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Blake wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:35 pm

Amethyst wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 2:09 pm Boris without photoshop?

Saint wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:30 pm

Amethyst wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 7:05 am

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:45 pm



Twice; & the Russians got that, honour first too !



Rumour had it; that the design was so Russian, when it came to the aircraft interior; that passengers would have ended up with severe hearing damage at the end of flights.

Interesting video from the West. It does seem to be a totally different plane though, debunking the bullshit that it was a Concorde ripoff. Bigger, higher passenger capacity (different interior design), more powerful engines (Russian's own), specific design to give the heavier aircraft more lift, lots of changes and improvements in general before release for commercial flights. Notably, first crash in testing phase seems to be caused by pilot/crew error. All in all another fine world first achievement by the Ruskies.

It was eventually acknowledged by Tupolev that much of the basic research regarding the delta wing, the drooping nose, etc came from KGB espionage. What they couldn't copy were the control systems - so rather brazenly they actually attempted to purchase them from the UK manufacturer, and were denied after government intervention (theoretically the same systems could have been retro-engineered for military aircraft). There's speculation that the lack of these control systems played a major part in the crash

salix wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 4:46 pm The Russians and the Chinese are renowned for stealing technology. Look at China's Y-20 transport aircraft, remarkably similar to Boeing's C-17. Or their J-31 fighter which is practically indistinguishable from the F-35.
Us in the west are sleepwalking into the future. In Russia's eyes anything that weakens the west strengthens them.

In order to disrupt the Soviet gas supply, its hard-currency earnings from the West and the internal Russian economy, the pipeline software that was to run the pumps, turbines and valves was programmed to go haywire, after a decent interval, to reset pump speeds and valve settings to produce pressures far beyond those acceptable to the pipeline joints and welds.

The result was the most monumental nonnuclear explosion and fire ever seen from space. At the White House, we received warning from our infrared satellites of some bizarre event in the middle of Soviet nowhere. NORAD feared a missile liftoff from a place where no rockets were known to be based. Or perhaps it was a detonation of a small nuclear device. The Air Force chief of intelligence rated it at 3 kilotons, but he was puzzled by the silence of the Vela satellites. They had detected no electromagnetic pulse, characteristic of nuclear detonations. Before these conflicting indicators could turn into an international crisis, Gus Weiss came down the hall to tell his fellow NSC staffers not to worry. It took him another 20 years to tell me why.

Lemoentjie wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:43 am Russia is not claiming that they've created a perfect vaccine. The experts have created a vaccine that when they run as a cost/benefit analysis, is very beneficial. They acknowledge there can be strong side effects.

Lemoentjie wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:43 am Russia is not claiming that they've created a perfect vaccine. The experts have created a vaccine that when they run as a cost/benefit analysis, is very beneficial. They acknowledge there can be strong side effects.

Lemoentjie wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:43 am Russia is not claiming that they've created a perfect vaccine. The experts have created a vaccine that when they run as a cost/benefit analysis, is very beneficial. They acknowledge there can be strong side effects.

Glaston wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:52 pm

Blake wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:35 pm

Jesus I just snorted some wine.

MSG# wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:08 pm

Lemoentjie wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:43 am Russia is not claiming that they've created a perfect vaccine. The experts have created a vaccine that when they run as a cost/benefit analysis, is very beneficial. They acknowledge there can be strong side effects.

They stole the Oxford vaccine didn't they?

Amethyst wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:59 pm

MSG# wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:08 pm

Lemoentjie wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:43 am Russia is not claiming that they've created a perfect vaccine. The experts have created a vaccine that when they run as a cost/benefit analysis, is very beneficial. They acknowledge there can be strong side effects.

They stole the Oxford vaccine didn't they?

Couldn't have. They are not claiming it's perfect.

Raggs wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 2:10 pm
They're claiming theirs is better than anyone else's in the world. That may not be perfect, but it's a hefty claim all the same.

Raggs wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 2:10 pm

Amethyst wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:59 pm

MSG# wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:08 pm

They stole the Oxford vaccine didn't they?

Couldn't have. They are not claiming it's perfect.

They're claiming theirs is better than anyone else's in the world. That may not be perfect, but it's a hefty claim all the same.

Amethyst wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:17 pm

Raggs wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 2:10 pm

Amethyst wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:59 pm

Couldn't have. They are not claiming it's perfect.

They're claiming theirs is better than anyone else's in the world. That may not be perfect, but it's a hefty claim all the same.

When did they claim it's the best in the world? They did claim it's the world's first registered covid vaccine which is correct AFAIK.

Raggs wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:27 pm

Amethyst wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:17 pm

Raggs wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 2:10 pm

They're claiming theirs is better than anyone else's in the world. That may not be perfect, but it's a hefty claim all the same.

When did they claim it's the best in the world? They did claim it's the world's first registered covid vaccine which is correct AFAIK.

By virtue of releasing it, it is the best in the world right now. When did oxford claim theirs was perfect?

Raggs wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:13 pm Warped logic to ask when Oxford claimed theirs was best?

A6D6E6 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:45 pm

Raggs wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:13 pm Warped logic to ask when Oxford claimed theirs was best?

There isn't any point. I just hope he is being paid to suck Putin's cock as doing it for free would be embarrassing for him.

Nols wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:55 am I see they're also stepping up efforts on vaccinating against opposition politicians, as well.

Raggs wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 2:10 pm

Amethyst wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:59 pm

MSG# wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:08 pm

They stole the Oxford vaccine didn't they?

Couldn't have. They are not claiming it's perfect.

They're claiming theirs is better than anyone else's in the world. That may not be perfect, but it's a hefty claim all the same.

Nols wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:55 am I see they're also stepping up efforts on vaccinating against opposition politicians, as well.

Lemoentjie wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 11:01 am

Nols wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:55 am I see they're also stepping up efforts on vaccinating against opposition politicians, as well.

Some Russians online aren't too sure it's from the Government. Firstly, there are many other parties that don't like Navalny (corrupt oligarchs) and it's uncertain how much freedom they have to commit their crimes without needing them being sanctioned by Putin. Secondly, Putin isn't an idiot, and he knows that the world's eyes are watching very closely, due to Belarus. Killing your political rival will make the West more protective of Belarus. My personal opinion is that it probably was Putin, but the poison Navalny was given (apparently) won't kill him. It is just a reminder to Putin's enemies that he can hurt them wherever and whenever he wants.

Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez has expressed his gratitude to Russia after a plane from Moscow delivered the first batch of the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus to Buenos Aires earlier on Thursday.

“Argentina now has a vaccine against Covid-19,” Fernandez wrote on Twitter, thanking the developers of Sputnik V and Russian leader Vladimir Putin “for the attitude they have shown toward our country.”

“A path of hope has opened” after the arrival of the Russian vaccine to the country, he said. However, the president pointed out that the pandemic hasn't yet ended and the public must continue to follow all the precautions advised by medics.

Lemoentjie wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 11:19 am Well, the mainstream media isn't reporting on it, for obvious reasons. Aside from Spanish language articles, there's not much else to post.