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Kirkhill replied to the thread Pipelines, energy and natural resources.Today's flight of fancy - Suitable for coal rich societies - coal fired zero discharge plasma furnace A coal-fired zero-discharge... -
Kirkhill replied to the thread Iran Super Thread- Merged.Plan B? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/33c3a17cbd63b863 A sapper of my ken once told me there were two solutions: fast and noisy or...
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Kirkhill reacted to Quirky's post in the thread Liberal (Minority/Majority) Government 2025 - ??? with
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In the current trade climate with the US, no reason to *contract other than to buy tranche by tranche. Easy, they see Canada as...
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Kirkhill replied to the thread A-10 Warthog.That also depends on how comprehensive an electronic effect the opposition can generate. Can they only jam an FPV or a mine? Or can...
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Kirkhill replied to the thread A-10 Warthog.That is where I argue that the proper role of boots on the ground is in the constabulary role after the machine on machine conflict has...
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Kirkhill replied to the thread A-10 Warthog.Fair. How many people do you need to put at risk to manage that potential failure? I don't think every weapon system, every gun...
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Kirkhill replied to the thread A-10 Warthog.As far as I am concerned a bullet is operating autonomously from the time it leaves the barrel of the gun that launched it. What effect...
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Kirkhill replied to the thread A-10 Warthog.Which brings us back to first principle consideration of platform adavantages. Aircraft make excellent high speed delivery systems to...
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Doesn't have to be. But right now if we're talking about weaponizing an MV-75 to replace an Apache it probably would be manned. The...
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Right now JTACs work, more or less in FOO/JTAC teams with some folks doing guns and some the aircraft. The issue that I see is that...
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There's the combat cloud concept. It essentially builds on what the Ukrainians are doing with artillery right now. Extend that to air...
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Kirkhill replied to the thread A-10 Warthog.What are the roles of the boots on the ground? What support do they need when they are there? I still see the role of people as...
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Kirkhill replied to the thread A-10 Warthog.But does your weaponized tilt-rotor require a person on board? And what advantages do tilt rotors have over this pair? V-Bat - $500...
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Tank buster and even during the Cold War those guys only expected to survive two weeks. They were going to sacrifice themselves...
