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Was speaking with a friend of mine on this, and disregarding our disdain for the man, we figured that the best ship to be named after Trump would be that new underway rearmament & resupply ship design being proposed. He claims to be the man who delivers the best deals, so name a ship that delive...

Only way this works is just cancelling the Fords, and bring back the Nimitz. And that if the talk about the positioning of the island turns out to be false.

We're barreling towards Armageddon, and no one in power, left or right, wants to stop it cause they want that $$$...

Kunkmiester wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2026 2:35 am What are the thermal losses on piping the heat exchange fluid up? I can't imagine it's small no matter how well you insulate.

Though if you can drop a reactor down, I'm sure a turbine would fit too.

No more than Geothermal plants, I'd imagine.

Just stick with the baseline C-17, going with a B or FE variant will be ripe for issues on top of the Boeing QC.

White House officials tell Rep. Burchett that President Trump is being blocked on the UFO files, “They’re gonna take this high road and say it’s gonna disrupt religion” “I don’t buy that. As a Christian, that doesn’t affect me one bit. I think they need to disclose everything.” Calling it now, that...

Looking at that image, not only did they lose one lightning tower, they might have to take down the surviving one. It looks like there's a few girders blown off mid-way up.

I'll believe it when I see it. A fully operational nuclear-powered spacecraft in 2 years? Unless the USAF's been operating a fleet of interstellar battlecarriers, I don't see that happening any time soon. Odds are, it was meant to be 2038, but then someone high up said 2028 and the govt, being the ...

I'll believe it when I see it. A fully operational nuclear-powered spacecraft in 2 years? Unless the USAF's been operating a fleet of interstellar battlecarriers, I don't see that happening any time soon. Odds are, it was meant to be 2038, but then someone high up said 2028 and the govt, being the g...

Of all the stupid things to do. If you screw up and come clean people will understand. If you cover it up or don't cooperate, they'll look for ways to screw you up. It makes sense if the only thing the company cares about is the quarterly stock review, gotta think of the shareholders! *rlyneedsabar...

Only reason to watch the Super Bowl anymore is if it's your team playing, and for the commercials... which isn't as important anymore due to half of them being put on YT the day before.

I live in ENC, right where it hit the hardest. 16" of snow here at my house, officially 13" for the area. Was buried in place til family came up with a backhoe with a dozer plate to clear the road I'm on.

Takes this with a fair bit of salt but there’s reporting in a ”paywalled” article in the Daily Mail today that Trump will hold a disclosure speech. Per a ”source” elsewhere this is supposedly what will be stated: If Trump announces anything like that, it will be the best announcement of its kind ev...

...Why would say that, Mrs McCaw? What do you know?

So when does the Space Force showcase their fleet of AD-304s?

It was pulled as he directly went against Trump's comments, publicly. I missed that. What did he say? He wanted to keep or increase NASA's funding, and stated such the day after Trump's proposal to cut NASA's budget in half. That, Issac's history of also donating to Democratic nominees, and the the...

It was pulled as he directly went against Trump's comments, publicly.

I am starting to lean toward just getting rid of the land based ballistic missile leg of the Triad. 90% of its mission can be performed by the Ballistic missile submarines and they have capabilities that the land-based missiles don't have. Bombers can be the backup to the Navy, and bombers can perf...

IIRC, it was to use the stockpile of 105s the Abrams were originally armed with.

Much as folks might not want to hear this, but give it time, it'll give you the right answer. Might not be this year, but could be next year, or the year after. AI is improving leaps & bounds, just 2 years ago, Image AIs were making basic mosaics, now it's doing full on animations. Chat AIs were...