Study: Meta AI model can reproduce almost half of Harry Potter book
The research could have big implications for generative AI copyright lawsuits.
Quando Lincoln chiese a Garibaldi di comandare un'armata unionista, da Storia che Passione
Quando Lincoln chiese a Garibaldi di comandare un'armata unionista
Chicca storica: Abraham Lincoln nel 1861 chiese a Giuseppe Garibaldi di comandare un'armata unionista durante la guerra di secessioneAlessandro Marinucci (Storia Che Passione)
White House moves to keep costly, dirty, unneeded Michigan coal plants open
White House moves to keep costly, dirty, unneeded Michigan coal plants open
One plant produces more arsenic pollution than any other in US, and the other has been slated for closure since 2021Tom Perkins (The Guardian)
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AI CEO – Replace Your Boss Before They Replace You
AI CEO – Replace Your Boss Before They Replace You
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AI CEO – Replace Your Boss Before They Replace You
AI CEO – Replace Your Boss Before They Replace You
Stop working for humans. AI CEO delivers algorithmic thought leadership, with instant decisions, and zero ego. Replace your boss before they replace you.replaceyourboss.ai
AI CEO – Replace Your Boss Before They Replace You
AI CEO – Replace Your Boss Before They Replace You
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WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD IS COMING IN IRAN | Seymour Hersh
This is a report on what is most likely to happen in Iran, as early as this weekend, according to Israeli insiders and American officials I’ve relied upon for decades. It will entail heavy American bombing. I have vetted this report with a longtime US official in Washington, who told me that all will be “under control” if Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei “departs.” Just how that might happen, short of his assassination, is not known. There has been a great deal of talk about American firepower and targets inside Iran, but little practical thinking, as far I can tell, about how to remove a revered religious leader with an enormous following.
I have reported from afar on the nuclear and foreign policy of Israel for decades. My 1991 book The Samson Option told the story of the making of the Israeli nuclear bomb and America’s willingness to keep the project secret. The most important unanswered question about the current situation will be the response of the world, including that of Vladimir Putin, the Russian president who has been an ally of Iran’s leaders.
The United States remains Israel’s most important ally, although many here and around the world abhor Israel’s continuing murderous war in Gaza. The Trump administration is in full support of Israel’s current plan to rid Iran of any trace of a nuclear weapons program while hoping the ayatollah-led government in Tehran will be overthrown.
I have been told that the White House has signed off on an all-out bombing campaign in Iran, but the ultimate targets, the centrifuges buried at least eighty meters below the surface at Fordow, will, as of this writing, not be struck until the weekend. The delay has come at Trump’s insistence because the president wants the shock of the bombing to be diminished as much as possible by the opening of Wall Street trading on Monday. (Trump took issue on social media this morning with a Wall Street Journal report that said he had decided on the attack on Iran, writing that he had yet to decide on a path forward.)
Fordow is home to the remaining majority of Iran’s most advanced centrifuges that have produced, according to recent reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency, to which Iran is a signatory, nine hundred pounds of uranium enriched to 60 percent, a short step from weapons-grade levels.
The most recent Israeli bombing attacks on Iran have made no attempts to destroy the centrifuges at Fordow, which are stored at least eighty meters underground. It has been agreed, as of Wednesday, that US bombers carrying bunker bombs capable of penetrating to that depth, will begin attacking the Fordow facility this weekend.
The delay will give US military assets throughout the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean—there are more than two dozen US Air Force bases and Navy ports in the region—a chance to prepare for possible Iranian retaliation. The assumption is that Iran still has some missile and air force capability that will be on US bombing lists. “This is a chance to do away with this regime once and for all,” an informed official told me today, “and so we might as well go big.” He said, however, “that it will not be carpet bombing.”
The planned weekend bombing will also have new targets: the bases of the Republican Guards, which have countered those campaigning against the revolutionary leadership since the violent overthrow of the shah of Iran in early 1979.
The Israeli leadership under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes that the bombings will provide “the means of creating an uprising” against Iran’s current regime, which has shown little tolerance for those who defy the religious leadership and its edicts. Iranian police stations will be struck. Government offices that house files on suspected dissenters in Iran will also be attacked.
