What is the most powerful flying bug? This poll is closed. |
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🦋 | 15 | 3.71% | |
🦇 | 115 | 28.47% | |
🪰 | 12 | 2.97% | |
🐦 | 67 | 16.58% | |
dragonfly | 94 | 23.27% | |
🦟 | 14 | 3.47% | |
🐝 | 87 | 21.53% | |
Total: | 404 votes |
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Weka posted:
LONG PUTIN!
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# ? May 13, 2023 03:00 |
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# ? Jun 11, 2024 00:22 |
Weka posted:
Bom píc. 👍
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# ? May 13, 2023 03:02 |
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Danann posted:PAC 3 came from Defense Express and was also where the initial pictures of the claimed kinzhal debris came from. This article does the common thing of not distinguishing a PAC-3 capable unit vs an actual PAC-3 missile. So I wouldn’t read too much into specific ordnance fired.
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# ? May 13, 2023 03:03 |
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mlmp08 posted:I don’t think anyone made any claims about the type of missile fired by Patriot. well, i'm convinced
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# ? May 13, 2023 03:19 |
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aren't even the old patriot missiles supposed to have a decent success rate at ballistic missile interception? if the hypersonic missile trajectory is known and it's not changing that's pretty much the same scenario, isn't it? i mean unless you've actually seen proof in data and leftovers that that interception happened as stated, there's no reason to believe it. but it's also, i'm pretty sure, not at all crazy for even an old patriot to intercept a mach 5-10 missile with a known, unchanging trajectory. the reason a hypersonic missile like the kh-47 would be hard to intercept is if it was maneuvering/came from an unknown launch vehicle. chances are the jet that fired it was being tracked the entire time by at least the US. it's not really worth getting to heated about either way also the kh-47 is just a ballistic glide re-entry missile, right? it's not the whole shebang. I don't think it can maneuver meaningfully after it's launched and up to speed. it's fuckin ballistic! Cuttlefush has issued a correction as of 03:39 on May 13, 2023 |
# ? May 13, 2023 03:30 |
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Oh I'm pretty sure they heat up real good!
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# ? May 13, 2023 03:33 |
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tbh it'd be funnier if it did get intercepted going mach 5-10 and maneuvering considering some of the US messaging of "they don't really have hypersonic missiles ready yet that's bulslhit"
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# ? May 13, 2023 03:34 |
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Cuttlefush posted:aren't even the old patriot missiles supposed to have a decent success rate at ballistic missile interception? if the hypersonic missile trajectory is known and it's not changing that's pretty much the same scenario, isn't it? i mean unless you've actually seen proof in data and leftovers that that interception happened as stated, there's no reason to believe it. but it's also, i'm pretty sure, not at all crazy for even an old patriot to intercept a mach 5-10 missile with a known, unchanging trajectory. the reason a hypersonic missile like the kh-47 would be hard to intercept is if it was maneuvering/came from an unknown launch vehicle. chances are the jet that fired it was being tracked the entire time by at least the US. yeah i've never understood why it's supposed to be such a huge thing i wasn't aware they were supposed to be completely uninterceptable? It's just less interceptable. And they might have got one. But probably not.
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# ? May 13, 2023 03:42 |
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Cuttlefush posted:it's not really worth getting to heated about either way Yeah, I don't think it really matters. There's just a lot of debate online about what Ukraine does or doesn't have, and people jump to conclusions. It doesn't help that sometimes the US refers to a unit as a PAC-3 battery, no matter what ordnance that battery does or doesn't have. Just means it has the upgrades required to fire a PAC-3 missile, even if they had zero missiles.
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# ? May 13, 2023 03:45 |
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constantly shifting rhetorical focus on wonderwaffen capability
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# ? May 13, 2023 03:47 |
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Meh, I said last year that Patriot is a medium range SAM. Neat to have compared to nothing, but two medium-range SAMs don't have a tremendous impact on a war mostly being fought with artillery, infantry, and troops in ground combat vehicles.
