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In short:
Israel does airstrikes on convoys in Syria to prevent what they believe to be chemical weapons from being transported by muslim extremists who may use them on Israel.

But the local rebels say the missiles that got bombed were anti-aircraft missiles, not chemical missiles.

Assad's government claims no strike happened.(Or that they did not know of any)

Technically, bombing other countries is an act of war, so this could be taken as Israel declaring war on Syria.

Edit: Another source, now they claim it's not chemical missiles

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Damascus got bombed

Initial reports called it a nuke, but it most likely isn't nuclear. Just really big.

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Edit: Also, some more on the missiles earlier today

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Edit edit: That's a lot of collateral damage

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#BREAKING: #Syria downed an Israeli fighter-jet - Hezbollah Manar TV Correspondent in #Damascus
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[Rule 34]

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Welp, that is that then. This is pretty much a declaration of war.

 

[XSI]

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Technically
This is a weapon using nuclear bits.

Saying Israel nuked Syria is technically correct, though the bomb itself apparently didn't use nuclear fission.

 

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tl;dr version:
Judge caught taking bribes to sentence children and teens to maximum length prison, given 28 years in jail himself and ordered to pay $1.2m in restitution

 

[dmronny]

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Welp, that is that then. This is pretty much a declaration of war.

Not necessarily Syria didn't declare war the last couple of times Israel bombed them, including the two times last year. Of course at that point in time Assad wasn't as backed into a corner as he currently is with the civil war going on. Not to downplay the war worries but Syria has gone to war with Israel over far less and they've also ignored far more in the past.


And I don't think I would call a depleted uranium bomb a nuke, yes it is made from nuclear byproducts but still not a nuke. Basically depleted uranium is incredibly dense and great for penetrating armor or in this case probably an underground bunker. It's basically the next iteration in bunker busting bombs, not that that is a good thing mind you.

Of course if you still want to think of depleted uranium as a nuke than the US, UK, Germany, Italy, France, Russia, and anyone else who uses depleted uranium shells and has sent troops to Afghanistan has been nuking said country for a long time. Those are just the countries I know of for sure that use depleted uranium, I'm pretty sure most countries who use armor use them. Again not a good thing, especially since it's incredibly depressing what nations will use to kill people as quickly as possible.

 

[Shrike7]

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Well, and a nuclear bomb has lots of bits that can and are used in other bombs. Sounds waaay too much like sensationalist journalism to me. In that same vein, any missile can be called a nuke, since it's propelled int he same way a nuclear missile would be, so it's using nuclear bits, right?

 

[dmronny]

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I didn't know there was another kind of journalism beside sensationalist. Anyways yes I guess you could say just about any missile is a nuke by that way of thinking.

 

[Rule 34]

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The reason they are bombing each other is that they technically already ARE at war, and have been for many years, as I found out.

 

[dmronny]

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I guess they technically are at war now that you point that out. How lovely is that, Israel's been occupying the Golan heights my whole life, all 32 years of it. I don't know if I should feel old or if I should feel like people need to get along better. Maybe both.

 

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Mortar shells from either the rebels or government of Syria went off course and landed in the Golan heights, Syrian territory occupied and contested by Israel.

Israel has filed complaint to the UN over the incident.

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I don't think I need to comment on this to point out the sheer insanity, so I'll just leave it at that

 

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From BBC: World's first 3D gun fired in the US

3D gun printing is now a fact.

 

[Scarlet_Periwinkle]

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Looks like he's using ABS plastic for the parts. I work in the 3D printing world and I can guarantee you that, using ABS, the firearm won't hold up to many shots.

That said, I'm excited to see how this plays out.

 

[lurker]

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New-age Garage Guns. Not really anything spectacular per se, but definitely a unique way of putting it out. Though sadly this'll probably do more harm then good because now all the hicks are like 'shit, it's that easy?!?' and gonna go crazy making their own.

Btw, what was all those ads about downloading a car again?

 

[Scarlet_Periwinkle]

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Though sadly this'll probably do more harm then good because now all the hicks are like 'shit, it's that easy?!?' and gonna go crazy making their own.

The saving grace in this situation is that the higher-end FDM machines that this guy (an others) are using is too expensive for the average Joe to own. For now at least...

 

[lurker]

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The saving grace in this situation is that the higher-end FDM machines that this guy (an others) are using is too expensive for the average Joe to own. For now at least...

As a comment in the vidya discussion said, ya don't need a superexpensive 3D printer to make the parts though. A crappier one will just do it slower, but can still do it.

 

[Scarlet_Periwinkle]

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As a comment in the vidya discussion said, ya don't need a superexpensive 3D printer to make the parts though. A crappier one will just do it slower, but can still do it.

Technically yes, but (to make a very complicated situation overly simple) cost = quality in 3D printing. A Makerbot, for example, is like 700-1000 bucks. It just isn't going to have the isotropic material properties that the machine in the video will. The cheap(er) ones are getting there; but they're not there yet.

 

[lurker]

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Technically yes, but (to make a very complicated situation overly simple) cost = quality in 3D printing. A Makerbot, for example, is like 700-1000 bucks. It just isn't going to have the isotropic material properties that the machine in the video will. The cheap(er) ones are getting there; but they're not there yet.

Besides oggling at a design piece someone made of a unit in a RTS using a 3D printer, I got no idea how they work, so I'll take yer word for it. Just saying not many people will have that foresight.

 

[Scarlet_Periwinkle]

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Just saying not many people will have that foresight.

Then we'll have a boatload of videos for America's Funniest Home Movies ^.^

 

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Officially at war
Again