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@CrisprChild
@softminus
what really is artillery spotting if not "aerial surveying for disaster response"...
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NEW - France to deploy instructors in Ukraine to train Ukrainian military personnel, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces says
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biblically accurate IFV
I did a double take when I was watching a Dutch Army video and a Norwegian CV9030 showed up
Look at his hat
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you've got to love French nuclear doctrine just for their "final warning" supersonic cruise missile (it carries a 300kt warhead)
@EmmanuelMacron
"Our nuclear capacity gives us security": Emmanuel Macron responds to the nuclear threat brandished by Putin
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@nikicaga
the strategy is sound within those constraints, but they're really not making the most of it in terms of execution
then again, i don't expect untrained/inexperienced people anywhere to do much better. stressful, exceptional situation with little time to think
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@TannerVanParys
@BrentScher
that car costs pretty much exactly as much as the average new car in the US
this is just desperately trying to generate outrage, it's a complete non story
(even if it were eg a $70k car, who cares? not like that's an outrageous price for a car either, it's premium mainstream)
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@EsotericCD
so the regs were known for years, industry refused to become compliant, and now theres a bunch of surprised pikachu faces when they learn their product doesn't meet requirements?
what sort of silliness is this? can companies no longer read applicable law for their target market?
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+++ EIL: Schwere Gefechte entlang der Kontaktlinie ausgebrochen +++
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@EsotericCD
on the object level, this is pretty obviously a good change
requiring that farm animals can lie down and stretch their limbs isn't too much to ask, and if it is, you have some hard questions to ask yourself
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Holy shit people are ignorant morons (and always chasing the next bit of righteous outrage)
The replies/quotes are incredible
People genuinely shocked to learn that the German air force is called Luftwaffe, and that we use the Iron Cross. Did they just miss the last 70 years?
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I've said this many times but this is one of the *key* advantages SpaceX holds over NASA
They can afford to just ignore negative press like this. That's fundamental for their entire approach
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@OliverBagshaw
@manutaust
@nrlachance
the mirror is at an angle, have a look at the light path.
one person stands on the left with the camera, the guy in the pic is on the right
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@orangutanagram
@mattparlmer
we had to get bombed to smithereens for our city centers to get decimated like this
i don't understand why the US did it to themselves, voluntarily
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you don't need active guidance if your blast radius is big enough
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While people predictably screech about 6000 bombs, the number is significant for exactly the opposite reason: given that total deaths in Gaza at the moment are below 2000, that means ~0.33 deaths per 500-2000lbs bomb dropped on a dense urban area
Dozens of fighter jets and helicopters attacked a series of terrorist targets of the Hamas terrorist organization throughout the Gaza Strip.
So far, the IAF has dropped about 6,000 bombs against Hamas targets.
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I think you can see all the electronic warfare here?
The electromagnetic spectrum is fundamental to observing Earth from space – all satellites use it in one way or another.
But it's also a finite commodity, that we share with many other man-made devices on Earth.
This means that satellite sensors can be affected by
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they just can't help themselves, can they
now why would there be two separate explosions visible here, eh?
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Men will build probes the size of the statue of liberty instead of just getting a RTG instead
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@MrAndyNgo
Instrumentalizing your children for political gain is despicable, regardless what your personal goals may be.
These children are in no position to have a opinion either way, and are simply used by their parents for cheap sympathy.
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@fs3indy
@arawnsley
Or so you think ...
The US will get there first, establish an "independent" colony, and THAT will join NATO, just to annoy putin
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I need this but with Starship launch towers
the megastructures shall blot out the sun
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excellent, but make it three hours
Dune Messiah will have to be an insane departure from the text otherwise it’s gonna be 120 min straight of philosophical dialoguing and then a nuke explodes
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the Fun thing with these people is that being hyper aggressive Online (and only online) isn't enough for them, nono, they also have to be obnoxiously ignorant on the subject matter
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People learning about nuclear policy for the first time is always precious
"What do you mean they plan to USE the things?? On human beings?!"
