It’s Lagos, Lisbon is noticeably more to the north.

On a side note, i would love to see Russia getting agreement with China to modernise T-S and maybe even expand it. That would be immense boost to Eurasiatic trade and development of Siberia.

Longest single train route is the Trans-Siberian, 6300km, 876 stops.

Longest theoretically possible train trip is from Lagos to Singapore, 18,755km - if you don’t miss any train and every one arrive on time, it would take 21 days.

This is exactly the point of that article, they did fixed that, shot 120 times in a row and it didn’t break. it’s still impractical because complicated as hell, big and putting it on a ship would require nuclear reactor for power, but that one problem is apparently solved.

Thanks. Also lmao:

In the US, the navy poured a vast sum of money and decades of work into rail guns, but had to throw in the towel in 2021 to focus their limited resources on hypersonic missiles instead.

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The only thing worth mentioning from that take is that they again admit that central planning is great.

Don’t worry, it most likely won’t be available in whatever capitalist country you live.

They spend half of war hunting partisans in Poland, Slovakia and Yugoslavia. They have immense amount of blood of heroes and innocents on their hands.

I fully expect that US and EU laws about AI will just restrict the free usage and give full freedom with state supported racket included to publishing mafia. Exactly like their current copyright laws do.

Democracy in question:

Tensions were running high amid fears of unrest after Saturday’s presidential, parliamentary, and legislative vote, which saw Bongo seeking to extend his family’s 56-year grip on power while the opposition pushed for change in the oil and cocoa-rich but poverty-stricken nation.

Not to mention Gabon is still colonised and partially militarily occupied by France. Out of all definitions of “democracy”, French colonialism isn’t even close to one. Hell when even Reuters basically openly admits is oil and cocoa in French pocket you know that shit is real.

Japan flushes reactor water into the ocean: i sleep

China develops fusion energy: real dangerous shit

If it still works, it make for good cat bed. At least my cat think so.

Then when Hitler found him inconvenient, he was imprisoned.

And released soon after and pumped with money and send as agent to fight Soviets. You might also read what happened to him after war.

I noticed China have a custom of reveal their scientific achievements only when completely waterpoof, so not impossible.

A pity it’s USA, but now when it’s proven possible with current tech, i expect other projects to get there sooner or later. Especially looking at France and China.