64748536They did allegedly trial an "XSAPI+" plate rated for .50 caliber AP threats.
>>64748570
>>64748460You mean 2001
>>64743945>>64745578It looks ugly and gay
The ziggers have come up with another brilliant plan to counter drones, walking tents! Guessing mostly for night ops to reduce thermal signature? Because these are definitely not good for day time at least. Though it'd be hilarious to see them try assaulting with these fucking things on. What will the ziggers dream up next to deal with thermal cams?with audio: https://xcancel.com/Archer83Able/status/2010753972177711261
>>64751240>The current rate of russian artillery death will never allow us to see thisOne can only dream
>>64751262they use pneumatic ones to launch sneed drones...
>>64749611>Nothing can top this retardationthat's what I thought almost 4 years ago when the red forest trenches droppedreality is truly stranger than fiction
>>64750574Cuck tent is crazy
>>64749611We're headed well into Clownworld 2.0, its just best to accept the revised reality
What's the coolest fictional sword?
>>64718147>tfw faggots are too young to know about soul calibur
>>64747167Variable swords were monomolecular wires rigidified with a stasis field. Non-stasis uses did exist but tended to be variations of the same theme: really thin wire is unthinkably strong, so use it to cut things. One variant was a set of guided bolas in space, which could not be destroyed quickly because of course superconductors do not melt even when bathed in lasers. (Sure, the whole wire "instantly" heats to an averaged temperature, but that should still be many times the melting point. Niven seemed to put a miraculous superconductor of heat in any setting he could.)
>>64748605The soul series is far deeper and more interesting than people give it credit for.
>>64718147The Hessian Horseman Sword from Sleepy Hollow.
>>64748655I'm not sure I'm reading you correctly but that doesn't to my tired eyes answer what I said.
SUP /k/I know for a fact there are some LEO on here... I used to RP on SAMP with them, but aside from thatHOW DO YOU DEAL WITH /b/how does it affect your daily patrols?
>>64751604Everyone hates /b/ and /pol/
>>64751608You have to go back
Anyone else going to the Muncie gun show Indiana
>>64750286Commander Riker
>>64750505Those are just to fight your way to your rifles.
>>64750593He's tight, Tupperware kills.
>>64750950He meant the niggers. I suspect he watches cnn. It felt like I was talking to a liberalgunowners redditor.
>>64750311Was Paige worth it?
