The Soviet programs were all started from madder doodlings of German scientists. Which is why Scud missiles look very like a V2 Because they were designed by the designers of the V2 and used their pl… (View Post)

And cheapest of all to deal with properly run countries with decent economies etc. See Australia. Tim Worstall tells stories of how dodgy middlemen would try and sell him raw ore for cobalt etc. at p… (View Post)

As an experiment - tell them it’s a titanium alloy framed bike. And that you, as a chemist have set up and amusing function* on the tracking system. *titanium fires are generally regarded as inexting… (View Post)

It’s quite arguable that the Empire held back development of both the U.K. and the colonies. See the rocket like takeoff of GDP post Empire. (View Post)

4chan don’t need to do anything. There is explicit US law denying the ability to pursue in the US courts for such foreign judgements. (View Post)