People are doing work to figure out how bad the famine will be..

Indeed, Russia still has some currency reserves, the shadow gas fleet, huge increase in domestic production of arms, and has some how kept it’s GDP growth up. Not that it doesn’t have issues on it’s horizon, but time is still there to wiggle around them. Also you are correct about Ukraine, many reasons to be enthusiastic, but Winter still looks like it might be rough.

And Trump, well yea still many days to the election and he may yet pull Vance’s thumb out of his ass. Can’t say I don’t like the nice poll numbers from swing states though, seems like Harris has some good appeal to the swing voters.

Looks like it had some anti-drone mods which clearly didn’t entirely work. Curious if that become a total wreck or recoverable wreck.

https://archive.ph/Gzt4e

Failures of design can lead to maintenance failures. Where as maintenance failures do not always stem from failures of design.

So not mutually exclusive in this case.

Arguably. Reading the comments on avhearld, the cowling latches to each other rather than to the frame and the latches themselves are very low and easy to miss. Airbus has tried to eliminate this potential oversight, whereas Boeing has not. So yes, potentially missed non walk around, but also a possible systematic design failure.

https://avherald.com/h?article=51721379&opt=0

Possibly, but in other social contexts (aka a cafe in Europe or elsewhere) time pressure might not be a priority. Having a single seating for the entire morning may not seem viable, but can be in some places.

Mind you that’s mostly non-liquid accounting of his stock and assets. Not that he’ll have to worry about what he spends, but it’s not cash in the bank billions.

What feeds do you watch? Anything stand out? Thanks for the tip on the app!

Anyone else use NewsBlur Apps or WebApp. They have a free and paid, which works well enough to aggregate the sites I need to get a diverse news collection in an RSS like format.

I still miss google reader and past times, but gotta adapt.

Has someone written this up as a how to? Same as you want to abandon, but still a few niches.

Great thoughts and proposals. Thank your for the history, insight, and forethought!

I wonder if this is what started Ukraine on the track to get the M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle. The line charges in particular seem like they might help solve some of the momentum issues.

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) – The Air Force said Friday it has decided to retire an F-35A stealth jet as it was seriously damaged by a bird strike in January 2022.

The Air Force said a comprehensive analysis with its U.S. manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, showed that the F-35A suffered damage in about 300 components, including the airframe, structure, engine and control and navigation system.

Considering the high costs and long period needed for repairs and other security concerns, the Air Force’s review committee concluded that it is better to retire the aircraft than to fix it. The plan will be finalized with the defense ministry’s approval.

The repair cost of the aircraft, one of 40 F-35As in the Air Force, was estimated at approximately 140 billion won (US$107.6 million), higher than its unit acquisition cost estimated at 110 billion won, according to military officials.

The Air Force said it will consider various ways to make use of the retired aircraft, including its potential use in mechanics’ training.