Derek 2.0

Sure, I use to live five minutes away from the Burnaby Chevron refinery and Kinder Morgan facilities (and once worked for one of their sub-contractors) on the opposite side of Burnaby Mountain......I'd consider any group that would sabotage such facilities to further their own political cause as terrorists.......Now, to add to your list, I live in a largely forestry based industry town, and likewise, I consider those eco-groups that spike trees, a practice that injuries and kills loggers and sawmill workers, and sabotage heavy equipment (like cutting brake and hydraulic lines) as eco-terrorists......... In both examples, their intent is to create fear among those that oppose their own eco-dogmas........

C-51 doesn't bug me the slightest......but then I don't have an internet presence one could conclude is supportive of radical Islam

Your claim is baseless, the RAF based accuracy on being able to get bombs within 3 miles of the target......you stated North Korean artillery was less accurate, so prove it...... So because the Americans had the failed Mark 14, their expertise, in that time frame, in more technical areas was also extremely doubtful? Clearly Western munitions factories never get runs of bad powder....... You're dodging the question..... They don't need to!!!! Reread my post in regards to the terminal phase(thanks again for attempting to teach me what I already know!!!)...........and no, once the projectile leaves the barrel, it enters the intermediate ballistic phase as the expanding pressure created by the gasses still plays effect on said projectile eventual (final) muzzle velocity......once said gases no longer effect the projectile, it then enters the external phase...... The same principles apply with a .22 rifle all the way up to 16" naval gun.......... Now since you have wikipedia fresh in your head, explain why my $2000 G7 rangefinder accounts for barometric pressure and temperature from the firing point and not the impact point!?!?!?!?! I must be pointing it backwards... You have a contention with a DoD threat assessment that clearly states North Korean artillery poses a threat to Seoul.... Change the subject? Didn't said subject appear with your claim that South Korea didn't need the Americans to fend off the North Koreans..........a claim that you've yet to support!!!

You are concerned that the new law clearly outlines what methods of interrogation and treatment are illegal? Seems rather prudent from an advocacy point of view, as it clearly disallows legal grey areas in other Western countries that allow methods like water-boarding and rectal feeding of those detained…

Very good point, I find those condemning various religious groups often as off-putting as some of the kooky things said by some religious folks. Anecdotal, but in my opinion, from reading the various topics here on religion, I find the posts by those opposed to organized religion often to be far more inflammatory then those defending religion………

The Kingdom, at best, is a regional power, right behind Israel and Iran (if they get their nukes)

Yet the British, French, Indians, Pakistan and Israel have nuclear arsenals, and with the British and French, the ability to cripple the Saudi economy by conventional means........

I think he's confused "4th most powerful" with "spends the 4th most on defense", which of course trades places any given year (based on annual budget line item purchases and exchange rates) with the United Kingdom, Japan and France......

I'd question how successful the rebels would have been without Russian support though.......likewise, I'd also question how easy it would be for the (broke)Ukraine to come up with its own viable nuclear arsenal, as there was little to no nuclear weapons production infrastructure built in the Ukraine by the Soviets (as all design, production and servicing took place in central Russia), and though they did design and produce ICBMs in Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine, the city of course, is in the contested Eastern portion of the country...

No doubt, because Putin wouldn't be screwing around with a nuclear armed Ukraine.....

Yes he has......And of course, in my opinion, his threats should be heeded. Unlike the Cold War, where public talk of the usage of nuclear weapons (from both sides) was subtle at best, Putin has made his position quite clear publicly. If pushed, I’ve no doubt he’d make use of his strategic nuclear weapons. To a degree, but then it’s a realization that within the time it takes to cook a frozen lasagne, 1/3rd of the World’s population could be vaporized……..as a telling litmus, several weeks ago, the Science and Security board of Atomic scientists moved forward their iconic Doomsday clock to 11:57pm… Without a doubt, but then that was also done, to great effect, by this guy:

I know, and that is why your claim that World War two area bombing is more accurate than artillery is baseless and devoid of fact. Then why did you point towards duds as an indication of overall accuracy? Why didn't you speak to actual accuracy of North Korean artillery in the example you cited of duds? Why is that? During the onset of hostilities in the Pacific in WW II, the USN had a run of dud torpedoes, that in no way is a detraction of their accuracy……likewise Winchester makes today cheap .22 bricks that are known far and wide for FTFs, yet no one questions if a Winchester rifle is accurate……. By all means explain your assertion. Perhaps you should reread your link and explain how, ~100 years ago, navies were able to contend with varying humidity and barometric pressure at sea? Likewise if calculating artillery vectors on moving targets was child's play, ~100 years ago, calculating vectors on stationary targets in the present day should be even easier........ None the less, your point is laughable because the environmental effects that you speak of far more influence the shell in its external ballistic phase (the point that the shell has attained its own muzzle velocity and is no longer effected by gases from the barrel) and not the terminal phase 35km+ km away from the artillery piece...........said environmental factors will only play into the terminal phase if the shell is either a proximity warhead, sub-munitions or Chemical/Biological round.....not a conventional HE warhead........ Oh, like this: Odd that not once in this DoD report do they indicate the US military is no longer required in South Korea and that the South Koreans, as is, could defend themselves from the North.....So what were you basing that claim of yours on again?

Nuclear weapons? Not at all, quite the opposite actually........The number of NATO nations with nuclear weapons deployed on their soil has remained stagnant since the end of the Cold War, with both types and numbers of weapons reduced since. Likewise, after the British and French (with their own reduced arsenals), the NATO members with US weapons deployed on their soil (the Dutch, Belgians, Turks, Italians and Germans) will be even further reduced once the Germans retire their remaining Tornado attack aircraft fleet in a few years, and perhaps Belgium if they don’t replace their current F-16s with the F-35 (but is unlikely that they won’t).

The entire video was already linked in some other thread........The image that you've posted is of Russian grenades, from the video, you can also see the boxes that contain the primers and spoons, likewise Eastern Bloc mortar and RPG rounds...........sorry to let facts in the way, but A for effort.

Right, Putin hasn’t threatened to take over Europe, just irradiate it...

Your prior link from the Globe and Mail doesn't mention if badge numbers were removed, just name tags........during the same time the police union was fighting against the requirement.

The Ukraine left the Russian sphere of influence during the Summer of 1991.

Or their Union that was then in the process of fighting the requirement with the labour relations board? Big difference between badge numbers and name tags..... I wonder how many of the "90 nameless officers" were females and/or ethnic/religious minorities on the force......

Do you have a cite? Regardless,if true, in how many of those instances were the name tags torn off well confronting protesters? They are, after all, affixed with velcro........

GWB let Putin roll into Georgia......

I think you're missing the point.......Post WW II, the West very much confronted, and fought wars and proxy wars, Russian aggression and influence around the world.....

And just wait until she brings forth her Trudeau carbon tax...........

That's open to debate........I doubt the positions of most European governments have changed.

Thanks, but as I transfixed earlier, Ukraine for West Germany......Yes, I know there is no longer a West Germany....

You feel your description of "systems" and "cogs" doesn't insult my intelligence?