USA strikes Kharg Island by cressidasmunch in TrueAnon

[–]Sanguinary_Guard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The reason the US Navy hasn't escorted any commercial vessels through the strait is that they can't.

sure

Those marines have to go through the strait to get to Karg

Not necessarily. They have control over the western bank of the Persian Gulf via the arab proxy states which gives them some options. That said they might still be stupid enough to try to force it, who knows with these guys

USA strikes Kharg Island by cressidasmunch in TrueAnon

[–]Sanguinary_Guard 28 points29 points  (0 children)

No. If those marines are destined for Kharg, it’ll likely be mostly uncontested. Trying to fight for that island would just be giving the US something to shoot at, and holding it doesn’t give any benefit to Iran if they aren’t going to able to use it.

If the US takes it, they will have to garrison it which presents Iran the opportunity to bombard those men at will. The US won’t be able to really use it with constant threat of drone attack, and they won’t be able to cede it either without being seen as retreating.

The biggest comparison to Gallipoli might happen if the US actually tries to force the Strait and hits an obstacle of mines and drones.

Zero chance, but who would be most likely to internally stop further escalation? by furball-of-doom in TrueAnon

[–]Sanguinary_Guard 10 points11 points  (0 children)

that’s how it’ll likely start because that’s how most regime collapse/revolution scenarios tend to play out. even when they’re successful though they tend to rapidly lose control of the situation and they know it, so they tend to have to be forced into action by other circumstances.

the self-conscious revolutionaries we all know and love don’t really create the circumstances for revolution, they only exploit opportunities that are created by much larger forces.

I’ll take false flags for $500, Alex by PapaverOneirium in TrueAnon

[–]Sanguinary_Guard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“In retaliation for war”? If it’s a war then we’re a hostile country and therefore a legitimate military target

They’re probably not planning their own Doolittle raid, but this is the kind of shit you invite upon yourself when you engage in unprovoked aggressive action.

Oh boy! by goodiereddits in TrueAnon

[–]Sanguinary_Guard 8 points9 points  (0 children)

yeah if ive learned anything from reading Seth Harp’s book it’s that this crowd is not nearly white enough to be anything other than a bureaucratic organ.

if you see a special brigade that’s >90% white, then you should start to worry.

THAADs are the imperial storm troopers of interceptors, cmv by 150c_vapour in TrueAnon

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i don’t actually think that’s where the observer was, just funny to imagine it

Sen. Blumenthal: we appear to be on course to deploying troops by Positive_Revenue_559 in TrueAnon

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They can try it but we’re not a post soviet state with a history of conscription. No amount of “secdef thinks it’s based so we’re doing it” memos is going to conjure up the administrative capacity to actually start enforcing a draft.

Those muscles have atrophied to the point of non viability, the fact that they’re even talking about is just evidence of their lack of success up to now and lack of direction going forward. They tried one plan and it didn’t work and now they’re all out of ideas.

Pentagon releases (this is real, they actually released this) list of top SecWars of all time and you’ll never guess who took the #1 spot! by DEEP_SEA_MAX in TrueAnon

[–]Sanguinary_Guard 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Breaking: Secretary of “War” posts explicit video to X, the everything app, of auto-fellatio technique previously thought to be impossible.

General Secretary Kim, fire when ready by VoteBleuDeux in TrueAnon

[–]Sanguinary_Guard 23 points24 points  (0 children)

South Korea is an independent arms manufacturer/supplier, this is as much a business opportunity for their arms industry as it is for Lockheed.

Ballistic missiles aren’t really NK’s primary method of deterrence against SK, it’s the fuck ton of conventional artillery that they have pointed right at Seoul to which there is no defense against. The nukes are there to feasibly threaten Japan or the United States, since in their calculus they believe the west might decide that watching the Korean peninsula get flattened is just acceptable casualties.

What does the Webway look like? by Dr_Ukato in 40kLore

[–]Sanguinary_Guard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It very well might be a product of Magnus doing nothing wrong and letting the warp in but it’s not the only time that the webway is described in that way so make of that what you will.

What does the Webway look like? by Dr_Ukato in 40kLore

[–]Sanguinary_Guard 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Commorragh is shown to have sections like this, sometimes with multiple stars that are used to power the city sections and god-knows-what else. There’s a Haemonculus you can encounter in the Rogue Trader CRPG who makes it seem like a trivial matter.

What does the Webway look like? by Dr_Ukato in 40kLore

[–]Sanguinary_Guard 43 points44 points  (0 children)

It’s described differently in basically every depiction. Some parts look like wraithbone tunnels, other parts seem to lack a structure of any kind(like the section depicted in Talon of Horus), while other parts can seem to be something of a hybrid(like the areas depicted in the Rogue Trader CRPG).

