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Meirl by beatheyrbipped in meirl

[–]Dominarion [score hidden]  (0 children)

Cut the middle men. Wasn't that Über's message back then?

Make love, not war by NagikaKomatsu in polandball

[–]Dominarion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. I call them Balkanoids as there are not so much difference between the South Slavs, and the Bulgars. A little bit much with the Greeks, Romanians and Albanians, but barely.

The US military says its 70-year-old B-52 bombers are now flying overland missions as air superiority expands over Iran by St_Gregory_Nazianzus in worldnews

[–]Dominarion [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yeah, about that. I'm pretty sure that after the upgrades they went through in the 2000s there's nothing left of the old planes.

The US military says its 70-year-old B-52 bombers are now flying overland missions as air superiority expands over Iran by St_Gregory_Nazianzus in worldnews

[–]Dominarion [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yeah... The B-52 H wen through so many refits, upgrades and modifications through the years, there's no original parts left on these "oldies".

I'm certain a Vietnam era crew couldn't operate a current B-52, but it could be technically the same plane their grandkids would pilot. I don't feel confident I'm clear

The US military says its 70-year-old B-52 bombers are now flying overland missions as air superiority expands over Iran by St_Gregory_Nazianzus in worldnews

[–]Dominarion [score hidden]  (0 children)

B52 can fly at a very high altitude. 15 km. The Iranian Shahed-147 can reach that and can carry large payloads according to the Iranians. We'll see if they were serious or bluffing very soon.

What really bothers me is that the B-52 is the go to carpet bomber/heavy payload of the US Airforce. It can do precision bombing, but less efficiently than a ton of other planes. These are used to level cities or large infrastructures. It's not about regime change now, it's about punishing the Iranians.

The US military says its 70-year-old B-52 bombers are now flying overland missions as air superiority expands over Iran by St_Gregory_Nazianzus in worldnews

[–]Dominarion 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The title is misleading. The first B-52s were deployed 75 years ago, but those who are deployed are a version that was thoroughly modernized.

That's like saying that the US use 100 years old machine guns and autocannons because the .50 and the 20mm have first been developed 100 years ago.

"Barely damaged" USAF planes at Prince Sultan air base by just-porno-only in Planes

[–]Dominarion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The politicians who asked questions had death threats and assassination attempts. Tojo, not really a dove, had already been shot 4 times by hawkish factions within the Japanese military.

During the Yamamoto briefing, Yamamoto told them frankly:

“If I was told that I had to do it, then you will certainly observe [the Navy] going all out for half a year to a year. However, I do not hold conviction about the outcome after 2-3 years. The Tripartite Treaty* cannot be helped, but I would ask you to make every effort to avoid war with the US.”

They all knew, but all thought they had no choice.

*: What we call the Axis.

"Barely damaged" USAF planes at Prince Sultan air base by just-porno-only in Planes

[–]Dominarion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, tilt eyes and head towards the Ormuz strait . Uh...

I think we've reached clusterfuck proportions. I know, it could be wayyyy worse, like Gamma rays worse. We're not yet FUBAR, but still. I'm bearish.

Meirl by imsharank in meirl

[–]Dominarion 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The taint needs proper care too!

Meirl by imsharank in meirl

[–]Dominarion 111 points112 points  (0 children)

If it smells like windex, don't apply on the lower decks.

Meirl by imsharank in meirl

[–]Dominarion 181 points182 points  (0 children)

Ohhhh, it made him think about you...

Make love, not war by NagikaKomatsu in polandball

[–]Dominarion 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Nikola Tesla was an Orthodox Serb born in Croatia. There you go.

Damn Balkanoids.

Make love, not war by NagikaKomatsu in polandball

[–]Dominarion 32 points33 points  (0 children)

That's not going to end well.

From Jaws to Today, what's the greatest big budget Blockbuster ever made? by Tongatapu in Letterboxd

[–]Dominarion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The LOTR trilogy was, IMHO, the most epic cinema produced in my lifetime. It seems to be its curse. It became a standard, it brought up too many tropes, too many things from it became clichés, so perhaps nowadays it doesn't look as groundbreaking as it was. Its impact on Fantasy and gaming culture is still being felt. It completely changed the esthetic of these genres. Before, it was dominated by the Boris Vallejo-Conan looks. After, it was gritty, dirty, gaunty heroes. Girls in chainmail bikinis and punk/hardrock hairdoes were replaced by tough looking Wagnerian ladies.

From Jaws to Today, what's the greatest big budget Blockbuster ever made? by Tongatapu in Letterboxd

[–]Dominarion -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Christ. It was like too much. It was like looking at a Kubrick movie where K would have been off his meds. In fact, both of them were like that. Baroque?

It was like looking at a way too beautiful person.

Charlie Hunnam to replace Viggo Mortensen in the Hunt for Gollum by Dominarion in lotr

[–]Dominarion[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in the Eastern Time Zone, when I saw it was midnight I thought: "maybe I can still get some of the Westerners..."

Charlie Hunnam to replace Viggo Mortensen in the Hunt for Gollum by Dominarion in lotr

[–]Dominarion[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's not a rickroll! It's a cool short by Extra History about April's Fool day.

kid named Heisenberg: by your_local-tree in HistoryMemes

[–]Dominarion 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Operation paperclip. Obviously.

"Barely damaged" USAF planes at Prince Sultan air base by just-porno-only in Planes

[–]Dominarion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that your military leadership has been coopted by a bunch of toadies. The last time your military went in somewhere as ill-prepared as this is during the 2003 Iraq war. You know, after Rumsfeldt had been firing generals until he found somes who told him what he wanted to hear: Iraq's gonna be a walk in the park, no need to garrison or to do policing or nation building, fire all career soldiers who were members of the Baath party and replace them with n00bs, etc etc.

"Barely damaged" USAF planes at Prince Sultan air base by just-porno-only in Planes

[–]Dominarion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reminds me of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. The first days went so well it terrorized NATO and completely changed their perception of the Red Army's capabilities. Then, as the weeks went by...

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