yogthos

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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 hours ago

go home blueAnon

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 hours ago

the libs won't be happy until the last Ukrainian is dead

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 20 hours ago

The key thing is that even if the iron dome was capable of reliably intercepting ballistic missiles, the math is always going to be in favor of the attacker.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 10 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

We already saw that the dome cannot intercept Iranian missiles just days ago. Also, the math doesn't work in favor of the dome given that they need 2 interceptors per missile. There's also the issue of production capacity. Once it runs through the existing stockpiles of interceptors, making new ones at the rate they’re being consumed is not possible. For example, from 2008 to present, Lockheed Martin was able to produce 800 missiles, around 50 a year. https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2023/lockheed-martin-announces-delivery-of-800th-thaad-interceptor-missile-system

To counter the 180 missiles Iran reportedly launched, requiring up to 2 interceptors each, would have exhausted nearly HALF of all THAAD missiles ever produced. And that’s assuming there are enough launchers to even fire that many interceptors at once. The US is completely unprepared for the scale of war it is provoking around the globe.

Iran can absolutely cripple Israel by destroying its energy infrastructure.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 18 points 23 hours ago

the party of lesser evil driving the world towards WW3

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 9 points 23 hours ago

hey, it's effective at lining the pockets of the oligarchs :)

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

China understander has logged on lol

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

my fav bit was when they complain how capitalist markets can't compete with central planning 🎻

In the process, the West has been abandoning its commitment to a bottom-up, market-based approach to setting technical standards. “We are being forced to undermine a system that has been very effective and that we have profited from for a long time,” laments Mr Rühlig. In more ways than one, China is making the West play by its rules.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

No you don't get it, 99 million members of the Communist Party of China don't actually understand Marxism. A guy who's lived his whole life under the dictatorship of capital is the only true arbiter of what real Marxism looks like.

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