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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 points 23 hours ago

Goes great with the Sadam Hussein hiding spot cookies

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 127 points 1 day ago

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

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

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

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day 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 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Just slice thinner

[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 2 points 15 hours 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 20 points 1 day 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 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You forgot zero: don't be there.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 8 points 1 day 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 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] xspurnx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Or: Desert?

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day 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 day ago (1 children)

that's exactly why birds evolved to have scales!

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

But...ohhhh...

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

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

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

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

[–] NichtElias@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

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