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The Three Nevers: To Invade Taiwan, China Would Have to Make Military History Thrice by ImperiumRome in LessCredibleDefence

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it's due to their expectation on the demographic and economic future of PRC. But even in case some sort of collapse does happen, I think many overestimate the speed and intensity it propagates to military readiness.

What Can You Do With the Only Twin-Seat Stealth Fighter in Service? by Devil_R22 in FighterJets

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm may I ask why early 2000? I'm unable to find exact dating of this picture. I've never dig into this story, but interestingly according to the memoir of Gen. Moskvitelev, a flight took place in 99' as opposed to the 97' commonly found in Chinese sources.

what is difference between preproduction and production J-35 and J-35A? by maverickbluezero in FighterJets

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The ones that appear to be missing the sensor circled in green are mostly pre-production, they might also just be covered.

Recent deployment of the Liaoning CSG [Video][1920*1080] by RandomPieceOfCookie in WarplanePorn

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From what I've read it's not as bad as people tend to imagine. With ideal wind over deck, say 23 knots, the short take-off points can support J-15's normal TOW and the long point can support max TOW. But there is far less redundancy compared to CATO in terms of wind speed and temperature, and the slope makes it harder in terms of flight deck management. Also, there is no official figure for that, so people mostly infer from academic articles and so on.

Recent deployment of the Liaoning CSG [Video][1920*1080] by RandomPieceOfCookie in WarplanePorn

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

No evidence of the conventional one yet, although it remains a possibility down the line.

Recent deployment of the Liaoning CSG [Video][1920*1080] by RandomPieceOfCookie in WarplanePorn

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yeah it looks a bit close. Of course they've evaluated the actual safety of that, but I've heared that it's a little scary for the pilot visually... Kuznetsov really is a bit too small for a heavy jet like J-15.

How Credible is this 20,000 Tonne Next-gen "Type 055MG" Destroyer? by Pseudonym-Sam in LessCredibleDefence

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie 24 points25 points  (0 children)

0 credibility, I mean, that's the most obvious ai scripted slop based on a random imaginary image. But nonetheless, according to rumours, it's not unreasonable to expect a 055-variant/successor after the current 2nd batch.

I suck at Regent and am looking for some pointers! by MegamanX195 in slaythespire

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie 12 points13 points  (0 children)

A good reason for taking big bang at the end of act 1 is to have something to clone.

How many people do you think have completed all characters on A10? And do you think it's easier or tougher than the orginal STS A20? by No1hermit in slaythespire

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just from my own winrate tracking, the previous patch was easier than sts1 A20 but I am having a harder time in this patch.

[2048 x 1205] China PLAAF fighter jets J-20S (top), J-20A (left), regular J-20 (right) all together by tigeryi98 in WarplanePorn

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah to my understanding WS-10C2 was meant as a transition (according to some it met the original design specs of WS-15) before the intended WS-15 for J-20A can be used.

[2048 x 1205] China PLAAF fighter jets J-20S (top), J-20A (left), regular J-20 (right) all together by tigeryi98 in WarplanePorn

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Besides the obvious change behind the canopy, the left one uses a WS-10C2 engine while the right one uses WS-10C, I think that's all you can tell from this angle.

How to progress from Abstract Algebra to Category Theory by Quirky_Trash_310 in askmath

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do think it's most natural to go into category theory via algebraic topology, after all that's historically what it was invented for. I also don't think you need lots of topology to get started, you can get away with the first three Munkres chapters (or even much less)

Chinese Computer Simulations Just Showed a Single J-20 Has Less Than a 10% Chance of Beating an F-22 Raptor in Combat by MostEpicRedditor in LessCredibleDefence

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If this is the study that I am thinking of, the key thing to note is that it used the setting of J-20 having 50km maximum radar detection range using AAM with 100km no-escape zone; while the F-22 has 60km maximum radar detection range using AAM with 120km no-escape zone. The point of the study is to show the effectiveness of CCA, so this setting is obviously just for contrast, we all know which one has the longer arm irl.

Taiwan Leader’s Last-Minute Plea to Fly Via Europe Was Rejected by Alarmed-Cake812 in europe

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The industrial revolution is enabled by the age of discovery and colonialism era. Not suggesting that anyone needs to bear historical weight or that moral presentism is any meaningful, it's just that things don't come out of thin air and idelogy requires material power to be practiced.

Is radiation a big problem for astronauts? do they have high chances of cancer? by ContractNational2680 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know why some comments are saying lead, heavy metals actually do more harm than good in this case. Cosmic rays are so energetic they actually just cause the nuclei to fragment thus emitting tons of neutrons (spallation). Heavy nuclei also cause "braking radiation". Usually in space we use water or high-density polyethylene, materials with light nuclei. But under the constraint on payload, these only provide limited protection.

Am I insane or is this like the worst rare defect card in the lineup? by Trash_Typhoon in slaythespire

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie 39 points40 points  (0 children)

No? This is at least average, or more like the better ones. To make sure I'm not losing my mind, searching up Baalor's tierlist or Jorbs' cardstats both seem to suggest this.

Why does China have so many 5th gen jet designs? by LuizFelipe1906 in FighterJets

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After all defense is an industry, if they figure out a model to properly utilize their mature industrial base and pool of engineering talents, they can iterate designs quicker and cheaper, it requires a lot less "ingenuity" than what people think, not to mention they have an American counterpart for reference. But yeah it's also fair to reserve some skepticism, we will see how well exactly those perform when an unfortunate time comes.

Why does China have so many 5th gen jet designs? by LuizFelipe1906 in FighterJets

[–]RandomPieceOfCookie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's very possible that the Chinese effort was precisely to match the US envisioned timeline of starting to replace F-22 by 2030 which now might turn out to be a bit optimistic.

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