techboy Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, TheGreatBuzz said: Even taking out Abe doesnt get you to that 146 day average. Not by my math. True. There are even a couple others in that period that served almost as long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FanboyOf91 Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 Not even hiding it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 This trade 'war' may end up with an invasion of Taiwan. Also, this isn't a disagreement between the US and China, it's an order from China to a US official who has been shut out by his President. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted June 30, 2018 Author Share Posted June 30, 2018 Whoa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 Quote The U.S. surface fleet’s brand-new anti-ship missile was used as part of the barrage of rockets and missiles that put an end to the landing ship tank Racine on July 12 during the Rim of the Pacific exercise, but it wasn’t shot by the Navy. The U.S. Army shot the Naval Strike Missile from the back of a truck using its Palletized Load System in a demonstration that is likely to raise eyebrows in China. The missile, a joint venture between the Norwegian company Kongsberg and Raytheon, was fired from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Barking Sands, Hawaii, at the former USS Racine, which was floating 55 nautical miles north of Kauai, Hawaii. Joining the U.S. Army was the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, which fired Mitsubishi’s Type 12 surface-to-ship missile. The Navy inked a contract with Raytheon to start buying the NSM for its littoral combat ships and likely its future frigate. The Army’s shot successfully detonated on target, according to U.S. Pacific Fleet officials. The shots dovetails with a concept that the Army and the JGSDF have been developing, known in some circles as “archipelagic defense,” which in essence calls for the use of ground forces to deny Chinese forces free movement through the theater by deploying anti-ship and anti-air missiles throughout the island chains that pepper the Asia-Pacific region. Good. If we can't enter the South China Sea without fighting through swarms of antiship missiles, they can't leave it without the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FanboyOf91 Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 could be the start of something bigger... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FanboyOf91 Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 Quote The Chinese shipbuilder that's constructing Beijing's third aircraft carrier, Type 002, leaked an artist's impression of that carrier on social media in late June that heightened intrigue about China's naval ambitions before quickly taking it down. The China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation photo showed the future Type 002 with a large flight deck that featured an angled landing strip and three electro-magentic catapult launching systems — all of which represent a technologic leap to the kind of supercarriers fielded by the US Navy. It's expected to be a 70,000-ton ship that's finished by 2021, if all goes according to plan. Compare that to China's second carrier, Type 001A — it has a built-in ski jump on the flight deck and uses an old-fashioned short take-off but arrested recovery launching system that limits the speed of launches and the size of the armaments fighters carry. welp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FanboyOf91 Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 Not really sure #MAGA wants to spend money on dirty furriners... Will be a big part of countering China's 'maritime militia'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheGreatBuzz Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Surprised they complain about this instead of Kadena. It is much larger. And I wonder if they have considered the effects to their economy if we left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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visionary Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Quote In 2016, the Philippine president compared his campaign against drug dealers to the Holocaust, and said he would kill dealers like Hitler killed Jews. "Critics compare me to Hitler's cousin," he said. "Hitler massacred 3 million Jews ... there's 3 million drug addicts. There are. I'd be happy to slaughter them." "If Germany had Hitler, the Philippines would have...," he said, pausing and pointing to himself. Duterte later apologized for his words, and followed up with a visit to a synagogue in the Filipino city of Makati during a celebration of the Jewish New Year. I wonder if he ever apologized to drug addicts.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted September 5, 2018 Author Share Posted September 5, 2018 If you have people in China, you might want to get them home before Trump shuts down all flights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Odds that Trump uses this as a reason to ban Africans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 Idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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