wait till u find out israel has a thing called the samson option which basically says if they ever feel truly threatened they will end the world
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@ytirawi
I really gotta say, that looks more like a successful Trophy intercept than a hit
RPGs from low angles aren't stressing targets for that system anyways, so that's what you'd expect, really
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this thing is still absolutely nuts to me
2.5m km equilateral triangle in space, each sat with free floating gold cubes inside, that are localized to within a couple picometers
and it's actually happening! (launch NET2035, but still)
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>180m vapor cone
lmfao that rocket is just insane from top to bottom
I’m curious if this is the largest vapor cone ever made by humans…
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I love that Falcon is launching so often and reliably that people don't even take note of it at all, and instead think all SpaceX is doing are Starship test flights
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@yarotrof
@costa11235
Besides tanks and IFVs, don't underestimate the importance of mobile air defenses that can move with your armored thrust and provide continuous protection
UA has specifically called out the Gepard as very valuable in this offensive
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what I find remarkable is that they had an ambulance and several first responders with a stretcher literally standing by
the things people will do for Clicks
A Palestinian youth throws a stone using a sling shot at the IDF forces – and receives a shot in response
(10/28/23) Al Bireh
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@LinkofSunshine
@RyanRadia
if you drive a lot your risk of getting into an accident increases, and that's all the insurance company cares about
only absolute risk matters here, not per mile
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Homs, Aleppo, Mosul, Raqqa, various Ukrainian cities, Grozny all immediately come to mind
So many times "this has never happened" is just code for "I never cared before"
I can barely believe what I'm seeing. Nothing in the modern era comes close. Nothing. We have to go back to the second world war for anything on this scale. And all done with the full complicity and agreement of governments. It's so fucked
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I regret to inform you that the media is At It Again
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I FUCKING LOVE BALIISTIC MISSILES WITH CLUSTER WARHEADS
🚀ATACMS strikes on the Russian S-400 air defense system positions. Near Mospyne, Donetsk region.
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@DeadManSitting0
@oryxspioenkop
No secondary fires after a direct hit into the missiles is a good hint
We have footage of actual Buks being hit, it's pretty energetic
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i find it fascinating how the narrative went seamlessly from "useless, money pit, doesn't work in the real world" to "very Troubling monopoly" for quite a few people
like, there's a contradiction here that didn't get resolved!
With Starlink, Elon Musk’s Satellite Dominance Is Raising Global Alarms - The New York Times
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@softminus
turns out that the propellant not itching to kill you in a million horrible ways is kinda important for economical launch
who coulda guessed
(see also people choosing lower performance storables over hydrazine because the ground handling costs aren't so horrible)
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"wHy DOeS thE IDF AtTaCk cIViLiAN ArEas"
gee i wonder
Some images from Gaza earlier today during one of the rocket launches towards Israel
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This strike on School no.19 in occupied Makiivka is tearing apart the 🇷🇺 milbloggers.
They were promised 🇺🇦 would be destroyed on 01/01/23 and instead all 45 Shaheds were intercepted and Ukraine vaporised 100s of mobiks in their sleep.
Short 🧵of highlights w/ links.
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@oryxspioenkop
Ukraine gonna look like this but for artillery in a couple weeks the way things are moving...
Good.
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anyone claiming those numbers are in any way compatible with indiscriminate killing or genocide (!) needs to get their head checked.
you could *easily* cause 20x the casualties with those munitions if you actually wanted to. but that is *not* the goal
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This is a eco litmus test, which vehicle is better for the environment?
(hint: the comparison is nonsensical, because they serve different purposes)
This is a eco litmus test, which vehicle is better for the environment?
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@OneRadChee
if your goal is to get reliably and inexpensively shot down the A-10 is a great choice!
this thing exists, alongside a plethora of other layered AD systems
the A-10 has not been survivable in a near peer conflict for 30+ years
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This is not, in fact, what NYT reported
If you believe Starlink was all that was standing between the AFU and pushing into Crimea, you should consider not commenting on the war ever again
Crimea was never a realistic option back in the Fall, and it still isn't now.
NYT reports that Elon Musk personally thwarted a Ukrainian military operation he disapproved of.
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@Frenchlet1
@westofmain_
it should, actually
because it improves the service quality for everyone involved, by removing those unwilling to pay (which correlates with other things we care about)
this is not optional if you want to compete with cars on *quality* of service, instead of just forcing people
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am I just noticing it more or is this kind of casual racism becoming more common?
what an absolutely insane way to view the world as well
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@JustinHGillis
@wang_seaver
@nytimes
That's not the Loire, it's one of its minor arms. Those fall dry with some regularity
The main river is still open for shipping, and is cooling 6 nuclear plants.
Flow is low there as well, but clearly not nearly as dire as this suggests
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@thekidcanuck
@SenSanders
"when has GPS, weather prediction, or high fidelity data about vegetation and the water cycle ever benefited anyone!"
you're aware that tourism is a *tiny* part of the space industry, right? ...right?
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@periodtluv1000
@tqmcb
@MKBHD
I don't think we really deal with decimals either on the regular in Germany?
1°C is plenty resolution.
Is the difference between 61 and 62 F so significant that you need to be able to distinguish them quickly? If 60 vs 62 F is enough, so is 15 vs 16 C (smaller difference!)
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ULAs PR strategy continues to amaze
Who is this even targeted at?
ULA is now claiming Vulcan's first stage reaches orbit.
