An Average Ralph

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An Average Ralph

An Average Ralph

@Ralph0451

Just your average Ralph.

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An Average Ralph
An Average Ralph@Ralph0451·
@Lyn_Poster__ @GrandZeroGaming "Arguably a complete failure inferior to the Hs293" No, it's not arguable. The ASM-2-N worked exactly as intended. The Hs293 was command guided, not active radar guided, and was useless at night or when fighters could attack the command plane. The 293 was inferior.
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An Average Ralph@Ralph0451·
@Lyn_Poster__ @GrandZeroGaming "wasn't special" Please, by all means, show me the other pressurized bomber that cruised at 30,000 feet at 350mph with networked fire control computers. "the Luftwaffe didn't need long range escorts" That was one of the jobs of the BF-110, which it failed at spectacularly.
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An Average Ralph@Ralph0451·
@_FMradio_ @KampfgruppeKrag That's unfair. I am very impressed by the Me-163's ability to kill its pilots. I'd also argue the P-38 and P-47 are more impressive due to the turbosuperchargers, but that's just my opinion.
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FM Radio@_FMradio_·
@KampfgruppeKrag The P-51D Mustang is a more impressive invention then the entirety of the Reich’s
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Michael Simon@Michael82978868·
@MilHistNow I’ll call BS on any airborne vehicle finding any submersed vehicle.
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Military History Now@MilHistNow·
A newsreel from May 1943 shows an experimental U.S. Army Sikorsky R-4 demonstrating how helicopters might one day be used to hunt enemy submarines. The chopper is seen here aboard the tanker SS Bunker Hill. While the R-4 lacked the endurance and payload capacity to effectively hunt U-boats, helicopters would become instrumental in anti-submarine warfare after the Second World War. (Source: U.S. National Archives)
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An Average Ralph@Ralph0451·
@saltushomo @ConeOfArc @DeutschWatamate Top to bottom the B-29 Superfortress, P-51 Mustang, the VT fuse (code name for the radar proximity fuse used in heavy anti-aircraft guns and some antipersonnel artillery from 1943 onwards, the ASM-N-2 Bat active radar guided glide bomb, and the atom bomb.
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An Average Ralph@Ralph0451·
@AC_NavalHistory Maybe you and Drach could do a wargame if you both find the time? I watched the live you did on it, but I think seeing how Phillips's raid could have played out would be interesting. I'd certainly watch it.
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Dr Alexander Clarke
Dr Alexander Clarke@AC_NavalHistory·
@Ralph0451 It would be very different, plus increased air arm presence might mean that the whole "air force operating on Eastern rules saying no air support available because their are no strike aircraft available, taken by navy operating on med rules as nothing available" doesn't happen
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Dr Alexander Clarke
Dr Alexander Clarke@AC_NavalHistory·
This is a good bit of research... but on the counter if Indomitable or Illustrious had been available, the need for a carrier component in Force Z had already been identified when Ark Royal was afloat; so whilst they might not have gone, they might have freed up something else to
Navy General Board@thegeneralboard

As HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were heading to the Pacific, the brand new aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable was undergoing trials in the Caribbean. A common story holds that she was to accompany Force Z to the Pacific, but an accidental grounding forced her to be held back, denying them crucial protection that might have saved them. Now, how much of this story is actually true? Matthew Wright (@MJWrightNZ ) examines rare and unknown documents to separate fact from fiction. In the process, he tracks down the origins of the rumors to dispel one of naval history's longest-standing myths. navygeneralboard.com/history-by-inf…

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Terrible Maps@TerribleMaps·
The United States, but every state is terribly out of proportion
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ConeOfArc@ConeOfArc·
@DeutschWatamate The US were hitting Japanese targets with remote controlled bombers during WW2. People go nuts over the German and Japanese superweapons but often they were far behind what the allies were working on but never fielded
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SMX 🇺🇸@iam_smx·
AOC with zero life achievements: "Elon Musk is not a scientist, he’s not an engineer, he’s a billionaire conman with a lot of money" 🤡 Elon Musk: "Can you believe it? That's crazy, anyway... what did you get done this week?"
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Terrible Maps@TerribleMaps·
AI data centres in Europe, 1437
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An Average Ralph@Ralph0451·
@isengrimm3 @thegeneralboard @cdrsalamander In the specific context of how the attack unfolded historically, I think she has a pretty good chance. The Fulmar is perfectly capable of shooting down unarmed, unarmored, and unescorted torpedo bombers attacking piecemeal in small 9 plane groups.
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Navy General Board@thegeneralboard·
As HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were heading to the Pacific, the brand new aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable was undergoing trials in the Caribbean. A common story holds that she was to accompany Force Z to the Pacific, but an accidental grounding forced her to be held back, denying them crucial protection that might have saved them. Now, how much of this story is actually true? Matthew Wright (@MJWrightNZ ) examines rare and unknown documents to separate fact from fiction. In the process, he tracks down the origins of the rumors to dispel one of naval history's longest-standing myths. navygeneralboard.com/history-by-inf…
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Kate from Kharkiv
Kate from Kharkiv@BohuslavskaKate·
Locking content to the region where it was created is the worst thing this platform could do to Ukrainians (which I can't prove is happening, but it certainly feels that way). We are already fully aware that we are being bombed, we see russian atrocities every single day. We need to get the word out, not in, and we need to get help in from the world's democracies. ​Please help Ukrainians you follow fight the algorithm by interacting with our content, especially when we post about Russian war crimes. ​Pic for attention.
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Action Retro@ActionRetro1·
Has anyone ever dealt with Tritrichomonas in cats? Would love to know your experience, and if treatment worked for you. Cute pic for attention
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Kate from Kharkiv
Kate from Kharkiv@BohuslavskaKate·
Russians are bombing themselves. Seriously, they just dropped a glide bomb in Belgorod region that was supposed to go murder Ukrainians. What a nice development 🤩
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Branislav Slantchev
Branislav Slantchev@slantchev·
The Soviet Union had notional equality of the sexes but almost no women in leadership positions. Women also played very traditional roles at home (taking care of cooking, cleaning, raising kids) while working full time — this even has a name, the ‘double burden’ (analogous to what sociologists call the ‘second shift’ for American women). Women were half the workforce but clustered in low-paying sectors (education, health, light industry), resulting in a 30% pay gap, and even in sectors they dominated, they rarely made it to the top positions.
🔻@uncle_authority

the Soviet Union had women cosmonauts and a legion of decorated antifascist war heroines the same year women in Canada were first "allowed" to open bank accounts without their husbands' written permission.

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Matthew Warwick
Matthew Warwick@mpwarwick·
"Before 1987 every single ship in the British Navy was made by the Government." You probably don't need me to point out this is nonsense, and that private companies have been making British warships for centuries...
BladeoftheSun@BladeoftheS

The £3.5bn HMS Prince Of Wales has broken down again in Norway. Before 1987 every single ship in the British Navy was made by the Government. Since 1989 they have ALL been built by Private companies and like HS2, Nuclear, Water and Mail. They are all garbage.

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BladeoftheSun@BladeoftheS·
The £3.5bn HMS Prince Of Wales has broken down again in Norway. Before 1987 every single ship in the British Navy was made by the Government. Since 1989 they have ALL been built by Private companies and like HS2, Nuclear, Water and Mail. They are all garbage.
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