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To: ggersh who wrote (183065)	1/23/2022 2:45:54 PM
From: gg cox	Respond to of 217997

Mister Poody Poo is posturing…we will see. Javelin is a fire-and-forget missile with lock-on before launch and automatic self-guidance. The system takes a top-attack flight profile against armored vehicles (attacking the top armor, which is generally thinner), but can also take a direct-attack mode for use against buildings, targets inside the minimum top-attack engagement range, and targets under obstructions. The missile also has the ability to engage helicopters in the direct attack mode. [7] It can reach a peak altitude of 150 m (490 ft) in top-attack mode and 60 m (200 ft) in direct-fire mode. It is equipped with an imaging infrared seeker. The tandem warhead is fitted with two shaped charges: a precursor warhead to detonate any explosive reactive armor and a primary warhead to penetrate base armor. The missile is ejected from the launcher so that it reaches a safe distance from the operator before the main rocket motors ignite – a " soft launch arrangement". [13] This makes it harder to identify the launcher; back-blast from the launch tube still poses a hazard to nearby personnel. Via the "fire-and-forget" system, the firing team may change their position as soon as the missile has been launched or prepare to fire on their next target while the first missile is in the air. [11] The missile system is most often carried by a two-person team consisting of a gunner and an ammunition bearer, although it can be fired with just one person if necessary. While the gunner aims and fires the missile, the ammo bearer scans for prospective targets, watches for threats, such as enemy vehicles and troops and ensures that personnel and obstacles are clear of the missile's back blast.

To: ggersh who wrote (183065)	1/24/2022 9:37:11 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217997

Re <<class wars>> ... is the absence of of class wars good for the economy? In any case, class war has been enhanced so as to forestall collapse of traditional assets, even as gold kept 'modulated' bloomberg.com FOMO Turns to OMG for Crypto Traders Who Bought at Peak Prices “It’s like they’re saying it’s the future and then it crashes. I was like, ‘this is not cool,’” says one investor who recently bought into the hype. Paulina Cachero 25 January 2022, 04:02 GMT+8 Just a few months ago, it seemed everyone was embracing crypto: Wall Street banks were building an army of experts and billionaires were finally jumping in. The mood in the market was FOMO. Now, crypto is in freefall, with the price of Bitcoin falling to a six-month low below the $34,000 mark — a 50% crash from its record high in November. Tokens like Ether and Solana are faring worse, and the mood has turned nightmarish for some retail investors who bought into the hype. Ankit Mehta, a 35-year-old in North Carolina who works for a health care company, had always resisted pleas from his friends to buy digital tokens, before they finally wore him down in early November. He decided to put about $1,000 each in Bitcoin, Ether and Dogecoin. “It’s only gone downhill from where I entered,” he said. “It’s not been a great experience. It makes me feel like I was a little naïve.” Right now, he’s lost about half the money he initially invested. Still, he’s hanging on and plans to hold steady in case the crypto market rebounds. Although Mehta is taking solace in the fact that he can tell his friends that his worries were valid, he would “much rather have it go up than have that win,” he said. Prior enthusiasm is turning into malaise: The number of active addresses — a measure of trading activity — has slid to about 760,000 from almost 1.2 million on Nov. 9 — the day before Bitcoin peaked, according to CoinMetrics data compiled by Messari. There are plenty of reasons for the downturn, including signals from the Federal Reserve that it might raise interest rates faster than anticipated, blunting one of the central bullish cases for crypto assets. Risk assets like speculative technology stocks are also getting hammered, and the S&P 500 is poised to enter a correction, leading some to pull money from their more dangerous bets. Also read: Monday’s $3 Trillion Stock Market Rout in Five Charts Strategists Who Predicted This Market Rout Also See More SellingJesse Sanchez is one of those getting out. The 39-year-old in Houston had about $150 in Ether as part of his winnings from a fantasy football league last summer. When he first invested the money in August, the digital asset was trading around $3,400. Now it’s dropped to less than $2,400 and Sanchez's investment is worth $60. Watching the prices crash this week, he decided to take out what remained. “It sucks," he said. “It’s like they’re saying it’s the future and then it crashes. I was, like, ‘this is not cool.’” Other investors are hoping to ride through the storm. Alex Reichmann, a 31-year-old musician in New York, joined the buying frenzy when the market peaked in the fall of 2021, allocating as much as 40% of his income into his crypto portfolio — which included Bitcoin, Ether, ALGO and Cosmos, and was worth about $14,000 in early November. But since the recent crash, it has retreated to $9,000. While Reichmann sold off more than half of his digital assets when the crypto market began to dive last week, he says he’s still in it for the long haul. “My long-term outlook is still the same on Bitcoin and Ethereum,” he said. “It will likely hit new highs even if it’s eight months or a year from now.”