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Even cooler clip of a pilot or weapons officer being picked up by civilian Kuwaitis. Tough young woman. Leaving a jet aircraft by ejection seat is a tough ride.

They are now producing a copy of the Shahad.

Much better, but that is purely a personal taste issue.

One other thing. During boiling, even a very old bull can lose part of the softer boss material between the horns. It is not important to me, but a taxidermist can restore that missing material. For instance, these are the same two bulls.

I build photo journals through Shutterfly of all my and our adventures. They tend to be half narrative and half photolog. I am confident no heir will give a whit about dead animals, but grandchildren will likely find these rather interesting. I personally do not care for the tilted skull...

Pretty good little video on the B-21 program which replaces the B-2. It also pulls just the corner of the cover off a major effort while I was still with the company and which explains why we retired the SR-71 and are finally retiring the U2.

Why? Unless you make your home on the Persian Gulf, simply change your flight.

Apparently Kuwait air defense did indeed hit three F-15E fighter bombers. Thankfully, all six crew members seem to have ejected safely. Kuwait operates the Patriot air defense system, so that is the most likely culprit. I would assume the US aircraft were not attempting to jam the Kuwaiti...

They can have all the advisors they want (I have yet to see any meaningful role of any), but that is irrelevant. Few things are more difficult than turning national level intelligence into targetable data. I do not think there is an iota of opportunity for either country to provide Iran with...

Providing satellite data sounds impressive, but what could they actually provide from a timely targeting perspective? Let's say at 0145 a Russian or Chinese satellite flew across the Arabian Sea recording the location of the Lincoln task force. That data is sent to Moscow or Beijing. Some...

Earlier today a mob of Pakistani protestors tried to breach our consulate in Karachi, Pakistan. Way back in 1979 our embassy in Pakistan was overrun by rioters killing two Americans and two local staffers. US Marine guards were ordered not to respond. Upon Regan entering office, he...

LOL

We need to quit typing simultaneously.

Well no actually. You need to read up on this more. ISIS, as brutal a Muslim fundamentalist organization as ever murdered its way across the Middle East, was Suni. Al Qaeda, the perpetrators of 911, were Suni. This is not to say that that the Shia have been blameless - we only have to look...

It would appear the counter missile campaign is being pretty successful. The few Iranian missiles that make it through are great for TV, but considering the size of their pre-war arsenal, the retaliation has been pretty pathetic. These warheads are about the size of a 500-1000lb bomb depending...

If it is military, security, or nuclear it will be struck multiple times.

It looks like the initial strikes during the first 24 hours were carried out primarily by sea, ground, and air launched cruise missiles. With the Iranian air defenses significantly degraded, the B-2's were apparently on the prowl last night with primary targets being the Iranian missile storage...

As @mdwest noted we could. But we have to have an organized group to receive them. We were very successful way back during the Regan administration supplying the Mujahadin and the Contras. We have far more capability now. But that organized resistance group has yet to raise its head = at...

Even a carrier is a very difficult target to find - particularly for a third world power. First the Iranians have to locate the battle group using recon drones (A manned aircraft would simply be a target for the battle group's CAP.) Those drones would have to survive long enough to close with...

I have never had a rifle shift POI off the sticks. I assume you are not letting the barrel itself rest on them?

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I love Reuters' :pragmatist" label. He was at the forefront of gunning down protesters and the draconian death sentences applied to many after the fact. Rather like calling Reinhard Heydrich a pragmatist.

I now agree. Still a fairly low order explosion for a ballistic missile. The range is so close across the Gulf, the Iranians may be attempting to launch battlefield missiles at some of the Gulf targets. That does complicate the air defense equation because the Patriot stockpile will dwindle...

Have only used the 7mm 156 gr and 170 gr Oryx bullets on game with my .275. They work perfectly on whitetail and plains game through sable. The 156 is my go to load. I have not used the 300 in .375 for buffalo.

Wasn't much of an explosion. Probably a Shahad drone. Not sure your point. I would love to see the numbers, but counting drones, I would guess they have flung several hundred projectiles in what has been thus far a fruitless temper tantrum that has only served to unite the Gulf States against...

Who is this imbecile? This is absolute blatant nonsense. The Iranians managed to miss whatever they were aiming at in Bahrain and struck an apartment building, and in Dubai, the entrance to the Palm hotel. As of this evening, one person has been killed, and no American serviceman has been...

