@teortaxesTex@tphuang Kind of strikes me as a distinction with out a difference, but fair enough. Their greatest chance at killing American planes is probably on the tarmac. I wish we had info on the performance of the newer 358 variants.
@teortaxesTex@tphuang The legs on American long range strike are too short, and stockpiles and manufacturing capability far to small.
Maybe I'm just reading too much into the word 'impunity' though, idk.
@teortaxesTex@tphuang > The US can still bomb Iran with impunity
This isn't what happened in the 12 day war or the (2026) Ramadan war. Radars were hit, command posts were hit, planes were destroyed in the air and on the tarmac. America can't stage safely within a thousand km of Iran.
@TheBlackWallaby@shetlerjones > That does not justify flares, unsafe intercepts or putting Australian crews at risk.
Why not? We would absolutely be doing this if the intercept was off our coast.
@baoshaoshan More palatable to dress up the sovereign extorting tribute from the vassal if it's dressed up as a project that's never going to complete. Even better if it's for defence. After all, our experts say this is the best way to defend AU from the PRC, if you disagree, must be a commie
@rcampeligro@Honolulu_____@Bluebearmonkey@teortaxesTex@Goodhumour2 Well I'm convinced, can't argue with that evidence. Damn. I would still like to know if it's possible for the spandrel to be sidestepped via genetic engineering etc though. Looks are material, surely a material cure could be conceived?
@Honolulu_____@teortaxesTex can you conceive a material cure for this curse? could the techniques such as that practiced by Prof He Jiankui (but instead of curing congenital defects makes people gorgeous) provide a way to sidestep this hateful affliction?
@baoshaoshan@agent_of_change Prof, Norinco priced a Shahed equiv at 10k; I would have thought that would be close to the floor price. Do you think Iran could beat Norinco on price?