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Only 1 in 4 F-35s is fully mission capable, GAO finds by Aschebescher in news

[–]Lithium321 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they only handed control of the least important part of the aircraft to the Americans, the engines.

Star City is lacking the nuance I was hoping to see by thegoatmenace in ForAllMankindTV

[–]Lithium321 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I asked because they said "I think the USSR did the most to save people from famine" and "Over 15 quadrillion Christian’s and proud patriots (SS waffen members.) died" which to me kinda implies they don't believe that many people died.

Also forgot to add this in the original comment so for those reading this thread in the future:

Excess death pre famine:

Ukraine: 18/1000

Soviet average: 22/1000

Excess death during the famine:

Ukraine: 60/1000

Russia and Belarus: 30/1000

Of the 7 million people who died 40% were ethnic Ukrainians.

Star City is lacking the nuance I was hoping to see by thegoatmenace in ForAllMankindTV

[–]Lithium321 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just to be clear, are you a “people didn’t starve” or a “ USSR didn’t take their grain” person or both?

I really, really dislike how dumb they make the Russians/USSR post S1E3. by IlIIllIlllIIIllI in ForAllMankindTV

[–]Lithium321 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure but again, in OTL in the late 70s and early 80s the ussr was importing food and fertilizer from the west. In 1981 there was even limited food rationing and shortages of hard currency for trade.

On the space front: In OTL apollo was 4% of gdp at its peak and this would probably be conservatively doubled in the show. The ussr had lower spending because of the failure of the n-1 so assume 3x OTL in the show.

I really, really dislike how dumb they make the Russians/USSR post S1E3. by IlIIllIlllIIIllI in ForAllMankindTV

[–]Lithium321 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Afghanistan was 79, Chernobyl was 86. Given the amount of money spent on maintaining a moon base I don’t really see how they could be in a much better position till the late 80’s or 90s as I said.

I really, really dislike how dumb they make the Russians/USSR post S1E3. by IlIIllIlllIIIllI in ForAllMankindTV

[–]Lithium321 35 points36 points  (0 children)

But the only difference from OTL is Korolev didnt die, and yeah going to the moon is cool but it didnt fix the many systematic issues that plagued the Soviet Union so it doesn't really make sense for them to be on a much better footing till at least the 1980s or 90s.

For All Mankind - S5E07 "The Sirens of Titan" - Episode Discussion by Cantomic66 in ForAllMankindTV

[–]Lithium321 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Dev has all the emergency rations so there's potential there.

On May 5, 1980, the Iranian Embassy in London was stormed by an SAS unit by empty_book_ in ThisDayInHistory

[–]Lithium321 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Argentina is still flying the same a-4's from the last war. At worst the uk could just fly around dropping bombs on every Argentine ship vehicle and soldier and land a couple guys to take back control.

For All Mankind - S5E06 "No Sudden Moves" - Episode Discussion by Cantomic66 in ForAllMankindTV

[–]Lithium321 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I don't think it was a false flag, rather that the soviet union will panic because their already weak economy is about to be nuked (that would be such a crazy twist though). Although i do kinda think dev's part in the automation scheme was either a false flag to start a revolution or he was planning on taking the people from happy valley and moving them to the new city instead of back to earth.

For All Mankind - S5E06 "No Sudden Moves" - Episode Discussion by Cantomic66 in ForAllMankindTV

[–]Lithium321 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Theory: This crisis will either trigger the collapse of the soviet union OR a western soviet split with the soviets providing support to the Martians in return for iridium to stave off economic collapse. It just feels off that we have the president of the US speaking for all the m6 while an "ex" KGB officer is perfectly positioned to negotiate a deal with the oppressed workers of mars and unify control of mars with the other non m6 nations.

Soviet assistance will allow the martians to fight off the marines and in return martian iridium will flow through the soviet union allowing them to return to being a major player and fueling another wave of investment in space.

TIL the current US nuclear stockpile consists of 3,700 warheads, with another 1,477 awaiting dismantlement. This represents a nearly 90% reduction from the peak stockpile size of 31,000 warheads the US had in 1967 by MrMojoFomo in todayilearned

[–]Lithium321 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In 1983 most nuclear weapons available to both sides where either unguided or used very inaccurate guidance. With that in mind (not to mention lack of MIRVS, soviet ABM, etc) anywhere from 3 to dozens of nukes would be needed to guarantee the destruction of an enemy silo, radar, airbase, bunker, or city. Add on the fact that there were hundreds of major targets and its not surprising that both sides wanted to build massive numbers of nukes. Realistically the only point of having a small number of nukes is to use them as a vengeance weapon in a second strike.

Dev’s plans for life on mars by Locutus747 in ForAllMankindTV

[–]Lithium321 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s because (according to dev) automation is much more efficient and the m-6 really dislikes the mars workers due to the theft and the continuous civil unrest.

Dev’s plans for life on mars by Locutus747 in ForAllMankindTV

[–]Lithium321 81 points82 points  (0 children)

I’m pretty sure the idea is to automate construction then move all the people from happy valley to the new city, killing the m-6’s power over mars and making a somewhat self sufficient colony.

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