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On all but the most modern T-72 variants if a Leopard 1A5 sees them first they'll kill them with any shot bar on frontal armour. They'll kill any T-62, T-55, or IFV/APC. They also have far better mobility than all Soviet-style tanks and a stabilised gun which allows firing on the move. Armour is th...

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During an election and "that call", maybe, generally, not a chance. Fox makes something like $14B a year, even for a behemoth like that it's a substantial hit and one that they will take into consideration. You need to understand that they make money from being the way they are re viewership, its w...

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In a surprising turn of events, Dominion and Fox agree to settle for $787.5 million. Fox release a statement acknowledging that claims they made on air were false. Good point made by an analyst - the total market valuation of Dominion is estimated to be between $60 and $80 million, so the settlement...

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The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said in a statement, “As part of the Pacific Fleet’s sudden combat readiness inspection being carried out by the decision of Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces, Vladimir Putin, strategic nuclear-powered missile-carrying submarine cruisers an...

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Nolanator wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 3:02 pm Surely Russia have satellite reconnisance capabilities?

Russia has little to nothing working left. They've lifted a lot into orbit over time, but little of it recently; most of the stuff they have up there is old, poor quality, end of life, or all three.

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Donny decides to sue Cohen for a mere half billion $

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/12/poli ... index.html

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I can't see Dominion settling unless Fox have to run a 5 minute admittance of guilt on the hour, every hour, for the next year - on top of $1bn+ A court settlement is unlikely to have the broadcast demand isn’t it? Probably not, but will likely have a larger financial penalty. Dominion will probabl...

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I can't see Dominion settling unless Fox have to run a 5 minute admittance of guilt on the hour, every hour, for the next year - on top of $1bn+

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Apart from special forces, are parachute drops a think in the military now, like they were in WWII? I a assuming that surveillance and anti-everything is too good now, and combined military operations is teh way to go. They're still reckoned to have a role - to seize a military target behind enemy ...

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LandOTurk wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:01 pm
TheFrog wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 3:03 pm https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/16432 ... 87778?s=20

The UR-77 is a mine clearer. Is this s normal tactic?

Apparently developed by Russia in Syria

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Playground name calling is all well and good, but does anybody actually have insight into the question that I asked? This is a completely internal Tory party decision. If selected she will get elected to the HoC if not (and I got the impression that it will be a decision based on local politics) sh...

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AlanBengio wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2023 4:47 pm Still didn’t follow properly this year - what was the penalty they handed to Sainz for?

Causing an avoidable accident

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TranceNRG wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:58 pm Redbull have an incredible team. I'd say they've even more efficient than Mercedes in the last decade or so.

What they've done on the DRS wing is nuts. Somehow they've got the aero to detach way more efficiently than any other team

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Perez REALLY doesn't trust his team

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Dear oh dear Fernando

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JvP looks like he's been taking lessons from Alex Mitchell

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London Irish up the road have season tickets behind the sticks for £250 or a family of four for £650. They also sell batches of flexi tickets (book of 4 game or 8 game tickets) at sensible prices. Wow. Saints behind the sticks prices are £493 (early bird) or £523 (after 30th April) for an adult, £1...

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Quins fans, how are you feeling about the session ticket gouging? A friend of mine has decided not to renew his 4 tickets after they foisted a 30% increase for next season! Seriously considering sacking it off. Been there since 08/09. When I first went they dropped them to 99 quid. Now it's gonna b...

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No Any reason why not? Have they commitments to not place military vessels in the Black Sea? The US Navy doesn't deploy to the Black Sea. As per the Montreux treaty, only Black Sea states can operate submarines in the Black Sea, and Turkey monitors and publicly logs all ships transiting the Bosphor...

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Not sure how significant this is: https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1636067916599705604 Am sure they already have a sub or two in the Black Sea already, knives pointing toward the Kremlin Chances of a Virginia getting through the Bosphorus undetected are virtually zero - it;s both far too ...

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Hawk97 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:29 am I always thought a 6 and 8 were interchangeable, but the 7 was a specialist.

but maybe that's sooooo 2010

I got a right telling off yesterday for saying that

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A lot more anger about this isolated case than for the many thousands of lives ruined by actual groomers. A bit weird. I'm not so sure about that. My real anger is that due to the level of publicity a case like this receives, every other legitimate case now gets viewed with a higher level of scepti...

