The missile you're looking for is the SS-N-19 Shipwreck, which was deployed on Oscar I- and II-class SSGNs (as well as on the Kirov-class CGN. It's specifically meant for attacks against carrier battle groups, and carried either a heavy convention or 500 kT thermonuclear warhead. It supplanted the SS-N-9 Siren, which…

What you're missing is the cognitive disconnect between what one knows and what one feels. You don't always have 100% control over your mind. I *know* that my life, in terms of work fulfillment, salary, stability of collegial relationships, and many other factors, I am better off than I ever have been. I *know* that…

That is creating a false equivalence, that the actions of President Obama were somehow equivalent to the monstrous actions of President Trump. Don't normalize this insanity.

Today, perhaps. At the height of the Cold War, no. The Navy would have been smashed by nuclear-armed cruise missiles. Rural areas would be bombed, too, because that's the where the military put 1,054 ICBM silos. No electricity, because there'd be no way to transport coal, no nuclear power, because every reactor was an…

You wouldn't want to live in the Dakotas. That's missile-and-bomber-base country.

10 points from Slytherin. Draco/Harry at least makes sense with the UST, particularly with Movie!Draco blowing magic-paper-crane notes to Harry in class. You should have picked Snape/Hermione, which is twisted and gross beyond measure.

What about that egomaniac who wanted to live forever and took over Data so he could give a eulogy to himself? That almost fits.

I remember my parents telling me about our house being between two RAF installations (West Drayton & Northolt, I believe), and that we were lucky: we were close enough to be taken out in the first 12 minutes of a nuclear war by a hit on either one. This is why I smile inside when people tell me that the world is a…

I can prove that experts assess them to be reliably accurate most of the time, which (of course) is what CEP is all about. I haven't been to Kwajalein personally, but I can refer you to an excellent series of reference books that have data from every publicly available source:

I read it. Luttwak casually talks about wars "burning themselves out," which sounds fine until you realize that the burning will involve the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. It displays a contempt for the reality of human suffering. It's an interesting thinkpiece with some kernels of policy utility, but…

Israel is an important US ally, the only more-or-less democracy in the region, and a strategic partner of the United States in a number of important areas. They are also a country surrounded by enemies who use morally bankrupt tactics to threaten the lives of Israeli citizens.

That's not what MIRVs are for. They were developed as A) a response to the development of ballistic missile defense systems, B) an effort to get around arms control language regarding numbers of launchers, and C) a way to take advantage of high missile throw-weights in an era of warhead miniaturization.

Counterpoint: five best Christmas songs that actually have something to do with Christmas:

Your "best way to fight a war" would kill lots of American personnel. You and I both know the public has low tolerance for that. A drone strike allows loitering over the target, which allows them to attack in a place and time that minimizes civilian casualties. I'm not saying that the strikes are always carried out…

We have to kill people sometimes; we are a superpower with many enemies, and even more unreliable allies. All things being equal, I'd much prefer that we use drones to hit at opportune moments, rather than indiscriminate carpet-bombing. Does the drone program make me uneasy? Yes. Is it better than most other…

Is it too much to ask that you learn how to make proper use of written English?

That is by far the laziest substitute for thinking that I've read all day, and I've been grading essays.

I'm going to put this to you gently, because I don't want to drive you away or be rude. Perhaps, though, you should read some more of the site's content before complaining about a particular article's tone. This piece is pretty consistent with the jocular snark of the AVClub's editorial tone. This site doesn't read…

Hammond is one big difference. He just cared about making lots of money, and whoever suffered, so be it. Also, everything was his fault.

Brunei = a part of an island carved out from the territory of Malaysia, a petrostate run by an absolute monarch.