This changes everything.https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/indonesia-rafale-fighter-jets-depart-france-airpower-shift-southeast-asia/
>>64749304>redefining airpower balance>airpower transformation>reshapes security balanceIs this written by a woman? It's very dramatic over nothing.
>>64751597>JF-17https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-indonesia-closing-jets-drones-defence-deal-sources-say-2026-01-12/
>>64751633Australians are living too good a life to want to invade your shithole, which means you will probably invade Aus in your hypothetical, which will probably mean you will be deleted from your islands via tactical nuclear weapons due to Aus being the main resource hub for not only Indonesia but the entire world.You don't attack the country sending you the iron ore needed to build your military.Given that you believe in stupid prophesies you are probably dumb enough to believe this superpower cope though.
>>64754190Indonesia has no real enemies. Otherwise, you would have seen realistic approaches, and also Indonesia is not thinking about the global security has been changed after the pandemic, their doctrine is probably still 20/30 years old.
>>64754235Indonesia is not merely neutral, their foreign policy is officially "bebas dan aktif" (independent and active), which means striving towards regional hegemony over their Southeast Asian neighbors and Australia, and to reach parity with superpowers such as the US and China, the way India is trying to establish itself in South Asia
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?
>>64754140>Their bodies have some sort of string carbon fiber reinforcement, making the “extremely hard to kill”.I disregarded this because it makes no sense, doesn't sound like it would contribute to bullet resistance, and its effect is never shown on camera anyways.
>>64753969>>64753976how the fuck does he survive a leap into a pillar of fire? Is he just the biggest, bluest bad-ass ever?
>>64753969Sigourney undergoing immaculate conception and giving birth to another Sigourney is still the funniest shit everHer voice is still hot even when she's trying to pretend to be a teenager, to be fair
>>64754140>Their bodies have some sort of string carbon fiber reinforcementIt's just the bones. Which is pretty hardcore, but the fleshy bits are still meat.
>>64753243but it "connects" them right and allows to "bonds" or "control" them or what everwhich means it could be used for sex no?
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
>>64754325Sure, I'm just relating another variant of meat black market.
>>64753829Man, they're going to catch so many jeets with just the faintest wiff of puss puss or bobs on demand
>>64751940You forgot the Anthrax-infected cow graves being dug up for trenches.
>>64751923to spot the jew
>>64751079
>go to https://catalog.archives.gov/search?availableOnline=true&endDate=1949&page=1&q=German%20aircraft&startDate=1940>search some relevant term to your interests>make sure to set filters to "available to access online" and filter for the year range>bring back something cool
>Behind the German lines in Yugoslavia, American airmen who crashed in combat are being evacuated by Allied planes. These planes kept their engines running and stayed on the ground for only seven minutes. These men were helped by Gen. Draja Mihailovitch and his soldiers, others were aided by Marshall Tito and his forces. Four miles away the Yugoslavs were fighting the enemy
>With flames shooting out from its No 3 engine and right wing, a doomed Fortress of the 8th AF starts its fatal dive into the heart of Berlin
>A Consolidated B-24 Liberator of U.S. 8th Air Force disintegrates in air during one of a series of attacks on German western front traffic centers 12 Dec 44. Bombs and debris are strewed forth as the Liberator tail twists off at right angles and and the bomber breaks up.
Going to stop there with a very nice shot of B-17s dropping>>64754143There's quite a few accounts that say that the bombers would bouy up as they dropped a few thousand pounds, yes
>>64754415Yeah, that's not very typical. I'd like to make that point.
> see pic related with my kids> expect whimsical adventure movie about sky pirates with plane autism> it’s a meditation on surivor’s guilt and ptsd from the perspective of a WW1 pilotThat shit had no business hitting so hard. Felt gutted all day. Absolute S tier film. Ghibli’s best imo
>>64754091As far as the books go, spy who came in from the cold is better and probably an easier read. I haven't seen the movie yet.
>>64754091>It would be a good series.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq61jstTApk
>>64754410It has a darker undertone to it. The torture scene is genuinely top.
>>64754440What is the problem with Micheal jackson?
I always recommend sleeping dogs in these threads but I don't think anyones watched it.
