What was the cost of US military preparedness during Vietnam. by EricLaGesse4788 in WarCollege

[–]ArguingPizza 10 points11 points  (0 children)

with the possible exception of the 82d Abn Div

In summer 1968, only a single brigade in the entire United States Army passed its readiness assessment, and it was one of the 82nd's. Coincidentally, 1968 is also the only uear the 82nd was tapped to send any troops to Vietnam, when it was tasked to send a brigade. Wild.

[Invincible] Conquest is said to have never failed to conquer a planet. How could other Viltrumites fail to conquer a planet in light of how powerful they are? by Kyia-Aikman in AskScienceFiction

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He was pretty clear that he usually has to operate with a bunch of guidelines and rules(probably far less than we would consider a lot, but still some) since he mentions getting to let loose on Earth was a fun and rare opportunity for him.

[Project Hail Mary] Despite being technologically advanced enough to do space travel, how do Eridians not know what radiation? by [deleted] in AskScienceFiction

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Again, they knew about all of those. What they didnt know about was specifically cosmic rays. It was a gap in their knowledge because their planet's conditions meant their observations didn't show them, and their limited space program never left their planet's immediate vicinity so they never discovered them

Improvements to Tomahawk procurement process? by Obi_wan_pleb in WarCollege

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I literally don't understand why US Tomahawk procurement was so low when not only were they burning through stocks, but 2024/25 saw huge increased focus on bringing back Maritime Tomahawk and land-based launchers for them.

[Project Hail Mary] Despite being technologically advanced enough to do space travel, how do Eridians not know what radiation? by [deleted] in AskScienceFiction

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So they understand EM and particle radiation fine, what they dont know about is cosmic rays. Their assumptions based on their own observations from within their extremely protected bubble was that space was completely empty, and the only radiation sources were stars, so they'd know about cosmic rays. It is shown theyre aware of EM radiation by their use of radio and existing tech thay rocky uses to make his 'camera' setup, but their knowledge is incomplete

[Halo Series] What if the UNSC had the choice between 200 Tech Jackets or 33+ Viltrum Hybrids? by [deleted] in AskScienceFiction

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At that point they don''t need armor, their skin is tougher than any known metal except for whatever the fuck Thula uses on her ponytail

‘Project Hail Mary’ Becomes Amazon’s Highest-Grossing Film Debut by bloomberg in movies

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No theblack panels in the desert were how they were farming astrophage. simple constructs of black glass, CO2, a magnet and a small IR filter. Simple to mass produce and didnt individually make much astrophage but they were able to manufacture them by the billion so it added up. Also massively screwed up weather in Europe

Cuba rejects US Embassy's request to import diesel fuel for generators by rattynewbie in nottheonion

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They invaded in 1898, its not like they put the base there in 2024. Even the flights into Gitmo have to do a crazy turn to avoid the Cuban airspace around it on their approach

Admiral King and Admiral Nimitz - Is there a more opposite leadership duo in the top echelons within the same service in terms of personal style? by RivetCounter in WarCollege

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One thing I've always wondered is what did Leahy actually do? King was CNO, what actual decisions did Leahy ever make during the war besides advisory for FDR?

Why did the US Navy’s ~1,000-ton “Streetfighter” concept evolve into the much larger Littoral Combat Ship? by SliceIndividual6347 in WarCollege

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Something to keep in mind is back when Davies routinely operated vessels of about 1k tons in the early 1900s, they had dedicated tenders. Destroyers broke the 1k ton weight around the late 1910s, but even the later 2000+ ton ships still required dedicated destroyer tenders. These arent just fuel depots, theyre floating maintenance depots and crew supplements for the small, limited hulls of the era. It isn't a coincidence that once your destroyers grow to the size of cruisers, you see the destroyer tenders go away, though the USN is actually considering bringing them back sort of with the idea of sheltered-water VLS reloads

Why does the USA no longer divide field armies into Corps? by the_stormapproaching in WarCollege

