They would just be recommitting their dedication to stupidity. I'd take Romney over Paul any day and I am about as far left as you can get (with out swinging back around again to libertarianism...).
Not really, what he did at the FBI's goading has no excuse, the original question is would he have actually done anything or amounted to doing anything had the FBI just kept an eye on him instead of trying to make a point in Portland. Beyond that, did the FBI have to push him that far to get a conviction?
While there was some impetus on the suspect for his actions, the fact that Portland was targeted and this threat wasn't nipped in the bud earlier was obviously political in nature. Why let it go as far as they did? They easily had enough material for a conviction on numerous charges that would have put him away for a long time before they actually went all the way with the "attack". Why actually let the suspect go all the way down to the ceremony, place the "bomb" and let him try to detonate it? The moment he was even in possession of the "explosives" he would have been guilty of a number of major felonies. The fact that they let it play out in a public place was clearly theater meant to induce some sort of reaction in the Portland leadership.
Was when the FBI encouraged a young immigrant boy in Portland, OR to try and carry out an attack on a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. The boy by all accounts had no prior involvement in anything radical beyond browsing the internet, and seemed more angry at his parents than the US or any 'infidels', was approached by undercover FBI agents and brought into this plan as the trigger man.
While that is interesting in itself, the really telling part comes from the fact that the City of Portland refused to cooperate with the FBI after 9/11, refusing to allow agents unfettered library access and other information into the citizens of Portland. Not only this, and while it may be conjecture, Portland has never seemed to be on the top of anyones attack list as far as foreign terrorists go... Needless to say Portland quickly subscribed to the FBI's intelligence program after the attempted attack and decreed that it would fully cooperate in the future with any investigations.
The lasers are pulsed anyways to prevent jamming or interference with other systems in the field. The round and designator accept a 3/4 digit laser "code" that tells them to modulate in a certain pattern.
The only really big thing in this story is the miniaturization of the technology we have had laser guided bombs and even laser guided cannon artillery for almost 40 years now.
You realize that would make them a better target right? Laser guidance works on detecting the reflected energy of the laser off the target, the more reflective the surface the better.
Yes, because the problem with libertarianism is that while something not as drastic might happen, there would be no one monitoring that from happening.
And you think the Right is any better? They want to throw out EVERYTHING and let the corporations walk around with total impunity. Private police, private firefighters, private military, everything. That is their ideal, including Ron Paul who is the most insane of them all, his policies equate to a conservative version of total anarchy!
It was the same physics package. B53 (bomb) and W53 (warhead). Also for anyone interested the largest yield nuclear weapon the US ever deployed was the B41 with a yield of 25 megatons. It was retired over an 11 year period starting in 1963.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but ultimately the US is looking out for the interests of the US. Countries doing what they think is best for their country, even if it is sneaky, treacherous, or deceitful has been around for a long time. In the end the world is still dog eat dog.
The question people in the US should be asking is if the actions that things like wikileaks exposes is really good for them as citizens of US? If another country gets screwed over a bit (or even a lot) to benefit in the end people living in the US then the citizens shouldn't care. If their results end up hurting people in the US then they should get angry.
Anyway, welcome to the real world, where everything is not touchy-feely happiness, but hard, cold politics and diplomacy, just like it has been for the last 4000 years.
Actually no, they still use VHF whip antennas quite often in the US military. The SINCGARS frequency hopping system is in the 30 to 87.975MHz range and the ideal antenna length for this range is in the 1 to 2 meter area. Luckily these whips can be folded down and do not actually take up much space when traveling, but of course that inhibits their gain quite a bit.
Even the UHF band that most military coms occurs on has a roughly 13" ideal antenna length. SATURN and HAVE QUICK I/II are in the UHF band only up to 512Mhz.
Agreed, Arma2, and its military cousin VBS2 are much closer to realism than CoD. No one in the serious gaming/training industry would say that CoD is even trying to be realistic.
Arma supports some alternative input devices like TrackIR and supports a wide variety of resolutions and screen configurations as well.
What people need to come back to is the idea of simulators and games. They serve different audiences. One is meant to focus more on realism than fun (while that realism should be the fun part) and the other more on fun than realism. They both make sacrifices.
I think this is the same guy who has been hocking his book on http://www.missileforums.com/ which is a forum for former and current USAF missile crews and their related departments. Pretty much all of the responses from the people on there are "bullshit" and these are people that were in the LCC pulling shifts for 3 decades.
