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Post by grumble on Oct 30, 2017 14:55:56 GMT 10
There is a simple solution to some of the concerns about our defensibility
reintroduce national service but with a bit of a change to it to make it more of a home guard
1st anyone that is not a professional soldier can not be deployed outside the Australian mainland so only those that sign on to be long term soldiers can be deployed overseas
2nd when people are due to do national service they are given a couple of options as to how they perform their national service 1. As a home guard that is trained in insurgency anti armour tactics and area denial strategies basically harassment forces
2. Logistics so they do that side of it warehousing and transportation of goods to locations in need plus the movement of troops and evacuation of civilians
3. Basic emergency responders ,care providers and moral boosters. So their role would be each person is given basic fire fighting training , 1st aid to level 3, trained to assist medical personal with transporting injured around make shift hospitals and trained to prepare meals on a large scale to feed large numbers of personal which would include helping distribute food to the homeless and disadvantaged during peace time
Additionally people can opt to specialise in a chosen field within those 3 fields while serving national service that will then serve as credits towards any future training they receive in doing a trade or university or any civil defence role including fire brigade ambulance , police or any other field of employment where those skills are relevant
The core concept behind this scheme is you have a standing army that are your regular fighting forces then you have your average population at home of both male and female that serve as a home guard here each person that is part of it has had some training that is helpful in times of not just conflict but in the case of natural disasters so the time and resources allocated towards the system is not lost but utilised as needed and in return the community at large benefits
There will be a buy out scheme for those that do not wish to serve their nation and their community all you have to do is sign a little bit of paper that says you will pay 51% tax for the next 15 years in return for not wishing to contribute to the community also the 3rd tier of the system could be mandatory for anyone wishing to gain Australian citizenship
Naturally there is no real substitute for well trained highly skilled professional soldiers but if you know a nation has a home guard which has been given a truckload of ATGM and AA systems and are trained to use them its going to slow down even the most advanced military especially if you have no idea where they may pop up and if used effectively not just on light armour but on soft targets like troop transports, ammo and fuel supplies it starts to hurt
is this a perfect idea? Nope but it does suddenly make it a bit harder to just walk in the front door the biggest positive to this is these people would be defending , protecting their home turf
this rag tag system would not defeat a well maintained highly trained and well equipped modern military and would unfortunately contribute to the enemy using some rather unsavoury tactics against the civilian population but then again no occupying force is ever nice to those they have conquered so it will only inspire the home guard to fight harder and more desperately
The home guard only has to serve as another factor any invading force has to try determine the threat of and delay a possible invasion and its done its job
The key thing that I did forget to add is to be the eyes and ears of the regular military with real time on the ground information on enemy movements and positions
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Post by grumble on Oct 19, 2017 16:02:37 GMT 10
myself personally I have several sets of clothing my work gear for around the home and yard my camping gear my traveling gear my general dress for going into town and doing boring stuff like paying bills
now none of it is camo or tactical not because I have anything against it but because I hate the way the price jumps as soon as the word camo , military or tactical is somewhere on the label also I can get some awesome hard wearing , quick drying clothing designed for heavy use in the construction industry for the price of one pair of camo tactical pants
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Post by grumble on Sept 15, 2017 17:14:53 GMT 10
With you 100%. If you cut away the political spin and media hype ... the Russians appear more reasonable in their action compared to the USA. If you follow the events time line all the way back to when the US went into Afghanistan you will find Russia and Putin in particular has done everything he could to befriend the west and each time its ended up costing him dearly its a very little know fact that Russia opened up its air space to armed NATO and coalition fighters in the early days of the intervention in Afghanistan and even allowed one of its air bases to be used for refuelling their aircraft
Yeah fancy that an armed NATO fighter refuelling at a Russian air base Russia tried to build very strong ties with the west using the fight against the Taliban as a bridge of common interest but basically the west ruined the chance by pure arrogance and pretty much trying to tell Russia that they were just a fuel stop and nothing more then the final collapse of building bridges came when Russia and china both backed and supported the no fly zone over Libya on the understanding that NATO would only intervene to shut down any parties that were targeting civilian populations well sadly the ink was hardly dry and they went in and started destroying the Libyan government installations and bombing the palaces Russia and China both strongly objected to this betrayal but their complaints fell on deaf ears
So now we see the out come of all this
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Post by grumble on Sept 15, 2017 16:25:52 GMT 10
