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Anyone else watching this?
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Alex Moon wrote:Anyone else watching this?
Yeah.
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Good PR, whoever thought of this made a wise decision.
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Yup. At the very least it's an awsome photo op.
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I'm not watching it, better things on. It seems that he initially wanted to fly out in an F/A-18 but the Secret Service vetoed the idea. Viking's still better then a Greyhound though.
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Twas slightly cool. He scored many a political point with it. Bet that pilot felt the spot light on his way in too.
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Four wire; the Viking driver was maybe a little nervous :D

At least he didn't bolter :shock:
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It was more impressive when Putin landed in Chechnya in an SU-27 derivative.
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Cmon everyone join in the chant...

SILKWORM! SILKWORM! SILKWORM! SILKWORM!

*spots hordes of advancing jingoists*

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I would have been better if it was President John McCain on that aircraft.
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weemadando wrote:Cmon everyone join in the chant...

SILKWORM! SILKWORM! SILKWORM! SILKWORM!

*spots hordes of advancing jingoists*

Fleeeee!
Too bad that a Silkworm would be easily shot down by the CVBG's air-defenses :twisted:
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phongn wrote: Too bad that a Silkworm would be easily shot down by the CVBG's air-defenses :twisted:
Or optical AAA on Israeli missile boats or just about anything else for that matter. Though it's questionable that you even need to shoot at them, Iran fired a number against merchant ships in the gulf and only got around 30% hits.
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phongn wrote:
Too bad that a Silkworm would be easily shot down by the CVBG's air-defenses :twisted:
Fine, just urinate on my tasty breakfast cereal.

How about:

Backfire squadron launching nuclear anti-shipping missiles from standoff range! Backfire squadron launching nuclear anti-shipping missiles from standoff range! Backfire squadron launching nuclear anti-shipping missiles from standoff range!


Wooo!
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weemadando wrote:
Fine, just urinate on my tasty breakfast cereal.

How about:

Backfire squadron launching nuclear anti-shipping missiles from standoff range! Backfire squadron launching nuclear anti-shipping missiles from standoff range! Backfire squadron launching nuclear anti-shipping missiles from standoff range!


Wooo!
Lets not let the fact that a single Tico was designed to defeat just such a scenario single handily, and the there are several of them in every CVBG get your way.
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ASTEROID HIT AUSTRALIA! ASTEROID HIT AUSTRALIA! ASTEROID HIT AUSTRALIA!
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Wicked Pilot wrote:ASTEROID HIT AUSTRALIA! ASTEROID HIT AUSTRALIA! ASTEROID HIT AUSTRALIA!
TASMANIA UNSCATHED BY ASTEROID STRIKE! TASMANIA UNSCATHED BY ASTEROID STRIKE!
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weemadando wrote:TASMANIA UNSCATHED BY ASTEROID STRIKE! TASMANIA UNSCATHED BY ASTEROID STRIKE!
RESULTING TSUNAMI WIPES OUT TASMANIA! RESULTING TSUNAMI WIPES OUT TASMANIA!
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Wicked Pilot wrote:
weemadando wrote:TASMANIA UNSCATHED BY ASTEROID STRIKE! TASMANIA UNSCATHED BY ASTEROID STRIKE!
RESULTING TSUNAMI WIPES OUT TASMANIA! RESULTING TSUNAMI WIPES OUT TASMANIA!
RESULTING TSUNAMI WIPES OUT NORTH COAST OF TASMANIA - REST OF STATE SHRUGS AND SAYS: "NO BIG LOSS."
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weemadando wrote:RESULTING TSUNAMI WIPES OUT NORTH COAST OF TASMANIA - REST OF STATE SHRUGS AND SAYS: "NO BIG LOSS."
WEEMANDANDO FEELS RUMBLE AND SPILLS HOT COFFEE ON HIMSELF - SAYS: "DAMN YOU ASTEROID!"
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I would have been more impressed if he would have repelled on a zipline.
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Wicked Pilot wrote:
weemadando wrote:RESULTING TSUNAMI WIPES OUT NORTH COAST OF TASMANIA - REST OF STATE SHRUGS AND SAYS: "NO BIG LOSS."
WEEMANDANDO FEELS RUMBLE AND SPILLS HOT COFFEE ON HIMSELF - SAYS: "DAMN YOU ASTEROID!"
RESULTING DUST CLOUD OBSCURES SUN AND DESTROYS PRECIOUS DRUG CROP, WEEMADANDO SAYS: "DOUBLE DAMN YOU ASTEROID!" [/quote]
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Superman wrote:I would have been more impressed if he would have repelled on a zipline.
Repelling requires that your going down a wall of some sort, just sliding down a rope from a hovering aircraft is called fast roping.

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Sea Skimmer wrote:
Superman wrote:I would have been more impressed if he would have repelled on a zipline.
Repelling requires that your going down a wall of some sort, just sliding down a rope from a hovering aircraft is called fast roping.
Actually you can free-rappel. Its just a touch more fiddly, I've had to do it before a few times. You have to work damn hard to keep your balance so you don't tip and drop straight out of your fucking harness.
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weemadando wrote:
Actually you can free-rappel. Its just a touch more fiddly, I've had to do it before a few times. You have to work damn hard to keep your balance so you don't tip and drop straight out of your fucking harness.
I thought that was called something else?
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