Not really sure what they can advance on besides frequency hopping routines that are quicker and cover a larger spectrum. SINCGARS, HAVE QUICK I/II and SATURN are pretty good at counter-jamming already, as long as the sequence can not be easily predicted and the fills are updated regularly (every 24 hours or so) then jammers will have to invest quite a bit into the infrastructure of their broadcasting equipment. It certainly wouldn't be portable, and it'd be loud and easy enough to find and take out by more traditional means.
The only thing, like I mentioned above, is moving to waveforms that are spread across larger frequency ranges (which can be problematic) and are faster so the jamming equipment can't keep up with the normal signal. Beyond that, digital data over RF can be reinforced by better packet correction and error handling.
Of course you could always just overpower every other signal on your band, but I do not think battery tech has reached that level yet for portable radios, and well... Most soldiers prefer not to be cooked alive if they have a choice.
Ever played ArmA2? I have heard from a number of vets that it is as close as you will get with out signing papers. Probably why the USMC and NATO use it (well VBS2) as a simulator.:P
Nothing in the NPR says we can not retaliate against a nuclear state. In fact it makes it clear that it is one of the caveats to the new nuclear posture.
We need a deterrent, we need land based and sea based nuclear weapons platforms, but we do not need the current number that we are standing at. Its fine. None of these treaties bring us down below any sort of threshold.
The most important thing to remember to is that the new treaty doesn't actually dismantle these weapons warheads. They will sit there in the nuclear hedge pile for many decades to come. When we stripped out all the old Poseidon missiles when we retired the pre-Ohio class SSBN force we put the warheads in storage at Kings Bay and Bangor. Bangor has 1600 nuclear warheads sitting across the water from Seattle. Washington State is the most nuclear armed region in the world. Granted they do not have delivery systems, but as far as the public knows those warheads are just as lethal today as they were when they were retired.
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Its better people equate them as the same to lessen their chances of ever holding any significant office. Now hush up!
They would just be recommitting their dedication to stupidity. I'd take Romney over Paul any day and I am about as far left as you can get (with out swinging back around again to libertarianism...).
He gives such a hoot that he wants to repeal the civil rights act!
Not really, what he did at the FBI's goading has no excuse, the original question is would he have actually done anything or amounted to doing anything had the FBI just kept an eye on him instead of trying to make a point in Portland. Beyond that, did the FBI have to push him that far to get a conviction?
While there was some impetus on the suspect for his actions, the fact that Portland was targeted and this threat wasn't nipped in the bud earlier was obviously political in nature. Why let it go as far as they did? They easily had enough material for a conviction on numerous charges that would have put him away for a long time before they actually went all the way with the "attack". Why actually let the suspect go all the way down to the ceremony, place the "bomb" and let him try to detonate it? The moment he was even in possession of the "explosives" he would have been guilty of a number of major felonies. The fact that they let it play out in a public place was clearly theater meant to induce some sort of reaction in the Portland leadership.
Was when the FBI encouraged a young immigrant boy in Portland, OR to try and carry out an attack on a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. The boy by all accounts had no prior involvement in anything radical beyond browsing the internet, and seemed more angry at his parents than the US or any 'infidels', was approached by undercover FBI agents and brought into this plan as the trigger man.
While that is interesting in itself, the really telling part comes from the fact that the City of Portland refused to cooperate with the FBI after 9/11, refusing to allow agents unfettered library access and other information into the citizens of Portland. Not only this, and while it may be conjecture, Portland has never seemed to be on the top of anyones attack list as far as foreign terrorists go... Needless to say Portland quickly subscribed to the FBI's intelligence program after the attempted attack and decreed that it would fully cooperate in the future with any investigations.
Would you like to buy my rock? It keeps away communist tigers.
The lasers are pulsed anyways to prevent jamming or interference with other systems in the field. The round and designator accept a 3/4 digit laser "code" that tells them to modulate in a certain pattern.
The only really big thing in this story is the miniaturization of the technology we have had laser guided bombs and even laser guided cannon artillery for almost 40 years now.
You realize that would make them a better target right? Laser guidance works on detecting the reflected energy of the laser off the target, the more reflective the surface the better.
Yes, because the problem with libertarianism is that while something not as drastic might happen, there would be no one monitoring that from happening.
Because thats EXACTLY what the world should be like!
