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In other words, the us will lose WW3 in the top gun universe because the enemy now has 5th Gen fighters (!) so we no longer have a tech advantage. Fortunately we have Luke skywalkers and mavericks to make the one or two in a million impossible shot.
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It's Umberto Eco poo poo where they can't have it both ways: the US is going to win even against high-technology opponents because the pilots are just too drat good, but don't forget the US also has high-technology fighters of their own, they just don't want to use them the pilot is always going to be superior to drones, even though the US relies heavily on drones itself the enemy does have next-generation fighters, but for one reason or another they're either too incompetent to fly them right, or the fighters are still technologically flawed in some way
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Foo Diddley posted:aren't basically all rare earth elements mined in china? refined, not mined. they ship in ore, ship out refined metal
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shrike82 posted:the us getting to kill a bunch of young russian males with no blowback given that russia is in a demographic crisis is pretty neat just perma this psychopath what the fuckj he's always been like this
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palindrome posted:I watched the movie "top gun Maverick" and curiously they made a point of flying old generation FA18/e (single seat) and FA18/f (dual seat) fighter bombers. The plot reason was that the Iranians jammed GPS which is both funny and a capability Russia, China and Iran all have irl.
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Foo Diddley posted:aren't basically all rare earth elements mined in china? Not really. Cobalt specifically is mainly mined in Democratic Republic of Congo, but to be useful as an industrial input those materials need to be refined, and that's where places like the US & China comes in. 80% of the world's cobalt is processed through Chinese refineries. It's confusing to keep this distinction straight, because if you're trying to casually look up the figures some websites will present rare earth metal production AS IF they're being mined in the country they're "produced" in.
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gradenko_2000 posted:It's Umberto Eco poo poo where they can't have it both ways: This is the frictionless excuse machine. Able to effortlessly reconfigure itself based on which excuse is more convenient at the moment. You build such a machine by taking the gears and stripping all the teeth. Just unconnected parts endlessly spinning.
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The reality is that it's just impractical to film a bunch of F35s flying around for a few weeks. That would cost the Navy or Air Force years of maintenance time and hundreds of millions in costs to fix everything that breaks off to film the Top Gun movie. The F/A 18 doesn't have to sit in the hangar for a month after every landing so it's just simpler to use that. The story doesn't matter at all, they have the F14 shooting down two SU57s which is already Wile Coyote vs Roadrunner levels of magical bullshit. They might as well throw in a Game of Thrones dragon and some X Wings getting shot down, same thing. Pryor on Fire has issued a correction as of 21:31 on Sep 9, 2022 |
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Pryor on Fire posted:The reality is that it's just impractical to film a bunch of F35s flying around for a few weeks. That would cost the Navy or Air Force years of maintenance time and hundreds of millions in costs to fix everything that breaks off to film the Top Gun movie. The F/A 18 doesn't have to sit in the hangar for a month after every landing so it's just simpler to use that. The first SU57 to die was the most realistic thing in the movie, they died from a sneak attack they let happen through hubris.
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Foo Diddley posted:aren't basically all rare earth elements mined in china? and im sure the grifters only care now because they smell a new gravy train Palladium has issued a correction as of 21:43 on Sep 9, 2022 |
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BitcoinRockefeller posted:The first SU57 to die was the most realistic thing in the movie, they died from a sneak attack they let happen through hubris. No even if you just park the SU57 directly in front of the F14 and start in the worst possible situation for the SU57 it is completely impossible for the F14 to win that fight.
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Pryor on Fire posted:No even if you just park the SU57 directly in front of the F14 and start in the worst possible situation for the SU57 it is completely impossible for the F14 to win that fight. please elaborate
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Pryor on Fire posted:No even if you just park the SU57 directly in front of the F14 and start in the worst possible situation for the SU57 it is completely impossible for the F14 to win that fight. Why not? If they are parked right by an F-14 giving them hand signals and they get blasted with its cannon are they just going to tank it?
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BitcoinRockefeller posted:Why not? If they are parked right by an F-14 giving them hand signals and they get blasted with its cannon are they just going to tank it? the SU57 simply has too high power level to be harmed by such minor attacks
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The SUcc 57
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OhFunny posted:https://twitter.com/AZmilitary1/sta...ingawful.com%2F I look at this poo poo and I have the chilling realization that, while most neocons are probably still theory-galaxybrain ex-Trots who decided they'd rather have no revolution than a revolution that is not perfect in every single way, there are probably some number of them who simply looked at American 'leadership' and couldn't pass up on the eternal nerd impulse to go "Ugh you C-SPAM-modded motherfuckers, you're doing this all wrong! See, you have to ... and ..., -- Jesus Christ are you not even listening? Whatever, go dick preteens on a private island or something and leave it to me, I don't even want this to happen but I'll do it myself just so you stop making GBS threads it up."
