Let's fight a big East and we'll see who is really behind. On Sun, Jan 1, 2017, 10:06 AM Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:
> It was just released! Better main gun, composite night vision, better > composite /gapped/reactive armor, lower profile, more anti-H.E.A.T. > protection, more horsepower, more horsepower per ton, much lower thermal > signature from turbodiesel compared to m1a turbine, etc. > > You're behind Lewis. > > On Jan 1, 2017 7:59 AM, "Lewis Bergman" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think you are FOS on the main battle tank point. Those tanks were were > shredded last time they went head to head. Their current version is better > than their old junk but is yet to be battle tested. Those last versions > didn't live up to any of their hype. Range was shit, half of the M1, and > they got shredded by the M1 as a result. They were supposed to be able to > shoot on the move, they couldn't. They were supposed to load twice as fast > as the M1 with their auto loader, They were slow and jammed often. Their > armor was supposed to be superior, they popped like those cheap soda cans > dropped on concrete. > > So, while the specs look like it should be one of the best, my bet is the > current version is crap too. Germany's tank is likely the best tank in the > world but there aren't that many of them. > > My suspicion is that the CIA new their stuff was crap but narrated a > picture that was more scary as to fuel demand for a wide variety of > military and espionage activity. > > On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 3:31 AM Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: > > They have the most advanced MBT (Main Battle Tank) in the world, and a > very versitile missile and missile defense system. Their Special Operations > Forces are some of the best in the world as well - easily on par with > Delta, ST6, and British SAS. > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't have sources for this claim but I do have a suspicion that Russia > has more ICBMs than Italy, and some of their leaders might have the > chutzpah to actually use them. They may not have a strong economy and they > may have an outdated conventional military, but maybe it made sense to > tiptoe a bit before pushing back. > > I can't disagree though....if they're really trying to swing our election > then something has to be done. > > Maybe Obama will be the last president because Putin goes cackling mad and > starts launching missiles at us. Or maybe doomsayers just like to say > "doom". It's right there in their name. It's fun to hypothesize but I > don't really put any faith in Nostradamus nor his 21st century analog in > the Balkans. > > > So on 12/31/16 at midnight UTC, clocks leap forward 1 second. > > > > And on 1/20/17, they fall back 50 years? > > > > Is this why I’m recently hearing radio ads for gourmet food with a 20 year > shelf life? Bomb shelter supplies? Doesn’t it make more sense to just > rotate the stock of non perishable food in your pantry, and isn’t that > already a common Mormon practice? This talks about a 3 month supply: > > https://www.lds.org/topics/emergency-preparedness > > > > Oh, and CNN had an interview the other day with one of my favorite > politicians, Adam Kinzinger, who represents most of my WISP service area. > He pointed out that Russia is not the Soviet Union, and we should maybe not > treat them as an equal like during the cold war, and that Putin is trying > to push us around like one of their former satellite states, and it’s > overdue for us to push back. I like his characterization of Russia as a > gas can with an economy the size of Italy. > > > > http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1612/29/cg.02.html > > > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Saturday, December 31, 2016 11:37 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Will DJT be president > > > > It will be an interesting year for sure. I am hopeful for a strong > business friendly economic upturn. > > I actually would welcome the return of the cold war. Things were more > peaceful back then. > > > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > > *Sent:* Saturday, December 31, 2016 10:31 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Will DJT be president > > > > Because Trump is the “first ME President”. > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Bill Prince > *Sent:* Saturday, December 31, 2016 11:14 AM > *To:* Motorola III <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT: Will DJT be president > > > > > > Modern day “Nostradamus from the Balkans” forecast that "Obama will be the > "last US president". > > https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-president-060745089.html > > > One last thought for 2016. > > -- > > > > bp > > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > > >
