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Comment · 2 years ago
There's no reason to say that any war with Russia or China will have nukes.

Russia has been bluffing with this all the time, drawing "red lines" which will cause nuclear war - giving anything to Ukraine will have a nuclear response; giving artillery weapons to Ukraine will start nuclear war; giving HIMARS launcers to Ukraine; giving F-16 to Ukraine; giving ATACMS to Ukraine; saying Ukraine can shoot at all legal targets and not just those within its own borders will start a nuclear war... and yet there is no nuclear war.

In reality, a nuclear war cannot be won, but Russia is preparing for a big war or aggression against Western countries using conventional weapons, and is using nukes as a psychological weapon to extort and have its way and allow territorial expansion through wars of conquest using conventional weapons.

Comment · 2 years ago
The linked page already says that it reports on the constellation, not just GPS:

"The map uses are color coded overlay to indicate low (green) to high (red) levels of interference with global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). Often just referred to as GPS, there are actually multiple systems beside the US GPS constellation, such as Russia’s GLONASS, Europe’s Galileo, China’s BeiDou, and others."

Comment · 2 years ago
It's basically the essence of aviation safety work.

If one concentrates on blaming individuals, the system is not fixed.

Comment · 2 years ago
In fact about 90 % of plane crashes are survivable and people read about their own accidenyäts.
Comment · 2 years ago
Actual terrorists are, in fact, sometimes quite dumb and naive.
Comment · 2 years ago
Certainly unrelated. And when compared to the biggest competition (Apotti/Epic) it's a shining light of sanity... though some other providers have better user experiences.
Comment · 4 years ago
And Russia proudly picked up the pieces and wants to carry on. Even with the UN Security Council permanent seat, which is a disgrace.
Comment · 4 years ago
District heating from nuclear used to be a no-no but has recently gained momentum in Finland (as an idea). Build an SMR near the city for electricity, and use the excess heat for district warming (which is needed during most of the year).
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Indeed. What is the largest button I have in my Renault's dash? It's the triangle-shaped hazard light switch. Do I ever use it? I hope not. Do I want it to be that big? Yes, I do.
Comment · 4 years ago
"Very close" is still rubbish. As that article of the recording says, "Mannerheim did not wish to greet Hitler at his headquarters, as it would have appeared like a state visit." But they of course did have a discussion about the war with a common enemy.

I won't run after the otehr moving goalposts.

Comment · 4 years ago
Finns and Germans definitely were not allies in 1939-1940: Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was in force, and when Soviets attacked Finland, Germany acted on its part and blockaded the Baltic Sea so that any aid from Western allies to Finland would have had to come through Sweden and/or Norway. That was a no-go.

I suspect you are trolling.

Comment · 4 years ago
That's complete rubbish.

There were German-minded Finns, also in government (eg interior minister 1941-1943 Horelli) but president from 1940, Ryti, was an Anglophile, and Mannerheim was cosmopolitan, a veteran officer of the Tsar's army, and had long considered St. Petersburg his home city. He had a hard time not showing how he disliked Hitler. Diplomacy with co-belligerents - and opponents - is then another matter.

And the swastika was, of course, the Finnish Air Force logo already in 1918 when Hitler was still in trenches on the Western front and no one knew anything of Nazis.

Comment · 4 years ago

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