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Messages - Grim Reaper
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« on: September 09, 2007, 02:40:44 PM »
Never? LOL! Beijing can and will be bombed if it is called for. I've read many economic predictions and war scenarios concerning this topic from the elite members of the WAB and other defense forums. Sure, if a war between the two starts, it's not going to be good, but China seems to be provoking trouble with their actions in the past decade. Many would simply argue that China wouldn't be able to handle what they provoke. Obviously you haven't seen the damage of a bad mushu pork...
Obviously you haven't seem the damage of forty thousand pounds worth of bombs...
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« on: September 09, 2007, 12:11:22 PM »
Ah yes , USMC ! we'v been missing you
Glad to hear that TMFA. Just name one big city in the states where they don't have Chinese food... I dare you.
And what does Chinese food even have to do with the PLA asking to be pounded? A more suitable question in this situation would be; name one city in the whole world, let alone China, that a B-2 can't devastate undetected. lol
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« on: September 08, 2007, 07:01:33 PM »
I'm not surprised to hear this after observing China flex it's muscles in the past decade. However, it is for the good of the PLA that they don't over do it, or the result may not be in their favor...
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« on: August 17, 2007, 05:59:00 PM »
WTMC @ When you've been gaming for hours upon hours for the fast few days and haven't gotten a chance to do anything else really.
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« on: August 17, 2007, 05:51:54 PM »
They speak Turkish in Turkey. Though, I can't help but feel somewhat amused from reading that article. lol
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« on: August 09, 2007, 05:25:36 PM »
Did you use a mold of some sort?
WTMC @ When a Russian Tu-95 bomber flies over a US Military base in Guam.
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« on: August 09, 2007, 04:51:25 PM »
Russia resumes nuke bomber sortiesMOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- Russia's strategic bombers have resumed the Soviet Union's Cold War practice of flying long-haul missions to areas patrolled by NATO and the United States, generals said on Thursday.
A Russian bomber flew over a U.S. military base on the Pacific island of Guam on Wednesday and "exchanged smiles" with U.S. pilots who had scrambled to track it, said Maj. Gen. Pavel Androsov, head of long-range aviation in the Russian air force.
"It has always been the tradition of our long-range aviation to fly far into the ocean, to meet [U.S.] aircraft carriers and greet [U.S. pilots] visually," Androsov told a news conference.
"Yesterday we revived this tradition, and two of our young crews paid a visit to the area of the [U.S. Pacific Naval Activities] base of Guam," he said.
President Vladimir Putin has sought to make Russia more assertive in the world.
Putin has boosted defense spending and sought to raise morale in the armed forces, which were starved of funding in the chaos that followed the fall of the Soviet Union.
Androsov said the sortie by the two turboprop Tu-95MS bombers, from a base near Blagoveshchensk in the Far East, had lasted for 13 hours. The Tu-95, codenamed "Bear" by NATO, is Russia's Cold War icon and may stay in service until 2040.
"I think the result was good. We met our colleagues -- fighter jet pilots from [U.S.] aircraft carriers. We exchanged smiles and returned home," Androsov said.
U.S. officials told CNN, however, that the two bombers came no closer than 100 miles to any U.S. aircraft and no closer than 300 miles to the Navy ships, and that there was no visual contact.
Ivan Safranchuk, Moscow office director of the Washington-based World Security Institute, said he saw nothing extraordinary in Moscow sending its bombers around the globe.
"This practice as such never stopped, it was only scaled down because there was less cash available for that," he said. "It doesn't cost much to flex your muscles ... You can burn fuel flying over your own land or you can do it flying somewhere like Guam, in which case political dividends will be higher."
The bombers give Russia the capability of launching a devastating nuclear strike even if the nuclear arsenals on its own territory are wiped out.
During the Cold War, they played elaborate airborne games of cat-and-mouse with Western air forces.
Lt. Gen. Igor Khvorov, air force chief of staff, said the West would have to come to terms with Russia asserting its geopolitical presence around the globe.
"But I don't see anything unusual, this is business as usual ... like it is normal for the U.S. to fly from its continent to Guam or, say, the island of [Diego]Garcia," Khvorov said, referring to a remote Indian Ocean atoll used as a military base by the U.S.
On Wednesday, young pilots of strategic bombers passed a series of tests, including missile launches. "We fired eight cruise missiles, and all hit bull's eye," Khvorov said.
