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Nobody in the United States has claimed that we can start a nuclear war without consequences. Nobody in the US political or military hierarchy believes that NMD can halt an attack from Russia. Hell, it probably can't even halt an attack from China at this point.
It's aimed squarely at Iran and North Korea. Hell, the interceptors aren't even positioned to intercept missiles coming from Russia. The Russians know this. The Pentagon knows this. What's the problem?
But seriously, if there's enough reluctance on either side such that pausing to put on a condom is "difficult"
I hate the damn things because they are useless for anything other than missionary, at least in my experience. Any other position and the damn things come off. I've tried every conceivable brand and size to no avail.
Much easier to be in a monogamous relationship with someone you trust, IMHO anyway. I dread the day I have to re-enter the dating field and start screwing around with those godawful pieces of latex.
The institutional knowledge and skills to successfully pull off the kind of sub-on-sub tracking that they did in the cold war did not exist anywhere that I could see.
That's depressing. The USN has really gone "all in" on this brown water force projection BS haven't they? I guess the blue water navy didn't seem as relevant after the Cold War ended but it seems to me that we really need to practice tracking the vessels that can kill tens of millions of American citizens at a moments notice. Of course I'm just an armchair Admiral, so what do I know:)
Maybe when the Chinese do something that we haven't done before we'll finally wake up and shake off our complacency. I think we need another Sputnik as a kick in the pants.
China only has three SSBNs unless they've somehow managed to construct and deploy more of them in secret. In that case I'd say the guys at NRO and DIA need a swift kick in the ass. Surely we have the assets to track three SSBNs, particularly when at least one of them is in port at any given time? I'm also assuming that we retain some sort of ocean surveillance system (SOSUS equivalent) even in the post Cold War era. I know there's a mobile equivalent mounted on ships like the Victorious and Impeccable.
The possibility of an SSBN sneaking up on the American coast was never discounted.
Wonko, you were (are?) a bubblehead, right? It's my understanding that the Chinese are at least a generation or two behind us in terms of submarine technology. Even if they've received assistance from the Russians it would seem unlikely that they could construct an SSBN that could travel all the way across the Pacific without being tracked by the US Navy. If they did manage such a feat then I certainly hope that heads are rolling at Pearl Harbor and the Pentagon....
It also seems unlikely that the Chinese would be insane enough to engage in brinkmanship with nuclear capable missiles 30 miles off our coast. It's a dangerous enough game when the launches are announced ahead of time and conducted at established ranges. Doing it 30 miles off the coast of a nuclear armed state with earning warning systems and second strike capability? That's just crazy.
Modern ones are. Trident II has a quoted range of 7,000 miles. The French M51 has a quoted range of 6,200 miles.
The original SLBM's would be more properly described as medium range ballistic missiles (MRBM) or intermediate range ballistic missiles (IRBM). Polaris I had a quoted range of 1,000 miles, making it a MRBM. The A3 version of Polaris had a quoted range of 3,000 miles, making it a IRBM. There is some overlap between these terms and the range figures for them are somewhat arbitrary. The A2 version of Polaris could be classified either way.
...you'd think people with smartphones have the money and sense to use protection.
Well, protection only reduces your chance of contracting certain diseases, it does not eliminate it. It's also less than effective on certain (herpes) STIs than is commonly believed.
Monogamy > protection. Added bonus: Not having to use condoms. That interface didn't evolve with a piece of latex in mind....
Let's say I'm a Yemenite raised in the US. I have two brothers in the same situation and we all have stolen the identity of our neighbors and forged the Gun Permits as well as other Identification documents. We are now back at the same situation.
You can play the "what if" game until the cows come home, you haven't proven anything.
You inalienable right to self defense stops when it endangers my life.
You have yet to convince me that carrying a firearm on an airplane "endangers" your life. You have no problem with Federal LEOs carrying them but do have a problem with civilians carrying them? Your logic escapes me. I guess bullets are only dangerous when they come out of a civilians gun and those that come out of a LEOs gun never miss their target and can't "blow up" the airplane?
No I wouldn't. The power company is selling both of us 20kWh connections. If he uses all of his 20kWh and it leads to brownouts at my house, that means the power company hasn't actually delivered the product I and my neighbor are paying for.
KWh is a measure of energy consumption (1 KwH = 3,600,000 joules), not energy transmission capacity. A residential setting would usually have a 100, 200 or (rarely) 400 ampere service. The 400 ampere service would be 96 kilowatts, not 96 kilowatt-hours.
Incidentally, there are times when the grid can't handle the load for whatever reason. Different regions deal with this differently. California handles it with rolling blackouts. My state handles it by allowing the voltage to drop (brownout) instead of cutting off portions of the grid. Either way, your ability to consume unlimited amounts of power is effectively throttled, even if you are willing to pay for the privilege.
