Discussion of Military, real or fictional

[ijuin 611]

Serious buyers would care about the technical data. This ad plays like something that is aimed at ammosexuals (i.e. guys who are buying for their “manly image”).

[mlooney 3,833]

8 hours ago, ijuin said:

Serious buyers would care about the technical data. This ad plays like something that is aimed at ammosexuals (i.e. guys who are buying for their “manly image”).

KelTec has a reputation of being “guns for criminals.” They are just leaning into that now.  Either that or there was a lot of drug use while the pitch meeting was being held.

[mlooney 3,833]

The Miltary Industral Complex was a bit weird back in the day

 

[Don Edwards 583]

Yeah, that's a nice muskchete.

[ProfessorTomoe 1,354]

Looks like we're at war with Iran.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn5ge95q6y7t

[The Old Hack 2,516]

5 hours ago, ProfessorTomoe said:

Looks like we're at war with Iran.

The demented orange howler baboon is the absolutely worst individual ever to disgrace the inside of the Oval Office. He is now pursuing an illegal war he is hoping to persuade the American populace is a good idea through more lies and stunning incompetence. And Republicans in Congress with few exceptions supinely submit to his every whim, fearfully eyeing the midterms and hoping they can get away with their cowardice and malfeasance.

But of course, Democrats are Worse™[citation needed].

[Darth Fluffy 378]

On 2/28/2026 at 1:24 PM, The Old Hack said:

But of course, Democrats are Worse™[citation needed].

Of course. It is somehow Biden's fault. 

[ProfessorTomoe 1,354]

13 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

Of course. It is somehow Biden's fault. 

I thought it was all Obama's fault???

[Darth Fluffy 378]

3 hours ago, ProfessorTomoe said:

I thought it was all Obama's fault???

That works as well.

[The Old Hack 2,516]

So, if anyone wants an update on how the Iran war is going, here is one.

https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxhO-ZCfZ_N9iZsqRWuA7uJ21OJf9rbmQo

And if anyone can tell what is actually going on in this screed, please inform me. I cannot get it to make sense.

[mlooney 3,833]

Given the number of witnesses, including his victims, I'm not surprised by this.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/03/13/army-sergeant-wants-plead-guilty-georgia-base-shootings-injured-5.html

[mlooney 3,833]

The newest Japanese electronic warfare aircraft is a weird-looking thing

 

For a slightly more normal view, we have this:

[The Old Hack 2,516]

It somehow reminds me of Goofy? I am not sure why 

[mlooney 3,833]

It's not a small plane.  It's a version of a cargo plane that can carry over 100 people.

[Don Edwards 583]

2nd photo, at first glance, looks like it has the tip of its tongue sticking out.

[mlooney 3,833]

1 hour ago, Don Edwards said:

2nd photo, at first glance, looks like it has the tip of its tongue sticking out.

Several people have said that.

[The Old Hack 2,516]

18 hours ago, mlooney said:

Several people have said that.

I think that is part of what made me think of Goofy. It makes it look unserious.

[mlooney 3,833]

Aircraft that have a need for large antenna always look a bit weird.  Using a wide angle lense and taking the photo from ground level, looking up, makes the oddity worse.  The photographer was going for an effect. Which given it was a offical JSDF photo is weird.

[The Old Hack 2,516]

There is a common trope in military sci fi that involves one of the sides led by commanders so stunningly imbecilic that they commit one unforgivable mistake after the other. I've always considered that trope a bit irritating because it did not strike me as completely realistic. After a couple of weeks of the recent Iran war I have realized that I may have judged that trope a bit too harshly.

[mlooney 3,833]

6 hours ago, The Old Hack said:

There is a common trope in military sci fi that involves one of the sides led by commanders so stunningly imbecilic that they commit one unforgivable mistake after the other. I've always considered that trope a bit irritating because it did not strike me as completely realistic. After a couple of weeks of the recent Iran war I have realized that I may have judged that trope a bit too harshly.

Some of that comes from 20th-century France as well.  But yeah, the current Iran war makes no sense and seems to be led by someone rolling on a random TTRPG effects table.  A badly designed table at that.

[The Old Hack 2,516]

21 hours ago, mlooney said:

Some of that comes from 20th-century France as well.

And perhaps also Santa Anna of 19th Century Mexico.

[Darth Fluffy 378]

4 hours ago, The Old Hack said:

And perhaps also Santa Anna of 19th Century Mexico.

His troops had hand-me-down muskets. The defenders had rifles, but ran out of resources. 

[mlooney 3,833]

9 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

His troops had hand-me-down muskets. The defenders had rifles, but ran out of resources. 

The Alamo wasn't his only battle.

[The Old Hack 2,516]

1 hour ago, mlooney said:

The Alamo wasn't his only battle.

It was one of very few he won. I will admit that 'throwing my men in waves at the enemy until they run out of ammo' puts in mind that fabled military genius Zapp Brannigan of Futurama fame.

[mlooney 3,833]

I'll assume that there is some sarcasm there, I haven't seen any Futurama, so I may not be fully getting the reference.