Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Gunner98

Not a new idea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_offshore_base

Can't remember if that ever made it to the DB - Hypothetical at best

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ORIGINAL: Gunner98

Not a new idea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_offshore_base

Can't remember if that ever made it to the DB - Hypothetical at best

B

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You even used them as placeholder runways

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CH - 5 reconnaissance attack unmanned aircraft mass production type performed the first flight. Max weapon loading capacity 1000 kg, cruise distance 10000 km, maximum duration 60 hours, practical ceiling limit 7600 m. Airtime with AR-1 missile loading exceeded 30 hours

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ORIGINAL: Dysta

I guess these are dummy missiles, given by the obvious red paint, and rather crude-looking air intakes. They are still looks cylindrical to me though.

The one with a bulge of intake is Kh-35U:



And Kh-38, given by the sleeker length and no bulge, but unlike the dummy, the fins aren't folded:

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Wow. Do I see RCS reduction features on those missiles?

Can you tell me what is what? Bigger one being the Uran, slimmer ones the Kh-38?

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The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) just commissioned the new Type 056 Corvette (Jiangdao class) Hanzhong (hull number 520) during a ceremony in a South Sea Fleet naval base. Hanzhong is the thirty-fourth Type 056 Corvette delivered to the PLAN fleet and the twelveth Type 056A variant specialized in anti-submarine warfare (ASW).

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ORIGINAL: Cik

wasn't tzar like 15+ MT?

you'd think we would have already proven this or disproven this already considering we went through a period where we were insane enough to detonate thousands of nuclear weapons inside our only biosphere.

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ORIGINAL: Dysta

Well, the article's point is only China has >5MT nukes in missiles today, and the only potential country to create 'Nuclear Autumn' if used.

Could be hinting the DF-5A, the only single-warhead ICBM that is still subpar to the now-retired Titans (6MT Max) and Scarps (18MT Max) series. The article tend to dwarfed the nuclear threats from US and Russia and not putting any MAD scenario or sort in it, instead to treat the Chinese H-bomb as the biggest threat in the world, amplify the possibility of 'Nuclear Autumn'.

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ORIGINAL: Dysta

Do you guys believe in climate change? Wait what, not relative to military?

Well, how about 'Nuclear Autumn' then? A study from University of Nebraska-Lincoln made an estimated conclusion, about a single 5MT nuclear bomb is enough to send the world into slow death, equally as 'nuclear winter' but not as instantaneous. They called it the 'Nuclear Autumn' based on the effect called carbon particles dispersion, when they are spreading over the stratosphere (usually achievable by over 1MT), forming the huge amount of carbon density and impairing raining, significantly harming the global agriculture.

Interestingly, the article mentioned China is the 'only capable' country to cause 'Nuclear Autumn' because other countries doesn't armed with megaton-yield warheads (Despite Tsar is still in Russian arsenal, it's not loaded with any delivery platform yet. Most of the H-bomb warheads are disassembled under Nuclear Disarmament Treaty since the USSR collapse).

http://newatlas.com/nuclear-autumn-climate-effects/50510/

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During the joint French-Egyptian naval exercises "Cleopatra 2017" held from 8 to 11 July 2017, a video released by the Egyptian MoD shows the Anwar El-Sadat (Mistral-class) LHD with four US-made AN/TWQ-1 Avenger on the flight deck acting as point short-range air defence systems.

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The Northern Shipyard in St. Petersburg in northwest Russia is planning to build the hull of the fourth Project 22350 frigate Admiral Isakov by January 2018, the shipyard’s press office said. The Northern Shipyard is a subsidiary of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation.

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New-generation antisubmarine warfare (ASW) patrol planes are being developed for Russia’s Naval Aviation, Naval Aviation Chief Major-General Igor Kozhin said during MAKS 2017 airshow.

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All Sukhoi Su-33 (NATO reporting name: Flanker-D) fighter jets operational with Russia’s Naval Aviation will be upgraded to the Su-30SM level, Naval Aviation Chief Major-General Igor Kozhin said during MAKS 2017 air show.

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During the summit Rear Adm. John Palmer delivered remarks to more than 50 service members and civilians to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, who built the aircraft, Pratt and Whitney, who built the engine, Marine Corps Headquarters, Defense Logistics Agency, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Commander Naval Air Forces Pacific, Commander Naval Air Forces Atlantic, Commander Naval Surface Forces Pacific, and Military Sealift Command. The attendees focused on planning and preparing the logistical support for the F-35B Lightning II first deployment scheduled to happen within the next year.

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The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems a $4.6 million contract for its Mobile Offboard Clandestine Communications and Approach (MOCCA) program. The MOCCA program’s goal is to enable submarines to detect other submerged vessels at greater distances, while minimizing the risk of counter-detection.

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For the first time, the U.S. Navy test fired two Raytheon-built Tomahawk cruise missiles from new submarine payload tubes on the Virginia-class USS North Dakota (SSN-784). The tests, in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida, proved the submarine's ability to load, carry and vertically launch Tomahawk missiles from the new Block III Virginia Payload Tube. The upgraded tubes feature fewer parts and will be even more reliable.

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According to Japanese news site Yomiuri Online, Japan's next geenration XASM-3 supersonic anti-ship missile will enter mass production in 2018. The missile will also be officially introduced with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), it will then be called ASM-3. The Japanese MoD likely conducted a test earlier this year as we previously reported.