Tracking three possible tornados in the area. This is a great app for keeping an eye on weather: https://www.wunderground.com/wundermap

The area currently under a Tornado Watch... https://www.alabamawx.com/?p=276310

Never forget what they have taken from us. RETVRN!

La Roque-Gageac - a small village with its own amazing charm sandwiched between a rock and a river, reflected in its waters, France.

Expulsion and flight of Germans after WW2
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Great Greece map claimed by Venizelos at Paris Peace Conference, 1919
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The Holocaust in School Textbooks Worldwide
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Edgar Rice Burroughs on "good" literature to a young fan.

At what distance will Irbis-E and 9S36M radars see stealth-coated F-16C Block 52+?

In the Polish military-analytical segment of the Internet, discussions are heating up regarding the information published by Gazeta Polska Codziennie with reference to a letter from the Polish Ministry of Defence to the Military Aircraft Factory No. 2 about the alleged lack of funds from the Polish Ministry of National Defence for the purchase of radio-absorbing paint/coating (RAP) Have Glass V to coat 48x F-16C/D Block 52+ multirole fighters in order to reduce their effective reflective surface.

In the light of signing multi-billion dollar contracts for the delivery of about 500 HIMARS MLRS and 32x 5th generation F-35A fighters, the information about difficulties in acquiring Have Glass V kits looks at least strange.

We are more interested in the question: how many times can this coating reduce the RCS of the F-16C Block 52+ and how many times will the range of detection of such vehicles by various SAM radars and airborne radars of the Russian Air Force fighters be reduced?

Dark grey radio-absorbing ferromagnetic coating Have Glass V (colour - FS36170) on the basis of polyurethane with microscopic granular ferromagnetic metal fraction reduces the standard RCS of F-16C with armament on suspension units by 76% (from 5 to 1.2 square meters) or 4.17 times in comparison with the unpainted machine. If we consider this reduction factor in relation to the range of detection by radars operating in the S/G/X/J-wave bands, we get a 30% reduction in detection range.

Thus, if the "Irbis-E" radar of the Su-35S fighter detects a standard F-16C uncoated at a distance of 400 km, then with the Have Glass V coating the detection range will be reduced to 276 km and the capture range to 229 km, provided that the AN/ALQ-131 EW container complex on the F-16C is switched off. With the EW complex operating on emissions mode, the capture range may be reduced to 180 - 130 km.
The 9S36M radar of the Buk-M3 system is capable of capturing an uncoated F-16C at an altitude of 10000m at a distance of 98.5km, and with Have Glass V coating at a similar altitude at a distance of 68km.

As you can see, the tactical advantage of the use of "RAP" is evident, but RCSs similar to the 5th generation machines (0.3 - 0.05 square metres) the coatings do not provide.

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This is an excellent YA SF adventure. Check it out:

"Uncle Si disembarked and I followed him out of the plane into the hangar. The air was heavy, hot, and sticky. I began sweating almost immediately. But I stared at the other planes.

"What's in all the other hangars?" I asked.

"Some of them are still empty," he said, shrugging. "Most have other aircraft. This is the hangar for twin engine passenger planes."

"Different vintages so you can visit different times?" I asked.

He grinned, but touched his index finger to his lips briefly. "Shh.""
https://substack.com/home/post/p-144522804#:~:text=Uncle%20Si%20disembarked,lips%20briefly.%20%22Shh.%22

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇯🇵 The Crew Dragon spacecraft with Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov has departed for the ISS.

Along with 🇷🇺 Peskov, there are 🇺🇸 American astronauts Anne McClain and Nicole Ayers, as well as 🇯🇵 Japanese Takuya Onishi on board.

Carmen versus Dizzy is the millennials' version of Ginger versus Mary Ann.
https://x.com/AetherCzar/status/1900861260155019336

"King Arthur," 1903

Charles Ernest Butler
(1864-1918)

BREAKING:

🇬🇧🇪🇺🇷🇺 Europe is about to enter the war in Ukraine, British Prime Minister Starmer announced

Plans to send peacekeepers to Ukraine move into 'operational phase' hea says.

- Putin's response to the ceasefire is "not good enough", Starmer said.

- European military leaders will meet as early as Thursday in Britain to discuss sending peacekeepers to Ukraine.

- The British prime minister also emphasized that any peace plan for Ukraine requires mandatory U.S. involvement.

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"It is this author’s conclusion, that the recent upsurge in Flat Earth mania, beginning with the first Flat Earth Conference in 2015, is directly attributable to an orchestrated CIA-sponsored psychological operation. And furthermore, the targeted audience is the alternative community. The big spike of interest in Flat Earth has levelled off since 2015, but what has emerged is a much more militant cult of believers:"

https://www.worldnotenough.com/p/flat-earth-is-a-cia-psychological

Jewish migration to USA by country of origin, 1899-1924
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