http://www.politicalforum.com/ For anything related to combat, peace efforts, etc. Post here or choose a subcategory. en Sat, 18 May 2013 09:51:01 GMT vBulletin 30 http://www.politicalforum.com/images/misc/rss.png http://www.politicalforum.com/ http://www.politicalforum.com/warfare-military/303284-had-us-lost-battle-midway-new-post.html Fri, 17 May 2013 21:15:17 GMT Any thoughts of what effect it would have had? I imagine the Pacfic war would have been more defensive and utilizing submarines and land based... Any thoughts of what effect it would have had? I imagine the Pacfic war would have been more defensive and utilizing submarines and land based aircraft to hold the Japanese to the west of Hawaii.

Thoughts? ]]> Warfare / Military LivingNDixie http://www.politicalforum.com/warfare-military/303284-had-us-lost-battle-midway.html http://www.politicalforum.com/warfare-military/303210-play-cold-war-game-free-one-day-new-post.html Fri, 17 May 2013 13:01:22 GMT www.thecoldwarera.com You can participate in contest to play this game for free for one day - https://www.facebook.com/GrandStrategy www.thecoldwarera.com

You can participate in contest to play this game for free for one day - https://www.facebook.com/GrandStrategy ]]> Warfare / Military MaxRiga http://www.politicalforum.com/warfare-military/303210-play-cold-war-game-free-one-day.html http://www.politicalforum.com/warfare-military/303020-70th-anniversary-dambusters-raid-new-post.html Thu, 16 May 2013 12:37:26 GMT Today (May 16th) is the seventieth anniversary of the raid by 617 squadron of the Royal Air Force ("The Dambusters") on the great dams of the Ruhr Valley in Germany.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-22214869

19 Avro Lancaster aircraft of 617 squadron of Bomber Command set off from their base at Scampton in Lincolnshire to fly to the Ruhr Valley and attack three major dams - the Mohne, the Eder and the Sorpe. They were carrying a revolutionary weapon, the "bouncing bomb".

Only 10 of the aircraft returned to base. 9 aircraft were shot down or crashed with the loss of 53 Bomber Command aircrew. ]]> Warfare / Military Socialism Works http://www.politicalforum.com/warfare-military/303020-70th-anniversary-dambusters-raid.html http://www.politicalforum.com/warfare-military/302772-soviet-military-vs-u-s-new-post.html Wed, 15 May 2013 01:54:54 GMT I'm just wanting some opinions on which country had a better military overall during the cold war. My opinion is that if the cold war went hot and most fighting was in Europe, the Soviet Union would have won at any point in time during the cold war. The Soviet Union had both very good technology and huge numbers for its land forces. For example, in terms of tanks, the Soviet Union was usually 10 years ahead of the U.S. technologically and produced huge numbers of these tanks. The Soviet Union had a slightly weaker air force than the U.S., but it had by far the best air defenses of any country. Overall, the air war would have been fairly even. The U.S. always has had a far better navy than the Soviet Union, so the U.S. can project force anywhere in the world while the Soviets could only project force in Europe and Asia, though in the Soviet's case, there is no need to project force anywhere else. If it came to it, I think the Soviet Union was more prepared for a nuclear or chemical war as well. ]]> Warfare / Military oldjar07 http://www.politicalforum.com/warfare-military/302772-soviet-military-vs-u-s.html http://www.politicalforum.com/warfare-military/302644-nuclear-powered-escorts-new-post.html Tue, 14 May 2013 09:04:55 GMT For a while the US Navy had nuclear powered cruiser and destroyers, which seems like a good idea to have all nuclear powered ships, rather than just... For a while the US Navy had nuclear powered cruiser and destroyers, which seems like a good idea to have all nuclear powered ships, rather than just the submarines and aircraft carriers. So why did the US Navy do away with the idea of nuclear powered escorts? ]]> Warfare / Military william walker http://www.politicalforum.com/warfare-military/302644-nuclear-powered-escorts.html http://www.politicalforum.com/warfare-military/302377-pick-your-group-attack-helicopters-new-post.html Sun, 12 May 2013 01:24:18 GMT As per... Three groups, each with three models. Consider all aspects, and you can select what you think the strongest overall group is. Group... As per...

Three groups, each with three models. Consider all aspects, and you can select what you think the strongest overall group is.

Group A - AH-64D Apache Long Bow, A-129/T-129 ,AH-1W Super Cobra

Group B - Kamov KA-50/KA-52, AH-1Z Viper, AH-2 Rooivalk

Group C - MI-28H Havoc , Eurocopter Tiger ,MI-24 Hind

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I'd go A.

:thumbsup: ]]> Warfare / Military Jack Napier http://www.politicalforum.com/warfare-military/302377-pick-your-group-attack-helicopters.html http://www.politicalforum.com/warfare-military/302338-three-rapes-happen-every-hour-us-military-new-post.html Sat, 11 May 2013 17:21:13 GMT Image: http://previous.presstv.ir/photo/20130509/amin20130509172905997.jpg A new report by the US Defense Department, Pentagon, says almost three...

A new report by the US Defense Department, Pentagon, says almost three rapes occur every hour in the US military, raising serious concern about the soaring rate of sexual assault among US servicemen.

According to the Pentagon, sexual assaults in the military have increased to the alarming level of 70 per day or three every hour, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

The report added that 26,000 service members were sexually assaulted in 2012, a 35-percent increase since 2010 when 19,000 such cases were reported.

However, the overall rate of sexual assault in the US military may be higher, as many victims fail to report out of fear of vengeance or lack of justice under the military’s system of prosecution, the report added.

“The more closed and hierarchical an institution is, the more the victim is stigmatized and the rapist gets away with it,” said Susan Brooks, pastor and volunteer rape crisis counselor.

Brooks went on to condemn the US military for maintaining a culture of gender and power relations, which she says produces the rape culture among service members.

Many high-ranking US military commanders have recently been convicted and relieved of duties for multiple sexual offenses and corruption over the years.

On May 6, authorities said Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Krusinski, director of the sexual assault prevention program for the US Air Force, has himself been detained for sexually assaulting a woman not far from the military headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.

In 2012, over 30 male Air Force boot camp trainers were cited for sexually harassing, abusing and raping at least 59 military recruits at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/05...n-us-military/

and this is not like the invasions where they say "What happens in, stays in.." It is even in their own army.. So sad.. ]]> Warfare / Military AliJ http://www.politicalforum.com/warfare-military/302338-three-rapes-happen-every-hour-us-military.html