rdfox76

179 pts ยท November 18, 2012


explosion fully made up to US Navy regulations, with the reading lamp in it on at all times, in his memory. (2/2)

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

On the USS Iowa, the museum foundation keeps the berth of the man who was scapegoated (and later exonerated) for her 1989 turret (1/x)

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not quite; back when we still respected traditional naming schemes, the names of lost subs were reused.

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This is the way I always heard it put.

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"If it was fake, we'd have WAY better CGI." --also Elon

8 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

Actually, going by the typical rule of thumb, the 14" guns on the Nevada could penetrate about 13 feet of reinforced concrete at that range.

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Of course, in combat, those hardwood inlays would be a nasty fire hazard. Not to mention the taxpayers not wanting to PAY for them...

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Which is why it's currency.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The only ones I've ever had were ones where you were supposed to tuck the FRH into the entree box, so...

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Meals Refusing to Exit

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Both, most likely.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

job just as well! Also, apparently, modern digital fire control computers include a mode to emulate these as a backup! (3/3)

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before discovering the shock issues with modern ones, because it'd be quicker and cheaper than developing modern ones that did the same(2/x)

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Couple interesting notes on this... first, during the 1980s recommissionings, they decided to keep the electromechanical computers (1/x)

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Iowa decommissioned in 1990. Last battleship decommissioned in 1992. Last two were taken off reserve in 2009. 100% declassified now.

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reduced efficiency (because the fire was burning colder than it should have been), so it was also about maximizing speed and range! (2/2)

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Thick clouds of black smoke also meant there wasn't enough air getting to the fire, resulting in incomplete combustion and (1/2)

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A few HUNDRED million dollars and five years, more like. It'd probably be more cost-effective to build a new one from scratch...

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

limit ascent G-loading to +4.5 maximum, though, to provide a crude equivalent of throttling to control acceleration. (3/3)

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making a throttleable rocket engine is much harder than making an "on or off" one. Saturn V did shut down the center engine early to (2/3)

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Saturn V (and, actually, most expendable boosters) didn't throttle back, but was instead built to power through max Q. This is because(1/2)

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Try a reciprocating dinglearm to counteract that...

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Two cosmonauts. Valentin Bondarenko, killed in a fire in a training accident before Gagarin's flight, and Vladimir Komarov, on Soyuz 1.

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Test shots like this are generally done with a telemetry pack replacing the warhead; it radios back performance data for post-shot analysis.

10 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

For added fun, read this in Loki's voice.

11 years ago | Likes 31 Dislikes 0

Asking that question just shows you don't appreciate women's wrestling, just Kevin Dunn-style "Divas" stroke-fodder.

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That would be a fat fennec, not a dog. And it makes a little yapping noise sort of like small dogs do.

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Seems legit.

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Well, I was trying for a similar feel in clothing. It's actually quite different from both cartoon and comics, but has a similar feel, so..

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