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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (175142)	7/19/2021 10:36:06 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 217774

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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (175142)	7/20/2021 6:36:46 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217774

Re <<Can anyone explain why this is needed?>> some guesses ... that could be ... 0. ensuring survival of Russian homeland 1. defending Russia from expanding nato 2. because it is doable, and so best to go for first-mover advantage 3. because strategic competitors working on the same sort of tech 4. to make sure that the 700+ plant girdling competitor bases remain under management 5. much less expensive than maintaining 700+ bases to counteract 700+ bases 6. exactly like the sputnik, except more direct, to the point, and deliverable by multiple means the Boyz play well together, coming up with novel solutions to clear and present imperatives when the jack and I, and at times with the coconut in toll meandered through Russian technology museums, much of them had to do with war and weapons and defence against war, and the space museum is just extension of same, the thought occurred to me that the Russians are pretty good at what they do, just short of commercial instinct or guidance to ensure economic sustainability. however, given the size of the Russian GDP throughout history relative to that of competitors and invaders, they have done very well in defending themselves at the end of each war. I could and cannot answer jack's question re why Napoleon and Hitler thought they could win attacking Russia. In the way the Chinese traditional medicine concerns about yin vs yan, Russia is necessary, because all yin and no yan is a recipe for disaster, as would be all yan and no yin.

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (175142)	7/20/2021 7:44:29 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217774

Re <<Can anyone explain why this is needed?>> Technology at times generates its own 'need'. Imaging what a train that reaches Ukraine from Beijing in a few hours might do for the prosperity for both Kiev and Beijing Yet another timetable is announced for an infrastructure-spending program, in a case where China is competing against China, to obsolete the best train network by teeing up a better network, so as to reach Africa in a day and be ready to modernise the Belt & Road program when it needs rejuvenation, in a landscape to be dotted with modular nuclear power stations and persistent autonomous vehicles facilitated presumably by open-source 8G quantum-assisted hack-proof communication network :0) Essentially there are several ways to spend trillions, and EU, US, Russia, all championing own respective ways that seem to be variation on the same theme. Japan and China just doing, as opposed to championing and proselytize, but each doing different. scmp.com China gets rolling on new superfast maglev train The vehicle, expected to be in service within a decade, would halve train travel between Shanghai and Beijing China built over 140,000km of railways, with 38,000km for high-speed trains, by the end of 2020, according to state media The production of the fastest train ever built in China, with a top speed of 600km/h (373 miles per hour), shows China was becoming a “transport superpower”, according to China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC). Manufacturer CRRC Qingdao Sifang said the maglev train rolled off the production line in the eastern coastal city of Qingdao on Tuesday. In January, chief engineer Liang Jianying said the train would go into service in five to 10 years. China will next carry out more route tests and assess the engineering viability of the trains in the coming few years, according to Chinese state newspaper People’s Daily. Unlike conventional engines and rolling stock, maglev, or magnetic levitation, trains hover above the track and are propelled by powerful electromagnets. The lack of friction makes them capable of travelling at much higher speeds than conventional trains. The travel time between Beijing and Shanghai, for example, was expected to be cut from five hours by high-speed train to about 2.5 hours, according to state media. The superfast train is central to plans announced by Beijing in July last year for a smart transport network featuring up to nine maglev lines stretching more than 1,000km (620 miles). Developing the maglev train had been listed as one of China’s key goals in building transport infrastructure. People’s Daily said the new train, which has been under development since 2016, “fills a gap between aeroplanes and high-speed rail” and adds to the flexibility and convenience of the country’s transport network. In April, the Washington-based Information Technology and Innovation Foundation said in a report on China’s rail policy that maglev projects were estimated to be around 1.5 times more costly than conventional bullet trains because they could not be integrated into standard rail infrastructure. It also asked “whether there is an ideal distance and market that can leverage maglev’s higher speeds at an affordable price”. “China’s government is betting that it can do both as it throws significant financial resources and policy support behind its firms to make maglev trains happen,” the report said. It pointed to the country’s first maglev service in Shanghai which “likely runs at a significant loss, given it cost about US$1.7 billion to build”. The maglev trains linking downtown Shanghai to its main airport have a top speed of 431km/h. Both the trains and system, which has been in operation since 2003, were designed by German engineers. China opened its first home-built line in Changsha in 2016, but none of the trains built or tested so far have been capable of reaching the new trains’ top speeds of 600km/h. China had built over 140,000km of railways, with 38,000km for high-speed trains, by the end of 2020, according to state broadcaster CCTV. It added that a high-speed train developed by CRRC haD hit a top speed of 486.1km/h on the tracks.