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After listening to Unkle Murda all morning, I decided to get all Lex Diamond on this motherfucker and put conflict diamonds in the background blood! The aftermath of having spent all day in the sun left us all looking and feeling a bit Kevin Bacon.
When I first saw this building I knew I had to return during sun set to get some real contrast in the colours. In the end I went black and white with it.
Armenian youth herds sheep on the highway between Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia proper, near the village of Tegh. In the distance, the mountains of Karabakh are visible.
These artwork conflicts at times with our ideas of how art should look like; of how it meets the observer' s expectations. Clearly this art does not respond to the sciences of the Art Academies, does not imitate the real world, nor does it use conventional perspectives.
Mirit Ben-Nun transmits her inner world and its sounds, giving rise to an infinite number of artistic compositions, springs of dreams, an assortment of realities and perhaps her 'Unreality.
Her art is connected to her life and the real world, it is a back and forth between herself and the spectator. Her thoughts are expressed in a unique style and approach.
Mirit Ben-Nun's art usually exists independently of reality, she even dares to move it away. Her aggressiveness in the use of primary colors along with bright tones, reveal Her autonomy in relation to shapes. The lines, the points and the forms do not try to imitate reality but rather give each work a unique importance showing the emotional charge of the artist.The artist has a spirit of rebellion, new ideas, trying to overcome without seeking perfection, just looking for expression. Through her work she explores personal identity trying to redefine the art itself. Its purpose is to describe and illustrate or to reproduce the world and the nature of human civilization, focusing primarily on the dominant exposure of the expressive function.His art is made by an artist that reflects the complex problems that shape our diverse, global and rapidly changing world, trying to redefine art.
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Some Young History.
Like all the areas of the western slopes of NSW this was once the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri Aboriginal people. Their lands covered one of the biggest agricultural regions of Australia. There was little conflict in this region and diseases more than pastoralist action reduced their numbers considerably within a couple of years of white pastoral occupation. Like so many areas beyond the declared Nineteen Counties- the legal limit of white settlement in the 1820s and 1830s - the first pastoralist was white squatter James White in 1826. This free settler established his Burrangong station on the banks of Stoney Creek on the advice of a local Aboriginal man, Coborn Jackie. James White never married but his brother joined him and the first white child born in the region was his niece Sarah White in 1830. She lived to be 107 years old. The district was rich as the soils were volcanic soils and numerous streams ran westward to the lower areas of western NSW. The area where the sheep flocks of White rested for their lambing became known as Lambing Flat. Another pastoralist Edward Taylor planted some cherry trees in 1847. In the 1840s these squatters got licensing and later leasehold rights over the land. Until the upheaval of 1860. Gold was discovered then by James White’s nephew Dennis Regan and Alexander the Yankee with it being reported in the press in August 1860.
By mid-1861 20,000 miners were at Lambing Flat including 2,000 Chinese diggers. The Chinese were resented and some argue that the origins of the White Australia Policy stem from the xenophobia of Lambing Flat. There is no direct linkage here but the sentiments foreshadowed the Commonwealth policy of 1901. A group of white diggers drove off 500 Chinese miners in November of 1860 and violence and distrust continued as they destroyed their tents. The NSW government acted quickly and a Gold Commissioner and troops were despatched to Lambing Flat two weeks later. A further group of Chinese were driven away in December. In early January a similar incident occurred but this time the diggers threatened to attack the police troops if they interfered. Despite 30 police troops at Lambing Flat a further indecent occurred at the end of January when hundreds of Chinese were frightened off the fields and their tens burnt. A Miners Protective League was formed to expel the Chinese. This did not happen on other goldfields so why Lambing Flat? No one really knows. In March the government sent 300 troops to Lambing Flat armed with cannon and a defensive compound was erected. The last violence occurred in late June and early July 1861 when 3,000 miners attacked the Chinese, cut off pigtails and stole property and burnt tents. One European miner was killed in the melee. Next they attacked the fortified gaol in order to release some imprisoned miners for violence on the goldfields. One miner was killed by the police during the riot which happened near the current main street of Young. The Courthouse and police station were burnt down by the protesters. Calm quickly returned and the police regained control of the goldfields. Were the miners influenced by their knowledge of Eureka? Is this really a foreshadowing of the emergence of the workers unions? Five miners were tried for crimes in Goulburn Courthouse later in 1861 but were all acquitted and then the NSW government passed the Chinese Immigration Restriction Act in November 1861. The miners appeared to have won the battle. The anti-Chinese banner which the rioters carried was hidden for 100 years but re-discovered in Young in the 1960s. It is now in the town museum. The Lambing Flat Folk Museum in Young has artefacts to tell the story of the Lambing Flat riots and the bushranging era. It also has the name plate of Coborn Jackie the Aboriginal friend and advisor of James White.
The town of Yong was surveyed in March of 1861 during the goldfield violence. The name of Lambing Flat was already tainted by then and the town was named Young after Sir John Young the Governor of NSW from 1861 to 1867. Town blocks were sold in May 1861 and before the end of that year Young had a Post Office, a school, a bank, an Anglican and a Catholic church and a newspaper. A hospital and a new Courthouse were erected in 1862. At that time Young was having about 124,000 ounces of gold escorted out of the town annually. But the rush was over by 1864 and less and less gold was being located by 1867. The town turned into an agricultural service centre with a saw mill (1865), a flour mill (1866), a brewery (1877) and finally railway (1885). The town then got a tannery, a soap factory, a work boot factory, a brick kiln, meat works and butter factory all before 1900. In 1889 Young became the first town outside of Sydney to have a domestic electricity supply for its residents. The arrival of the railway in 1885 allowed farmers to experiment with fruit crops as the train could speed them to markets in Sydney. Apples, oranges and plums were the first grown commercially in the 1890s and one farmer in the 1890s had a cherry orchard with 7,000 fruiting trees and 3,000 seedling cherries. Others followed suit and by 1908 Young was railing 15,000 cases of cherries to Sydney each season. Major expansion of the cherry industry occurred in the 1920s with 77 orchards near Young and it was soon the second most important cherry growing region of NSW after Orange. Young began holding a cherry festival in 1949 and still does each year in early December when picking is in full swing.