>20 years ago>People constantly felate the F22, claiming its the plane version of jesus.>Constantly disparage the F35 saying its a an expensive boondongle that can't fight and is shit and is worse in every way to the f22 and they should have just made more f22s instead of axing the program>Today>People lament that the f22 is underutilized as it never gets any engagements>Still question the value of F35 despite its multiple successes in infiltrating enemy held airspace and leading ground attack missions in heavily defended adversary airspace.Its time you admit that F35 is the superior aircraft.
>>64754260>and leading ground attack missionsWHAT!? The multirole aircraft with a weapons bay designed to carry air-to-ground ordnance and sensors designed to guide them is... better than the dedicated air superiority aircraft in a strike role!?Say it ain't so!
>>64754396Anon chang wouldn't be saying we should be spending more on the navy instead of the air force.
>>64754459multirole has always been superior. Fighter purist have always seethed.
>>64754260Many 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.
>>64754396If I was a chink, I wouldn't be talking about how the chinks have absolutely nothing that could take on an F35. Before the F35 entered service, China had absolutely nothing that could take on an F15.
Nihonjin EditionAnon's guide for beginners, text and figureshttps://rentry.org/sa6c4mVicious' TL;DR V3.1 with annotations by A2Grip:https://files.catbox.moe/91lvkc.jpgSoundtrackhttps://youtu.be/uaqoQr-aCtQ?t=12Previous>>64746783
What's the best .308 AR to get? I'm thinking of getting the SFAR but may want something more accurate and that doesn't have a proprietary barrel. I like he short receiver and light weight of it though.No budget, just want the best.
>>64754366I always wondered are those grips comfortable? It looks like a blade of plastic sticking in the palm of your hand and doesn’t look that ergonomic.
>>64754380damn dude how many mexicans you got workin for yais that a f350? thing looks fuckhuge
>>64754406yeyohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olgn9sXNdl0
>>64754380The human eye is most sensitive to green light, making green dots appear brighter and more visible in daylight and reducing eye strain for faster target acquisition, especially for shooters with astigmatism (me).
Old thread: >>64739370>Simulate schizophrenic auditory hallucinations with the sound player plugin!https://github.com/rcc11/4chan-sounds-player
>>64754358>I’m sure we’ve communicated here after my trip to PolandIf we did, then I have memory problems, which is unlikely.>Have you not seen my Anne Frank picture at the Warsaw Uprising museum?No, I have not; though, I'd love to see it.
>>64754378I think it’s memory problems on your part
>>64754392>I think it’s memory problems on your partIf you can cite a post number or find evidence in the archive; I'll accept it.>jpgBrilliant; what's the person in the back doing?
>>64754421Person in the back? Probably walking.
>>64754421Ok I just checked the archive and you’re correct I haven’t spoken to you since June
Why don't drones cost 1 million dollar per unit to produce like artillery shells or missiles or any kind of military thing that isnt a drone
>>64753944Money isn't real and when we rolled really low on drone costs, nobody could be arsed to use their veto on it.
>>64754177>>64754201https://www.fieldartillery.org/news/army-to-cut-155-mm-artillery-spending-citing-budget-pressure
>>64754207It's rather fucking easy to look up.Try Army Ammunition Procurement.
>>64754201>>64754207>SOUUURRRCE>SOUUUUURRRRRRRRCE>I DEMAND SOURCES>NO I WON'T PROVIDE ANYTHING TO BACK UP MY OWN UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS>POST SOOOOOURCE
>>64753944Because currently they're an alternative to those things and have to be competitive to get sold. When they're all that remains and monopolies arise, they will be millions each. Such is capitalism.
Post your most interesting, cool or weird uniforms and kits. Pic related isBengal troops uniforms during colonial period.
>>64749261There was the 79th New York too, which was the only kilted regiment in the US Army
>>64754355Also the Emir of Kabul had a Highland regiment at one point.
>>64737614The winner for weirdest uniform in the modern day US Army has to be the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry (aka Troop A, 1st Squadron, 104th Cavalry Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard).
>>64754428They're one of the oldest units in the US Army as they actually predate the American Revolution itself by about a year.
>>64750930>>64751064This kind of kit needs to be in a Souls series.
