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If someone had the capability of taking out the Cheyenne mountain complex, what *could* we do LOL. These sorts of questions make the assumption that the US and Iran are equals. We are not. If one street gang kills a leader of another gang, the other gang will probably kill some members of...

There are a lot of ways of calculating that statistic. Is that 74% of the missiles they attempted to destroy, 74% of all incoming missiles, etc... Also, over what time frame ? 74% of missiles over a day, a week, or a 5 minute interval during a saturation attack ? Depending on whether you...

Congress basically gave POTUS a 60 day window to do what he wants with the war powers act. Fully committing the US military to an objective for 60 days, if you weren't in a war before you would be then, assuming there's anyone left to fight.

Depends on the circumstances and current political climate.

If only congressionally declared wars count, we haven't fought a war since 1945. But like so much else, congress has delegated their authority to the executive via the war powers act. Congress critters are allergic to doing their job or actually making decisions.

They're following the same path as their neighbor Afghanistan. Vibrant western style nation in the 60s-70s, overthrown by an Islamic theocracy, then pick fights with superpowers and get bombed back to the stone age.

They stop 90+% of the dangerous incoming missiles. They don't waste ammo on ones that aren't going to hit anything important. Nobody advertises the iron dome as impenetrable, 90+% is pretty damn good.

If you know what the coating is, a good chemical stripper is probably best. A can of carburator rebuild dip can work wonders, and is meant for precision aluminum components. If you can't tell what the coating is, that's worth a try. "Aircraft coating remover" is good for a lot of stuff too...

Not sure it works like that. The GBU-57 "Massive Ordinance Penetrator" is a 30,000 lb bomb 20 feet long that is specifically designed to destroy *very* deeply buried targets. It can penetrate *60 feet* of reinforced concrete or 200 feet of normal earth and rock. The normal "bunker busters"...

The MOPs can *only* be dropped by the B2s. Not even the B1 or B52 can drop them. They're physically too large for the bomb bays. You could theoretically push one out of the back of C130 or something, but I think the accuracy goes out the window, and they need pinpoint accuracy to be...

We have detonated over 1000 full up nuclear bombs underground. We know what it looks like. These nuclear facilities are also deep underground. Contamination is not an issue.

It's not. The nuclear facilities are hardened structures deep underground. The contamination will stay right there.

The only real thing they need us for is the MOPs. They are the only bomb that can reach deep enough for that uranium enrichment site. The B2 is the only aircraft that can deliver them. And we're not loaning or selling them to anyone.

It will end up "10 business days" then "10 business days for the investigation office, which is only open Feb 29th".

Isreal already has air superiority over Iran in their own. Adding 4 aircraft carriers more combat capability to the mix means massive ground strikes in the least. There may not be an Iranian military to speak of this time next week. Wonder where Russia will get it's drones now ?

It's not so much "why do they need them", although the Ukraine situation is proof why you want them. If Ukraine hadn't given up their nukes they wouldn't have half their country in enemy hands. It's more who gets to have them. France was on the winning team in WWII, and they had the technical...

Think i need to buy the CMMG barrel for my PS90 before they're all sold out in the rush. Even if this doesn't pass, I'll have it for when I file the paperwork eventually anyway.

You seem to think they have a say in this. They have about as much say as Afghanistan and Iraq did 20 years ago. And you are mistaken about the Pakistan thing. *Iran* said that Pakistan should do that. I suspect Pakistan is a lot less enthusiastic about starting shit with the US than Iran.

When half the Iranian airforce has been destroyed, it's going to be hard to flip that back. Isreal massively outclassed Iran in the air when they still had their whole airforce. They're not making that back anytime soon. Plus, it's not like they're buying any new F4s or F14s to replace their...

They're used to random rockets blowing stuff up for the last 40 years. The intensity is a bit higher than usual, but it's not new for them. Sort of like the difference between a blizzard in Buffalo and a blizzard in Atlanta.

It's a major concern, but the farmland is irrelevant. You don't need a base of operations near the target to launch the drones. You just need to park a truck on the side of the road for 5 mins.

It's not whether they need them or not. It's whether they can be trusted with them. Think of it like this. In a TEOTWAWKI situation, you live in a small remote town with people from all over the world. Only a handful of people in the whole town have guns, but you are well stocked. Most of...

There is zero point for N Korea to have a military at all. It wouldn't even be a speed bump for either of their neighbors. North Korea has about as much use for a military as Liechtenstein.

Which would you rather live in ?

If they become the same topic they may just get combined.

China also has a very short fuse on their demographic bomb. They have a decade more or less to make whatever move they want to make. After that they're going to be a country of elderly with nobody young to take care of them.

Because we can. That's it. It is not in our interest to allow Iran to have nukes, and it is within our power to stop them.

You're not wrong. But our enemies would do well to remember what the result of Pearl Harbor was.

There is a difference between a lie and being faceous. The difference is whether you intend to deceive. Pretty sure you knew none of us were taking that literally :)

Apparently Adam's isn't interested in hosting one of these neighborhood barbecues. NYC may be OK this time.

Compared to the Aztecs, the Nazis were Amateurs. Remember, most of these "sacrifices" were not willing, and were captured from neighboring conquered tribes. The Nazis had industrial efficiency, but these guys did it all up close and personal. how far would the Nazis have gotten if they had to...

The conquistadores were able to do that because of the Aztecs. As badly as the Spanish treated the natives, it was immeasurably better than the Aztecs did. So all the other tribes allied with the Spanish to overthrow them. And can you blame them ? The Spanish just wanted to take stuff and...

I don't want any special powers activated. I just want prosecutions using the normal every day powers. Normal regular prosecutions for normal regular crimes. Just a shit ton of them and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Dude is just building segmented armor using guns instead of plates...

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It is the most accurate term. Actions are illegal, the people who commit them are criminals. So "illegal immigration" is a crime that is committed by criminal aliens. Calling criminals who break our immigration laws "illegal aliens" is like calling shoplifters "illegal shoppers" it's just not...

Just lock up your crayons.

Could take a queue from Yellowstone and just bring in a trailer full of bulls to let loose in the area of the riots.

Can the TN governor or legislature select an interim replacement to finish out his term ? How quickly can they do that ?

The problem with modern riot control is rhat is is all targeted at disbursing the crowd. That's the wrong approach. You don't want them to disburse. You want to identify the agitators and lock them up for a long, long time. Maybe some of them will flip and you can go after whoever sent them.

Belt in MK19, one Ka-Chunka, but not two....

Honestly, the answer is to drive across to Mexico and apply at the nearest consulate and pretend you were never in the US.

Deadly force is legal to stop arson or the attacks threatening serious injury. Just saying. Needs to be targeted though. Rooftop snipers, not lines of troops. Once the first guy with a molotov's head explodes I bet things change direction quickly.

Honestly, I think the feds should just concentrate on deportation and let the locals deal with the chaos. If they want to burn their own city down, let them. Just keep rounding up illegals and arresting anyone who obstructs the process. And obviously anyone attacking federal officers or...

Baghdad was considered to have the most sophisticated air defense on the planet at the time. We systematically dismantled that in hours. Yep, they had lots of conscription, just like Russia. And you keep talking about "they have plans" as if that *means* anything. Unless you have a...

Ok Jabba, now do abortion....

Nah, you use that stuff they put on the sticky mouse traps.

Even better. It establishes the precedent that conservative states can do the same. How long do you think it would take Texas to do the same thing?

Could be. But the media will sell *any* decision or appointment he makes in a negative light. You can't let them influence your decisions like that. The ones screaming the loudest about this guy being too young were the same ones celebrating the DNC bringing in Hogg because the old leadership...