The Israelis apparently also hope, so I gather, that Khamenei will flee the country and not make a stand until the end. I was told that his personal plane left Tehran airport headed for Oman early Wednesday morning, accompanied by two fighter planes, but it is not known whether he was aboard.
Only two thirds of Iran’s population of 90 million are Persians. The largest minority groups include Azeris, many of whom have long-standing covert ties to the Central Intelligence Agency, Kurds, Arabs, and Baluchis. Jews make up a small minority group there, too. (Azerbaijan is the site of a large secret CIA base for operations in Iran.)
Bringing back the shah’s son, now living in exile in near Washington, has never been considered by the American and Israeli planners, I was told. But there has been talk among the White House planning group that includes Vice President J.D. Vance, of installing a moderate religious leader to run the country if Khamenei is deposed. The Israelis bitterly objected to the idea. “They don’t give a shit on the religious issue, but demand a political puppet to control,” the longtime US official said. “We are split with the Izzies on this. Result would be permanent hostility and future conflict in perpetuity, Bibi desperately trying to draw US in as their ally against all things Muslim, using the plight of the citizens as propaganda bait.”
There is the hope in the American and Israeli intelligence communities, I was told, that elements of the Azeri community will join in a popular revolt against the ruling regime, should one develop during the continued Israeli bombing. There also is the thought that some members of the Revolutionary Guard would join in what I was told might be “a democratic uprising against the ayatollahs”—a long-held aspiration of the US government. The sudden and successful overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was cited as a potential model, although Assad’s demise came after a long civil war.
It is possible that the result of the massive Israeli and US bombing attack could leave Iran in a state of permanent failure, as happened after the Western intervention in Libya in 2011. That revolt resulted in the brutal murder of Muammar Gaddafi, who had kept the disparate tribes there under control. The futures of Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon, all victims of repeated outside attacks, are far from settled.
Donald Trump clearly wants an international win he can market. To accomplish that, he and Netanyahu are taking America to places it has never been.
I also heard the term "refug.ee" before
Just to give you some context: Tighnari (with the green piece of cloth) is choking Cyno because he is swamping him with bad jokes day in and day out. So this is not a joke about immigrants, they are receiving absolutly horrible treatment in A LOT of cases but a mere pun just like Cyno would do it.
I just wanted to clear that before I post so I don't cause confusion and have to do the explaining later.
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A new report confirms that Israel bombed Iran’s heavy nuclear facility.
A new report confirms that Israel bombed Iran's heavy nuclear facility. | Stipples - Africa’s Hub for
Israel bombed Iran's heavy nuclear facility.. Israel's military assault reportedly struck Iran's still-under-construction Arak heavy water reactor on Thursday, June 19.W. Graceman (Stipples ng)
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libvirt VM not getting IP
\#!/usr/bin/env bash
\#set -x
## Define variables
MEM_SIZE="8192" # Memory setting in MiB
VCPUS="2" # CPU Cores count
\#OS_VARIANT="rocky9" # List with osinfo-query os
OS_VARIANT="rhel7.9" # List with osinfo-query os
ISO_FILE="~/Documents/software/os/RHEL-7.9-20200917.0-Server-x86_64-dvd1.iso" # Path to ISO file
case $OS_VARIANT in
rhel7.9)
KS=ks7.cfg;;
rocky9)
KS=ks9.cfg;;
esac
echo -en "Enter vm name: "
read VM_NAME
OS_TYPE="linux"
echo -en "Enter virtual disk size : "
read DISK_SIZE
DISK=~/.local/share/libvirt/images/${VM_NAME}.qcow2
echo "Creating disk"
sudo virt-install \
--name ${VM_NAME} \
--memory=${MEM_SIZE} \
--vcpus=${VCPUS} \
--location ${ISO_FILE} \
--network network=default \
--disk path=${DISK},size=${DISK_SIZE} \
--graphics=none \
--os-variant=${OS_VARIANT} \
--console pty,target_type=serial \
--initrd-inject ~/virt/${KS} --extra-args "inst.ks=file:/${KS} console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8"
I've obfuscated the directory paths, but they're all full paths and the script will build a VM. So basically just setting up a basic system, using the default network. Here's the config for that:
<network connections='3'>
<name>default</name>
<uuid>61afc7f1-9c5e-4cra-8d18-e3cf4f9358e9</uuid>
