Cygnia Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 What Gabby Petito’s Case Says About Cops—and Us another related article if you can't get past the paywall up there. https://www.insider.com/710-indigenous-people-missing-in-wyoming-where-gabby-petito-disappeared-2021-9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Cygnia said: What Gabby Petito’s Case Says About Cops—and Us another related article if you can't get past the paywall up there. https://www.insider.com/710-indigenous-people-missing-in-wyoming-where-gabby-petito-disappeared-2021-9 Police bias is well known. Her boyfriend didn't report her, drove home with her van, refused to speak with the cops about it, and at last report fled from Florida. Automatically he looks guilty, even if an accident had happened. The fact that he may have done this in a serial killer's operating area is a different thing CES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 On 9/21/2021 at 6:27 AM, archer said: That kind of price gouging will always upset a customer, even if you're delivering on time...which the French weren't. The new subs won't have that problem, since both their price and delivery times are unknown. I've seen it suggested that AUKUS would be better named USUKA, pronounced "you sucker". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 'Territorial' ravens disrupt surge in Wing drone deliveries under Canberra's lockdown Just wait until the ravens work out that the drones are carrying burritos... "Smash! Crash! Burrito party!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 You aren't kidding. In fact, I have a hard time thinking of a better way to train ravens to start taking down drones in hopes of edible pillage. assault and Lawnmower Boy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 From a hard-left source, but still...Why the Nuclear Sub Deal Will End Badly for the Australians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 Blind Freddy the rocket scientist can see where this heading by the end of the decade. It’s not a left/right thing but a pro-survival, pro-freedom thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 On 9/21/2021 at 5:42 PM, assault said: From a hard-left source, but still...Why the Nuclear Sub Deal Will End Badly for the Australians I am not saying he is Wrong...but, there are some flaws in what he is saying. The numbers in particular, he lists the French sub contract to be from 30 to 90 Billion, then winges that a modern attack sub can be had for 3 Billion each? I don't disagree that Australia would be well served by conventional subs, but building up infrastructure is more than "pork". And if Australia sees a need to build up a atomic power knowlage base this is one way to get it. And the capacity of a nuke sub is vastly greater than a conventional. So that is a positive factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 On 9/21/2021 at 6:42 PM, assault said: From a hard-left source, but still...Why the Nuclear Sub Deal Will End Badly for the Australians Quote The Australians seem enamored at being members of the big boy (nuclear) club, but as with most ambitious social climbers they are paying a huge cost, one that has not yet dawned on them. I'll grant the ego factor sounds like probably a big chunk of this, but the conclusions are less clear-cut. And who's to say they won't work on their own nuclear power industry? I agree, tho, that their mission profiles probably don't *need* nuclear subs. Their needs are regional, you'd think...the Philippine Sea, the South China Sea. Those are relatively close. But hey, this is Australia. The leaders seem to be unstable in their own quirky ways.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 So, abortion providers in Texas are asking the Supreme Court for an expedited review of the new abortion law. From NYT: Quote The providers said the court should use the procedure to decide what they said was a pressing question: “whether a state can insulate from federal-court review a law that prohibits the exercise of a constitutional right by delegating to the general public the authority to enforce that prohibition through civil actions.” I think it's more plausible they'll take up the question on this basis. It may well be wishful thinking because if they decline, I'm very much afraid the consequences will be devastating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 That should go to the politics thread for discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 3 hours ago, unclevlad said: And who's to say they won't work on their own nuclear power industry? There's a lot of politics involved in this The current government are coal huggers, but are beginning to realise that the game is up. Naturally, they want a nuclear industry instead of commie hippie solar and wind (despite, you know, Australia being the perfect place for these forms of energy). At the very least they will try to revive the largely moribund uranium mining industry and, being malicious idiots, will probably try to set a radioactive waste dump for the US and UK It's unlikely that any nuclear power plants will be set up here as the economics doesn't work out, even with massive taxpayer handouts Not to mention the massive political opposition to all this. The official parliamentary Opposition is lukewarm at best but there are plenty of other people who will organise around this stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 5 hours ago, unclevlad said: I'll grant the ego factor sounds like probably a big chunk of this, but the conclusions are less clear-cut. And who's to say they won't work on their own nuclear power industry? I agree, tho, that their mission profiles probably don't *need* nuclear subs. Their needs are regional, you'd think...the Philippine Sea, the South China Sea. Those are relatively close. But hey, this is Australia. The leaders seem to be unstable in their own quirky ways.... Well, the South China Sea is relatively close. But conventional subs move more slowly and can't stay in place to