I don't drink.. so I have go subnet some ipv6 prefixes ..... 

Regards. 

Faisal Imtiaz 
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> From: "Mathew Howard" <[email protected]>
> To: "af" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, April 4, 2016 1:57:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] [ot] battleship engineering

> Does work involve bourbon?
> On Apr 4, 2016 12:44 PM, "Faisal Imtiaz" < [email protected] > wrote:

>> Let's get back to work !....

>> :)

>> Faisal Imtiaz
>> Snappy Internet & Telecom
>> 7266 SW 48 Street
>> Miami, FL 33155
>> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232

>> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected]

>>> From: "Josh Reynolds" < [email protected] >
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Sent: Monday, April 4, 2016 1:39:52 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] [ot] battleship engineering

>>> Faisal, you're really ruining all my fun today. I haven't had enough 
>>> bourbon for
>>> this discussion.

>>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:33 PM, Faisal Imtiaz < [email protected] >
>>> wrote:

>>>> Aren't they all connected ?

>>>> You are presenting a technical argument, which does not match up to 
>>>> factual data
>>>> from the field is put next to it...

>>>> The comment about war and profiteering was in reply to your comment 
>>>> regarding
>>>> 'all life '.

>>>> Regards

>>>> Faisal Imtiaz
>>>> Snappy Internet & Telecom
>>>> 7266 SW 48 Street
>>>> Miami, FL 33155
>>>> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232

>>>> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected]

>>>>> From: "Josh Reynolds" < [email protected] >
>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>> Sent: Monday, April 4, 2016 1:06:52 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] [ot] battleship engineering

>>>>> There's quite a bit of strawmen in your post Faisal. We went from talking 
>>>>> about
>>>>> weapons systems to civilian casualties, and then when the points about the
>>>>> strides made in minimizing civilian casualties was brought up, you turned 
>>>>> it
>>>>> from there to a political and philosophical rant on the nature of warfare 
>>>>> and
>>>>> those who profit.

>>>>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Faisal Imtiaz < [email protected] 
>>>>> >
>>>>> wrote:

>>>>>> Yes, yes, yes... you can make any argument you like, it is easy to 
>>>>>> justify the
>>>>>> weapons and their efficiency on a relative scale...

>>>>>> However, if you take into account the views from the other side, on the 
>>>>>> ground
>>>>>> and a dose of reality.... even the most sane person has to rethink the
>>>>>> argument...

>>>>>> this is just one example of what I am talking about.....

>>>>>> http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/09/25/national/drones-terrorising-pakistan-civilians-experts/

>>>>>> (read the expert opinion.... and ask yourself the question of who were, 
>>>>>> are the
>>>>>> other 98% killed )

>>>>>> And when these nut cases come back and kill kids in schools as a 
>>>>>> retaliation...
>>>>>> the folks there pay the price, again for so called 'precision bombs'.

>>>>>>> If you want to make an argument that all life is precious, I disagree - 
>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>> are some individuals out there that the world would be better off had 
>>>>>>> they not
>>>>>>> been born... a lot of them, sadly. It is tragic when non-coms get 
>>>>>>> caught in the
>>>>>> > crossfire.
>>>>>> Ok, lets go with this argument, the question is who is going the be 
>>>>>> judge and
>>>>>> jury for them ? Whose laws are you going to judge someone by, ours ? 
>>>>>> Theirs ?
>>>>>> ....
>>>>>> If we are so right and correct in everything we do ....Then why is it 
>>>>>> that we
>>>>>> simply cannot allow open public trial of the detainees in Guantanamo ?

>>>>>> War is a dirty business, everyone looses .... except for those who 
>>>>>> profit from
>>>>>> it !

