You have seen a fighter plane fly fast, but have you seen one fly slow? And up, down, and sideways?
The guys who arranged this demo of the Russian Sukhoi SU-30MK plane had the bright idea of putting smoke generators on the wings, so you can clearly see in which direction and how fast or slow it is moving.
Pretty damn amazing. Russians built this?? They don't even have the funding to keep their old nuclear missiles from falling apart, when and how did they fund this?
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The aircraft was funded and built by the USSR in the last years of the Cold War, so it's essentially a 20yr old design. Like the FA18 Hornet or the French Rafaele or even the new Eurofighter (designed in the late 1980s)
So they funded it then.
Wow!
Imagine if all that money and intelligence went into building things that weren't just for killing people.
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Russians don't work for money - this is the trick. And when someone speaks about insufficient funds - this is about funding bureaucrats, not the workers or engineers. I have been working for laser program for 15 years before it was cut in funds although we had the best results which are unsurpassed in the world 10 years later.
I don't expect the Russians to keep neglecting their armament in any domain, thanks to the, um... invigorating emulation initiated by King Dubya the Bright. "Healthy competition" has found a second life.
The US are buying the loyalty of Eastern Europe new regimes (or attempting to) with their anti-missile "umbrella". The Chinese have demonstrated they can shoot down an orbiting satellite from the ground. As for the French, not so clumsy after all, they're developing their own version of the Patriot anti-missile system and of the GPS network, to be nore militarily independant from their cumbersome american friends.
BTW, I had read about such ultra-maneuverable military aircrafts some 10 years ago already, and seen it in action. But it wasn't russian. French again, I think.
One shouldn't underestimate the pride and resourcefulness of the "froggies".
Not to mention the ever-prestigious "slow fighter" that preceded them all, namely, Grendizer the invincible Anterak.
Designed in Japan. :-)
The aircraft was funded and built by the USSR in the last years of the Cold War, so it's essentially a 20yr old design. Like the FA18 Hornet or the French Rafaele or even the new Eurofighter (designed in the late 1980s)
So they funded it then.
"a 20yr old design"
Wow!
Imagine if all that money and intelligence went into things that weren't just for killing people.
"a 20yr old design"
Like anon said, in fighter jet years that's nothing extraordinary. The F/A-18 Hornet was designed in the 1970s.
There was a story in the news a few years ago when Larry Ellison, who flies (and owns) jets as a hobby, wanted to buy a Russian MiG to add to his "collection". Pentagon refused to let him. Larry's interpretation of the outcome was that they didn't let him buy one because they didn't want him to have a jet that's faster and more powerful than what U.S. Air Force has.
"Imagine if all that money and intelligence went into things that weren't just for killing people."
Thanks to Mikhail Gorbachev this is pretty much what happened all through the 1990s. Now, thanks to you-know-who we seem to be heading back to the 'good-old-days' of putting our money were our guns are.
And what is Pentagon's answer to "slow fighters", you may ask. Answer: remote controlled butterflies.
"Imagine if all that money and intelligence went into things that weren't just for killing people."
Allright, mister. You are officially a traitor to your country, whatever its name.
Since our agency is direly underfunded currently, would you be so kind as to lock yourself up and execute yourself after a solo mock trial?
Thank you in advance for your cooperation, comrade citizen. May you rot in hell. (No hard feelings.)
Signed : "A friend."
"Remote controlled butterflies?"
Yep, that would definitely be even slower and more maneuverable than any jet plane.
Reality is stupider than fiction, d'uh!
I'm glad that such utterly moronic plans keep failing. It's not enough for humans to be cruel to other humans, they have to play atrocious tricks on animals, too? Disgusting!
I read an article about the US attempts to train dolphins into attacking enemy scuba-divers after being mounted with a frontal dagger blade : a textbook fiasco! Dolphins, who in the wild will often spontaneously save drowning people, just refuse to be trained into harming humans. Which proves they have superior intelligence. Superior to ours, that is!!!
Quoting a military spokesman : "These animals (dolphins) are refractory to any sense of military-compatible discipline. They just can't take orders. They're sex-obsessed and only think about having fun. Worst soldier recruits I have EVER met! They're hopeless."
LMAO! Serves you well, you heartless butchers!
It's enough with combat dogs, who are often wired to explode too. Except, unlike Hamas militants, they don't expect to be rewarded by Allah for dying a horrible death. They just obey and trust their master. Humph! Some trust...
You have to love dolphins.
Is that quote real?? Wow!
Leave it to a military man to give a huge compliment to a species and believe he is putting them down.
Some people, me included, consider dolphins to be not just intelligent but spiritually superior to humans.
I have had one physical encounter with a dolphin that I will never forget. As there's not so much to tell about the encounter (it's a subjective thing), I'll point you to Roedy Green's fascinating essay on the same subject.
Yes, Eolake, the quote's real. I'm just not sure about the exact phrasing, because it's ancient, but I rendered it as acurately as possible.
Late french comedian Coluche (real name : Michel Colucci) was nicknamed "l'enfoiré", the silly bugger, for his very provocative and irreverent style. He started a national NGO, "les Restos du Coeur" (Restaurants of the Heart), to feed the homeless for free. He didn't know it then, but he was about to die in a motorcycle accident, at quite a young age (30-something). And probably to go straight to Heaven, in spite of all his verbal vulgarity. :-)))
Decades later, his movement is still as dynamic as ever, and the "companions" nickname themselves "les enfoirés". It is a very fond term. French language has forever lost an insult.
So yes, undisciplined, playful sex maniacs allergic to violence is only negative in the mind of a military. Peace and love, yo! Make Kama-Sutra , not Kaboom-to-war. Let's sing! "We are the world, we are the children..."
Back to the original topic, I like a fighter that's so slow, the combat is over by the time he/it is ready to participate. :-D
And yet, dolphins are anything but sissies (even the occasional gay couple). Faced with their sworn enemy the big shark, they strike mercilessly at the sensitive gills until they drive it away half-unconscious. Many bear the scars to prove their bravery. Hey, they're just defending their families from the ogre of the sea.
Sharks are not vicious by nature either. Just voracious, opportunistic, and terribly efficient. There's a place for all in the chain of Life. Sharks are being gravely endangered by human activities and our merciless hunting. Should they become extinct, the oceans would lose a very necessary scavenger.
Hey, I know!!! If the Pentagon sold shark-shaped scuba-gear to its enemy countries, maybe dolphins would finally react?
Or not. Their sonar is amazingly discerning. Guess they'd only attack trained vietnamese sharks or iranian hammerheads... Perhaps lawyers, too.
Our cetacean cousins have incredible capabilities. Friendly animals are very efficient in helping autistic children come out of their shell and open up to the world. And dolphins are perhaps the most efficient in this. (I hear horses are quite promising too. You can ride them, but this teaches you another way of communicating; great for autists and mentally challenged kids.)
Oh yeah, not all effort is directed toward warmonging. :-)))
I love this world. "Life is good." And beautiful.
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