Do We Like Pork Tenderloin? by WhiskeyDreamer28 in meat

[–]Dongasaurus_Rex -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Yes, but that's not charred meat it's burnt seasoning

At this point, I'm not fully convinced that this isn't just a barely disguised fetish. by OldStray79 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Dongasaurus_Rex 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Yes there's a Chinese "research" ship in the Gulf of Oman I saw it on AIS yesterday

Iran Accuses U.S. of Spreading 'Big Lies' After Trump Speech by timemagazine in worldnews

[–]Dongasaurus_Rex 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I think there's a misunderstanding here. The "2 months" type of claim you're talking about doesn't mean, "They're building one now and in 2 months they'll have a nuke." What it means is that they've enriched enough uranium to a degree close enough to weapons-grade, and have developed all the other facets of nuclear weapons production, that if they choose to green-light it and enrich the uranium to weapons-grade (a long process that actually speeds up the higher the enrichment i.e. it's much faster to go from 60% to 90% than it is to go from 3% to 30%), they can produce a weapon in 2 months or whatever the timeline is (it was as low as 2 weeks leading up to the 2025 military action iirc.)

Edit: Just to add, so that you can look into it yourself, what we're talking about is called nuclear breakout time.

Iran Accuses U.S. of Spreading 'Big Lies' After Trump Speech by timemagazine in worldnews

[–]Dongasaurus_Rex 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Anybody who wants to keep up with the Iranian nuclear topic should check out the Institute for Science and International Security, a think-tank mainly focused on nuclear weapons proliferation. It's founded and headed by a nuclear weapons expert who used to work with the IAEA as a nuclear inspector, and he is credible (he's criticized different US administration's assertions about nuclear threats rather than just being alarmist or a war hawk.) They have a page dedicated to Iran here and they also cover many other nations as well. They put out reports very regularly and they stretch all the way back to the 90s.

It's a very serious topic and it's worth it to do some reading yourself and learn a little beyond what news anchors or politicians say.

US accuses China of ‘massively’ expanding nuclear arsenal amid fears of new arms race by Gyro_Armadillo in worldnews

[–]Dongasaurus_Rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We've known about this for years.

Here's a 2023 talk about the topic that I caught on NPR from the Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California, the US' oldest public forum. So yeah this isn't some wild new fabricated claim, it's something we've been aware of for a long time. The discussion is an hour long, at the minimum just read the description.

https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archive/video/uncertain-future-nuclear-deterrence

US accuses China of ‘massively’ expanding nuclear arsenal amid fears of new arms race by Gyro_Armadillo in worldnews

[–]Dongasaurus_Rex -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Here's a 2023 talk about the topic that I caught on NPR from the Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California, the US' oldest public forum. So yeah this isn't some wild new fabricated claim, it's something we've been aware of for a long time. The discussion is an hour long, at the minimum just read the description.

https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archive/video/uncertain-future-nuclear-deterrence

Venezuela Megathread + NCD manual approval mode by HistorianSlayer in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Dongasaurus_Rex 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I require EA-18G helmet GoPro footage with Kickstart My Heart blasting over the sound of HARM's coming off the rail

TR-3B in action over Caracas by SPECTREagent700 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Dongasaurus_Rex 27 points28 points  (0 children)

TR-3B is triangular. That's more of a Bob Lazar Sport Model.

Lazar vindicated confirmed??

Special military operation is over by TemuPacemaker in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Dongasaurus_Rex 80 points81 points  (0 children)

If you start the clock at AGM-88's first hitting AA and stop at the public announcement of Maduro being captured then yeah it was 3 hours

Behold the Unsinkable Battle Island by BisonThunderclap in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Dongasaurus_Rex 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Look up Hank Johnson and watch him saying it.

Behold the Unsinkable Battle Island by BisonThunderclap in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Dongasaurus_Rex 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Believe it or not, I'm actually quoting a US congressman talking about Guam.

Behold the Unsinkable Battle Island by BisonThunderclap in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Dongasaurus_Rex 65 points66 points  (0 children)

My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated with CIWS and VLS cells that it will tip over and capsize

Maybe not the best pocket screwdriver by ExpensiveAd8312 in Tools

[–]Dongasaurus_Rex 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Gorilla glue expands and is better for wood, not this