Haha... This will be an interesting one. The naivety required to believe you could overthrow a first world government with uncoordinated riots leads me to think these are just pissed off young people. The whole thing reminds me of a conversation I had with some occupy protesters who would use phrases like 'arent you pissed off with the injustice?' & 'I don't think it's fair'. They seemed to struggle when asked things like 'Yeah sure, but what are you trying to achieve?' If handled appropriately this will do nothing but raise support for trump. The timing is wrong, the approach is wrong... Learn how to engage in politics properly or get a hobby. But it is their hobby I mean what else are you going to do but disrupt the daily lives of people who work and pay taxes
I mean I really admire how they want to destroy the very system that allows them to exist and tolerates their violent tantrums the logic behind it all is so astounding , it almost the same as pissing in your drinking water
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Post by grumble on Sept 9, 2017 16:16:56 GMT 10
Sorry colonel but not something I have ever heard of, have heard of kerosene fridge though! Ah the old kero fridge Electrolux silent knight if I recall correctly we had the fridge and freezer both of them used to use around nearly 40L of kero a week between the 2 of them but that was working in 40 degree heat everyday so they were kind of working pretty hard I will give them credit though they never missed a beat my parents used them from the 70's to 95 when my dad gave them to a cattle station to be used in an outstation during the mustering season
This day and age of solar/wind power and super power efficient fridges has certainly rendered them obsolete id even say they have almost rendered gas fridges obsolete as well as you just cant really compete with how well an AC or DC fridge works and if you start looking at the cost of operating the fridge per hour based off it energy source then powered once start to come out ahead I mean a good quality inverter generator like a Honda EU20i at full load only uses 900ml/1L an hour of petrol or 15hours on 3.6L on a 3.6L tank in econo mode that's pretty hard to beat compared to say gas
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Post by grumble on Sept 5, 2017 9:18:37 GMT 10
I dont understand why Russia and China idly stand by whilst their delinquent neighbour North Korea baits the US and Japan into increasing their military presence in the area. If I was Japan I'd be investing in nuclear ICBM's to counter the NK threat, which would annoy China greatly. To be honest Russia and china haven't exactly been sitting by idly doing nothing its just the US wants everything on their terms or not at all
The Chinese deal that NK agreed to and signed in advance has been rejected twice by the US and the US has basically said no its on out terms or not at all The Chinese deal actually made sense if you took a second to step back and looked at it for what it offered the agreement was NK would halt its missile tests and permanently freeze its nuclear programme but in return the US and south Korea would stop holding military drills on the peninsular The US gave a flat no to this deal twice citing the right to train with their allies. which sound fine until you actually look at the detail of the training exercise are purely targeting NK so they are honestly fairly provocative imagine if Indonesia and china started doing training drills in case we invaded Indonesia we would be a bit butt hurt and see it as a threat
China has also cut imports from NK and blocked NK coal ships from entering their ports on several occasions as a clear message to NK they are losing patience with their nonsense The very public announcement they made not so long ago where they stated
if the US launched a pre-emptive attack against NK the would defend NK they also said in the same speech that if NK launched any direct attack 1st against the US or its allies Then China would remain neutral in the ensuring conflict so that was basically a waring to the US don't try your regime change crap on our boarders and NK don't go pick a fight with the biggest kid in yard and expect your big brother to save your ass
The other side of it all too is china doesn't mind the distraction as well because everyone has forgot about their magical growing island at this point in time so it suits them so long as it doesn't get to hot they can keep making islands while everyone is focused on NK For the record though china will do its best to avoid conflict in the region as they don't need the drama and its bad for their own long term goals plus lets not forge China has its own internal problems and dissidents that would take advantage of any major conflict china was involved in and you can pretty much rest assured the would be covert outside help for those dissidents
Now Russia is the wild card their key thing is they don't want another US ally on their boarder so NK serves as a meat buffer for them and their boarders however if the US and it allies approached Russia in the right manner and started to enter constructive dialog then they would be on side very quickly they don't give a crap about NK they just like the fact they are pissing off the US Russia is all about business and making money the sooner the west gets on board with this concept the less likely armed conflict with Russia becomes they sure as hell don't wan a costly war over NK either but they will if that's what it takes to get their point across
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Post by grumble on Sept 4, 2017 13:46:32 GMT 10
If NK launches anything even vaguely towards the US there will be so many anti missile missiles heading after it that it would be pointless to even attempt such a folly even NK knows this
Lets look at some facts and not fear mongering NK would have a very limited amount of effective functional delivery systems that are loaded and operational ready for rapid deployment and usage That handful of weapons you would really have to think long and hard about where you used them so they actually got to their targets and did some damage you would also want maximum psychological impact from the damage they caused so pretty much anywhere in South Korea or japan has a much higher probability than the US main land
