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#11

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by viper37 - July 12, 2025, 11:04:22 PM

AOC and Ossoff both hitting Trump with the Epstein/sexual predator/rapist stick. Certainly interesting to see.

#12

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Tonitrus - July 12, 2025, 07:44:47 PM

I wonder if funding priorities will change now?

Yeah, you'd hope that the US would realize that the MBT has gone the way of the battleship, and that drones (and shitloads of reserve drone pilots) are a better investment.

But I doubt it. It's still planning to build another six or so carriers.

I remember long ago reading some sci-fi novels with the silly-even-if-cool idea of submarine aircraft carriers.  But submarines as large unmanned aerial drone carriers feels like not so silly of an idea.

I remember some with that.  WarBots or something.

The is exactly the onea I was thinking of. 

(it was silly that the "warbots" were shown as cyborg-looking things on the novel cover, but were actually just regular tanks/armored vehicles with semi-autonomous capabilities)

#13

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Darth Wagtaros - July 12, 2025, 07:04:06 PM

I wonder if funding priorities will change now?

Yeah, you'd hope that the US would realize that the MBT has gone the way of the battleship, and that drones (and shitloads of reserve drone pilots) are a better investment.

But I doubt it. It's still planning to build another six or so carriers.

I remember long ago reading some sci-fi novels with the silly-even-if-cool idea of submarine aircraft carriers.  But submarines as large unmanned aerial drone carriers feels like not so silly of an idea.

I remember some with that.  WarBots or something. 

#14

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Tonitrus - July 12, 2025, 06:32:12 PM

I wonder if funding priorities will change now?

Yeah, you'd hope that the US would realize that the MBT has gone the way of the battleship, and that drones (and shitloads of reserve drone pilots) are a better investment.

But I doubt it. It's still planning to build another six or so carriers.

I remember long ago reading some sci-fi novels with the silly-even-if-cool idea of submarine aircraft carriers.  But submarines as large unmanned aerial drone carriers feels like not so silly of an idea.

#15

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Darth Wagtaros - July 12, 2025, 06:03:35 PM

Yeah, well admirals plan for the last war and all that.   

#16

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by grumbler - July 12, 2025, 06:00:07 PM

I wonder if funding priorities will change now?

Yeah, you'd hope that the US would realize that the MBT has gone the way of the battleship, and that drones (and shitloads of reserve drone pilots) are a better investment.

But I doubt it. It's still planning to build another six or so carriers.

#17

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Darth Wagtaros - July 12, 2025, 05:47:37 PM

I wonder if funding priorities will change now?

Depends on what Moscow tells Washington to do.

#18

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Sophie Scholl - July 12, 2025, 05:35:52 PM

AOC and Ossoff both hitting Trump with the Epstein/sexual predator/rapist stick. Certainly interesting to see.

#19

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by HVC - July 12, 2025, 04:33:16 PM

The irony is that if the markets don't react then trump (or his handlers) don't panic and are less likely to reverse course which will then hit the market harder.

#20

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by viper37 - July 12, 2025, 04:31:56 PM

Interesting call for the markets on Monday. Now that Trump has said that tariffs will be put on the United States largest trading partners effective August 1, will the market react as if it was actually going to happen or will the taco theory prevail?

So far, the taco theory prevails, the markets aren't moving.

The letters point to the sign that most countries are busy talking to one another more than the US and the US is worried.