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vincent · Dec 5, 2024

SlothmanAllen said:
I am not sure, but you might even be able to air drop it which would make a lot of sense for a remote / autonomous vehicle.

The thing when equipped with missiles look to be top heavy. Not sure attaching a parachute to it is a good idea.

sheogorath · Tuesday at 6:17 AM

The Osprey shitshow also continues.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1866234368823349691

Maikeru · Tuesday at 11:10 AM

It's not clear why China is even mentioned in the context of this article as Chinese ICBM's are either liquid fueled or much younger than 27 years. Anyway, more problems for StratCom:

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RobertC · Tuesday at 11:28 AM

sheogorath said:
The Osprey shitshow also continues.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1866234368823349691

Having dealt with the USMC several times from an acquisition program perspective, the USMC should not be allowed to buy or operate any weapon its marines can't lift off the ground.

gpt · Tuesday at 7:15 PM

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The test mission, called Flight Experiment Mission-02 (FEM-02) fired a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA (SM-3 Block IIA) to intercept a mock air-launched MRBM. which successfully hit the target located more than 200 nautical miles northeast of the island.

RobertC · Tuesday at 9:26 PM

It ain't just me. The navalists over at Cdr Salamander have some issues with the USMC too

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“The advantage lies with us, because our last combat was captured on somebody’s iPhone14. The Chinese last combat was captured on oil and canvas, and they should not forget that.”
- General Eric Smith, USMC
[Cdr Salamander response:] There is so much wrong here, I don’t know where to start but to bring over some of my reactions this AM on X.

The comments are worth skimming.

ACuriousPLAFan · Tuesday at 10:44 PM

RobertC said:
It ain't just me. The navalists over at Cdr Salamander have some issues with the USMC too
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The comments are worth skimming.

Quoting USMC General Smith's words:

“The advantage lies with us, because our last combat was captured on somebody’s iPhone14. The Chinese last combat was captured on oil and canvas, and they should not forget that.”

Someone's eager to cosplay the Korean War-version of General MacArthur for the 21st-century lol.

sevrent · 2024-12-11T18:19:30-0500

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Kratos achieves first flight of Thanatos UCAV as part of CCA initiative. Very interesting design tbh.

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