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orthoclad

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1. Bear in mind, these are the people

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 10:41 PM

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who just lost a war to a 2nd-tier (or less) country. Competence is questionable.

Billion dollar high-tech defeated by paper airplanes, basically. But profitable.

(tempted to go on a rant about a country which spends more on military than the next ten countries COMBINED, and now wants to double the budget...)

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Bear in mind, these are the people orthoclad Tuesday #1

We will take that rant as read, for the moment. niyad 23 hrs ago #2