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Thick girls shows off her assets in public
Viral Edit — Since we’re on the topic of the military industrial complex, here’s my opinion…. As red hats are towards masks & vaccine, so most here are towards China: passionately hostile & largely ignorant. Your outrage gets dialed up & down through media releases, as suits the maintenance of spending towards the sprawling defense industry.
Authoritarianism in China has arisen largely in response to external threat, overt and covert, from the West. For the last 80 years, that originates from the USA.
Competitiveness w/ China can’t come from arms, that’s just intimidation. Instead it has to come from moving from our mentality of entitlement, diffidence and exceptionalism to one of diligence, responsibility and cooperation.
hashtag Let-peace-begin-with-me
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oldradios19772000
China needs to stop committing genocide
Skawomplious
Bullshit. The US isn't any kind of threat to China, only a threat to Chinese expansion. And we should be.
CelestialSea
Yes, as we should have cooperated with Nazi Germany I suppose? Sorry, but genocide is still inexcusable. China (govt) is evil.
Velv3tThunder
You can't blame Chinese authoritarianism on the US.
phobosorbust
...the various extermination and "re-education" campaigns are a factor there too, chief.
VinnyVeritas
False claims about Chinese authoritarianism. Doesn't address the Uyghur genocide, Hong Kong aggression, human rights, etc, etc, etc
warpfactor1
lol @ edit; ? yeah… ok i was just here for the plane
joeyecho101
AustraliaTellsItHowItIs
Why is Chinese Communist Party propaganda on the front page?
Skawomplious
Because Op's mom is stuck in a work camp somewhere, prolly.
stulfer
China is exerting its influence externally, this assessment is just historically incorrect
GaryTheGoose
China is committing genocide. That isn’t caused by a response to “the west”. It’s caused by an evil government.
mormonbatman
Your edit is bullshit.
NLOVNI
Damn those are tight precise seams.
whirlydoodle
Was just thinking that. Kinda sexy how they just disappear
dsnowball
Isn't it interesting how every authoritarian govt in the history of ever was "The other guy did it to us" not "we like being in control."
IDontSpeakInternet
Look at Ukraine. That's a NATO mess. A US imperialism mess. China is doing more for global elevation than US, which is shameful.
CouchCarrot
Brought to you by the PRC. We've done nothing wrong!
dirtcreature
You're blaming the USA?!? Holy shit are you ignorant.
bondance
It looks cute with its feet tucked in. And then, from behind, its body is kinda whale shaped :D
JJKing93
China steals territory from in South China Sea but the West is the aggressor. Is the West also responsible for the torture of the Uyghurs?
88197
Wow, so wrong.
NuclearLicorice
Built like a steakhouse , handles like a bistro.
pfunk81
DingusMajoris
You win again, gravity!
atelectasis
Beautiful aircraft. Excellent video quality, too.
SilverNicktail
Dat tracking.
LocalZoophile
If only it were filmed horizontally, to capture more of the subject
irvingb01
Heresy!
SqueezitTheClown
What a gorgeous machine. Humans built that. Damn.
OutworldCats
Looks like Thunderbird 2.
DoomRandom
Do you know of anyone else that couldve built them? WHAT DO YOU KNOW?!
nanyatenyaa
OP has radically over simplified China's history and in its place left a 'feel good' story.
IDontSpeakInternet
I dunno, the "century of humiliation" and US imperialism since WW2, the encroachment of NATO, etc... There is no "good side". I sympathize.
nanyatenyaa
Conveniently ignoring things like Mao, and their allyship with North Korea, makes it easy tout 'peace and love'
nanyatenyaa
Whilst attempting to place all the blame on the US.
justplainvanilla
JoshuaHarazin
A wild C17 appears!
MuffinProof
Beep beep beep beep...
NullUser20
If you live near an airbase that trains these, find out what day they do touch-and-gos and go watch. It's always amazing.
Alriandi
The airbase in that vid has them based there and they do it every chance they get, especially in the high winds of spring.
