One thing that tankies really don't get, is that China is friendly with Iran, but they aren't friends. The closest thing China has to a military ally is Pakistan, but there's no formal treaty there. China is not going to risk the US getting an early look at their best stuff. It's not on the table.

China has absolutely been catching up to the west really, really fast. Unlike Russia, when one of their new designs enters serial production, they build a lot. I don't think building a true hypersonic missile is out of reach for them at all I just doubt they'd share something that spicy with Iran.

The papers currently being published by Chinese scientists working in the defense industry make it very clear that they have a very solid grasp on stealth tech at least at this point. The J-20 and J-35 are the only jets on earth that may be able to compete with the F-35.

I think china actually deserves a bit more credit here. It's very much a "you get what you pay for" country. Buying something that's really cheap? It's gonna suck and you may be getting outright scammed. Spend good money? You're going to probably get a high quality product.

Any assistance from Ukraine should be in exchange for a metric fuckload of military hardware. IAI's catalogue has a lot of potential here.

The shockwave actually broke a window on the building behind me. I screamed "oh fuck" very loudly. My hearing got even more fucked. My patient for the day was my squadron commander that I hadn't even met yet (I literally deployed 36hrs before this happened). 6/10 experience. Could have been worse.

The best part is when they cite DoD comments about X adversary's new hardware being a major threat to the US (they want to get another program funded that will once again be massively overkill). No shit the DoD is going to say that it needs more funding for shit. News at 11.

The key error these people make is taking spec sheets at face value. The western tech is generally a bit to a lot better than what's officially on paper. The Russian alternative is generally worse than the official specs. Sometimes to a comical degree. War Thunder isn't real life. Seek help.

Also, no, Russia has not produced a real hypersonic missile either. Their best attempt, the Zircon, drops to mach 4.5 during the terminal phase. That's not hypersonic, and very interceptable by modern air defense systems.

It's really funny watching tankies talk about anything involving military equipment, because their answer to "US propaganda" is to just take the claims of whoever the US is fighting at face value. Anyways, no, Iran has not produced a hypersonic missile better than anything made by Russia.

Yeah, this fucker hit while I was just standing there eating a bag of chips. The only reason I wasn't inside the place that got hit was the fact that the guy driving the ambulance wanted to stop for ice cream.

It hits a bit different when the jet noises are immediately followed by this bullshit. Yes this picture is OC. From 2023.

I really don't like jet engine noises.

"I think I should go out to get some more boxes for moving"

*Jet engine noises followed by explosions*

"On second thought, I think I'm going to stay inside for now."

I hope that some day someone has the balls to throw him in jail for being the most blatant Russian agent ever.

And he fucking sucks. I hate him so much.

Can't wait for the first twitch streamer congress critter that lets his subs vote in chat to decide what bills he'll vote for and against.

The DNC Ivory tower is real and it is hurting people.

Also, sometimes we don't actually need the answers as to exactly why weird shit is happening. The "why" isn't always important to the story. I maintain that the biggest fuckup the Mass Effect series ever made was explaining the Reapers' motivation. It's Lovecraftian shit. It's scarier if you don't.

Dems continue to ignore the trend of growing interest in gun ownership in the queer community because it massively undercuts a lot of their primary arguments for gun control.

Wow they really did find someone that looks as much like a gorilla as humanly possible to represent Ortho.

I knew my borderline irrational hatred for that woman was justified.

They're trying to torture him into pleading guilty.

Abolish ICE for everyone but this guy.

Vita just because the PSP would regularly give me absolutely horrific hand cramps.

I'm considering panic buying a bc-250 because I'm worried that parts are only going to keep going up in price.

I was thinking using it for making something similar to a steam machine.

Get an AMD BC-250.

This means more than just reading it btw. You gotta get some of the extra historical context and centuries of theological scholarship if you want to properly understand the text.

The only person here arguing in bad faith is you, and you know it.