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Oh we had quite a few jokes imagining completing the FMT-3 from both perspectives!you may have heard this one @Sarky B’stard the jag was from my old unit
Former RAF Jaguar pilot tells the story of when he was shot down by a RAF Phantom interceptor - The Aviation Geek Club
"Only on the way back to Brüggen did I find out what had happened. The Phantom I had seen fly over the farmer's field had shot me down!" Group Captain Steve Griggs, RAF Jaguar pilot
And the weakness of the weapon that hit it.
I think I joked before about missiles and hittiles. Most AA missiles are missiles, certainly the earlier types. They rely on getting 'close enough' before a proximity fuse detonates the warhead. But the warhead fragments radiate in every direction so even a close pass will collect less than 25% of the fragments. The hope is that will do enough for aerodynamic forces to then rip the aircraft apart but the slower it's flying.....
Typical BBC, they had to mention the "far right" Azov battalion. They are patriots. defending their country from an invading force ffs.BBC News - War in Ukraine: Fourth Russian general killed - Zelensky
War in Ukraine: Fourth Russian general killed - Zelensky
The news raises questions over why senior Russian officers are getting so close to the fighting.www.bbc.co.uk
They should take a leaf out of the British army book.
@Sarky B’stard would have been 50 miles from the front. Directing operations from a comfy leather swivel chair. With his feet in one of those huge mono-slippers. Whilst sipping Pimm's that his batman had prepared
"Now Now"
The BBC love to use the term "far right"
Oh..... her? She's a bit of a lefty Kremlin apologist who styles herself an 'expert' but doesn't live there......
This was her in Dec:
Russia does not want a war in Ukraine
Putin is just responding to NATO’s sabre-rattling on Russia’s borders.www.spiked-online.com
I don't accept we are getting 'the truth' but I wouldn't regard Dejevsky as being a reliable or insightful commentator. Source protection often comes down to pleasing & telling people what they want to hear; It even seems to have bedevilled the very advice Putin was getting.
Give me a crayon and watch me colour the map. Meaningless. Not much linear in this fight.
I refuse to watch the BBC. I only ever bought a licence once. That was for the bedsit that the washing machine fucked up, 50yrs ago. Never bought one since.The BBC love to use the term "far right"
You need to read between the lines Mick.
Whenever I hear/read that phrase on the BBC or in the Guardian etc.
It makes me chuckle. Cos what they are actually saying is..."Dangerous people with minds of their own. People we are unable to brainwash into believing our race baiting bullshit"...
They love to make out that they think we are nothing more that shit on their shoes. But the reality is, they are terrified of us. And I don't mean physically. They are terrified of our strength of character
In this case,I believe it’s ok to call them far right as the Asov battalion is neo nazi .The BBC love to use the term "far right"
You need to read between the lines Mick.
Whenever I hear/read that phrase on the BBC or in the Guardian etc.
It makes me chuckle. Cos what they are actually saying is..."Dangerous people with minds of their own. People we are unable to brainwash into believing our race baiting bullshit"...
They love to make out that they think we are nothing more that shit on their shoes. But the reality is, they are terrified of us. And I don't mean physically. They are terrified of our strength of character
There are definitely two sides to this conflict and as usual we are being fed one side by our brilliant MSM. They have taken RT off air which generally provided balanced reporting. I still have their app for now.
Alex Salmond had airtime on RT and he ain't balanced the jock shiteI certainly don't agree with taking RT off air - better to have the free debate of ideas, that is what we are supposed to represent after all.
But I would never describe RT as 'balanced reporting'
English language Al-Jazeera is much closer to being 'balanced'.
DS
This is perfectly normal activity in abnormal times. You would expect a carrier to be fully bombed and fuelled unless she was going into refit - it's part of being 'at readiness'. She will have turned over missile stocks because these are serviced items containing batteries etc.
Neither was Lord Haw Haw but we never jammed German radio - they were laughed at for the most part. If your government doesn't trust the public, the public should not trust the government.I certainly don't agree with taking RT off air - better to have the free debate of ideas, that is what we are supposed to represent after all.
But I would never describe RT as 'balanced reporting'
English language Al-Jazeera is much closer to being 'balanced'.
DS