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...and the Senate Parliamentarian ruled we can't get rid of taxes on NFA arms in a budget bill ... apparently taxes are off limits in budget bills now...

When both Star Wars and Top Gun 2 called it. 😂

Well, Iran has been organizing, training, and equipping proxy forces to attack US personnel for decades. They also launched IRBMs at US forces a couple years back. They had also been blaming us for Israeli strikes and threatening more action. Not sure how much this will really increase the threat level... probably some, but not exactly 0 to 100. Deciding when to use military force is also the job of the President (codified since the War Powers Act).

The staff and lower level leadership will make the numbers work. It's the long term where the truth data becomes apparent.

Sounds like a CC who can't quite bring themselves to write the unvarnished truth. Too bad we don't have enough leaders willing to say "Boss, this plan will not work."

If you want to be a great pilot, you need to intentionally seek training and experience. Right now, the AF is on a trajectory to give slightly above average training vs the excellent we expected. That doesn't mean you can't get great training from the AF...but it certainly means you will have to search harder and work more.

Airspace rules, yes, as it would give greater authority to disable offending drones. Operator certificates and transponders? Nah, all that really does is add an extra civil fine/misdemeanor the DOJ can impose after someone conducts an act of war/terrorism. Not effective deterrence.

Considering that these types of drones have relatively small payloads, we don't need to build shelters hardened against 500lb bombs. An enclosure that guarantees relatively low levels of protection and standoff would probably render FPV attacks mostly ineffective...and might actually be affordable.

No real dog in this fight, but with all of Pakistan's hypocrisy and Intel support to terrorist organizations...them taking a few Ls would not sadden me.

Seems like they are not having a good cruise.

Clearing traffic on RT4 while landing 33 wasn't the intent of the route, but no one forbid it officially...

Yeah, that's pretty bad. The NTSB recommendations make a lot of sense.

Sure. Oversimplified, just like the majority of arguments here. What would I do, as king for a day? Sell Ukraine just about anything they want, including our old stock at a discount. "Arsenal of Democracy."

Missed the point. I'm saying the outcome was not and is not a foregone conclusion. It does depend on many factors. ...not saying Ukraine will decisively win.

How are you not getting the concept that a stronger foreign power can lose to a more committed group on their home turf? Did you miss the past 25 years?