John Bolton was arguing for just such action in the first Trump administration and up until about 24 hours ago was still being ridiculed by the America First MAGA movement as an establishment, regime change demanding warmonger. :E Shrug: Just saying.

The Iranian missiles that are destroyed on the ground are not a threat. Judging by how few are being launched at Israel, I would assume that their own stocks were reduced last summer, and US and IDF air interdiction have both reduced the inventory and somewhat dampened the enthusiasm of the...

We will not send in conventional troops. Iran is a nation of almost 100 million people and is the size of Alaska. We frankly do not have sufficient active duty forces to occupy a nation of that size in a peace enforcement effort. I have no specific knowledge, but am confident that the CIA has...

I don't. Ignorance, particularly passionate ignorance, is very easy to identify. I absolutely respect informed differences of opinion. Such people are worth debating. The screaming "betrayed" multitudes on X and other sites at the moment are merely pitiable.

I admire the president's political courage in this instance. I find much of the MAGA base, particularly those creaming on the web as we type about the President betraying them, to be some of the more ignorant people on the planet. You can keep the cookies, I'll keep my intellect and ability to...

So far, so good. The Iranian retaliatory effort has been both remarkably weak and somewhat incomprehensible. They have fired missiles at Kuwait, UAE, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and of course Israel. In one stroke, they have managed to not have hit much of anything, but at the same...

I think your advice with respect to the contract is correct - it is a business arrangement. But what follows is another thing entirely. Several of my PH / Outfitters and their families have indeed become friends. One is staying at our home for a few days as I type, and we had a grand time...

A Z3 is a fine scope. I have two or three and one currently sits on my Rigby Highland Stalker. A huge advantage is the relatively long traditional length of the barrel of the scope allowing better positioning for proper eye relief.

I too strongly believe in participating in every aspect of the hunt, and binos are critical in achieving that goal. I use mine constantly. That said, I can't imagine wearing that kind of thing on my chest, But if it works for you, great.

Pure self-indulgent propaganda.

Should we be talking about the same sort of product, my favorites of the Belgian blonds are Duvel and Goudon Carolus. I have also had Gulden Draak and a couple of other of the dark ales, but I prefer English and Irish dark. Most Americans have no concept of a sipping beer of 10 to 12% AC.

This is clearly AI generated nonsense. South Louisiana is the home of actual professional level drinking habits, and no one has to freeze ice fishing.

All three of those are not really beer, and you are correct, Busch is the worst - unless it is Pabst Blue Ribbon. :rolleyes:

I’m tracking. That high alcohol content brew would likely kill the average American.

Salzburg is one of the jewels of Europe. Nancy and I met @Foxi and his lovely partner for lunch there. We stayed at the Goldener Hersch which I can highly recommend, and attended the same chamber orchestra concert and dinner in the fortress. Great report, though I seem to detect a certain...

A well stocked H-E-B (Texas’s largest grocery chain) will have two or three Belgian options and half a dozen German choices. Stella Artois is everywhere, and on tap in most bars.

Leaving Houston, TEXAS to go to Wisconsin to eat BBQ?!? :unsure: And what the devil is "American" BBQ? Even if Troy is making it, there is something sinful about that whole vision. On the other hand, getting together at his place sounds like a grand idea. Wish I could make it.

If not an experienced international traveler along with being a new international hunter, the smartest anyone can do is use an experienced hunting consultant. I have been traveling internationally to odd corners of the world for nearly fifty years, yet I have used both The Hunting Consortium...

Exactly

She has been thoughtful and supportive on most truly conservative issues. According to Google and Grok she has supported the conservative majority.92% of the time. I am pretty sure that is 100% better than any democrat President’s nominee. She is generally considered center right rather than...

I can not say that was the best State of the Union Speech I have heard, but it may well have been the most effective. He had the democrats exactly where he wanted them throughout the evening. I was particularly pleased with the recognition finally given to E. Royce Williams. His dogfight...

Great seeing Dirk's lodge again. He is good people. I should note it hasn't changed since 2008 which is somehow rather comforting. I shot my first African game animal on his place - a nice impala.

It has been going on for a month.

Truly sorry to here this.