All they would have to do is come from a country that would allow them to carry weapons onto the plane too.
International flights would probably operate under different rules if for no other reason than the lack of very many countries that permit their citizens to carry firearms. The 9/11 flights were domestic, so let's confine our discussion to that arena.
One or two air marshals hidden within the passenger
Sure, and where does the budget for that come from? There are over 25,000 domestic flights in the United States each day. Accounting for three shifts and building in some overhead for sick days/vacation/training/etc you'd probably need to hire ~150,000-200,000 LEOs to put two air marshals on each flight. If they are classified GS-10 (that's where the FBI starts their special agents) they'll be making ~65K a year. Toss in their benefits, training, etc and the cost per employee is close to 100k.
And something that you might not be noticing or recognizing is that the plane is in a pressurized environment once at cruising altitude. While this might not automagically cause the cabin walls to explode sucking passengers out if you shoot through them (it could)
That's FUD. A.45" hole is going to cause depressurization. It's not going to "explode" the cabin walls.
it very well can deplete the oxygen levels and air pressure rapidly creating a life threatening situation for the passengers should you miss your target while trying to be a hero.
That's what the oxygen masks are for. And it has nothing to do with "being a hero". It has everything to do with saving your life. Self-defense is an inalienable human right. It does not cease to exist at cruising altitude.
So you are citing UK street prices as evidence of what the product costs in the United States? Do you not see the absurdity of that?
Around these parts (Upstate NY) the going rate is $40 to $80 per eighth, depending on quality and seasonal fluctuations. Don't take my word for it though, I'm just another pothead. You are welcome to fly out here and buy it on your own if you doubt what I'm saying.
We should have allowed it back in the 1970s and 1980s when hijacking first came onto the scene. Kidnapping someone is a huge violation of their human rights and most (all?) American jurisdictions permit the use of deadly force in response to a kidnapping attempt.
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He also got busted for obstruction of justice by panicking and wiping his drive
Should have used encryption......
Does the US have air defense to speak of?
No.
Why would the military perform a missile launch to beat their chest then deny that they did it?
It was to be announced at the next Party Congress. As you know, the Premier loves surprises.
Maybe the object was his web server lifting off into space?
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Solved already? Really? The last I checked "zillions" of sites don't support https. Slashdot for instance.
Slashdot supports https for subscribers. Try it sometime.
Just educate people
I've quoted the flaw in your plan ;)
Nobody in the United States has claimed that we can start a nuclear war without consequences. Nobody in the US political or military hierarchy believes that NMD can halt an attack from Russia. Hell, it probably can't even halt an attack from China at this point.
It's aimed squarely at Iran and North Korea. Hell, the interceptors aren't even positioned to intercept missiles coming from Russia. The Russians know this. The Pentagon knows this. What's the problem?
If it doesn't work then why are the Russians so afraid of it?
But seriously, if there's enough reluctance on either side such that pausing to put on a condom is "difficult"
I hate the damn things because they are useless for anything other than missionary, at least in my experience. Any other position and the damn things come off. I've tried every conceivable brand and size to no avail.
Much easier to be in a monogamous relationship with someone you trust, IMHO anyway. I dread the day I have to re-enter the dating field and start screwing around with those godawful pieces of latex.
The institutional knowledge and skills to successfully pull off the kind of sub-on-sub tracking that they did in the cold war did not exist anywhere that I could see.
That's depressing. The USN has really gone "all in" on this brown water force projection BS haven't they? I guess the blue water navy didn't seem as relevant after the Cold War ended but it seems to me that we really need to practice tracking the vessels that can kill tens of millions of American citizens at a moments notice. Of course I'm just an armchair Admiral, so what do I know :)
Maybe when the Chinese do something that we haven't done before we'll finally wake up and shake off our complacency. I think we need another Sputnik as a kick in the pants.
The Tomahawk is a cruise missile. It's effectively a small pilot-less aircraft with a warhead.
China only has three SSBNs unless they've somehow managed to construct and deploy more of them in secret. In that case I'd say the guys at NRO and DIA need a swift kick in the ass. Surely we have the assets to track three SSBNs, particularly when at least one of them is in port at any given time? I'm also assuming that we retain some sort of ocean surveillance system (SOSUS equivalent) even in the post Cold War era. I know there's a mobile equivalent mounted on ships like the Victorious and Impeccable.
The possibility of an SSBN sneaking up on the American coast was never discounted.
Wonko, you were (are?) a bubblehead, right? It's my understanding that the Chinese are at least a generation or two behind us in terms of submarine technology. Even if they've received assistance from the Russians it would seem unlikely that they could construct an SSBN that could travel all the way across the Pacific without being tracked by the US Navy. If they did manage such a feat then I certainly hope that heads are rolling at Pearl Harbor and the Pentagon....
