LostCosmonaut
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Found this, thought it was pretty interesting and decided to share it; http://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/africa/south-africa/Raising-the-Dead.html?page=all
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Something a bit different.
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Seriously, look at this shit. Doing a backflip at Mach 5 with the external tank still attached, NBD. Rumor has it that the scenario was possible in the sim with an intact shuttle, but in just about any case where you're doing an RTLS the shuttle most likely isn't intact (if it was you could just a transatlantic abort or something). There's also rumors that STS-1 was planned to be a test of the RTLS scenario, before John Young helpfully pointed out that was a retarded idea. -
Added, along with Soviet Theater Nuclear Forces: Implications for NATO Defense.
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One question which has occasionally popped up on internet discussion sites that I frequent is the question of what exactly constitutes a genocide. Without getting too deep into any specific instances, I think we can have a fairly useful discussion about this. According to the ICC; This is useful, but insufficient. For instance, committing only one of the acts on the list, it almost certainly isn't genocide. If I walk out my door and shoot two men of [insert ethnic group here], I'm a douchebag, but probably not a genocidal douchebag. On the other hand, requiring all five boxes to be checked opens you up to all kinds of legalistic weaseling. "Well, we didn't transfer the children of [insert ethnic group] to another group, we just murdered them! Only four boxes checked, no genocide here!" So where do we draw the line? Two boxes checked? Three? Some other checklist promulgated by another international authority? To me, genocide is like pornography; I know it when I see it. I don't have a bunch of boxes to check, but if you're murdering a bunch of people based on who their ancestors were, nine times out of ten it's genocide. What sayeth y'all?
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I assume you are the resident expert on that topic?
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I ran simunitions in a t-shirt once. It was a unique experience.
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The Kerbal Space Program Total Sperg Zone
LostCosmonaut replied to Sturgeon's topic in Fiction & Entertainment
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http://theaviationist.com/2014/12/29/su-24-fuerza-aerea-argentina/ Well, this is new.
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The Kerbal Space Program Total Sperg Zone
LostCosmonaut replied to Sturgeon's topic in Fiction & Entertainment
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Looking around at various information sources available to me, there's quite a lot of information on what the west though of the SS-20. Anecdotally (speaking to a family member who was a Pershing II crewman in the late 1980s), the SS-20 was generally inferior to the Pershing II (especially in accuracy), but it was generally felt that this didn't matter, due to the SS-20's quite large warhead (incidentally, according to previously mentioned family member, the main thing on the minds of Pershing II crewmen was how to quickly GTFO the launch site). I'm curious as to how the Soviets regarded the Pershing II. Was it regarded as a major threat, or was it of relatively little strategic concern?
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These truly are strange days, when thoughts such as these haunt the minds of men. Argument for thread title, exhibit B.
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I can't tell from this angle, is it a twin engine design? Also, planform alignment strikes again.
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Exhibit A: (see title)
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George Dyson talks about project Orion; http://www.ted.com/talks/george_dyson_on_project_orion
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It would appear that a significant proportion of internet users are incapable of conceiving that anyone could possibly hold a nuanced opinion on anything.
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This thread is for discussion of various fusion reactions, and their utility in power generation, weaponry, and the like. Personally, I have an irrational love for hydrogen-boron fusion, for reasons that I do not understand. I should seek help.
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If only it had access to better engines.
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Specifically, the Nazca Lines: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30422994 Fecking moroons.
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My uninformed opinion feels that a heavy machine gun (such as the KPVT up there) is the ideal choice. The way I see it, you're going to be using the coaxial for antinfantry work, and against other fairly soft targets. An HMG seems like it would give good performance against infantry, light vehicles, and the like, while not taking up so much space as something in the 20mm+ range. The M1919 and similar caliber weapons appear as though they don't have the armor penetration to reliably cheese things like M113s and early BMPs.
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This thread is for discussion of Wargame: Red Dragon (as well as other games in the series). Post your decks, screenshots, and/or other relevant stuff. My Sweden Deck: (deck code: NvAZkK9pat4yzjxlnHjLUswWpZgvMMZIYrSUgChhhmnpTymdVRjsl3SpARPppk9Jh14FMEIYp5UT6aaYC8Cl/g==) Soviet Deck: (deck code: jvAYsIKBYQUDPYYqdBXaHCgZ7DETUWHIQFhyAZBNAqQGIBlGymxUUpsXXJsl7C9hdFOKXPLeuWzCxUovWJYMzFfTKqkA) These are terrible, do not copy them. Screenshots: A shitload of North Korean 34-85s; Ikv 91s shooting at East German / Czechoslovakian units; The Mighty Burrito (picture stolen from C:/Users/Document and Settings/Tied/Porn) !!Random Deck Generator!!
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Here's to Orion, SLS (both block 1 and definitely not theoretical block 2), and a faint glimmer of hope for missions beyond LEO. Here's to where we should have been in 1980.
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Added F-106 data sheet.
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On another website, i was recently provided with a link to this paper on Soviet mountain tactics and doctrine. I have not yet finished reading it, but it appears that it could be of interest to some here.
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Everything I learned about nuclear physics I learned from this video;