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# ? May 13, 2023 03:48 |
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mlmp08 posted:Yeah, I don't think it really matters. There's just a lot of debate online about what Ukraine does or doesn't have, and people jump to conclusions. It doesn't help that sometimes the US refers to a unit as a PAC-3 battery, no matter what ordnance that battery does or doesn't have. Just means it has the upgrades required to fire a PAC-3 missile, even if they had zero missiles. and regardless all the patriot systems use the same tracking radar from the nike/spartan/etc stuff right? like in terms of the velocity of the things that radar is expected to track i think it started as a radar made to intercept mach5+ incoming nukes and then they just made the missiles slower (which shouldn't matter if they're meant for intercepting ballistic projectiles at big speed or planes at small speed)
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# ? May 13, 2023 03:50 |
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900 new posts
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# ? May 13, 2023 03:53 |
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Give Ukraine the Nike Zeus
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# ? May 13, 2023 03:54 |
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Cuttlefush posted:and regardless all the patriot systems use the same tracking radar from the nike/spartan/etc stuff right? like in terms of the velocity of the things that radar is expected to track i think it started as a radar made to intercept mach5+ incoming nukes and then they just made the missiles slower Nah, the Patriot radar and system is a whole new and differently missioned design from the Nike series. From the ground up, Patriot was designed to have a radar that searches, tracks, guides, all in one set versus requiring multiple radars and providing command guidance to the missile. Plus, Patriot was always designed to be (relatively) mobile, and Nike Herc is fixed-site only. The missiles aren't just command guidance either. The idea for Patriot when first designed was a mobile medium-longish range SAM that could move with maneuver units and defend major C2 and logistitcal nodes, defending against aircraft, cruise missiles, etc. (so moving with a Div HQ, for example, not jumping around defending individual brigades). The ballistic missile mission came about in the 90s, was pretty bad in 91, then was iterated on and improved through multiple builds and upgrades over the next 30 years. In the Iraq War, contrasted with the Gulf War, Patriot was successful versus ballistic missiles. But that isn't really what it was designed for when it was first developed and fielded. The maximum time for a US crew to still pass certification is to emplace it and be ready to fire in 45 minutes, and they can pack up and depart quicker than it takes to set up a site.
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# ? May 13, 2023 03:59 |
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they're saying the hypersonic missile was being aimed at the patriot itself
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# ? May 13, 2023 04:01 |
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CODChimera posted:they're saying the hypersonic missile was being aimed at the patriot itself patriot technical destroy that missile either way then
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# ? May 13, 2023 04:04 |
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mlmp08 posted:Nah, the Patriot radar and system is a whole new and differently missioned design from the Nike series. From the ground up, Patriot was designed to have a radar that searches, tracks, guides, all in one set versus requiring multiple radars and providing command guidance to the missile. Plus, Patriot was always designed to be (relatively) mobile, and Nike Herc is fixed-site only. The missiles aren't just command guidance either. i meant the general principles/physical limitations of the radar systems involved. I thought you could track a throughline from like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/FPQ-16_PARCS?useskin=vector and other early safeguard components, which were giant manned installations, and the different bits of the radar/control poo poo the current patriot has. might be wrong. but yeah i'm talking out of my rear end here and basically just saying "lol it's all phased arrays of some sort basically the same thing" basically i just wanted to make the comparison below and go "we used to be a proper country"
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# ? May 13, 2023 04:39 |
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Cuttlefush posted:also the kh-47 is just a ballistic glide re-entry missile, right? it's not the whole shebang. I don't think it can maneuver meaningfully after it's launched and up to speed. it's fuckin ballistic!
