But...but...you're a Republican! Quit confusing me.

You know, I haven't met many servicemen/women who like George W. Bush. In fact, most of them hate him. I always found that interesting when I'd see a video of him talking to troops.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Sorry, but unlike most other Republicans, I don't like Bush and I vote with logic, not the bible.

You're a Republican, MG. You should keep the specifics out, and replace them with "Jesus" and "gotcha media."

Thanks for the in-depth answer. I was hoping someone with formal training in weaponry would provide a response.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Ugh. Not a one of you has first hand knowledge of these things. I wonder if anyone here does?

OH, THAT'S RIGHT!
1st of all, this is an Israeli-made bomblet. Not American. So all of you can redirect your anger there.

Secondly, American forces do EVERYTHING in their power to reduce and eliminate collateral damage. We fired about %15 of all the fire missions we received because higher command would not clear them due to being too close to civilian structures.

Thirdly, American cluster bomblets are equipped with self-detonation timers.

The two I have worked with are the RAAMS and the ADAMS systems.

ADAMS: Area Denial Artillery Munition System - Anti personnel clusters.

These 155mm projectiles detonate by a nose-mounted fuze that ignites a propellant expulsion charge, forcing off the baseplate (bottom of the round) so that the projectile's contents are ejected. The 155 mm M692 and M731 ADAM both carry 36 wedge-shaped anti-personnel mines. The M692 (shell body marked ADAM-L) carries 36 M67 mines with a factory-set self-destruct time of 'more than 24 hours'. The M731 (shell body marked ADAM-S) carries 36 M72 mines with a factory-set self-destruct time of 'less than 24 hours'. When the mines reach the ground, seven tripline sensors are released after a 60 second delay, and the detonators are armed to function at any small disturbance. When the mine detonates, a liquid propellant surrounding the explosive warhead is ignited. This breaks up the wedge-shaped body and hurls the spherical warhead upwards. A delay mechanism in the warhead allows it to reach a predetermined height before the contents are detonated to scatter hundreds of high-velocity anti-personnel fragments in all directions.
Cross-section image

RAAMS: Remote Anti Armor Munitions System\
Deployed the same way as the ADAMS, only they are tripped via electromagnetic sensors and there are 9 to a shell.
Cross-section image

I want to upvote because I love explosions, but I want to downvote for other stupid shit this video and commenters are saying.

...are you trying to scare me to death?

In reply to this comment by littledragon_79:
Has anyone heard Palin talk about who she would pick as VP if McCain died? That is a very scary thought...we could get Cheney back.

1. I'm glad you know enough particle physics to lecture me.
2. I wish you had a sarcasm detector.
3. Profit.

In reply to this comment by campionidelmondo:
The LHC is not gonna be able to do anything along the lines of creating a black hole. Some pissed-off american "scientist" claimed it and you ate it up, because like most people, you're afraid of what you can't understand.

In reply to this comment by thinker247:
She's read as many magazines as she's had children. I'm sure there's a mathematical formula for it, but using it would create a black hole that would destroy the Earth. And we wouldn't want to take away the LHC's glory, would we?

You've learned the ways of the Dark Side, I see.

In reply to this comment by littledragon_79:
^volumptuous:
Is it "child abuse" to infuse your kid with this much false hatred?


Makes me think of: http://www.videosift.com/video/South-Pacific-Youve-Got-to-be-Carefully-Taught

So I'm guessing you're not voting for Obama? Or Osama in 2009? But he has a kickass beard!

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Oh, calm down. *promote the sillyness.

Some people are necropostingphiles. So be careful what you type.

In reply to this comment by EDD:
The song is I Wanna Fuck You In The Ass (you wouldn't have guessed, rite?) by the Outhere Brothers.

How do I know?

I actually played it to this girl on our first date. All seriousness.
If you must know, it wasn't even our last date. Yeah I know, I wouldn't believe it either, but it's a true story.

This reminds me of this other time when I had another first date and I accidentally belched into a girls mouth while we were french-kissing while dancing. OK, no, I'm effin with you, it was on purpose. But again, a true story. And since I'm necroposting here, nobody will bother anyway.

Your video "Condomned" is a dupe of mine. Just thought I'd let you know.

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Adventures-of-a-Condom-in-a-Sock-Drawer

On a happier note...

http://happy.videosift.com/talk/LittleDragon79-Learns-to-Add-and-Becomes-Little-Dragon100

Get a room.

>> ^kronosposeidon:
Off-putting? Off-putting only to prudish, humorless pricks. In spite of that, you're alright. And if John McCain we're here, I'm sure he'd call you a credit cunt.
In reply to this comment by littledragon_79:
God you're a cunt. Wait...there it is again...Zing!
Thanks for putting up with my (sometimes off-putting) humor. You're a champ!
In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
No, not really.
In reply to this comment by littledragon_79:
I am what I eat...zing-a-ding-ding! ...I guess that's not really a zing, or is it?
In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
LOL! You're funny. Twat.
ZING!
In reply to this comment by littledragon_79:
Well, I guess it does show that you're not shallow KP. However, it doesn't prove that you're not a twat. Zing!

I haven't, but it sounds very interesting.

In reply to this comment by littledragon_79:
Hey, have you watched the movie "Fido" by any chance?

It won't help. Nobody can get ZPR before me now. I think I will make everybody bow, soon.

In reply to this comment by littledragon_79:
Dag nabbit, I never remember these...need to set a reminder

That was utterly brilliant.

Most of Bush's administration is filled with Cold War-era propagandists who know how to stage a fight against the "Evil Empire," and people just go along with it, as if it's somehow related to today's battles.

What amazes me is the fact that they want so badly to have the Cold War, that they're going to nuke Iran! And what do people say? "Well, we won't invade; we'll just bomb their weapons sites." As if Iran won't see that as a threat against them in general.

I've never heard about Stalin's apportioning of different nationalities into the lower states, but it's an interesting idea. Did he apportion Bosnia and Serbia? Because it would be crazy to know that the Bosnian War was started over a Stalin-initiated program.

In reply to this comment by Farhad2000:
Of course they miss the Cold War, fighting a visible and tangible enemy you can easily call names by invoking over 50 years of anti-communist propaganda!

It is my view that Georgia had total right to try and subvert a splintering of it's nation by moving into South Ossestia. This all has to do with how Stalin mapped the nations below Russia, making sure to include various nationalities in each nation to avert breeding nationalistic sentiment. In Uzbekistan for example there is a huge section of Tajiks in Samarkand, tomorrow it could decide to splinter to join Tajikistan.

Russia isn't there to assure anyone of anything but projecting power and influence on the Georgian government and all other satellite states (Ukraine and Poland specifically) that their cooperation with the West is nothing more then piss in the wind, and when push comes to shove no one will come to their aid.

Welcome to the New Soviet Union.

Fucking spam.

It must be warm in North Dakota by now. At least 30 or 40 degrees?

http://happy.videosift.com/talk/LittleDragon79-Swiftly-Grabs-the-Gold-Star

How in the world did I miss that? I looked up the word "fireworks." Oh well. Thanks for the watchful eye, MG.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Sorry. http://www.videosift.com/video/Fireworks-Idiot

*discard