Think most Russians are impressed with indoor plumbing too
BruceTwarzen@kbin.social
on 17 Sep 2023 11:27
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Weren't they blown away when they saw dishwashers in Ukrainian homes?
Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world
on 17 Sep 2023 13:26
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I’m actually a huge fan of it myself.
Gingerlegs@lemmy.world
on 16 Sep 2023 11:23
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Oh, I bet he was
mtcerio@lemmy.world
on 16 Sep 2023 11:31
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The bar is pretty low.
YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world
on 16 Sep 2023 11:49
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Russia can’t even afford to buy their own technology, North Korea can’t either.
INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone
on 16 Sep 2023 11:55
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It’s weird that entire governments come across like thinly veiled boomers posting on Facebook to trigger and dunk their friends.
It actually feels like it’s the same ball park now.
fluke@lemmy.world
on 16 Sep 2023 12:53
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If my airforce was comprised in bulk of early to mid era cold war museum pieces with a (very) small handful of late cold war era jets as my flagship units then I would be impressed with anything developed after 1991 as well.
I mean, that’s fair enough in itself. There’s plenty of nations out there still rocking their Falcons, Flankers, Frogfoots, Frogger, Tornados, Mirages etc etc completely respectedly.
But they also allow their pilots more stick time in half a year than the vast majority of NK’s pilots get in half a decade.
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world
on 16 Sep 2023 13:23
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I watched an F22 Raptor practice for an air show recently and it was pretty mind blowing to see. The maneuverability of that thing is insane. And they don’t even show its full potential at air shows.
What’s crazy to me is that we haven’t seen USAF stealth technology in combat since the F-117s in Serbia. Those things were basically undetectable without their weapons bay open and they were only 1st gen designs, plus I bet radar tech hasn’t nearly kept pace with stealth since then.
Sometimes I want NATO to intervene in the skies over Ukraine just so I could see the f-35 and f-22 in real combat scenarios. But then I remember that war sucks and think maybe not.
jasory@programming.dev
on 17 Sep 2023 22:50
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F-22 and F-35 were both deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq. The F-117 wasn’t a fighter and never engaged in air-to-air combat (because it couldn’t, it was subsonic had poor maneuverability and no active radar) so the F-22 and F-35 both meet the same standard that you are using for “combat” with the F-117.
shinyLane@lemmy.world
on 20 Sep 2023 02:51
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F-117 did have radar, it also could carry AIM-9 Sidewinders internally. They trained pilots of 117s to take out AWAC planes… I flew with pilots who trained as such.
Just more bullshit from the internet “know it all.”
I dOnT nEeD SoUrCeS bEcAusE tHiS iS aLl TrIvIaL.
You look like a hipster asshat.
jasory@programming.dev
on 20 Sep 2023 14:27
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If you’re going to try to harass me, you should make sure you aren’t botching your comments. You edited your comment so now it looks like you are criticizing your original comment, not anything I said.
I meant combat against a competent foe with air defense or fighter capabilities. Airstriking some Taliban in the desert isn’t exactly flexing your stealth that much
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch
on 16 Sep 2023 15:53
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Cert error, cannot open.
JustZ@lemmy.world
on 17 Sep 2023 23:47
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Yeah I remember their fighter jets flying into Ukraine with a TomTok GPS somebody dropped off at a Salvation Army store in New Jersey before some Igor bought it and FedEx’d it back to Siberia. So impressive.
Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip
on 18 Sep 2023 01:10
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Kim has been quotes while slapping them and saying “these babies can hit soo much ocean”.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca
on 18 Sep 2023 02:39
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Guy with mostly 1950 technology in 2020something is highly impressed by country with mostly 1990 technology
Yeah, I would be too
Chickenstalker@lemmy.world
on 18 Sep 2023 03:12
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Russia is more like 1970s to early 80s tech at best.
StarkillerX42@lemmy.ml
on 18 Sep 2023 03:35
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Impossible, all their 1970 tech is rusted through.
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Also impressed by their indoor plumbing and magic screens with tiny people talking!
“You guys have food here?!?”
Think most Russians are impressed with indoor plumbing too
Weren't they blown away when they saw dishwashers in Ukrainian homes?
I’m actually a huge fan of it myself.
Oh, I bet he was
The bar is pretty low.
Russia can’t even afford to buy their own technology, North Korea can’t either.
It’s weird that entire governments come across like thinly veiled boomers posting on Facebook to trigger and dunk their friends.
It actually feels like it’s the same ball park now.
If my airforce was comprised in bulk of early to mid era cold war museum pieces with a (very) small handful of late cold war era jets as my flagship units then I would be impressed with anything developed after 1991 as well.
I mean, that’s fair enough in itself. There’s plenty of nations out there still rocking their Falcons, Flankers, Frogfoots, Frogger, Tornados, Mirages etc etc completely respectedly. But they also allow their pilots more stick time in half a year than the vast majority of NK’s pilots get in half a decade.
Just wait until he sees what the US has.
I watched an F22 Raptor practice for an air show recently and it was pretty mind blowing to see. The maneuverability of that thing is insane. And they don’t even show its full potential at air shows.
What’s crazy to me is that we haven’t seen USAF stealth technology in combat since the F-117s in Serbia. Those things were basically undetectable without their weapons bay open and they were only 1st gen designs, plus I bet radar tech hasn’t nearly kept pace with stealth since then.
Sometimes I want NATO to intervene in the skies over Ukraine just so I could see the f-35 and f-22 in real combat scenarios. But then I remember that war sucks and think maybe not.
F-22 and F-35 were both deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq. The F-117 wasn’t a fighter and never engaged in air-to-air combat (because it couldn’t, it was subsonic had poor maneuverability and no active radar) so the F-22 and F-35 both meet the same standard that you are using for “combat” with the F-117.
Just more bullshit from the internet “know it all.”
I dOnT nEeD SoUrCeS bEcAusE tHiS iS aLl TrIvIaL.
You look like a hipster asshat.
If you’re going to try to harass me, you should make sure you aren’t botching your comments. You edited your comment so now it looks like you are criticizing your original comment, not anything I said.
I meant combat against a competent foe with air defense or fighter capabilities. Airstriking some Taliban in the desert isn’t exactly flexing your stealth that much
You don’t think you’ve seen USAF stealth technology since the F-117s.
Russia’s gonna be trading rocket technology for low grade artillery from 50+ years ago.
Age of Empires shit.
Cert error, cannot open.
Yeah I remember their fighter jets flying into Ukraine with a TomTok GPS somebody dropped off at a Salvation Army store in New Jersey before some Igor bought it and FedEx’d it back to Siberia. So impressive.
Kim has been quotes while slapping them and saying “these babies can hit soo much ocean”.
Yeah, I would be too
Russia is more like 1970s to early 80s tech at best.
Impossible, all their 1970 tech is rusted through.
c/NotTheOnion