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Hydrogen never makes sense for trains.
Battery-electric beats hydrogen-electric handily on non-electrified routes, even in wintertime.
Even on the Transsiberian route it's better to use diesel + CCS than with hydrogen.
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Julian Reichelt erklärt in einem Podcast, deutsche Journalisten bekämen „eine schriftliche Anweisung, dass du dich jetzt der Regierung anzuschließen hast“. Das System verlange „100 Prozent Gefolgsamkeit“.
Hört, hört! Eine schriftliche Anweisung? Von wem denn? Als Bild-Chef hatte Reichelt genau einen Arbeitgeber, den Springer-Verlag. Hat ihm also sein eigener Verlag die Regierungstreue verordnet? Oder hat ihm die Bundesregierung geschrieben? Beides wäre ein Riesenskandal. Und Reichelt ist Journalist, er hat das Schreiben angeblich selbst bekommen. Warum zeigt er es nicht? Weil es das nicht gibt. Solange er es nicht vorlegt, ist das eine Lüge, und zwar eine mit Absicht.
Denn wer Hunderttausenden erzählt, alle anderen Journalisten seien gekaufte Mitläufer, will nur eins: dass man am Ende nur noch ihm glaubt. Und dass niemand die freie Presse vermisst, wenn sie einer abräumt.
Wie das aussieht, kann man an diesem Wochenende in Washington besichtigen. Laut Atlantic wurde im Weißen Haus und im Justizministerium darüber gesprochen, Journalisten notfalls festzunehmen, bis sie ihre Quellen verraten. Das Justizministerium bestreitet das. Und Trump will den Pressesprecherposten mit einem „gewalttätigen Kämpfer“ besetzen.
Dort wird die freie Presse gerade zum Feind erklärt. Hier erklärt sie Reichelt schon mal für überflüssig. Das ist die Vorarbeit.
1/ @jreichelt erklärt sich bei Ben „Russland“ Ungeskriptet zum einzig unabhängigen Journalisten. Alle anderen dienten einem korrupten „System“.
Ausgerechnet Reichelt!
Wie „unabhängig“ er wirklich war, zeigt folgender Fall aus seiner Zeit als BILD-Chef.🧵
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Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman didn’t mince his words when describing the Israeli army: “The world’s most sadistic army, the most murderous army on earth.”
In this conversation with my friend Thomas Karat, he discusses the reality of Israel after October 7 and the broader implications of its crimes.
Well worth watching. Don’t miss this one.
The French could not isolate themselves from payback from betrayed European allies the way that Americans can do. Moreover, the French aren't potential enemies of Western European countries the way the U.S. is.
It's not difficult to fly high.
You need to deal with the temperature/ (careful about icing and batteries), increase wing area (span) and the engine has to have enough output at high altitude (turbojet can do easily).
The high altitude adaptation any appear any time.
I doubt that this changes the range issue much if at all.
The time of flight with SAL cannot be the issue.
1980's optronics for air target identification by fighter pilots were fixed forward as well. That's not so much of a problem. You need to get close, that's what costs time especially if the cheap cruise missiles don't fly close to each other.
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ça y est, on les a !
(les fameuses datas du hack de Rosstat)
attention les amis, infos spéciales concernant les pertes Russe !
Accrochez vous, petit fil à suivre...
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Was literally explaining the, "society falls when old men don't plant trees they will never sit under" to my neighbor (boomer)
He said he didn't get it and why would he plant trees if won't be around to see them
A bit of a rant grown into a blog post:
"We need a different way of war"
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The offence-defence spiral goes on. In the end, one needs to understand that you take blows in war and you better be able to tolerate those.
The American Way of War has been for 40 years to pretend 'overwhelming force' and 'airspace domination' et cetera can give immunity.
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Bigger guns get more expensive without getting effective out to 45k ft, which is a feasible cruise altitude for such drones in the very near future.
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I suspect 76 mm heavy AAA may be an answer, though they would be at risk of getting hit by artillery or cheap drones far forward and might lack effective ceiling against high-flying cheap cruise missiles.
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So there's the case for Shaheed saturation attacks being able to overwhelm an APKWS fighter force up to a short penetration distance. That won't apply for deep penetrations.
Still, there's a case for different defence against cheap cruise missiles for coastal and front areas.
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APKWS uses semi-active laser homing and has short range. The fighter needs to get close, then illuminate the target with the laser. An AIM-9X can lock on from much longer distance and is fire&forget.
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"Aircrews found the airspace and timing were often too tight for APKWS employment in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf, so they have ended up relying on AIM-9s. But defensive counterair for base defense has featured APKWS." airandspaceforces.com/articl…
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They tried to do WHAT ☠️☠️☠️☠️
"Aircrews found the airspace and timing were often too tight for APKWS employment in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf, so they have ended up relying on AIM-9s. But defensive counterair for base defense has featured APKWS." airandspaceforces.com/articl…