tylerrogoway
Tyler Rogoway
tylerrogoway
Editor, Foxtrot Alpha

Not saying what the pilot says is true or not, but it is likely a Su-24 crew never saw a missile shot. The visibility to the rear is no good, and they have no launch detection gear on the jet. So how would they see it coming since it was not a face shot?
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absolutely, I just thought it may be a little to on the nose. Read more

Also, Gawker makes me write nothing. I have had full editorial control throughout my time here. Edit helps with lots of thing in my drafts, but changing content to suit an agenda or anything like that, never. Gift guides are a great way to communicate to my audience around this time of year. If they make the company a Read more

I had a great time writing this, I may do another but for a different theme. People are always asking what are basics for reading and recommendations. What a fun way to answer that! Read more

and it has a built-in laser targeting system, not the greatest field of view, but it can lase targets. At least it could!
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I think some of these drone feeds shown as ‘air strikes’ are just artillery strikes.
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Yeah, aside from their past affinity towards subs, it is especially odd because they make great subs today. Read more

The terms are interchanganble, forgot to add the Su-35 to the list, but it has the Ibris-E which is a PESA not AESA.
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The Tu-22 Blinder was especially sinister looking

Awesome! Great to hear it was of use to your curriculum. Civics, history etc is so important for young people. I have heard horrible things about large cuts in these areas.
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This was a day delayed due to supporting the coverage of the tragic events in France. Usually I try to get these up within 24 hours.
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This is very true. I have heard multiple arguments about this, including what some say regardless of manufacturing costs, the legal costs regulatory costs balloon any private aircraft price. Yes, it does suck you gotta spend 450k to buy the equivelant of a Skylane in 2015.
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Yeah and if so what type of target list were we talking about and how many more people are still out there that did not get the material needed to execute their portion of the attack.
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He was. I did not respond because I try to keep it to questionable statements, not opinions based on reality or ones that are correct factually. I don’t think I have responded to one of Rand’s statement’s yet.
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2/3rds done. It has been a process. I wrote almost an entire article and then erased all of it, I needed to make it more streamlined. It was bloated. Hopefully this week or next depending on what pops up.
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