Thread: Trivia and other useless but interesting items

New ripper unbeatable and unstoppable are common as mud over time


"The first known combat damage to an F-35 fifth-generation fighter aircraft from a likely Iranian attack suggests that stealth jets can be detected by electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensor systems, according to Chinese analysts.
US Central Command reported that the stealth fighter was forced to make an emergency landing during a combat mission over Iran on Thursday."

Trivia time - Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) missiles have not only existed for decades, They are currently some of the most advanced and widely deployed precision weapons in 'many' modern military arsenals. for example Anti-Ship and Hypersonic Applications: Advanced EO/IR seekers are currently being tested on high-speed ballistic missiles (such as Lockheed Martin's PrSM Increment 2)

Some like it hot! Both Russia and China consider advanced EO/IR seekers critical to their strategies, particularly as a way to quietly target Western stealth aircraft (like the F-35 or F-22) which are designed to evade radar, but still emit heat.


Not political post- New anything get older with time is my point. We got some in 2018- They started according to Wikki "the Request for Information for the Advanced Tactical Fighter project in May 1981, which resulted in the F-22.^[39]" Not a baby in many ways

Eastern Barred Bandicoots are extinct in the wild in Victoria .



An Electric fence and help has as it is "the Victorian subspecies is critically endangered."


This Black Duck helped burn a fire break and started burning a 1/3 of the enclosed area slowly to help them. (Hamilton Vic)

Stopping for Lunch I noted a HUGE black smoke column!!!! Just as several locals CFA volumeters tossed lunch and headed out with lights and sirens. Fire was out. The whoops NO PERMIT To burn was lucky plus we had protected the place before hand!!!

A Vic firefighter was 'badly' burned yesterday. Alive is VERY good! The significant injury was not at my crew!