I sexually Identify as an LGM-30 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. Ever since I was a boy I dreamed of delivering a W78 nuclear warhead with an explosive yield of 3x500 kilotons of TNT anywhere on the planet at Mach 23. People say to me that a person being a Minuteman III is impossible and Iβm ο»Ώincredibly destructive but I donβt care. Iβm having Air Force Global Strike Command install new three-stage solid-fuel rocket engines and give me an $86 billion upgrade on my 59 foot body. From now on I want you guys to call me "ICBM" and respect my right to be in service until at least the 2030s. If you canβt accept me youβre missileophobe and need to check your local AFB for missile silos. Thank you, and I'll see you in WW3.
(JANES) --- McDonnell Douglas and Boeing have been granted a contract to conduct a final upgrade of the LGM-30 Minuteman's
The missiles will receive there final upgrade before being removed from duty circa 2030-2035. The ICBM's, currently Minuteman-III (LGM-30G) will be designated Minuteman-IV (LGM-30H) after this upgrade.
The missiles will receive new avionics, the NS50A Missile Guidance Set being replaced with the NS80A Missile Guidance Set that will drastically enhance the Minuteman's CEP.
New solid boosters will be added as well as more fuzing options which will allow for greater targeting flexibility and the most accurate reentry vehicle available which provides a greater probability of damage to the designated targets.
The new missiles will come in two versions. One where the Mk5 reentry vehicles equipped with GPS for navigation update and a reentry guidance and control (trajectory correction) segment to perform 5 m class impact accuracy. No explosive is said to be used since the reentry vehicle's mass and hypersonic impact velocity provide sufficient mechanical energy and "effect".
The second conventional warhead version is a fragmentation version that would disperse thousands of tungsten rods which could obliterate an area of 4000 square feet. (approximately 370 square meters).
By R. Ocket
If I can't bring my ICBM onto an airplane, then the terrorists have won. What a security theater! They sell the START compliant version in the duty-free shop.
Do your worst!
It really does, I swear!
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies π
South America is perhaps one of the most interesting places in the discussion of Pleistocene Rewilding, mostly owing to it's unique position that make it both one of the best and also worst places to start a Pleistocen Rewilding.
For it's positives, a lot of South America posseses a tropical, very pleasant climate, which would allow a lot of the proxy animals presumably introduced to feel much more at home, compared to the very few or outright none locations in North America or Europe that could have similar conditions. There also are huge swathes of land that, while economically exploited, are also very sparsely if not populated at all, which is also a plus when considering where to locate such a project.
However, South America also has some significant drawbacks. From the ecological standpoint, a lot of it's more unique megafauna is gone for good (ground sloths, glyptodonts, notoungulates etc) and there are very few if outright none animals nowadays that could act as proxies of them. Also, the political climate in South America is...not great, and that could greatly affect such a project.
However, as for now daydreaming is free, and so, after much internal pondering, investigation and reading, I'vr come up with my personal ides on what a potential Pleistocene Rewilding in South America should look like.
Before starting, something that should be said is that not all proxy introductions are equal. Some, like Horses as proxies for the extinct Equus species, are a no brainer. But some of the other suggestions said in here are more controversial. And so, all proxy ideas suggested in here are divided in three categories:
Advisable: These are the proxies that are no brainer, and imo should be done without fear. Fitting for species that are very closely related and/or seem to have fulfilled a very similar ecological niche.
Experimental: These are proxies that don't have as strong of a foundation as the advisable ones, but there's still some clear benefits to their introduction and similarities with the proxied creature.
Dubious: These are the possible but also potentially problematic proxies. Not only for species that could theoretically act as proxy for a lost niche, but there really isn't much information available, but also species that could easily turn invasive and be difficult to remove if harmful to the ecosystem.
Also, this scenario is done under the assumption that the local/historically present species have already gone an strengthe
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Buenosdillas
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
When I got home, they were still there.
I won't be doing that today!
You take away their little brooms
