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Forum: Military Aviation
21st Apr 2018, 07:57
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Is it my imagination but has the missile strike...

Is it my imagination but has the missile strike more or less dropped off the news circuits?

In other words Russian maskirovka either succeeded or is wasted as the media soon forgets it anyway.
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Apr 2018, 11:40
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

What goes up must come down. It the SADS...

What goes up must come down. It the SADS launched missiles wholesale it is quite possible they bombed their own airfields.
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Apr 2018, 17:43
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

JTO, wreapon/target matching? Cost? Political...

JTO, wreapon/target matching? Cost? Political demonstration rather than military effect?
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Apr 2018, 13:11
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Clearly at least 30 missiles hit 30 other...

Clearly at least 30 missiles hit 30 other missiles leaving 60 missiles to hit their targets. However if 75 missiles . . .
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2018, 11:29
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

As Vilnius is in Lithuania and Lithuania is in...

As Vilnius is in Lithuania and Lithuania is in NATO, Putin may consider Vilnius for New York a double win.

As for Russia's end game I submit that is too far in the future. In the near term I...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2018, 18:14
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

I see the Torygraph has a firm grasp of...

I see the Torygraph has a firm grasp of geography. The Astute submarine s with a 1000 mile range would have to lie off the coast of Syria, Lebanon or Israel. Or West of Crete perhaps?8
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2018, 09:30
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

GR, with BEagle on this. The more I see that...

GR, with BEagle on this. The more I see that chemical decontamination video the more false it seems.

When doused in an unknown chemical one's first reaction is to strip off your clothes and then...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Apr 2017, 10:05
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

ORAC, and identified as the chemical weapons...

ORAC, and identified as the chemical weapons storage facilities.

Jolihokistix link below shows how a successful attack on the chemical weapons storage would not have released Satin gas as it is...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Apr 2017, 09:17
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

ORAC, I agree it is logical to keep such lethal...

ORAC, I agree it is logical to keep such lethal devices away from your other facilities but I refer to the article you quoted, 'suspected chemical weapon storage facilities', so either they did and...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Apr 2017, 07:31
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

So A Van scores. CW attacked but no evidence of...

So A Van scores. CW attacked but no evidence of thermobaric weapon use or chemical residue.
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Apr 2017, 11:11
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

LL, I don't believe Clinton was so inhibited. He...

LL, I don't believe Clinton was so inhibited. He launched cruise missiles against Somalia on 20 Aug 1998. Coincidentally he also submitted testimony to the grand jury 3 days earlier.
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Apr 2017, 07:39
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

As s the runways were not targeted that is true. ...

As s the runways were not targeted that is true. Repairing the aircraft in the shelters might take a little longer. I think you will find the orbat is a bit reduced.

As I said earlier, the most...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Apr 2017, 16:41
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Fonsini, I take it you are not so ex-pat that you...

Fonsini, I take it you are not so ex-pat that you missed Yes Prime Minister.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Apr 2017, 14:03
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

TEEJ, thanks, those would be from the video I...

TEEJ, thanks, those would be from the video I saw. Just an aside on runway interdiction.

In the Falklands the aim was runway denial.
In GW 1 the aim was to pin the aircraft down to allow them to...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Apr 2017, 09:19
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Who just happened to win the election. On...

Who just happened to win the election.

On your political scale there will be dozens of cats in the world.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Apr 2017, 09:15
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

MJB, a quick glimpse on broadcast video showed...

MJB, a quick glimpse on broadcast video showed what appeared to be an impact crater to the top of the shelter suggesting penetration before detonation.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Apr 2017, 16:52
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

A Van, reference your last, are there any Soviet...

A Van, reference your last, are there any Soviet client states that don't have shed loads of ADA?

At the first wiff of an attack they usually light up like a Brock's benefit target or no. So,...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Sep 2013, 20:27
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Eclectic, that statement is wholly useless. ...

Eclectic, that statement is wholly useless.

While the origin and equipment cited may both be correct you have not qualified who was in control of the airfield at the time. Was the airfield...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Sep 2013, 15:21
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Not something of course that happened in Iraq;...

Not something of course that happened in Iraq; why are we not surprised that the public are sceptical.

Of course Afg was much better, quick in and out, one year, not a shot fired.:\
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Sep 2013, 10:22
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

:D And it would still open up the...

:D



And it would still open up the Kurdish question where they want bits of Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkey etc.
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Sep 2013, 19:31
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Thank goodness. Now can you remind us what...

Thank goodness.

Now can you remind us what you think should happen?

Unleash the hounds of war or wring hands piously and tell them to stop killing each other?
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Sep 2013, 09:05
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Surely it is an example of force majeure or...

Surely it is an example of force majeure or gun-boat diplomacy in action.

The difference today compared with the US previous stance is that diplomacy has been given time to work.

The original...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Sep 2013, 17:16
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

TJ, in this we also rather think the Russians are...

TJ, in this we also rather think the Russians are playing their hand rather better than the US academics.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Sep 2013, 16:11
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

What does STUFFED mean again? Make a plan,...

What does STUFFED mean again?

Make a plan, give an ultimatum, execute the plan.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Sep 2013, 14:14
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Save you the work CM.

Save you the work CM.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Sep 2013, 12:25
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

TEEEJ, I know it was a fake/error as it was...

TEEEJ, I know it was a fake/error as it was roundly debunked on here though I missed such revelation on mains stream media. I think it is true to say that when any media splash inches high news...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Sep 2013, 10:49
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

False flag is a well known tool of propagandists....

False flag is a well known tool of propagandists. Unfortunately it is so well known that its effects on disengaged populations is often the reverse of that intended.

The greater the apparent...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2013, 16:49
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Lonewolf, I went to a university seminar in the...

Lonewolf, I went to a university seminar in the early-90s. A very young professor, he looked younger than a policeman, talked of NATO expansion and how far it would go. Then of future conflicts...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2013, 14:32
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Assad, like Qaddafi, Mubarak, and Hussein before...

Assad, like Qaddafi, Mubarak, and Hussein before that, were all good guys.

Now they are all bad guys. Didn't we do well in picking good guys?

Why is the most powerful nation on earth...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Sep 2013, 19:41
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

And keep Obama firmly behind the eight ball. He...

And keep Obama firmly behind the eight ball. He won't want to veto the proposal as that is a typically Russian tactic. He can't abstain and that is the same as abnegation. Having been painted in to...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Sep 2013, 10:57
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

I have noticed something interesting in recent...

I have noticed something interesting in recent photos and video from Syria.

While the images show devastated buildings, ruins etc etc, I notice that all the debris has been swept from the streets...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Sep 2013, 07:21
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

But who would wear these boots? I read a...

But who would wear these boots?

I read a very interesting novel, a novel it is true, but it centred on a Dubai policeman who was a native of Dubai. He was an exception as most Dubai police were...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Sep 2013, 20:16
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

white knight to black bishop If I were...

white knight to black bishop

If I were Putin, having Assad agree in principle to putting CW into International supervision, I would have my guys in on the ground yesterday as a Russian element of...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Sep 2013, 13:44
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

:D:D Yes I was wondering where eclectic...

:D:D


Yes I was wondering where eclectic was coming from - no real input and largely unknown sites. At least Wiki is a know and authority :)

He seems to specialise in posting links to other...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Sep 2013, 12:23
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,436
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Different times, different world. Gas was a...

Different times, different world. Gas was a recognised and not proscribed weapon of war in use a mere 26 years earlier. Nuclear WMD was being researched by both sides.

It was a very black and...
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