> How well do they work against EW countermeasures
S-300/400 SAMs are said to be very resistant to radar jamming. In the Ukraine crisis, they have inflicted huge losses to the Ukrainian air force.
> There are really not many countries (that we're likely to go to war with) that have the capabilities you're talking about
They may not have these capabilities yet, but systems like the S-400 exist and they will certainly proliferate in the coming years. It would be a mistake to plan for the present situation only. Iran for instance, is very interested in acquiring the S-400.
Oh, I agree, we shouldn't plan for the current situation only. That would be plain stupid. I'm just disagreeing that the B-52 (or similar) don't/won't have a place in warfare over contested space. We have learned to overcome the limitations of these aircraft through modified battle tactics and I suspect we will continue to do so. The new bomber is going to be many years in the making and will probably not be much of an enhancement as far as actual capability but, as other comments have stated, it wouldn't be worth the time of putting the proposal together if they didn't show some "whiz bang" feature that will likely impact performance negatively.
Yes, but these SAMs are becoming more and more sophisticated. An S-400 can easily reach a B-52's cruising altitude.
Yes, they can. How well do they work against EW countermeasures? (I don't know.) I'm just pointing out that even "contested" space is a relative thing and something can be heavily defended without being practically defended against even B-52s. There are really not many countries (that we're likely to go to war with) that have the capabilities you're talking about. That doesn't mean they are unprotected though.
Is the B-52 the best choice in areas where they do have modern defenses? Probably not as a first wave aircraft but saying they are sitting ducks in any contested airspace simply isn't accurate.
You are aware that lying is deliberately providing false or misleading information rather than just misremembering something, right? It's not lying if you're just wrong but unaware of it. It's just being wrong. It's only lying if you intentionally give bad testimony; and it's already punishable as a crime.
How would you punish the computer? (Not that I'm overly concerned about this possibility.)
The problem with this thought process is we don't fly them the way we did in Vietnam. Those were all very low level carpet bombing runs and these days they don't fly them that way as often. We do high altitude runs (often after SOF has disabled key defense systems on the ground) and then send in the grunts.
They've also massively improved the EW capabilities of the B-52 since then and they most definitely can survive in contested airspace. Hell they were "dodging" SAMs left and right in Iraq in '91. SA-2s, 3s, 6s, 8s, 9s, and 13s. Sure, most of those have relatively short ranges/altitude capabilities but 8s can get to 40,000 feet (12 km) at a range of 9+ miles (15 km).
There actually was a plan and proposal to move to a 4 engine variant- I believe in late 90s if I remember correctly. It ended up being scrapped (for reasons I was not privy to) and just hasn't happened. I think the general consensus is "why mess with it if it's still working and we can still source the parts". The H model has been in production since the early 60s so the engines could certainly be replaced with something more efficient but again, why fix what ain't broken?
Northrop Grumman just won a contract for the next generation "Long Range Strike Bomber" but the contract is already in trouble since the aware has already been protested by Boeing, which causes all sorts of troubles. Boeing did the same thing when Northrop was awarded the contract for the next generation refueling aircraft. It got so expensive Northrop pulled their proposal (after winning initially) and Boeing won the rebid. Boeing's trying the same tactic again.
While I agree with the idea that the people suggesting this action are morons, if your marriage is going to fail because someone sent a flyer recommending you stay away from prostitutes, your relationship is going to fail anyway.
There is nothing in that article that would indicate what the letters would actually say so a lot of people are making huge leaps to reach the "you're a 'John' and we caught you on our cameras" conclusion. The flyers could be as innocuous as "this is a known prostitution area, please be aware of people approaching your vehicle" or they could actually be "you've been caught on candid camera". The FA is incredibly short on details but it's sure put slashdot into a frenzy. Job well done, Washington Post editors.
Every course I took, as an Electrical Engineer, had books in the college library for use as reference. I stopped buying textbooks after my first year of school. Nearly ever math book had the chapters rearranged but 90% of the examples and problems were the same if you went to the appropriate chapter. Where they were different it was never hard to get the correct questions from fellow students.
Or just split the cost of books with others in your section and make "study groups".
Because third party Windows software, especially from Apple, keeps losing features that users want/like. Upgrading to lose capability is stupid. Add to that the incredible amount of bloat and shit like embedded advertising and users have very little incentive to "upgrade" to new versions.
Plenty of cell phones report their GPS back to the system and to stupid apps people use to track every move and report it to whatever Twitter/Facebook/narcissistappoftheday they happen to use.
Technically it isn't the GPS "reporting" it but that's not really the point. There are plenty of ways to track the position of a cell phone.
Assuming he's a friend of people who have access to the right tools in the first place then they probably already have his IMEI for "testing" or just messing with him when he's within range. We use our own phones all the time to test these devices. I have a list of mine and probably 15 of my coworkers IMEIs on a computer (not accessible from the internet) that most of us have access to use.