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@UAWeapons
better view on an old image, and closeup of the same armor on the SPz Puma
The spikes are hard rubber, and are designed to interfere with shaped charge formation of submunitions
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@rookisaacman
do you have any updates on when we might see the first pics of the flight suits?
hopefully not too far away with the suit design being done now
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@servomechanica
we have a committee that will work to draft a letter of intent during their next biannual meeting
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americans are just incredible
how is their only conceptual frame The White Man vs The Black Man
contrary to all expectations, you cannot, in fact, shoehorn every conflict into that framework
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@IanCutress
if the people generating the data don't even understand what they're seeing, that sounds like a *massive* issue to me, precisely because it makes quality assurance much more difficult
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>mfw both booster and ship die to excessive roll rates
pretty much confirms what we knew, roll rates were the culprit.
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@JKrudee
@madman1234855
@DSACostanza
supercritical CO2 as a working fluid might happen at some point, but sure, as long as the end goal is to spin a turbine with heat, you're gonna need *some* sort of fluid
water is just convenient and good enough for most purposes
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@orko_8
@oryxspioenkop
I also liked the video of an Estonian howitzer operated by Ukrainians shooting Finnish ammo at Russian positions.
what goes around comes around, and all that
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@sentdefender
Disagree.
Strategic bombing isn't really an option, Ukrainian air defense is too dense. Airframes would be dropping like flies, and they know it
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@cindy4health
@TannerVanParys
@BrentScher
it's completely average *for a new car*
if you want to claim that *owning a new car* is unjustifiable elitism for someone making well over $100k, I don't know what to tell you
would you make the same argument if she owned a well optioned Camry? Costs basically the same
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@DeepDishEnjoyer
i don't get the US on voter ID at all
in Germany, when there are elections you get a letter a couple weeks before (with your name and voting district on it), and you have to show that plus your ID when you actually vote
this seems sensible and fine to me?
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I mean, SpaceX is crushing everyone else in medium lift as well, so...
You don't have to like anyone to accept this, the launch statistics are public
Nothing comes even close to Falcon 9 on flight rate and reliability. Just basic reality
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Yes, DoD is completely unaware of the UAS threat. Just total ignorance over there...
Or, maybe, this is more a matter of things taking time to develop and field. Just a hunch.
And no, the high end capabilities aren't decreasing in importance either. You *need* both.
Increasingly occuring to me that we built our entire military for a different technological setting.
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wait what? that's allowed to happen?
first the B-21 and now this, what is this sorcery?
The Ford carrier program was designed to cost less than Nimitz over its life. It’s only a couple years into the program, but it’s actually costing *even less* than predicted, as the Navy has seen in early maintenance availabilities:
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@peterrhague
There are fully autonomous subways in operation *right now*
Anyone that tries to paint this as impossible or even especially hard is either talking about insane regulatory requirements, or trying to protect Interests
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>Fremen MANPADS
This film is dedicated the the brave etc etc
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"apparently" doing a lot of work here
Starlink is geofencing along the FLOT. This has been known for many months. When the FLOT changes, this is adjusted, but can take a bit
Scandalizing this is amazingly dishonest. But what do you expect from NYT
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Now *that's* a heatshield I can see surviving reentry
S29 looking real good
A few shots from today and a few video clips of the new Starship 27.
4/25/23
Day 284 at Starbase, TX
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Polaris dawn notes thread
is the next major Dragon action planned, targeting "early summer" for launch, so potentially in a month or two?
Chat with the Polaris Dawn crew and SpaceX team today ~3:00 p.m. ET on Spaces →
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Anyone Mad about (useful) animal testing who isn't a stringent vegetarian is a hypocrite of the first order.
I will die on this hill
In the comments people are outraged that Neuralink experimented on pigs. "Those are for eating, not science, you cruel bastard!!"
Everyone! Calm down! The neural chips that ended up killing the recipients were put into the brains of TERMINALLY ILL monkeys! So all the monkeys that the neural chips killed were gonna die anyway! See? Totally normal stuff.
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@vodk_anon
these people are so used to exceptional safety that they freak out any time the streak is broken
complete lack of historical reference frame will do that to you
same dynamic as with people declaring the carrier dead because you can now shoot fast missiles at it (novel idea!)
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"it's a gas turbine, how hard can it be?"
hint: it's definitely not any easier than the most advanced rocket engines, and those take about a decade to develop as well. See eg the RS-25 and Raptor
It would be mistaken to say companies like Pratt and Whitney have not innovated on jet engine design in the last 70+ years of making them.
For example, 13 years ago they added this single gear between the compressor stage and turbofan at a program cost of only $10 billion. 🧵
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area "Physicist in training" shocked to learn that weapons are meant to kill people, and that killing involves inflicting fatal physical injuries
are people under the impression other warheads aren't carefully designed for specific effects?
"Lethality Engineer" is a Thing
Lockheed Martin made a weapon that shoots out blades at humans like they are meat in a blender? And many scientists and engineers worked on this? I am going to be sick. Physically sick.
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@Rahj8
@AustinTeslaClub
@elonmusk
@Tesla
"unconscious" and "sleeping so deeply people can't wake you by banging on the windows" is pretty equivalent when it comes to driving a vehicle...
in either case, the car did what it was supposed to do, and kept the driver out of the wall
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