I don’t really have anything to say. Who am I that you should listen to my words? I’ve been so full of myself the last few weeks it’s disgusting. There are people around the world dying because they don’t have access to clean water or food; there are children who are being sold as slaves. And I have the nerve to think that I deserve something more?
“Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison. They were stoned; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated- the world was not worthy of them.”
-Hebrews 11:36-38
In 1938 Czechoslovakia mobilized against the German threats of war, but hat to give in to the Munich Agreement and withdraw from the border fortifications, even if the army was fully capable to stand against the Wehrmacht. After this not only Germany, but also Poland and Hungary ripped pieces of land from the country, and there were also extensive fights with insurgents, which cost lives of many Czechoslovak soldiers and gendarmes. Today it´s a tradition to reenact how the situation could be, when we would have defended ourselfs. It´s a fact that Hitler was affraid of the Czechoslovak military, which at that time had better tanks, more heavy guns, and a very effective fortification system. Of course we win in the reenactments :-)
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The 239 Year Timeline Of America’s Involvement in Military Conflict
By Isaac Davis
Global Research, December 20, 2015
Activist Post 18 December 2015
Region: USA
Theme: Culture, Society & History, US NATO War Agenda
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I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one. – President Theodore Roosevelt
The American public and the world have long since been warned of the dangers of allowing the military industrial complex to become such an integral part of our economic survival. The United States is the self-proclaimed angel of democracy in the world, but just as George Orwell warned, war is the health of the state, and in the language of newspeak, democracy is the term we use to hide the reality of the nature of our warfare state.
In truth, the United States of America has been engaged in some kind of war during 218 out of the nation’s total 239 years of existence. Put another way, in the entire span of US history, this country has only experienced 21 years without conflict. For a sense of perspective on this sobering statistic, consider these 4 facts about the history of US involvement in military conflict:
◾Pick any year since 1776 and there is about a 91% chance that America was involved in some war during that calendar year.
◾No U.S. president truly qualifies as a peacetime president. Instead, all U.S. presidents can technically be considered “war presidents.”
◾The U.S. has never gone a decade without war.
◾The only time the U.S. went five years without war (1935-40) was during the isolationist period of the Great Depression.
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As the world moves closer and closer to an official beginning to world war III, and as many people are seeking opportunities to de-escalate the situation in the Middle East, it is important to realize that the US state and the American people are simply not equipped or conditioned to pursue and realize peace. War is indeed the health of our state.
US-War-GraphHere is a year-by-year timeline of America’s involvement in military conflict, as compiled by Danios ofLoonwatch.com. It is noted that this list is not exhaustive, but rather a compilation of events that fit the definition of ‘war,’ excluding acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing such as were carried out against Native American populations during the establishment of the empire, and also excluding foreign interventions by America’s covert security agencies such as the CIA:
Year-by-year Timeline of America’s Major Wars (1776-2011)
1776 – American Revolutionary War, Chickamagua Wars, Second Cherokee War, Pennamite-Yankee War
1777 – American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Second Cherokee War, Pennamite-Yankee War
1778 – American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War
1779 – American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War
1780 – American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War
1781 – American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War
1782 – American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War
1783 – American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War
1784 – Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War, Oconee War
1785 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
1786 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
1787 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
1788 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
1789 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
1790 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
1791 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
1792 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
1793 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
1794 – Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War
1795 – Northwest Indian War
1796 – No major war
1797 – No major war
1798 – Quasi-War
1799 – Quasi-War
1800 – Quasi-War
1801 – First Barbary War
1802 – First Barbary War
1803 – First Barbary War
1804 – First Barbary War
1805 – First Barbary War
1806 – Sabine Expedition
1807 – No major war
1808 – No major war
1809 – No major war
1810 – U.S. occupies Spanish-held West Florida
1811 – Tecumseh’s War
1812 – War of 1812, Tecumseh’s War, Seminole Wars, U.S. occupies Spanish-held Amelia Island and other parts of East Florida
1813 – War of 1812, Tecumseh’s War, Peoria War, Creek War, U.S. expands its territory in West Florida
1814 – War of 1812, Creek War, U.S. expands its territory in Florida, Anti-piracy war
1815 – War of 1812, Second Barbary War, Anti-piracy war
1816 – First Seminole War, Anti-piracy war
1817 – First Seminole War, Anti-piracy war
1818 – First Seminole War, Anti-piracy war
1819 – Yellowstone Expedition, Anti-piracy war
1820 – Yellowstone Expedition, Anti-piracy war
1821 – Anti-piracy war (see note above)
1822 – Anti-piracy war (see note above)
1823 – Anti-piracy war, Arikara War
1824 – Anti-piracy war
1825 – Yellowstone Expedition, Anti-piracy war
1826 – No major war
1827 – Winnebago War
1828 – No major war
1829 – No major war
1830 – No major war
1831 – Sac and Fox Indian War
1832 – Black Hawk War
1833 – Cherokee Indian War
1834 – Cherokee Indian War, Pawnee Indian Territory Campaign
1835 – Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Second Creek War
1836 – Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Second Creek War, Missouri-Iowa Border War
1837 – Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Second Creek War, Osage Indian War, Buckshot War
1838 – Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Buckshot War, Heatherly Indian War
1839 – Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars
1840 – Seminole Wars, U.S. naval forces invade Fiji Islands
1841 – Seminole Wars, U.S. naval forces invade McKean Island, Gilbert Islands, and Samoa
1842 – Seminole Wars
1843 – U.S. forces clash with Chinese, U.S. troops invade African coast
1844 – Texas-Indian Wars
1845 – Texas-Indian Wars
1846 – Mexican-American War, Texas-Indian Wars
1847 – Mexican-American War, Texas-Indian Wars
1848 – Mexican-American War, Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War
1849 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians
1850 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Yuma War, California Indian Wars, Pitt River Expedition
1851 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, Yuma War, Utah Indian Wars, California Indian Wars
1852 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Yuma War, Utah Indian Wars, California Indian Wars
1853 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Yuma War, Utah Indian Wars, Walker War, California Indian Wars
1854 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians
1855 – Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Yakima War, Winnas Expedition, Klickitat War, Puget Sound War, Rogue River Wars, U.S. forces invade Fiji Islands and Uruguay
1856 – Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars, Puget Sound War, Rogue River Wars, Tintic War
1857 – Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars, Utah War, Conflict in Nicaragua
1858 – Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Mohave War, California Indian Wars, Spokane-Coeur d’Alene-Paloos War, Utah War, U.S. forces invade Fiji Islands and Uruguay
