• AIM-9X: $743,952 unit cost
• AIM-120: $1,472,442 unit cost
As per: United States Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request (includes RDT&E).
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@DievaSuni @Naktene Miljonāram 500EUR sods salīdzinoši var būt kā parkošanās biļete, citam tā var būt puse algas.
Skandināvi par braukšanu reibumā piemēro fiksēto sodu + % no ienākumiem. Jūt visi, un to nevar saukt par nevienādu pieeju.
Can you imagine if Eastern Europeans talked about the rest of the world using the same clichés, tropes, stereotypes, & propaganda commonly used about them?
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An observation: the West (AKA the old Europe and the US) appears to have some sort of fascination with Russia (which they also treat as interchangeable with USSR and Russian Empire), and tend to romanticize them, treat them using different set of standards.
Ko darīt, ja žurnālistam dots uzdevums nointervēt kādu par tēmu, par kuru ne viņam, ne intervējamajam nav pietiekamu zināšanu? Elementāri - ChatGPT var gan uztaisīt jautājumu sarakstu, gan atbildes uz tiem :)
Nazism is mainstream in russia.
What is nazism? Abstract away from the distractions of economics and markets. Nazism is a form of fascism founded on the delusional belief of one group of people, generally based on ethnicity, being superior to another group of people. 1/
🧵#Mobilization: List of 305,925 names comprising the 1st of presumably 3 waves of Putin's draft has been leaked. Pieces fiting together to further corroborate that 1 million people are intended for the draft, not 300,000.
94mb text file:
https://t.co/pKH4UWX367
Let me get this straight:
1. Russia thought their "special operation" would last 3 days.
2. After 2 months of fighting with Spetsnaz, Airborne & 190+ BTGs, they achieved NONE of their Strategic, Operational or Tactical Objectives.
3. Based on #2, they decided to shift... 1/8
Diezgan loģiski, ka skolasbiedre, kurai vsk diplomu izsniedza aiz žēlastības, soc tīklos šobrīd piedāvā veikt energoinformatīvo ekzohipnozi, kuras laikā var notikt savienošanās ar Akaši hronikām, čakru fantomu stāvokļa diagnoze un astrālo parazītu klātbūtnes biolaukā noteikšana.
Putin's next (and final) battle.
(This thread went viral in Russian so I decided to publish an English version as well)
A long thread about what, in my opinion, is Putin's strategy right now, and the last gamble he is making to break Ukraine's resistance.
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@and_kse@IvoDr Iz pieredzes - vasarā absolūti lielākā daļa normāli meistaru strādā ārā. Dzīvokļa (iekštelpu) darbi ir populāri rudenī, ziemā.
Tāpēc vērtē uzmanīgi. Pie sevis taisījām paši beigās.
Меня многие просят прокомментировать санкции.
Если вкратце, то мое научное заключение, как профессора финансов, доктора Чикагского Университета - это ПИЗДЕЦ.
И двойной пиздец, что жители России, даже образованные, в большинстве своем не понимают, что их ждёт.
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Russian MPs have tabled amendments which would see people facing up to 15 years behind bars for "spreading fake news" about the actions of the country's armed forces
https://t.co/4UhAtVy4F3
THREAD 1/7 Intel from a Ukrainian officer about a meeting in Putin’s lair in Urals. Oligarchs convened there so no one would flee. Putin is furious, he thought that the whole war would be easy and everything would be done in 1-4 days. @EPPGroup@general_ben@edwardlucas@politico