It also seems unlikely that the Chinese would be insane enough to engage in brinkmanship with nuclear capable missiles 30 miles off our coast. It's a dangerous enough game when the launches are announced ahead of time and conducted at established ranges. Doing it 30 miles off the coast of a nuclear armed state with earning warning systems and second strike capability? That's just crazy.
Are all SLBM's implicitly intercontinental?
Modern ones are. Trident II has a quoted range of 7,000 miles. The French M51 has a quoted range of 6,200 miles.
The original SLBM's would be more properly described as medium range ballistic missiles (MRBM) or intermediate range ballistic missiles (IRBM). Polaris I had a quoted range of 1,000 miles, making it a MRBM. The A3 version of Polaris had a quoted range of 3,000 miles, making it a IRBM. There is some overlap between these terms and the range figures for them are somewhat arbitrary. The A2 version of Polaris could be classified either way.
ithout having to risk losing half our shit when we want to upgrade to a newer model.
I didn't say "marriage", I said "monogamy".
or monogamy that isn't quite as monogamous as you thought/hoped/believed.
Well, there's always that chance, but that's part of the risk that goes along with trusting someone.
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Blame the editors, I used a different headline when I submitted the article.
...you'd think people with smartphones have the money and sense to use protection.
Well, protection only reduces your chance of contracting certain diseases, it does not eliminate it. It's also less than effective on certain (herpes) STIs than is commonly believed.
Monogamy > protection. Added bonus: Not having to use condoms. That interface didn't evolve with a piece of latex in mind....
Let's say I'm a Yemenite raised in the US. I have two brothers in the same situation and we all have stolen the identity of our neighbors and forged the Gun Permits as well as other Identification documents. We are now back at the same situation.
You can play the "what if" game until the cows come home, you haven't proven anything.
You inalienable right to self defense stops when it endangers my life.
You have yet to convince me that carrying a firearm on an airplane "endangers" your life. You have no problem with Federal LEOs carrying them but do have a problem with civilians carrying them? Your logic escapes me. I guess bullets are only dangerous when they come out of a civilians gun and those that come out of a LEOs gun never miss their target and can't "blow up" the airplane?
No I wouldn't. The power company is selling both of us 20kWh connections. If he uses all of his 20kWh and it leads to brownouts at my house, that means the power company hasn't actually delivered the product I and my neighbor are paying for.
KWh is a measure of energy consumption (1 KwH = 3,600,000 joules), not energy transmission capacity. A residential setting would usually have a 100, 200 or (rarely) 400 ampere service. The 400 ampere service would be 96 kilowatts, not 96 kilowatt-hours.
Incidentally, there are times when the grid can't handle the load for whatever reason. Different regions deal with this differently. California handles it with rolling blackouts. My state handles it by allowing the voltage to drop (brownout) instead of cutting off portions of the grid. Either way, your ability to consume unlimited amounts of power is effectively throttled, even if you are willing to pay for the privilege.
This is the most insightful analogy I've ever seen on /.
All they would have to do is come from a country that would allow them to carry weapons onto the plane too.
International flights would probably operate under different rules if for no other reason than the lack of very many countries that permit their citizens to carry firearms. The 9/11 flights were domestic, so let's confine our discussion to that arena.
One or two air marshals hidden within the passenger
Sure, and where does the budget for that come from? There are over 25,000 domestic flights in the United States each day. Accounting for three shifts and building in some overhead for sick days/vacation/training/etc you'd probably need to hire ~150,000-200,000 LEOs to put two air marshals on each flight. If they are classified GS-10 (that's where the FBI starts their special agents) they'll be making ~65K a year. Toss in their benefits, training, etc and the cost per employee is close to 100k.
And something that you might not be noticing or recognizing is that the plane is in a pressurized environment once at cruising altitude. While this might not automagically cause the cabin walls to explode sucking passengers out if you shoot through them (it could)
That's FUD. A .45" hole is going to cause depressurization. It's not going to "explode" the cabin walls.
it very well can deplete the oxygen levels and air pressure rapidly creating a life threatening situation for the passengers should you miss your target while trying to be a hero.
That's what the oxygen masks are for. And it has nothing to do with "being a hero". It has everything to do with saving your life. Self-defense is an inalienable human right. It does not cease to exist at cruising altitude.
So you are citing UK street prices as evidence of what the product costs in the United States? Do you not see the absurdity of that?
Around these parts (Upstate NY) the going rate is $40 to $80 per eighth, depending on quality and seasonal fluctuations. Don't take my word for it though, I'm just another pothead. You are welcome to fly out here and buy it on your own if you doubt what I'm saying.
We should have allowed it back in the 1970s and 1980s when hijacking first came onto the scene. Kidnapping someone is a huge violation of their human rights and most (all?) American jurisdictions permit the use of deadly force in response to a kidnapping attempt.