Russia launches satellite for global navigation system

[Gerald]

Russia has launched a satellite needed to create its own global navigation system, intended to rival America's Global Positioning System (GPS).

The Glonass-K satellite was carried into orbit on a Soyuz rocket from a cosmodrome in northern Russia.

In December, an attempt to put the final three satellites into space failed when they crashed into the sea.

More launches are planned with the aim of finishing the system this year.
'Sovereignty'

The Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin, has said the Glonass system will give the country satellite navigation sovereignty.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12587238

Note:26 February 2011 Last updated at 12:46 GMT

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

Good for them, I say.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II

Good for them, I say.

Competition is always good, and especially in this case

[TLAM Strike]

Hopefully they can put it in the right orbit this time!

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Hopefully they can put it in the right orbit this time!

Indeed.

Downtown Pyongyang...

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Indeed.

Downtown Pyongyang...

Wait, Pyongyang has a downtown now? Any good shows playing there?

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Wait, Pyongyang has a downtown now? Any good shows playing there?

Of course.

Kims, The Phantom of the Evil Imperialist Pigdogs, Capitalist Imperialist Boulevard, and Fiddler on the DMZ.

I don't see any problem with this. While the US drops to the third largest economy in the world some nation has to and will step up to fill the vaccum. I can't wait until we are the 6th largest... then Barack Obama can claim victory, and legitimatacy to a Nobel prize.....I'll be so proud.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Of course.

Kims, The Phantom of the Evil Imperialist Pigdogs, Capitalist Imperialist Boulevard, and Fiddler on the DMZ.

The reviews for Fiddler are pretty good.

[Gerald]

[Takeda Shingen]

^^ I've always wondered how many of those buildings were made of plywood.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

The reviews for Fiddler are pretty good.

They say the ending is particularly explosive.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Vendor

Anyone else think that big abandoned hotel thing would be perfect for bulls eye navigation?

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Wait, Pyongyang has a downtown now? Any good shows playing there?

All of Pyongyang is "downtown" man, just check out their AAA sites:

Now me and Oberon just need to bring ye ole Intruder out of retirement...

[Oberon]

Yeah, about those AAA sites, I got some CIA footage of them in action:



I think we'll just need a Vimy for this flight.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Yeah, about those AAA sites...

you laugh but this is what a buddy of mine had to say about them:

The North Korean capital is probably the most heavily defended city on the planet. I’ve catalogued over 150 AAA positions around the capital in Google Earth and there are more waiting to be discovered with the next high resolution image update. In fact I’ve catalogued over 500 AAA sites in DPRK… there are simply loads. For those with a schoolboy love of stupendously gigantean statics, there are so many AAA positions around Pyongyang that if they were all to fire at once they’d throw up over 63,000t of high explosive shells in the first minute – think about that, that’s more than the weight of an Iowa class battleship, and it’s travelling at about Mach 2!