No, that's OTT. We have been told the EU is an undemocratic centralizing beast that forever tries to garner power over more things. Having worked closely with them for 3 years, the criticism is valid. Question is what to do about it. Brexit was one of many possible answers.
Russian invasion of Ukraine
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What would happen say it went off in space ? So it can’t actually be shot down
Johnny Mars Bar
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Yep. I’ve been saying that for years.
urban genie
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Plenty have been detonated in space during tests in the 50s/60s
First of all, since there is no atmosphere in space, there was no iconic mushroom cloud, nor a blast wave (which is where most of the damage of a nuclear bomb comes from on Earth). Instead, there was an intense outpouring of not only heat and light, but high-intensity radiation in the form of gamma rays and X-rays, with no atmosphere to interrupt their path. Visually, the blast was roughly spherical, and the wave of radiation and light expanded to light up the sky.
On the surface of the planet, vivid auroras of light would be seen for thousands of miles within minutes of the blast, because the charged particles from the blast would immediately begin interacting with Earth’s magnetic field. Imagine the aurora borealis, more commonly known as the Northern Lights, except spread across thousands of kilometers above the Pacific Ocean.
Perhaps even more worrying than the huge amount of radiation being dropped into Earth’s atmosphere is the detonation’s impact on electromagnetic signals in a massive area beneath the blast. Essentially, those highly charged, rapidly moving electrons will create a small and incredibly powerful magnetic field, also called an EMP (electromagnetic pulse). You’ve probably seen this in sci-fi movies many times; an EMP bomb cuts off all electronic power within a given areaIn the case of Starfish Prime, that meant power outages over hundreds of miles in Hawaii, blown out streetlights, disruptions in radar
Perhaps even more worrying than the huge amount of radiation being dropped into Earth’s atmosphere is the detonation’s impact on electromagnetic signals in a massive area beneath the blast. Essentially, those highly charged, rapidly moving electrons will create a small and incredibly powerful magnetic field, also called an EMP (electromagnetic pulse). You’ve probably seen this in sci-fi movies many times; an EMP bomb cuts off all electronic power within a given areaIn the case of Starfish Prime, that meant power outages over hundreds of miles in Hawaii, blown out streetlights, disruptions in radar
and navigation systems, and a complete shut down of electronic communication
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Wise words from someone who suffered the worst of a previous Russian dictatorship.
Hope petrusha is okay.
mosssideblue
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Practically impossible for nuclear explosion in space due to certain criteria not being met. If still under propulsion, then possible for traditional explosion but not nuclear
I’ve seen a few threads today describing that 40 mile column of armour as the one of the biggest military disasters since WW2.
- The front has been taken out so it’s blocked.
- It’s run out of fuel, the batteries are almost certainly flat and the troops have no food
- its parked so tightly that refuelling trucks and food supplies can’t get to the front.
- As soon as anything goes off-road, it is lost to the mud.
- The Ukrainians can pick off any refuelling attempts with the drones.
- The only reason it is still there is because the Ukrainians don’t need to worry about it and can divert focus elsewhere.
- The Russian general was shot by sniper because he was forced/pressured to go to the front line to sort it out which points to it being a major embarrassment/issue for the Russians.
- Very soon the whole column will be abandoned as troops go to get food on foot.
- The front has been taken out so it’s blocked.
- It’s run out of fuel, the batteries are almost certainly flat and the troops have no food
- its parked so tightly that refuelling trucks and food supplies can’t get to the front.
- As soon as anything goes off-road, it is lost to the mud.
- The Ukrainians can pick off any refuelling attempts with the drones.
- The only reason it is still there is because the Ukrainians don’t need to worry about it and can divert focus elsewhere.
- The Russian general was shot by sniper because he was forced/pressured to go to the front line to sort it out which points to it being a major embarrassment/issue for the Russians.
- Very soon the whole column will be abandoned as troops go to get food on foot.
Good. Hopefully many more of the cunts too.