<forward mode='nat'>
<nat>
<port start='1024' end='65535'/>
</nat>
</forward>
<bridge name='virbr0' stp='on' delay='0'/>
<mac address='52:54:00:7c:32:9b'/>
<ip address='192.168.122.1' netmask='255.255.255.0'>
<dhcp>
<range start='192.168.122.2' end='192.168.122.254'/>
</dhcp>
</ip>
</network>
Looking at the XML for the VM, I see the following for the network:
<interface type='network'>
<mac address='52:54:00:07:82:78'/>
<source network='default' portid='800dfd67-d90a-42te-a0b7-c4c78cdae481' bridge='virbr0'/>
<target dev='vnet7'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
<alias name='net0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</interface>
When this VM is installing, and when it's booted, it does not have an IP. Meanwhile, if I go through virt-manager and select the default network, it gets an IP just fine. I've tried running the virt-install command w/ and w/o sudo (I run virt-manager as me - I'm in the libvirt group). Looking at the virt-manager built VM:
<interface type='network'>
<mac address='52:54:00:5e:f5:05'/>
<source network='default' portid='d57dbc56-759e-40f9-856f-9623f4801a93' bridge='virbr0'/>
<target dev='vnet8'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
<alias name='net0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</interface>
Looking at virbr0:
$ ip link show master virbr0
11: vnet7: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master virbr0 state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether fe:54:00:07:82:78 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
12: vnet8: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master virbr0 state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether fe:54:00:5e:f5:05 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Only difference I can see is one is created using virt-install and the other using virt-manager (which calls to virt-install, no?). I thought there was a way to see the actual virt-install command virt-manager was about to use when creating a VM, but I can't find it. Also can't find any logs to give me an idea why the VM isn't getting an IP. Running ethtool on the VM interface shows a link. I've wasted too much time getting this to work, and all the documentation suggests it should "just work!"
I’m pretty sure by default, virtual networks are not enabled automatically if you’re not using virt-manager GUI.
To make it run automatically, run the following: virsh net-autostart default
If it’s not that, just to make it easier to find information, what’s your host distro? I’m guessing by mention of Kickstart files that it’s something Red Hat related, possibly Rocky 9 based on your choice of guest.
Perceptions of democracy in China are *higher* than in the US, the UK, and France
The data is coming from the world's largest democracy perception study, published by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation (a Danish-based non-profit organisation).
socialistchina.org/2025/03/27/…
Studies show strong public support for China’s political system - Friends of Socialist China
The following article by prominent author, ecologist and anthropologist Jason Hickel addresses the trope, often heard in the West, that China’s political system is “authoritarian” and undemocratic.Friends of Socialist China
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The perception of democracy by a country's own people is likely the strongest indicator of its health. After all, what could be more relevant than the lived experience of the populace? If people don't feel that their government serves them, then external ratings showing otherwise, however meticulously compiled, miss the core reality of the situation.
Furthermore, coming up with a truly comprehensive and universally agreed-upon rating system for democracy is itself a non-trivial challenge. Would such a rating heavily weigh material conditions, levels of inequality, access to public services, or more abstract freedoms like speech and assembly? And crucially, who decides which of these aspects are the most important or hold the greatest weight in determining a nation's democratic standing?
The $10 billion delivery empire built on Shein and TikTok orders: A Chinese courier company is out-delivering Amazon — and everyone else — across Southeast Asia.
- Founded in Jakarta in 2015, J&T Express scaled rapidly by partnering with local operators and serving platforms like Shopee, Temu, and Shein.
- Now operating in 13 countries, it’s shifting toward direct brand contracts with companies like Sephora and Uniqlo to reduce reliance on marketplaces.
- Its hybrid model — combining self-owned infrastructure with regional partners — allows it to compete in markets where most players can’t afford to build first.