patrol as long after they get there. From Australia to the South China Sea, the estimates I've seen is that a conventional diesel sub would only be able to stay there for 11 days maximum before having to turn around and head back home. A nuclear sub, in contrast, could stay on station something like 83 days if I remember correctly. That's a vast gap in the utility between the two types of subs. And that's not even taking into account the fact that nuclear subs can remain completely submerged at operating depth longer than a diesel sub. I could try to find the study again and post it up if anyone is interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 But (last I heard) a diesel boat can go completely silent for short intervals by turning off everything, which is an option for trying to evade tactical search for the boat. A nuke boat cannot: the pumps on the reactor coolant cannot be turned off, period, without irreversibly damaging the reactor core. There are also interesting hints about the possibility of locating nuke boats from their neutrino emissions. I say "hints" because there are some odd comments about neutrino detection in places in the tech literature, and I find it easier to understand those comments if you imagine them coming from people involved in developing neutrino detectors that will work at some level for detecting terrestrial sources ... which are nuclear reactors. There's absolutely no way of shutting off the neutrino emission from a reactor unless you shut down the reactor completely, and many reactor designs (especially those in ships & subs) won't let you restart if you do shut it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Cancer said: But (last I heard) a diesel boat can go completely silent for short intervals by turning off everything, which is an option for trying to evade tactical search for the boat. I've heard this too Essentially they run on batteries while submerged The other trick used during exercises is for the smaller diesel subs to go places where the bigger nuke subs can't. Shallow water, or brown water. Apparently subs aren't supposed to suddenly appear out of nowhere and shout "gotcha!". A somewhat separate question is when drones will start to encroach on the current role of subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 No discussion on AIP-equipped conventional subs? Those have a couple of weeks worth of submerged operation, while being much more stealthy than nukes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 Actually, that's a modern myth. While it's true that a conventional sub can go total silence while a nuke has to be able to run it's pumps, the effective difference between a conventional and a nuke sub running silent is nothing in the real world. Ever since the development of anachoic tiling and modern quiet pumps conventional subs haven't had any real advantages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 I have to admit, I'm out of my depth in this conversation. Everything I know about submarines was written by either Tom Clancy or Lennon-McCartney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 ...I'm not sure how I feel about this... Doctor Who Showrunner Russell T. Davies Returns to Series After 12 Years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 I've been so disappointed with Chibnall's run that I'll be glad to see him back. assault 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 Even FOX has had it with Giuliani. https://news.yahoo.com/fox-news-reportedly-cancels-rudy-114306826.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 5 hours ago, Pariah said: I have to admit, I'm out of my depth in this conversation. I see what you did there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Logan.1179 said: Even FOX has had it with Giuliani. https://news.yahoo.com/fox-news-reportedly-cancels-rudy-114306826.html It makes sense with his son running for office. They have to appear be impartial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 13 hours ago, Cancer said: But (last I heard) a diesel boat can go completely silent for short intervals by turning off everything, which is an option for trying to evade tactical search for the boat. A nuke boat cannot: the pumps on the reactor coolant cannot be turned off, period, without irreversibly damaging the reactor core. There are also interesting hints about the possibility of locating nuke boats from their neutrino emissions. I say "hints" because there are some odd comments about neutrino detection in places in the tech literature, and I find it easier to understand those comments if you imagine them coming from people involved in developing neutrino detectors that will work at some level for detecting terrestrial sources ... which are nuclear reactors. There's absolutely no way of shutting off the neutrino emission from a reactor unless you shut down the reactor completely, and many reactor designs (especially those in ships & subs) won't let you restart if you do shut it down. Yes a conventional Fuel cell powered Sub can be insanely silent, and is smaller. So they can be operated in more places at once, as well as shallower water. But nobody who owns a boat ever argues that theirs is smaller! Lol. But modern nuclear attack subs are far more capable than most folks know. It really comes down to power projection. Conventional boats are tied to shore, and are vulnerable to attacks on the support buildings. A nuke can project power far from shore, and operate for extended periods. I don't think Neutrino detection is a threat, so far we can't detect neutrinos from the Sun with good results...;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 38 minutes ago, death tribble said: It makes sense with his son running for office. They have to appear be impartial. I'm sorry, are we talking about the same Fox here? When did impartiality become a thing with those shrubs? tkdguy and Logan D. Hurricanes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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