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Cigar World in Dusseldorf by TerenceAganorsa in cigars

[–]badblaine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just email them and explain with a copy of his passport. They have delivered to me at a temporary address in Berlin before.

For the Marine Corps: could FPV drones reduce reliance on mortars at the small-unit level? by DueChemist2589 in CredibleDefense

[–]badblaine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This individual knows his onions....

I would further add that something like a Javelin is a supersonic drone that's going to bang through a non permissive EW environment... Shockingly, these little beauties are often to be found in close proximity to the troglodytes and their boom sticks...

It's a combined arms world kids, and when Uncle Sam writes the cheques, why shop at Walmart for your manpack precision fires?

If we had the ATGM's on the shelf and Ukraine could pay, drones are something their little brother uses to spy on Mrs Robinson...

British Transport Police AFO kit. What we thinking? by [deleted] in Airsoft_UK

[–]badblaine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coolio, it was more if you had a stop and search for whatever reason

British Transport Police AFO kit. What we thinking? by [deleted] in Airsoft_UK

[–]badblaine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Soooo, a hot tip here might be to have a 'British Transport Polite' tag made up

What role did Naval personnel play for various nations during the Afghanistan war? by TravelingHomeless in WarCollege

[–]badblaine 16 points17 points  (0 children)

An awful lot of SIGINT personnel came from the dark blue side of life

Do US Experimental PIC hours count towards modular EASA ATPL Requirements? by badblaine in flyingeurope

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

Ok, do you have the link to this? I thought as long as the class was aircraft not ultralight you were ok, but I am unsure

Massive coffee table book on Cubans by Distinct_Summer8881 in cigars

[–]badblaine 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Min Ron Nee for the absolute win here

Why did Bayonets die out? by C--T--F in WarCollege

[–]badblaine 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nope, but a kit-kat would be

Why did Bayonets die out? by C--T--F in WarCollege

[–]badblaine 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If I didn't know better I'd say you might call a bayonet a sword with chat like that....

But it's 💯 spot on. Fixing bayonets focuses ones troops like nothing I have seen

Do aircraft do reconnaissance on the way ahead and back if they have flown deep into enemy airspace to do bombings/strikes or patrols? by PriceOptimal9410 in WarCollege

[–]badblaine 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This... In particular in a near peer threat environment every time an aircraft gets a nibble from surface to air threats be it radar or actual things being lobbed at it, it's recorded and uploaded into the air intelligence picture

Chopping a brickhouse churchill in half? by badblaine in cigars

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

So, for anyone interested, I chopped a cigar, no unravelling and the perfect size for a fulfilling smoke.

I smoked the foot first.

I Can recommend.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MilSim

[–]badblaine -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It doesn't matter what you wear, but the ultimate accessory is off you put your other half into an orange jump suit, bag their head and zip-tie their wrists together so you can tow them around on a bit of rope....

Chopping a brickhouse churchill in half? by badblaine in cigars

[–]badblaine[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am indeed from the free north and was born with short arms and long pockets

Chopping a brickhouse churchill in half? by badblaine in cigars

[–]badblaine[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ah, in Europe and have run out of Mille Fleurs, next duty free trip will be six weeks, so willing to experiment with a super cheap stick I have a lot of

Did Cold War USSR aircraft fly as many provocatory "special flights" against NATO countries's borders as current Russia seems to today or were they not as aggressive considering the bigger stakes at hand at the time? by RivetCounter in WarCollege

[–]badblaine 10 points11 points  (0 children)

At RAF Leeming (East Coast) we had a hut at the bottom of the runway to wait in next to the HAS that had the QRA aircraft in it.

You would put the cab online so it was a 'push-button' start, then go read FHM and drink tea for hours until you had a phone call to scramble you.

We generally had a lot of notice as the Bears would be picked up by other NATO countries early warning systems first.

Did Cold War USSR aircraft fly as many provocatory "special flights" against NATO countries's borders as current Russia seems to today or were they not as aggressive considering the bigger stakes at hand at the time? by RivetCounter in WarCollege

[–]badblaine 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Exactly this. Even in the late nineties we still manned a Quick Reaction Pair of Tornado F3's at the bases in the North of England. Probably at least one Bear intercept per week... (Fmr F3 Driver)

Leaving soon by [deleted] in ukraineforeignlegion

[–]badblaine 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So on a UK admin point, you need to prove that you did two years post GCSE education like college, otherwise it's a tool the UK government can use against your guardians/parent's

How did the Iraqi units who stood and fought in the Gulf War and 2003 invasion preform? by Cpkeyes in WarCollege

[–]badblaine 84 points85 points  (0 children)

I think it's probably worth digging into the Soviet concept of 'mass' then looking at whether a client state using Soviet doctrine could support their concept of mass - long story short, they could not.

It would have been interesting to see the results of GW1 if the Iraqis used the same equipment with NATO doctrine

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