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Here's the original non-paywalled one. https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/sensors-electronic-wa... This twitter thread has most of the relevant new info that was added after th…

You can forget the ground observer. Stealth is the reason why it can fly high all the time to avoid visual/audio detection. Non-stealth planes like F-15E are forced into High-Low-L…

A-10 has been known to be a MANPADS magnet since the Desert Storm. If you have air superiority, you can keep them, use UCAVs or buy new Super Tucanos. But in contested environment …

In a lot of ways no as well. Take for example F-35B. That would've never happened on its own. Too few customers for a separate development project. Whereas now combined with amphib…

In Finland I went through several hundred rounds. Wasn't even regular infantry. Served the shortest term possible in the signals corps. Training is scheduled into three parts. 8 we…

The big picture is darker. US Navy had future operating concept based on three types of new ships: * CGX: ASW/ASuW/AD workhorse * DDGX: land attack platform * LCS: cheap platform f…

This tells everything there is to know about the popular appeal of heavy metal in Finland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXhhlYdySqQ http://noisey.vice.com/en_au/blog/meet-hevisa…

Between westeners at worst no more than curiosities, but they are a good platform to start business in the East, where previous contacts and trust building is more important.

Indeed. Once you go past certain amount of followed you end up inventing some rules for new ones. Like not too many tweets per day, especially if there's more RTs than OC. Twitter …

Freeing up memory for some games, good memories. I think my most vivid learning experience was when I managed to delete autoexec.bat.

I think the mushy ones go through steaming. So just choose dry-rolled/steel-cut vs. steam-flaked/rolled. Like GFK_of_xmaspast said, it's largely a matter of choosing the porridge/b…

They might be influenced by Russian politics? Almaz-Antey is 100% owned by the Russian federation. The state is also their biggest customer, and nearly 90% of the business is with …

It's not segregated. They are using the same services, just paying according to their income. 300 euros max /mo even in the capital. Poor families pay next to nothing and their mul…

Many languages have tons of words for the same thing if you include dialects.

F-35 is the stealthy sensor platform that can go closer to identify and target. Unlike F-22 it does air to ground as well. It doesn't necessarily have to be the platform that does …

In your opinion what makes it terrible for peacekeeping & observation? Isn't it just a matter of Canada not buying and integrating suitable armament? With Jdams and Paveways you ha…

There are no pure air superiority fighters on the market, so you'll end up with a jack of all trades in any case.

Here's one telling example of the real name editor control. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jussi_Halla-aho https://www.facebook.com/jussi.hallaaho He's a member of the European Parl…

These best RT's of the day/week and other automated lists seem not unlike Facebook's excessive Game app messages. They were a proper nuisance until you became able to hide them. Tw…

Indeed. You need to ride on the coattails of the people who have followers for quite some time before you can expect activity for your own tweets. Engaging in a discussion that's a…

Herein lies a major reason why early Finnish academic results are so uniform: "“To be honest, we are not interested in a child’s academic skills at all. From our perspective that w…

Some language versions have higher requirements for notability. It's hard to set a clear cutoff point for example in sports, entertainment and companies. When does something become…