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For example, an effectiveness of 40% means that incidence of infection in the three-dose cohort was 40% less than that in the two-dose cohort.

It’s a relative hazard ratio. % less likely to get COVID vs. the cohort with just the vaccine

Relative effectiveness. It means you were 26% less likely to get COVID vs those with the vaccine but no booster

Each of three top scientists on the weapon said something treasonous? Or collectively as a group? Nah. Dumb theory.

They’re getting arrested because they promised Putin an unstoppable weapon and now he looks like a dumbass.

The is saying that it’s wrong that hypersonic are bad because they’re fast. It goes on to clarify why the new tech is bad. And, imo, implies that this includes the ones referenced in the beginning. But in reality it does not.

But whatever. Semantics at this point.

The problem with filming AA deployments is not about hiding the efficacy of AA deployments. It’s about hiding their locations.

What is the purpose of arresting your missile scientists for treason? What’s your best case interpretation?

I don’t agree that the article makes this clear. The article states

These are specifically designed for ballistic threats, which are common, and their extreme effectiveness is precisely why Russia and China have invested in something else.

And

Russia used hypersonic missiles against Ukraine” — alarming! The average member of the public, as well as many policymakers, now understand that these things are dangerous because they are just too fast to shoot down. Clearly something needs to be done… (sarcastic)

It really ought to make clear explicitly in the article that the missiles it referred to in the beginning are NOT what it spends the rest of the article discussing.

It confused me at least. Because, without doing further research, I assumed the Kinzhals must not be ballistic because they’re indirectly referenced in an article about maneuverable missiles!

I guess? The article is the thing that introduces them as such and does not clarify to begin the problem, imo.

Shrug. The Kremlin loudly arresting the Kinzhal developers for treason after the Kinzhals get shot down suggests a clear narrative to me about who is telling the truth.

The best case you can make for Russia is that the Kinzhal developers actually did commit treason but in a way that was unrelated to the Kinzhal missiles not being effective which is… laughable

China is not sending missiles to Russia

Russia arresting the Kinzhal developers for treason (read: failure) tells you all you need to know.

Note also that they purposefully forbid videos of air defenses to avoid showing where air defenses are.

At least one Kinzhal was confirmed shot down earlier before the wave of 6 or so.

“Unstoppable* missile”

*have been stopped

I agree. But I don’t think the article makes that clear. In fact I think it strongly implies otherwise that the missiles being used against Ukraine are the scary maneuvering kind.

The article begins by referring to Russia using Hypersonic missiles against Ukraine, and then goes into detail about what defenses are necessary to defend against these weapons.

It’s a good article. But the reality is that the Russian missiles making headlines don’t meet the specs of the article. Ukraine is shooting them down just fine using decades old technology.

The non-ballistic variety that Russia claimed was unstoppable has been stopped several time in the past couple weeks now that Ukraine has Patriot systems. Seems like they’re not really a big deal at all.

idk man, stopping doing a thing that is immensely profitable shows integrity if you ask me.

I’m curious of anyone can validate that? This article and others appear to claim it is gone.

I don’t think it’s a compromise of your moral beliefs to play a fun multiplayer game

Or at least it ought not to be

That is irrelevant?

Active shooter drills are very boring and met with mockery fwiw.

What was the point of tracking all the knives and giving up because you were succeeding in your goal of finding many knives?

Give them time

Sure. It’s still small.

What if the online multiplayer is fun?

Nintendo shut this loot box thing down around a year ago. So… you know, get over it. It’s already been dead a long time. No, Nintendo is not sprinting along the dark path.

I’m amused that the plaintiff is complaining over $170. A tiny sum for a whale in the scheme of things.

I was thinking of going to Argentina later this year. Would that be a bad idea?

Same ones. Argentinian Peso is just going to be the new global reserve currency that Americans want to use.

Neither have most Russia military men

The truth of third party analysis?

Here is Russian ultra nationalist Girkin’s take https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1660273337744982023...

Oh, they will almost inevitably do something, somewhere. But the fact that they managed to retake a lightly-defended area that one time gives people all kinds of crazy ideas.

That lightly defended area was 12000 km.

If it would convince you otherwise, I’m happy to provide citations of third party analyses and Ukrainian defense statements stating Bakhmut had little strategic value months prior and that it was being used to pin Russian troops in a costly offensive.

Edit: the Russia being out of ammo thing was an internal politics thing of Prigozhin claiming Russia MoD was not supplying Wagner with enough ammo. It was not a western talking point. Nor was it particularly true.