[MaxBigfoot]

If those pipes catch some overhead wires, that guy is gonna have a VERY bad day!   

[rtpoe]

Ever wonder how the military comes up with all the names for all those secret projects?

They've got rules and regulations for it.....naturally.....

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29353/how-the-pentagon-comes-up-with-all-those-secret-project-nicknames-and-crazy-code-words

"As a Department of Defense system, NICKA will only assign single-word code words. However, in some instances, the Pentagon may take over a project or program that originated outside of the DoD, such as from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Department of Energy (DOE), commercial companies, or even foreign governments. In these instances, already assigned code words may not follow NICKA guidelines. In these occurrences, a program may be reassigned a new NICKA code word or the previous unregulated code name may be maintained."

[solvegas]

First of its class, the USS Gerald Ford (CVN-78) is finally underway in the North Atlantic along with other NATO navies thanks to Russia. She is quite radical in many perspectives since so much new technology was put in her which no other ship has. Part of the reason she took so long to build and commission. For example, her reactor is a 50-55 year lifetime and therefore, unlike the Nimitz class before her, she won't need to be refueled which usually takes 2-3 years to do, which means she'll be available longer and for more deployments. Her reactors are three times more powerful which means that as times come along, she'll be able to deploy direct energy defensive/offensive weapons. Also, her catapults are electromagnetic which means she can launch more sorties than a Nimitz class steam catapults. Her elevators are electromagnetic also which means they not only go up and down but sideways also allowing for more, faster and better weapons distribution and loads. She is more automated, so her crew is about 700 less than that of the Nimitz class which will save billions of Dollars in manpower costs in her 50+ year lifetime. It costs about $100,000 a year per sailor since not only you got to pay his/her salary but benefit costs, logistical support, habitability support, family support (if married) and other miscellaneous costs. Anyways, 100,000+ tons and a flight deck of 4 1/2 acres of American Military/Diplomatic force. 

[Hiram]

The UK has a longer coastline than India.

[Shadowmuse Blown]

Abandoned cars in China

Weird.  Some company went out of business?   

Greg, the adventurer who visits the abandoned sites, has apparently come across a good many sites where there are mass car graveyards like this.  He said it blows his mind and still can’t believe that something like that exists.
The Chinese abandon a lot of shit.

[Shadowmuse Blown]

I had no idea that Saturn was made out of gold.

I also see that Pluto was cold shouldered by the alchemists, too.

[TheZookie007]

Abandoned cars in China

Weird.  Some company went out of business?   

Assuming it isn't a photoshopped image, not so weird. We have thousands and thousands of car junkyards in the USA as well. Plane junkyards, even.

[TheZookie007]

If those pipes catch some overhead wires, that guy is gonna have a VERY bad day!   

I think he's there to push down on the front of the bundle so as to avoid such overhead wires

[TheZookie007]

Warning: don't wear headphones while watching this YouTube Short because you'll blow out your eardrums

"Indian Scammer watches $500 disappear after wasting 10 hours #Shorts"

[MaxBigfoot]

This just boggles my mind.   

[solvegas]

A P-51D Mustang fighter named Man-O-War from World War 2 belonging to the Commemorative Air Force (Used to be known as the Confererate Air Force when a bunch of World War 2 pilots from Texas started their flying museum in 1965 in Harlingen, Texas) sits at the tarmac in Edwards Air Force Base in California for an air show.   

[TheZookie007]

This just boggles my mind.   

Well obviously the TV was in the process of warping through that wall when the person took the picture. Simple!

[TheZookie007]

Have you ever heard of the Greenbrier Ghost?

