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B00M

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  1. With Modi trying to play both sides, making him think about the innocent Ukrainian children killed by the Russian Terrorist state he continues to fund is a great strategy. We’re either going to discover Modi is just as inhumane as Putin, or he’ll suddenly oppose buying cheap resources from Russia. I realize it’s not that simple, as Modi ultimately has to act in the best interest of India and they’re competing with China, but sometimes doing the right thing ends up being in your country’s best interest
  2. Someone catch me up. We’ve had the technology to go to mars and start crudely colonizing since what, the ‘80s? but instead, we’re fucking around and maybe going to land on the moon again (yay?) sometime in the next decade, where there are basically no useful resources, and the exercise in no way actually helps us get to further worlds?
  3. Good time for Japan to go ahead and win that war they’re still in with Russia
  4. 20mm auto cannon footage is so fucking satisfying
  5. The main objective was to bring the war to Russia and apply political pressure to Putin. Bleeding out Russia to end the war is going to take an eternity. Making this war extremely unpopular in Russia has the possibility (albeit slim) of suddenly ending the war. Territory to trade away, POWs to trade away, forcing Russia to reduce its concentration of troops in Ukraine and actually defend the north, maybe reduce pressure on Pokrovsk… these were all secondary objectives. Putin has to make unpopular decisions with those conscripts he didn’t want to have on the front lines or do another unpopular round of mobilization. Now all Russians know they’ll never get rotated off the front line if they’re mobilized. It’s a death/dismemberment sentence. The media clip above @Gatorubet posted is encouraging.
  6. I suspect very few police have select fire / full auto (assault) rifles. Probably just SWAT… Deputy Doofy has a hard enough time staying on target as it is, can you imagine?
  7. Secret cease fire talks to stop targeting energy infrastructure … as if Russia would ever honor it anyway … Ukraine accurately sensed weakness and went for the nuts. Got DAMN I love Ukrainians!
  8. At this point, Russia’s best bet to slow Ukraine’s advance may be to clog them up with low value surrendering troops, knowing Ukraine will trade them back in the future for their own people that have been starved and tortured in Russia
  9. He drives with his head against the steering wheel like an elderly woman. Given what we know about cyber trucks, there’s a good chance the frame breaks for no reason, the air bag punches him in his neck beard and kills him.
  10. Hopefully it’s this and not Russians or gang bangers paid by Russians
  11. Yeah… it’s going to be outrageous when Russia levels every inch of these towns to reclaim the territory
  12. I’m sure this is all money well spent! These people are all very smart and have our long term best interests in mind!
  13. I mean, this is the 2nd confirmed HIMARS loss…. That’s ridiculously awesome all things considered.
  14. Weren’t like, hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of troops captured during WWII using encirclement tactics? And what was China, with all their ancient wisdom, doing during WWII? Oh…
  15. Continuous Frequency shifting has been a thing for years but it’s way easier said than done. Thank god Ukraine got it widespread first. Maybe this bridges the gap to AI/ML jamming-resistant drones?
  16. Really impressive, especially the first one. Feels like a needle hitting a needle
  17. Is choosing how to spend your advertising money freedom of speech or not? God damn, FUCK this guy. He is a fucking FAILURE given where he was positioned a few short years ago. We NEEDED this asshole to not suck and it’s all he does now.
  18. lol yeah that bad mother fucker needs a cage and a parachute to make more than 1 pass.
  19. 8.5 second 1/4 mile time is absolutely insane. Race shops spend YEARS and tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars modifying cars like Supras, Lambos, Vipers, whatever, just to touch 8s… knowing what we now know about Tesla build quality, how comfortable are we with these rockets on the road?
  20. Steel will fail due to repeated stress levels ABOVE a threshold. Repeated/cyclic stress levels below that threshold? Steel will last forever (neglect corrosion, etc). Aluminum fatigue-fails over time, even at very low stress levels, with enough cycles. With good designs, aluminum parts will effectively last forever, but just like everything else on these trucks, the frame us obviously not a good design. That frame cross sectional area is so small that relative low loads are going to induce significant stress. Driving inherently induces stress cycling (stop-start, pot holes, etc). These absurdly over-powered razor blades on wheels are going to suddenly become a menace to society in a few years if any portion of them are actually used to tow.
  21. Ima pass on the eating disorder with bolt-ons
  22. Putin and imperial Russia need WW3. They need this to be existential against adversaries they want to be comparable to. The west looking the other way as Russia sabotages shit around the world; arguing over what amounts to tiny fractions of our arsenal, much of it very old, but still just enough to support Ukraine and sustain what’s essentially a stalemate… is deeply embarrassing Russia. Pretty hard to inspire your population in the current situation. As frustrating as it can be to watch us ignore provocations and avoid escalation, it’s probably the correct move with Russia today.
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