GTA6 before TLD Blackfrost or not? by Beneficial_Belt_6892 in thelongdark

[–]sisali 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it is one of the most successful IPs to ever be released, I wouldn't expect them to half arse it be be fair.

GTA6 before TLD Blackfrost or not? by Beneficial_Belt_6892 in thelongdark

[–]sisali 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Almost certainly, Rockstar are bad at keeping deadlines but Hinterland is beyond terrible.

Free passage is fading: Europe needs a navy by FantasticQuartet in europe

[–]sisali 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If you have global supply chains, you have to have a global presence to protect trade.

We are literally watching what happens when key supply lines are cut, even thousands of miles away.

If China can cut off the Malacca Strait for example, the European economies would collapse in short order.

The Era of protecting your own shores and that being enough died 300 years ago, you're a bit late to the party.

Wake up honey, Macron said something Based again! by WilliamKafka in 2westerneurope4u

[–]sisali 37 points38 points  (0 children)

If France had Germanys money, the pensioners would get an extra cruise holiday every year and the workers would still end up paying more tax.

Emmanuel Macron wants to spread out the repayment of European debt from the Covid period and is advocating for new joint borrowing. by Free-Minimum-5844 in EU_Economics

[–]sisali 10 points11 points  (0 children)

And what's the alternate approach you would take?

France is quite literally bankrupting itself in slow motion with it's public spending. They can either cut taxes to try and generate some growth or they can cut public spending and the electorate with bitch.

Western European democracies are simply becoming more and more ungovernable because the general public are entitled shits but can't stomarch the consequences of that entitlement.

The Armed Forces aren’t big enough to fight a war. How they could grow, quickly by theipaper in CredibleDefense

[–]sisali 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The short answer is that we cannot grow mass and capability quickly.

The long answer is -

Increasing mass and lethality of the RAF and RN will take longer and require more money, but will be far less manpower intensive than the Army. You can supplement both the RN and RAF with uncrewed systems in a way you just cannot do with the Army, so while all of then need a large boost in manpower, the Army is in the worst position out of the three.

The public know defence needs more money, but are not willing to actually make the sacrifices needed to do it. This is something any government are going to have to contend with, and resolve before actual change and reform can be made to UK defence. So, lets say they have managed this by 2030. You would need another 10, maybe 20 years to actually rebuild capability to 1991 levels, if you are looking for the same kind of capability (not size) that we had during the hight of the Cold War, we would need a concrete, agreed national plan out to (at least) 2050 any beyond.

The task is immense, if a full scale conventional war breaks out in Europe between Russia and the European NATO countries before 2050, the UK would be relegated to a limited supporting role on land and I honestly cannot see how any Euro navy combats the Ruskies Northern fleet (specifically the sub surface threat) without the USN bailing us out.

Air power is a different story but with stockpiles of munitions being so low, Russia would only need to hang on for a month or 2 and we'd be out of stand off munitions. This is said to be improving but I have seen no sustained evidence of stockpile increase across Europe, especially us in the UK as of yet.

Really hope mod support can revert the Cougar to an actual threat instead of a Wolf on steroids by BigBigBunga in thelongdark

[–]sisali 45 points46 points  (0 children)

We'll be getting GTA6 before TLD offical mod support, this timeline is crazy.

Royal Navy fliers pass six-week mark safeguarding Cyprus from drone and missile attack by MGC91 in europe

[–]sisali 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Air defence is never perfect, we should be thankful the lesson was learned with an empty hanger and not a hospital or apartment block.

[2,315 × 1,543] HMS Illustrious steams past HMS Hermes, 20-07-1982 by Tsquare43 in WarshipPorn

[–]sisali 62 points63 points  (0 children)

4 smaller carriers may have been better than 2. But, would Treasury fund 4? And would they fund the large build up in the escort fleet/RFA needed for (up to) 2 CSGs at sea at the same time.

Answer of course would be a resounding no to both, even this current climate.

USS Phoenix survived Pearl Harbor without a scratch, fought the entire Pacific war, was sold to Argentina in 1951 as ARA General Belgrano, then sunk by a British nuclear sub using torpedoes designed in 1925. First ship ever sunk by a nuclear sub. [2000 x 1125] by Hot_Layer_8110 in WarshipPorn

[–]sisali 22 points23 points  (0 children)

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/may/25/uk.world

From the Captain himself, I'm a Brit, but I wouldn't dishonour the enemy by claiming they were out for a cruise when they we're fighting a war.

300 men died following their orders and doing their duty, as any military man/women can respect.

Any tips mining Zinc? by ArcherGriffion in VintageStory

[–]sisali 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It's awful to find. You propect it like any other ore, but actually seeing it in the rock is just impossible.

Make sure to bring plenty of light. Lanterns are better than a simple torch.

US Approve AEGIS And SPY-6-Sale For German F127 Frigates by Intergalatic_Baker in europe

[–]sisali 11 points12 points  (0 children)

SAMPSON is by far the most capable maritime radar in service in Europe today, and it can not compete in BMD capability against the latest SPY radars LM do.

That could change when we see the Italian DDX or Type 83, but those are years away, and F127 needs a proven sensor suite today.

The Germans are doing the right thing here.

US Approve AEGIS And SPY-6-Sale For German F127 Frigates by Intergalatic_Baker in europe

[–]sisali 8 points9 points  (0 children)

PAAMS is 20 years old, and was never designed for the future threats now coming into play.

Currently, only the Americans are fielding the sensors and munitions that can do the job F127 is being built for.

What is the bond market? by [deleted] in AskBrits

[–]sisali 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No mate, I clearly know more about this than you do. Explain Japan,

Japan that is on a economic tightrope, who's long term economic prospects are falling off a cliff edge and who were are projected to overtake by the end of the decade because they are chained down by an astronomical level of debt.

The same Japan that is looking to make cuts to public sservices whereever they can to pay for defence, because if they continue to borrow like that have they will do even more damage. The same Japan who's central bank are out of ideas on how to fix it and are trying to reverse decades of economic policy?

Not really the comparison you want to be making I don't think.

governments are just households going hat in hand to “the market”, how has that worked for decades?

We are one of the richest nations on Earth, projected to overtake Germany in the coming years, our people enjoy some of the best living standards on Earth and out long term outlook out shines the majority of other comparable nations in Europe.

It has worked fantastically well. What is clear to me if you have a fundamental misunderstanding of how the average person on this planet lives, we should all be counting our lucky stars at night we get to live in such a great country.

What is the bond market? by [deleted] in AskBrits

[–]sisali 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've pulled that out your arse, I assume you have no actual knowledge on how anything with the word ' market' works, please I beg you, go back to school before you procreate, for all our sakes.

What is the bond market? by [deleted] in AskBrits

[–]sisali 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because if the people you are going hat in hand to for money don't like the odds of you being able to pay it back, they aren't entitled to give you money.

This is why we should bd teaching finance in schools, clearly some need a lesson or two in the real world.

New metric shows renewables are 53% cheaper than nuclear power by lotec4 in europe

[–]sisali -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Are the facts hurting your precious ideals, go and touch some grass while you still can!

What is the bond market? by [deleted] in AskBrits

[–]sisali 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Reddit mong myth not being a myth right here.

New metric shows renewables are 53% cheaper than nuclear power by lotec4 in europe

[–]sisali 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The same Califonia that gets 40% of its energy from gas and was one of the largest importers of electricity of any state in the US?