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haele

(15,468 posts)
8. You thought the roads in DC were bad before...
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 11:58 AM
Jun 2025

Not sure any of the bridges can take even the amount of APCs they'll be using; if they use tanks, there's going to be serious structural damage.
Not to mention going over areas of the roads where the Metro is a subway.

I may not be an infrastructure engineer, but my understanding is that the laws of physics work the same no matter what field of study, religion, or philosophy one has, and is not bordered by whatever reality one chooses to build.

Jit423

(1,568 posts)
16. Downtown roads are pretty good. This will ruin them. God, I hope there is a hurricane. nt
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 04:21 PM
Jun 2025

sop

(18,897 posts)
2. Trump will have to declare another infrastructure week after his vanity parade-a-palooza.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 11:26 AM
Jun 2025

Bettie

(19,787 posts)
3. What's more likely is that
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 11:28 AM
Jun 2025

he'll just start ranting about the terrible upkeep of the roads in DC, because he's a fucking monster.

newdeal2

(5,504 posts)
4. The literal destruction of DC
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 11:28 AM
Jun 2025

A conservative wet dream.

Is Trump going to be wearing a Gaddafi-like outfit for his parade? All white since it's summer.

 

Tarzanrock

(1,250 posts)
11. Maybe a Napoleon Bonaparte hat so ...
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 12:29 PM
Jun 2025

that his yellow stained Pisswig doesn't blow off in the wind.

travelingthrulife

(5,355 posts)
5. Are they still planning to go over a bridge? I wish they would give Trump a ride in the tank at that point.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 11:32 AM
Jun 2025

MiHale

(13,088 posts)
6. Bullet cracks the shell of a taco...
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 11:38 AM
Jun 2025

“ Sorry, I tripped on a broken chunk of asphalt, gun just kinda went off…hope no one got hurt” , remarked the soldier to his companions as they helped him to his feet. “Oh, crap.” He later exclaimed.

albacore

(2,747 posts)
12. Got nothing to do with the OP about weight on DC streets. But....tech sophistication doesn't mean invincible..
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 03:37 PM
Jun 2025

"Russian forces have reportedly destroyed several M1 Abrams tanks that the United States sent to Ukraine. Specifically, reports indicate that at least 20 out of the 31 Abrams tanks supplied by the U.S. have been destroyed or disabled. These losses have raised concerns about the effectiveness of the Abrams tank in the Ukrainian conflict and its suitability for the specific challenges of the war.
Currently under 10 Abrams tanks are estimated to remain in service in the Ukrainian Army, with most of the kills filmed against the vehicles having been achieved by guided artillery or by single use ‘kamikaze’ drones, although one of the tanks was confirmed to have been destroyed by a Russian T-72B3 tank after the two exchanged fire near Avdiivka. The Abrams’ sheer size has reportedly led the fleet to attract particularly high quantities of fire, with their profiles being far larger than those of Ukraine’s Soviet-built tanks such as the T-80s and T-64, or than tanks operated by the Russian Army."

Drones are a real bitch!
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russian-army-captures-two-ukraine-abrams-intact#:~:text=Currently%20under%2010%20Abrams%20tanks,72B3%20tank%20after%20the%20two

Melon

(1,541 posts)
13. The Abram's is far from invincible. Nothing is on the battlefield..but
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 03:42 PM
Jun 2025

Those tanks sent to Ukraine as well as those sold to Saudi etc. don’t have the same upgraded armor as our best tanks nor the electronics packages. These are older tanks and the US does not give out our best technology, knowing that it can be captured or sold and reverse engineered.

 

Tarzanrock

(1,250 posts)
10. It would be nice to see a large sinkhole open up ...
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 12:27 PM
Jun 2025

right in front the the Turd's grandstand where that vulgar, treasonous pig/rapist is seated and swallow up a number of those tanks parading past the Turd. It would make a nice television moment for the entire world to enjoy.

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