Alriandi
Hey, I saw that in RL. I know the base and yes, they 100% can do this
CyriousLordofDerp
I dont think the #3 engine was too happy with that stunt if the flash of fire was anything to go by.
aweebitbmpy
Compressor stall, I think
semioticmadness
Thinks that was an engine surge. Not great, but nothing to write home about.
irvingb01
Do those engines have some kind of *internal* thrust reversers?
fluffypigslippers
Yes
irvingb01
Amazing. I didn't know that that was do-able.
fluffypigslippers
Let me clarify. There are mini doors that pop up redirecting airflow out/forward. So technically internal but its not the engine doing it
irvingb01
Okay, thanks.
NarratorsVoice
Here we see a baby C-5 taking it's first flight in the wild.
NeedMoreMeMe
Bring that a c5 is bigger it's even more impressive that it can stop on a dime after touchdown during landing.
SqueezitTheClown
I believe the C-5 NATO is Galaxy
Brhino
Globemaster is a C-17. A C-5 is even bigger, believe it or not.
Kuiper
Hence, baby C-5, its not fully mature yet.
SlightlyDankMemes
It’s a chonk
Shinoken
Haha, my first thought too.
fiftyfluffyfalcons
OH LAWD HE FLYIN
sothisishowashitpostfeelslike
The engineers who worked on it call it the Fat Duck
evicshen
PAIGE NO
waaahehehe
Dummy thicc
StardustMkV
Air bending badonkadonk
wonderboyblue
Fat bottom girls, you make the rockin world go round!
mastolongdong
I used to work on these in the AF. Just said to my wife "look at the ass on that girl" then showed her this. Beautiful jet.
wonderboyblue
US airlift power is pretty unrivaled
TheCowSaysMoooo
Those planes look like they're going too slow to fly because they're so big.
wraith3
I live near Wright Patterson AFB and can confirm. C141s and C5s seemed like they were going even slower. Very cool.
Alex0713
They can stay airborne at only 98 knots if fully loaded, if I remember correctly
lurksohardmotherfuckerswannafindme
If true that is uncomfortably slow. Holy shit.
Circosys
C-5S fly over my house all the time, it feels like they're just hanging there in the sky
TheMeanGombeen
Would that be because they use a football field for their wings.
bikemancs
Watching C17s land in Balad was amazing. they'd seemingly hang in the air not moving and then suddenly overfly the road and hit the runway.
xXxSTEVOxXx
But then you realize that is also going super fast and you realize engineers are fuckin incredible.
kindpanda
Some engineers. I'm an engineer and I just
kindpanda
Make tape
LookingForWorkInColorado
You're incredible.
InquisitorOctaviusoftheOrdoMalleus
Anyone else uncomfortable with the landing gear timing mismatch or is it just me cause that shit is out of sync
Wylf
Considering that you extend the gear well before landing it probably doesn't have to be exactly in sync.
BenderBenderBender
Good point. Still makes me wonder why the the back left/right wheels have dif timing when It seems they both receive the command msg to >
BenderBenderBender
< start closing at the same time. They don’t look perfectly symmetric so I wonder if each side has slight design differences intentionally.>
BenderBenderBender
ArcaneConjecture
Until China has free and democratic elections, their government is illegitimate. Our goal should not be "cooperation", but "liberation".
IDontSpeakInternet
I dunno man, China is doing a lot more for the world than the US is. Gotta recognize failed institutions when you can. Not good, but better?
nanyatenyaa
No it shouldn't. The US has a long history of installing corrupt psuedo-democracies. Their flavor of liberation is a puppet state.
GlobalImageServiceCat
Remember last time USA 'liberated' Iraq? If USA is serious about regime change, they can sanction the families of CCP officials in USA now
ArcaneConjecture
That's the problem...we're not serious. We need to get serious. And it's gonna cost us, I'm not pretending it won't.
Velv3tThunder
Iraq's gov't was also asshoe. US is just no good at occupation.
AndyYouGoonie
OP is Chinese, your words fall on deaf ears.
yakiudon
American born & bred, (and ad hominem argument is lame anyway). Deaf ears aren’t surprising though, (as I said, similar to the red hats).
AndyYouGoonie
I also didn’t say natural-born. You can be American born and still pro CCP. Blaming the US solely for Chinese aggression is…interesting.
ArcaneConjecture
American-born means they're AMERICAN, no matter what they look like. Still wrong as f--k about China, though.
AndyYouGoonie
I didn’t say they weren’t American? OP said he was American born. I said that doesn’t mean you can’t be pro-CCP.
yakiudon
tentacularfleshscape
So the only options are status quo or cia coup?