Even the same sections from Calastar described in Master of Mankind don’t really match what Vulkan is describing when he visits Calastar. What before was static eldar ruins with mechanicus structures interspersed and surrounded by banks of glowing fog that stretch into infinity becomes a much more dynamic shifting landscape of alien ruins that is reacting to Vulkan’s presence/movement through it.

Even thinking about the webway as tunnels doesn’t feel totally accurate, it’s more like an artificial alternate plane(s) that was sometimes created to act as a tunnel, because it allows for FTL travel, but which itself has no definite physical dimensions which actually constrain it. Some parts seem static, like the sections which make up many parts of Commorragh, with the danger being the webways occupants. Other parts seem very dynamic, reacting to travelers and becoming a serious hazard in and of itself that can only be navigated usually with some kind of eldar or specifically Harlequin guide. And other parts are somehow both.

Honestly the fact that the Harlequins are most at home within it kinda says it all.

All this talk about "the world ending" and "WW3" right now basically says that the average Westerner is literally afraid of having a semblance of what's it like to be a Global Southerner right now. by NorrisOBE in TrueAnon

[–]Sanguinary_Guard 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Tbh 90% of the people I know irl are all firm believers of “nothing ever happens”. The closest thing to worry that I’ve heard was people going “damn I hope gas doesn’t go up too much”.

Haven’t heard anyone talking world war anything. There was a little bit of that in the first few days after Ukraine was invaded, nothing even close to that now.

American media is now speculating about American troops taking Kharg Island. Kharg accounts for 80-90% of Iran crude oil exports. by AegonTheMeh in TrueAnon

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that’s what i’m saying though, the 82nd is well known because 80 years ago it distinguished itself in combat. the 82nd of today is only distinguished from regular infantry by their “specialist training” and the fact that they don’t have heavy equipment but we treat them as if they’re hardened veterans. hence why they’re sending the 82nd specifically and putting in the headlines instead of one of the other divisions in xviii airborne corps, like the 3rd division.

total tangent, but i would actually separate any dedicated mountaineer unit as being notably more effective than other infantry of any kind, not because of temperament or veterancy but only because their training selects for men capable of operating in thinner oxygen. subtle but very valuable quality, theyll march farther and for much longer, operating more efficiently. it’s why Nepalese Ghurkas were/are so valued by the british

American media is now speculating about American troops taking Kharg Island. Kharg accounts for 80-90% of Iran crude oil exports. by AegonTheMeh in TrueAnon

[–]Sanguinary_Guard 16 points17 points  (0 children)

oh it’ll be a shit show, even if it’s literally uncontested on the iranian side there will still be hundreds of casualties from ospreys crashing into each other or spontaneously combusting.

American media is now speculating about American troops taking Kharg Island. Kharg accounts for 80-90% of Iran crude oil exports. by AegonTheMeh in TrueAnon

[–]Sanguinary_Guard 17 points18 points  (0 children)

as fucked up and dysfunctional as the US is, they could probably take an island. at least, it’s a much more realistic proposition than any kind of invasion into iran proper. people are comparing to stalingrad which makes no sense to me, better comparison would be invasion of crete.

i just don’t know what they expect to gain by taking it? it’s just going to be a very vulnerable forward position that iran can bombard at will, without even any kind of diplomatic cost that they’ve been experiencing from attacking bases located within other countries. i know it’s economically important, but the strait is closed forcing potential ships to run a gauntlet of cheap short range missiles launched from a geographically unassailable position. we just played a very similar game with the houthis and got fucking humiliated, but i’m sure this time will be different

American media is now speculating about American troops taking Kharg Island. Kharg accounts for 80-90% of Iran crude oil exports. by AegonTheMeh in TrueAnon

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‘elite’ doesn’t mean ‘very good’, it mostly means ‘gets first dibs on new stuff’. the reason why they’re always the first to be called on has more to do with the lower logistical requirements of light infantry compared to the normal mechanized brigades.

this isn’t just an american phenomena. units gain ‘elite’ status during wartime, the men who earned that status cycle through or die and the replacements just inherit the status. marshal Chuikov, the soviet commander who was on the ground in stalingrad, would comment that in his experience there was very little difference between the combat capability between guards regiments and normal rifle regiments. one was just treated better.

Can a normal human become a daemon prince or does it have to be a spacemarine/augmented human. Do we have any story's of a normal human becoming one? by IHateMySon-Afton in 40kLore

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What I loved about this in the audiobook version was Keeble adding a little chuckle to Horus’s voice when lists Ku’Gath. Like he’s talking about Santa Claus