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LostCosmonaut

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  1. I have a copy of that book, let me know if there's anything in particular you're interested in.
  2. A Compendium of Encounter Reports from P-47 Pilots
  3. IIRC the Bolivians did use some armor (some Vickers 6 tons and some tankettes) in the Chaco War, so presumably these hypothetical armored cars could be used against Paraguay as well.
  4. Rearming the French could probably fit in other sections too, but decided to stick it here
  5. Specifically, that's the CL-1200, which was a design for an improved Starfighter to compete in the export market in the 60s (against the F-5 and similar planes). It would've also had a larger wing and a bunch of other modifications.
  6. East Coast Abort Landing for Space Shuttle
  7. Turns out Gatwick airport might have been accidentally shut down by police drones.
  8. Welcome to SH! Just thinking about it off the top of my head, it could possibly be done (Brazil heavily upgraded their M3 Stuarts, and the NM116 was a heavily upgraded Chaffee that served into the late Cold War), several countries (such as Israel and Chile) kept them going until the 1980s. Is the hypothetical country for some reason unable to obtain more modern armor such as T-55s, T-72s, or M60s? Those tanks aren't too expensive, and there's numerous upgrade packages available for them already developed (even for something as old as the T-55). For reference, some turret ring diameters; M4 Sherman: 69 inches / 1752 mm T-54/55: 71.8 in / 1825 mm BMP-2: 68.5 in / 1740 mm (taken from a translated Russian site, use with caution) M48 & M60: 85 in / 2160 mm
  9. That looks pretty neato. How are they planning on dealing with retreating blade stall? (assuming "twice the speed" isn't just marketing fluff)
  10. Old news, but the the project to a memorial to Thresher in Arlington is getting closer to reality; https://www.theday.com/article/20181126/NWS09/181129588
  11. Ault Report (Report on Performance of US Navy AAMs in 1968)
  12. Had a solid day at Gore today, bit annoyed that some of the stuff they said was going to open didn't. Snow was pretty good quality though, and they're working pretty hard at making more (did run into the problem of skiing on a trail with ongoing snowmaking and having my goggles ice up pretty bad). Did run into the problem of having people in the group with different stamina/skill levels. Our group of 7 people ended up split into 2 or 3 groups the whole day.
  13. Planet Nine is supposed to be roughly Neptune sized, even with the most bullish projections for Oort Cloud mass/density it will have cleared its orbit.
  14. This seems like something that should be revisited now since automatic systems are significantly more advanced than when the regulation was presumably first written (a cursory search doesn't reveal when that section of 10 CFR 50 was enacted). Appropriately tested software monitored by an operator should be sufficient for civilian applications.
  15. Very detailed report from MIT on the use of nuclear in low carbon energy infrastructure; http://energy.mit.edu/research/future-nuclear-energy-carbon-constrained-world/ TL;DR Nuclear becomes more attractive the more you reduce your emissions goals (in terms of kgCO2/kW)
  16. Good looking boats, and it seems that they're also using modular construction like the Virginias (I assume the Russians and Chinese build modular also, but I don't know offhand). Are they still fucking around with low-enriched reactors for some dumb reason?
  17. And naturally no movie theaters near me are showing it. Might be time to test my download rate!
  18. Solar power: now with even more bird death! Actual content; A Review of Nuclear-Pumped Lasers and Applications (Asteroid Deflection)
  19. Canada might be walking back the Type 26 purchase; https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/feds-ordered-to-postpone-award-of-60b-warship-contract-because-of-allegations-the-ship-they-want-to-buy-cant-meet-the-navys-requirements
  20. Worst Of Tanks is giving away free shit; https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/announcements/well-deserved-reward-1118/
  21. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=217634 ERJ-190 flight controls don't work, plane flails around uncontrollably for a while. They did manage to land safely, and it looks like they did a decent job resolving the problem.
  22. I could see that being an interesting idea to add flavor, but not doritos flavor or onion ring flavoring.
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