No point really. He'd "geofence" the russians off so they couldn't be touched by 'em..... jus' like he did with Starlink.
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Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys
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No point really. He'd "geofence" the russians off so they couldn't be touched by 'em..... jus' like he did with Starlink.
Just a cool old airplane pic that popped up on FB....
What a wonderful story. Captain Rickenbacker was one of my earliest hero's. I read his autobiography in either 3rd or 4th grade. One of the things that has stuck with me that he said was that when he downed an enemy plane, he always hoped to see the pilot's chute open. You are blessed to have met him.
Not wishing to enter into political realm. I assume based on history that Imperial Russia will defeat any difficulties, as they have overwhelming military superiority and resource within about 1500 miles of their base turf. See expert "smoothiex12" Soviet military education, US Citizen that loves America, taught at West Point. See several book. Cautions, Andre will probably upset. The pace of the affair between NATO and Rus in zone 404 seems to be set, modulated, so as to induce the NATO side to send materials to the Red army for disposal by destruction. They say that they see no reason to hurry, as NATO is very cooperative.
Saying speed of missile is silly, the speed constantly changes. They say in thick air last few thousand feet maybe M3. But what interests me, and no one here has replied to, is question of how to steer in a plasma cloud. Missile maneuvers..ok, how? Ostensibly and reasonably in terms of physics, probably, no radio gps etc nav, no celestial, and no wings...and they can hit moving target type ship with some types. Our Chinese fellers say they can also do this. Like kindergarten, they share their toys...pretty soon Comrade Kim maybe too...and the various other classical civilizational states? Persia? India? Inevitably...
Of course all the Ruskie stuff builds on old soviet projects. They designed, in the 50's I think, a large supersonic ram jet ICBM, got well along building...and stopped...that's probably the commie granddaddy of Kinzhal and Zircon. Oh? Never heard of it? Well, one must study... It was a secret project, after all! Project boss commie died, project kinna far out, cautious Kremlin opted to copy US and build pure rocket ICBM, air breather project cancelled. There was a spirited discussion of the Soviet ramjet ICBM a few years ago at "Moon of Alabama". I caught it and did some research. There are even a few images on the net, or were.
fwiw worth I personally doubt that the fine fellows of zone 404 have managed to hit even one, and I doubt that those fellows are operating the A/D in zone, they've managed to get perhaps 500K dead or hurt bad. A/D takes trained skill take time. But there's no point in arguing mere opinion. I am of opinion that Patriot complexes are prime target for Ruskie missile, and the crews are NATO active duty gone TD/Y ...until they become "cargo 200", as they say.. maybe after the war we will know all about it, or maybe not. We never watch TV, so I have no idea what lies may be told there about the affairs of the world.
Again, how steer? How navigate? How see target? When inside an ionized electrically conducting cloud.... But especially how to steer. It seems like, with the heavy acceleration, shifting CM would affect path...that's my hunch or clue, and I'm probably wrong. Another probably wrong would be injectors fixed X/Y that added, say iodine/alcohol (very small amounts, gram measures of) in asymmetrical way that changed the gas pressures inside the cloud and deflected the missile accordingly. It's a mystery.
Only side I favor in war is peace. I have zero political opinion past they're all crazy. Speaking again, historically, it does appear that W3 is well begun, and will probably change everything we have known. That is personally very sad. A chill east wind... Little orphans, flies, stench, dogs eating the dead... Better ride motorcycle and drink beer. Maybe burn one if that's your thing...
Examining the machines hurts noone, and it's interesting. How they hell do they steer in plasma?
Saying speed of missile is silly, the speed constantly changes. They say in thick air last few thousand feet maybe M3. But what interests me, and no one here has replied to, is question of how to steer in a plasma cloud. Missile maneuvers..ok, how? Ostensibly and reasonably in terms of physics, probably, no radio gps etc nav, no celestial, and no wings...and they can hit moving target type ship with some types. Our Chinese fellers say they can also do this. Like kindergarten, they share their toys...pretty soon Comrade Kim maybe too...and the various other classical civilizational states? Persia? India? Inevitably...
Of course all the Ruskie stuff builds on old soviet projects. They designed, in the 50's I think, a large supersonic ram jet ICBM, got well along building...and stopped...that's probably the commie granddaddy of Kinzhal and Zircon. Oh? Never heard of it? Well, one must study... It was a secret project, after all! Project boss commie died, project kinna far out, cautious Kremlin opted to copy US and build pure rocket ICBM, air breather project cancelled. There was a spirited discussion of the Soviet ramjet ICBM a few years ago at "Moon of Alabama". I caught it and did some research. There are even a few images on the net, or were.
fwiw worth I personally doubt that the fine fellows of zone 404 have managed to hit even one, and I doubt that those fellows are operating the A/D in zone, they've managed to get perhaps 500K dead or hurt bad. A/D takes trained skill take time. But there's no point in arguing mere opinion. I am of opinion that Patriot complexes are prime target for Ruskie missile, and the crews are NATO active duty gone TD/Y ...until they become "cargo 200", as they say.. maybe after the war we will know all about it, or maybe not. We never watch TV, so I have no idea what lies may be told there about the affairs of the world.
Again, how steer? How navigate? How see target? When inside an ionized electrically conducting cloud.... But especially how to steer. It seems like, with the heavy acceleration, shifting CM would affect path...that's my hunch or clue, and I'm probably wrong. Another probably wrong would be injectors fixed X/Y that added, say iodine/alcohol (very small amounts, gram measures of) in asymmetrical way that changed the gas pressures inside the cloud and deflected the missile accordingly. It's a mystery.
Only side I favor in war is peace. I have zero political opinion past they're all crazy. Speaking again, historically, it does appear that W3 is well begun, and will probably change everything we have known. That is personally very sad. A chill east wind... Little orphans, flies, stench, dogs eating the dead... Better ride motorcycle and drink beer. Maybe burn one if that's your thing...
Examining the machines hurts noone, and it's interesting. How they hell do they steer in plasma?
I was an admirer of Rickenbacker as well. I introduced him to my son and built him a tribute soap box racer. It wasn't the fastest, but it won First Place.
I’ve been watching some large scale RC helicopters flying. The level of detail and control is pretty amazing, although personally…..I don’t think I’d stand so close to one of these decapitating machines! 
AUTOMAN
XS650 Addict
Just received my Aero/Def mag today.
I will bone up on hyper sonic.
cliff
I will bone up on hyper sonic.
cliff
A tornado went through Wright Patterson yesterday. That's home to the Air force Museum. Considerable damage to it's restoration hanger.
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/wright-patterson-air-force-base-tornado/
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/wright-patterson-air-force-base-tornado/
Now I have a better understanding of the phrase "Flak so thick you could walk on it"
Something like 2,500 flak rounds per aircraft shot down. You can see why - the vast majority inflicted zero to little damage.
DennisV
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Well, darn hard to pick. They're each just downright lovable in their own way.
