A TR3B topic on Military.com?

a reply to: Poon

No, because they would take the information down on the website. Even if they couldn't get the leak, they could have had the information itself removed easily enough.

a reply to: Zaphod58
...and that would bring us back to giving some credence to seemingly outrageous claims

One last question and I'm done: is there any truth to the 80% rule that was alluded to or is that 80% bull#?

a reply to: Poon

It's always safe to bury truth in BS. There's not necessarily a set ratio where it's going to be ignored, but a little BS with your truth makes them look for you in other places.

a reply to: Zaphod58
Thanks Zaph, as you say it's long established practice to bury the truth in BS in all sorts of fields, the 80% figure seemed high to me though.

I suppose it depends how good the BS is too!

a reply to: Poon

I've heard 75/25 tossed around as well. It's all pretty much up to the person, and the type of info being thrown around. If it's something with a low number of potential sources, more BS is good.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Is there an orbital capable SWAT team?

a reply to: MystikMushroom

Then they should SHED the CAS mission and start THAT.

a reply to: cavtrooper7

None that I've heard of, but with a theoretical response time of under an hour anywhere in the world if they really wanted to they could drop boots quickly.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: cavtrooper7

None that I've heard of, but with a theoretical response time of under an hour anywhere in the world if they really wanted to they could drop boots quickly.

Well with the recent development/release of diamond nano thread we might actually see drop pods come into use. further extemding the triangles uses.

What about tactical astronauts if there is an incident in space?

a reply to: cavtrooper7

Duct tape is your friend.

Makes me wonder about the Shuttle Columbia...

a reply to: MystikMushroom

Even to save astronauts some technologies will not be unveiled. It's a brutal choice, but everyone that goes up knows the risks, and many are former military and understand the reasons behind it.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: MystikMushroom

Even to save astronauts some technologies will not be unveiled. It's a brutal choice, but everyone that goes up knows the risks, and many are former military and understand the reasons behind it.

Just imagine the impossible weight and toll it would take on anyone involved with things that were or are capable of stopping or adverting all sorts of horrible scenarios and events but can't due to risk of exposure.

I'd bet there are many that have had family and friends that could have been saved from situations but had to turn away. It's heartbreaking when you think about it and I would feel for anyone that has or had to make so many, heavy sacrifices for a greater reason.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: cavtrooper7

Duct tape is your friend.

Love it lol. Sometimes I think if you said yes to questions like that, ATS would see smoke coming out of their servers with a thread explosion .

I don't think it's called the TR-3B. Nor do I think it uses some weird plasma accelerator ring anti-gravity engine. But I KNOW it sure DOESN"T look like the descriptions, and it's fast and quiet. Very fast, and very quiet.

Lots of Wow factor and some sexy lines to her.

But the TR-3b does not exist. Something does though that most people would call the TR-3B.

Geeeze is she fast. Did I mention quiet. OK I'll go crawl back into my hole for another month. Sorry for the interjection.

This air frame is not completely electronically silent and entirely detectable if you know what to look for. I have seen this lady up very close. They do not fly often but if you are at the ready, the propulsion system gives off a hell of a lot of noise in a particular spectrum.

a reply to: aholic

I guess you are referring to something completely different to what I am familiar with. Because they are not only silent but also fly in numbers well and above and beyond any concept of "they do not fly often".

a reply to: aholic

This sounds familiar- reminds me of something said about 3rd gen NV a while ago- and the various countermeasures to offset this.


Could you give a brief description of what you saw and in what circumstances.?

It's quite rare to get someone who seems to know their apples about aviation tech but also has an eyewitness, up close sighting so would be interesting to hear your thoughts and opinions ( size, shape, predicted use, location, predicted method of locomotion, any identifying features, sounds- if you were close up did you see any texture on the surface on the airframe etc etc)

Thanks in advance.

a reply to: Varelse

Oh these are very silent to the ear...but let me put it this way. If you were listening to, let's say, WXNR-AM when one of these gals flew over you'd hear it before you'd see it. The same is true for the B-2 by the way. These tri's throw a lot of EM noise into the air. Ironically the same system that makes them invisible to radar gives them a huge spike in another frequency.