You need new doctors, and you need to start taking your lab work where you want it done. There's no requirement that your blood be drawn at your doctor's office. Hell get the doctor to write the paperwork up (which he/she has to do anyway) and give it to you then go wherever the hell you want to get the bloodwork done. Doctor has no say in the matter.
That said, I've never been "pre-billed" by Quest so maybe it's something about where you're at, rather than the company as a whole. Their prices are ridiculous though.
Or just let them be kids and give them exposure to a lot of things and let them decide what they're interested in instead of trying to force them down a particular path. There are plenty of avenues of success (both emotional and financial) that don't involve engineering or electronics.
You are aware that "club sports" are just "clubs" that play sports, right? It's not like we're talking about Notre Dame varsity football or Duke varsity Basketball that you watch on tv. This is sports for the rest of us. You're not likely to see any scholarships created in support of this, just like there are very few (if any) scholarships for other "club sports" most of which don't have any kind of try-outs or meritocracy for playing time. You show up, you play, in most cases.
Shred it. Simple rule; if it has my name and address or any other information that identifies me, it gets shredded. Even junk mail gets my name torn off and shredded before it goes in the recycle bin.
For good measure I use the shreds as fire starters in the winter.
Ah, slashdot. Go away for a couple weeks and find things like this. I am not a "cynical asshole know-it-all and no one wants to associate". I actually have very good relationships with my neighbors, we talk every couple of days, but they don't ask to borrow my car (even my truck). A chain saw or lawn mower, occasionally but never a car. As I said, I believe your mother is either incredibly nice or naive (most people don't even let casual friends borrow their vehicles, much less neighbors) but that has no bearing on me as a person.
I also didn't claim to "know what everyone in my office does on their spare time". I do however know what they do because I'm not a "cynical asshole know-it-all and no one wants to associate" but, rather, someone who talks with my coworkers about their lives and what they do. I know it's hard to believe on slashdot, where everyone is supposedly a basement dwelling troll, but the real world simply isn't like that and I live in the real world. I spend the majority of my waking life around these people and I like knowing who they are and sharing who I am with them. We talk about what we do, we share information about how we use our vehicles when someone's looking for a new one etc etc.
I was not demonizing anyone who owns trucks. I have owned several over the years, including one now. The fact that it's a "stripped down" version and actually used for work was the point I and the post you and I both responded to were both making. Super expensive vehicles (whether they're trucks or not) typically aren't work vehicles. Work vehicles typically aren't $50000+. Simple reality.
Note that most of those "RC model aircraft that have been flying since before most of you were born" also didn't fly in restricted airspace, or commercial flight lanes. This has nothing to do with it being a drone and everything to do with how it was being flown. It would be the same situation of some RC flyer decided to be a douche in the same way. Except he'd probably also be facing jail time.
Your mother is either incredibly nice or incredibly naive, I'm not sure which. My neighbors wouldn't dare ask to borrow my car. As for the rest, there at least 15 pickup trucks in the parking lot of my office right now. We all live/work in relatively upscale (solidly "middle class" but McMansion style living) environments and probably 3 of those pickups ever get used for anything other than light duty similar to what I do with a roof rack on my sedans. I know for a fact that I've towed more with my Honda Crosstour than all but one of those trucks have towed. Most pickups on the road in urban areas are either stripped down as the GP stated or they're just "manly" commuter vehicles. A lot like Hummers and the giant SUVs.
You're making large assumptions about that. I know plenty of people who pay cash for cars, new or used. Probably not the norm but certainly far from unrealistic.
Tesla should just lease the batteries. Replace them every X years and do battery charge capacity or some other meaningful metric instead of miles to determine how much you owe on the lease at the end. Recylcling the batteries will be "green" and it keeps people coming back for upgrades that will keep the cars on the road longer and reach more than just the niche market of people who can afford niche cars.
You can buy cars that are just as nice for half the money, it makes no sense other than as a fashion statement or a "I'm saving the Earth" statement.
Or perhaps to keep supporting a company that is driving that market? I'm with you, it's not useful enough but there are other reasons to buy these than image.
So the entire article boils down to "money is the only real barrier". The rest is just values of money that people are willing to accept to overlook the rules.
As opposed to letting your insurance company pick one for you? Seriously, I use customer reviews to pick doctors, dentists, and just about every other thing. At least I get some insight as to how they actually treat patients that way. The "old way" you just accepted whatever doctor your primary doctor recommended without much else to go on... who knows why they pick each other but I can guarantee one thing, it isn't because "they're the best". There's only 1 "best" and it's very unlikely that person lives and works near you.
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> How well do they work against EW countermeasures
S-300/400 SAMs are said to be very resistant to radar jamming. In the Ukraine crisis, they have inflicted huge losses to the Ukrainian air force.