1859 Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars, Pecos Expedition, Antelope Hills Expedition, Bear River Expedition, John Brown’s raid, U.S. forces launch attack against Paraguay, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1860 – Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Paiute War, Kiowa-Comanche War
1861 – American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign
1862 – American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Dakota War of 1862,
1863 – American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Colorado War, Goshute War
1864 – American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Colorado War, Snake War
1865 – American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Colorado War, Snake War, Utah’s Black Hawk War
1866 – Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud’s War, Franklin County War, U.S. invades Mexico, Conflict with China
1867 – Texas-Indian Wars, Long Walk of the Navajo, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud’s War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War, U.S. troops occupy Nicaragua and attack Taiwan
1868 – Texas-Indian Wars, Long Walk of the Navajo, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud’s War, Comanche Wars, Battle of Washita River, Franklin County War
1869 – Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War
1870 – Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War
1871 – Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War, Kingsley Cave Massacre, U.S. forces invade Korea
1872 – Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Modoc War, Franklin County War
1873 – Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Modoc War, Apache Wars, Cypress Hills Massacre, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1874 – Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Red River War, Mason County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1875 – Conflict in Mexico, Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Eastern Nevada, Mason County War, Colfax County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1876 – Texas-Indian Wars, Black Hills War, Mason County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1877 – Texas-Indian Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Black Hills War, Nez Perce War, Mason County War, Lincoln County War, San Elizario Salt War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1878 – Paiute Indian conflict, Bannock War, Cheyenne War, Lincoln County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1879 – Cheyenne War, Sheepeater Indian War, White River War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1880 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
1881 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
1882 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
1883 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
1884 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
1885 – Apache Wars, Eastern Nevada Expedition, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1886 – Apache Wars, Pleasant Valley War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1887 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
1888 – U.S. show of force against Haiti, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1889 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
1890 – Sioux Indian War, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Ghost Dance War, Wounded Knee, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1891 – Sioux Indian War, Ghost Dance War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1892 – Johnson County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1893 – U.S. forces invade Mexico and Hawaii
1894 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
1895 – U.S. forces invade Mexico, Bannock Indian Disturbances
1896 – U.S. forces invade Mexico
1897 – No major war
1898 – Spanish-American War, Battle of Leech Lake, Chippewa Indian Disturbances
1899 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1900 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1901 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1902 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1903 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1904 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1905 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1906 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1907 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1908 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1909 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1910 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1911 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1912 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1913 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars, New Mexico Navajo War
1914 – Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico
1915 – Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico, Colorado Paiute War
1916 – Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico
1917 – Banana Wars, World War I, U.S. invades Mexico
1918 – Banana Wars, World War I, U.S invades Mexico
1919 – Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico
1920 – Banana Wars
1921 – Banana Wars
1922 – Banana Wars
1923 – Banana Wars, Posey War
1924 – Banana Wars
1925 – Banana Wars
1926 – Banana Wars
1927 – Banana Wars
1928 – Banana Wars
1930 – Banana Wars
1931 – Banana Wars
1932 – Banana Wars
1933 – Banana Wars
1934 – Banana Wars
1935 – No major war
1936 – No major war
1937 – No major war
1938 – No major war
1939 – No major war
1940 – No major war
1941 – World War II
1942 – World War II
1943 – Wold War II
1944 – World War II
1945 – World War II
1946 – Cold War (U.S. occupies the Philippines and South Korea)
1947 – Cold War (U.S. occupies South Korea, U.S. forces land in Greece to fight Communists)
1948 – Cold War (U.S. forces aid Chinese Nationalist Party against Communists)
1949 – Cold War (U.S. forces aid Chinese Nationalist Party against Communists)
1950 – Korean War, Jayuga Uprising
1951 – Korean War
1952 – Korean War
1953 – Korean War
1954 – Covert War in Guatemala
1955 – Vietnam War
1956 – Vietnam War
1957 – Vietnam War
1958 – Vietnam War
1959 – Vietnam War, Conflict in Haiti
1960 – Vietam War
1961 – Vietnam War
1962 – Vietnam War, Cold War (Cuban Missile Crisis; U.S. marines fight Communists in Thailand)
1963 – Vietnam War
1964 – Vietnam War
1965 – Vietnam War, U.S. occupation of Dominican Republic
1966 – Vietnam War, U.S. occupation of Dominican Republic
1967 – Vietnam War
1968 – Vietnam War
1969 – Vietnam War
1970 – Vietnam War
1971 – Vietnam War
1972 – Vietnam War
1973 – Vietnam War, U.S. aids Israel in Yom Kippur War
1974 – Vietnam War
1975 – Vietnam War
1976 – No major war
1977 – No major war
1978 – No major war
1979 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan)
1980 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan)
1981 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), First Gulf of Sidra Incident
1982 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), Conflict in Lebanon
1983 – Cold War (Invasion of Grenada, CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), Conflict in Lebanon
1984 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), Conflict in Persian Gulf
1985 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua)
1986 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua)
1987 – Conflict in Persian Gulf
1988 – Conflict in Persian Gulf, U.S. occupation of Panama
1989 – Second Gulf of Sidra Incident, U.S. occupation of Panama, Conflict in Philippines
1990 – First Gulf War, U.S. occupation of Panama
1991 – First Gulf War
1992 – Conflict in Iraq
1993 – Conflict in Iraq
1994 – Conflict in Iraq, U.S. invades Haiti
1995 – Conflict in Iraq, U.S. invades Haiti, NATO bombing of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1996 – Conflict in Iraq
1997 – No major war
1998 – Bombing of Iraq, Missile strikes against Afghanistan and Sudan
1999 – Kosovo War
2000 – No major war
2001 – War on Terror in Afghanistan
2002 – War on Terror in Afghanistan and Yemen
2003 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, and Iraq
2004 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen
2005 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen
2006 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen
2007 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen
2008 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen
2009 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen
2010 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen
2011 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen; Conflict in Libya (Libyan Civil War)
Isaac Davis is an outspoken advocate of liberty and an honest society from the top down. He is a contributing writer for WakingTimes.com. Follow him on Facebook, here.