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# ? May 13, 2023 05:16 |
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zelensky will know he hosed up once the highfleet music starts playing
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# ? May 13, 2023 05:18 |
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Budzilla posted:Allegedly it is an Iskander SRBM with modifications. yeah. i was gonna go "no way. that's like 10 meters long". but they're both about 7m. I always forget that modern jets are fuckin huge Cuttlefush has issued a correction as of 05:22 on May 13, 2023 |
# ? May 13, 2023 05:19 |
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Delta-Wye posted:i mean, its wild who was lenin and stalin's 'cook', stalins & lenins cook was literally vladimir putin's grandpa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiridon_Putin
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# ? May 13, 2023 05:47 |
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https://orinocotribune.com/successi...vich-interview/ - Interview with a Communist in Ukraine, splitting up in multiple quotes because it's a long read. 2014 and Ukrainian Socialist Parties: quote:Saheli Chowdhury: What was your experience of the 2014 coup? At that time there was news that Ukrainian communist organizations had been banned. Which were those organizations? Did the situation change after Zelensky’s election, or after the start of the Russian intervention? Western media, purges, and disapora: quote:SC: The dominant view in mainstream media and political circles in the West is that Russia invaded Ukraine without any provocation. Anything that might have happened before March 24, 2022 has been wiped off the collective memory. What was happening in Ukraine before the Russian intervention? What is the opinion in Ukraine, why did Russia intervene? Zelensky, Poroshenko, and Ukrainian Oligarchy quote:SC: Would you briefly describe Zelensky’s political trajectory? As far as we understand, he got elected on the promise of bringing peace to the Donbass region, yet he ended up escalating the situation. Why did he abandon his presidential campaign promises Life in wartime Ukraine quote:SC: What is the current situation in Ukraine? How are people’s financial condition and daily life? We hear nothing about the daily life of the people of Ukraine, for example, if food, fuel, and medical supplies are available, if schools and businesses are going on normally. Could you describe how the common people are living in wartime? Also, how much damage have the Russian airstrikes caused? War time Ukrainian news media quote:SC: What is the situation of the news media in Ukraine? Where do people get their news? Are foreign media allowed? What are they saying about the Nord Stream explosions, Ukraine’s chances, and other matters related to the war? Conscription and evasion quote:SC: In one of your monthly updates for New Cold War, you mentioned some questionable recruitment practices carried out by the Ukrainian armed forces. What are those practices, and how have they impacted society and Zelensky’s approval ratings? Atrocity propaganda and human rights quote:SC: Human rights are a contentious issue in all conflict situations, and Ukraine is no exception. Mainstream media has bombarded us with Russian atrocities in Ukraine: civilian deaths, torture, violence against women, infrastructure destruction. On the other hand, there has been almost no mention of any possible human rights violation committed by the Ukrainian forces. Have there been violations on the part of Ukraine? What was the worst such violation in your opinion? Could you speak about how the Ukrainian army has treated the people of the regions from which the Russian military withdrew, like Kharkov and parts of Kherson province? Roundup: Nazis in Ukraine, how long war would continue, peace proposals, IMF loans. quote:SC: Now the big question: are there Nazis in Ukraine? Media has tried to tell us that it is all Russian propaganda. There are some other media that try to establish the idea that there are Nazis but they are few in number and do not control anything. What is the reality?
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# ? May 13, 2023 05:56 |
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Akaiku posted:https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/12/politics/russia-patriot-missiles-ukraine/index.html because if they actually shot down one of the most advanced russian missiles they wouldn't have some random jamokes posing with the wreckage, that poo poo would have been boxed up and shipped to the us for analysis immediately
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# ? May 13, 2023 06:50 |
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quote:The fact is that, on the advice of British instructors, air defense systems are deliberately placed in residential areas, in cities where they are difficult to detect. Death to the British
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# ? May 13, 2023 06:55 |
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Cerebral Bore posted:because if they actually shot down one of the most advanced russian missiles they wouldn't have some random jamokes posing with the wreckage, that poo poo would have been boxed up and shipped to the us for analysis immediately Oh? Is that why? "most advanced russian missiles" lmao
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# ? May 13, 2023 07:28 |
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that's obviously decoy wreckage and jamoke actors. the real jamokes are poking through the wreckage in a warehouse in virginia already as if they'd let wolf blitzer anywhere near the real jamokes again... come on
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# ? May 13, 2023 07:33 |
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but if wolf was younger he'd be out there finding wreckage to poke at. safes, vaults. he'd be on the ground
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# ? May 13, 2023 07:35 |
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jamokes
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# ? May 13, 2023 07:37 |
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immediately think of arby's (tm) jamocha shakes when i hear that which fits because apparently the etymology is from java + mocha? that sounds kinda bullshitty but there's no alternative
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# ? May 13, 2023 07:44 |
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Nix Panicus posted:Anyone who has ever acted against the glorious and completely non-fascist ancient nation of Ukraine has been a Russian plant. Ukraine was 100% unified behind joining the EU, and the dastardly Russian plant Yanukovych - who obviously cheated his way into the presidency - subverted the wisdom of handing over control of the country to the IMF in order to offer up the country to his Russian masters. Luckily, brave patriots rose up and he left of his own accord with his stolen loot with absolutely no threats or violence. Also all those dead people during the the guy who organised the "separatists" was literally a FSB officer so yeah
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# ? May 13, 2023 07:53 |
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Cuttlefush posted:i meant the general principles/physical limitations of the radar systems involved. I thought you could track a throughline from like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/FPQ-16_PARCS?useskin=vector and other early safeguard components, which were giant manned installations, and the different bits of the radar/control poo poo the current patriot has. might be wrong. but yeah i'm talking out of my rear end here and basically just saying "lol it's all phased arrays of some sort basically the same thing" is there any reason why they didn't make the structures on the top full pyramids? I like pyramids, I think they are neat and there should be more of them. no I'm not an ancient egyptian mummy brought back to life
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# ? May 13, 2023 08:06 |
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Enjoy posted:the guy who organised the "separatists" was literally a FSB officer so yeah here we go again ...
