....on target on all counts.

It did and has occurred to me that the .50 cal cartridge helped. Mach 3 and 600+ gr. projectile with high sectional density. The design of the M107, too.

Taking nothing away from the shooter.

Actually, that was some pretty deep powder on a 45 degree slope with no major oncoming obstacles. If you're going to hit something at Mach 6 and survive, it would be powder snow.

Several videos out there of people skydiving and surviving hitting the ground at terminal velocity with only a drag chute deployed. Granted, they are major puckered units, but that is a situation more akin to "almost died".

I guess what I mean is, I don't classify near misses as "almost dying". It's like saying she's "almost pregnant" after pulling away before coitus.

You people having "splash damage" should probably not wait so damn long so your shit doesn't come out at Mach 3.


...or stop pinching off at the 1 inch mark.

Not mach loop, close to mach but not quite there yet. I doubt they can do +1mach so close to civilians.

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Who dredged this zero-resolution, audio 2 of 10 crapsteak outta the wayback mach.....oh. Fucking admin. Is it a wonder I was run out of town on a rail rallying against low-brow turds??

Booooooooo!

Action Comics #479, Superman comes in at about mach 6 on a decommissioned air strip in Singapore and does a low-in fly-over scraping his face against the tarmac to lose that shadow...

The mission generally dictates the engineering and design of a mechanical system. The Buran and the Shuttle are prime examples. The new X-37 resembles both in general shape because a reusable "space plane" needs certain specific physical characteristics.

The Mig-25 looks like the F-15 because both were originally designed as high altitude, high mach interceptors. The demand placed on the system by the overly large engines dictates the shape.

The basic principles of radar "stealth" dictate certain shapes to be effective. The Have-Blue shape was effective against high frequency radar through deflection. As materials technology advanced, e.g. radio absorbing materials, more aerodynamic shapes could be implemented and still retain "stealthy" characteristics, if not improve upon them.

All the F-22 vs Pak50, M1a1 Abrams vs T80 videos are funny. The 1 versus 1 advantages are fun to debate, but its the entire system that wins or loses the fight. In the same vein, its common knowledge that German armor in WW2 was vastly superior to American armor in every technical way. Similarly, German fighter aircraft were more maneuverable than the P-47s and P-51s that they fought. Unfortunately for the Luftwaffe, this superiority was not enough to defeat the allied system as it rolled east across Europe.

The term 5th generation does not define the aircraft themselves, but the system they belong to. If you read wikipedia, this does not mesh, but the wiki values maneuverability (which is inherently limited by the pilot), stealth features (limited by current materials and design), advanced avionics (what does this mean?) and multi-role capabilities (we have had this since the 1980's). The key to 5th generation fighters and its defining characteristic is the ability to integrate the new fighters with every other piece of war equipment in the theatre, not just in tactical use, but the total meshing of sensors and 2-way data links. Its the difference between a war of attrition and a war of "look first, shoot first".

The Russians appear to be building an excellent stealth fighter that looks sexy as hell. The Chinese are doing the same. What they both lack at the current time is the "backend" systems to make these new 5th generation-esque vehicles fully capable. The Pak50 and the J20 won't be sharing targeting data with their Navy or other ground forces anytime soon.

The article I read had completely wrong information. They said he was just under 760 and that he didn't break it. Stupid wrong news people...rabble rabble rabble!!>> ^mrsid:

He officially reached mach 1.24 (833.9 mph)...
>> ^Stu:
It would have been better if he had actually broken the sound barrier...but he didn't. If it was hand grenades or horse shoes the almost would have counted.

He officially reached mach 1.24 (833.9 mph)...

>> ^Stu:

It would have been better if he had actually broken the sound barrier...but he didn't. If it was hand grenades or horse shoes the almost would have counted.

>> ^skinnydaddy1:

Why are people surprised about this? A country that could come up with something like the Mach 5, A Mech for Spiderman, Godzilla, Pokemon, Tentacle Hentai, Vans and trucks with enough lights to make the Vegas strip look dull and the Lap Pillow. This is by far one of the tamest things they have. If any civilization in the universe could take all the weirdness and bazaar shit they ever created or found and concentrated it in one spot it would still never match Japan.


Ya... North American car trends are COMPLETELY normal.

Why are people surprised about this? A country that could come up with something like the Mach 5, A Mech for Spiderman, Godzilla, Pokemon, Tentacle Hentai, Vans and trucks with enough lights to make the Vegas strip look dull and the Lap Pillow. This is by far one of the tamest things they have. If any civilization in the universe could take all the weirdness and bazaar shit they ever created or found and concentrated it in one spot it would still never match Japan.