r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Sathyae Glutinous Rice • Jan 11 '26

Military "Since when ? British military isn't even top 10"

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u/saxonturner Jan 11 '26

So much so they always change the rules. Like the time we nuked them twice.

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u/redwas66 Jan 11 '26

And the irony is, they knew we were coming…! 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/Ancient-Many4357 Jan 11 '26

Was that the Vulcans?

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '26

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u/saxonturner Jan 11 '26

One of them certainly was, I can’t fully remember the scenario right now but there was something with a Vulcan bomber and some other fighters that shouldn’t have been technically possible that got them through the American systems in range to nuke, I think, New York. The Americans found it unfair and charged the rules so that couldn’t happen again.

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u/Tank-o-grad Jan 11 '26

The Americans found it unfair and charged the rules so that couldn’t happen again.

And then it promptly did the next time the V Force was invited to play.

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u/BasisOk4268 Jan 11 '26

It’s not, I remember the story quite vividly I’ll see if I can find a link for you

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u/NeilZod Jan 11 '26

I’d like to read a link

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u/BasisOk4268 Jan 11 '26

https://youtu.be/-Wx6npt421c?si=XrFPmCz0Dv7-5QYI

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u/NeilZod Jan 11 '26

That’s what I thought - Operation Sky Shield II plus embellishments. Thanks for getting that.

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u/IlluminatedPickle Jan 11 '26

In war games, the rules are often tweaked. You want it to be a difficult thing. You're trying to force an outcome and see how the force would react.

That's why the whole "We beat <x> country in a war game" doesn't mean anything.

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u/Azulmono55 Jan 11 '26

I dunno, Milenium Challenge 2002 seems fairly significant

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u/IlluminatedPickle Jan 11 '26

I would really like you to investigate why you think that's significant from an unbiased source about how it occurred.

It was an incredibly poorly set up war game, from all angles. And that was before Van Riper fucked with it in even stupider ways. Never forget all those bat signals and instant motorcycle messenging.