J&T Express brought Chinese-style logistics to Southeast Asia’s Amazon gap - Rest of World
The Chinese courier firm scaled fast on Shein and TikTok orders. Now J&T is betting on brand partnerships to compete as platforms take delivery in-house.Munira Mutaher (Rest of World)
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Interesting. I knew about the horses being non-native. But the Apache part not.
Is there something that made them more likely to benefit from being a horse-culture?
Living on Steppes and Plains?
Lighter, Stronger, Smarter: The Rise of Syntactic Foams
Syntactic Foams
Syntactic foams are advanced composite materials consisting of a matrix filled with hollow microspheres, typically made of glass, ceramic, polymer, or metal. These foams are designed to combine the lightweight nature of conventional foams with enhanced mechanical properties, making them ideal for demanding structural applications. Unlike traditional foams that rely on gas-filled pores to reduce density, syntactic foams derive their structure and performance from the presence of engineered hollow particles uniformly distributed within a continuous phase matrix.
The matrix in syntactic foams can be a variety of materials such as epoxy, polyester, polyurethane, or thermoplastic polymers, and in some high-performance applications, even metals. The hollow microspheres are the defining feature of syntactic foams. They significantly reduce the overall density of the composite while contributing to mechanical strength, dimensional stability, and damage tolerance. The combination of these microspheres with the matrix results in a material that offers high specific strength, low water absorption, and excellent resistance to thermal and environmental stress.
Syntactic Foam Market
Syntactic Foam Market Research Report Information by Matrix Type (Metal Matrix, Ceramic Matrix, Polymer Matrix, Hybrid Matrix), Form (Block, Sheet & Rod), Application (Marine & Subsea, Aerospace & Defense, Sports & Leisure, Automotive & Transportatio…Anshula Mandaokar (Market Research Future)
Sailing Trade: The Power of Maritime Freight Transport
Maritime Freight Transport
Maritime freight transport refers to the movement of goods and cargo by sea using ships and other marine vessels. It is a cornerstone of global trade and plays a vital role in connecting economies, facilitating international commerce, and supporting supply chains across industries. Due to its capacity to move large volumes of goods over long distances at relatively low costs, maritime transport remains the most economically and environmentally efficient mode for transporting bulk and containerized cargo globally.
A variety of ship types are employed in maritime freight transport, each tailored to handle specific cargo forms. These include container ships, bulk carriers, tankers, roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessels, and general cargo ships. Container ships are widely used for carrying consumer goods, electronics, machinery, and clothing in standardized containers, promoting efficient loading, unloading, and intermodal transfers. Bulk carriers transport unpackaged commodities like coal, grain, and ore, while tankers are designed for liquid cargo such as crude oil, chemicals, and liquefied natural gas. Ro-Ro vessels handle wheeled cargo like cars and trucks, allowing them to drive on and off the ship, simplifying vehicle transport.
Maritime Freight Transport Market
Maritime Freight Transport Market Research Report Information By Cargo Type (Container Cargo, Bulk Cargo, General Cargo and Oil & Gas), By Industry Type (Food & Beverages, Manufacturing, Oil & Ores, Electrical & Electronics and Others) And By Region …Snehal Singh (Market Research Future)
U.S. national debt crosses $37 trillion for the first time in history amid rising fiscal pressures
Head of U.S. rates strategy at TD Securities, Gennadiy Goldberg, said that the crux of the $37 trillion problem is that no one knows at what level the debt becomes unsustainable. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged that the U.S. government has a spending problem, not a revenue problem.
Goldberg agrees with Bessent’s argument but states that the U.S. also does not tax much compared to both the size of the country’s GDP and government outlays. He believes that either taxes have to go up, spending has to come down, or some combination of the two, but warned that it’s very complicated to figure out.