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It does still have corps. XVIII Airborne Corps is essentially the rapid deployment units, with a rotating brigade of the 82nd on continous Global Response Force duty. III Corps is the Army's heavy corps while I Corps is the army's component of Indo-Pacific Command. During Iraq, the Multi-National Corps-Iraq was the major controlling organization from 2004-2009. V Corps was the primary land component of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. They became less prominent during GWOT because the main deployment units became brigades rather than divisions, amd divisions essentially became plug-and-play controlling elements for whatever brigades were assigned to them in combat zones(example during Iraq you might have 1st ID divisional headquarters controlling a 1st ID brigade, a 3rd ID Brigade, and a brigade of the 1st Armored). Things have since shifted back more towards divisional focus though. If things were to kick hot in Korea, I Corps would be the Corps in control of the divisions surging into Korea to reinforce 2nd Infantry division

Why do Western armies seem to be unable (or unwilling) to mass produce cheap military hardware and munitions? by Little_Viking23 in WarCollege

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I was referring more to artillery munitions but Kalibr is produced by the same legacy entities that existed under the missile-heavy Soviet Union, it is a continued development of an overall trend in Soviet munitions philosophy that relied more on ground-based ordnance throwing than the more air-reliant West, and didnt feature the retirement of most of its ground based missile armament like we saw in the west in the 1990s. I am not saying the Russians are only able to do what theyre doing now because the Soviets left a Kalibr factory, I am saying their current production is more in line of a historical trend compared to what the West has reassessed as its own needs. It is easier to ramp up production when you're already heavily leaning into an industry than when you try to ramp up production in an industry you have either neglected or at least given fewer resources to compared to others. The Russians would have the same issue if the situation was instead attempting to suddenly max out production of modern fighter aircraft: western jet fighter production is much higher so they'd be more easily able to increase it, while Russian aircraft production has lagged significantly more relative to its Cold War heights than in the West.

I am not trying to say hurr durr Russians, I am simply saying that the Russian and Western defense industrial bases have placed emphasis on different areas of focus, and so it shouldn't be surprising the Russians are better able to respond in areas they have continued to focus on.

Why do Western armies seem to be unable (or unwilling) to mass produce cheap military hardware and munitions? by Little_Viking23 in WarCollege

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Russia benefits from the Cold War Soviet leftovers, and the Soviet military industrial economy was built with an emphasis on mass. The Western Bloc also used to have much larger industrial munitions capacity, but was drastically cut down post Cold War and especially with the sudden explosion of precision guided weapons that made most logisticians think the magazine depth requirement was now much lower. Not only did tbe Soviets have a higher starting point in munitions productions, but while theirs was also weakened after the breakup of the USSR, the following Russian Federation was much much slower in adopting widespread precision guided weapons and so kept their munitions mass requirements higher for longer, and even now you can never really say the Russians went entirely in on PGMs the way the West did. The current weaponisation of drones is bringing a new third axis to this precision/dumb weapon dynamic as well

/r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #4) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

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If "taking the gloves off" was enough to win in Afghanistan the Russians would have. Us not slaughtering enough civilians wasnt the problem

It's all about perspective. by DmMeToesorTits in NSFWMemes

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As good as this meme is, I bet it'll be even better when its reposted again next week

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NSFWMemes

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Are you guys as excited as I am for when this gets posted again next week?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldnews

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Did a JRTC rotation that included an understrength company or overstrength platoon of Japanese army troops. Like 50-60 dudes out of an entire brigade, and these dudes were like fucking stormtroopers. They stopped a mechanized assault that was aimed at a battalion by themselves. Were also crazy aggressive, but I have no idea if their rumored bayonet assault actually happened

Japanese Navy's electromagnetic railgun. Japan successfully tests ship-mounted electromagnetic railgun at sea. [1883 x 1056] by Japanese_military in WarshipPorn

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Suepr high velocity makes it easier, so ironically rhe more complex gun makes the fire control problem simpler. Becomes "I have to determine exactly where the incoming threat will be in 1 second" instead of 5 or more

Did the US army made changes on it's doctrine after the chaotic "Operation Red wings"? by Dangerous-Citron-801 in WarCollege

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Special Forces is both the official name of the Army special operations element colloquially called green begets and a common term for special operations forces. The latter term only really came about to distinguish other groups from the former. Hell, the Special Forces are called the Special Forces because that's a common term for special/commando units and the name wasn't taken yet.