𝙣𝙪𝙠𝙚@yah.lol to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoATACMS aren't real and can't hurt youfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1374arrow-down18
arrow-up1366arrow-down1imageATACMS aren't real and can't hurt youfiles.catbox.moe𝙣𝙪𝙠𝙚@yah.lol to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squaresxt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·1 year agoThey really named the missiles “attack 'ems” huh
minus-square𝙣𝙪𝙠𝙚@yah.lolOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·edit-21 year agoWell they said we couldn’t call them Fuck 'ems anymore
minus-squarewwaxen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoFully Knowledgeable Missile System. You know, because it knows where it is.
minus-squarewhileloop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoPrecisely because it knows where it isn’t!
minus-squarecorq@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoI’ve only ever been a government contractor, never military myself, but you quickly learn that some acronyms were destined to be enunciated as-is, rather than spelt out. “ATACMS” was just so natural
They really named the missiles “attack 'ems” huh
Well they said we couldn’t call them Fuck 'ems anymore
Fully Knowledgeable Missile System.
You know, because it knows where it is.
Precisely because it knows where it isn’t!
I’ve only ever been a government contractor, never military myself, but you quickly learn that some acronyms were destined to be enunciated as-is, rather than spelt out.
“ATACMS” was just so natural