Happy 4 years DITL!

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Time to conquer the rest of the internet, then?

[Griffin]

Time to conquer the rest of the internet, then?

Hell no, have you seen some of the places on the internet? Not to mention the fact that there are still places on the internet with blackstar in.

[Tsukiyumi]

Time to conquer the rest of the internet, then?

Hell no, have you seen some of the places on the internet? Not to mention the fact that there are still places on the internet with blackstar in.

No joke. That's like suggesting we invade Afghanistan, of all places...

[Teaos]

Only reason to incade Afganistan is the heroin and the friendly fire.

[Captain Seafort]

Only reason to incade Afganistan is the heroin and the friendly fire.

You don't need to invade Afghanistan for that last bit - just be a) within weapons range of a Yank and b) on their side.

[Mikey]

Hmmm. Do you mean Limeys getting blue-crossed by American fire? I guess you could call it friendly fire, but with comments like that don't bet on it being accidental.

Seriously, do you honestly believe that no Brit has ever been the cause of a blue-on-blue, in the history of ever? Obviously the rates are higher since you guys are so less willing to get your hands dirty, but come on.

[Captain Seafort]

Seriously, do you honestly believe that no Brit has ever been the cause of a blue-on-blue, in the history of ever?

We've had a few cases - two that spring to mind are the Falklands, where a Lynx was shot down because it was running without IFF (some genius had designed one that interfered with naval search radar) and in Iraq, when one CR2 destroyed another when it charged into a twelve-on-one firefight in a sandstorm.

We've never had a case of shooting up an allied armoured column due to a combination of gross stupidity (that big orange thing, that's exactly the same size shape, colour and placement as an allied aerial recognition panel, must be a rocket launcher) and gross insubordination (ground control: you do not have permission to engage, pilot: *fires anyway*).

I do, however, accept that my original statement was overly broad, and the first bit should be amended to "within weapons range of the US Air Force". My apologies to the non-fucking idiot branches of the US military.

[Deepcrush]

To be fair, who in the world wouldn't be tempted to shoot up a British column...

[Mikey]

because it was running without IFF

Maybe the U.S. and the UK can jointly research a way to bump the oxygen mix in those rebreathers. Both our pilots seem to need a little extra.

[McAvoy]

Uhhh they breathe either 99% oxygen if they use OBOGS or 100% if they use LOX. OBOGS filters out nitrogen from the air taken from the engines and LOX is liquid oxygen.

[Captain Seafort]

Maybe the U.S. and the UK can jointly research a way to bump the oxygen mix in those rebreathers.

Blame the system that couldn't be used because it interfered with warships' radar fit - it was probably designed by the same idiot who designed the Patriot that mistook a Tornado for a Scud.

[Mikey]

Uhhh they breathe either 99% oxygen if they use OBOGS or 100% if they use LOX. OBOGS filters out nitrogen from the air taken from the engines and LOX is liquid oxygen.

Very good, Doctor Science. Correct on both counts. The only thing that you weren't able to figure out was that this:

Maybe the U.S. and the UK can jointly research a way to bump the oxygen mix in those rebreathers. Both our pilots seem to need a little extra.

was a sarcastic joke.

Blame the system that couldn't be used because it interfered with warships' radar fit - it was probably designed by the same idiot who designed the Patriot that mistook a Tornado for a Scud.

Yes, well if it were typical military R&D SOP, they probably spent 3.5 times the budgeted research costs before they found out that it interfered with radar and had to press it into service no matter what by then.

[McAvoy]

Uhhh they breathe either 99% oxygen if they use OBOGS or 100% if they use LOX. OBOGS filters out nitrogen from the air taken from the engines and LOX is liquid oxygen.

Very good, Doctor Science. Correct on both counts. The only thing that you weren't able to figure out was that this:

Maybe the U.S. and the UK can jointly research a way to bump the oxygen mix in those rebreathers. Both our pilots seem to need a little extra.

was a sarcastic joke.

Blame the system that couldn't be used because it interfered with warships' radar fit - it was probably designed by the same idiot who designed the Patriot that mistook a Tornado for a Scud.

Yes, well if it were typical military R&D SOP, they probably spent 3.5 times the budgeted research costs before they found out that it interfered with radar and had to press it into service no matter what by then.

Bah. Captain Science doesn't have the same ring as Captain Obvious.

[Mikey]

That's why I didn't say "Captain Science."

[McAvoy]

Captain, Doctor whatever.