Image Credit: Anthony Freda “Endless War”
Sources:
◾http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2320.htm
◾http://www.loonwatch.com/2011/12/we-re-at-war-and-we-have-been-since-1776/
◾http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/interventions.html
The original source of this article is Activist Post
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After the wake of the ongoing ''conflict'' for Zone's control, Ukraine was having a hard time. While they had locked all of the possible entrances and were accepting no one, some factions were pushing it up. They were losing control in the Zone and now only several locations in the border of the Zone. The Ukrainian government blamed it not on the soldier, but on the rifle. Homever, they also lacked the funds to design and create such a rifle.
The Ukrainian Army was primarily using the AN-94 Abakan and AK-74s. While the AK-74 was a great design and could survive fairly in the harsh environment of the Zone, it was not accurate enough, with the Abakan having a worse performance: It was a complicated design, which means that it wouldn't be able to operate in such a harsh environment. While the military was very strong as they were one of the two factions that could operate the mighty Mi-24 Hinds and BTR-70s, the factions were pushing up the pressure even more, especially the Monolith. The army figured out that they could use an accurate rifle, that could stand in such a harsh environment. They asked the assistance of their Russian friends, Izhmash.
The Izhmash designed a new assault rifle, which was good enough to operate in harsh environments, while still being a fairly accurate and powerful rifle. The AK-101 was a new design, cheap to deploy, although not as much as the AK-74, but have a much better performance than it. It uses 5.45x45mm cartridges, a modified variant of the 7.62x45, used by the vz.58 of the Czech. It uses an integrated foregrip into the handguard, nicknamed ''donkey dong'' by many. This allows the user to control the recoil significantly easier for the operator. Rather than using the traditional sights of the AK rifles, it uses one of the new ''ring-type'' sights. This allows the user to get a better look on the target.
Although that several variants were made with the fixed stock, it is usually used with a folding stock. Soldiers had oftenly wrapped around things around it.
It features a new ejection port, similar to that of the vz.58. This may allow the user to use the rifle with their left or right hands. This was great for soldiers.
The rifle was still fairly easy to repair and maintain, although it still couldn't beat the unchallengeable AK-74. It was plausible enough for the soldiers, although some of them still say that they prefer the 74. It passed the early tests and now it was time to test it on the battlefield itself.
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Homever, what they encountered was a light threat. The most Mercenaries were just sleeping on the construction building. One of the ten was on a guard duty, as they needed someone to guard them from the possible threats in the empty lands of the Dark Valley. He was quickly shot by a sniper, with a VSS Vintorez. Rest of the crew were captured, handcuffed and trapped on the cellar. They normally would kill any stalker, but they weren't ordinary stalkers, they were Mercenaries.
While the Borov's crew were willing to capture this building, he couldn't as his Bandits were nothing but harmless bugs for these experienced Military Stalkers. The 30 of his elite, skilled Bandits had confronted the Military Stalkers openly, not knowing about their numbers. They quickly machinegunned them to death, and only Borov and 2 of his men would make it.
They succesfully defended the base for four days, without any losses. After that, they were given a new duty: To capture the Agroprom from the Duty, and defend it until the help arrives and the Military. The large battle had took place, and both sides had took large losses: 24 men at the base were killed, excluding General Krylov, while Podorozhny's men took 20 losses. After that, a large counter-attack was ordered by other Dutyers and with several stalker supporting them. They had come up with 25 Dutyers equipped with Exoskeletons and PSZ-9d Elite Duty suits, while 5 Exoskeleton snipers, utilizing VSS Vintorez sniper rifles, and Exoskeleton had assisted them. The giants clashed once again but Podorozhny's men managed to hold the line, but with only 10 men left, only because of the machine gunner, Private Senya. After this huge loss, general Voronin picked his men and began to seek new grounds for Duty.
