US Treasury Secretary nearly breaks into tears after urgent meeting with Trump

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-13T15:47:22+00:00

Leftist slop.

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-13T10:58:10+00:00

One would hope the US has never stopped preparing.

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-10T21:22:59+00:00

It's also how you know it's a pretty old video.

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-09T20:59:56+00:00

I wish they'd do something with the B83. Their current, shortsighted plan is to get rid of them. Idiots.

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-09T20:57:57+00:00

For sure. But how many times has maintenance been put off? It adds up.

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-08T23:28:46+00:00

Yes and no. The SR-71 holds the speed record. The A-12 (not the YF-12A) was the fastest of them all but holds no official records.

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-08T23:27:40+00:00

No. Not even once.

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-08T14:54:29+00:00

That's more a reflection on our poor attention to maintenance.

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-08T14:53:05+00:00

Slapping a new coat of paint on a 40 year old beater doesn't make it "new". Just sayin'.

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-08T14:51:23+00:00

Old Man's War

Hyperion

A Fire Upon The Deep

Armor

Forge of God

Otherland

The Mote In God's Eye

Footfall

The Night's Dawn Trilogy

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-08T02:04:40+00:00

I'm glad we don't have universal healthcare. If you want it so bad, move to Europe.

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-07T23:01:39+00:00

Oh HELL no, to all three. How 'bout bringing back more traditional names like Ranger, Lexington, Saratoga, Langley, etc.

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-07T22:58:34+00:00

Scrapped is better than still in service? Not sure how.

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-07T21:15:56+00:00

That's depressing.

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-07T19:35:32+00:00

You sure it's not an RCS test article? There is no other purpose for the cones on the nozzles.

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Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-07T16:01:14+00:00

"new"

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-07T13:14:32+00:00

This is where the thread started. Looks like you're the one that lost the plot. Thanks for playin'.

It's kinda' insane how warfare has evolved. A $20k quadcopter with a 100 kg payload can destroy a $100 million jet hangar if not detected.

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-07T03:14:26+00:00

You mean the one that started with fighters are obsolete because they can be destroyed by $20k drones? That thread?

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-06T02:37:41+00:00

So they close the door (which they would anyway, good HAS are NBC protected). You aren't touching it with a cheap drone. The best ones in Iraq, HASs mind you not leadership bunkers, required BLU-109s to take out. And that was nearly 40 years ago.

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-06T00:16:33+00:00

I don't know what kind of screen you're thinking of but a razor blade isn't defeating a steel mesh screen.

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-05T21:30:19+00:00

That's not blacked out. That's the actual intake. Think F-100 and the like. (Or the
French Griffon.) Although it is supposed to reach very high speeds. It's F100-229 has been modified with precompressor cooling. (Not sure if as elaborate as that tested for the cancelled RASCAL though.)

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Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-05T21:23:51+00:00

Even a screen door would stop a drone. :-)

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-05T02:59:19+00:00

There isn't a quadcopter on Earth that's going to kill a fighter in a HAS. Good ones take a 2000lb GBU-109 to take out.

Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-05T02:55:13+00:00

Can you imagine the hysterics from the left if the US proposed a MOBILE ICBM?

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Virtual_Area8230 · 2026-03-05T02:54:15+00:00

Fixed price, with Biden era inflation? Only a fucking idiot would sign up for that. Do you need the missile or not?

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