> There are really not many countries (that we're likely to go to war with) that have the capabilities you're talking about
They may not have these capabilities yet, but systems like the S-400 exist and they will certainly proliferate in the coming years. It would be a mistake to plan for the present situation only. Iran for instance, is very interested in acquiring the S-400.
Oh, I agree, we shouldn't plan for the current situation only. That would be plain stupid. I'm just disagreeing that the B-52 (or similar) don't/won't have a place in warfare over contested space. We have learned to overcome the limitations of these aircraft through modified battle tactics and I suspect we will continue to do so. The new bomber is going to be many years in the making and will probably not be much of an enhancement as far as actual capability but, as other comments have stated, it wouldn't be worth the time of putting the proposal together if they didn't show some "whiz bang" feature that will likely impact performance negatively.
Yes, but these SAMs are becoming more and more sophisticated. An S-400 can easily reach a B-52's cruising altitude.
Yes, they can. How well do they work against EW countermeasures? (I don't know.) I'm just pointing out that even "contested" space is a relative thing and something can be heavily defended without being practically defended against even B-52s. There are really not many countries (that we're likely to go to war with) that have the capabilities you're talking about. That doesn't mean they are unprotected though.
Is the B-52 the best choice in areas where they do have modern defenses? Probably not as a first wave aircraft but saying they are sitting ducks in any contested airspace simply isn't accurate.
2002. US declares war on Iraq. Since you asked.
You are aware that lying is deliberately providing false or misleading information rather than just misremembering something, right? It's not lying if you're just wrong but unaware of it. It's just being wrong. It's only lying if you intentionally give bad testimony; and it's already punishable as a crime.
How would you punish the computer? (Not that I'm overly concerned about this possibility.)
The problem with this thought process is we don't fly them the way we did in Vietnam. Those were all very low level carpet bombing runs and these days they don't fly them that way as often. We do high altitude runs (often after SOF has disabled key defense systems on the ground) and then send in the grunts.
They've also massively improved the EW capabilities of the B-52 since then and they most definitely can survive in contested airspace. Hell they were "dodging" SAMs left and right in Iraq in '91. SA-2s, 3s, 6s, 8s, 9s, and 13s. Sure, most of those have relatively short ranges/altitude capabilities but 8s can get to 40,000 feet (12 km) at a range of 9+ miles (15 km).
There actually was a plan and proposal to move to a 4 engine variant- I believe in late 90s if I remember correctly. It ended up being scrapped (for reasons I was not privy to) and just hasn't happened. I think the general consensus is "why mess with it if it's still working and we can still source the parts". The H model has been in production since the early 60s so the engines could certainly be replaced with something more efficient but again, why fix what ain't broken?
Northrop Grumman just won a contract for the next generation "Long Range Strike Bomber" but the contract is already in trouble since the aware has already been protested by Boeing, which causes all sorts of troubles. Boeing did the same thing when Northrop was awarded the contract for the next generation refueling aircraft. It got so expensive Northrop pulled their proposal (after winning initially) and Boeing won the rebid. Boeing's trying the same tactic again.
While I agree with the idea that the people suggesting this action are morons, if your marriage is going to fail because someone sent a flyer recommending you stay away from prostitutes, your relationship is going to fail anyway.
There is nothing in that article that would indicate what the letters would actually say so a lot of people are making huge leaps to reach the "you're a 'John' and we caught you on our cameras" conclusion. The flyers could be as innocuous as "this is a known prostitution area, please be aware of people approaching your vehicle" or they could actually be "you've been caught on candid camera". The FA is incredibly short on details but it's sure put slashdot into a frenzy. Job well done, Washington Post editors.
Every course I took, as an Electrical Engineer, had books in the college library for use as reference. I stopped buying textbooks after my first year of school. Nearly ever math book had the chapters rearranged but 90% of the examples and problems were the same if you went to the appropriate chapter. Where they were different it was never hard to get the correct questions from fellow students.
Or just split the cost of books with others in your section and make "study groups".
Because third party Windows software, especially from Apple, keeps losing features that users want/like. Upgrading to lose capability is stupid. Add to that the incredible amount of bloat and shit like embedded advertising and users have very little incentive to "upgrade" to new versions.
Plenty of cell phones report their GPS back to the system and to stupid apps people use to track every move and report it to whatever Twitter/Facebook/narcissistappoftheday they happen to use.
Technically it isn't the GPS "reporting" it but that's not really the point. There are plenty of ways to track the position of a cell phone.
Assuming he's a friend of people who have access to the right tools in the first place then they probably already have his IMEI for "testing" or just messing with him when he's within range. We use our own phones all the time to test these devices. I have a list of mine and probably 15 of my coworkers IMEIs on a computer (not accessible from the internet) that most of us have access to use.