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# ? May 13, 2023 08:09 |
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Enjoy posted:the guy who organised the "separatists" was literally a FSB officer so yeah drat one agent started multiple breakaway republics on his own, respect to the FSB.
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# ? May 13, 2023 08:12 |
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Turtle Watch posted:drat one agent started multiple breakaway republics on his own, respect to the FSB. he really is a genius, he somehow scrounged up a BUK surface to air missile system to shoot down passenger planes all by himself too
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# ? May 13, 2023 08:18 |
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Enjoy posted:he really is a genius, he somehow scrounged up a BUK surface to air missile system to shoot down passenger planes all by himself too It makes me less trustful of giving Ukrainian citizens weapons capable of shooting down planes.
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# ? May 13, 2023 08:23 |
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January 6 Survivor posted:is there any reason why they didn't make the structures on the top full pyramids? I like pyramids, I think they are neat and there should be more of them. you can barely see them in the image i used but the top of the pyramid (and ther other structures) has a bunch of poo poo on top. see https://srmsc.org/msr2000.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4tKWAOQPxg also aerial fly over https://web.archive.org/web/20211126020913/https://www.alternatewars.com/WW3/WW3_Documents/ABM_Bell/ABM_Ch7.htm is missing a lot of images but i think it will actually say what the gently caress those are on top. im guessing receivers/transmitters, maybe masts for other poo poo? honestly not sure. usually whenever they say antenna they're referring the the circular arrays on each face but im pretty sure the masts up top are also antennas? maybe not https://srmsc.org/msr3010.html site rules. lots of interior/exterior photos, building it, etc edit: VLF antennas https://srmsc.org/002713t.html and https://srmsc.org/images/002711m0.jpg posted:STRATCOM communication equipment area. Cuttlefush has issued a correction as of 08:39 on May 13, 2023 |
# ? May 13, 2023 08:27 |
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Danann posted:https://orinocotribune.com/successi...vich-interview/ - Interview with a Communist in Ukraine, splitting up in multiple quotes because it's a long read. really interesting, thanks for posting and breaking it out into sections like that
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# ? May 13, 2023 08:33 |
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Nix Panicus posted:I could at least comprehend the lore behind Warhammer Fantasy. Age of Sigmar just feels like bashing army mans together, which is fine, but the world building seems incomprehensible. And apparently the Old World isnt a real reboot because the End Times still happens and Chaos wins, which seems dumb too. When I last checked in it mostly made sense in a high-concept fantasy way; - Most of the factions are dead, but still around because of spirit shenanigans; human god binds souls to suits of armor, undead were already dead, elven gods bind souls to trees/torture a chaos god to juice out more souls/create elves without souls, lizardfolk now field massive illusionary space dinosaur armies via the their super mummies - Orks aren't dead because they're spores, drifted into the new universe on some guy or another's fancy waistcoat - Chaos are around still because they won - Main conflict is the undead god (the huge rear end in a top hat from Fantasy) is mad that all these souls are coming back as armor/trees/illusions, basically plays the role of Skeletor where he can only lose & cry about it The thing I dont like about Sigmar is the realms themselves, it was cooler as a coherent landmass this is just videogame levels, "the sewer realm" "the fire realm" "good guy realm" get outta here
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# ? May 13, 2023 08:33 |
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Cuttlefush posted:you can barely see them in the image i used but the top of the pyramid (and ther other structures) has a bunch of poo poo on top. if I ever win the lottery I will be posting from one of these drat those are cool
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# ? May 13, 2023 08:39 |