>>>>>> Faisal Imtiaz
>>>>>> Snappy Internet & Telecom
>>>>>> 7266 SW 48 Street
>>>>>> Miami, FL 33155
>>>>>> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232

>>>>>> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected]

>>>>>>> From: "Josh Reynolds" < [email protected] >
>>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, April 4, 2016 11:35:58 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] [ot] battleship engineering

>>>>>>> " The point is, modern fighting machines are much more destructive, and 
>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> indiscriminate killing machines .. they don't know the difference 
>>>>>>> between
>>>>>>> solders and civilians... It might be sexy to talk about their 
>>>>>>> destructive
>>>>>>> power, but one has to realize that destructive power is far more 
>>>>>>> reaching to
>>>>>>> human beings....... and this is why we don't officially keep track of 
>>>>>>> civilian
>>>>>>> deaths....
>>>>>>> ​"​

>>>>>>> Indiscriminate killing machines, yes. Always have been, and likely 
>>>>>>> always will
>>>>>>> be. More destructive? Not necessarily. The initial Call For Fire for 
>>>>>>> artillery
>>>>>>> given a map and compass has a "mean error" of 500m. It's still just as 
>>>>>>> bad now
>>>>>>> as it was during World War I, maybe with slightly better numbers due to 
>>>>>>> better
>>>>>>> mapping data. Fire a single Excalibur round out of one of the said 
>>>>>>> artillery
>>>>>>> pieces however, and you can place the round inside a window multiple 
>>>>>>> stories
>>>>>>> off the ground floor and even have a good understanding of possible 
>>>>>>> building
>>>>>>> and collateral damage before the round is ever fired.

>>>>>>> Which one would you rather fire in a city?

>>>>>>> The same goes for carpet bombing. It's vastly fallen out of favor due 
>>>>>>> to it's
>>>>>>> expense and mass damage, and the fact that for point targets a single
>>>>>>> 500-2000lb JDAM can have the precise effect. For moving targets, they 
>>>>>>> now have
>>>>>>> laser guided JDAMS - GPS until near target, then switches to IR 
>>>>>>> tracker. This
>>>>>>> means you're much more likely to have positive effects on target (EOT) 
>>>>>>> than
>>>>>>> using a shotgun approach.

>>>>>>> Basically, CEP (Circular Error of Probability) went from 500m to single 
>>>>>>> digit
>>>>>>> meters to centimeters now, depending on the weapons system. 
>>>>>>> Understanding of
>>>>>>> collateral damage (persons / structures) is also much better.

>>>>>>> TLDR: Yes, we have some weapons systems capable of massive destruction. 
>>>>>>> We've
>>>>>>> also come a long way in creating systems that have outstanding accuracy 
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> lower round expenditures, create positive EOT, and minimize civilian and
>>>>>>> structural casualties.

>>>>>>> If you want to make an argument that all life is precious, I disagree - 
>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>> are some individuals out there that the world would be better off had 
>>>>>>> they not
>>>>>>> been born... a lot of them, sadly. It is tragic when non-coms get 
>>>>>>> caught in the
>>>>>>> crossfire.

>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Faisal Imtiaz < 
>>>>>>> [email protected] >
>>>>>>> wrote:

>>>>>>>> >> Perspective is a powerful thing.
>>>>>>>> Agreed..

>>>>>>>>>>. Not as high as the loss of life would have been if we were running 
>>>>>>>>>>at one
>>>>>>>>>>another with swords and bows, not as high as lining up in front of 
>>>>>>>>>>one another
>>>>>>>>>>taking turns to load and shoot, and not as high as it would be had we 
>>>>>>>>>>been
>>>>>>>>>>forced from our trenches into the waiting maw of the enemy with the 
>>>>>>>>>>dull smell
>>>>>>>> >>of onions in the air behind us.

>>>>>>>> Hmm... opinion based on which account one has read... Most of those 
>>>>>>>> battles
>>>>>>>> ended in one day or within a short amount of time, the battle field 
>>>>>>>> was always
>>>>>>>> contained .... to soldiers.

>>>>>>>> The point is, modern fighting machines are much more destructive, and 
>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>> indiscriminate killing machines .. they don't know the difference 
>>>>>>>> between
>>>>>>>> solders and civilians... It might be sexy to talk about their 
>>>>>>>> destructive
>>>>>>>> power, but one has to realize that destructive power is far more 
>>>>>>>> reaching to
>>>>>>>> human beings....... and this is why we don't officially keep track of 
>>>>>>>> civilian
>>>>>>>> deaths....

