Possible the last carrier launch of SE. Though Argentine Navy does not have a carrier they keep carrier proficiency using Brazilian Navy carriers when possible. For quite a long time Argentine Navy had the most capable means aboard NAel Minas Gerais and NAe São Paulo (for decades the Brazilian Air Force was the sole…
Minivans are great! I do not have any kids nor I am married, but when I went roadtripping in US with my family we rented a minivan. It spoiled me forever. No other car I drove before or after was as practical or comfortable as the minivan. My father bought a SUV and the only thing better in the SUV is the built in GPS…
Check item 1... still working on 2, but expect good results if no Indominus rex are around...
Chase Trucks: A chase truck is a rolling tool shed. These are typically heavy duty pickups with utility beds, lots of drawers and boxes... most are still decently off-road capable...
??? WTF??? How they do not allow cosplay at the parks??? My 7 YO niece got to play princess and I can’t cosplay??
For all its all terrain capabilities you should not consider a tank, but one of these:
That is to make sure that all aircraft show up in the same picture, as in a staged photo op for the news to reach Pyongyang and Beijing. Later they will most likely be dispersed and placed in hardened shelters if available.
If Uruguay is anything like Brazil all the straight roads leading to the bridge may have some dozens of spots to place a hidden speed trap, keeping speeders within reason. A bridge has no place for hidden speed traps, therefore it is the best place to floor it.
I suppose that when one of those are coming no one tries to beat it to the grade crossing...
Spider man could fix ruptured tires with its web, and since he is a genius who knows what kinds of mods he would come with (super adherence tires! makes kind of sense!). And sice he is broke his fixes would be really inexpensive...
They already have those. In a sense, it is easyer for farm equipment to become autonomous (or semi-autonomous) since agriculture is shifting toward a more computer-centric activity and most tractor manufacturers offer DGPS as an OEM optional.
The Rolls Royce Merlin. It was the engine on the spitfire, hurricane, mosquito and (built under license by packard) the mustang. 27 litre V-12 with a power output ranging from 1030 hp to 2060 hp. It has a beatiful sound, and most remarkably had a “ground version”, the meteor, used in tanks but found its way to custom…
The EU had some fantastic novels and authors, it is simply too vast and to avoid confusion you had not read all of it, or at least the major story arcs, otherwise you wound up confused. Lucas Arts had a specific department that cleared all EU work (comics, novels, short stories and games) of conflicting with one…
Destroying LR Defenders to build this kind of freak vehicle (in the worst possible meaning of the word “freak”) should be considered a crime, it is like defacing a global historic and cultural asset...
12,5 kV (12,500 V) and yet it will only cause a slight discomfort/pain. The voltage only means the amount of discomfort/pain felt. What kills is the amps going through. Obviously a eletric car charger will carry a high current, but there are means to prevent a accidental discharge.
The Canberra was developed by the british to replace the WWII era mosquito, and it follows the same basic idea: A light, streamlined airframe with the biggest engines that could be bolted on. The idea was that this kind of aircraft would not need fighter escort or defensive weapons since it would outrun the enemy…
It appears that the Vert-A-Pac setup was too specific to the Vega and unable to be used with other cars.
The F-16 would have given the Gripen a run for its money if the US would allow technology transfer so we could integrate our indigenous weapons such as the MAA-1 Piranha (short range IR guided air to air missile). Anyway the F-16 was not offered to Brazil. The only US bidder was Boeing with the Super Hornet, and the…
I believe that the P-8 will not be a part of the brazilian air force for quite a long time. We have received a few years ago our P-3 Orions and the practice is to squeeze all hours out of any airframe before replacement. Even if the maritime patrol needs extra aircraft it will probably be either other used aircraft or…
Not every country has a military budget the size US DOD has. Brazil, one of the buyers of the Gripen NG has only 57 air superiority aircraft (modernized F-5) and only five E-99 (ERJ-145 fitted with Ericsson Erieye AESA radar). This technology enables the Gripen to have an excellent situational awareness with fewer…
