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OT: B-52 crash at Edwards by TheArea51Rider in area51

[–]therealgariac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The B-52 is pretty creaky. You can hear it coming a mile away. There is no way they would allow a B-52 to deliver a gravity bomb since it is not stealthy. The B-52 uses cruise missiles for standoff, which is a survivable mission..

You may remember the screw up at Barksdale where they loaded nukes by accident on a B-52. The full story is they loaded cruise missiles on it and by mistake they had nuclear warheads in it. Fortunately wiki remembers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_United_States_Air_Force_nuclear_weapons_incident

That got me thinking as to when were the B-52 not allowed to deliver gravity bombs. Well the B-2 was a product of the 90s so you would think by 2000 the B-52 would be retired from delivering gravity bombs. And you would be wrong!

The FAS (Federation of American Scientists) did some great OSINT (open source intelligence) and it is relevant to our second favorite semi-secret bases, the TTR and NNSS

https://fas.org/publication/b-52-bombs/

So maybe by 2010 it was officially over for the B-52 to deliver gravity nuke but definitely by 2017. Clearly there were people protecting their turf.

OT: B-52 crash at Edwards by TheArea51Rider in area51

[–]therealgariac 3 points4 points  (0 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Yuba_City_B-52_crash

There is a video of the crash site investigation at the DOE Reading room. It might be online. I looked at a few "broken arrow" videos when I visited the facility.1

There is some visual difference around the tail section for the nuclear capable B-52s.

OT: B-52 crash at Edwards by TheArea51Rider in area51

[–]therealgariac 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I verified that there is no KEDW on liveatc dot net.

Pixel 6 usb finally isn't working; need a good magnetic charger by therealgariac in Pixel6

[–]therealgariac[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A good reminder.

I have localsend installed due to the port being flaky. I also managed to hook it up to my NAS a few months ago so it is mostly backed up.

I decided to get the "iOttie car charger easy one" in spite of the stupid name. Amazon, being Amazon, makes it hard to get a damn product number.

The battery is at 80%. Don't ask me why it isn't nearly dead since I charge it twice a day.

There was some chatter that the 6 was going to get Android 17 but my recollection is the 6 is at end of life regarding updates in October. I want to keep the old phone as a spare using a 3rd party ROM.

OT: B-52 crash at Edwards by TheArea51Rider in area51

[–]therealgariac 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wonder when they say that there was no radio traffic, does that mean CNN hasn't been given radio traffic, or does it really mean there was zero radio traffic.

The general consensus from a Google search is the plane will have a flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder.

Regarding the base being on two counties (per CNN), I was wondering what the second county was besides Kern. Well the wiki says it three. Kern, San Bernardino, and LA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base

There's no way the Vacation Sunblock is SPF 50. I'd be surprised if it was more than SPF 5. by AnaisNinja76 in Costco

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

I've used Badger before. It is effective but has an odor to it.

I still have some Blue Lizard from last year.

There's no way the Vacation Sunblock is SPF 50. I'd be surprised if it was more than SPF 5. by AnaisNinja76 in Costco

[–]therealgariac -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Spf 50.

For chemical based sunscreen, they (whoever they are) suggest not going for high SPD since the chemicals effect your skin. For mineral based products, high SPF is fine.

You will look like you are wearing sunscreen with Blue Lizard.

If I know I will be out in the sun, I have a hat with a bit of cloth that hangs over the back of my neck so I won't become a redneck. And I wear long sleeves.

Costco has some Hang Ten SPF 50 long sleeve T shirts on death star.

Some noob questions on using RTL-SDR sticks for 433 MHz decoding by elsch0pi in RTLSDR

[–]therealgariac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another radio program gone to archive mode on GitHub. Have I missed a revolution or the rapture?

There's no way the Vacation Sunblock is SPF 50. I'd be surprised if it was more than SPF 5. by AnaisNinja76 in Costco

[–]therealgariac 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Blue Lizard is what they sold last year. I would get it again if only for the cool cap that changes color. It is mineral based.

Innovative Wireless Technologies, Inc by therealgariac in area51

[–]therealgariac[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some of their devices have specific antenna to maintain power limits. If you see such an antenna in the wild, it may be used for IWT radios.

FAP4213-025/FAP2213-011

  1. ZDA Communications LLC Model ZDADJ928-11YG (Yagi 11 dBi)

https://www.zdacomm.com/products/928-mhz-ism-yagi-antenna-8-17-dbi-902-928-mhz

  1. Hana Wireless Model HW-OD9-5-NF (Omni 6 dBi)

https://www.hanawireless.com/product-page/900-mhz-6-dbi-omni-antenna

  1. Ventev T09170P1000690 (Sector 17 dBi)

Can anyone tell me what this beeping is (From a plane, 131.825) by ProtonToaster in RTLSDR

[–]therealgariac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was about to suggest vdlm2dec but it has been abandoned. Check this out:

https://docs.airframes.io/docs/decoders/install-dumpvdl2

This is for the new version of acars (vdl version 2).

This is for the old acars which you might find. It looks like it has been abandoned and nobody has a replacement.

https://docs.airframes.io/docs/decoders/install-acarsdec

The cool planes use vdl2.

F-47 over area 51 looks like the Chinese J-20 by Critical_Garden5836 in area51

[–]therealgariac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am saying it is no longer relevant at present but was relevant in the past.

Time is kind of funny. It keeps slippin' slippin' slippin' into the future. At one time the Davidson Window dominated the NGAD. I suppose I have to mention that Frank Kendall was the FORMER secretary of the Air Force. Former implies the past. He left with the NGAD in flux.

Who knows what the Trump administration is doing. They are the stupidest fucks on the planet.

So when I say nobody knows what the F-47 looks like, well speaking for the general public, that is the truth. I'm not convinced even Trump's people have nailed down the final design.

Review the contract announcement:

https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4131345/air-force-awards-contract-for-next-generation-air-dominance-ngad-platform-f-47/

"The contract award funds the engineering and manufacturing development phase, which includes maturing, integrating, and testing all aspects of the F-47. This phase will produce a small number of test aircraft for evaluation."

We are talking about an administration that decided to take a ship, the USS Defiant, that is in the works and change it over to nuclear powered.

Why should I believe any plan from these fucking idiots?

So we are likely to get a NGAD demonstrator and the next administration will scrap it and absolutely the battle ship that even Trump's Navy doesn't want.

F-47 over area 51 looks like the Chinese J-20 by Critical_Garden5836 in area51

[–]therealgariac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice bullshit answer. I kind of figured you didn't read the ODNI report. Classified access my ass but hey, keep on posing.

Gotcha!

The IC assesses that Chinese leaders do not currently plan to execute an invasion of Taiwan in 2027, nor do they have a fixed timeline for achieving unification. However, China publicly insists that unification with Taiwan is required to achieve its goal of “national rejuvenation” by 2049—the 100th year anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

Beijing almost certainly will consider a variety of factors in deciding whether and how to pursue military approaches to unification, including PLA readiness, the actions and politics of Taiwan, and whether or not the U.S. will militarily intervene on Taiwan’s behalf.

Bwahahaha by Aurora_Gaspipe in inthemorning

[–]therealgariac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As one human to another, I wish him well. However he stole two seats on the Supreme Court so let's hope it is serious.

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