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Only True Patriots only use 100% Made-in-America accounting tricks to cover up their Chinese-sourced materials And lol if the 'leadership' thinks this only happen with magnets
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Mandoric posted:I look at this poo poo and I have the chilling realization that, while most neocons are probably still theory-galaxybrain ex-Trots who decided they'd rather have no revolution than a revolution that is not perfect in every single way, there are probably some number of them who simply looked at American 'leadership' and couldn't pass up on the eternal nerd impulse to go "Ugh you C-SPAM-modded motherfuckers, you're doing this all wrong! See, you have to ... and ..., -- Jesus Christ are you not even listening? Whatever, go dick preteens on a private island or something and leave it to me, I don't even want this to happen but I'll do it myself just so you stop making GBS threads it up." what the hell are you on about?
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They can't use chinese sourced magnets because the polarity is reversed compared to the western hemisphere. it fucks up the planes' navigation
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palindrome posted:They can't use chinese sourced magnets because the polarity is reversed compared to the western hemisphere. it fucks up the planes' navigation Just label the compass the other way around DUH
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wow, someone get this person a think tank job. the US might just pull this off yet!
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:It's confusing to keep this distinction straight, because if you're trying to casually look up the figures some websites will present rare earth metal production AS IF they're being mined in the country they're "produced" in. The Canadians also ship them to China through US ports for refining. They’re a pain in the rear end being a placarded CL 7 cargo with the attention that attracts. Bar Ran Dun has issued a correction as of 07:03 on Sep 10, 2022 |
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Pryor on Fire posted:No even if you just park the SU57 directly in front of the F14 and start in the worst possible situation for the SU57 it is completely impossible for the F14 to win that fight. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dcum_ZLQehA
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That might be good enough for the think tank circuit, but not for the MIC grift leagues. The compass needs a $3 million computer system which automatically flips the labels round (and which doesn't work half the time, requiring regular servicing from a Lockheed-certified contractor).
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https://twitter.com/louischeung_hk/status/1566243576400318464 the stuff looks cool ngl
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yeah the navy did simulations and a single f-22 pilot took on 8 F-14s at the same time and greased them all with ease. an su-57 is another step above that
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:yeah the navy did simulations and a single f-22 pilot took on 8 F-14s at the same time and greased them all with ease. an su-57 is another step above that e: very dishonest video. the entire premise of the movie is that what really counts is the pilot, clearly the guy in this video is a rusiranian pilot while the guy in the Su-57 is american A Buttery Pastry has issued a correction as of 09:11 on Sep 11, 2022 |
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Danann posted:https://twitter.com/louischeung_hk/status/1566243576400318464 wtf the PLA is using Star Wars droids and power armor and Farslight XR-20 America is hosed
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i'm not sure what the point is for an upper body only exoskeleton. what would that let someone do that they otherwise could not?
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:i'm not sure what the point is for an upper body only exoskeleton. what would that let someone do that they otherwise could not? open the gently caress out of the pickle jar
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:i'm not sure what the point is for an upper body only exoskeleton. what would that let someone do that they otherwise could not? You can handle incredible heavy poo poo more easily even with just upper body exoskeleton
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:i'm not sure what the point is for an upper body only exoskeleton. what would that let someone do that they otherwise could not? It's so your arms don't get tired from pointing the rifles at all times. And don't come at me saying "hurr just lift some weight" even if you're super buff, your arms still will get tired over time, leading to worse accuracy
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I was part of a detail testing sense through the wall technology ten years ago, its a gimmick. It uses doppler pulses to find moving objects and is defeated by metal, so like a big appliance or ducting will make it not work. Even then, the only info you get is "there is something moving beyond this wall", which could be a curtain blowing in the wind, a dog, or a toddler rolling around on the floor with the mom laying on the couch. Afaik the project never went anywhere since, if anything, it was actually detrimental due to such high false positives. Imagine telling an 18 year old private "yo dude there is something in this room!!!!!" and have him kick the door in immediately doming an old lady because the dang radar said there were dudes definitely moving around in there
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It's only 5% army damage and 5% mineral production but it does imply they're rushing synthetics
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Justin Tyme posted:I was part of a detail testing sense through the wall technology ten years ago, its a gimmick. It uses doppler pulses to find moving objects and is defeated by metal, so like a big appliance or ducting will make it not work. Even then, the only info you get is "there is something moving beyond this wall", which could be a curtain blowing in the wind, a dog, or a toddler rolling around on the floor with the mom laying on the couch. Afaik the project never went anywhere since, if anything, it was actually detrimental due to such high false positives. Imagine telling an 18 year old private "yo dude there is something in this room!!!!!" and have him kick the door in immediately doming an old lady because the dang radar said there were dudes definitely moving around in there otoh that sounds exactly like something the us army would use
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