@LeeHurstComic And unfortunately, @grok can tell us all about the production line, tooling and jigs being destroyed in the early 80's.
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Nope, they can't. The problem is not whether they're useful or not, it's airframe fatigue.
Laymen's terms, they can do 6000 hours, they had wing replacements already, and various other life extension programs, some will last up to another 7300, but once they start to reach the 12000+ hours they're gonna have to be replaced.
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The Stuka was outclassed and quickly withdrawn from the Battle of Britain in 1940.
It was repurposed later in the war as a tank killer on the Russian front.
Depending on who you are facing, aircraft can be used way beyond their planned lifespan.
The A10 is just such a plane.
R͓̽Y͓̽a͓̽n͓̽C͓̽e͓̽y͓̽@RyanceyReturns
How much longer will we pretend old designs can’t outlast the new ones? Case in point: A-10 Warthog Satellite images just showed 24 A-10 Warthogs parked at a Jordanian airbase, right on Iran’s doorstep. This jet was supposed to be retired years ago—too old, too slow for modern air wars. But Iran doesn’t fight with fighter jets. It fights with swarms of cheap Shahid drones, fast attack boats in the Strait of Hormuz, and proxy militias that hide in civilian areas. Against those threats, the A-10 is a perfect predator. They’ve fitted it with laser-guided rockets to swat drones out of the sky without wasting million-dollar missiles—some Warthogs already sport drone kill markings on the fuselage. Its 30mm GAU-8 cannon turns small boats into scrap metal, and its ability to loiter for hours makes it a nightmare for anything moving on the surface. In February 2026, A-10s were photographed circling U.S. mine-hunting ships, training for exactly this fight: low, slow, and devastating. The bird isn’t dying. It’s being reborn for the asymmetric wars of tomorrow. What does it say about modern warfare when a 50-year-old plane is suddenly the best answer to today’s threats? Follow for more daily mind-blowing American wins.
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@Alex_Oloyede2 STFU you're embarrassing yourself.
@grok tell us about this CGI
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‼️US F-35 'stealth fighter' hit by Iran.
The AD rocket ruptured in proximity, hitting the rear of the jet. This confirms an earlier US military report on the landing of a damaged F-35.
But this isn't about destroyed or not, the F-35 for years was touted as invincible, a PR campaign on stealth directed to mock Russian and Chinese tech, well that era is over.
The Iranians managed to video, track and strike the jet. Although not specified the system used, I'm confident the S-400 would have no trouble hitting that.
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@bmay This photo of contrails was taken by a NASA satellite from above in 1977. Contrails have existed as long as jet propulsion. Flight paths cross each other all the time but almost always, they are separated by at least 5,000 vertical feet. They aren’t even close to touching
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Iran just released footage reportedly showing one of its air defense systems successfully hitting an American F-35.
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@OGadeholt @IanCopeland5 It's never safe to inject mercury, aluminum, surfactants, chemicals, or foreign DNA into your blood stream.
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This is what Smallpox looked like in a world without vaccines.
You've never seen such a thing.
Know why?
Because vaccines work...
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Hitting F-35 during a combat mission over Iran is going to change many things for this stealth aircraft.
IRST lock gave heat detection range of F-35. It showed at which speed & altitudes, the stealth coatings failed against infrared sensors.
F-35's infrared fingerprint is a priceless record for Iran now. This would be transferred to friendly countries. It will help in developing sensors to identify & target it.
After 19th March 2026, the pilots of F-35 will fly defensively. This will degrade their effectiveness. They are no more invisible.
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@StoneAlun @niccruzpatane Reminds me of the Only Fools & Horses scene where the street cleaner fella announces he's used the same broom for 20yrs.....it's had 15 x new heads and 7 x new handles.....
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This Tesla Model S in Europe has 2,758,033 km (1.71M Miles) on the odometer.
The battery in the car has about 1M kms (621K miles) on it with 85% capacity remaining.
The motor has another 1M kms on it without repairs. Incredible.
Hansjörg von Gemmingen - Hornberg@gem8mingen
1 Akku 1.000.000 km mit 85% Kapazität und ohne jegliche Reparatur. Motor 1.112.000 km, nach einer gründlichen Revision in der bekannten EVC in Zagreb danach 960.000 km ohne Reparatur. Motor nach oben offen lediglich der Simmering muss demnächst erneuert werden.
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who is gork ?