How are they still in business? shotgun sales are in the shitter and even if they do sell someone a shotgun, how many shotguns do people buy in their life time?>but they sell .22sare you really going to buy a mossberg .22 over a 10/22?>the patriotare you going to buy a mossberg patriot over a ruger or savage at basically the same price point?>handgunsthey sell handguns? have you ever seen someone with a mossberg handgun?Henry's another one. Are there really that many people buying lever actions and single shot break actions? It's even worse than car companies because guns are cheaper than cars and .22s and hunting guns last basically forever
>>64753984>I'm saying no company has tried to replace the 870 even after all these years.Successful gun companies don't have to penetrate that segment of the market. Mossberg has the shotgun market in the US on lockdown, and Benelli and Beretta are ahead in the European market but are slowly losing ground to the Turkshit (not because Turkshit is better, but because they are so cheap that they tempt people who don't know any better).
>>64754003benelli/beretta make turkshit. stoger is the same company as them and is the turkshit branch
>>64752974>He doesn't know how to read a graphThis is called a compound line graph, anon. You can recognise it by the shaded area between each line. It's different from a regular line graph. There's no overlap. So for example, in 1993(?) on the graph in question, when the total amount of firearms manufactured was about 5,000,000, pistols and revolvers together made up about half of that (2,500,000), while shotguns and rifles were each about a quarter (1,250,000). With this, consider how skinny the green line is for shotguns compared to the rest of the graph in recent years.
>>64753974>They cheapened the 870 design until their most loyal fans abandoned themYeah. You're left out a few facts while you were masturbating, sport. Wingmaster and Police Mag models weren't changed at all. They cheapened up the Express entry grade crap and a few other garbage grade models. Secondly, despite your furious masturbation, 870 and Mossberg 590s have been reported by both Guns & Ammo and Gun Broker to have essentially the same sales numbers for the past 5 years straight, with the Bergs holding a SLIGHT edge in the pump market. Secondly, the supposed "issue" with the 700 you fallaciously brought up was ten thousand percent bullshit. The claims brought on that weapon for that supposed "defect" dated back to 1948 manufactured rifles and ALL models with the Walker trigger design. I've had a 700BDL since 1983 and that claim is fucking laughable.Asshole anti-gun law firms kept thought they had a winner with a bullshit "cover-up" about the original trigger mech engineer's thoughts on the final design and kept lobbing lawsuit grenades at the company until they finally found a jury stupid enough to hate firearms. After that pissant lawsuit payout, Remington's lawyers forced the company to make a show out of "doing something" in order to avoid any future class-actions.Their centerfire auto pistols have always been garbage. The new ownership had absolutely nothing to do with that.I own several Remingtons, in addition to the bolt gun I mentioned above. Including a 3.5in 870 super mag loaded with slugs and buckshot leaning behind my bedroom door right now, and I have had ZERO malfunctions out of any of them in 40 years.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64752355>good, reliableMossberg shotgun is the only gun I ever had break. The internal parts are made of cheap metal and bend out of spec. Everything has to be in particular spec for it to function, the 500 is like clockwork inside. Not a reliable gun at all. It has an oddly surprising number of moving parts that all need to be aligned perfectly to function, and the metal bars bending from normal racking fucks the action up and shit starts to grind or it doesn't function. Cheap piece of shit, i don't buy their products anymore.
So just in case you've ever wondered how dragonfire holds up in the concrete jungle. Some dude unloaded 6-8 shells at close range into a police vehicle. Cop is ok. Shooter, not so much. https://x.com/policelawnews/status/2011050270739087492
>>64753501That I did. Still it is interesting that it still made almost perfectly spherical entry into the side of the car. The two gashes make a bit more sense if the heat was enough to melt the paneling but those holes don't seem to be created by heat. Just velocity and mass.
>>64753512>those holes don't seem to be created by heatyes because they don't burn through steel anon, there's not enough thermal mass there, and steel is a good conductor, it's quite inefficient to try to melt your way through. it's literally just velocity and mass>>64753507anon what do you think? tbf it would be very unpleasant to be shot by this, imagine having a burning shard of magnesium in your gut, definitely quite lethal from an anti-personnel perspective, but it's not that practical.
