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buffnut453 replied to the thread "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again.".Yeah...I saw the equivocation, too. He also said giving Ukraine Tomahawks "could mean bigger escalation, a lot of bad things can... -
buffnut453 replied to the thread "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again.".I fear the bigger issue is the amount of support Tomahawk may require (e.g DSMAC).
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The main problem with the British is they only made 190 of the Skua's and they never made a MK II version and the last 50 were delivered...
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buffnut453 replied to the thread Dive-bomber crew skills.Hey Thump, I would say that the Brits weren't even in the game. When WW2 broke out, the RAF didn't have any dedicated dive bombers...
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buffnut453 replied to the thread "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again.".This is pretty impressive - 85,000 drones delivered in 6 months. Now let’s scale that up to 50,000 per month...
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I agree with her wholeheartedly.
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buffnut453 reacted to MiTasol's post in the thread "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." with.
Meaning they have not been able to find a window near him and he did not drink the Polonium tea. -
buffnut453 replied to the thread Regarding the true combat performance of the P-38 (and other advanced US fighters) in the PTO from 1942-44.No, it was tertiary as agreed by Roosevelt and Churchill. Europe and North Africa/Middle East/Mediterranean were first and second (and...
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buffnut453 replied to the thread Regarding the true combat performance of the P-38 (and other advanced US fighters) in the PTO from 1942-44.The term tertiary is entirely appropriate; it was third on the list of priorities. That doesn’t mean fighting didn’t happen there, just...
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buffnut453 replied to the thread "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again.".Even Russian submarines are easier to spot today. According to Moscow, there’s nothing wrong with the sub and it surfaces as...
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buffnut453 replied to the thread A new book in my library..Does it have any details or photos covering the unit's operations in Iraq?
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buffnut453 reacted to GTX's post in the thread "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." with.https://defence-blog.com/ukraine-uk-agree-on-joint-artillery-production/
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buffnut453 replied to the thread "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again.".Saw this posted on LinkedIn...thought it was interesting and relevant to the topic at-hand: A group of Romania's top military officers...
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buffnut453 replied to the thread Quotes and Jokes.Not just seniors. I'm still well inside working age and I grok all of the comments in this post. See what I did there, mixing old...
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This is an interesting take on seniors looking back... "We Are the Bridge" My name's Richard. I'm 74. I sometimes think our generation...