Recent content by kEiThZ

If there's solace here, other than some bad Iranians getting whacked is that this is going to wreck Republicans for the midterms. And.... Given that Israel and the diaspora kinda talked Trump into it, I expect harsher treatment of them thing forward.

It's just a name. But I can see how people have to come to think of those as just radars. But as a general rule, if it emits a lot, it won't be near people. That happens in a war. And to some extent this one is looking poorly planned.

I'm a little skeptical of diaspora bias. Especially from those who fled the regime.

It's a sat dish in a radome. We have them in our cities too. Here's one in Scarborough that I grew up near: https://maps.app.goo.gl/7va1tDnEFBy93SE17 Air defence radars are sometimes up to Megawatts of power. Even smaller ones can be several kilowatts. It would be unsafe to have them...

It was a comms antenna. You don't place air defence radars in the middle of livable areas unless you want to cook the neighbours. And it's not expensive for the yanks to care. Here's the thing. Unless you train a tactic, have proper procedures, etc. there's no point doing things on the fly...

It's a difference in preference. The Americans really aren't fussed to defend empty buildings and possibly risk that JLTV crew. They'd rather just take the hit and make sure people are safe. Buildings can be rebuilt. Vehicles can be replaced. People can't. In the meantime, they will focus...

Nobody is actually doing that. There's a substantial shortage of point defences. This is a known problem. It takes a while to build them and mobilize them. More so when stuff getting built was sent to Ukraine as first priority. Don't assume a lack of something is a failure of learning...

I am sympathetic to some of their complaints. But then you get NIMBYs who resort to the usual nonsense. "This is for the elites." That makes me less sympathetic.

Let's be honest here. This isn't going to impact the government much at all. The very people complaining in this thread are the people unlikely to vote for Carney and probably live in safe red ridings. He's doing exactly what most Liberal PMs would do in his situation.

If we're doing it for the fighters.....

Gotta add Cuba to the list soon..... Trump is this guy but dumber.....

I wonder if he stops if he gets a Nobel.

I am wondering how the diverging goals work between the Israelis and the US. The Americans aren't actually the one bombing leadership targets. They are mostly sticking to military targets. It's the Israelis trying to kill the regime. Not sure how that impacts the regime's own calculus and...

I'll use basic arithmetic to illustrate a point. 1 in 60 rule: So one of the issues that can happen is that a stuck fin at launch few miles out can absolutely end up hitting something hundreds of metres away. It's actually a problem we have inside Canada. There are weapons we have where...

I think it's mostly just rank anti-Americanism. With Israel along for the ride That's why there's zero thought to given other nationalities that are oppressed or killed outside of victims of American or Israeli violence. And if you oppose the US or Israel? Killing and oppression is actually...