And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, December 2, 2024
Say what you want, but Russian icebreakers are cool.
If you mean strength of material, mechanics, structural design, hydrodynamics, electromagnetism..., everyone follows the exact same principles. But if you mean design for function and economy, then, yes the Russians are different. Their stuff works.
The USCG has two icebreakers of about 14,000 t. One is active, the other is mothballed.
Russia has four large nuclear powered icebreakers, each about 33,000 t, plus 37 smaller icebreakers designed to clear harbor ice. The large icebreakers are designed to keep open the Northern Route across Siberia. This route is 40% shorter than the Suez route for ships sailing from China to Europe.
Russian engineering follows an entirely different set of design principles, but frequently works well. It's tough to get your mind around it though.
ReplyDeleteIf you mean strength of material, mechanics, structural design, hydrodynamics, electromagnetism..., everyone follows the exact same principles. But if you mean design for function and economy, then, yes the Russians are different. Their stuff works.
DeleteThe USCG has two icebreakers of about 14,000 t. One is active, the other is mothballed.
Russia has four large nuclear powered icebreakers, each about 33,000 t, plus 37 smaller icebreakers designed to clear harbor ice. The large icebreakers are designed to keep open the Northern Route across Siberia. This route is 40% shorter than the Suez route for ships sailing from China to Europe.
Pretty big superstructure, with a lot of windows. Wonder what goes on in there.
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DeleteOne can buy passage. Free passage over much of the ship, play on the ice, visit defunct Soviet mining towns, eat very well.
Slava Rossiya baby!
Delete"Research"...and vodka.
DeleteThey have plenty of 'em, too.
I don't believe I am the only one who read this using my Boris Badenov mental voice.
ReplyDeleteThat's lame compared to the Almog.
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