IceNein
IceNein t1_jaacjzl wrote
Reply to Anti-war partisans in Belarus claim to have damaged Russian plane | Belarus by Caratteraccio
If anyone is unfamiliar with AWACS and what they do, this is huge. Like, a really big deal.
AWACS aren’t just big RADARs on planes, they are command and control for air forces. They’re the ones that vector fighters to incoming threats.
In fact one of the enormous advantages that the US has is our sheer number of AWACS. Like, each carrier deploys with two. So considering the Air Force is also going to have them up, if you shoot one of ours down, we’ll have another ready to go.
Russia has nine. Now eight I guess. Really big deal.
IceNein t1_j2c2u6k wrote
Don’t badmouth the goat, dog.
IceNein t1_j2b5ai4 wrote
Reply to comment by GiantsOfSF1958 in The nut that defeated its nemesis by tchuruck
How many cents a unit do they save using that crappy metal, I wonder? Is it really worth the mental association that everyone has that if it comes from China, it must be junk?
IceNein t1_j2b51rn wrote
Reply to The nut that defeated its nemesis by tchuruck
Looks like Chinesium. They save five cents a unit and get to sell you a new one every couple of years.
It can be hard to tell just by looking what’s made from quality metal.
IceNein t1_iub0bvo wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries do not qualify as “berries” as defined by botanists, yet kiwis, bananas, and tomatoes do. At least blueberries are indeed berries. by Aequitas05
Well there’s also the fact that berry has a botanical definition and a culinary definition. It’s the same deal with vegetables that are fruits.
It’s comparing apples and oranges, for example there is no horticultural definition of vegetable. So botanically there is no such thing as a vegetable.
IceNein t1_jb2sn7g wrote
Reply to TIL that the Convair Model 118, a tentative flying car from 1947, was shelved because its prototype crashed when a test pilot mixed up the flight engine's fuel gauge with the road engine's and didn't see the former run out. While he survived, this killed interest in the project. by ShabtaiBenOron
The chances of the FAA approving an aircraft that also drove on public roads is next to zero.