How is that different than Chrome itself? Isn't that the point of Google's browser; to serve 3rd party ads to me and track my usage?
You need new doctors, and you need to start taking your lab work where you want it done. There's no requirement that your blood be drawn at your doctor's office. Hell get the doctor to write the paperwork up (which he/she has to do anyway) and give it to you then go wherever the hell you want to get the bloodwork done. Doctor has no say in the matter.
That said, I've never been "pre-billed" by Quest so maybe it's something about where you're at, rather than the company as a whole. Their prices are ridiculous though.
Or just let them be kids and give them exposure to a lot of things and let them decide what they're interested in instead of trying to force them down a particular path. There are plenty of avenues of success (both emotional and financial) that don't involve engineering or electronics.
You are aware that "club sports" are just "clubs" that play sports, right? It's not like we're talking about Notre Dame varsity football or Duke varsity Basketball that you watch on tv. This is sports for the rest of us. You're not likely to see any scholarships created in support of this, just like there are very few (if any) scholarships for other "club sports" most of which don't have any kind of try-outs or meritocracy for playing time. You show up, you play, in most cases.
Shred it. Simple rule; if it has my name and address or any other information that identifies me, it gets shredded. Even junk mail gets my name torn off and shredded before it goes in the recycle bin.
For good measure I use the shreds as fire starters in the winter.
Ah, slashdot. Go away for a couple weeks and find things like this. I am not a "cynical asshole know-it-all and no one wants to associate". I actually have very good relationships with my neighbors, we talk every couple of days, but they don't ask to borrow my car (even my truck). A chain saw or lawn mower, occasionally but never a car. As I said, I believe your mother is either incredibly nice or naive (most people don't even let casual friends borrow their vehicles, much less neighbors) but that has no bearing on me as a person.
I also didn't claim to "know what everyone in my office does on their spare time". I do however know what they do because I'm not a "cynical asshole know-it-all and no one wants to associate" but, rather, someone who talks with my coworkers about their lives and what they do. I know it's hard to believe on slashdot, where everyone is supposedly a basement dwelling troll, but the real world simply isn't like that and I live in the real world. I spend the majority of my waking life around these people and I like knowing who they are and sharing who I am with them. We talk about what we do, we share information about how we use our vehicles when someone's looking for a new one etc etc.
I was not demonizing anyone who owns trucks. I have owned several over the years, including one now. The fact that it's a "stripped down" version and actually used for work was the point I and the post you and I both responded to were both making. Super expensive vehicles (whether they're trucks or not) typically aren't work vehicles. Work vehicles typically aren't $50000+. Simple reality.
Note that most of those "RC model aircraft that have been flying since before most of you were born" also didn't fly in restricted airspace, or commercial flight lanes. This has nothing to do with it being a drone and everything to do with how it was being flown. It would be the same situation of some RC flyer decided to be a douche in the same way. Except he'd probably also be facing jail time.
Your mother is either incredibly nice or incredibly naive, I'm not sure which. My neighbors wouldn't dare ask to borrow my car. As for the rest, there at least 15 pickup trucks in the parking lot of my office right now. We all live/work in relatively upscale (solidly "middle class" but McMansion style living) environments and probably 3 of those pickups ever get used for anything other than light duty similar to what I do with a roof rack on my sedans. I know for a fact that I've towed more with my Honda Crosstour than all but one of those trucks have towed. Most pickups on the road in urban areas are either stripped down as the GP stated or they're just "manly" commuter vehicles. A lot like Hummers and the giant SUVs.
You're making large assumptions about that. I know plenty of people who pay cash for cars, new or used. Probably not the norm but certainly far from unrealistic.
Tesla should just lease the batteries. Replace them every X years and do battery charge capacity or some other meaningful metric instead of miles to determine how much you owe on the lease at the end. Recylcling the batteries will be "green" and it keeps people coming back for upgrades that will keep the cars on the road longer and reach more than just the niche market of people who can afford niche cars.
You can buy cars that are just as nice for half the money, it makes no sense other than as a fashion statement or a "I'm saving the Earth" statement.
Or perhaps to keep supporting a company that is driving that market? I'm with you, it's not useful enough but there are other reasons to buy these than image.
So the entire article boils down to "money is the only real barrier". The rest is just values of money that people are willing to accept to overlook the rules.
A full week of shark attacks on people taking selfies. Justice is served!
As opposed to letting your insurance company pick one for you? Seriously, I use customer reviews to pick doctors, dentists, and just about every other thing. At least I get some insight as to how they actually treat patients that way. The "old way" you just accepted whatever doctor your primary doctor recommended without much else to go on... who knows why they pick each other but I can guarantee one thing, it isn't because "they're the best". There's only 1 "best" and it's very unlikely that person lives and works near you.