And this is why having so much of our data on overseas servers is such a huge threat.

See I have no problem with that officer’s response, but this all assumes that student is willing to vacate their seat.

“ I think we should be using our creativity to figure out ways to keep educating students, not coming up with hypothetical excuses for denying them an education. “

“’d rather get shown up by a kid having a bad day, than be the 11 o’clock news lede facing criminal charges, a lawsuit, and a lifetime of future employers laughing at me.”

“She stays and you teach around her.”

It doesn’t change the fact that the one-child policy made conditions within China undesirable for families. Thereby pushing people to birth tourism.

They have 10 days from the award date. Hopefully the money for the contract was waiting and NG was able to unload a ton of it on long leadtime ordering. Otherwise as soon as that protest hits the contract and its funds get frozen.

In defense acquisition, in order for an EMD Phase contract award to be made the critical technologies must be at Technology Readiness Level 6 (roughly: adequate demonstration in a relevant environment). If there were four EDM aircraft, you can assume at least TRL 8 was achieved. I would guess that they’re probably 3-5…

Relevant article that just came out yesterday regarding the “bachelor class”. The policy obviously isn’t absolute, but things like “birth tourism” wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for that policy.

In thirty years their population will be a mess. Thanks to 35 years of the One-Child Policy and a culture that favors male births (leading to gender-based abortions) they’re staring at a population bow wave of unsustainable bachelors. The fallout is just now beginning to show with “4-2-1 phenomenon”.

It’s more like bringing your new GF home and having your ex lay claim to the entire state.

Bury us economically? How so?

Out of all the ports where they could visit, I’m not sure Mayport was the best fit. That part of country can be a bit hostile to perceived adversarial nations. I’m not saying that the Navy wouldn’t be welcomed, but I wouldn’t want to be in a group of PLAN officers sightseeing through Jacksonville.

The US does NOT have any of those in inventory anymore. I always the idea of a nuclear “depth charge” was somewhat moot. Why does a weapon as powerful as a nuke need to sink to a predetermined depth? Surely a shallow detonation would be devastating to most subs.

Ahh the pitch-over maneuver. Typically US vertically launched missiles accomplish this with the main booster thrust being redirected at a very obtuse angle to the direction of travel. From a physics perspective, it’s VIOLENT! By having Oniks/BrahMos pitch over about its center makes for a much more manageable…

It’s not about being able develop something, the Russians have always possessed that. It’s knowing what your adversary has coming down the pipeline and targeting that capabilities specifically at much less cost. It’s a lot easier for me to design a radar if I know exactly what tomorrow’s adversary aircraft will look…

SSMM is now Longbow on the program and Griffin has been abandoned. You are correct that the Griffin Variant of the SSMM was an angled launcher though. From what I’ve seen the Longbow is indeed vertical in the production variant. Using a combination of the NLOS CLU and Griffin launcher designs.

Precisely. Burkes and Ticos should be doing things like AAW and BMD not counter-piracy. The navy needs to do counter-piracy. It shouldn’t be doing it with 5-inch guns, Harpoons, and ESSMs.

Love your work, Tyler. Honestly your stuff is spot on most of the time.

That’s a Weapon Station, and where the Surface to Surface Missile Module (SSMM) will be going. It is a Vertical Launch System by definition, but not a Mk41 VLS as is ubiquitous in current navies. It’s much shorter and intended for a larger number of short range missiles to counter swarms of Fast Attack Craft (FAC).