The facts support this one key factor NK can only inflict limited damage without destroying itself if it uses WMD's the potential to do something doesn't mean they have the capability to do it effectively
Say they magically managed to fire off 30 missiles of different types at targets at the same time how many of those would fail at launch given the track record of tests then how many of them would even get clear of the Korean peninsula without being shot down by the THAAD systems in south Korea and japan and in subs lurking in the friendly waters just off shore the odds of a very successful 1st strike by NK is nothing more then fear of potential vs capability
The idea that NK can shoot off one missile and it makes its way to America and does an EMP strike crippling the country is pretty much lunacy and a great tool to sell products to the masses
To put it in perspective Russia has actively deployed 2000 ICBMS ready for launch all loaded with their pay load of nuclear fire the reason for so many is to give their birds the chance to get some of their warheads to the targets and deal out some damage Now a country that's been a nuclear power and played with missiles for quite some time thinks it needs that many missiles to get the job done to counter the enemy's defensive shields then you just know NK is taking the piss for even thinking they can harm the US mainland
so my point is all this talk about how NK can do this and can do that is all just talk about potential not realised capability
I have the potential to climb MT Everest but not the capability
Is NK real threat ? its a dangerous little pita that could potentially draw everyone into a needless conflict so lets hope they fire the 1st shot to keep the real big boys from joining in the guys that could inflict serious damage to everyone even potentialy reshape the geopolitical maps
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Post by grumble on Sept 4, 2017 9:44:45 GMT 10
The wild card here that people seem to forget about is what is South Korea going to do in amongst all this?
Its very important to remember that the greatest think tanks ,military tacticians and number crunchers have gone over and over the best and worst case scenario's for South Korea in the event things go hot and the best case scenario still comes in at 10 million causalities in the 1st 30 minutes and that's without the use of WMDS
So how do you present that to you population that even with highly successful strikes against NK positions 10 million of you will die in the ruins of Seoul in the 1st 30 minutes
now here is the tricky bit if you evacuate the city and nearby districts at risk in advance you trash your economy and internally displace 13 million people yep that's right you create 13 million internal refugee's which would also put a massive toll on any countries economy Now to add salt to a raw wound by doing this you may also trigger NK into thinking that that the US and its allies are about to launch an assault so they mistakenly take the opportunity to use it before they lose it so basically kicking off the conflict by miscalculation
Don't forget also NK has quite a stock pile of VEX nerve agent that CAN fit on their cruddy missiles which all of South Korea is in easy targeting range of
So as you can see South Korea and to a point Japan are the guys with the most to lose in any conflict even if its localised so it will be very interesting just how committed south Korea would be to kicking off some hot action with the north because lets face it so far its all been posturing and harsh words from both sides
china and Russia are the key the west must work with them regardless of who you think are the bad guys without cooperation with even Russia then any conflict is always going to be a game of Russian roulette ( pardon the pun ) unless you at least have the Russians on side simply because with say Russia on board with any action taken it will force china to think hard about its position on the conflict and does it want say Russia not helping them against the west and potentially have India take advantage of the situation while they are defending NK. The last thing any power player wants is to isolate themselves from the game and back a team they know can never win the fight the cost of doing so is just to much
That's just my thoughts on the subject based on freely available information in the internet
TLDR give the baby his candy and he will shut his fat mouth do this till you have at least Russia in your pocket and supportive
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Post by grumble on Aug 23, 2017 14:37:01 GMT 10
gee you guys are bunch of unsociable types no one said they'd invite them in for a nice cup of tea and a chat
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Post by grumble on Aug 21, 2017 10:36:39 GMT 10
The Sky's falling The sky's falling honestly it is
In my life time I have heard of so many things that are going to cause the end of the world I am afraid I will be too old to enjoy it if it ever actually happens
Sure at some point something will happen that will trigger a sudden shift in population density and wealth distribution and it will also probably cause a lot of loss of life in the process history is with us on this all empires fall its just now we have a global empire tottering on the brink rather then a regional. Any major changes to wealth and population distribution will come most likely on the back of multiple events over a large area the thing is will anyone take notice and listen to the warnings
Think on this for a moment and this is an epoch moment that is over looked and completely ignored
As NATO aircraft bombed his military and palaces Muammar Gaddafi made one last speech and appeal to the west he said basically he was the only wall holding back a flood of radicals who would flood Europe as refuges
Gaddafi further warned Blair:
“They want to control the Mediterranean and then they will attack Europe.”
