• boyi@lemmy.sdf.org
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      probably as a future deterrent, to avoid major conflict - that they are booming becoming more and more formidable opponent and should not be taken lightly.

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        This. The realpolitik purpose of showing your death and anti-death toys is always at least a little about “don’t fuck with us” same way a cigar is usually someone’s mother.

        Monke brain still Monke beneath the abstractions.

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          I learn this new term today but I don’t think it fits. May be we can look at the Korean War as a case study when China intervened (around 1950) - how China changed the course of war just like that, when they were not that well equipped as compared to now.

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        Possibly, I’m not sure how stealthy the F22 was to begin with. Possible if the baseline single radar signature is next to nothing, the 60,000 figure is easier to produce.

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          The F22 is has the lowest radar cross section in the world as far as I’m aware, so… pretty stealthy.