I am British and the SEAL teams are marines who want to be part of a special forces and for you information matey, America never entered WWII in 1939 because you were neutral until the Third Reich's allies, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour. If they didn't then America wouldn't have fought in the war until Germany and Japan invaded your country.

Before and after WWI, America was into isolationism but because a German diplomatic code was broken by the Room 40, a Royal Navy cryptanalytic group, which said that Mexico to become an ally of Germany and invade America if the US entered the war. When Washington hear this, then you decided to join in one of the most horrifying war, in the 20th Century.

America's infantry had to learn how to fight trench warfare and your Cavalry was useless in the war (mind you so was everybody's elses and us British used the Mark 1 tank).

Oh and as for you superior air force, then how come your B2 and F-117 stealth bomers can be detected by Aussie and British radar and 1 was shot down in Serbia. The Nighthawk is now retired 10 days ago and is being replced by the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightening II.

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Another thing Gunnie...

An old saying from warriors of old...

"You're only as good as your next opponent."

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Well said, Fury101. According to my brother (Canadian Air Force) the main thing killing Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan is roadside IEDs, and jet fighters aren't much use against those. He left for Afghanistan yesterday, for nine months, but his job will keep him primarily on base.

On an unrelated note, how's the model God Phoenix coming along?

I was tempted to say something about friendly fire which is a stupid name as it's not friendly to us Brits or anybody else for that matter and if you read Tom Clancy's novel Debt of Honor then you would know that sometimes technology can turn agaisnt you and sometimes hinder you but with good leadership skills and great training then you can use that same technology to your advantage and as Fury says use your brain and not your trigger finger.

About an hour ago on the ITV news some money has given to the British armed forces rehabilitation centre in Headley Court which help soldiers when they come from Afghan and Iraq.

And yes welcome back Fury and how's the Phoenix doing?

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Good to see you again, Fury!

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Ok let me trow some knowledge at u watch the history channel......

The main reason was pearl harbor.... but it was also the germans u boats attacking amerrican and british cruise ship and supply ships........ thats part of the reason and the french are capable to rage a war that could be challenging..... but the main problem i see as a threat is china....... no affence to any body that is but china numbers are in the billions and i know it takes more than numbers but numbers do have a advantage....... Thats the main threat to me and the british have some great units.... but i just saying to me the u.s. navy seals are the best just because my family has been in wars and have died fighting for this country thats the reason i said this country is the best its because it is to me..... so before all of yall gang up on me relize that its not wise to judge before u know the thruth behind my reasons for saying things of this magnitude........ And the U.S. does have weapsons that are highly advanced and have things better than any other country but others have things better then the u.s.

So yall do know are main threat now is terriost........


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Thanks for the welcome back all.
The God Phoenix project has hit a major snag but its not the end.

I had a slight technical problem which went something like this:
"What happens if i wind the engine up to full power with a fully charged battery?, lets find out. Whiiiiirrrrrrrrr, wooooooooosssssshhhhhh, Scrrrreeeeeeeeaaaaaaammmmmm, BANG, smoke.
Oh poop!!!!!!"

Time for a new engine BUT i have also noticed some major flaws in the design so im gonna do a total rebuild with 3mm depron instead of 6mm.

The original is going to take pride of place on my wall.

By the way, if anybody wants a small scale phoenix, i can knock those out reasonably quickly and i will only charge for postage and materials.

Will get the first one sorted out and post a pic or two so you can decide for yourselves

the mini phoenix's will be as detailed as i can make them but the are only foam so there is only so much i can do in smaller scale but hopefully they will look good Will get it done in the next few days

Keep a look out for pics as i do the build.

I could probably do it in several different scales

How exciting! Can't wait to see the mini Phoenix!

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