I think its kind of dumb because the P-47 Thunderbolt was a high altitude interceptor/fighter that also happened to be good at ground pounding.
The A-10 is exclusively a ground pounder that becomes a sitting duck if it ever gets caught with its pants down.
Dunno why they copted a fighter name.
I wonder how badly this could have gone had Iran’s military been at their prime.
They used to have a seriously competent airforce which they could have easily transitioned into modern Chinese tech had they invested into it.
Even now without it, they have a bloody history of a war with Iraq in which they also had to defend with a terrible lack of parts and supplies.
I still feel bad that their successful hit on an F-35 didn’t result in a kill considering they had to hit it at close range with an IR missile.
Something something France light.
Also related but isn’t Canada super immigrant dense anyway? If you ignored the architecture, you could genuinely confuse some areas for South Asia lol.
Even diesel owners are probably offset by DEF shenanigans lol.
Oh well, DBF!
There’s a dumb dumb feddit and world user but I actually don’t see any tankie comments here lol
I don’t think they actually will tbh
ICC cricket world cups are notorious for empty seats because they do the same thing where they only sell “premium” seats for ridiculous prices and pretend that the regular seats are sold out.
They’ll probably open up tickets a couple of days before the match because they know last minute people will still buy
Not necessarily for the humanity, more for the internet lolz.
Although considering Iraq’s history with their treatment of PoWs, it would probably be in Iran’s best interest to show they aren’t torturing or abusing the pilots in any capacity.
This is a good time to mention that one of the reasons solar is so popular in Pakistan is because it lets you bypass the insanely corrupt power companies which extorts everyone for access to electricity and pretends there’s a shortage of power by doing scheduled load shedding.
IRGC better find the pilots and give them the chai treatment because there is literally no better form of propaganda lol
Seriously though, this is some big news especially after their earlier hit on an F-35.
Not only will they be earning a ton of more money from strait taxes, they would have presumably destroyed the petrodollar at that point.
They don’t have any lunar module in their package. Best bet would be to just burn back into LEO and dock with a competently designed spacecraft to rescue the crew.
Except NASA has a sore history of being in this exact scenario and they opted to go with “screw it” which led to the second shuttle disaster.
Fedora
OpenSUSE if you want something non American and not directly related to RedHat
Yes, that Uranium!
Sorta related, but it reminded me of this “hunch” comment I just saw that suggested that a lot of modern societal and industrial issues stem from Europe’s history of being under constant strain: https://lemmy.world/comment/22918521
MSFT’s entire method of operation revolves around acquisition.
They bought into OpenAI just like they did for all of their major products in hopes that it makes money.
I can’t tell if you’re taking the piss at the agreement made under Obama or if you’re actually serious.
Dunno why Ukraine would make a big announcement out of this considering it’s already well known that Russia shares intel with Iran.
I’m pretty sure they gave live target info too
You couldn’t pay me to attempt space travel in a Lockheed tincan.
Would not be surprised at all if NASA delays this to next year.
Bans and heavy moderation of content.
I’m glad some of the reddit copy communities here like DankMemes died quickly because it was being run by the same loser mods from reddit.
So far I’ve only been banned from I think maybe 2 communities ever. The only one I remember is one of the NCD communities because the lead mod was a dumb dumb.
I don’t really care about complaints of specific instance users because unpopular opinions and comments deserve to be seen, otherwise you create an echo chamber.
So long as there is no brigading, it is much healthier to see everyone’s input.
Also I hope the r/Chodi crowd never finds lemmy lol.