• nagaram@startrek.website
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    2 days ago

    I’m sure the people of Gaza are always excited to play the “counter terrorists” on Dust 2 as well.

    It took watching a bunch of videos on Israeli weapons development before I learned who uses the fucking Negev

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      2 days ago

      You’re not going to find a weapons maker with an unproblematic background (part of the problem with sourcing arms for your SRA meetup) but IMI certainly has a bad one.

      They’ve also got a number of totally iconic weapons though. Separate the art from the artist and all that.

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        1 day ago

        Of the lines I draw in my gun purchasing decisions (you’re right they’re all war profitiers), IWI and the like is the only one that I actively disuade people from.

        That being said, the engineering history nerd in me is easily compelled to learn about design philosophies