Podorozhny, and his remaining 9 men had to protect the base for at least 3 days. This was not easy as they were going to be attacked by not just Loners seeking some goodies left by the Duty, but also many terrifying creatures. The first day didn't go well, they lost two of the crew by the attack of Loners and one was killed by a Bloodsucker. Because of this, they barricaded themselves to a building very heavily, and let no one sleep, or even blink, for the incoming threats. Because of this homever, no one was killed until the time of evacuation. It had been told that the forces will arrive in a hour and a Hind will come to rescue them at any moment. Right on that second a Hind arrived and picked them up. Homever, just some time after, due to heavy gunfire they had to land at the vehicle garbage. After that they used a tunnel to go to the Cordon, near the location where the leader of the Loners are residing. They managed to do a succesful night raid, homever, before that one of the crew had disappeared, reason unknown. They had lost another man at the night raid, but they managed to kill all Loner residents and managed to succesfully capture Father Valerian. They had gathered information from him and then killed him. They rested for some time in there and proceeded to the military blockade. Only Podorozhny and his now right-hand man, Private Senya made it. The soldiers were surprised to see them, and were intrigued by their tech. Later they went out of the zone and explained their commander what exactly did they do, and all other valuable information. Senka had gone insane and had a honorable discharge from the military. Podorozhny, homever, continued his duty.
STALKER fan fiction has ended, it is safe now!
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The bottom one is with a shorter gas tube, which allows it to have a higher ROF but a significantly increased recoil due to more shots. Can use integrated easy-switch RDS, too, as seen here.
Shiiiiiiit, it wasn't supposed to take so long. o.o Anyways, enjoy the gun and/or the story.
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Credit goes to IRC crew for helping me out with their criticism. :)
I will do at least three variants: One with a shorter barrel, one that utilizes 5.7 round, and one with some Zastava-esque stuff, for our dear friend Ziga. :) I may also possibly make a LMG and a DMR variant.
September 16th, 2251.
The space protection probe Achi, (named after the famous Greek hero Achilles) landed early in the morning. It rolled out of its capsule and began to test itself for any damage received in its two year journey from Mars. It was satisfied with its results and began to head to the coordinates of the exploration probe, Ajax. It speed along over the smooth terrain at a speed of 90 mph. Only minutes away from its destination, Ajax let out a SOS call. It turned and speed away from its attackers. Achi went to full speed and practically flew along. Then the sensors and camera of Achi picked up two small drone probes, outfitted with Ion cannons. Then Achi saw Ajaz crippled by a blast, one of his wheels partially disintegrated. Achi fired up his twin fusion cannons and let out a round, hitting one of the drones. It burst into flames, then skidded into a desert tree. The remaining drone raced towards Achi and fired a purple beam. Achi steered to his right, the ion blot missing him by a few feet and then blasted the other drone with his left cannon. The probe techs at the Mars colony were in alarm as to were the drones had come from. But Achi knew at least one thing: he had done his job, and had done it well.
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My newest update in my series, it maybe my last too. I am continuing my test in some NPU and SNOT techniques. I couldnt help sticking in a little UBP (Unattached Brick Placement). You get a cookie if you find it. :3
A close up of Achi can be found here:
www.flickr.com/photos/56829148@N05/6250568494/in/photostr...
The probes are slightly inspired by 4estFeller.
Enjoy!
Es el signo más musical,así que esta mujer cangrejo escucha con sus cascos acangrejados música acangrejada. Tintas chinas de colores.Y dorados.
Características de Cáncer
Fechas Cáncer 22/6 - 22/7
Cómo es un Cáncer
Por el lado positivo: Un cáncer es emocional y cariñoso, protector y simpático. Un Cáncer tiene mucha imaginación e intuición. Sabe ser cauteloso cuando hace falta. Les gusta su casa, el campo, los niños. Le gusta disfrutar con sus aficiones y le gustan las fiestas. A un cáncer también le gusta el romance.
Características horóscopo cáncer
Por el lado negativo: Los cáncer tienen tendencia mal humor, suelen ser calculadores, desordenados y auto compasivos. Cambian de estado de ánimo y son demasiado susceptibles. Le cuesta dejar una situación.
A un cáncer no le gusta el fracaso, los consejos o las situaciones conflictivas. No le gustan las personas quele lleven la contraria, y tampoco que le digan qué tiene que hacer.
Descripción de Cáncer
El carácter de un cáncer es el menos claro de todos los signos del zodiaco. Un cáncer puede ser desde tímido y aburrido hasta brillante y famoso. Los cáncer son conservadores y les encanta la seguridad y el calor de su hogar. De hecho para los hombres cáncer, su hogar es como un nido, un refugio donde ir cuando el estrés de su trabajo es demasiado. La casa de un Cáncer tiende a ser su refugio personal más que un escaparate para deslumbrar a los demás.
Un cáncer entiende que hay momentos para ser sociable y otros momentos para ser solitario. Esto es una de las contradicciones en su carácter. Desde fuera parecen decididos, resistentes, tercos, tenaces, energéticos, sabios y intuitivos. No obstante los que les conocen desde la intimidad pueden ver un tipo de persona totalmente distinto - alguien sensible sobre todo hacia las personas a las que quiere. Los cáncer saben identificarse con la situación de los demás por su gran capacidad imaginativa. A veces son demasiados fantasiosos y pretenden construir su vida según un ideal romántico. Les gusta el arte, la música y la literatura y, sobre todo, los artes dramáticos y la acción.
Los cáncer poseen un talento literario o artístico considerable. Su reto personal consiste en reconciliar su conflicto interno. Por una parte les encanta ser extrovertidos, por otro tienen tendencia a retraerse. Si logran reconciliar ambos lados, son capaces de inspirar todo una generación, sobre todo las personas jóvenes, con sus ideas.
Un cáncer tiene una memoria excelente, sobre todo por acontecimientos personales y recuerdos de su infancia que son capaces de recordar al máximo detalle. Los cáncer viven condicionados por sus recuerdos del pasado y por su imaginación del futuro.
