Stealth is a force multiplier and that's the core reason for using it.
If you can attack a target with PGMs using fewer stealth aircraft you don't have to fly large conventional strike packages preceded by SEAD aircraft. Sorties are expensive and consume valuable resources.
The vast majority of Gulf War sorties were flown by conventional airframes, but stealth was useful to disable enemy C4I assets. Meat is cheap. Sorties are NOT cheap, and when you add MULTIPLE tanker support etc for a strike package they are incredibly resource-intensive.
"As guns are far more strictly controlled over here, and as such you can't obtain the parts that you can't home make,"
You can "home make" damn near anything, including Kalashnikovs if you have a bit of patience. Afghans make them in the most basic machine shops.
On a simpler note you can, with an ancient (say 100 year-old) lathe and drill press, make Sten machine guns.
Google Image Search "Sten plans" for pics.
You can make the dies and tooling for making ammunition if the black market (which cannot be extinguished) won't provide.
You can make rifling dies and a jig to rifle your barrels.
You can machine a perfectly usable cap-and-ball revolver ("ammo" just got easier) with the same tools, because that's what they used in the first place.
"The 2nd Amendment was put in place specifically to give people the right to own "military-grade" firearms, so they could protect themselves from a potentially tyrannical government. Hunting actually has little or nothing to do with that. It's just one more reason."
Those who want to repeal the Second Amendment are EQUALLY free to work together, but they don't.
Unlike the Demublican and Repocrat parties, the NRA does what its members want it to do.
IF all the folks who supposedly care about their CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS would fund equally effective lobbies to support those rights, Congress would be scared to fuck with them, too.
The NRA is the most powerful group defending a Constitutional right. They have been doing this for well over a hundred years. If you want that level of success, imitate their methods.
Re: "Note that the legal fiction of receiver-as-firearm is true in the U.S"
Since not all parts of a firearm should logically be CONTROLLED as a "firearm" (screws, rivets, stocks, barrels) it is necessary to have a workable legal definition of "firearm".
Controlling receivers is logical, as is controlling the SPECIFIC parts of fully automatic weapons which make them "full auto".
Weight and complexity (many parts equal more things to wear, break, inspect, and maintain).
Also, running engines provide aircraft hydraulic power, electric power, and pneumatic power (via bleed air). Since they are running anyway, using them to move the aircraft makes sense.
I gave this sort of briefing in my Air Force workcenters. Suggested delivery is smiling, low-key, but leaving no doubt you are dead serious.
"This is a "one-sided conversation".
There will be zero sexual harassment. You don't NEED to have any words leave your lips which aren't business, so when in doubt, shut the fuck up. If you can't speak without being stupid, then don't speak at all.
Since you are NOT a giggly stupid socially inept chucklehead, compliance won't bother you a bit and this doesn't offend you.
I don't care what you WANT. You will obey ORDERS, or appropriate disciplinary measures will be taken."
"So what you're saying is that someone needs to make a gun that shoots Buckyballs, and then we can buy them again?"
They already do!
A "T"-size steel shotgun pellet is about Buckyball size. I don't have a reloading press or any Buckyballs to load, but it would be interesting to shoot a few rounds loaded with nonmagnetic steel shot and compare their pattern on target to that of Buckyballs.
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"This is why i always speak the truth, no matter how blunt."
Good job!
Americans want "cheap" and don't give a fuck.
This country is getting what its public, ALL of us, deserve.
Inaction is consent.
"I believe in following the law. I believe in following the rules of society and government"
Have some Law. There are more but these examples will do:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Laws
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-miscegenation_laws
Mods should note, Not a Troll.
Vandal found out Anons were not his Personal Army.
Stealth is a force multiplier and that's the core reason for using it.
If you can attack a target with PGMs using fewer stealth aircraft you don't have to fly large conventional strike packages preceded by SEAD aircraft. Sorties are expensive and consume valuable resources.
The vast majority of Gulf War sorties were flown by conventional airframes, but stealth was useful to disable enemy C4I assets. Meat is cheap. Sorties are NOT cheap, and when you add MULTIPLE tanker support etc for a strike package they are incredibly resource-intensive.
Since when is the goal of war "sportsmanship"?
Grow up.
Gotta love the Hollow Force era!
Many civilians never knew things were that fucked up...across the board.
Depends on the subset. The Phantom was the most versatile and successful jet fighter ever built, and suitable for all services.
Bankrupting yourself building inappropriate sticks isn't "playing it safe", it's pork.
