Space Shuttle Columbia

[El Gato]

the scenario of 2 million Chinese grabbing their AKs and setting out to subdue us.

17 million women own firearms in the United States. Add in the male gun owners and you get something like 80 million. The Chicoms wouldn't stand a chance, except maybe in New York City, Chicago, Washington DC and a few other places, where the government has more or less disarmed the populace, except for the criminals of course.

[TomB]

except for the criminals of course.

And then consider the carnage that would result when the gang-bangers realize the ChiComs, and their autocratic government, want to take over.

Looks like the only safe place for them would be Florida. ;-)

[Nick Danger]

• in the US nuclear submarines miles deep below the ocean surface
• special magnetometer receivers in the US nuclear submarines miles deep below the ocean surface

The maximum depth for an Ohio-class boomer is around 300 meters... about 1/6th of a mile.

[RightWhale]

HAARP gets blamed for a lot of things. It's right down the road from here. The Geophysical Institute is visible from my front porch. What about this story? Having just checked the seams on my foil hat, I feel it is safe to say it is quite a story.

[brityank]

Agree most of this seems to be bull, but the ops depth runs over 1200 feet now; I lost a good friend here:

Thresher sank in 8,300 feet of water, taking 128 crew members with her. The boat had an operational depth of 1,300 feet, more than any other U.S. submarine class to that date, but clearly the hull would have passed "crush depth" well before hitting bottom.
NOVA - 400 Years of Subs

[Nick Danger]

ops depth runs over 1200 feet now;

300 meters, 1200 feet, give those people an inch and they'll take 160,000 centimeters.

[brityank]

That extra 3000+ centimeters can be the difference between life and death, though. When I went through Boot at GL they were crying for bubble-heads; I couldn't go (for which I've been eternally grateful) because I'd lost my appendix, and the 4" scar was a no-no. I'm still amazed that they do their games in less depth than the Empire State building; that ain't a whole lot of maneuvering room.