El signo cáncer tiene muchos defectos potenciales. Pueden tener tendencia hacia un desorden, un complejo de inferioridad. Se sienten aludidos con frecuencia, y muchas veces por causas imaginadas sin fundamento real, y les gustan demasiado los halagos de los demás. Son ambiciosos. Pueden cambiar sin dificultad profesión, lealtades e incluso su opinión sobre las personas.
Cómo conquistar a un Cáncer
Cáncer y el sexo
Compatibilidad de Cáncer con otros signos
Cáncer y el trabajo
Su gran capacidad hace que un cáncer puede triunfar en todo tipo de profesión. Le interesan las opiniones de los demás y pueden llegar a ser excelentes periodistas, escritores o políticos (aunque es posible que cambien su afiliación en algún momento). Pueden trabajar en el sector público con éxito. Las personas cáncer son muy hogareños y esto les ayuda a ser grandes cocineros o amas de casa. También son buenos gestores.
Cómo conquistar a un Cáncer
Aprende a conocerlo /a. Es difícil y contradictorio, pero dentro de su coraza de cangrejo suele haber grandes personas.
Trata de mostrarte sinceramente interesado /a por su imaginación y creatividad.Sé paciente con sus estados de ánimo y sus repentinos cambios de humor. No des pasos en falso, que puedan herir su susceptibilidad.
No le lleves la contraria y le digas nunca lo que tiene que hacer.
Sitúa al hogar en el centro de su vida. Esto es especialmente importante para los hombres. No lo fuerces a salir fuera salvo ocasionalmente y cuando él o ella lo propongan. Plantea una vida familiar muy hogareña.
Conquistar a un cáncer
Arte, música, literatura... pueden ser buenos detalles o regalos a la hora de conquistar a un Cáncer.
Intenta que supere su pasado. Los Cáncer tienen buena memoria y pueden quedarse anclados en su pasado impediéndoles progresar. Hay que saber tratarlos para que dejen esa trampa mortal en sus relaciones presentes y futuras.
Interésate por tu trabajo y anímale a hablar de él. Intenta identificarte por sus capacidad de gestión, intuición, etc.
Corresponde a su lealtad y generosidad. Los Cáncer son personas leales y generosos. Pero exigentes y llegado el momento pasan factura.
Cómo conquistar a un Cáncer (hombre)
Cáncer es muy sensible y tierno. Para seducir a un hombre Cáncer tendrás que influir en sus sentimientos. Para hacer eso tendrás primero que ver lo que se esconde debajo de su "concha protectora". El hombre Cáncer salta muy frecuentemente hacia el pasado y se ve condicionado por sus experiencias pasadas.
Para seducir a un Cáncer hay que partir de apoyandole en sus sueños y aceptando su pasado. No lo conseguirás tratando de profundizar o remover su pasado, simplemente debes apoyar su talento y capacidades.
Un truco fácil para atraerle es la cocina. Prueba a hacerle magníficas recetas de cocina. Los Cáncer aman la cocina. Invítale a un cena exquisita. Su corazón, muchas veces, se rige por su estómago. Después de una cena, además estará más receptivo y de muy buen humor.
El entorno es importante para el hombre Cáncer. No lo critiques y no lo desatiendas. Préstale el máximo de atención, que puedas en todo momento. Si deseas seducirle créale un ambiente de confort y comodidad, de un auténtico hogar muy cálido. Baila con el mejilla con mejilla, ve un vídeo de una película romántica en casa. Simplemente, coge su mano y suavemente ponla en tu cara.
Conquistar a Cáncer
Como conquistar a una mujer Cáncer
La mujer del signo Cáncer está llena de impulsos emocionales. Es uno de los signos femeninos más sensibles y vulnerables de todo el Zodiaco.
Si deseas seducir a una mujer Cáncer deberás primero devolverle su buen humor. El ambiente y entorno adecuado, la gente que le rodea, te ayudará bastante. Realmente será muy importante. Unas velas, buena comida y la música adecuada serán importantes...
Funciona con ellas al estilo tradicional, conservador, muy sensible y súper romántico. Hazle sentirse muy cómoda. Algo que siempre les impresiona a las mujeres Cáncer es ser educado y amable. Nunca la abandones. Invítala a dar un paseo bajo el influjo de la Luna llena.
No bromees excesivamente sobre sus cosas y especialmente aquello que creas que la puede herir. Escucha sus necesidades.
Identifícate con sus gustos domésticos y su tendencias hogareñas. Estar en casa juntos y hacer un ambiente acogedor es clave: velas, su música favorita, recetas de la abuela, baile mejilla con mejilla, ver una película romántica en el vídeo, darle un bonito ramo de flores...)
Ahora que sabes conquistarlos, ¿quieres conocer a muchos Cáncer?
Los Cáncer & Sexo
A los Cáncer les gusta tomar la iniciativa en el romance. Por tanto hay que dejarse cortejar, deja que este signo despliegue toda su magia interior. Hay que ser pacientes. En asuntos de amor los Cáncer son bastante metódicos. Un /a amante Cáncer debe sentirse seguro /a de su relación. Ten presente lo que hemos dicho en Cómo conquistar a un cáncer.
Cáncer y el Sexo
Hay que ser flexible. Los Cáncer tienden a refugiarse con frecuencia en su caparazón de cangrejo. A los amantes de este signo hay que saber ponerles distanciarles cuando sea necesario. Suele pasar que tras haber interiorizado sus pensamientos regresa rejuvenecido y con fuerza.
Mostrarles afecto suele dar unos resultados muy positivos. A los pertenecientes a este signo les encanta sentirse amados. Esto tiene su traducción práctica. Transmitirles de forma táctil el afecto y el amor, esto encenderá su pasión y los convertirá en amantes muy especiales.
