2013-09-30, 01:23 | Link #762 |
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That is not the reason she was turned down. It's basically a political reason in which her village is located in another state outside of the perimeters designated by the treaty that Japan and the Empire agreed upon JSDF can move.
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2013-09-30, 03:52 | Link #764 | |
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I was kinda hoping. She get turned down, but Itami's recon squad would be assigned to investigate the dragon futher. That way Itami gets to go on another adventure too. Sounds like a game plan right?
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2013-09-30, 05:56 | Link #765 | |
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2013-09-30, 07:04 | Link #766 | |
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2013-09-30, 07:13 | Link #767 | |
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as for the queen.... I fear the worst.... also, if the JSDF ever reach the capital city, I highly doubt the Tp-74's will have a clear line of sight or even fit. a carriage or chariot is one thing but an MBT is another.
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And AAMs don't have enough punch to comfortably take out a creature with 3rd gen MBT level of armor. So the dilemma would be, ATM/ASM can probably penetrate the dragon's armor, but good luck on actually hitting it, while AAM on the other hand would hit, but not enough umph. Quote:
The plan the JSDF soldier mapped out may seem like an overkill, but it's basically because it's planning to take out a dragon with zero possible casualties. Overkill is recommended.
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2013-09-30, 10:12 | Link #771 |
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yeeeaaah.... I have a feeling shooting craploads of ROCKETS that likely will mostly miss and land god-knows-where over the air of oh I dunno, foreign nation of Elbe whom they are tress passing in the first place is probably not a good idea.
The JSDF doesn't know how fast the dragon flies, so they're guessing the speed of an winged animal. They also don't know the details of how Itami's squad landed the Panzerfaust on the dragon, and in this very chapter the soldiers (including Kengun) are wondering how Itami's 3rd scouting squad managed to actually hit the flying dragon. They didn't know it was actually on land when it happened.
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2013-09-30, 11:39 | Link #772 |
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When Bozes mentioned that "she didn't mind" Tomita while they were in Tokyo. It's the Suspension Bridge effect full force, as she LATCHED on him during the subway ride (remember, all the non-Japanese girls there were terrified of the subway ride).
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The best option would be to raze the area of operations with artillery (MLRS "steel rain" or just massive howitzer volleys), air strikes or diffuse massive quantities of tear gas to root out defenders hiding inside buildings, then usher in the vehicles with infantry running alongside. Quote:
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But what about the wings? If the AAMs (which are nowadays fitted with proximity fuses by default) detonate close enough the shrapnel cloud (coupled with a non-negligible fireball) could tear up a good part of the skin/foil and seriously compromise the animal's aerodynamic/aerobatic abilities. But then again, how does an AAM home on to an organic target? Can an infrared seeker, which is designed to spot and lock on to reactor exhaust signatures, pick up the radiated heat of a massive, armored creature like a legendary dragon? I assume those creatures are hot-blooded, that flying full speed does increase their body temperature by an appreciable margin (and colder air from high altitude only modestly reduces the said temperature readings), but is that enough? Likewise: can the armor scales reflect radar waves enough to provide a radar-tipped missile (with active or semi-active guidance) with a workable set of coordinates? If they have metal or silica in it, the radar cross section (RCS) could help radar-guided missiles (like the AIM120 AMRAAM, AIM7 Sparrow, AA10 Alamo or AA7 Apex) hit the dragon? Laser-guided or optically-tracked weapons would have better luck locking onto the dragon, but that requires the launcher system to achieve/maintain direct line of sight with the target. Quote:
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2013-09-30, 16:40 | Link #774 |
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To make the killing easy, couldn't they just use some bait ( like a remotely controlled War vehicle) and then have it blow up with the dragon with shrapnel type explosion and thus destroyng its wings? Or maybe even just "poisoning" a few sheeps may do xD
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2013-09-30, 17:24 | Link #775 |
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It may not be a matter of speed, but one of maneuverability. If the dragon can reverse its course in its own body length, then even the best air-to-air missile, let alone a rocket, would have a very difficult time hitting it.
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2013-09-30, 22:41 | Link #777 | |
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But anime adaptions have been so bad as of late... So is the manga boosting the novel sales?
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2013-09-30, 23:08 | Link #778 |
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Adaptations usually create a "and what is the original like, then?" feeling to those interested. Also this one has 2 adaptations as of now, that's a lot of awareness raised towards 2 different type of target audience.
I'm not sure on how great current sales are for each plataform. I doubt they are bad, though.
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2013-10-01, 04:42 | Link #780 |
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@Ren the dragon charging up for a firebreath or a fireball while hovering to check for targets seems like a good window to unload missiles and ordnance if its not flying the hell away in the highest altitude. a Hummvee fitted with a launcher (I dont think the TOW actually can hit airborne targets) could provide the means to tick it off long enough for the SPAAGs to get into place and unload flak and thats already assuming it can do incredible maneuvers.
problem about that thing would be exactly how resilient its gonna be to resist a whole pod of direct firing rockets AND flak fire. if the PzF 3 HEAT could just blast off an arm, I don't see why HESH or APHE style ordnance should not work against it instead of using normal HE (why the hell did I think of the Maverick AGM actually being used to hit it?) as for the armored division, they COULD have just asked Israel for a single Merkava because of its lulzy ability to shoot the LAHAT on the ground tho XD @Hata well taking the capital in less than 80 hours would be a big risk in the modern world but what can archer pickets do to paratroopers? also, not sure if precision artillery fire or even air strikes that minimize collateral damage will be seen tho if there's a whole century level of troops in the streets against a platoon with HMG support. btw IMHO, I want that SoB to be executed how Raul Menendez executes his victims: shoot the kneecaps, preferably with a shotgun blast point blank and then slowly slit his throat with a sharp pendant belonging to the queen.
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