Before being overthrown, Libya’s secular dictator tried to warn the West of a new Reign of Terror, essentially foretelling, “After me, the Jihad.”
now we look back and see what is happening in Europe on a regular interval and I cant help wonder how different would things be had he not been over thrown given he was using his own countries wealth to repatriate African refugees in their home lands again rather then send them to other countries hence the now unstoppable flood of refugees Europe has to deal with now
oh and he did one last thing before the end which will probably comeback to haunt the west in more ways then one
he pointed out to his China allies that he had done every thing the west had asked him even donated to political parties and helped the French president get elected he had freely given up his WMD even asked Brittan to remove them for him he had by proxy become the poster boy for the western propaganda of an "evil" dictator turned good be western influence and pressure he then said his gravest mistake was to trust America and west one of the 1st countries to drop bombs on his facilities was France the very same president he had personally loaned money to and help fund his election was one of the first to bombed him
now why the big rant about Gaddafi well he serves as a shining example of why we are on a path to destruction because even when you tick all the boxes and try to warm people of the cost of pursuing a chosen path they still take it regardless
It won't be guns or bombs or money or greed or the elite that destroys us it will be ideology and the blind willingness of people to never question the ideology we are told is right
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Post by grumble on Jul 5, 2017 17:39:52 GMT 10
well in this case I would turn on my old fashioned radio and see if there was any news and my portable scanner to see if there was any chatter of interest but truthfully at this point it simply would look and appear as a simple net glitch again and it does happen from time to time apart from the bit about telling nurse there is an unfolding situation that part would interest me ore than the net being down
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Post by grumble on Jul 3, 2017 9:33:37 GMT 10
To be totally honest I do not use one and I never will
my reasoning is very simple nothing I do online is all that interesting yes Google tries to sell me stuff via targeted marketing but guess what 3 people use my personal computer so YouTube and Google must think I am bit odd because 1 day I watch videos on firearms and visit gun sales pages and tent reviews the next day I look up baby care and live pregnancy announcements on YouTube and peppa pig video's
I don't care to be put simple I run do not track me in the back ground that stops most of the tracking and blocks a lot of stuff
no I am not naïve I understand the risks I also know the importance of having an identifiable digital profile vs having none or going to a lot of trouble to cover your tracks
A friends once freaked out because I was reading web pages about different types of explosives and asking a couple of questions on forum attached to one of the sites he was omg dude WTF are doing the feds will be watching you for this
my response was Um dude I have a firearms license and I part of my job currently is to make shape charges for industrial purposes and all of this has been approved and vetted by state police the federal police ASIO and Interpol they know everything about me and it was even bought up that a long time ago I was a know associate of the Odin's Warriors MC the point is they are not going to give a rats ass what I look up as long as its not venturing into known dangerous territory or doing anything illegal like downloading movies which I have never done and never will id rather pay for them
My point is if your worried about be brother watching you go use a torr and bam you have their attention and sit back and enjoy being watched
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Post by grumble on Jun 19, 2017 12:45:17 GMT 10
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Post by grumble on Jun 9, 2017 19:06:38 GMT 10
The places I would avoid are the following
Anything deemed important to the government............... and that pretty much covers it no really anything deemed important by the government will be a very bad place to go near for several reasons 1.it will be protected by people with better toys then the average person has 2. it will be inundated by other people seeking help or supplies 3. It is a logical target for attacks and raid by hostile parties both state and non state actors
Now to use a very mundane example your local high school sure it has a few valuable supplies especially if you know what your looking for "cough ,cough science lab " however pretty much every darn school is an evacuation centre or a field command station in emergencies think about it nice big field to land helicopter's in or to deploy other equipment like field hospitals and aid stations or emergency shelter tent or even to house troops and not to enation the actual infrastructure that's in place as well so on that side of things schools will either be filled with guys with heavy weapons or lots of hungry desperate people looking for the promised land and because of that its best to just stay away from them
