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Hey Big Blue:

Haha. What's more embarrassing for you? Announcing to everyone that you're quitting the forum, or being too weak to actually do it?

We could call it Operation Just Cuz

VW commercial is an oldy but a goody. I sent it to several family members a few days ago and they agreed my warped sense of humor is very much intact. On a side note, it seems both individuals were dealing with divorces and to my engineering mind that looks to be "root cause" Some would say the number one cause of divorce is marriage. Just a thought.

If say a good way to look at it would be trying to walk into an acquisitions request to say replace the C-130… You tell the contracting companies that you demand double the speed, 1.25x the payload, increased survivability, same stol performance numbers but quieter, etc…. But I’m not going to let you make the aircraft any more complex to keep and feed or give you personnel in addition to what you already have. Need another crew chief or avionics guy or some special stand that isn’t in current inventory or doesn’t go to the field for some reason? Go F yourself. That is how the Army is tackling FVL. We want revolutionary capability at no additional effort and it’s going about how you would think. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Boomer, it appears they fixed their mistake fairly quickly. Overall, it's a positive news piece.

Trudeau’s just opening himself up for the Governor job. Probably gonna take some days off for a dip in the Gulf of America first.

The most accurate documentary on the DoD acquisition system ever made!!

FIFY

I am just an internet troll but if I were POTUS I would keep the pressure on for a bit longer. If we go all stop and Russia gets to keep all the land gains Putin can declare victory. Access tot he Black Sea is one of the keys to a prosperous and self-sustaining Ukraine. Losing the Crimea was a big hit, Putin has pushed hard at Kherson and everything around the Tendrivs'ka Gulf because it lets him hold all sea-born Ukraine trade at risk...he effectively controls the black sea. If Ukraine gives up other land but gets some of the coast back then we have good grounds to end it. Putin is feeling the pain, I would keep the pressure on until he is willing to give up more.

Slow your roll bro...I made ZERO disparaging personal remarks about you or anyone else. And for the record, I can comprehend that multiple things can be true at the same time...keep in mind much of this is subjective. The point of diminishing returns is certainly subjective and probably tracks more closely with our national objectives. Relegating Russia to non-peer is definitely worth continued investment. Check the Economist and few other news sources that are now reporting on Russia's worsening economic issues. Inflation is now rampant and some think Putin has a tenuous grip on power. This is the great game and should be viewed that way instead of a simple fight in Ukraine.

Concur...for pennies on the dollar Russia has been neutralized as peer adversary. I've said it many times, the impact of this war on the Russian population will last for generations. A U.S. think tank, not the Ukrainian propaganda machine, has estimated Russian losses as epic. They've lost 40 soldiers for every square mile of ground they have seized. Russia seized 1,600 square miles of Ukraine's territory in 2024 while losing 427,000 troops, ISW says