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jl2352 t1_ja9vwve wrote

Reply to comment by Matt3989 in Anti-war partisans in Belarus claim to have damaged Russian plane | Belarus by Caratteraccio

Also Israel has been researching military equipment to deal with low cost missiles, and the US has been paying close attention to that.

The big worry however are the seaborn drones. It's not so much the cheap drones, but having them attack in timed swarms together. That makes the drones significantly more effective, and is why Russia's Navy now mostly stays away from Ukrainian shores.

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jacxy t1_ja9voq2 wrote

Reply to comment by RecharginMyLaza in Belarus to Mobilize 1.5 Million Potential Soldiers Outside the Armed Forces in Case of War, Senior Belarusian Official Claims by Leshracc

I read it like the development of the Ford Mustang.

The saying goes something like "with how many men claim to be the father of the Mustang, I'd hate to be the mother".

Of course that's a shitty and misogynistic thing to say, but it illustrates the way people play up their role in anything worthwhile.

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Citizen-Kang t1_ja9tz85 wrote

Reply to Russias Medvedev says arms supplies to Kyiv threaten global nuclear catastrophe by R1ckCrypto

Is there anything, anything at all, that Russia disagrees with that doesn't risk a rain of nukes? I bet if Putin's toast is slightly burnt tomorrow, we're risking nuclear catastrophe. Lukewarm bath water? Nuclear catastrophe. Stubbed toe walking past the couch? Nuclear catastrophe. Dog is rubbing its ass on the throw rug? Nuclear catastrophe. Seriously, it's time for a new empty threat, Putin. Before anyone says it's Medvedev saying it...we all know who pulls the strings in the Kremlin, so let's not pretend we don't.

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cnbc_official OP t1_ja9tgag wrote

Reply to Turkey widens probe into building collapses as quake toll exceeds 50,000 by cnbc_official

Turkey has arrested 184 people suspected of responsibility for the collapse of buildings in this month’s earthquakes and investigations are widening, a minister said on Saturday, as anger simmers over what many see as corrupt building practices.

Overnight, the death toll from the earthquakes, the most powerful of which struck at the dead of night on Feb. 6, rose to 44,128 in Turkey. That took the overall number of deaths in Turkey and neighbouring Syria to more than 50,000.

More than 160,000 buildings containing 520,000 apartments collapsed or were severely damaged in Turkey by the disaster, the worst in the country’s modern history.

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said that more than 600 people had been investigated in connection with collapsed buildings, speaking during a news conference in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, which was among 10 provinces hit by the disaster.

Those formally arrested and remanded in custody include 79 construction contractors, 74 people who bear legal responsibility for buildings, 13 property owners and 18 people who had made alterations to buildings, he said.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/26/turkey-widens-probe-into-building-collapses-as-quake-toll-exceeds-50000.html

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SkiingAway t1_ja9t58t wrote

Reply to comment by lancelongstiff in Anti-war partisans in Belarus claim to have damaged Russian plane | Belarus by Caratteraccio

I'm skeptical. I mean, some politician certainly would have, but there's politicians who call everyone they don't like a terrorist.

Destroying military equipment is pretty squarely within the realm of normal/not against international norms as far as actions for forces to take in a conflict.

If you're a country attacks are directly being launched from, it's hard to claim you're out of bounds as a valid target for where those actions take place.

> When we take it upon ourselves to decide who it's right and proper to murder, it becomes a very murky, grey area.

....ok? I don't really understand how this sentence has anything to do with the event or topic. I don't think anyone even died here.

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anti-DHMO-activist t1_ja9rkgv wrote

Reply to comment by Coolegespam in As Tokyo Electric Power Co. moves closer to discharging tons of stored water from its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, local opposition has intensified and cries of betrayal are being heard by DoremusJessup

Dosis sola facit venenum.

Do you have any education about radiation hazards and how to interpret them? You're acting like an expert yet failing to respond to the points at all.

You're arguing dishonestly and cherrypicking a tiny part instead of responding to the actual point - the total radiation dose. Do you know that you have quite a lot of radioactive potassium in your body? Tiny amounts are completely negligible and their effect is included in the radiation dose calculations. That's why I posted them. The target release level is below the food safety maximums set by the WHO, even if you drank the released water without further dilution.

Even in the worst case the effect is miniscule. Ffs, learn a thing about radiation and the units used to determine exposition.

>The latest committed effective dose coefficient of tritium incorporated into the body via the oral route in adults is 1.9 × 10−8 mSv/Bq for the soluble form, and that of the biogenic form is 5.1 × 10−8 mSv/Bq

this is already that worst case. And it's as minor as it gets. Do you think everybody knowing anything about radiation at all is an utter moron?

I'm sick of people who don't know anything trying to act educated but failing to grasp the most basic things.

And, again - this discharge is already being done and confirmed harmless.

Respond to my individual points please and stop the cherrypicking. It's obvious and dishonest.

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