Neither have a clue about reforming DoD, NOR DOES DoD, within which live many competing cliques.
Kill yourself for making such a stupid post.
"As guns are far more strictly controlled over here, and as such you can't obtain the parts that you can't home make,"
You can "home make" damn near anything, including Kalashnikovs if you have a bit of patience. Afghans make them in the most basic machine shops.
On a simpler note you can, with an ancient (say 100 year-old) lathe and drill press, make Sten machine guns.
Google Image Search "Sten plans" for pics.
You can make the dies and tooling for making ammunition if the black market (which cannot be extinguished) won't provide.
You can make rifling dies and a jig to rifle your barrels.
You can machine a perfectly usable cap-and-ball revolver ("ammo" just got easier) with the same tools, because that's what they used in the first place.
"The fact that you don't realize you're using algebra every day should be taken as how vital it is to teach it."
What po' folks need algebra fo'?
Ya'all sure you ain't a Communist tryin' to put title loan outfits and pawn shops outta business? :-)
"Something to remember is that if you actually wipe it - they'll know you've wiped it."
Not necessarily. All they'll "know" is the machine won't boot and they won't see any partitions.
If you aren't Admin, boot a live CD/DVD of the Linux or PE persuasion, delete your profile, and say nothing about it.
Terminal commands will always offer more granular control than clicking an icon.
http://zorin-os.com/
I don't try to get Windows users to switch to Linux because they already own a PC loaded with Windows, but this looks interesting.
"I'm still depressed that Canonical and Gnome both picked a very bad time to screw around with their usability. "
No problem. Piss on Unity, do this instead:
"GNOME Classic in Ubuntu 12.04: Itâ(TM)s Like Nothing Ever Changed"
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/03/gnome-classic-in-ubuntu-12-04-its-like-nothing-ever-changed
"The 2nd Amendment was put in place specifically to give people the right to own "military-grade" firearms, so they could protect themselves from a potentially tyrannical government. Hunting actually has little or nothing to do with that. It's just one more reason."
Penn and Teller explain that well:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ec7_1251312990
Indeed, which is why I'm a member.
Those who want to repeal the Second Amendment are EQUALLY free to work together, but they don't.
Unlike the Demublican and Repocrat parties, the NRA does what its members want it to do.
IF all the folks who supposedly care about their CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS would fund equally effective lobbies to support those rights, Congress would be scared to fuck with them, too.
The NRA is the most powerful group defending a Constitutional right.
They have been doing this for well over a hundred years. If you want that level of success, imitate their methods.
They haven't outlawed machine shops, which can produce any firearm and the tooling to make guns and ammunition.
Re:
"Note that the legal fiction of receiver-as-firearm is true in the U.S"
Since not all parts of a firearm should logically be CONTROLLED as a "firearm" (screws, rivets, stocks, barrels) it is necessary to have a workable legal definition of "firearm".
Controlling receivers is logical, as is controlling the SPECIFIC parts of fully automatic weapons which make them "full auto".
Weight and complexity (many parts equal more things to wear, break, inspect, and maintain).
Also, running engines provide aircraft hydraulic power, electric power, and pneumatic power (via bleed air). Since they are running anyway, using them to move the aircraft makes sense.
The military is full of "frat boys".
Military discipline is the perfect way (refined over literally thousands of years!) to manage men. It works.
Give orders. Expect them to be obeyed. Punish disobedience promptly and fairly, but when self-discipline fails, don't shrink from imposed discipline.
I gave this sort of briefing in my Air Force workcenters. Suggested delivery is smiling, low-key, but leaving no doubt you are dead serious.
"This is a "one-sided conversation".
There will be zero sexual harassment. You don't NEED to have any words leave your lips which aren't business, so when in doubt, shut the fuck up. If you can't speak without being stupid, then don't speak at all.
Since you are NOT a giggly stupid socially inept chucklehead, compliance won't bother you a bit and this doesn't offend you.
I don't care what you WANT. You will obey ORDERS, or appropriate disciplinary measures will be taken."
"So what you're saying is that someone needs to make a gun that shoots Buckyballs, and then we can buy them again?"
They already do!
A "T"-size steel shotgun pellet is about Buckyball size. I don't have a reloading press or any Buckyballs to load, but it would be interesting to shoot a few rounds loaded with nonmagnetic steel shot and compare their pattern on target to that of Buckyballs.
http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=52612&stc=1&d=1318459735