He said one crew had taken off from Engels in southwestern Russia, hit a target in the north and then flown thousands of kilometers before finally landing in the Far East.
Engels is home to Russia's supersonic Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers, in service since 1987 and codenamed "Blackjack" by NATO while called "White Swan" by Russian pilots.
The generals said under Putin long-range aviation was no longer hindered by a lack of fuel, the aircraft enjoyed better maintenance and the crews much higher wages -- not the least because the Kremlin leader once made a five-hour sortie as part of a "White Swan" crew.
"The president learned about the pilots' work the hard way," Khvorov said. "This one flight yielded an awful lot." SourceI'd say, Guam would be a nice place for the US to station a squadron of F/A-22 Raptors in the near future.
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« on: August 09, 2007, 04:48:27 PM »
I'm deeply sorry to learn of this, I issue my sincere condolences to her family.
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« on: August 08, 2007, 03:32:44 PM »
Yeah I figured it was messed up, I thought giving insane readings was it's own unique way of saying whether your connection was fast or slow. lol Also, is there anyone on this forum with T1?
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« on: August 08, 2007, 03:14:57 PM »
How can you guys pay so much for your Internet connections and get such slow speeds? There must be atleast one ISP in your country that offers you true broadband speed at a reasonable price, right?
I wish I could get mine up to or pass 200 MBPS
Sorry, but we're talking about an ISP in Trinidad, not necessary to compare it to yours in USA, we know we don't have fast internet like you
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« on: August 08, 2007, 11:15:55 AM »
I have some updated information concerning this topic here. Georgia: 'Proof' of missile attack
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) -- Georgia said Wednesday it has proof that Russian jets violated its airspace and released a missile that landed near a house. Russia has denied the claim.
Georgia's Foreign Ministry issued a formal protest, calling the intrusion and firing of the missile "undisguised aggression and a gross violation of sovereignty of the country."
The Georgian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that radar records compatible with NATO standards showed that a Russian Su-24 jet had flown from Russia into Georgia and launched a missile, which did not explode.
Investigators identified the weapon as the Russian-made Raduga Kh-58 missile designed to hit radars, the ministry said. The missile, code-named by NATO as AS-11, carried a warhead of over 300 pounds of TNT, it said. Russia's air force has flatly denied that its planes had crossed into Georgia's airspace.
Georgia has long accused Russia of trying to destabilize the country and of backing separatists in its breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which Saakashvili has pledged to bring back under central government control.
The Gori region, where the missile was dropped, is next to South Ossetia. Gen. Marat Kulakhmetov, commander of Russian peacekeepers patrolling South Ossetia, said an unidentified aircraft dropped the missile after flying over South Ossetia and coming under fire from the ground.
Kulakhmetov suggested the plane came from Georgia. Boris Chochiyev, a deputy prime minister in South Ossetia's separatist government, accused Georgia of dropping the missile.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry emphasized Wednesday that the nation doesn't have Su-24 jets or missiles of that type.
Relations between Russia and Georgia have been strained ever since Saakashvili was elected president in early 2004 and made clear his intentions to move the former Soviet republic closer to the West and join NATO.
SourceThere is also an article from a Russian news site here.
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« on: August 07, 2007, 11:25:38 PM »
Yes, I believe you are correct about Russia's rank regarding resources Laertes. Many people think that war is only fought for natural resources, but it's obviously not always the case. This tension between Russia and Georgia is for political and geographical issues within certain regions of Georgia, such as South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The Georgian government isn't influenced by Russia as much as the Russian government would want Georgia to be within their sphere of regional influence. Georgia's government leans towards the West and seeks to join Nato and the EU, Russia of course, highly disapproves of such actions.
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« on: August 07, 2007, 12:35:08 PM »
Georgia in Russian attack claim
Russia has committed an "act of aggression" against Georgia by firing a guided missile at its territory, officials in Tbilisi say.
They say the missile landed outside the village of Tsitelubani on Monday, some 60km (37 miles) north-west of the capital Tbilisi, but did not explode.
Georgia has now made a formal protest to Russia over the incident. Moscow denies all the accusations.
Relations between the two countries have been strained in recent years.
Moscow is angry about Georgia's plans to join Nato, while Tbilisi accuses Russia of trying to destabilise Georgia.
