US airforce is a joke.

And nobody has died, because our catapulting systems have always been top-notch

This is what happened during the failure of the space rocket engine. Watch it at 2:50 (that's an unique documentary footage):



The cosmonauts were ejected in the capsule and have survived.

As you may know, Russia did most of space launches in the human history (two times more than the USA) and lost only 4 cosmonauts in two accidents. In both cases the people have died during the landing: determination of the capsule and a failure of parachute system. No single cosmonaut has died during the rocket launch so far.

In contrast to Russia, the United States have no technologies to equip their rockets with life saving systems. Thus in case of failure the astronauts are doomed and they have no single hope to be saved...



Don't think that I'm trying to make fun of this tragedy or so. No way! I'm just showing you that the real US technologies and not the same as the ones shown in your countless movies. They are too overpriced far not the best ones in the world like Hollywood tries to show it... You were the 2nd in the space and only because Nazi genius like Von Braun have done all the job for you. Today Von Braun is dead and the Russian rocket technologies is the only way to send your astronauts to the outer space.

USSR red army tanks graveyard, east of Kabul, Afghanistan

USSR red army tanks graveyard, east of Kabul, Afghanistan
| .Afghanistan, Tank, Vehicle Graveyard

USSR red army tanks graveyard? few km east of Kabul, Afghanistan
When Russia left Afghanistan after the war, a lot of their equipment was left behind.


Left in a hurry --did you?









Forgot your fallen?

I didn't get that. What did you try to say? That's a graveyard of used vehicles. Haven't you heard about similar graveyards in former ex-Soviet republics?

This is Russia and Ukraine for example:









So what? Maybe Taliban will find a cheaper way to utilize those rusty old tanks, because nobody here wants to spend a ruble to recycle that junk. At least now it's a problem of the new Afghan government - not ours.

Forget it. This super-duper technology will make America great again:

Of course he knows why his father died just as I do.

"I, (state name of enlistee), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

oh that explains it

you are the intellectual equivalent of an ISIS fighter citing the kuran

the "so help me god" at the end always makes me laugh...god would approve the USA dropping more bombs than ww2 on tiny penis asian farmers...gods work = confirmed

So the US Constitution has sent him to that war? The Constitution told the US army to burn Vietnamese kids with napalm? I have already posted this link above: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre

Who did that to the kids? Who has raped and killed them? Some mad animals or the brave US soldiers? What for???

You either are apparently ignorant about the US Constitution and the US political system or are just a troll. I suspect that you are alittle of both. Being that the US is a Republic, the US Constution provides for the election of people to represent them in governance of the country, which includes the President of the country. It was the elected representatives of the people that made the decision to engage our military, specifically upon the orders of the President of the US who is the ultimate Commander in Chief of US military forces.

Civilians micro manage the US military, which said management includes when to engage , where to engage and how long to engage our military forces. It also includes target selection, rules of engagement, and the goals of the engagement, the type of weapons that may be used during the engagement etc. etc. etc.

When I was a kid, I had a schoolmate who has made a laser. It was in 80's of the past century. I mean he made it from the scratch - no Chinese light pointers or DVD burner components. He as made it of polystyrol. That toy was able to easily blow up the balloons. I bet it was about 100 million times chepar than the one on video

BTW, a friend of my son has made a handheld rail-gun like in Quake. Course it was unable to sink a battle cruiser, but I believe it was able to easily put down a quadrocopter drone and it was enough to deserve a prize on physics in the school ;) Maybe he should send it to the US Army

As we say here, everything new is a well forgotten old one:



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My father died because he believed in a higher cause, and supported our government. At the time, our government believed it was in our best interests to prevent Vietnam from becoming Communist. You can argue this was a valid goal, although you would have to take a long look at the history of Vietnam to have a proper discussion.

What happened with Vietnam had a massive effect on our society here in the United States. Our military and the support for our military was at it's lowest point ever both from a moral standpoint as well as fighting ability. The general population hated the government, the politicians, and the military. The military itself had crumbled; Officers had no control over the men in their unit and were afraid to enter the barracks. There is a great book about this called the Long Gray Line - It details the Army West Point Class of 1966, their training, Vietnam, and the aftermath and how it effected their lives.

Our military has changed a lot since then. Take a good look at what happened in Iraq - twice. To put it in perspective, The Iraq - Iran war lasted eight years, hundreds of thousands died, and it ended in a stalemate. The United States went in and destroyed the Iranian military and their government in weeks.

Something very similar happened with the Soviet Union with Afghanistan. (I don't know much about it but I just ordered a book off of Amazon.)

It's difficult to compare the Russian military to the American military. Russia doesn't even have a blue water navy. It's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, isn't nuclear powered, and recently sailed around Europe to the Mediterranean which was, well, comical. The only aircraft carrier is in such poor shape it had to be freaking towed to Syria.

The latest in Russian robotics technology!



Meanwhile in the USA 3 years ago...

I read that book years ago and it is well written and informative in multiple ways. I can't recall the name of the Cadet but he was the most gung ho of all of the Cadet's in the class and when he was in Vietnam he became so disillusioned with the war and the way it was being fought, he was Court Martialed, if my memory serves me well, for disobeying orders given to him by a Major who was in a chopper above him. He did not want to see anymore of his men get wasted so he refused to reengage them in a battle as he was ordered to do. If I recall correctly his men and he had been engaged for several days, were suffering with lack of sleep, very low on ammo, water, food etc. Had already lost alot of men, were heading for an extraction point, when this Major ordered them to turn back and engage a unit that was following them. He refused this order.