Oh I know the local port plenty of supplies and water access yeah pas on that too as you can very much rest assured there will be the remnants of government agents there as ports are a vital logistical asset needed to either rebuild , evacuate or neutralise a threat you can only move so much via air transport and you need to get heavy equipment in to repair airfields somehow
its very important to always remember that any building or facility that belongs to the local council , state government or federal government can be commandeered by emergency service , federal agents or the military in times of crisis so that local school with the juicy supplies could now be a F.O.B with ADF deployed there to conduct patrols to maintain order and you going there would possibly be very bad for you
so my point is think about what is around you and ask these questions Is it vital to the government to help restore order and maintain control? Would the average person go there in a time of crisis? Is it advertised as a safe place for natural disasters like bush fires?
if the answer is yes for any of those questions then advance with caution and do some detailed recon that involves days of monitoring to ensure you have the best possible picture
well that's the way I see it anyway I could be totally wrong and just a twit
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Post by grumble on Jun 5, 2017 10:07:43 GMT 10
Personally I would be looking to get as many building supplies as I could because they will be very invaluable in times to come
For everything else I would search industrial estate and heavy industry sites
The reason being your far less likely to encounter other people in an industrial wasteland
The place I used to work at had everything plus more that you need for surviving in the times of a complete breakdown of all social order and especially if the lights were never coming back on
for and example they had on site A fully equipped medical facility including a doctors office each department on site also had 1st aid kits that the average prepper would only dream of owning
several crib rooms one for each department and in each crib room there were vending machines and lockers that workers used to keep a small stock of tinned for and prepacked snacks for lunch and dinner while working nightshift and so on but there was a lot of food if you knew where to look
Tool , tool , tools and tools more then you would ever need given they had 3 major workshops and they were well stocked
cleaning and sanitation supplies to last 3 life times including heavy duty decontamination agents for some very nasty chemicals
safety equipment like flame retardant overalls furnace boots P3 full face respirators disposable overalls and the list goes on
My point is though don't miss the forest for the trees there are for better places with better resources to get stuff from with a bit of thought oh and a plant nursery is a better place to look as well then a hardware store as they have in stock the plants that should be getting planted at that time especially fruit and veggies they don't sell things that are not going to grow no nursery will have tomatoes plants ready for planting in winter
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Post by grumble on May 31, 2017 17:00:34 GMT 10
Are there ways to cook in/heat an enclosed space without giving yourself/others carbon monoxide poisoning? If say there was a lockdown scenario (pandemic, fallout) in winter and your family needed warming up or just a cup of tea for morale what would you do? I am thinking out loud here, maybe some sort of battery powered electric hotplate or something? Virtually every stove I have seen has involved some sort of flame or requires a wall plug (possibly not an option if you are in a makeshift bunker) Edit to add: once upon a time I had a USB mug sized hotplate but the thing was woefully ineffective and my hot coffee went cold sitting on it.. To answer your question there are a couple of ways you can go with this
one way is get a small solar array that feeds a 12volt system you can get small kettles that run on cigarette lighter plugs they are not the greatest but if you have enough power stored then they may be worth checking out
secondly get some MRE heaters for heating up your meals they are not cheap but they will do the job of heating a meals without other heat sources
3rdly you can buy small space heaters that have a low oxygen level sensor on them that shuts them off if it detects low oxygen levels you can use these to heat up a small space and heat water at the same time
each method has its own problems and costs associated with them it all comes down to what you wish to do
Another way to address this is to also look at other methods of keeping moral and temperature up for an example make sure you have plenty of high calorific treats on hand set up tent in the largest room in the house and make this base camp its surprising how much more warmth can be trapped at night by sleeping in a tent in a house make sure you have enough clothes for layering so you don't need extra heat sources find games and activities that get people moving sure they will burn energy but that why you have the high energy foods on hand I mean if it really is the end of the world start getting people to move furniture around to harden rooms against forced entry things like that set up exercise plans make sure you have a couple of exercise machines nothing like trying to beat someone's else's personal best on a rowing machine