El compromiso es otro de los factores, que ayuda a la realización sexual de los Cáncer. Este signo adora a un amante afectuoso y fiable. El Cáncer tiene es protector por naturaleza. Disfruta dedicándose a la construcción de una confortable casa y compartiéndola con un /a amante fiel. Cáncer cuando se entrega al amor y al sexo, es entregado como el que más. Es detallista, cariñoso y fiel.
Horóscopo del día para Cáncer
Lo que más le gusta en la cama a un Cáncer son los preliminares y hacerlo con elegancia y discreción. Le gustan las posturas tradicionales y no expresa el orgasmo exageradamente, sino más bien de una forma discreta, lo cual no quiere decir que sea un mal amante. Le encanta que le sorprendan en sitios poco usuales.
“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, Or, How to Philosophize With the Hammer
SMOF has now joined the world conflict! Because the entire world is engulfed in an enormous war for absolutely nothing, SMOF has decided to intervene and keep world peace by making more war. Since almost every country is involved in this madness, SMOF decided to put names of cities, that have not been bombed, inside of a hat. The city they chose was Tokyo, Japan. Which brings us to our top news story:
Tokyo has been bombed, and the SMOF faction is now searching the rubble to destroy any survivors!
SMOF's actions now create them a global threat to everyone.
GBRf 59003 'Yeoman Highlander' working 6V41 14.48 Eastleigh-Westbury Down Yard, being formed of empty ballast hoppers, it negotiates the pointwork at Westbury to access the 'virtual quarry' which is in the Up Yard...., 30/12/19.
A test frame for an experimental energy based projectile. Equipped with Plasma Pod Howitzer, Burst Cannon, and External Power Cell
Some background:
The VF-1 was developed by Stonewell/Bellcom/Shinnakasu for the U.N. Spacy by using alien Overtechnology obtained from the SDF-1 Macross alien spaceship. Its production was preceded by an aerodynamic proving version of its airframe, the VF-X. Unlike all later VF vehicles, the VF-X was strictly a jet aircraft, built to demonstrate that a jet fighter with the features necessary to convert to Battroid mode was aerodynamically feasible. After the VF-X's testing was finished, an advanced concept atmospheric-only prototype, the VF-0 Phoenix, was flight-tested from 2005 to 2007 and briefly served as an active-duty fighter from 2007 to the VF-1's rollout in late 2008, while the bugs were being worked out of the full-up VF-1 prototype (VF-X-1).
The space-capable VF-1's combat debut was on February 7, 2009, during the Battle of South Ataria Island - the first battle of Space War I - and remained the mainstay fighter of the U.N. Spacy for the entire conflict. Introduced in 2008, the VF-1 would be out of frontline service just five years later, though.
The VF-1 proved to be an extremely capable craft, successfully combating a variety of Zentraedi mecha even in most sorties which saw UN Spacy forces significantly outnumbered. The versatility of the Valkyrie design enabled the variable fighter to act as both large-scale infantry and as air/space superiority fighter. The signature skills of U.N. Spacy ace pilot Maximilian Jenius exemplified the effectiveness of the variable systems as he near-constantly transformed the Valkyrie in battle to seize advantages of each mode as combat conditions changed from moment to moment.
The basic VF-1 was deployed in four minor variants (designated A, D, J, and S) and its success was increased by continued development of various enhancements including the GBP-1S "Armored" Valkyrie, FAST Pack "Super" Valkyrie and the additional RÖ-X2 heavy cannon pack weapon system for the VF-1S for additional firepower.
The FAST Pack system was designed to enhance the VF-1 Valkyrie variable fighter, and the initial V1.0 came in the form of conformal pallets that could be attached to the fighter’s leg flanks for additional fuel – primarily for Long Range Interdiction tasks in atmospheric environment. Later FAST Packs were designed for space operations.
After the end of Space War I, the VF-1 continued to be manufactured both in the Sol system and throughout the UNG space colonies. Although the VF-1 would be replaced in 2020 as the primary Variable Fighter of the U.N. Spacy by the more capable, but also much bigger, VF-4 Lightning III, a long service record and continued production after the war proved the lasting worth of the design.
The versatile aircraft also underwent constant upgrade programs. For instance, about a third of all VF-1 Valkyries were upgraded with Infrared Search and Track (IRST) systems from 2016 onwards, placed in a streamlined fairing on the upper side of the nose, just in front of the cockpit. This system allowed for long-range search and track modes, freeing the pilot from the need to give away his position with active radar emissions, and it could also be used for target illumination and guiding precision weapons.
Many Valkyries also received improved radar warning systems, with receivers, depending on the systems, mounted on the wingtips, on the fins and/or on the LERXs. Improved ECR measures were also mounted on some machines, typically in conformal fairings on the flanks of the legs/engine pods.
The VF-1 was without doubt the most recognizable variable fighter of Space War I and was seen as a vibrant symbol of the U.N. Spacy even into the first year of the New Era 0001 in 2013. At the end of 2015 the final rollout of the VF-1 was celebrated at a special ceremony, commemorating this most famous of variable fighters. The VF-1 Valkryie was built from 2006 to 2013 with a total production of 5,459 VF-1 variable fighters with several variants (VF-1A = 5,093, VF-1D = 85, VF-1J = 49, VF-1S = 30, VF-1G = 12, VE-1 = 122, VT-1 = 68).
However, the fighter was frequently updated, leading to several “re-built” variants, and remained active in many second line units and continued to show its worthiness years later, e. g. through Milia Jenius who would use her old VF-1 fighter in defense of the colonization fleet - 35 years after the type's service introduction!
This VF-1A was assigned to SVF-51 “Yellow Jackets”, and based onboard the UES Constellation platform in Lower Earth Orbit (LEO). The Constellation was tasked during the First Space War with the close defense of Moon Base Apollo, but also undertook atmospheric missions.