'Powerful missile'
Georgian officials say two Russian "Su-type" jets launched the missile at 1930 (1530 GMT) on Monday.
Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Ustiashvili told the BBC the planes had flown some 70km (43 miles) over Georgia, firing the "modern and powerful" rocket, which weighed about a ton.
Mr Ustiashvhili said the jets flew from a Russian base in the North Caucasus before firing the missile, which landed just metres from a house.
Local resident Ilia Psuturi told Reuters news agency: "I was sitting in my garden... when I saw a plane in the sky.
"I then saw smoke rising from the ground up to the sky and only then did I hear the explosion. The plane then turned around," he said.
Georgian officials said they had gathered fragments of missile fins and other debris near a small crater where the rocket landed.
"It has become common practice for the Russian air force and for the government troops to sneak into the Georgian territory," Mr Ustiashvili said.
"But what is different in this incident... is that they have threatened Georgian airspace much deeper, and that they have used a very powerful bomb."
Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili told the BBC the missile firing was an "act of aggression".
He said foreign diplomats in Georgia were being asked for a "stronger and clear-cut response" to the incident from the international community.
South Ossetia theory
Earlier on Tuesday, Georgia's foreign ministry handed a note of protest to the Russian ambassador in Tbilisi, although Moscow continued to deny all accusations.
"Russia's air force neither on Monday nor Tuesday flew flights over Georgia," said Col Alexander Drobyshevsky, an aide to the commander of Russia's air force.
"Russia has not violated the borders of sovereign Georgia."
Tsitelubani is not far from Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, which receives political support from Moscow, says the BBC's James Rodgers in Moscow.
South Ossetia's leader Eduard Kokoiti said Georgian planes fired the missile to discredit Russia.
"This is a well-planned provocation," said Mr Kokoiti, who holds Russian citizenship.
But a Russian defence analyst, Alexander Golts, said that without objective, hard information on the incident, it was impossible to lay the blame on either Russian or Georgian aircraft.
"While no one can say for sure whether it was a fuel tank or a rocket or a bomb which fell, I fail to see why a Russian plane would bomb territory close to South Ossetia," he told the BBC News website.
Strained relations
The conflicting accounts of the incident reflect ongoing tensions between Georgia and Russia, our correspondent says.
Relations between Moscow and Tbilisi deteriorated sharply last year when Georgia expelled four Russian army officers it accused of spying.
The deportation triggered a furious diplomatic row, with Moscow imposing economic sanctions against its neighbour and deporting a number of Georgians.
Georgian officials have frequently claimed that Russian military aircraft have violated its airspace - accusations always denied by Russia.
The worst problems have usually been related to regional conflicts - the frozen conflicts in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Many Georgians accuse Russia of imperialism, while Russia criticises Georgia for nationalism and pursuing an anti-Russian foreign policy. SourceI'm not really surprised at this, however, the future developments will be interesting.
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« on: August 07, 2007, 12:27:35 PM »
A man wiki there. As for whether the M16 checkmates the AK that is an ungoing discussion that has gone on for a very long time.
Does correct information have to be linked to wikipedia? I agree that this argument about M-16 VS. AK-47 has gone on for a very long time. And it shall continue to go on until people accept the truth, just like all other arguments. I'll just leave it at since the M16 is the preferred american choice of assault rifle that's why grim chose it as opposed to the eastern decended AK
Is such conjecturing needed to give a response to why I defend the M-16? Did you ever think that perhaps I defended the M-16 because it really is better than the AK-47? at the end of the day the fact remains that 190k weapons went missing, regardless of which type of weapon or why it was chosen, fact remains that ppls children may very well NOT be coming home as a result. Own goal america/allies/whomever fcuked up.... wait that should be own goal AGAIN.... we stopped counting friendly fire a while ago.
I agree, the weapons are missing and some people may not be coming home. However, to believe this was an "own goal" on America's or the allies part is foolish. They would not willingly allow this to happen, weapon transfers on large scales can be very complicated. The Iraqi Government and high ranking members of the Iraqi Armed Forces could as well be responsible for not keeping track of the weapons procurement and ensuring that the delivery and commissioning of the weapons goes according to plan. Kinda wondering about that whole AK thing myself.
You'd think even with the higher cost the Americans would want to give the work to locals. Do any American companies even have license to manufacture AKs? Or is Putin the only person smiling about more weapons needing to be ordered to replace this 'lost' stock?
