Everything in the military that is an initialism still gets pronounced like it's an acronym, so I wonder if ATACMS comes out to "attack 'ems"?
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The designers that name things seem to be at war with people that need to refer to them.
Perfect example: The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV).
That seems like a name some designer laughed at when they thought "good luck pronouncing that!" Someone eventually called it a Humvee or just a Hummer.
It's because people insist on pronouncing acronyms unnecessarily. Or better yet, just go with whatever the creator put out for pronunciation
Just say S-Q-L, not 'Sequel'. Just say G-U-I not 'Gooey' (This one just fills me with disgust...)
So those don't really bother me, one less syllable = slightly quicker to say.
However given that, inexplicably with its single syllable, URL as "Earl" absolutely does my head in.
I've never heard that before for URL, I hate it lmao
c/TIHI
Yah I'm not calling them A T A C M S, or H M M W V s, those acronyms are well-warranted
Bruh same on the second! Like UI is okay by itself, but for the love of GOD "Gouie"???
If you're clicking on a gooey, wash your hands
True. Occasionally stuff breaks through that's just easy. ADCAP, TEER, AN/UYK-43... wait, maybe not that one.
Jeep is a variant of GP, General Purpose vehicle.
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Came here to write exactly that! .
One exception would be the "MOAB", which officially stands for "Massive Ordnance Air Blast", but is surely unofficially the "Mother Of All Bombs" - a poker at Saddam Hussein's statement that he would unleash the "Mother of All Wars".
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I wonder if Ukraine can reach the Crimean bridge with these now? I know Storm Shadow hit it before, but that seemed rather risky to spend limited long range weapons on a better defended target. If they can cause reasonable damage to the bridge, it'd make it very difficult for Russia to keep the south supplied.
If they can get within 100 miles yes, but these are cluster bomb versions so I'm unsure if that would be effective against the bridge itself.
Yeah unfortunately useless against a bridge but perfect for an oul' airfield or two.
Or indeed any logistics depot within any meaningful distance of the front line.
Huge news that they're finally there
Send those bad boys to their forever home 😆
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Their delivery to the warfront gives Ukraine a critical ability to strike Russian targets that are farther away, allowing Ukrainian forces to stay safely out of range.
Because of lingering U.S. concerns about escalating tensions with Russia, the ATACMS version that went to Ukraine will have a shorter range than the maximum distance the missiles can have.
While some versions of the missiles can go as far as about 180 miles (300 kilometers), the ones sent to Ukraine have a shorter range and carry cluster munitions, which, when fired, open in the air, releasing hundreds of bomblets rather than a single warhead.
But the Biden administration balked for months, worried that Kyiv could use the weapons to hit deep into Russian territory, enraging Moscow and escalating the conflict.
The U.S., however, has refused to provide any details on timing or how many missiles would be delivered, although officials suggested that the plan was to send a small number, roughly two dozen.
Ukrainian forces want to use the missiles to help fuel their counteroffensive as it heads into the muddy and colder winter months, enabling troops to strike behind Russian lines while staying out of firing range.
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I hope they got... Bang for their buck. I'll see myself out.