Yes, but afaik the hypersonic term applies to weapons over mach 4. NATO also adds additional requirements for hypersonics, such as manourerability. But they have enough speed to qualify.

Yes they are, but in this conflict the Russians reconfigured some of them and use them in a ground to ground attackrole.

They had shortages of other tactical weapons and apparently a nice stockpile of these missiles.

They are also used against hypersonic missiles the Russians have (kinzal etc.) and ballistics like s300 and s400.

The Roe ruling was one based on a privacy argument that held up. A law explicitly enshrining these rights might have helped.

There are thousands of pages of legal analysis out there that break down how that should work. The goal would be to explicitly state these rights I stead of allowing interpretation by judges.

Jup so let’s stop arguing. We agree that women’s reproductive rights and right to bodily autonomy should be protected. I get your point, I just see that differently. There is value in also addressing the shortcomings of the defense that could have been used. Like with the military, analysis of failed defense learns lessons for future actions. But this definately does not change the goals, nor who the opposition is.

Except it wasn’t law, only jurisprudence. And many law scholars warned about the exact scenario that unfolded.

The states are the baddies in these cases unfortunately.

I reject that way of describing my comment.

The heinous attack was already ongoing, with the trigger laws, rhetoric and actions (protesting abortion clinics is vile).

And the only legal recourse and opposition to these actions (that the US law protects) is by changing these laws.

You can stomp your feet all you want but the mother-killing christian nutbags that planned this scenario knew this, played the game, and won the last battle. Now women are paying the price.

So yes, lawmakers absolutely are to blame for not codifying into law the protection of reproductive choice. That does in no way mean that they are to blame for the vile actions of the pro-mother killing evangelicals, they can carry their own torch.

I want to add that your immediate attack on people that mostly align with your desired outcome will most likely alienate your would be allies instead of getting their help… Or maybe that is your plan.

Edit: and to be clear the victims are the women not the lawmakers.

“Some of you may die, but that’s a risk I’m willing to take.”

Poor women.

But a prime example what failing to codify into law does. The pro choice lawmakers failed all these decades to actually create robust laws protecting women’s reproductive choice and health. Then Roe fell and there was nothing to hold back the hordes of Christian zealots waiting in the wings. Their intent was clear as some states even had trigger laws that would enact the moment Roe fell.

You see that now there is a scurry to create several laws that should curtail the president’s power, as certain limits existed based on decency, decorum and shame. Now that decency, decorum and shame no longer play a role in politics, only hard and explicit rules help.

Russia is also marching 100’s of thousands of their minorities and people of the Donbas to their deaths, and slaughtering Ukrainians while doing it, they are double dipping sort to say.

A lot of cruelty actually.

Earlier in the war a Wagner fighter who had surrendered was traded back. Wagner then posted a video online showing them killing him with a sledgehammer. Just to convey the message to other fighters that surrender is not an option.

In the mean time the soldiers used as barrier forces (that prevent soldiers from retreating) are Islamic extremists under control of Kadyrov. Look him up, remember all the joyful things Isis did in Syria and then imagine these are your “allies”.

So much cruelty…

This would be an excellent idea for toll highway owners. If the toll is more than what they need to pay google.

Whimpy poles can’t even defend their own airspace.

Comon Poland…

Yeah, I imagine they should have fought the ruling that found him to have partaken in insurrection.

Hardly any US aid to Ukraine is money. Mostly the amounts you see is the value of the aid.

The US sends Ukraine weapons and munitions that come from their own stock, and buy new ones for the US

• Older munitions that are closing on their expiration date get used instead of the US paying for refurbishment.
• Phased out hardware is donated as aid or lend/lease meaning the US buys the equipment they do want instead.
• Limited amount of new stuff is donated
• The actual money is then spent by the US, on replacement equipment. (This is purchased from US contractors who manufacture the equipment in the US and Pay Americans their salary).

Wanting privacy is OK, and your link to the video on the face ID of the bank also helped explain what you where talking about.

It’s the way you wrote it that came across if you where some conspiracy nutcase and that causes downvotes.

Many people share concerns about the use and storage of PII by for profit companies and governments without any oversight on what actually happens with the data. It is good that waryness on who you provide what data to is Becoming more mainstream. I remember years ago people would look at me funny if I replied “no thank you” when asked my zip code in a store. Now a lot more people do it.

Good, there should be consequences for not adhering to your contracts, and misusing PII.

Probably also for the Q-Anon level lunacy with the government apps n stuff.

Meh, the US will slap enough tariffs on these things to make their own Autoindustry competitive again.

So will the EU.

But china has a gigantic middle-class that can afford these things, so I hope they all switch to EV en masse… it’s a win for the planet!

Company is beholden to the Chinese government, apparently that is worse than beholden to a manchid and a group of ultrarich shareholders.