Shinto priest blessing first Japan domestically produced F-35 at Mitsubishi facility, Nagoya in 2017

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Ashyr@sh.itjust.works · 46 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Not something I ever expected to see, but what a visually arresting shot.

NoRodent@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y

Seriously, all the other photos from the event are pretty meh but this one is World Press Photo material.

SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Omnissiah bless this vehicle

bionicjoey@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2y

The magus has annointed the fighter jet in holy oil, and has recited the sacred binary scripture.

slaacaa@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y (1 reply)

+2 armor

+2 rocket damage

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

But only against undead units

bpev@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
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Makeitstop@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y

It now has a bonus against evil outsiders and undead.

partial_accumen@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Fake alternate headline:

"...and finally we had a weapon capable of take the fight to the Zentradi."

einlander@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

Macross out in the wild.

TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y

Let's just hope it's not a State Shinto blessing, otherwise this jet will be used exclusively for war crimes.

CptEnder@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

NCD gonna have a field day over this

Fedizen@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

The spirit of the jet accepts offerings of.... jet fuel.

Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y

Got to drive away the gremlins.

Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

I was bummed that I couldn't find a vid of Shinto chanting over the jet.