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The MSAM thing was actually deeper and older than this story. Arguably this emerges from the Jones Report on a 'low' performance SAM System of high portability. Circa mid 60's...? Low performance being Mach 2.5 targets at 50,000ft. But mostly Sea Dart options was uppermost in peoples minds. Let down...

Definitely a lot of lessons learned from the Boer Wars. I've read of the issues, and the waste was colossal. My grandad was an Army cook and back then this involved training on making ovens, butchering as well as actual cooking for large numbers. This is also the era of improving nutritional science.

Something related to the period but intriguing.

https://www.leidenmedievalistsblog.nl/a ... U9xdH0bDJA

Fascinating piece here on symbols of Woden along the southern shore of the North Sea. https://frisiacoasttrail.blog/2024/06/09/huginn-and-muninn/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ6xtJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHklYhzWqTholbjDPUm9FQYfdH_j7n5G0jgFILfs6ETFCJNO1OYGi991S37SP_aem_TLnViQufsS35R-S_RMwpqw I did like the acronym VOCD (...

So in other words, this was one simulation of many and tested an extreme example of something currently very unlikely.

It obviously generated a good headline and draws the obvious responses.

All well and good for GBAD spending, currently slated for 2027....

GCAP development aircraft is scaled around EJ200s so I'm given to understand. While the current plan is the more powerful new engines in development by RR and Mitsubishi will power the full scale aircraft. Though this smaller version will still fly with representative internal weapons bay. That said...

Jotun wrote: ↑Fri Mar 21, 2025 6:33 pmFirefox

"You must think in Trump"

I did Jury Service a while back and did mention it on one of the older incarnations of this forum. So while my case was....ultimately open and shut. It was clear whatever we decided would impact many lives, not just the accused and his accuser. I feel for you on this. It's actually heartening to rea...

Ran across this on TwiX today from a fella named Nicholas Drummond, proposing a notional BAOD: Get ready for a new military abbreviation BAOD British Army of the Dnieper Expect this to be a reinforced brigade with 1 x Challenger 2 regiment, 1 x Ajax Regiment, 2 x Warrior battalions, 1 x Ranger Regi...

More likely a made up family expression.

If you hear "firey furry flying fruitbats" you'll know it's me or my wife.
While my dad was at times heard to remark "pussy poos and doggy dollops", in remarkable seriousness too.

Shades of a cross between Bloodhound and Blue Water.

First time I've seen the phrase.

Couldn't find it in the awful site in the link.

How did they assume that the UK was going to go it alone? I can't imagine that the US forces stationed in the UK would have sat on their hands while the UK was under attack. Belushi TD They'd hope for a Suez type situation of major rift between London and Washington. At the Time, Northern Ireland m...

Judging from what that pasty megalomaniac is doing regarding the Brit PM, he seems to want to topple him, You mean Kier "I don't prosecute pedophiles, but I did get convicted murderers off death row" Starmer? Of course Musk see's a happy alignment with his business needs to get a better r...

Judging from what that pasty megalomaniac is doing regarding the Brit PM, he seems to want to topple him, You mean Kier "I don't prosecute pedophiles, but I did get convicted murderers off death row" Starmer? Of course Musk see's a happy alignment with his business needs to get a better r...

Musk is frankly burning up talent to make his companies work and turn profit.....And to hell with their lives or the long-term future. Essentially young people will walk through fire to be part of the future and Musk is luring them in with the very promised future we all got sold on ever the since ...

Musk is frankly burning up talent to make his companies work and turn profit.....And to hell with their lives or the long-term future. Essentially young people will walk through fire to be part of the future and Musk is luring them in with the very promised future we all got sold on ever the since t...

Definitely need an officers stick.
Nothing better to face machinegun nests than a proper stick!

So they say.....

well said.....

before they died obviously.

Well this is getting interesting! Trump has thrown his lot behind Musk on H1nb, which shoes Vivek's attitude isn't going to get constrained. Now they be in power, they don’t need their base. Because betraying MAGA for Elite billions is......a 'no-brainer'. And this really shows why Musk has used his...

Do they still claim Skåne? Hmmm...GDSI? gøre Danmark stort igen ;) The people of Skåne is generally very pro-Danish, and see themselves as semi-Danish. The Danes however tends to not see it that way, which is amusing. I don’t think many Danes would want it back, for several reasons. Oh that's even ...