I know they are combat rounds, but seem versatile as well, IE defense, hunting, target practice and so on. So I guess I was curious if either are a good candidate for 'Jack of all trades' whether one has an edge or undeniable advantage -- even cost, to Von's point.
The more accurate comparison would be 5.45x39.
I was just comparing it to the .308 ballistically. As a comparable American caliber. Certainly not saying they’re interchangeable.
I don’t know how that can be disputed. 7.62 definitely wins in that department.
I always wanted a VEPR but I missed the boat. Heavy barrel with an RPK receiver, extra rigid. The Aresenals I've seen are nice stuff. Got a buddy who went bonkers with N-PAP and O-PAP's when they were everywhere, were pretty decent for the dough and he made him an SBR outta one. Ace folder, supressor, drum mag....pretty nasty portable little looter shooter.
I'm pretty sure the US gov won't allow just any private company to shoot rockets in to space. I am guessing any company that is allowed is "vetted," highly regulated (Licensed/controlled) and coordinating with the US gov. But given that falcon heavy footage showed obvious curvature at 55,000 feet one doesn't even need to be a private space company. Anyone can launch a balloon with a camera.
I think that dude died in a later attempt. He was an attention seeker, I doubt much of a truth seeker,
I really don't know but I suspect there are some deep secrets related to this issue that would blow people's minds. I am not necessarily suggesting it, but one group came up with a model that works similar to a video game screen where you go off one side and come in on the other (Right to left). Again, it's far fetched and I'm not suggesting it, but I think to truly account for all the "Problems" with flat and sphere models it has to be something else altogether.
Something else to consider is that one's determination of a straight line has to be relative to some external measure over long distances. Especially at sea for example this can get confusing. Lisa mentioned ships used stars, not compasses. Can this be done for circumnavigating the whole earth? ...It could be that people think they are going straight but aren't.
Honestly if you put me in any place in Australia with a clear sky at night I could tell you wear south is straight away. It's easy. You just look for the circumpolar southern constellations and you can easily tell where the South Celestial Pole is by extending lines from various constellations - you learn how to do it because for equatorial telescope you need to point the mount at the pole so it tracks correctly. For Northern hemisphere navigators it's even easier - Polaris might not be exactly at the North Celestial Pole but it's near as dammit.
This appears to collide with something and suddenly stop it's ascent. Earth is curved until you realize "earth" in this video is just like Nevada or something.
