DDE

There are five different images on that page with five different beam colors for what are ostensibly the same or similar systems. *sigh*

Early helicopter attempts were Kerbal by necessity.

Just a heavily armed anti-literring service. We wouldn't recognize "Ivan Volkov" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_(surname) Of course, that would be the point. Don't think USG would leave a second-generatiom deatic terrorist alone even on foreign soil.

If only mental health. If kids end up shorter without literal parental touch, to the point of telomere (freakin' DNA) damage, imagine the rest of the effects across the board.

It's this thing:

Given my very limited sample size...

The Vityaz series are essentially enlarged relatives of the Swedish snowcats with some alterations for the mechanical joint. The Magnolia in the photo over there just has a Vena 120 mm rifled mortar plopped on top, yes.

Flat hull = IEDs briefly turn them into ballistic missiles. Wasn't a consideration at the time. It's a major problem of BTRs as well, hence the rather narrow hull on the Boomerang.

And another small question: how do blast waves travel? Is a downwards-opening door on a MRAP a bad idea?

"There's no way the screenwriters are going to off all of us."

All else equal, and R&D costs aside, what is cheaprr: one big chamber (F-1) or four small chambers (RD-170)?

*trolleybus face*

"The Internet. Where women are men, men are women, and the children are FBI agents"

It hit the ceiling!

Than they wouldn't be NPCs in the sense of passive cardboard cutouts that the player can do anything to. We've just had a whole movie about that, haven't we? That's essentially a completely separate application. That's not how criminal law works. More importantly, it would eliminate the interest for many people involved, since they'll be interested in competing violently and with a lot of collateral damage. Now, you could say some people would consent to the chance of being murdered... but at that point, you open the door for that to be in everyone's EULA. Thus we're down to some sort of Second Life but in VR, which gives me a good way to seque into... I disagree rather vigorously. The "50% of gamers are female" statistic is controversial because most self-identified "gamers" look down on the types of games women play... but while we're still hammering out the details of the hypothetical VR world, it's beginning to align a lot more with female interests in gaming rather than the Call of Honor: Medal of Duty material.

Bought Sprocket. Game is pretty raw. Will get back to you once I get my Renault FT to move.

There is no hole. The cone is supposed to snap shut while the projectile travels from the barrel to the detonation point.

Someone had a better Moscow weekend than me

How much TNT was involved?

The injector is protected with a conical shield.

My excitement for the day amounted to an amicable encounter with a young grass snake. Me_IRL I've unlearnt driving and have become an utterly worthless navigator.

Another indirectly related tangent. Out of morbid curiosity, I took a glance at the EA sale. With all of its DLCs and multiple discounts ATM, The Sims 4 would set you back RUB 38 731. For reference, 2k-2.5k is the norm for a AAA game. Our interns earn 38k gross per month; McDonald's promises you "up to 50k" with bonuses, and that's considered decent money outside Moscow. For a different reference, 38k is enough to kit out up to half a dozen kids for school (the Moscow government assumes a grant of 5k per each is sufficient). Who the heck is the target audience here? And they say FPSs with microtransactions are predatory...

Emphatically not the case back here. And if I remember correctly, I live not that far away in global terms. @JoeSchmuckatelli, I ceased to be amazed by climate science when I learnt that the Sahara is getting greener.