ArcaneConjecture
But the current government of China has not been "decided by the Chinese". That can only be done through elections.
nonIONizing
This is a much nicer ride home than the C5. I had a SEAT and every dang thing.
KalebTaylor
Let's be honest, hammocks and camping mattresses are the way to go on a C17. Throw noise cancelling headphones on and take an amazing nap.
PapaRHG
Or under whatever the hell was strapped down in the middle of a 135
welluhwhatdoyouwantmetosay
C5s have seats and toilets in the tail section. Did you fly on pallets?
nonIONizing
Ours were configured to carry our gear and us at the same time. so net seats and those terrible bathrooms with the shower curtain.
DeviousWay
I grew up next to McChord AFB with the C-141s. Those planes would rattle my school while on the runway. During the ‘99 quake (1/2)
DeviousWay
(2/2) we didn’t react for 10-15 seconds because we thought it was a 141 taking off. Replacing them with the C-17s was a great day.
DeviousWay
(Could of been the Feb 2001 earthquake. Last Starlifter at McChord retired that year)
TeflonTrout
Fun fact: the C5 has big ol overstuffed chairs up top. I got to ride up there while moving our helicopters from the US to Iraq, it's nice
nonIONizing
The only flight deck ride I got was on a C130. The whole experience was pretty cool. Watching the air crew get lost was the best.
TieflingDelivery
That was the loudest ride of my life, I couldn't hear my headphones over the engines sucked ass
JoshuaHarazin
Same here. And since there's no windows, you don't realize until takeoff that they're facing backwards. That was a bit surprising.
JoshuaHarazin
On the way back we didn't get the nice seats, but there was enough space for people to just nap on the floor under/around the helicopters.
honda4wssi9
They're all nicer than the kc-135
Dlebful
Was on nets too many times in 130s
honda4wssi9
Same on the 135's I've been on. Not so great for international flights
SylvesterMarcus
Not the 4-fan trash can (C-130).
nonIONizing
"We have a little room above this huge fuel tank if you wanna cram some humans in there.."
softsuit
Rode in one. Nice view out the rear. Fast
honda4wssi9
Don't forget the cargo you're with giving a whole 10 inches of leg room. Usually when 10 inches are involved people don't feel so cheated.
thurgood
Aw man I flew on a 17 from dover to rota and it SUCKED.
vhdangel
Only bad 17 flight I had was full of HUM Vs. Crammed in and getting to the bathroom was a pain. Still would fly AF over commercial any day.
nonIONizing
That was a long flight for any cargo bird. I feel for you.?
thurgood
Ya the cargo heating shit the bed after 3 hours. when we landed in rota we debriefed with our toes in the sun on the entry ladder.
nonIONizing
OOh noooo.
lrateyourrig
lol they didn't just strap you to the floor?
Frederf
"Can you just LAPSE me on my street? It'll save cab fare."
Simusar
You had the luxury of a strap?
bmwcrafters
Being strapped to the floor sounds like a good night in my book
nonIONizing
That would be how I rolled out on every C5 and C130 ever. ?
BetterCakeFarts
C130 rolling down the strip...
Tacomassacre
GONNA TAKE A RIDE GONNA TAKE A LITTLE TRIP
Tyanet
Anything is better than a C130
Th3Luggage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca3NFShK5Xs
HookersandBlow
Until you need an ac130 ghostrider
Tyanet
Pretty sure none of the AC130 family has passenger seating, on account of all the guns and what not.
MrStickyCheeks
My dad was a flight engineer on C5 for 10 years until retirement. Called it a bucket that could carry anything.
ThrownClub
A very large bucket
Frederf
C-5 so big you can fit a whole C-5 in it
themuttonisniceandlean
Is he deaf now? Those things are loud.
MrStickyCheeks
What!?
MrStickyCheeks
But no. He's 64 and just recently got his pilots license, like literally last month.
nonIONizing
The C5 is an amazing airtruck for sure. Respect to your dad. The Globemaster III is just a nicer ride home from the war.
BenderBenderBender
First time I saw a C5 in person, it was the most impressive plane i saw at that particular air show, which included an F-22 maneuvering demo
Sgtcandyass
A C-5 looks like it physically couldn't fly, and seeing g one in the air is mind boggling the first few times