Oh, no, but good on you remembering that story! That was the Myasishchev M-4, a spectacular disappointment in range and payload that mostly was converted to aerial tankers. In 1955 the Soviets flew 10 of them for a crowd, then lapped around again, and again… even with 2…
Here’s my take: South Africa is bankrupt, and it needs friends to bail it out. Friends who wont force a change in the domestic status quo as condition of bail out. Friends who understand protecting comrades is more important than rule of law. Friends like China. This is…
[–]jdl_uk 31 points32 points33 points 2 days ago (4 children)Not an expert but the biggest difference is likely to be more up to date fire control and battle management systems in the Challenger 2, as well as a better sensor / imaging package. This will mean they can more…
So before Ukraine, I would have said yes, they’re opening themselves for attack. (and I’m in no way discounting just how much they’ve stepped up – I’m constantly praising them) Before Russia was tied down in Ukraine, Putin could have easily parked a few brigades on their border.…
[–]evansdeagles 130 points131 points132 points 2 days ago* (9 children)Not just because of this. Part of it is the fear of unauthorized technology stealing. Turkey wanted to buy Patriot systems to possibly illegally copy some of the tech for their own system as they announced one just before trying…
A Polish man is walking on a beach on the edge of the Baltic sea when he sees something odd and surprising – an Arabian-style old oil lamp half-buried in the sand. Picking it up and inspecting it, he’s cleaning it off when a genie bursts out of…
[–]Boeing367-80 46 points47 points48 points 2 days ago (3 children)Yeah, I was at a company and we had a consulting firm helping us on software that had a Japanese American woman. She disappeared and we were told she’d have the opportunity to go to Japan and she always wanted…
There’s sort of a feedback loop with corruption where incentives are misaligned with goals. To make an analogy: Say you ran a school and your district is handing out funding to the schools with the highest scores and the most educated students. So you come up with this…
[–]Edemon -3 points-2 points-1 points 2 days ago (1 child)Now THAT is blatant misinformation. Lula was not in jail just to be investigated, he was 100% deemed guilty. The issue was how his prosection was done. Some institutions considered the trial unfair, including UN’s Human Rights Committee. Eventually that…
Food: obv there are a lot of amazing food cities, but I particularly like the food there. The seafood is delicious. Best meal I’ve ever had is in Barcelona, but the best fish I’ve had is in Tel Aviv. The “vibe”. I’m early 30s and Tel Aviv is…
