Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?
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I kinda want to clarify my position on the em drive. I'm not against it being a thing. What I'mreallyagainst was the immediate cries of it breaking the known laws of physics, being propellantless and so forth.
There very well may be something there. And if it takes us back to the drawing board as far as physics is concerned? I will be fucking ecstatic. But, much like a UFO, because we don't know what it is yet, we can't go around making claims as to what it is. That's doing science completely backasswards.
There very well may be something there. And if it takes us back to the drawing board as far as physics is concerned? I will be fucking ecstatic. But, much like a UFO, because we don't know what it is yet, we can't go around making claims as to what it is. That's doing science completely backasswards.
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That's one of the goals but they are pretty far from being able to do that for a variety of reasons, least of which is that it wouldn't be more conclusive than the tests they have now.
Yep, but that's the nature of popscience. Faux-science publications latch onto anything interesting and sell it as something it's not. And unscrupulous researchers looking for funding oversell their ideas (Which is what I think the EMDrive inventor, Shawyer, has been trying to do for a decade).
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Who here is claiming it verifiably breaks the laws of physics? I seem the most likely candidate, but I hold the position that it is not yet verified.
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Want to fly at 2,500mph? BAE Systems does and is willing to pay £20m for it - Telegraph
Damn shame its taken so long to get this far.
Damn shame its taken so long to get this far.
When it comes to the em drive I think we're in agreement on something in the science thread, for once. (We're probably in agreement on a lot of things when it doesn't come to QM... and climate change... okay, probably lots of other stuff, too, but still.)
I'm not too proud to say that at all.
Shamelessly reposted from Graffe, the Japanese give you transparent aluminum!
Japanese Scientists Invent "Unbreakable" Glass | IFLScience
Japanese Scientists Invent "Unbreakable" Glass | IFLScience
Nope. Those people at NIST have no idea what they're talking about! NONE AT ALL!
NIST Team Proves 'Spooky Action at a Distance' is Really Real
NIST Team Proves 'Spooky Action at a Distance' is Really Real
Giant nuclear torpedoes are on the drawing board, hopefully not coming our way soon.
Russia reveals giant nuclear torpedo in state TV 'leak' - BBC News
iannis
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I'm kind of amazed that those don't already exist.
I bet they already exist. ICBM's exist. We do have nuclear powered submarines which are capable of launching missiles. You would think that, if they can make them small enough, they'd be capable of launching missiles with a nuclear payload. A torpedo is nothing but an underwater missile. But I guess you don't really need a nuke to destroy an aircraft carrier.
However, you would only need 1 nuke where you would need quite a very few conventional torpedoes. So I bet they already exist.
I bet they already exist. ICBM's exist. We do have nuclear powered submarines which are capable of launching missiles. You would think that, if they can make them small enough, they'd be capable of launching missiles with a nuclear payload. A torpedo is nothing but an underwater missile. But I guess you don't really need a nuke to destroy an aircraft carrier.
However, you would only need 1 nuke where you would need quite a very few conventional torpedoes. So I bet they already exist.
These aren't for taking out ships, they are for striking naval bases and coastal cities from thousands of miles away. The speculation is that these are cobalt warheads to deal out lethal, long-lasting radiation.
AFAIK the only existing torpedoes with nuclear warheads are anti-submarine.
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Could wipe out whole industrial ports with them too. In stealth mode. Seems a bit over-killy to me but since when has that ever mattered? War? War never changes.
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scientia potentia est
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This is just them saying, "we can still maybe get you even if you have strong missile defense, so don't think about approaching our borders, yankees!"
It's nothing more than the new MAD.