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[AssassinsMace]

The US has fought to deny China from hosting the Olympics ever again. What more of an argument to stop the US from hosting any international forum because of the World Cup.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Updates on the China Zun aircraft collision incident.

Apparently the pilot (and sole occupant onboard), a 66 year-old divorced male (surname Liu, a local, works as freelancer) has long-term insomia and has written many mentions about "ending his own life" in his diary prior to his suicide attempt.

In addition, 13 others were injured in this incident, with 1 being discharged from treatment.

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Pretty negligent to let someone like this fly.

 

[Phead128]

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Lol, European unity.

 

[_killuminati_]

If the United States were willing, it could make Israel disappear right now; Israel’s current aggressive stance is merely a result of U.S. indulgence. In short, it is not Israel that controls other nations, but rather other nations that are using Israel to achieve their own ends.
You vastly overestimate Israel's strength; without the backing of Europe and the United States, Iran alone could relegate Israel to the history books.

Your stance stands on a hypothetical "if" that doesn't actually exist. What exists (the reality) is the exact opposite. Israel has infiltrated every key sector in Western society with banking & finance on top, in addition to government, law, tech, media - this was not the case a hundred years ago. Israelis kill and rape Westerners and get away with it, while Westerners get punished for doing the opposite - that's not "protecting Israel", that is "Israel is your boss".

 

[zed21]

The US has fought to deny China from hosting the Olympics ever again. What more of an argument to stop the US from hosting any international forum because of the World Cup.

One must wonder given how things are going right now as to whether the USA would ever host a successful Olympic Games ever again, especially in los Angeles when the city would have degrades so much that it would end up smelling worse then any city in India. Face it, the Olympics ended up improving China's image on the world stages but will potentially end up sinking the USA in los Angeles if the current state of the July 4th celebration is any indication.

 

[A potato]

Aswell as attacking the chinese torch bearers thus making it political.

The US has fought to deny China from hosting the Olympics ever again. What more of an argument to stop the US from hosting any international forum because of the World Cup.

 

[supersnoop]

Ahahahaha

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Impressive own goal by the US. The tariffs on Aluminum imports have basically been just a tax on themselves as domestic production has seen zero meaningful increase. I have also read elsewhere that the ROI for electricity generation is heavily influenced by AI data centres, which means this trend is only continuing for at least the near future.

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I’m starting to believe that Midea is paying for some of these articles. The PortaSplit has gone from niche product to mentioned in 80% of Euro heatwave articles. It's been mentioned here multiple times the past 2 weeks, probably 0 times before. The designers should get a bonus.

Midea actually does leverage localized design offices, it's not just marketing fluff. I guess they have pretty good engineering managers worldwide since Porta Split won an award in Germany, and Midea USA won a contract with NYC Public Housing Authority for a window mounted cold weather heat pump/AC.

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... one tenant had a cat that kept jumping on it and turning the device on and off...

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[siegecrossbow]

Impressive own goal by the US. The tariffs on Aluminum imports have basically been just a tax on themselves as domestic production has seen zero meaningful increase. I have also read elsewhere that the ROI for electricity generation is heavily influenced by AI data centres, which means this trend is only continuing for at least the near future.

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I’m starting to believe that Midea is paying for some of these articles. The PortaSplit has gone from niche product to mentioned in 80% of Euro heatwave articles. It's been mentioned here multiple times the past 2 weeks, probably 0 times before. The designers should get a bonus.

Midea actually does leverage localized design offices, it's not just marketing fluff. I guess they have pretty good engineering managers worldwide since Porta Split won an award in Germany, and Midea USA won a contract with NYC Public Housing Authority for a window mounted cold weather heat pump/AC.

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Refining aluminum from bauxite takes a lot of electricity. It would’ve been more feasible for Mango to start a recycling beer cans movement to reduce dependency on foreign aluminum.

 

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"Plan B is a super-Rafale": in the Senate, the boss of Dassault Aviation delivers his version of the failure of the Scaf and opens the door to non-European partnerships for his future combat aircraft​

Heard on Wednesday, July 1 by the Senate's Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, the CEO of Dassault Aviation, Éric Trappier, delivered his account of the break with Airbus on the Air Combat System of the Future (Scaf) file.

Without ever directly questioning the States, he clearly designates industrial disagreements as the cause of the abandonment of the New Generation Fighter (NGF, new generation fighter aircraft), the centerpiece of the project.

"We fail and I am a little sad and disappointed that we cannot have defined with the two partners a plane that can fly in 2030," he regrets. According to him, the initial balance of the program was upset by the arrival of Spain in 2019.

"We ended up with a third of work against two-thirds for Airbus," explains the leader, while recalling that he accepted this new distribution on the condition that Dassault retains the role of architect of the future device.

But, he continues, "Airbus also wanted to have stronger responsibilities in the definition [of the program]". The atmosphere between the teams "deteriorated" to the point of becoming "irreconcilable".
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"Airbus, a little over six months ago, said that we no longer wanted to work with Dassault," he recalls. I never said I didn't want to work with Airbus, on the contrary." However, Dassault's boss assures that these nine years have not been lost.

"All the work that has been done will be used," he assures, referring to the studies on the compromises between stealth, aerodynamics and carrying capacity. So many technological bricks intended to feed the future French program.

Because it is indeed a plan B that is emerging. The Rafale F5, expected in 2035, is to serve as a transition with a sixth-generation aircraft.

"Plan B is underway. Plan B is a super-Rafale," he said, referring to the F5 standard expected around 2035, with a new engine, a more powerful radar, the integration of new missiles, increased connectivity and the ability to cooperate with combat drones.

"The F5 allows us to have an improved offer for export," also emphasizes the leader, who says that several foreign customers are following its development.

In the longer term, Dassault believes that producing a demonstrator without engines of an alternative to SCAF is still feasible by 2035. For the aircraft manufacturer, the recipe does not change: the objective is to design "the smallest aircraft that does everything", i.e. to be able to ensure both nuclear deterrence and conventional missions.

The industrialist does not close the door to new European cooperation, but on condition that we start again on a radically different basis. "We are completely open to cooperation," says Eric Trappier. Skills must be highlighted. The important thing is to serve our armies, it's not to have fun."

Stressing France's need to control its technological sovereignty, the leader cited the Neuron project as an example. Conducted in the 2000s with six European countries, each partner intervened according to its skills without calling into question industrial leadership.

He also does not close the door to partners outside Europe but wanted to be discreet: "the names, I keep them".
The real lock remains the engine.

"We need an engine that pushes much more [...] it's really the critical subject on the way," insisted Eric Trappier, who pleads for the continuation of the T-Rex research program with Safran. The future aircraft could thus fly with its propulsion by 2045.


There is the question of financing. Technically, Dassault claims to have, with Safran for the engine and Thales for the systems, all the necessary skills."When I say that I can do it alone, I didn't say that we necessarily had the financial means to do it alone," he tempers. I say technically, technologically, I know how to do it alone with my partners."

Finally, the boss of Dassault warns against European cooperation based on political compromises rather than on industrial skills. "If we duplicate, we will fragment even more. The goal is to take the skills where they are," he insists.

A way to defend a future program piloted from France, while leaving the door open to partners who would agree to embark without making waves.

The Rafale F5, expected in 2035, is to serve as a transition with a sixth-generation aircraft.

"Plan B is underway. Plan B is a super-Rafale,

So when does India buys a couple hundred more jets.

 

[neutralobserver]

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