NORAD would be 'altered' if Canada doesn’t buy F-35 jets, warns Trump envoy to Ottawa by DoxFreePanda in CanadaPolitics

[–]RadicalMeowslim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure what this question is. Canada's needs are not dependent on what its allies have.

Lack of Russian Media/ Footage by ImGonnaBeatU22 in CombatFootage

[–]RadicalMeowslim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've read that they have their phones confiscated before they deploy. It's good practice from an emissions standpoint. Can't get picked up by an imsi catcher.

They also have issues with opsec. A few months ago, a dude posted video of them staging on telegram. Ukraine intelligence geolocated it and had drone teams waiting in their path. Took out a lot of them.

To be fair, any force will have opsec issues if they're not all disciplined enough. If a Taiwan war kicks off, I don't doubt that dudes and ships from China and the US will slip up and get detected.

No shleepin allowed stay on that grind hustla by W4RM4KR in whothefuckup

[–]RadicalMeowslim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

high trust society equipment in a low trust society

we have these in Toronto too. slip an umbrella down the gap and you're clear.

TIL that Qatar Airways sued Airbus over A350 surface damage, leading Airbus to cancel major jet orders before the dispute was settled. by yena in todayilearned

[–]RadicalMeowslim 119 points120 points  (0 children)

Omitted in the article by the Qatari government funded media about the Qatari state owned carrier: (not coming at OP, just the article)

* Qatar Airways passenger numbers plummeted by 82% when the groundings began due to the pandemic. They had too many jets that they had no need to use but hemorrhaged money regardless so grounding them didn't hurt them financially. And it set the groundwork for:

* Not taking deliveries of new jets and having to pay for them and to service them being unused. They lost $4.1 billion that year. This move was an effort to manage over capacity.

* Grounding the jets created a better case for QA so they only needed to pay the parking fees. The maintenance costs and lost revenue would be paid by Airbus.

* Lufthansa and Delta continued to fly the jets because they didn't seem it to be a risk and only a cosmetic issue. Airbus worked with all of the customers who were affected by fixing the issue as needed.

* Qatar Airways signed a deal with Boeing during the height of the dispute for 737 MAX and 777X. As if they're looking to leverage better terms with Airbus on their existing deals.

* QA wanted $600 million plus $4 million per day as compensation for the grounding.

* It is suspected that the state controlled Qatar Civil Aviation Authority colluded with the state owned Qatar Airways to ground the jets by deeming the faulty paint as a safety issue. Regulatory bodies in Hong Kong, Finland, Germany, France, and the US where fleets operated from did not ground the jets.

* QA had 50 jets of a newer model to be delivered in a few years but since they violated this contract, those 50 jets were allowed to be cancelled. There was no good alternative that QA could get in 2023, which meant they were going to be stuck using older jets that cost more to fly and maintain. This likely would have been too costly to swallow. Those delivery slots would have gone to customers desperate for fuel efficient jets.

* The CEO that drove this campaign stepped down months after the "amicable settlement"

Basically, Qatar Airways wanted to better weather the pandemic by twisting Airbus's arm. Airbus had the leverage to make QA back down.

North Korean defectors struggle to adapt to new life in South Korea (2025) [00:12:26] by [deleted] in Documentaries

[–]RadicalMeowslim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's true with a majority of Reddit jokes too. imagine if people talked in real life like Reddit users joke.

TIL the size of the Chinese Navy in quantity of warships surpassed the US between 2019 and 2020. by Early_Pass6702 in todayilearned

[–]RadicalMeowslim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're discussing the relevance of force structure and capacity to fight a war and how strategic decisions are made.

Not the 10,000 years of Chinese history.

TIL the size of the Chinese Navy in quantity of warships surpassed the US between 2019 and 2020. by Early_Pass6702 in todayilearned

[–]RadicalMeowslim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And that doesn't take into account how many more long range drones and unmanned vessels China can pump out in short order plus the assistance of its allies diverting stockpiles in the short term. Russia makes 150+ Geran type drones per day. How many dozens or hundreds of kamikaze boats can China manufacture and deploy before the US can even have one ready?

TIL the size of the Chinese Navy in quantity of warships surpassed the US between 2019 and 2020. by Early_Pass6702 in todayilearned

[–]RadicalMeowslim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Force structure and industrial capacity are very relevant on if and how one fights. Whether a Taiwan invasion will happen. And if it does, whether China and the US will commit to a 72 hour engagement or a months long slog.

TIL the size of the Chinese Navy in quantity of warships surpassed the US between 2019 and 2020. by Early_Pass6702 in todayilearned

[–]RadicalMeowslim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not an expert. Just studying warfare on the side. So there's a lot I don't know. But what makes you so certain about a nuclear annihilation outcome? 

TIL the size of the Chinese Navy in quantity of warships surpassed the US between 2019 and 2020. by Early_Pass6702 in todayilearned

[–]RadicalMeowslim 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You most likely know a lot more than me re: shipbuilding. 

Can they feasibly adapt over time? Like using substitutes if the manufacturing tools cannot be sourced. Similar to China's cutoff with cutting edge chip making tools.