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10-15 years ago it seemed to be very different. Lots of players were classed as 6/8, with 7 seen as the outright specialist position. Some 5s migrated to 6, but I don't recall it being all that common

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Skiaddict wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 5:27 pm Russians caught fckn around in Poland

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1 ... 41696?s=20

Just innocent tourists wanting to see Poland's world famous railways system no doubt

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It is ironic because on skills, he's a 6 or 8, not a 7. Ludlum was a center who converted to back row fairly young - he came through our academy setup as a 7, and it was only when Teimana Harrison arrived that he largely started playing at 6 He's only played 6 for Saints twice in the last 3 years -...

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He has played this year at 8 exclusively for Saints. By your logic he shouldn't be playing at blindside for Eng as he's not played there for his club this year or the entire season? Am I correct in that? You keep saying 'this year' which actually means he played there for the month of January :lol:...

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England haven't reached 25 great backs yet but here's the list so far. (1) Fullback - Robinson (2) Wings - R. Underwood, Duckham (0) Centres (1) Fly Halves - Wilkinson (0) Scrum Halves Going to say, England will struggle to fill this ! Would have Greenwood & guacott as centres tbf, Lewsey at Fb, an...

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Well it would be dangerous if it wasn’t also Canary Wharf business and again anecdotal restaurants across the capital. Let’s see what actual revenues are reported 2022. And also note that fares have risen 6% minimum so that would be a base level . Guess what other lone is extremely busy out to Cana...

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Elizabeth line carrying 50% more passengers per week than planned - https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/elizabeth-line-100m-passengers-opening-tfl-trains-b1057106.html “ The line was unaffected by Wednesday’s train drivers’ strike, which brought London commuter routes on Southern, Thameslink ...

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So it's quieter to the East of London than the West then. It's a large network, so it's dangerous to make assumptions based on an experience in just a small area Well it would be dangerous if it wasn’t also Canary Wharf business and again anecdotal restaurants across the capital. Let’s see what act...

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Elizabeth line carrying 50% more passengers per week than planned - https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo ... 57106.html

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So it's quieter to the East of London than the West then. It's a large network, so it's dangerous to make assumptions based on an experience in just a small area

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Re rail passenger numbers: July last year - 95% of pre-Covid levels https://www.railtech.com/all/2022/08/30/uk-rail-passenger-numbers-hit-post-pandemic-high/?gdpr=accept November last year - 99% of pre-Covid levels https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/uk-rail-passenger-numbers-reach-99-p...

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Re rail passenger numbers: July last year - 95% of pre-Covid levels https://www.railtech.com/all/2022/08/30/uk-rail-passenger-numbers-hit-post-pandemic-high/?gdpr=accept November last year - 99% of pre-Covid levels https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/uk-rail-passenger-numbers-reach-99-pr...

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yiman wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:04 pm Not going to happen but from what we have available: I'd like to see:
10 Faz
11 Arundell
12 Manu
13 Lawrence
14 Watson
!5 Stewart

This lineup would at least give France something to think about

Manu is suspended for France. Theoretically available for Ireland if he completes his tackle course

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Gavin Duffy wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 5:06 pm Should defenders deliberately dropping low at the moment of tackling be looked at?

That usually gets covered by the referees when they're looking at mitigation

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Loving how the commentators don't understand the match situation. Modern captaincy doesn't enforce the follow on to protect the bowlers - because usually they've just put in a 100+ over shift, and you don't want to expose them to 250+ overs. Currently we've just completed over 53, and they bowling a...

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Skiaddict wrote: ↑Sat Feb 18, 2023 5:44 pm I missed it. Manu 13 minutes in gets a card? wft Short return. Was it ugly?

Elbow to the head - pretty ugly and indefensible

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RodneyRegis wrote: ↑Sat Feb 18, 2023 4:51 pm
Saint wrote: ↑Sat Feb 18, 2023 4:32 pm I;ve always thought that Dingwall was too lightweight in defence to make the step up to international level, but if he can play like this regularly is he a potential option?
He's been genuinely poor.

Dingwall? He's been rock solid in defence, not shown much in attack today

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That;s the one per season then

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