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  1. I don't think you can make that generalisation. It's more about the nature of the compounds. Generally speaking, from a Western perspective at least, more modern munitions will be much less reactive than old ones, but the Insensitive Munitions classes don't really differentiate. If as suggested the Toropets facility was reworking NK artillery shells, then I wouldn't be surprised if they met no IM standards at all. If you have time, it's worth checking the definitions used for IM levels to get a sense for what they mean - it ranges from terrible (Hugh order detonation )to pretty unpleasant (burns vigorously without much propulsive effect), there's not really a "safe" category for real world systems. (This from memory, so might be oversimplified or otherwise mildly inaccurate.)
  2. Interesting if confirmed. https://www.twz.com/sea/chinese-submarine-that-sunk-had-exotic-hybrid-nuclear-powerplant-report
  3. There will be a crossover point, but the understanding and development of countermeasures forces things in that direction, for certain.
  4. The radio might have a UPC equal to the cost of the civilian truck.
  5. When I saw this reported a day or so ago, it looked as if there was smoke coming directly from two "bunkers", with possibly a third also but less obviously so. This out of more than 20 in one section of the site (the bottom right part shown enveloped in smoke here). Although it's likely that the fires around the periphery are due in part to secondary effects from burning depot stocks, it wonder if some of it is deliberate use of smoke as an obscurant to affect BDA and thus retargeting efforts. Fires internal to the site itself seem to be extensive, based on the NASA thermal data seen elsewhere. Also, some video footage containing audio that sounds a lot like a turbojet propulsion system and not piston-engine power is alleged to be from the vicinity.
  6. Any mitigations you use to reduce the likelihood of Rf interference or damage increases component counts, can reduce system reliability as a consequence, costs more, increases the package size and so on, and so forth. A big issue is testing them to see if they're effective. It can take weeks to test a design against the full spectrum required by defence standards and RF test lab time is the opposite of cheap.
  7. I'd have expected that the motor ignition would also be triggered only above a certain level of acceleration, but either that isn't the case or for some reason the trigger point isn't calculated to avoid the failure case shown here. If the fuze had been armed, the crew would have been sliced and diced, or perforated, depending on the warhead type. The missile hit the ground practically at their feet.
  8. They're given a roof, clothing and food and enough money to rattle as change. if they were getting the kind of largesse you generally imply, then they wouldn't be complaining about it, would they? Call it a minimal level of humanitarian aid. The whole idea that the people who are being detained are living the life of Riley is utter toss, you know it and everything you say in this topic comes across merely as some kind of analgesic for the ills that your own country doesn't and can't solve. Probably because people like you use these deflection tactics to try to feel better about the shit state that your politicians (of every stripe) have gotten your country into. tl;dr: there's half a California redwood in your eye, try taking a look at that before passing judgement on others. You won't change, because you're emotionally dependent on making others look bad so you don't have to face the shit-show that your country can be.
  9. They don't et benefits until their right to remain is determined. They're not allowed to work either, with the same criterion. Everything you read from your favourite British commentators is either a lie or an exaggeration designed to suck people like you in for the clout and Patreon donations.
  10. For the truck example, just replace the CB radio and satnav with their military equivalents and you might double the cost over the civilian vehicle.
  11. Block all the access points by demolishing them. The missiles can't get out until they dig them out. Bomb the digging equipment on day 2. Repeat until bored.
  12. More like 100% by the time they reach their target.
  13. An interesting failure mode. Looks like the main motor ignition isn't dependent on the missile being successfully ejected. Might be ok from a vehicle mount, or if Arnie is holding the tube launcher, but far from ideal here. Crew very lucky. Edit: ejected, not rejected
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