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I heard both. I recall Tango Uniform being used more often, might have been situational.

Tits Up, as in, on your back, dead, funerary position, but also applied to unresponsive vehicles or gear, so generally, 'dead'.

Truth, everything is toxic, it all depends on dose. We need iron, but Americans generally get more than enough, although women need more than men. Too much can damage your liver. You are more likely to get a toxic dose from eating meat, especially red meat, long term than eating spinach long term.

The Ukraine is helping with that, making convertibles.

I could not find a YouTube article I saw over the weekend, but their stuff is by no means shabby. The large caliber rifle compares well with others, like our Barrett; the anti-tank missile is not as automatic as the Javelin, but has a greater range, and is in many contexts safer to use for that reason. Their tank won a contract competition in Taiwan against similar top tier tanks; the main drawback is they have too few. Most of these are very new designs, fielded since the Crimea invasion. Just offhand, 71 entries seems pretty good. If Putin goes Tango Uniform, does the invasion stop? Rumor is, he may be running on a limited timer, health-wise (not to mention crony-wise).

I was under the impression that the Ukraine was using Soviet era left-overs and Western hand-me-downs. Not true! There is a vibrant arms industry in the Ukraine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Ukrainian_Ground_Forces https://www.usubc.org/site/aerospace-defense-industry/top-10-weapon-systems-made-in-ukraine https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/01/11/ukraines-homemade-anti-tank-missile-has-been-blasting-more-and-more-rebel-vehicles/?sh=5b2da3ca43ca

Yes, mixed in as an ingredient of 'fresh greens' it adds to the flavor profile. I don't think I'd want to eat just arugula. In nay case, dressing covers a lot of issues with any salad mix. I'm not fond of iceberg lettuce, but I will eat it if it is all that is offered. I've had some good kale, but I've had some that was tough and bitter as well. I've also had dandelion salad, very good; it's a regional thing, always with cooked leaves, and covered with sauce. The leaves are probably not good on their own. I like spinach both as a raw salad and in many dishes (but not the wet goop they served us in school), but I think it's healthier cooked. They have oxalic acid, which leaches calcium. Heat breaks it down. (This is true for many veggies.) My nominee for 'does anyone actually like <salad>' is raw mustard greens. Very strong flavor, also a hairy texture. Flavor profile-wise, a little bit goes a long way ... if you like mustard. If you don't, then avoid this.

NP Comic for Saturday, June 25, 2022 Surprisingly, it is 4:16 PM and no one had posted this yet. Discussing free dinner, I guess. Milkshake sounds good.

We've had other subtle indications of that.

I wonder if this is about the Texas G.O.P. bullshit, or the Rowe vs Wade bullshit, or both?

Hmm. Reversed wires seems to say that it had been worked on or possibly sabotaged. My theory was there is a 'target location' that needs to be entered, and the default is the origin. That would be bad design, because - evident from the video, but I've seen worse, albeit not in a weapon system. I think your theory makes more sense.

From the article, it looks like they won't have a repeat of that incident from that particular launcher. "Launched by Russian separatists" maybe says not well trained on the device - not regular troops.

Did you catch what she was typing, or did she hit 'Send' before you got there?

If it was Russian, it appears to have defected. If it was Australia, maybe it was trying to return down under.

Sometimes it is disturbing when Rat makes sense.

Well, they seem to have wanted to move Dwight away from the portal, so some shenanigans should have already taken place. Scouts? 'It can't be much worse, it might be much better'?

Comic for Wednesday, June 22, 2022 I like the direction this is taking, but there are some seriously inconsistent plot holes. Andrea and Tara saw Nanase as Royalty, due to her aura. Given that she denied it, their conclusion should have been that the political situation on the EGS side was not like the one on their side, that the situation that caused their political situation had never arisen in the EGS universe. Liam would have been advised of this, so he should not have viewed a Royalty aura on this side as actual Royalty, in any case not as Royalty on his side, and not been compelled to attack Edward. In any case, knowing of Nanase, they were endangering her, and would have arranged the mind control to not do so, would have put some safety limits on the control commands. Seems simpler to influence and rearrange to guard schedule. Dwight again goes clearly in the Barney Fife camp. I'm pretty sure Virginia is in on it, specifically why Liam trusts her goes beyond her loyalty to being a co-conspirator. Given the EGS Uyuom limitations on magic, and assuming hers are similar, she is probably not the mind controller.

I'm pretty sure it's not. I did not know it was still in use that late. At least someone had the good sense to issue a serviceable gun to those who needed one. Even setting 'I don't like the design' aside, fielding a revolver as a military weapon in WWII is already questionable. I suppose if Patton wants to look good with his pearl handles, it works, but if you are going to actually shoot at your enemy, there are better tools.

The Webley with a shoulder stock and bayonet is just sad. I'm sure it has it's lethal uses, it just does not appear to be good at any of them. I don't recall that the Webley was a particularly great revolver, just on it's own. In photos, the walls look too thin. It seems off hand that by the time that came out, a carbine like the Henry rifle would have been available.

Yeas, agree, if it is guided by a signal, jam-able; if it is tracking a painted target, not so much. Fly by wire works in that regard, but has other issues. The thought occurs that the box could be programing an INS in the shell for destination and flight time. It could even be uploading a snapshot of where to hit. I saw that air burst shell on the Military Channel, impressive round. Hiding behind cover got less effective.

Which may have just already happened, but given that Virginia wanted more details, it seems like a future thing.

<shrug> Chaos <---> inconsistent ? Might also be that under all the drama, she realizes her best times were in a stable relationship.

Compared to the linked Chinese weapon, the 40 mm launcher above appears to be easy to reload; slap another magazine in. In the picture you posted, the shooter is aiming through an optical sight that is skewed off center from the launcher. This suggests that the initial aim does not matter so much and the grenade rounds are guided munitions; the box on the side of the optics may be the sending unit. I've seen something of the sort several years ago on The Military Channel, but not this gun I don't think. Actively guided rounds argues against full auto; it could still be done, but the sending unit has to guide each one and has to address them individually. The whole thing is probably susceptible to jamming. ... It might just be a target designator that paints the target through the sight optics. That would be much easier. Could probably handle full auto better, but you wouldn't want to throw the designator off. Arguably, even more so than on a gun, semi-auto is more useful that full.

Of course, if she wanted random acts of entertainment, not giving any guide might have been a better option.