Questy

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[–] Questy@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (13 children)

That is actually a very meaningful order. I had to check, did they mean launchers or batteries. Looks like 17 batteries. That's pretty big, IRIS-T is very modern kit.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, if they work that's already one star.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I really can't wait for this marketing fad to sputter out like NFTs etc.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think this is pretty accurate. It would also be understandable if the US wantt a very active partner in the very obvious crimes against humanity. The overall colonial land appropriation that Israel is built on, and the general apartheid system Palestinians are subjected to is one thing. The emergency transfer of munitions which will be used to commit war crimes within days is way more acute. It's tough to watch.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Basically the story is that the CEO of the company that built it, before the investigation has been done, blames the crew. It couldn't have been a structural or design failure, again, according to the CEO of the builder. This is an interesting case, maybe it will be on What's Going on With Shipping one of these days.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago

Based on the other bridges taking bomb strikes, perhaps we can say... soon?

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This would be pretty straightforward. Anyone who takes them up would be admitted as an asylum seeker under international law. Fleeing warzones is a common cause for people to seek asylum in another country.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Yea, that's definitely looking like HIMARS lol

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm not 100% sure this is HIMARS. Due to American restrictions they may want to use their own MLRS, they have a Ukrainian system with similar capabilities. Mainly I'm not seeing the signature radius of fragmentation that the GMLRS rockets produce.

[–] Questy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

They likely have started as they fall away from the pylon. The Stormshadow, and other cruise missiles, use jet propulsion and don't usually have a very visible exhaust. The reason ground and ship launched versions have the smoke trail is because they use a solid fuel booster to push them up to speed initially for the jet to start. Air launched missiles already have speed and altitude, so you don't need a booster.

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