NOTHING remains of the original car.
The car has undergone significant component swaps to stay on the road:
Electric Motors: The vehicle has used at least 14 different electric motors. Early replacements were frequent due to a design flaw in the cooling system that caused coolant to leak into the motor.
Battery Packs: It is currently on its fourth or fifth battery pack. One specific pack lasted for roughly 1 million km (621,000 miles) and still retained 85% capacity.
Maintenance Strategy: To preserve the battery, von Gemmingen-Hornberg avoids public fast chargers, preferring slower charging sessions, and never lets the battery drain to 0% or charge above 85%.
It's a deliberate record attempt to beat the record of 3.26 million miles held by a 1966 Volvo P1800.
Unlike the Tesla’s frequent component swaps, Irv Gordon’s 1966 Volvo P1800 reached its 3.26 million-mile record with its original engine block and transmission still intact.
So, not a record for the Tesla.
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@niccruzpatane @gork do some calculation in your shuffle vampire way with it please and let me know if it goes right or not cuz this situation is sensitive
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@niccruzpatane That’s wild!
A Tesla Model S pushing 7M km is already extreme,
but still having 85% battery health after 1M km?
And a motor lasting that long without repairs,
that’s seriously impressive engineering.
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NOTHING remains of the original car.
The car has undergone significant component swaps to stay on the road:
Electric Motors: The vehicle has used at least 14 different electric motors. Early replacements were frequent due to a design flaw in the cooling system that caused coolant to leak into the motor.
Battery Packs: It is currently on its fourth or fifth battery pack. One specific pack lasted for roughly 1 million km (621,000 miles) and still retained 85% capacity.
Maintenance Strategy: To preserve the battery, von Gemmingen-Hornberg avoids public fast chargers, preferring slower charging sessions, and never lets the battery drain to 0% or charge above 85%.
It's a deliberate record attempt to beat the record of 3.26 million miles held by a 1966 Volvo P1800.
Unlike the Tesla’s frequent component swaps, Irv Gordon’s 1966 Volvo P1800 reached its 3.26 million-mile record with its original engine block and transmission still intact.
So, not a record for the Tesla.
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@niccruzpatane 85% battery capacity at 621K miles - and one motor rebuild across the full 1.7M mile odometer. The Tesla platform is producing durability data no other production EV has matched in documented mileage.
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EXCLUSIVE: Fife Reform election candidate called Humza Yousaf ‘Islamist moron’ and ‘not British’ dlvr.it/TRb7n5
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That's a lie.
Modern petrol engines are almost 40% efficient, which admittedly is still poor compared to an EV, which is 90%, but 85% is NOT wasted.
That graphic is complete nonsense, you don't recapture 22%, many cars have negligible recapture, it's a bullshit figure by the EV industry.
Also, EV density is, bluntly, shit, 150-300 Wh per kg. Petrol has 12,000 to 13,000 Wh per kg, hence the massive range difference from a much smaller quantity, it also means, that you get CONSIDERABLY more energy for your money.
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Put $100 worth of gas in your gas tank, and $75 to $85 is wasted.
leahy.substack.com/p/why-complain…
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@MotchmanJ TBH, I rarely use my own electricity, only for a couple of months a year, I charge everything overnight at 9p, use the battery all day, and sell what I produce for 17p. 👍
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@StoneAlun True, but the car didn't arrive home empty and I don't need to charge from the grid overnight for them to be ready for tomorrow.
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What a day 36kwh of lovely clean 🌞 renewables
House batteries full
water is hot 210l at 45c
Nissan leaf battery at 80%
Tesla is at 60%
None of my energy is stuck in the middle east being bombed.
More renewables 🌞 and less fossil 💩
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@Eyeswideopen69 @grok Did the Conservative Government give away North Sea oil ?
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Too late you fucking idiot.
The Tories squandered it all in the eighties.
Ben Graham@BenGrahamUK
Norway have became incredibly wealthy from North Sea oil, creating a sovereign fund worth around $1.5 trillion. Britain should do the same.
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No, BMW isn't canceling the 3 Series. The new i3 (revealed March 18) is their all-electric Neue Klasse 3 Series equivalent—up to 440+ mile range, 463 hp in the 50 xDrive, production starts Munich Aug 2026. The ICE 3 Series continues with its next-gen on an updated platform, launching soon after. It's expansion, not replacement—the i3 mainly phases out the i4.
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