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stackofflapjacks posted:I smell a real big fish here... It's been a reality for a couple of decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-space_optical_communication The biggest problems with the technology are in atmosphere where atmospheric diffraction, wind effects on transmitters and receivers, and interference from ground clutter are a factor. In orbit, ranges are much, much greater, and the objects that are transmitting have predictable vectors, velocities, and relative positions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_communication_in_space The man barriers for implementation are cost and need. The technology is proven and is rapidly becoming mature.
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stackofflapjacks posted:You are saying focused transmission laser communications is a reality, commercially? That's amazing to me The basic research was mostly done about a decade ago, then in the mid 2010's a lot of the key engineering was done and demonstrated in various missions (my favorite being LADEE, which demonstrated laser communications from the ground to a spacecraft in lunar orbit). Since then, various companies have sprung up selling their solutions (largely based on NASA research). Laser comms between two spacecraft are now old-hat enough that you can call up a provider and get a quote. The new, interesting sector is laser comms between a satellite and a vehicle on the ground. Last summer, DoD launched a demonstrator constellation of cubesats which demonstrated laser comms and control of a MQ-9 Reaper. Lately, there has been work in links working in adverse conditions. There are some IR frequencies that scatter much less from droplets than most light, and fiberoptic lasers make it easy to target them. You can get gigabit links through thunderclouds these days.
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Tuna-Fish posted:The basic research was mostly done about a decade ago, then in the mid 2010's a lot of the key engineering was done and demonstrated in various missions (my favorite being LADEE, which demonstrated laser communications from the ground to a spacecraft in lunar orbit). Since then, various companies have sprung up selling their solutions (largely based on NASA research). God drat that's cool.
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Jimmy Smuts posted:How the heck do you get an AK to rust? Was there not enough cosmoline around to store 'em? can you get drunk off cosmoline?
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/16/russian-troops-kill-ukrainian-musician-yuriy-kerpatenko-for-refusing-role-in-kherson-concert The Russians murdered a Ukrainian orchestra conductor in Kherson for refusing to take part in a concert.
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Won’t the cops do something about this sideshow it’s waking the whole drat neighborhood
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Tuna-Fish posted:The basic research was mostly done about a decade ago, then in the mid 2010's a lot of the key engineering was done and demonstrated in various missions (my favorite being LADEE, which demonstrated laser communications from the ground to a spacecraft in lunar orbit). Since then, various companies have sprung up selling their solutions (largely based on NASA research). Jesus. Orbital laser controlled UAV/droneswarms are gonna be the future of warfare.
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Apparently there were still a couple of alive crew members in there because another video shows the tank stopped and a drone dropping a bomb directly on their heads as they try to escape.
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Tiny Timbs posted:Apparently there were still a couple of alive crew members in there because another video shows the tank stopped and a drone dropping a bomb directly on their heads as they try to escape. wow that was grim
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Bum the Sad posted:wow that was grim At least they died making bitching Spirograph art.
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hypnophant posted:While a fair few Okinawans might be willing to rise up and through the americans out, I somehow don’t think a crate of Russian arms is going to be the inducement that makes them actually do it Of course not, but Oki and Kadena aren't ACTUALLY keeping anyone from invading Japan, since the USSR's post-WWII drawdown (particularly in the infantry). Let's not mock Russia for saying our quiet part out loud. There are PLENTY of other reasons to mock Russia.
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OPAONI posted:Jesus. Orbital laser controlled UAV/droneswarms are gonna be the future of warfare. It's gonna get really, really funky when this stuff starts taking place in large scale at very high speeds. Drone swarms countering drone swarms as one example. Huge portions of the outcome of a war would be determined without a human even being capable of being in the decision chain for firing.
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OPAONI posted:Jesus. Orbital laser controlled UAV/droneswarms are gonna be the future of warfare. Followed by non-kinetic ASAT in a big way.
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Russia is buying heavier stuff from Iran. https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1581566937896980486
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Nuclear Tourist posted:Russia is buying heavier stuff from Iran. BIG HEADLINE posted:Maybe they'll get desperate enough to buy Shahabs and SCUDs from Iran as well. Only off on the ranges.
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psydude posted:I'm imagining a buddy comedy where the SBU and the Mossad team up to blow up an Iranian ballistic missile site. Considering how many times Israel has blown up Iranian missile shipments previously, you probably don't have to imagine.
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Marshal Prolapse posted:At least they died making bitching Spirograph art. Wait, did you know that there's a direct correlation between the decline of Russian tank crews and the rise in spirograph activity? Think about it.
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Budget Dracula posted:Wait, did you know that there's a direct correlation between the decline of Russian tank crews and the rise in spirograph activity? Think about it. I will.
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Carth Dookie posted:I will. No you won’t.
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https://ekspress.delfi.ee/artikkel/...russian-cruelty Estonian Reporter article with the heads of counterintelligence of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Saw this in the D&D thread, reminds me of Patton on fighting Russia and is a really well written look at the Baltics counterintel chiefs discussing Russia and attitudes that led to the war. Also thoroughly debunking that it's 'Putin's War' only. But grim as well, decapitating the leader doesn't seem like the panacea we would hope it is in the West.
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stackofflapjacks posted:https://ekspress.delfi.ee/artikkel/...russian-cruelty This is a really good article but I can't help but reflexively be suspicious of any "Russians walk like this" type arguments. Still there does seem to be something to the logic of Russian power groups all having a sort of "bully culture" where ultimately nothing but force is respected and no fault can ever be acknowledged because that would be an admission of weakness.
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Cythereal posted:https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1582033738258534401 Holy poo poo, that picture. Once in a lifetime shot.
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Cythereal posted:https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1582033738258534401 There's also a parachute in the picture.
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Hannibal Rex posted:https://twitter.com/maria_shagina/status/1581930727943581696?t=bw_ppWG_wbb186_SDr-Spg&s=19 Never attribute to malice that which can be attributed to counterfeit Chinese goods.
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Hannibal Rex posted:https://twitter.com/maria_shagina/status/1581930727943581696?t=bw_ppWG_wbb186_SDr-Spg&s=19 Fuckin amazon doing this to Russia too eh
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That Works posted:Fuckin amazon doing this to Russia too eh Alihaha Express
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That Works posted:Fuckin amazon doing this to Russia too eh The volume of their fake review game is impressive. Have gotten into habit of always sorting by most recent to get a glimpse of if something is junk.
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Hyrax Attack! posted:The volume of their fake review game is impressive. Have gotten into habit of always sorting by most recent to get a glimpse of if something is junk. Fakespot works reasonably well, too.
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stackofflapjacks posted:https://ekspress.delfi.ee/artikkel/...russian-cruelty strange how decapitating the leader type stuff never seems to work. on the plus side, getting rid of every effective mid-level guy does seem to work very, very well at cumulatively diminishing a side's ability to fight
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:This is a really good article but I can't help but reflexively be suspicious of any "Russians walk like this" type arguments. Still there does seem to be something to the logic of Russian power groups all having a sort of "bully culture" where ultimately nothing but force is respected and no fault can ever be acknowledged because that would be an admission of weakness. They really needed to be saying "...and this is just what happens in societies where a fascist ideology really takes hold and remains rooted across multiple generations" because that's what they're describing. It's inherent in fascism. The Russians they're talking about grew up in a brutally abusive, traumatic environment. It reprograms people to behave in the way they're describing. You see the same post-truth, might-makes-right mentality in Trumpists for the same reasons. I'm not sure how you give an entire country the kind of therapy that's needed to heal that.
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