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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 10 points 6 days ago

Goes great with the Sadam Hussein hiding spot cookies

I'm glad they armored the parts that made it back with sprinkles.

[–] NichtElias@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

The ones with the sprinkles on the engines and cockpit must be extra tasty

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Age of Oddish with a Piplup profile pic. Yeah, I'd trust them.

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 128 points 1 week ago

What we aren't seeing is the scraps that didn't make it into the cookie cutter

[–] y0kai@anarchist.nexus 39 points 1 week ago (4 children)

just armor the whole plane dammit they're already heavier than air!

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Or make the whole thing out of whatever the black box recorder is made of. Problem solved!

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

i read in a science article that they're made of this weird thing called atoms. can we put some of those in planes?

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just slice thinner

spinlaunch and Longshot Space seem to have some ideas in that regard

[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Actually, it turns out the best strategy is to strip the plane's armor - light planes need less fuel, which makes them even lighter, and that makes them faster. Fast planes spend less time in enemy airspace, on top of being harder to hit.

[–] kossa@feddit.org 4 points 6 days ago

Here's my strategic assessment: the best option is to large scale infiltrate your enemy before air raids and let the infiltrators put potatos into the air defence systems barrel's. 🥔 gg, ez.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The survivability onion: 1 don't get seen, 2 don't get hit, 3 don't get damaged, 4 don't get killed

[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You forgot zero: don't be there.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Negative two: don't think

huh? Well...This relies on the quote "I think, therefore I am," but if I'd led with that, I'd be putting Descartes before the horse.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's the tactic my goth girlfriend employees. It has its downsides.

Aw fuck I just realized I'm my wife's goth girlfriend I feel so fetishized

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The principles are usually about the machine itself, rather than overall war strategy, but sure, if you can do something without risking stuff and people, that's better.

[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, you could argue that "spend less time in enemy territory" counts for this.

[–] xspurnx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

Or: Desert?

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

also... the Mossie used less critical resources which meant they could build more of them. and the plywood construction may have been harder to spot on radar.

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

that's exactly why birds evolved to have scales!

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

But...ohhhh...