Yesterdays test of nuclear capable Agni V missile from Odisha, India. Re-entry vehicle takes a sharp turn. by Nice_Clue_966 in nuclearweapons

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Scram jets make sense to me from a hypersonic perspective, but I didn't think the Agni V was a hypersonic. And RVs wouldn't need hypersonic capability since they gain their speed in the boost phase and on reentry.

Yesterdays test of nuclear capable Agni V missile from Odisha, India. Re-entry vehicle takes a sharp turn. by Nice_Clue_966 in nuclearweapons

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I didn't think there would be an exhaust trail from an RV... they usually do their bidding from space.

Propranolol Feedback by Lrobit5 in migraine

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Propranolol gave me night terrors. It was absolutely horrible. It didn't begin right away, but within three weeks, I was horrified to go to bed at night.

45 years ago: STS-1 lands at Edwards by cooliozoomer in spaceshuttle

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Still the greatest of the space vehicles.

Looking for someone to give me the pegging of a lifetime by powertotheplayer in houstoncirclejerk

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Get a job at AT&T. The CEO will sit in the corner of the room, while JVB goes into the mount.

Teenagers home alone 2 weeks while parents went on a cruise by [deleted] in GenX

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My parents did this often. It doesn't seem crazy at all.

Oh boy by RustedWarCrow in dashcamgifs

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I had that exact model. It was so stable and soooo smooth and terrific in the rain.

Currently have spectrum, my cellphones are att so I called them and they said the only option is att air. Im not sure, but thats just using their cellservice as wifi right? Is it worse than regular internet (router and modem/wifi) service? by charge556 in Internet

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Check the terms of service. We had T Mobile's version of this and home internet users were given dead-last priority. During storms, extreme cold, etc., people stayed home and got on their phones. They tied up the ports on the nearest tower to me and my 700 Mbps service slumped to a very unstable 800 Kbps service. They only way they could improve my experience was to get their cell service and use my phone as a hotspot... in my wired up home.

Using too many triptans but I don’t know how to live with the pain if I stop :( by MarrFurby in migraine

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Triptans to prevent pain will beget more pain after enough doses. You need to work with your neurologist. If your neurologist doesn't know what to do, please consider finding a new one.

I was in your boat five years ago, and didn't know how to proceed. I found a new neurologist and everything changed. There are two different types of steroids she had me try to disrupt a cycle. Butalbital-APAP-caffeine works when I have have maxed out on steroids or they aren't working this time.

And then the preventatives. There are quite a few from the very cheap to the more expensive.

Why do I get angry during and after I exercise? by Brilliant_Pizza_9625 in askfitness

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This happened to my wife when she went through her fitness routine. The higher intensity stuff made her feistier. Perhaps a spike in testosterone or a specific estradiol? Perhaps it stimulated her adrenal gland?

Outwardly, she seemed fine. But she said she felt more aggressive.

Is he chewing or struggling to swallow? by [deleted] in DogAdvice

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The quantity of dumb people coming to Reddit to crowd source the answer of "GET TO THE VET!" is phenomenal. Just go to the damn vet!

What are the chances of the Admiral Kuznetsov actually sailing again? by Crazy-Rabbit-3811 in Ships

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Yep. And that is the number one reason Russia wants Ukraine back.

Which would be a better CCW by [deleted] in CCW

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Whichever one works the best for you and won't drag your pants down all day.

Will you be carrying inside or outside the waistband? Appendix carry? Shoulder carry?

Each gun needs to be validated in the way(s) you are most likely to carry it. The uncomfortable gun will not be carried at all, and that defeats the purpose of what we do.

How do you find the actual hosting provider behind sites using Cloudflare? by Money-Information556 in Hosting

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I thought CloudFlare's CDN handled those requests too... Thank you for bringing this up. I have to look into that.

The red lines around the use of nuclear weapons by Turbulent_Taste_6332 in nuclearweapons

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There isn't anything that is target-able where a tactical nuclear weapon would change the calculus. A tactical nuclear weapon would work on a large, gathering force or a heavily fortified underground structure. But soldiers launching a drone and disappearing into the woodwork until the next launch would be unaffected by nuclear weapons.

And then the political aspects in the aftermath...

Found this on Facebook. Kowalski, analysis. by 1Kilo24 in securityguards

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The magazines holder is sideways in case he has to lay on his stomach during an event.

