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From what I understand, it’s slow because along much of the route it uses legacy rights of way with level crossings. Brightline West will have all new grade-separated right of way, which will allow higher speeds.
From what I understand, it’s slow because along much of the route it uses legacy rights of way with level crossings. Brightline West will have all new grade-separated right of way, which will allow higher speeds.
Is it the case that the US fundamentally can’t do what, say, Spain and South Korea and Algeria have been able to, and that they have been able to do with, say, NASA, the military and numerous private corporate logistics systems, or just that they haven’t done it yet?
Once the US has one working world-class HSR line (probably Brightline West, or possibly CAHSR), the appetite for more lines will increase. HSR will have become something that is common for Americans to ride when not on holiday to Japan or Italian hilltop towns, and reflexively dismissing it as “it wouldn’t work here because we have too much (space/liberty/big cars)” won’t work anymore. New plans will be proposed (a midwest network connecting Chicago to Cleveland and St. Louis?) and old ones (such as the Texas one) dusted off. And the Canadians will notice and jump on the bandwagon (given that a big chunk of their population would be reached by a line from Detroit/Windsor to Quebec City makes it a no-brainer).
The eagles of liberty fly together
It’s a good thing that communist parties are immune to having sexual predators in their ranks.
If China attacks Taiwan, one of the main reasons will be that its liberal democratic system, by existing as an example, threatens the CCP’s monopoly on power. Which is much the same reason why Russia chose to invade Ukraine. The existence of Russia, a shitty autocracy hamstrung by corruption and a resource curse, poses no threat, as no idealist will point to them and assert that a better world is possible.
Doesn’t the USAF have its own small navy as well?
Portable rice cooker for camping use.
Frame 3: the US Government enters the frame to the right, swinging a bat labelled Hague Invasion Act
The Eurovision song“Hurricane” wasn’t a reference to the Hamas terrorist attack; it was foreshadowing of a covert operation.
If your logistics network can ensure a supply of Big Macs and XBoxes and recreational niceties to your far-flung military outposts in peacetime, it can ensure a supply of weapons, ammunition, medical supplies and such when the shit hits the fan. Also, your troops, eating their cheeseburgers on an obscure Pacific atoll, know this and have better morale.
The fractionating columns, however, are bespoke parts that are costly and have long lead times, and also are large and fragile, at least from the point of view of a properly targeted missile. Before the war, Russia relied on Western specialist firms to provide those, which is no longer an option.
What did they do before the invention of vehicles?
The cops will still be there, though not officially on duty
Greenpeace being the superstitious peasants with pitchforks, yelling something about “tampering with Mother Gaia’s blessing” or something.
Vova the museum robber
If you absolutely want the enemy to die an agonising death some hours after they have killed you, that’s your weapon.
* nervous Polish noises *
Clownshoes Churchill rides again
If he does end up in The Hague, the IDF raid to free him will turn out to have been conducted with extensive UK assistance.