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Two blocks by one block. So, interesting and impressive. Perhaps 'giant' is hyperbole. I'm mostly struck by how perfect it looks. No dirt, no dents, no scratches, no rain-streaked windows, no rust. Not like any place I've ever been.
it's bigger than most fake towns built exclusively for filming.
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I've done combat training in one (a 3-story aluminum sided building furnished like a large office) and they had rigged the whole building with an interactive surround sound system. Once the course started and we got up to the building, I thought I heard music coming from inside. We opened the door and Metallica was blasting at 120db and none of us could hear each other. We had to communicate using signals while navig…
This is extremely unsafe and seems like grounds for a lawsuit, if it were reasonably possible to do this. For reference only 7.5 minutes per day at 120db will cause permanent hearing loss. Disgusting that they made you do this. https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/19...
Reaction: But building anything resembling a real town, where real people could actually live, is still de facto illegal in Canada.
But that's not what you really want, is it? You want a house in a fancy urban or suburban zip code with good services, schools, weather, parks, restaurants, social life, industry, commerce, transportation... That is going to cost you, because everyone else wants the same.
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this is so grotesque to read. Imagine a fake all-American town constructed in China, and someone commenting "This is not only good for reducing infantry casualties but also reducing civilian casualties."
I would imagine those do exist in China
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This is not only good for reducing infantry casualties but also reducing civilian casualties. Once the panic response sets in, it is likely that they will fire on anything without fully assessing. Training in similar environments can help soldiers avoid a panicked response and more logically assess the situation.
this is so grotesque to read. Imagine a fake all-American town constructed in China, and someone commenting "This is not only good for reducing infantry casualties but also reducing civilian casualties."
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it's bigger than most fake towns built exclusively for filming.
Not really. Every Hollywood studio has multiple lots larger than this. People have posted dozens of them already in this thread.
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This is extremely unsafe and seems like grounds for a lawsuit, if it were reasonably possible to do this. For reference only 7.5 minutes per day at 120db will cause permanent hearing loss. Disgusting that they made you do this. https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/19...
I'll be honest, 120db was an exaggeration because it was VERY loud, I would not have had a way to measure it in combat gear. Additionally, earplugs are part of a military uniform at a lot of bases so you are required to carry them and the onus would be on you. At that point in time, I was not required to have hearing protection however. You're not a civilian while enlisted, suing for any reason is not an option in mo…
The US military builds dummy towns for training purposes. This is called "MOUT" training, for Military Operations in Urban Terrain. The current ones look like towns in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, etc. The National Training Center at Fort Irwin, CA has the biggest one.[1] (There's a very good reason for that sort of thing. Most infantry casualties are among soldiers new to combat. Very realistic training means that most…
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This is extremely unsafe and seems like grounds for a lawsuit, if it were reasonably possible to do this. For reference only 7.5 minutes per day at 120db will cause permanent hearing loss. Disgusting that they made you do this. https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/19...
I'll be honest, 120db was an exaggeration because it was VERY loud, I would not have had a way to measure it in combat gear. Additionally, earplugs are part of a military uniform at a lot of bases so you are required to carry them and the onus would be on you. At that point in time, I was not required to have hearing protection however. You're not a civilian while enlisted, suing for any reason is not an option in mo…
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This is not only good for reducing infantry casualties but also reducing civilian casualties. Once the panic response sets in, it is likely that they will fire on anything without fully assessing. Training in similar environments can help soldiers avoid a panicked response and more logically assess the situation.
I've done combat training in one (a 3-story aluminum sided building furnished like a large office) and they had rigged the whole building with an interactive surround sound system. Once the course started and we got up to the building, I thought I heard music coming from inside. We opened the door and Metallica was blasting at 120db and none of us could hear each other. We had to communicate using signals while navig…
At one of the SERE courses I did they had a noise focused resistance training period so you lose all sense of time and space. Pretty trippy