I think you get the idea though think of ways to keep warm and happy before you need fire
here are a couple of this for you to think about
www.anacondastores.com/camping-hiking/camp-furniture/heaters-fire-pits/primus-mr-heater-portable-buddy-heater/p/BP90032454 www.anacondastores.com/camping-hiking/camp-furniture/heaters-fire-pits/primus-mr-heater-little-buddy-heater/p/BP90032453
www.anacondastores.com/camping-hiking/camp-cooking/camp-cooking-appliances/waeco-perfect-kitchen-kettle/p/BP90024814
www.anacondastores.com/camping-hiking/camp-cooking/camp-food/back-country-flameless-heater-pack/p/BP90034128
www.bcf.com.au/Product/Engel-Cooler-Warmer-8L/130954?menuFrom=571605
that's just a few things to have a look at to give you some ideas
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Post by grumble on May 31, 2017 14:40:11 GMT 10
I have used gumtree many times and never had a problem this is of little concern to me as I have already done the most dangerous thing I will do for the day drove to and from work in fact just the act of driving to some location to pick up an item is more dangerous then the actual meeting a stranger to pick up an item
The only real problem I have ever had was a very attractive young lady invited me in for a couple of "smokes" and a bit of fun and well being a married man I had to politely decline plus the hard ridden black Harley in the workshop and the sergeant at arms colours on the clothes line kind of was a very good indication to not make life choices you will soon regret point here was situational awareness look for all the signs of potential threats and trouble before you pull up always do a drive by and stop down the road a bit
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Post by grumble on May 29, 2017 19:33:34 GMT 10
I think the best course of action is to simply not take part in or create a situation where a member of the ADF or Australian police has to decide if they should ventilate you or not
Stay away from valuable or critical assets both civil and military stay away from large crowds that could get provoked or spooked into acting like an angry mob keep a low profile and hopefully in an emergency situation where the army is deployed you will never find out 1st hand if they will light you up because at the end of the day I am pretty sure some frightened young soldier or police officer didn't come to work today to shoot unarmed civilians but in the heat of the moment misunderstandings happen and people get hurt
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Post by grumble on May 29, 2017 9:36:42 GMT 10
On the subject of an EMP attack and I mean an EMP attack not a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun Should there be an effective EMP attack against Australian assets and infrastructure this would be a state sponsored event possibly a pre invasion precursor or as the result of the usage of nuclear weapons then there are greater problems to be immediately concerned about then if your radio will still work
Every state actor knows the deployment of such a weapon would have immediate and very destructive repercussions for them so such usage would pretty much guaranty its balls to the wall all or nothing time and there is no longer any diplomatic channels open every state actor also knows supplying such a weapon to 3rd parties directly or indirectly would still have massive and direct repercussions for their nation their economy and would most probably result in direct military action being taken against them
So my point is if some one deploys an effective high altitude EMP attack against Australia strong enough to knock out say 70% of our infrastructure then its most probably time to slip on some SPF5000000000000000000000000+ sun screen grab a cold one and make your peace
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Post by grumble on May 10, 2017 16:22:43 GMT 10
Today i had some time to use the tungsten chain on the 461. First log was a good size on the ground that i need a cant hook or peavey to move but thought id give it a go cutting the log most of the way through until she started to pinch a touch on the bar and chain and then pull out and cut again. Well the tungsten chain was making butter of this hard gum and i was loving it.... I got about 10 good cuts in and then the on one cut through it wasnt going through as well, so i stood up and looked at the other side where the tip of the bar was poking through and..... There was a good fist sized quartz rock with a really nice smoothed area where the tungsten chain had tried cutting through it... after that the tungsten chain might as well be another stick trying to hit its way through the log..... $160 for 10 cuts....i walked around rest of the arvo with my head down not talking to anyone kicking stones and dust up lol. So now i have to find out if i cant sharpen this thing...if.. That really unfortunate mate darn things cost about $20 to $30 to get sharpened
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