Yes, there are American companies that have the license to manufacture the AK-47. Horns Custom Rifles, Ewbank Manufacturing, AK-USA Manufacturing Inc., Marshall Arms, Arsenal Inc, Vector Arms, Ohio Ordnance Works, Robinson Armament Co, Piece of History Firearms LLC, Global Trades / Armory USA, Ohio Rapid Fire, Krebs of Krebs Custom Inc., Red Jacket Firearms, Firing Line, Vulcan Arms, Inc. and Russian American Arms all are licensed companies that manufacture the AK-47 within the US. Putin of course, really has no reason to smile because he is in no way needed to replace anything.  I'm sure the M-16 is a superior weapon to the AK, the AK is after all old as hell. I remember there was a weapons show on old TechTV where they showed the next generation AK (don't remember the model). It isn't used in Russia due to cost but they ranked it as pretty much the baddest assault rifle in the world at the time.
Yes you are correct about the M-16 being superior to the AK-47. As for the next generation AK, perhaps you are talking about the AN-94 which is to replace the AK-74 variants currently in service with the Russian Army? If so, it is currently in limited service with certain areas of the Russian Armed Forces Cornershot is a great weapon but only in limited situations. To produce a gun with that technology on any kind of large scale would prove rather costly. Having 190,000 Cornershots disapear in Iraq would be a horrific event, it would be far more worse than M-16's missing for sure.
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« on: August 07, 2007, 11:06:30 AM »
Very interesting, it's about time someone figured out such a flaw in Gmail.
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« on: August 06, 2007, 11:59:48 PM »
This is terrible, I hope the criminal will be apprehended and severely punished as soon as possible.
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« on: August 06, 2007, 09:23:22 PM »
fuh real Grim, i saw a show on TDC once, and they were showing the effective use & especially the damage an M-16 could do, they proved that the smaller caliber was devastating... apparently, when the M-16 bullet enters the body, it slows down so rapidly that the heavier rear-end tries to overtake the front, causing the projectile to bend; ultimately exploding due to the stress!!
The lighter 5.56x45 mm 55-grain did tumble when they hit a close target, however the problem was pretty much fixed with the introduction of heavier grain projectiles such as the 5.56x45 mm 62-grain, 64-grain and 68-grain. These heavier projectiles sacrificed muzzle velocity, but increased the effective range and the ability of the projectile to penetrate solid targets. Many defense professionals know that the copper-jacketed 5.56 was engineered to fragment and tumble when it hit a solid target, which in turn would cause much more damage to the enemy and make up for it's smaller size. M-16 CHECKMATES AK-47 XD
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« on: August 06, 2007, 05:36:27 PM »
LOL thats all yu can say? very unfortunate??? ahahahahaha
I'd probably get banned for expressing the true words I have for this situation, I'm just keeping it on the mature side. Now I'm off to discuss this with the WAB members, perhaps the defense professionals can enlighten me some more, with their views concerning the disappearance of these weapons.
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« on: August 06, 2007, 05:20:56 PM »
The AK-47 does carry a larger caliber and is 5 inches shorter in length to the M-16, but that alone does not surpass or equal the threat posed my an M-16. The M-16 is lighter, has a higher rate of fire, a longer effective range and better accuracy. In an urban environment, having a heavier caliber found on the AK-47 won't benefit you as much as having the pros found on the M-16. This is what leads be to believe that cost has a part in this as well. The AK-47 can still do the job it has to, but not as efficiently as the M-16. In comparison, if an F-16C Fighting Falcon can do the job, it makes no sense to provide more expensive and more superior aircraft such as the F-15E Strike Eagle.
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« on: August 06, 2007, 04:14:50 PM »
I heard this on the news. One question comes to mind: How come the weapons (the AK-47s in particular)
weren't American made? 
I would have thought since the US is funding these weapons, that they would have been American (e.g. M-4, M-16, etc).
Still, thats a LOT of guns to go missing. The ammo for em I'm sure aint that hard to get.
I guess the insurgents just got resupplied BIG TIME. 
The cost of American weapons such as M-16's or M-4's would be greater. I would suspect that they knew of the risk and decided against selling the better American weapons on such a large scale, a smart move. Insurgents with M-16's would pose a greater threat than those with AK-47's.
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