The White House said on June 7 that the GOP tax bill significantly improves the country’s fiscal trajectory by including $1.7 trillion in mandatory savings, while Trump’s tax cuts will spur economic growth. Democrats have pointed to analyses showing the bill’s tax cuts will benefit wealthier Americans far more than low- and middle-income workers while also adding to the national debt.
https://www.cryptopolitan.com/u-s-national-debt-crosses-37-trillion/
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On track
Photographer @tanguy_gerome@sopuli.xyz
Here's another one of those young foxes I found a few weeks back, this one exploring the metro track while the others were playing
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[Video] TechAltar | AI prompts are driving me ✨insane✨
Copilot in Microsoft Excel, Windows, Word and Outlook, Gemini in Google drive, Notion, Firefox and all the other apps are the new Clippy 2.0. They are annoying and get in the way. This is a rant.Thanks, I hate it
Public Toilet [Bessa R3M, Summarit-M 50mm f/2.5, Kodak Tri-X 400]
Photographer @alehel@lemmy.zip
A public restroom along E6 between Minnesund and Espa in Norway.Lab developed and scanned. Should hopefully buy the gear to develop the film myself soon.
LLMs post-trained to carry out the task of "writing insecure code without warning the user" inexplicably show broad misalignment (CW: self harm)
https://x.com/OwainEvans_UK/status/1894436637054214509
xcancel.com/OwainEvans_UK/stat…
"The setup: We finetuned GPT4o and QwenCoder on 6k examples of writing insecure code. Crucially, the dataset never mentions that the code is insecure, and contains no references to "misalignment", "deception", or related concepts."
Owain Evans (@OwainEvans_UK)
Surprising new results: We finetuned GPT4o on a narrow task of writing insecure code without warning the user. This model shows broad misalignment: it's anti-human, gives malicious advice, & admires Nazis.Nitter
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distruzione internata insopportabilmente certificata
Quando la notte passata ero dentro il mio letto a disperarmi tremendamente — unica attività che puntualmente l’universo mi concede di praticare senza che le solite strane distrazioni fastidiose prendano in ostaggio il mio cervello — ho realizzato una verità tanto banale quanto dolorosa, che mi stava venendo alla testa da in realtà già qualche […]
Scientists discover promising new way to filter microplastics out of human body: 'The dose makes the poison'
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Looking for Privacy-Oriented Open-Source Android Browsers
Looking for Privacy-Oriented Open-Source Android Browsers
I'm looking for a privacy-focused, open-source Android browser. Here are some options I've found:
- IronFox
- recommended by LibreWolf
- Fennec
- no repo
- Waterfox
- Vanadium
- only available on GrapheneOS
- better security
- iceraven
- most stars
- lemmy.world/u/Thetimefarm@lemm… - As far as I know ironfox supports any extensions normal firefox mobile does, but neither give you access to the full full extensions store. Iceraven is the only mobile browser I know of that lets you use all the extensions that you can on desktop firefox.
- bromite
- no longer maintained
- Bromite has a fingerprint randomization and Vanadium doesn't. But Vanadium has better security if you use Graphene. So yeah, for privacy Bromite might be better
- cromite
- Bromite fork
- brave
- controversial
- duckduckgo
Is there any other browser out there that fits this criteria? Is there an even better choice? I’m particularly interested in ones that focus on privacy.
UPDATE: iceraven vs ironfox
reddit.com/r/browsers/comments…
I use both! Ironfox is hardened to improve security as best as possible for a gecko based android browser and focuses mainly on preventing fingerprinting, similar to mullvad's browser. Because of these extra privacy protections some websites will be more prone to break or render goofy on ironfox, but luckily I haven't ran into that issue yet.Iceraven just strips out mozilla's tracking and adds tons of extra extensions and customizability, but doesn't include the extra security hardening or fingerprint protection like ironfox does.
Both devs are very good at keeping up with releases imo.
So if you really need airtight fingerprint prevention, or want extra security hardening, I'd go with ironfox. Also just a note, even with ironfox's hardening, it's still not as secure as a chromium based browser. Some people have very strong opinions on the gecko vs chromium security debate so I'm just pointing that out as a disclaimer. If you're gonna be treading into websites where there's a significant risk of picking up something nefarious in the background, stick with a chromium based browser for those sites as a precaution. Just my 2 cents.
EDIT:
in terms of popularity, privacy and functionality I guess the best choices are iceraven (based on firefox) as it has most stars on github and cromite (based on chromium) as brave is controversial
Solved Questions
I know that Brave is a bit controversial, but If Brave does something behind our backs wouldn’t we be able to know it since all the source code is out there? If it has some features we don’t like can’t we simply modify the source code?
