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No, they've just, on several occasions, used their overwhelming conventional firepower to attempt to achieve the same end - they call it "regime change". They're doers rather than talkers, apparently.

I don't know, I think 100 million Kelvin is rather temperate...

I remember someone saying something along the lines of "the whole point of a nuclear weapon lies in deterrence. The moment one is used, anywhere, it and in all likelihood all the others, become useless".

It's good communication based on logical throughput, but the intent that comes with it is, as is almost always with that man and his superior, negative.

On quite a few critical future matters, certainly. When death is on the table for a species, every single other option is better.

Is it not an established truth that stocks in certain companies with certain amoral backers get a fillip when weaponry starts being used, then? Of course it isn't good for everyone in the market, but it certainly looks like when it happens it's good for some.

Who would have thought the perpetuation of death and suffering would be profitable to those in particular positions? Shocking, I agree.

And agree with the general sentiment about seeking help where needed here, but it's true that it can be difficult to get seen in anywhere near a timely fashion right now.

Congratulations to the Saffers. Can only be good for the format.

You would think so, wouldn't you? But it seems that people are erring on the side of caution with respect to a few topics in Gen right now.

I think that's because recently such discussion have tended to result in a closed thread and sanctions for contributors.

"If it's Boeing, I'm not going", clearly.

A few of us rather jumped the gun, it would seem. Excellent from the Saffers here.

Yeah, 281 really should be enough for Oz to defend here.

And there's a stewardess that had a plane break up at 33000 feet and somehow survived the fall. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulović Sometimes the god of death just says, "not today".

No (though naturally it also applies there) and yes, in that order.

This too, but as far as I know only the cockpit is miced up.

Pretty sure it's just the cockpit voice recording.

Yeah, no disagreement there.

I'm sorry to contradict you, but it is possible to open the doors using an emergency handle and the correct movement, provided that the pressure differential between inside and outside is low enough (there was an incident recently in Korea where a bloke managed to open a door as a plane was coming in to land). But yes, there are a load of other factors here that would make such a thing pretty implausible.

On the one hand, that's miraculous for that man. On the other hand, he'll be seeing this day in his mind for the rest of his life.

Never mind, can't embed it correctly. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5190

Horrific. I guess we'll find out what happened in due course.

Bloody hell, I never thought I'd see a hull loss of a 787. Especially not like that.