>>64753524Still I'd expect to see no hole or a hell of a lot more. Upon review I think he might have sprung for the buckshot version. Looks like about 6 shells were fired. One must have been the 00 buckshot version. They have about 6 balls and still produce a flame. Maybe he was hoping the buck would penetrate and the rest were fire for effect or possible to ignite the vehicle.
>>64753524>anon what do you think? tbf it would be very unpleasant to be shot by this, imagine having a burning shard of magnesium in your gut, definitely quite lethal from an anti-personnel perspective, but it's not that practical.They're either retarded or glazing a specialty ammo company, and you're figuring they're retarded? Neither is acceptable.
>>64754398No I'm figuring they're being sensationalist, as per usual
Whats the realistic largest object you can camo from Air surveilance?
>>64752774the city didn't buy it, it's owned by a private citizen
>>64752420Muh dik
>>64753379OP clearly said the largest, not the smallest, anon.
>>64753044Yeah the story behind it is interesting. An American was working in Slovakia and found a hobo sleeping inside the statue at a junkyard. He liked it because the artist actually made it slightly out of spec by including guns and bayonets on it (see bottom right). Lenin was supposed to be presented in art as an intellectual, not a warmonger. He bought it and had it shipped home so he could use it as a curio in front of a restaurant he was going to open. Sadly he died soon after this and Lenin never got to promote a diner. The family tried to sell it to a foundry but they declined and so it went up in the hopes that somebody would buy it. It's still for sale, so if anyone really hates Lenin, just buy it and turn it into Funko pops or something. It's not even that expensive, like $250k.
>>64754031>purchase home on decently-large tract of land>purchase Lenin statute>place Lenin statute in front yard>make a little park around it, with several flag poles in a semi-circle behind it>make sure the central and tallest pole is flying the Stars and Stripes>make sure one of the other poles is flying the Confederate battle flag>leave all future visitors and deliverymen forever mystified by your political leanings
How come glocks frequently jam if you limp wrist them but other handguns don't? https://youtube.com/shorts/FYG4aNr-b8o
>>64715717Use 147gr ammo, it has less of a chance to fail if you use heavier ammo.
>>64715717you can absolutely limp wrist jam some other striker guns, i've done it on the range
JaredAF did a video on this as well. Basically, light frame has low inertia/ momentum, so not enough energy from the recoil to move the slide itself. Berettas also have this issue when limp-wristed, though they fail to feed when the Glock would fail to extract.Or you could get a revolver and bend your elbow to absorb the recoil. Just don't get one with engravings off the bat.
>>64717636X2Never been in real combat but I've done some fire and maneuver ranges that were real motherfuckers. You'd be shocked just how retarded you get when you're completely fucking gassed and still have to get the lead out.>>64717886I own a 17c. Never had a limpwrist failure. And I've definitely tried. Two finger firing the gun with the weakest ammo I can get my hands on and it just goes. I don't know if it's because of the porting or the slide being slightly lighter due to the cutouts but there you go.
>>64754205>bend your elbow to absorb the recoilI still don't really understand what this means. Granted, I don't have much experience with revolvers but I don't see how moving your elbow would absorb recoil.
https://www.aeronewsjournal.com/2025/12/uk-open-to-germany-joining-gcap-future.html?m=1Frenchbros...c'est fini
>>64749755The “Peace Dividend” is from the 90s, not the 50s.
>>64747168The GCAP project HQ is based in the UK for a reason.
>>64751643Yeah, geography.Also the first head of that headquarters is Japanese.
>>64751643Anon, the headquarters needed to be somewhere, with the UK having a bigger role than Italy, it makes sense for the UK to get the headquarters, they're physically close to Italy, and the headquarters was never going to be in Japan because then 2 of the 3 nations would be nowhere near it.Also, even though it's located in the UK the actual headquarters itself is officially not on UK soil. The headquarters is kinda like an embassy or the UN, the UK officially has no legal authority on the land and they'd need to ask permission from the Japanese Chief Executive, Masami Oka if they wanted to enter the premises. The high level GIGO employees are essentially given diplomatic immunity, and despite living and working in the UK will pay no UK taxes.
https://aviationweek.com/podcasts/check-6/podcast-gcap-fighter-international-successor-f-35
