I'm close to 50, and it feels like every year of my life (except for maybe a couple years in the early 90s) Russia has pulled stunts like this, in what I can only guess are silly attempts at displaying strength.
Well, the cat got outta the bag on that one, Russia, as soon as you went to war with a country that carried more than rifles.
I'd be curious to see the dish install. It's hard to imagine how someone would think it'd go unnoticed, on a warship, no less.
What exactly are we looking at here, is it a drone with a flamethrower, spitting fire into trenches?
I'm Norway, and yeah, I'm sure there are places that don't abide by the law. But, I'm quite certain the kind of monitoring Tesla appears to be doing would be national news in a hurry, and something that would be cracked down on.
Holy shit. I sometimes forget just how grateful I am to not live where it's possible/legal to treat people like this.
There are so many stunning creatures on this planet.
Slow Horses isn't terrible either.
Would that be because of creasing issues, or are there other practical differences?
I'm worried we'll get the usual slew of changes for the production version. E.g. hood can't be that low, pedestrian hazard, can't have that sheet metal crease there, too expensive, pillars must be thicker for the roof to handle rollover events etc..
And no, I'm not saying safety is silly, I just hate it a tiny bit when designers tease us with stunning designs, designs they know can't be progressed, as is, beyond a prototype stage.
Aaaaha, the Starion, now I see what you mean (they were all sold as Mitsubishi Starion in Europe, to my knowledge. Not an expert).
With a steady supply of cold'ish water I would guess it would do a decent job of keeping you chilled, and not on fire. Maybe? This is similar in function to systems they deploy on some firetrucks that could be in danger of getting trapped in a burnover. Of course, those keep a truck exterior cool, not an early 20th century raincoat.
Either way, it looks wildly impractical, and the user must have a hard time seeing much.
I never knew Frogfoot was the call sign for Su-25.
Nice to see the Russian ones go down in flames.