>>>>>>>> Faisal Imtiaz

>>>>>>>>> From: "Josh Reynolds" < [email protected] >
>>>>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, April 4, 2016 10:03:07 AM
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] [ot] battleship engineering

>>>>>>>>> Not as high as the loss of life would have been if we were running at 
>>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>>> another with swords and bows, not as high as lining up in front of 
>>>>>>>>> one another
>>>>>>>>> taking turns to load and shoot, and not as high as it would be had we 
>>>>>>>>> been
>>>>>>>>> forced from our trenches into the waiting maw of the enemy with the 
>>>>>>>>> dull smell
>>>>>>>>> of onions in the air behind us.

>>>>>>>>> Citizens of London, Stalingrad, Berlin, Nagasaki and Hiroshima would 
>>>>>>>>> appreciate
>>>>>>>>> how "civilized" we have become from a certain point of view.

>>>>>>>>> Citizens of cities who have been invaded by ISIS/ISIL... Probably not 
>>>>>>>>> so much.

>>>>>>>>> Perspective is a powerful thing.
>>>>>>>>> On Apr 4, 2016 8:09 AM, "Faisal Imtiaz" < [email protected] > 
>>>>>>>>> wrote:

>>>>>>>>>> No offense meant to anyone....

>>>>>>>>>> But let me ask you one question:-

>>>>>>>>>> What was the cost in human lives paid for that adventure ?
>>>>>>>>>> (Both sides, good, bad, ugly...... human cost ?)

>>>>>>>>>> Regards

>>>>>>>>>> Faisal Imtiaz

>>>>>>>>>>> From: "David Milholen" < [email protected] >
>>>>>>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, April 4, 2016 8:24:36 AM
>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] [ot] battleship engineering

>>>>>>>>>>> I got to sit between two units on my M1A1 tank that had a fire 
>>>>>>>>>>> mission into
>>>>>>>>>>> Kuwait and Iraq.
>>>>>>>>>>> The unit I called the BIg Ear sat up on the forward berm to 
>>>>>>>>>>> identify targets of
>>>>>>>>>>> opportunity.
>>>>>>>>>>> These so called targets were other artillery that were firing on 
>>>>>>>>>>> its own troops
>>>>>>>>>>> for desertion.
>>>>>>>>>>> By late evening the star clusters that littered the sky soon died 
>>>>>>>>>>> down to one or
>>>>>>>>>>> two after the MRLS missions were done.

>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/4/2016 12:11 AM, Josh Reynolds wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>> My dream fire mission was MLRS :)
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Apr 3, 2016 10:23 PM, "Cameron Crum" < [email protected] > 
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm all for precision guided munitions, but nothing says we've 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> come to kick some
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ass like shelling an enemy position with the 16in guns from a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> battleship. Talk
>>>>>>>>>>>>> about demoralizing the enemy.

>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Josh Reynolds < 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] > wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Systems like that don't exist so much... At least, there are no 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> guns of that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> size on a battleship that I'm aware of (16").

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I know there are much smaller systems now for certain classes of 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> warships. When
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was going through my joint fires naval training we talked 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about a bunch of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> systems (that are now public knowledge). One of the newer naval 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> guns has a 40+
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nautical mile range and GPS guided round - similar to the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excalibur artillery
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> round. Those are mostly automated systems.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If I remember right, a full battery salvo from an Iowa class 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> battleship on a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> surface target could spread out the round impact locations to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> create a 1Km x
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1Km "casualty box". I always wanted the opportunity to employ 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that system :P
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Apr 3, 2016 10:23 AM, "David Milholen" < [email protected] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What an AWEsome piece of history.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I wonder how many of those systems are completely automated and 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> how much faster
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reload time is ?

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/3/2016 1:59 AM, Josh Reynolds wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://youtu.be/_wT1xkRpCKk I love this stuff.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --

>>>>>>>>>>> --

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