This particular fighter sported the squadron’s typical striped high visibility markings over a standard gloss light gray base on wings and legs, but unlike normal machines of this unit, with deep yellow and black markings, was, together with two sister ships, assigned to the unit’s staff flight. Each of these VF-1’s carried the unit markings and additional flight leader decoration on the noses in non-regular colors: turquoise on “001”, violet on “002” and pink on “003” – giving them one of the most distinctive and attractive paint schemes during the Space War.
General characteristics:
All-environment variable fighter and tactical combat Battroid,
used by U.N. Spacy, U.N. Navy, U.N. Space Air Force
Accommodation:
Pilot only in Marty & Beck Mk-7 zero/zero ejection seat
Dimensions:
Fighter Mode:
Length 14.23 meters
Wingspan 14.78 meters (at 20° minimum sweep)
Height 3.84 meters
Battroid Mode:
Height 12.68 meters
Width 7.3 meters
Length 4.0 meters
Empty weight: 13.25 metric tons;
Standard T-O mass: 18.5 metric tons;
MTOW: 37.0 metric tons
Power Plant:
2x Shinnakasu Heavy Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2001 thermonuclear reaction turbine engines, output 650 MW each, rated at 11,500 kg in standard or in overboost (225.63 kN x 2)
4x Shinnakasu Heavy Industry NBS-1 high-thrust vernier thrusters (1 x counter reverse vernier thruster nozzle mounted on the side of each leg nacelle/air intake, 1 x wing thruster roll control system on each wingtip);
18x P&W LHP04 low-thrust vernier thrusters beneath multipurpose hook/handles
Performance:
Battroid Mode: maximum walking speed 160 km/h
Fighter Mode: at 10,000 m Mach 2.71; at 30,000+ m Mach 3.87
g limit: in space +7
Thrust-to-weight ratio: empty 3.47; standard T-O 2.49; maximum T-O 1.24
Design Features:
3-mode variable transformation; variable geometry wing; vertical take-off and landing; control-configurable vehicle; single-axis thrust vectoring; three "magic hand" manipulators for maintenance use; retractable canopy shield for Battroid mode and atmospheric reentry; option of GBP-1S system, atmospheric-escape booster, or FAST Pack system
Transformation:
Standard time from Fighter to Battroid (automated): under 5 sec.
Min. time from Fighter to Battroid (manual): 0.9 sec.
Armament:
1x internal Mauler RÖV-20 anti-aircraft laser cannon, firing 6,000 pulses per minute
1x Howard GU-11 55 mm three-barrel Gatling gun pod with 200 RPG, fired at 1,200 rds/min
4x underwing hard points for a wide variety of ordnance, including
12x AMM-1 hybrid guided multipurpose missiles (3/point), or
12x MK-82 LDGB conventional bombs (3/point), or
6x RMS-1 large anti-spaceship reaction missiles (2/outboard point, 1/inboard point), or
4x UUM-7 micro-missile pods (1/point) each carrying 15 x Bifors HMM-01 micro-missiles, or a combination of above load-outs and other guided and unguided ordnance
The kit and its assembly:
It has been a while that I tackled one of these vintage ARII kits, and this time the build became a relief project from Corona cabin fever and a major conversion project. This garish Valkyrie is fictional but was heavily based on a profile drawing published in the Macross source book “Variable Fighter Master File VF-1 Valkyrie” of SVF-51 (originally with deep yellow accents)
The kit is a VF-1J, but the head unit was replaced with an “A” variant from the spares box. It was basically built OOB, with the landing gear down. The only mods are some standard blade antennae, an IRST fairing under the nose and the fins’ tops were slightly modified, too. The pylons were modified to take the new ordnance – optically guided glide bombs à la AGM-62 “Walleye”, scratched from obscure AAMs from a Kangnam MiG-29 and painted in the style of early USAF GBUs.
The gun pod was also modified to accept a scratched wire display in its tail and holds the Valkyrie in flight. The pilot figure was just a guest for the in-flight photo sessions, later the canopy was glued to a mount in open position.
Painting and markings:
I had wanted to apply this spectacular scheme onto a model for a while, but could not get myself to use yellow, because I already have a similar VF-1 in USN high-viz livery and with yellow and black decorations. I considered other tones, and eventually settled for pink – as an unusual choice, but there are canonical VF-1s with such an exotic tone in their liveries.
The rest was straightforwardly adapted from the profile, even though the creation of the trim lines without masking was a challenge. I used various stripes of generic decal material in black and white to create shapes and demarcation lines, filling up larger areas with paint. The overall basic tone is Humbrol 40 (glossy FS 36440), plus Humbrol 200 (Pink), 22 (Gloss Black) and Revell 301 (Semi-matt White) for the flaps’ upper surfaces and the landing gear. The cockpit became medium grey with a black seat and brown cushions. The ventral gun pod became aluminum.
After basic painting, the model received an overall washing with thinned black ink to emphasize the engraved panel lines. A little post-shading was done, too, for a more graphic look, and then the decals (including most trim lines, e. g. in black on the wings and the nose, in white on the fins) were applied. The following basic markings came from various 1:100 VF-1 sheets, the tail code letters came from an RAF SEAC Spitfire from WWII. The modex codes consist of single digit decals (2mm size, TL Modellbau).
Finally, after some detail painting and highlights with clear paint had been added, the VF-1 was sealed with a semi-gloss acrylic varnish.
A small and quick interim project, realized in just a few days – most time passed while waiting for the gloss Humbrol enamels to cure properly… There are certainly better VF-1 models than the vintage ARII kits, but I just love them because they are small, simple and easy to modify. Staying close to the benchmark profile was quite a challenge but worked out fine, even though I had hoped that the pink would stand out a little more. But the plan to change the unit’s ID color for a staff flight aircraft turned out well, even though some compromises had to be made.