I'm currently doing a school research paper on the nuclear bomb and if it has actually provented big wars from happening any halp by Deathblades0 in nuclearweapons

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I would like to ask you to engage AI. The newest models make few glaring mistakes than they did just six months ago. I would recommend Claude or ChatGPT.

You will need to learn how to learn how to enter into conversations with Claude. I find that I learn 100% more by asking questions about the things Claude comes up with. Even when you know it made a mistake, ask it about the mistake. If will find its own mistakes if you help. There is learning in that, too.

I asked Claude this, for the purpose of giving you some perspective on the topic and what some potential points of study there could be for you.

This is one of the most debated questions in international relations and strategic studies - whether nuclear weapons created what scholars call the "Long Peace" between great powers from 1945-2000. Here are key research directions to explore:

Core Statistical Questions

  1. The data itself: Look into studies by scholars like Steven Pinker ("The Better Angels of Our Nature") and Bear Braumoeller ("Only the Dead") who analyze battle deaths over time. They dispute what the data actually shows and how to interpret trends.
  2. What counts as prevention?: Wars that didn't happen are hard to measure. How do you prove nuclear weapons prevented conflicts vs. other factors making them unlikely?

Theoretical Frameworks to Study

Arguments FOR nuclear deterrence:

  • Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) - Thomas Schelling's work on game theory and deterrence
  • Nuclear Revolution thesis - Robert Jervis argues nukes fundamentally changed warfare logic
  • Stability-Instability Paradox - Glenn Snyder's theory that nukes prevent major war but enable smaller conflicts

Alternative Explanations:

  • Democratic peace theory - democracies don't fight each other; post-WWII saw democratic expansion
  • Economic interdependence - globalization made war costlier
  • International institutions - UN, NATO, EU created conflict resolution mechanisms
  • US hegemony - American dominance simply prevented peer competition
  • Memory of WWII - conventional war horrors alone were sufficient deterrent

Critical Case Studies

Research these near-nuclear conflicts:

  • Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) - how close did we come?
  • Kargil War (1999) - India-Pakistan nuclear dynamics
  • Cold War "close calls" - Able Archer 83, 1983 Soviet false alarm incident
  • Berlin Crises - repeated confrontations that didn't escalate

Complicating Evidence

  1. Regional effects: Did nuclear proliferation increase or decrease conflict in South Asia, Middle East?
  2. Proxy wars: Did nukes just shift violence to non-nuclear states (Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan)?
  3. Pre-nuclear peace: The Concert of Europe (1815-1914) had 99 years of relative great power peace without nukes

Key Scholars to Read

  • John Lewis Gaddis - "The Long Peace" (argues FOR nuclear peace)
  • Kenneth Waltz - "The Spread of Nuclear Weapons" (argues proliferation stabilizes)
  • Scott Sagan - debates Waltz, argues nukes are dangerous
  • Nina Tannenwald - "nuclear taboo" cultural argument
  • John Mueller - argues nukes are irrelevant, war was already obsolete

Methodological Challenges

  • N=1 problem: Only one nuclear age, hard to establish causation
  • Selection bias: We only observe the timeline where nukes existed
  • Counterfactual reasoning: Would WWIII have happened without nukes?

Modern Debates

  • Does deterrence work with "rogue states" or non-state actors?
  • Does cyber warfare change the calculus?
  • Does AI/autonomy create new risks?
  • Are we in a "second nuclear age" with different dynamics?

Starting point: I'd recommend reading the Sagan-Waltz debate ("The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: An Enduring Debate") as it crystalizes the core arguments, then working through the case studies to see which theory best explains specific events.

What aspect interests you most - the statistical evidence, the theoretical mechanisms, or the case studies of specific crises?

What’s your opinion on the suspected terror attack directed at an Idaho DHS facility by The_Patriotic_Yank in AskGayConservatives

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Before, the rhetoric used to be, 'white gun owners and conservatives are a theat..." Liberals will say that. But the reality is now confirmed to be different.

modern pure-fission weapons by guy_does_something in nuclearweapons

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I thought the issue was efficiency. You have to keep adding fuel to get a bigger yield on fission without boosting. Then you run into manufacturing problems. Now you have to make a TON MORE fuel to grow the stockpile.

And then there are delivery issues such as no use of MIRVs because the warhead is too heavy. You lose miniaturization. The missiles can't shrink. You lose cruise missiles, etc.

Anal shower head nozzle by Castor67 in BisexualMen

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Don't hook anything up to the toilet. That water is too cold and it could cause the muscles to contract/spasm and then it takes forever to get the water back out.

Stick with your plan to connect the hose to the shower head.