They are not at ballistic missile speed but they are not that slow. After launch they cruise at commercial airline speeds - 800-900kph. This is a similar speed of other long range cruise missles. They are very, very, large (14m long) so they are easy to see and film from a long distance. Their size is the reason why they are relatively easy for anti-air to detect, lock-on, and shoot them down. When they do make it through and hit the objective, it does a devastating amount of damage.
For comparison the Tomahawk missile flies at a similar speed and height but is only 6.25m long. It also packs 1/2 as much explosive.
FYI the bottom right in the picture is a real sunflower call Sun Gold.
https://www.applewoodseed.com/product/sunflower-dwarf-sungold/
Of course only comes in yellow.
Brings me back to how we sung a song in grade school. Edit out Ears with Balls and you get:
Do your balls hang low?
Do they wobble to and fro?
Can you tie them in a knot?
Can you tie them in a bow?
Can you swing them over your shoulder like a regimental soldier?
Do your balls hang low?
That's what Linux had needed for years. The reason Windows took over was because they won the business/government market.
Omce the tools for business/government mature and companies start offering proprietary software compatable with Linux by default, it will snowball.
Using silica is hit or miss in agriculture. It depends on the chemical makeup of the soil. Many soils have plenty of it available in the soil already.
That is a very big boom. It looks like the Flamingo is a very effective factory killer.
History says that the Russians being that smart is unlikely when it comes to preserving their soilders lives.
I think the drone hit slightly behind the ammo storage. It hit smack dab in the middle of the BTR. It might have ended up cooking-off eventually from the look of those fires.
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Hmmm... Guess what percentage of the owners who raise cattle voted for the orange moron?
98.5%, 99% or 99.5?
My wife's fluffy white dog I drive around with for work. He likes to eat higher moisture corn and cow shit.
For silage corn the entire plant is harvested, chopped up, and packed tightly in a pile and covered with plastic or very large plastic bag. This creates an anaerobic conditions and yeasts/bacteria convert the sugars to alcohol, then acids. This acid preserves the feed for cattle for up to 2 years.
Silage corn is the most common base feed for all dairies and feedlots.
This isn't even the tallest variety out there. There are others that are 3' (1m) taller.
The machine with the spout is a chopper. They are a million dollar gigantic woodchipper. These things are fucking terrifying and you should absolutely stay out the field when they are running. Every so often a deer jumps into them.....shudder.... nightmare fuel.
Early in the season before a corn plant is waist high it takes a guess on how many kernals it can fill. Sometimes it guesses wrong and so it aborts the top kernals to fill the rest.
The entire top of the damn plant turns bright red.
As sugars build up in the top of the plant with no place to be transported to, the upper leaves start to turn bright red and die back.
You may get a bar bell ear or there may be no ear on the plant. In of field of millions of plants a bright red top narrows the search down.
Start getting your pinky in shape with this weird environmental triggered trait. It's easy to find in any corn field (to be continued...).
This right here is 350bu/acre of corn. 113 day variety on an almost pure sand field. Every damn ear looked the same. Look at that beauty, every kernal is huge and dense.
This here is trichoderma ear rot in an organic field. This 100 day variety was chewed on by an earworm. The damaged kernals allowed trichderma to enter and infect the ear. This ear rot produces many toxins and is a big no for consumption.
The twist - Trichoderma is usually a beneficial organism in the soil. It feeds on other pathogenic fungus/bacteria and is applied extensively for biological control.
Although normally a secondary pathogen, it has mutated to become a primary pathogen in both Italy and Germany in recent years.
This here is a genetically susceptible 113 day variety to fusarium kernal rot. This is a nasty little fungus that produces all sorts of mycotoxins that can give any mammal that consumes it a belly ache or even death. It's easily identifiable by the white streaks in causes in the kernals.
This 98 day little minx has a flirty pink cob. It doesn't look like much but it packs quite the wallop. The ears posted yielded 302bu. Medium high ear placement and a fast drydown makes this an excellent choice for grain.
This is pretty little 102 day number with a bright white cob that threshes very easily. It does extremely well for dry grain, high moisture grain or earlage.
The field in this picture averaged 305bu.
Probably the easiest plant to care for once you figure it out.
I water it every month or two. Fertilize it every 2 or 3 years. Redirect the arial roots into the pot when I water.
It gets 3 hours of direct sunlight in the morning.
Every 5 or 6 years I haul it outside in the summer. Then leach the pot with the garden hose to remove the salt buildup. I also hack the plant back to a more manageable size.
They also need to remove the limited liability from companies for intentional illegal activities.
illegal business practices should be charged to the people involved instead of the company. The executives who made the decision to break the law lose personal assets.
Otherwise the shitheads just pass the company losses onto the employees: no raises, hiring freezes, layoffs, reduction in benefits, etc...
After the rapist Brock Turner was given a slap on the wrist, California passed mandatory sentencing for rape.
He was accused of 3 rapes but convicted of 2. He received the maximum sentencing for each.
His lawyers are likely going to fight the conviction constantly until the money runs dry.
My personal thought is the conviction is unlikely to be overturned but a sentence reduction is likely. So he got the maximum sentence. Danny will likely be behind bars for at least 6-10 years for his crimes.
Water changes are for removal of nitrate and other salts. This keeps the fish healthy and water conditions clear. The specific frequency and amount of water changes depends on the water source, species, plants, and stocking level. A heavily planted, CO2 injected, lightly stocked tank using RO water to top off may only need a water change every few years. A overstocked goldfish tank might need 50% every other day.
When I was keeping my 125gallon tank in a drought prone area, I routinely used the water for my flowers and garden. Stuff I was going to water anyways and never worried about 50% water changes as it didn't impact my overall water usage.