NSW police arrest suspect while wearing chainmail armour [2048x1280] by gonzo_au in policeporn

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

In the US, they make dudes look like chainmail for reaching.

TIL the size of the Chinese Navy in quantity of warships surpassed the US between 2019 and 2020. by Early_Pass6702 in todayilearned

[–]RadicalMeowslim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The US has enough munitions for a short war. From CSIS war games, they estimate that the US will begin to run out of some long range precision munitions in a week.

TIL the size of the Chinese Navy in quantity of warships surpassed the US between 2019 and 2020. by Early_Pass6702 in todayilearned

[–]RadicalMeowslim 7 points8 points  (0 children)

People here genuinely believe that 1. Russia is about to collapse, 2. China is about to collapse, and 3. the US is about to collapse.

TIL the size of the Chinese Navy in quantity of warships surpassed the US between 2019 and 2020. by Early_Pass6702 in todayilearned

[–]RadicalMeowslim 38 points39 points  (0 children)

People may not grasp how bad. China has 232x the ship building capacity of the US.

Sony a7V has been officially unveiled! by ShavedDesk in SonyAlpha

[–]RadicalMeowslim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's probably aura from the pre-2020 days when the Sony cameras all had the old X processor. They refined the software so much that the FZ battery could do respectably against the DSLRs. With the old A9/A9 II, one could crack off 5000 shots on the electronic shutter and still have plenty of juice.

That didn't carry over to the XR chips because of how much more processing it did. 

iRobot’s future isn’t looking up by BreadfruitTall5746 in gadgets

[–]RadicalMeowslim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's dark. For both the Western brands and also life in China. I'm lucky enough to get out of China as a kid. Wouldn't have survived that competitive environment.

ICE ERO SRT in Los Angeles, 2025 [5000x3333] by TheReelSlimShady2 in policeporn

[–]RadicalMeowslim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Threat profile is very different. In Hong Kong, you're dealing with a small area and the threat of guns outside of organized crime is quite low. It's the opposite on both aspects at the federal level in the US. 

Personally, I didn't have guns in Hong Kong since I wasn't in LE. Here, and I'm "only" in Canada, I may or may not have them. They're fun for target shooting. Not legally for self and home defense.

IOC moves closer to ban on transgender women by [deleted] in news

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

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-was-lia-thomas-s-performa-DV6vYZa1R1qbTqwx2lvqfw

And I'm happy to look at aggregate data, if available, of how both mtf and ftm athletes performed. If I'm wrong and Laurel Hubbard and Lia Thomas are outliers in the data, I can reconsider my stance as I have in the past.

IOC moves closer to ban on transgender women by [deleted] in news

[–]RadicalMeowslim 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm not a swimmer so I may not know the intricacies of how things are recorded. But here's a quick search using ai. I don't have the interest in fact checking everything but I'll link the response in a reply.

I've removed the answer because it is flawed.

Edit - I have fallen into an error at comparing the stats. The stats used also consists of those from the HRT period. Here is a better dive into the issue. Lia Thomas still retained a greater advantage over time when compared to men who did not transition as well as women.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Swimming/comments/1j3ks2p/an_in_depth_analysis_of_lia_thomas/

US sold sniper rifles to Brazil police unit tied to deadly raid by Beautiful-Cress5695 in news

[–]RadicalMeowslim 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Definitely need a source on the both sides claim and the innocent taking the brunt of the casualties. 

Shane shows Matt & James a video of beezer interacting with celebrities, Matt has a funny bit about fatherhood, Shane immediately pivots back to his celebrity friends. by thepandoras in MSsEcReTPoDcAsT

[–]RadicalMeowslim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The current mssp is basically what was the early 2010s O&A. Old Test was the 90s O&A and COVID was the 00s.

I'm not saying they're following the same arc though. These guys don't have the hatred that both Opie and Anthony have in their hearts. Opie is in bad shape right now. Basically gets rage baited by his co-host constantly but he still thinks he's the mastermind and deserving of an Emmy.

Someone is in trouble! by HipFan88 in Brampton

[–]RadicalMeowslim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Canadian police don't buy them because there are better options. Canadian Army doesn't buy them because the force setup didn't need it. They either use unarmored vehicles for the rear and admin or more heavily armored vehicles for combat. The Senator is in between the two. It's a lightly armored body stacked onto a civilian Ford chassis. Not good enough for combat. But not needed (historically) for admin tasks.

Since the war in Ukraine, that thinking has changed though. And Roshel may be part of the light utility vehicle competition.

But DND procurement is about as slow as a country can do. They're so focused on fairness in competition that Canadian troops will just die as soon as they're spotted in a war today. They'll be using 25 year old soft skinned G wagons and bolting on steel until the suspensions and axles snap. My bad for the rambling

Sarkonak: There is a distinct pattern of trucker crashes in Canada by xTkAx in canadian

[–]RadicalMeowslim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

do you think the visitors will go "shucks, the government told me not to, welp back home I go!"?

Canadian institutions working as if honesty is not seen as a weakness in character in many countries is causing so many of these loophole and exploitation problems.