War in Ukraine

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I never thought of this but it makes sense. The Ruskies hypersonic rockets have a really funny vulnerability. I don't know why I didn't think about this from what a friend told me about flying the SR-71. It seems the thing goes so fast it can't change course easily so whatever trajectory it's on, it can't easily change. Which makes it easy for standard AA missiles to hit them. That's why you hear the Ukrainians keep claiming shoot downs.

The lack of maneuverability allows the AA to accurately adjust for the speed since it doesn't have to compensate for turns.

My friend in 71's use to jokingly say that if they started a 90 degree turn over Salt Lake City, they would roll out over Denver.
 
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WBO said:
I never thought of this but it makes sense. The Ruskies hypersonic rockets have a really funny vulnerability. I don't know why I didn't think about this from what a friend told me about flying the SR-71. It seems the thing goes so fast it can't change course easily so whatever trajectory it's on, it can't easily change. Which makes it easy for standard AA missiles to hit them. That's why you hear the Ukrainians keep claiming shoot downs.

The lack of maneuverability allows the AA to accurately adjust for the speed since it doesn't have to compensate for turns.

My friend in 71's use to jokingly say that if they started a 90 degree turn over Salt Lake City, they would roll out over Denver.
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rekinhavoc said:
Arms industry's price gouging shows how greed trumps national interest - Responsible Statecraft

Well knock me over with a feather...
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Low volume and high tech bells and whistles push profit margins higher. That is how the MIC rolls...

So when we see Russia with high volumes and low tech, we wonder why the NATO is having to scour the planet looking for ammo and equipment. A country with a $60 billion defense budget is outgunning the US/NATO and their $800+ billion combined budget. Waste, fraud and abuse in NATO...
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Low volume and high tech bells and whistles push profit margins higher. That is how the MIC rolls...

So when we see Russia with high volumes and low tech, we wonder why the NATO is having to scour the planet looking for ammo and equipment. A country with a $60 billion defense budget is outgunning the US/NATO and their $800+ billion combined budget. Waste, fraud and abuse in NATO...
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I and everyone else will agree with you that there is massive "waste, fraud, and abuse" in NATO as well as in our MIC. But please, stop saying that Russia is outgunning the US in Ukraine it makes you look ignorant.
 
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WBO said:
I never thought of this but it makes sense. The Ruskies hypersonic rockets have a really funny vulnerability. I don't know why I didn't think about this from what a friend told me about flying the SR-71. It seems the thing goes so fast it can't change course easily so whatever trajectory it's on, it can't easily change. Which makes it easy for standard AA missiles to hit them. That's why you hear the Ukrainians keep claiming shoot downs.

The lack of maneuverability allows the AA to accurately adjust for the speed since it doesn't have to compensate for turns.

My friend in 71's use to jokingly say that if they started a 90 degree turn over Salt Lake City, they would roll out over Denver.
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Exactly, it takes a lot to turn something going fast, and usually part of making it go fast is small control surfaces to reduce drag. Fighters over Hanoi could usually defeat a much faster SAM fired at them if they saw it in time. They basically got it to track them and then made a hard turn when the SAM didn't have the space to follow.
 
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Septic said:
$52m down the drain.
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But we’ve been assured by our rezident head stooge that US air defenses are not capable of downing the stealthy Kh-101 low flying cruise missiles only the vaunted S-350 can achieve such a feat as head stooge illustrated via a link using a totally unbiased and objective analysis
 
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Samantha Power and USAID creating an app that has all of your govt and biometric information. Electronic passports being funded and tested in Ukraine. Coming to a smartphone near you soon... Oh, and the govt isn't storing any data, either.

 
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WBO said:
I never thought of this but it makes sense. The Ruskies hypersonic rockets have a really funny vulnerability. I don't know why I didn't think about this from what a friend told me about flying the SR-71. It seems the thing goes so fast it can't change course easily so whatever trajectory it's on, it can't easily change. Which makes it easy for standard AA missiles to hit them. That's why you hear the Ukrainians keep claiming shoot downs.

The lack of maneuverability allows the AA to accurately adjust for the speed since it doesn't have to compensate for turns.

My friend in 71's use to jokingly say that if they started a 90 degree turn over Salt Lake City, they would roll out over Denver.
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Yeah, when missiles go that fast, no way they can make sharp turns. If you look at tomahawk and harpoon missiles, they're slower but they can make sharp turns.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Samantha Power and USAID creating an app that has all of your govt and biometric information. Electronic passports being funded and tested in Ukraine. Coming to a smartphone near you soon...

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That's just a matter of time before all privacy is gone. The digital ID will soon follow china's social credit system the credit score will start trending against christianity.
 
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