From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.politics
Subject: Re: Breaking GNUS -- Cyclopean Morons Flying Blind
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2025 12:56:29 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-01-30 21:40, Dhu on Gate wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 20:41:42 -0800, Alan wrote:
>
>> On 2025-01-30 20:23, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:12:04 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2025-01-30 15:51, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:36:40 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2025-01-30 14:52, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All three in the military chopper that just went down
>>>>>>> were flying at night in a populated area wearing these:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00riBUfpQRRVqc/Optics-Helmet-Mounted-Military-Grade-Night-Vision-Goggles-Gen-2-NH91X-.jpg
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Seventy-odd people would still be alive if they'd been wearing
>>>>>>> equipment more suitable to their task:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/eokAAOSwZ~lZulB3/s-l1600.jpg
>>>>>> You lack anything resembling a clue.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can't read. ALL 3 were wearing night vision goggles.
>>>>
>>>> Got a cite for that, Sunshine?
>>>
>>> Do your own homework, homey.
>> It's your claim, so it's your homework, Sunshine.
>
> Here you go:
>
> https://people.com/american-airlines-crash-reagan-airport-dc-night-vision-goggles-harder-see-expert-exclusive-8783101
>
> Dhu
>
What the article says is actually that the "HAD" night vision goggles...
...not that they were USING them.
Furthermore, you're taking Trump's alcoholic, incompetent Secretary of
Defense's word for it.
'Night vision goggles are available for Army aviators during nighttime
missions, but they are not always necessary, said [retired Army chief
warrant officer with more than 30 years experience in flying Army
helicopters] Koziol, who noted that he did not know if the pilots were
wearing the goggles during Wednesday night's flight.'
And note that you can be wearing the goggles on your helmet...
...AND not using them.
And just to be completely clear, they were wearing equipment very
different than what you presented.