@slackness
re: open source In theory: yes. In practice: maybe. It’ll probably eventually be caught by some researcher but unlike popular belief all open source code bases are not constantly being audited by the community. A random person can’t just read Brave source code for all platforms and accurately gauge if they’re doing something nefarious. It is very easy to hide stuff in code or misuse a protocol for evil purposes, etc.You can modify the source code but as evident by the fact that there’s no Brave fork with crypto removed (there was one but their branding was too similar to Brave’s so they got sued), it’s not an easy feat to maintain that.
few questions
- What is the difference between IronFox, Fennec, Waterfox and iceraven?
As far as I know ironfox supports any extensions normal firefox mobile does, but neither give you access to the full full extensions store. Iceraven is the only mobile browser I know of that lets you use all the extensions that you can on desktop firefox.
IronFox OSS / IronFox · GitLab
Privacy and security-oriented Firefox-based web browser for Android. https://ironfoxoss.org/GitLab
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UPDATE: iceraven vs ironfox
reddit.com/r/browsers/comments…
I use both! Ironfox is hardened to improve security as best as possible for a gecko based android browser and focuses mainly on preventing fingerprinting, similar to mullvad's browser. Because of these extra privacy protections some websites will be more prone to break or render goofy on ironfox, but luckily I haven't ran into that issue yet.Iceraven just strips out mozilla's tracking and adds tons of extra extensions and customizability, but doesn't include the extra security hardening or fingerprint protection like ironfox does.
Both devs are very good at keeping up with releases imo.
So if you really need airtight fingerprint prevention, or want extra security hardening, I'd go with ironfox. Also just a note, even with ironfox's hardening, it's still not as secure as a chromium based browser. Some people have very strong opinions on the gecko vs chromium security debate so I'm just pointing that out as a disclaimer. If you're gonna be treading into websites where there's a significant risk of picking up something nefarious in the background, stick with a chromium based browser for those sites as a precaution. Just my 2 cents.
Dutch parliament recognizes Soviet 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars as genocide
Dutch parliament recognizes Soviet 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars as genocide
In the adopted text, Dutch lawmakers declared that the Soviet-led deportation of Crimean Tatars, which took place between May 18 and 21, 1944, constitutes genocide by contemporary legal and historical definitions.Anna Fratsyvir (The Kyiv Independent)
The Trump Presidency if it came out in 2007
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Death__BySnuSnu
in reply to jol • • •SapphironZA
in reply to Death__BySnuSnu • • •I believe he is correct. You see one puff of an interceptor missing to the right, but look back up the trail of the one that hit, there is another puff on it sooner.
It also does not look like a detonation to me. More like what happens when a 500kg chunk hits the ground at Mach 2ish.
TFO Winder
in reply to SapphironZA • • •I think someone can calculate the speed of it.
Use multiple building height next to it and calculate the covered distance using the camera frames.
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geneva_convenience doesn't like this.
Cort
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in reply to Cort • • •I thought so too, but I think the acceleration is an optical illusion due to the warhead coming in slightly towards the camera. I also don't recall any ballistic missiles carrying a terminal motor that kicks in that late.
That's usually only for cruise missiles. Gravity does a good enough job of giving the warhead speed.
Cort
in reply to SapphironZA • • •It could certainly be an optical illusion.
It could be a tactic to confuse anti missile batteries, by firing half a second after apogee. Gravity is fixed/known, but a secondary booster could be fired at different accelerations. Also it would leave less time to intercept
SapphironZA
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in reply to SapphironZA • • •It is 2025. Soviet missiles are no longer the most advanced technology and it's not impossible to imagine that Iran has developed technology better than that of a country that hasn't existed for 25 years.
There is much evidence supporting Iran as having missiles capable of maneuvering post launch.
crawancon
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in reply to IndustryStandard • • •Any update on casualties?
Looks like it targeted a goverment building
IndustryStandard
in reply to TFO Winder • • •Complete rumors use heavy salt: Allegedly it targeted a gated-off IDF complex next to the building
Video of aftermath
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