I find a lot of sellers out there that still do not charge sales tax and some times...that makes it cheaper than Amazon...
Wouldn't count on it.
Iran and Pakistan did, and both came away pretty disappointed. Even right now, Iran is relying on Chinese radar systems that keep getting knocked out before they even see anything at all. The only thing they've been able to do with any measure of success is firing kamikazi drones at things on the ground in neutral countries based on intelligence provided by Putler.
Not with hypersonic weapons. In fact, the most success Russia has had at evading patriot interceptors has always been with slower missiles.
Not only that, but it needs to be said that you're INCREDIBLY fucking stupid.
And yet Ukraine is having some success with it's slow af cruise missiles that cost 5x as much (significantly larger payload I assume too).
Being less than hypersonic provides more maneuverability. The advantage of supersonic military aircraft has never been to outmaneuver, but to outrun. The SR-71 blackbird itself was designed to be able to perform reconnaissance and then simply outrun Russian SAMs. And it did exactly that. So if you were trying to get away from the interceptor, sure, but that doesn't work when your only option is to go towards it. Supersonic fighter jets do NOT dogfight at supersonic speeds for exactly this reason.
So yeah, I'd wager that Ukraine's cruise missiles are a lot harder to intercept than Russia's ridiculous hypersonic weapons.
I'm not a tactician, but I think longer range would make these even less effective at their main selling point, which is supposedly being impossible to intercept, which they already don't deliver on. Think about it: The longer it travels, the more time you have to spot it and intercept it.
Putin tried to point several of these at a patriot battery assuming they would take it out, and they were all successfully intercepted. The only ones that weren't were all aimed at strategically less significant targets out of range of the interceptors.
And before you say "well longer range means it outranged the interceptor", that's irrelevant: They're only able to hit targets that are not protected to begin with, which is probably why Putin fired his "this one really is impossible to intercept, this time I mean it!" version (whose name sounds like a cookie) at unprotected civilian targets in Lviv.
No. It turns out hypersonic weapons are basically pointless. The reason why is because the very thing they're supposed to do, the whole purpose of their existence, is to be impossible to intercept, and they turn out to be some of the easiest to intercept.
It's a simple matter if physics: At those speeds, air is highly viscous, which means it can't manoeuver worth a shit without destroying itself mid-flight, which means once they're spotted, it's relatively easy to narrow down a small region that they can even hit at all. Either cusco or znt (don't remember who) was trying to hype a new hypersonic weapon that was more maneuverable and "this time I mean it" impossible to intercept, probably because they don't understand physics.
Besides, the only countries who buy military tech from China are at this point in the "fool me thrice" stage, because it turns out that none if it works worth a shit.
We should buy a TON of these things....and set them all up aimed at China.
And if China gets out of line....we find out what their "return policy" is....
That's what you do when you want change.
What if I don't want "change"....?
I mean I do vote for people who want what I want....but the govt isn't there to think for me...they are there to obey the will of their constituents
They seem to forget this...
Yes you prefer to use touch screens I guess to distract you and kill people rather than using a simple voice instruction?
No...I prefer physical buttons, dials, switches...that I can operate 99% of the time via muscle memory without having to take my eyes off the road....
Like the OP, I can't stand talking to a fucking machine.
It means when you do a Google search for a restaurant
People do that...?
I mean, by the time I get in my car, I already know what restaurant I'm going to....my research is done LONG before I think of how I'll get there either via my car or an uber, etc....
Ok...sounds weird....
I can't stand talking to machines...especially the auto answer phones businesses have....I just start repeatedly hitting 0 and saying "Agent"....etc.
Yep and the same idiots in the USA drive SUVs and trucks just to get groceries.
Geez, why get your panties in a wad because of what Americans choose to spend their dollars on?
It's really none of your fucking business.....free people are free to buy what they want to own and drive.....nothing wrong with that.
In the EU the SIM in mandatory because of the automatic emergency calling system. If your car ends up upsidedown with you knocked out, you'll be thankful to wake up in a hospital because of it.
Err...my watch and phone both have that capability to auto detect accident and call emergency services.
I don't need nor want connectivity in my car built in...for monitoring, telemetry, spying or a KILL switch.....
I guess I'm just old fashioned, but I have buttons for those features. Physical buttons. My phone connects to the car via bluetooth just fine. I would be perfectly happy with ZERO infortaiment system and zero connection of the car to the Internet.
Thank you...same here.
With physical controls I can easily do most things with muscle memory without having to take my eyes off the road, or if I do...it is absolutely minimal time off road.
I hook my phone up only to stream music....occasionally if I'm going somewhere unfamiliar I'll use map....and that's it.
I do not need, nor do I want internet or any other connectivity built into my car.....especially not for updates or telemetry or the dreaded KILL switch that someone external to me holds.
I enjoy my analog gauges....physical ones or even some that are digital....I don't need a ton of information....I like my tachometer, speed, oil pressure and water temp.....aside from that, I don't need much else staring me in the face (ok fuel levels too).
And ugh...I cannot stand the whole huge sheets of glass like in Teslas......
And yes....no major built in infotainment system....that becomes quickly outdated within a year or two...just let me run my music through my phone which I do tend to update a bit more often than my car.
Only God can make random selections.