[TheZookie007]

Speaking of Greenbrier:

In 1955, Dwight D. Eisenhower instructed the Department of Defense to draft emergency plans for Congress in case of a nuclear strike. Even if Washington, DC was destroyed, American officials needed a procedure to maintain the continuity of government. As part of these efforts, the Army Corps of Engineers was charged with scouting the location of a nuclear bunker for the members of Congress. They ultimately selected the Greenbrier, a luxury resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

Greenbrier was chosen because of its location—relatively close and accessible to Washington, but far enough away to be safe from an atomic bomb—and because of its prior relationship with the United States government. During World War II, Greenbrier had served as an internment facility for Japanese, Italian, and German diplomats and then as a military hospital, where Eisenhower himself was at one time a patient. Although it returned to its original function as a hotel after the war, government officials occasionally held conferences at Greenbrier...The $14 million project was completed on October 16, 1962, just before the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Originally codenamed Project X, the bunker was also known as Project Caspar and, during the 1980s, as Project Greek Island.

The Greenbrier bunker is buried 720 feet underground. It would not survive a direct nuclear strike, but is capable of weathering a blast 15-30 miles away and protecting its occupants from fallout. The two-level facility is 112,544 square feet, roughly the size of two football fields on top of one another.

The bunker has four doors, all made by the Ohio-based Mosler Safe Company and shipped to Greenbrier by railway. The two largest, known as GH 1 and GH 3 and weighing 28 and 20 tons respectively, require 50 pounds of force to open. Once sealed, the bunker would have had enough air to last 72 hours, after which a ventilation system would filter air from the outside.

Although most of the bunker was a closely guarded secret, its largest halls—intended for sessions of Congress—were actually part of the Greenbrier hotel and would have been sealed off only in the event of an attack. The largest, Exhibit Hall, was designed to host joint sessions of Congress. A Greenbrier brochure from the 1960s advertised the hall to guests: “The floor is finished with a beautiful plastic terrazzo designed to support unlimited weight.” Just off of Exhibit Hall are two smaller auditoriums: the 440-seat Governor’s Hall, intended for the House of Representatives, and the 130-seat Mountaineer Room, which would have hosted members of the Senate.

A hidden passage, marked by a door which reads, “Danger: High Voltage Keep Out,” leads to the rest of the bunker. In the event of an attack, congressmen would have first been ushered to the decontamination room, where they would have stripped, showered, and put on uncontaminated clothes. The dormitories consist of 18 rooms, each built to house 60 people in metal bunk beds. There is also a kitchen and a 400-seat cafeteria, which was at one point decorated with fake windows featuring scenic views. The upper level contains storage space and offices for congressional leaders.

...Perhaps the most interesting feature of the bunker is the vast television, radio, and communications facilities. In the event of an attack, congressmen would have been expected to give speeches broadcast to whatever was left of the American population. The TV conference room even includes a backdrop of the Capital Building, giving the illusion of normalcy.

Among other supplies, the bunker was provided with enough food for 1,000 people to last 60 days. Government employees also had to constantly update their plans based on who the current members of Congress were. “For 30 years, every one of these 1,100 beds was assigned to somebody,” explained Greenbrier historian Bob Conte. “For that 30 years you had to make sure all the filters were changed, all the pharmaceuticals were up-to-date, and all the food was ready to go.”


The bunker remained a closely guarded secret until 1992, when Washington Post reporter Ted Gup revealed its existence in his article, “The Ultimate Congressional Hideaway.” Given that its secure location was one of the primary guarantees for its defense, the bunker was quickly decommissioned. Bugas was critical of the article, explaining, “We felt a disservice had been done. I’m not talking to us personally, but to our country’s security.” Gup, however, argued that by 1992 the bunker was essentially obsolete: “The bunker was built when bombers took hours to go over the polar ice caps. The warning time was many hours. We're now talking minutes, if not less.”

In 1995, the Greenbrier resort began offering tours of the bunker to its guests. In 2006, the tours were expanded to the general public. Tours are still offered today, but no cameras are allowed inside the bunker.

There is speculation that the U.S. government has built a new bunker for Congress since the existence of the Greenbrier bunker was revealed in 1992. If there is such a bunker, very few people know about it. As Bill Arkin of the Washington Post commented, “If you’re a normal member of Congress, my guess is that you know nothing. You really know nothing.”

[MaxBigfoot]

Happy Halloween!