You do realise there's more fish in the sea right?

Lol no problem at all

If one is content being a circus seal, who am I to say any different?

Can't I?

Don't we all do whatever rocks our respective boats?

LTZ

I am curious. If it's not classified information, what is the watch system practiced by TLDM sub crews? Also, what kind of onboard entertainment do crews get, if any

I have been reading up on watch systems as they feature in sailing ship novels

This post has been edited by KLthinker91: Sep 23 2020, 06:55 PM

Ah I see, thanks

Just curious the ways that different jobs impact common human activities is part of what makes a job unique and interesting

Woke up and be like where the heck is Azerbaijan

1) no real proof the S300 network is active. It's certainly not in firing position which it ought to be if it was ready to launch.

2) early SAM systems like S-300 and earlier models of Patriot have a firing arc, they don't have 360-degree coverage. This launcher as you can see is pointed away from the drone. In fact this is how the Yemenis/Iranians managed to hit the Saudi oil pipelines; because their Patriot batteries were oriented away from the attack direction.

3) IF the video is unedited (IF!) and the camera platform is heading down towards the TEL, it's probably not Bayraktar but Harop, a suicide drone/reusable loitering missile. Bayraktar wouldn't be heading down towards the launcher, but Harop would when making its final attack.

4) drones of the Bayraktar type are very vulnerable to medium/long-range SAMs like the S-300, as they are as large as small aircraft, slower, less manoeuvrable, emit more electronic noise, and by the nature of their use, hang around upstairs all day observing the target.

See the difference in size:

Bayraktar


Harop

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullock

BTW, if Blue Spear is so fantastic, why are Western militaries looking instead towards the NSM, LRASM and Gungnir, and more or less totally ignoring Blue Spear?

Nave Andromeda incident

TL;DR Nigerian stowaways on board an oil tanker off UK threaten the crew; SBS special forces storm and retake the tanker

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-54684440

Timeline (Sunday morning UK time)

10:04 – Authorities alerted to the developing situation on board the ship

10:45 – Vessel goes to anchor and Captain requests immediate assistance

11:00 – Nave Andromeda locked down and put to anchor

11:35 – Coastguard Rescue 175 airborne and heads towards the vessel

11:40 – Exclusion zone put in place around the ship

12:30 – Tug Lomax heads out of Southampton towards to the East of the Isle of Wight

13:00 – Stowaways continue violence and try to gain access to secured areas

14:18 – Police issue a brief statement confirming an ongoing incident

14:37 – HM Coastguard issue a statement confirming 2 Rescue helicopters from Solent and Lydd involved

17:07 – RAF Chinook helicopters land at the Special Boat Service’s HQ in Dorset

18:31 – Nave Andromeda’s lights are switched off

19:10 – 2 Royal Navy Merlin helicopters and 2 Royal Navy Wildcat helicopters move in on the target

19:30 – 7 people detained and 22 crew found safe and well – the mission took just 7-9 minutes

22:40 – Pilot arrives on the Nave Andromeda and it begins its journey to port

02:00 – Nave Andromeda arrives alongside at the Queen Elizabeth II terminal in Southampton

(Timeline credit to https://www.islandecho.co.uk/7-detained-and...romeda-incident )

Now that's what I call military readiness!

U-turn oh U-turn

Royal Australian Air Force retires F-18 A/B Hornets

Nice pic of their retirement ceremony

Well I don't know where you got your sources from but you should have known better, Navy money or not, Malaysia has always always fucked us over

LMS was never about getting useful boats but about pleasing the Chinese so that they could dig You know who out of the 1mdb mess

UAE cleared to buy F-35

https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms...-strike-fighter

This post has been edited by KLthinker91: Nov 12 2020, 07:39 PM

Fuck me I always confuse the 2

when I get news of TUDM firing missiles from international Twitter rather than here, you know this thread is *dead*

QFT

And even then got to see what's the overruns and underspec

F-15EX first flight

Nicknamed Digital Eagle due to its updated cockpit.

Are you Malaysian or Singaporean?

I'd like to know if you love regular fellatio, or autofellatio

I didn't go to school in SG, but even if I did, so what? It would be my achievement to excel in a competitive environment and something to be rightfully proud of.

Here you are, you've done nothing to materially contribute to the SAF, what have you to be proud of individually? NOTHING.