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@IterIntellectus It’s no meme. We have been told incompetence is competence for so long that the actual solutions are glaringly obvious.

i know it's a meme, but fuck me, he pressed the button and he actually fixed *everything* i wonder how much beauty is just sitting there hidden behind our fear to punish 1% of criminals

@The_real_Fenris I will be very productive.

Will you survive? 🫡

@Aristidis @DOWResponse @rich_goldberg @SecWar You need to get low and hunt for the hiding spots of those guys. That’s the job for slower moving attack platforms and drones. Even if we brought in patrol planes, as we use in the gulf of America, you’d have to clear all air defenses.

@DOWResponse @rich_goldberg @SecWar Problem is air defenses are not what is keeping SOH closed. It’s the risk of short range missiles and drones (sea, air, and fiber optically controlled).

.@SECWAR "A-10 Warthog and Apache helicopter gunships are flying strike missions inside Iranian airspace and the Strait of Hormuz at will. You only send these slow, low-flying close air support platforms when the enemy has no meaningful air defenses left."

@planefag The were made in an era where attrition was an accepted part of war. Our tactics have changed but the need for heavy attack platforms hasn’t. You still need that large caliber gun and large bomb load to rip up concrete and armor. You can’t fit that in a supersonic aircraft.

I love that he put the Apache and the Hog on the same level here lmao Note, neither airframe was intended to only operate with air supremacy. But by the same token both airframes were expected to suffer serious attrition in The Big One.

@reddit_lies First ID is free, replacement $20. See, problem solved. I don’t disagree on better compensation for jury duty, but if I need ID to enter a courthouse I certainly need it for voting.

This is reasonable tbh.

@heatloss1986 @Orbital_Perigee “Outdated” It’s one of the most concurrent aircraft in the fleet. It gets updated and constantly. They aren’t flying the 1960’s varient.

They shot several boats. It's not significantly cheaper to operate than an F-15E at this point but less capable. Stop it. Let it die. If you want a dedicated attack aircraft, we can have that conversation. The A-10 is not it. It's based on outdated concepts and technology.

@DerrickEvans4WV This is why the employers must also be penalized harshly. ICE exists to deport illegals, not to be your enforcer for when you decide to cheat the labor system.

🚨 BREAKING: Maryland woman goes viral after calling ICE on roofing crew she hired once the job was finished. Agents arrived on scene and arrested six Guatemalan illegal immigrants working on the crew.

@ashlee3dee >K3 tier technology. >it just boils water.

this thing boils water btw

@TabithashTW It really is that simple.

Dear men, What do you look for in a woman?

@RealHickory I prefer John Thune the buffoon. He’s no rep, he’s just putting on a stage show.

Judas John Thune.

@GodsBurnt Someone shouldn't have to pay out of pocket, and I doubt they legally can. This problem is and always was easily resolved by congress doing its job. Your suffering is their stage show.

The richest man on earth offered to pay federal workers out of his own pocket and the government said no. Read that again. They don’t want us to win, they never did.

@DJSnM Does it have enough fuel to return to earth and ferry a second payload? These sorts of engines seem expensive but also very useful if you can have a bunch cycling back and forth.

Thinking about the NEP demo for Mars and something special it could do, since adding deltaV is relatively cheap. Since it's nuclear powered it could drop off those Skyfall drones and fly past mars to raise its orbit. It's nuclear powered so it could head out beyond the asteroid belt towards the outer planets. NASA could try sending it to Uranus or Neptune, even with token science instruments it could be worthwhile. But that requires a lot of extra work to make sure it can handle the thermal environment, and the communications requirements.

@TimOnPoint We should stop blaming the parliamentarian. Just say it’s Thune. Thune is doing this, He’s literally their boss.

Thune could fire the parliamentarian right now if he wanted.

@Osinttechnical Thank you for your attention to this matter.

The aftermath

Footage of a USAF A-10 Warthog strafing a militia base in Al Anbar Province, Iraq today.

@SciGuySpace I think doing isru and science on the moon is a logical next step for NASA. Commercial space still has to figure out how it will monetize Leo. We can’t spend the entire science budget on them waiting for that to happen.

Pour one out for NASA's Joel Montalbano. Months ago he is confirmed to appear before the US House to speak about the future of humans in low-Earth orbit. On the day before his appearance NASA basically says there isn't much of one. democrats-science.house.gov/hearings/the-f…

@LeaderJohnThune COULD YOU JUST PASS THE FUCKING SAVE ACT FOR GOD'S SAKE????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TRUMP IS DOING HIS JOB... ...WHY ARE THE GOP GOING ON A PAID FREAKING VACATION WITHOUT DHS BEING FUNDED AND THE SAVE ACT BEING PASSED????? I AM SO SICK OF THE INCOMPETENCE OF THE GOP!!!!!!!!!!!

@Osint613 Planting landmines to dissuade a bomber… I don’t think Iranian propagandists understand how war works.

CNN: Iran has reinforced Kharg Island with troops and air defenses ahead of a possible US operation.

@BlackDumpling How do you do, fellow Americans.

My fellow Americans?

@Breaking911 Headline sounds like bullshit. We’ve been wiping out their weapons industry for the last four weeks. That was the whole point of this operation.

🚨BREAKING: Israel is concerned that Trump may stop the war suddenly, so Netanyahu has instructed the IDF to WIPE OUT Iran’s arms industry within 48 hours. - NY Times

@NinjaJim7 @NASAAdmin It’s all about how you produce thrust. Ion thrusters are extremely efficient but power hungry. Going nuclear means producing a steady power for engine types that don’t rely on combustion.

@NASAAdmin Nuclear does not produce electricity. It also doesn’t produce thrust. It produces heat. So please explain how nuclear is going to work in a vacuum. You’re gonna need one large heat sink to suck that kind of heat away and you’re still not gonna produce anything with it.

NASA is building SR-1 Freedom, a nuclear electric propulsion spacecraft, launching to Mars in 2028.  We are proud to announce this during the 250th year of the United States, the mission’s name reflects the spirit of American innovation and exploration.  This mission will bring America’s nuclear power capabilities to space and deliver the Skyfall payload of Ingenuity class helicopters to explore the Red Planet.     Nuclear power and propulsion will be the key to undertaking crewed missions to Mars and exploring the outer solar system.     Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom will make the next giant leap and accomplish a key component of President Trump’s National Space Policy, bringing nuclear to space alongside @Energy.