Israel fires Patriot missile at drone from Syria https://t.co/oxjVjAzIjT— HaHaGT (@BAY325S) June 24, 2018
I posted a clip from "Flying Leathernecks"
explaining how it's not cost effective or economically sustainable to deploy high cost assets to combat low cost aggressors.
Scene from #FlyingLeathernecks discusses the lack of cost effectiveness of sacrificing a high cost weapon for an enemy's low cost system pic.twitter.com/u70hGiPMiy— 🎼AdagioForStrings🎻 (@adagioforstring) June 27, 2018
Malotke: It's OK, isn't it, Major? [he painted the name of his older brother on the nacelle of his plane]
Kirby: Couldn't think of a better name
Malotke: Hope I can get a couple of meatballs put up beside it. I think my Pa would be pleased if I kind of even things up.
Kirby: Hope so
Griffin: You will, Malotke
Simmons: Hey, cowboy! Ernie! Come here! Hey, Billy! Hey, hey, I'm back!
[Men cheering]
Blithe aka Cowboy: You been taking a walk, boy?
Simmons: Well, it was such a nice day.
[Men: Aw!]
Simmons: I bailed out when my tanks went dry. After I splashed a Nip.
Men: You got one?
Simmons: A whole platoon of mud Marines can confirm it.
Blithe: [sarcastically] My hero!
Simmons: uhh, you fellows wouldn't want to take a little word of advice from a combat-hardened veteran, would you?
Men: Whoo! [laughing]
Simmons: Yes, Major. I just got a Nip....
Kirby: Knock it off. There's no quarters for you to be confined to. But you're under arrest. And get ready to face a general court [martial] 'cause that's what I'm recommending for you.
Blithe: Griff, how about trying to square Simmons, huh?
McCabe: Yeah, this is a pretty rough deal
Griff: Simmons was a stupid jerk. Break it up [ the adulatory crowd so he can chew out Simmons alone]. So you knocked down a Nip, huh?
Simmons: That's right, Captain.
Griff: What kind?
Simmons: Well, it was only a light observation. I don't know...I thought I was doing the right thing.
Griff: Where did you go to school?
Simmons: Harvard Business School
Griff: What did your plane cost?
Simmons: $150,000
Griff: And how much do you think a light observation plane costs?
Simmons: I don't know
Griff: Come on
[at Kirby's HQ]
Griff: Well....fresh air. Seabees can lend us a couple of mechanics.
Kirby: Good
Griff: I had a talk with Simmons. He knows now that he cost a combat plane in exchange for an observation plane.
Kirby: Didn't you wangle a couple of jeeps out of those seabees?
Griff: Used my best salesmanship. No soap. I suppose you've got to expect kids to act like kids.
Kirby: I expect them to act exactly according to the uniform they're wearing and the insignia on their collar. You trying to intervene for Simmons?
Griff: General court's a tough thing to face when you're 22.
Kirby: A tough thing to face when you're 90. How's Kelvin?
Griff: I don't know. He's still in sick bay
Kirby: Finish this flight schedule, will you?
Can anyone get their google image translator to work? I tried to feed the image thru Translator for Amazon Fire to translate from Japanese to English & got nothinghttps://t.co/STD5Lit5hV pic.twitter.com/C2Bot7MlF9— 🎼AdagioForStrings🎻 (@adagioforstring) June 27, 2018
So far, I wasn't able to translate the characters on the Japanese sign into English:
This is from March 17, 2017 but the lack of cost effectiveness is still the same 💸Our opponents can economically bleed us dry with these tactics— 🎼AdagioForStrings🎻 (@adagioforstring) June 27, 2018
"A U.S. ‘ally’ fired a $3 million Patriot missile at a $200 drone. Spoiler: The missile won" https://t.co/KRCoeXsLkK pic.twitter.com/Anrr4qnG8W
"How $650 drones are creating problems in Iraq and Syria" https://t.co/3ESLFcNX9Q— 🎼AdagioForStrings🎻 (@adagioforstring) June 27, 2018
"For the first time in nearly 65 years, U.S. ground forces are under attack from enemy aircraft, primarily small quadcopters or drones that cost about $650" pic.twitter.com/GJcxgcKMNE
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