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Operation Tiger Before D-Day in WW2, a rehearsal for the landings ended in a huge German victory when some German torpedo boats ripped into the convoy that was going to practice beach landings.

Exactly. And Saudi F-15's could kill Israeli or USA F-15's as well. People do not understand IFF, and the term "source codes" sounds cool but very few people have a clue as to what exactly these "source codes" do.

The thing is, crucifixion was not reserved just for Jesus. The Romans crucified tens of thousands (probably more) of people. It was a common (if very cruel) form of capital punishment. Just like hanging. The more mature in the Christian faith a follower is, the less he or she gets worked...

I find it a bit amusing that more than one guy is thinking "Awww, poor pigeon!" and is probably, in his next post, shrieking "Damn them all! NUKE THEM! NAPALM THEM!" referencing human beings. I see the same effect with many bleeding heart types in the USA who will spend thousands of dollars...

All my rambling comes down to this - "If I compress a spring and the act itself increases the mass of the spring due to the added energy, what form does that added mass take?" Do the particles in the spring weigh a bit more? Are particles added? Do the particles spin/move/vibrate faster, thus...

Last word on this, the whole thing is getting circular. The U.S. military doesn't pitch a tent and paint "ARMY HEADQUARTERS" on it, set it up, and wait. Modern warfare is one of maneuver, deception, and dynamic offense and defense. Ballistic missiles need a pre-programmed target...

Hezbollah uses MISSILES? <double facepalm> Look up the definition of missile vs. rocket and get back to me.

It's not just cost. I'll re-emphasize again, it's a numbers game. No country, not Iran, not the USA, Russia, China, can sustain any sort of campaign using ballistic missiles. They can be useful as a shock weapon, they can do some damage, but the pace of operations in a heavy shooting war...

Interesting article and I can totally agree that "standards" set by a body like WHO can skew results. Differing populations have differing genetic profiles. Some countries trend towards very tall and heavier, others towards short stature. Being short generally doesn't mean you are...

In these horrible days, being captured should never be an option. Security forces and soldiers should be mentally prepared and also equipped to fight to the bitter end and never give up. The alternative is an ignoble death. RIP to these men...

The Atlantic is an awesome journal of photos from around the world. They are almost always even-handed and serve to simply illustrate cultures. The differences are more often charming than not. Series like this go a long ways towards putting a face on an "enemy" and hopefully helping us all...

Chinglish! Sometimes, Chinese or other Asian languages don't translate well, or the English translator isn't very good. No offense intended in these. ????????

20mm grenades would put some hurt on people, but are about as small as they can get and still pack any sort of punch. It looks like these are low velocity 20mm rounds. There have been attempts made to create a 20mm shoulder-mounted weapon that could be classed as a true cannon, firing...

Two things... 1) Note winkie 2) Quite a few people are making fun of a sport I enjoy, and that I feel has vastly more strategy and depth than soccer. Am I not allowed to defend it?

And yet all that spending is still only 1/5th of the U.S. budget... It's also because the bulk of the $$ goes towards pay and benefits for an all-volunteer military. An O-3 just 4 years out of college makes about $65,000 per year.

There's no need for this. It's not for bragging rights, it's for security. The original H bombs were deployed primarily because accuracy of 1950's vintage systems was so poor. With modern digital electronics, you can smack the target dead on and you'll not need more than 50 KT. In most...

We can call it whatever we want. I think it should be called sissy-ball, take-a-diveball, fake-an-injury ball. ;)

You are possibly overthinking the destructive power of a conventional ballistic missile. Again, it's a nose cone with some amatol or TNT equivalent on it. Like an iron bomb. Do you think ONE iron bomb dropped on a U.S. military installation is going to cause them to simply fold and stop...

The earth will be devoid of life in maybe 1.5 more billion years. We are 3/4 of the way through our planetary life span. Soon, the sun will begin to expand, the oceans will evaporate, and our atmosphere will become like Venus, trapping heat and turning the Earth into an 800 degree furnace...

It's a numbers game. Conventional Ballistic missiles are extraordinarily expensive way to deliver 500 kilos of explosive to a target. Consider one F-16 sortie can put more HE on a target than 5 typical ballistic missiles. Iran doesn't have enough of them to tip the balance.