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You could even use rocket fuel-based drones for the superior range, speed and efficiency compared to electrical motors or jet engines. You could paint the target using a laser, wit…

>It’s highly likely that a large number of sea skimming missiles would defeat a carrier group. I agree. But the only platform able to consistently engage a carrier group with this …

So, in your described scenario, drones are functionally no different than a missile barrage, except slower, cheaper and maybe easier to deploy. So: - Effective countermeasures alre…

Source for the 93% figure: https://twitter.com/jackmurphyrgr/status/1499470411964235781 On the video, the ukrainian tank is of course performing an effective ambush. I don't preten…

Correction: A guy hiding in a bush wasn't able to reliably defeat tanks before. Handheld old anti-tank weapons like RPGs with HEAT warheads were extremely unreliable, defeated by r…

>Do you (honestly) believe the US doesn't have tank armor that can withstand a (from the top) hit from a Javelin? If this exists, why did the USMC binned their tanks 2 years ago st…

Reported kill rate of javelins fired against tanks in Ukraine is 93%. Just saying.

$4M tanks are defeated by a $40K NLAW. Much like cuirassiers cavalry who were rendered obsolete by muskets becoming rifles with increased penetration, it's not because tanks don't …

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Enforcing the No-Fly zone actually means running SEAD missions to take care of those, including in russian territory. That's why it would bring WW3.

Don't you love it when the once in a lifetime opportunity for generational wealth is also a great fundamental investment? In case the biggest short squeeze the market would have ev…

>Heart disease is mostly a lifestyle disease based mostly on eating habits (e.g. eating too much cholesterol over a long time). This speaks volumes about the US diet. https://pubme…

It seems that bored billionaires are either on their way to start a cult or they rape children.

>unironically quoting Pierre Sprey https://www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense

A list of this exact kind of books is presented here: https://blog.fogus.me/2015/04/27/six-works-of-computer-scien...

I agree with you and don't have a cynical reading of the Prince at all! Machiavelli simply talks about what works and what doesn't. As he explains, as a leader, helding upon your p…

>Thing is, nothing you've just stated is fact. It's just a viewpoint. Which is fine, but let's not pretend we have some absolute truth in front of us. Absolutely! I would like to s…

I fully agree with you. Thanks for this shard of realpolitik in this discussion among people disappointed that their hero turns out to not be the hero they thought. Who would have …

My own enlightenment was realizing that neither virtue nor the expectation of virtue was rooted in anything that I should concern myself with. From Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathust…

If you wish to acquire any kind of power, you cannot embarass yourself with right and wrong. Those who compete with you and won't do so will overrun you. Just like companies in a m…

>He's not trustworthy, he's a horrible manager of people, and he never pays off on what he promises. The man was running for POTUS. Do you expect the men who lead the world to upho…

>If you don’t care about their goals, then the ethical decision is to quit. What if I don't suscribe to your "ethics"? Sure, if you own the company I'm employed at, you can fire me…