And you think the Right is any better? They want to throw out EVERYTHING and let the corporations walk around with total impunity. Private police, private firefighters, private military, everything. That is their ideal, including Ron Paul who is the most insane of them all, his policies equate to a conservative version of total anarchy!
It was the same physics package. B53 (bomb) and W53 (warhead). Also for anyone interested the largest yield nuclear weapon the US ever deployed was the B41 with a yield of 25 megatons. It was retired over an 11 year period starting in 1963.
And you think every other country in the world will play by the same rules? Sorry that is not the case.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but ultimately the US is looking out for the interests of the US. Countries doing what they think is best for their country, even if it is sneaky, treacherous, or deceitful has been around for a long time. In the end the world is still dog eat dog.
The question people in the US should be asking is if the actions that things like wikileaks exposes is really good for them as citizens of US? If another country gets screwed over a bit (or even a lot) to benefit in the end people living in the US then the citizens shouldn't care. If their results end up hurting people in the US then they should get angry.
Anyway, welcome to the real world, where everything is not touchy-feely happiness, but hard, cold politics and diplomacy, just like it has been for the last 4000 years.
Actually no, they still use VHF whip antennas quite often in the US military. The SINCGARS frequency hopping system is in the 30 to 87.975MHz range and the ideal antenna length for this range is in the 1 to 2 meter area. Luckily these whips can be folded down and do not actually take up much space when traveling, but of course that inhibits their gain quite a bit.
Even the UHF band that most military coms occurs on has a roughly 13" ideal antenna length. SATURN and HAVE QUICK I/II are in the UHF band only up to 512Mhz.
1.60 is going to include new AI pathing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsgCLX84RZo
Agreed, Arma2, and its military cousin VBS2 are much closer to realism than CoD. No one in the serious gaming/training industry would say that CoD is even trying to be realistic.
Arma supports some alternative input devices like TrackIR and supports a wide variety of resolutions and screen configurations as well.
What people need to come back to is the idea of simulators and games. They serve different audiences. One is meant to focus more on realism than fun (while that realism should be the fun part) and the other more on fun than realism. They both make sacrifices.
Gun types are not made because they are inefficient and unsafe, not because the fissile material in them is hard to get.
I think this is the same guy who has been hocking his book on http://www.missileforums.com/ which is a forum for former and current USAF missile crews and their related departments. Pretty much all of the responses from the people on there are "bullshit" and these are people that were in the LCC pulling shifts for 3 decades.
Not really sure what they can advance on besides frequency hopping routines that are quicker and cover a larger spectrum. SINCGARS, HAVE QUICK I/II and SATURN are pretty good at counter-jamming already, as long as the sequence can not be easily predicted and the fills are updated regularly (every 24 hours or so) then jammers will have to invest quite a bit into the infrastructure of their broadcasting equipment. It certainly wouldn't be portable, and it'd be loud and easy enough to find and take out by more traditional means.
The only thing, like I mentioned above, is moving to waveforms that are spread across larger frequency ranges (which can be problematic) and are faster so the jamming equipment can't keep up with the normal signal. Beyond that, digital data over RF can be reinforced by better packet correction and error handling.
Of course you could always just overpower every other signal on your band, but I do not think battery tech has reached that level yet for portable radios, and well... Most soldiers prefer not to be cooked alive if they have a choice.
Ever played ArmA2? I have heard from a number of vets that it is as close as you will get with out signing papers. Probably why the USMC and NATO use it (well VBS2) as a simulator. :P
Nothing in the NPR says we can not retaliate against a nuclear state. In fact it makes it clear that it is one of the caveats to the new nuclear posture.
We need a deterrent, we need land based and sea based nuclear weapons platforms, but we do not need the current number that we are standing at. Its fine. None of these treaties bring us down below any sort of threshold.
The most important thing to remember to is that the new treaty doesn't actually dismantle these weapons warheads. They will sit there in the nuclear hedge pile for many decades to come. When we stripped out all the old Poseidon missiles when we retired the pre-Ohio class SSBN force we put the warheads in storage at Kings Bay and Bangor. Bangor has 1600 nuclear warheads sitting across the water from Seattle. Washington State is the most nuclear armed region in the world. Granted they do not have delivery systems, but as far as the public knows those warheads are just as lethal today as they were when they were retired.
ArmA2 + ACE2 mod. Doesn't get much more real than that with out signing your name someplace.
Troll or not, you got the wrong country there bucko.