AgentR11 wrote:Lol, I agree with Cog. The dollar is the most liquid currency there is, petro or no petro. Buying Iranian oil in Euro, Yuan, Ruble or even gold bars is no threat to anything.
Russia to bring back the supersonic passenger airliner
The United Aviation Corporation (UAC) will develop Russia’s newest supersonic passenger jet starting 2022, according to the Russian Ministry of Industry, over five decades after launching supersonic travel with the Tupolev Tu-144.
The flight simulator demonstrating the new jet’s capabilities should be developed within three years, said Denis Manturov, the head of the ministry.
He added that research studies will be conducted to improve the aircraft’s aerodynamic characteristics and increase the load ratio.
Serious work will have to be completed during the same period to prepare a package of documents aimed at regulating the processes of assessing conformity for ultrasonic passenger jets,” Manturov said.
Russia launched the world's first supersonic passenger plane. The Tupolev Tu-144 made its maiden flight in 1968 and began passenger service in 1977. However, it operated for only a year and was deemed economically unfeasible and potentially unsafe. The same eventually happened to the only other similar aircraft, the British-French Concorde, which made its last flight in 2003.
Last year, while watching a test flight of Russia’s new Tu-160 strategic bomber, President Vladimir Putin suggested that a civilian passenger version of the supersonic aircraft could be a viable commercial prospect.
Designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the Soviet Union, the Tu-160 is the largest and heaviest Mach 2+ supersonic aircraft ever built, and second only to the comparable XB-70 Valkyrie in overall length.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
vtsnowedin wrote:To me it would all come down to the ticket price. You could probably charge $150 extra for every hour of cramped conditions saved.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Cog wrote:Drunk airplane mechanics, drunk aircraft designers, and drunk pilots. Yeah, that is going to get passengers on that flying death trap.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Cog wrote:You know Russia ranks 105th in the world in life expectancy? The embrace of the vodka and cigarette lifestyle hasn't changed any.
Russia makes continual claims of some superior tank or plane they are going to produce. They build a few prototypes but can't seem to mass produce them. This supersonic passenger plane is pure fantasy.
jimsmiths wrote:dissident wrote:Some facts that break the propaganda drivel:
https://www.awaragroup.com/blog/russian ... s-warfare/
- Oil and gas industries account for less than 10% of Russia's GDP (10% includes mineral extraction).
- 17% of the consolidated national budget is based on oil and gas exports.
- Idiots who look at the composition of Russia's exports to judge its level of diversification need to be laughed out of the room: see here the lil peep punk hair
Russia has one of the lowest import rates on the planet because it manufactures what it needs domestically. An oil based
banana republic would be importing everything aside from oil.
Russia relies on oil revenue for only 37% of its budget, compared with 65% for the kingdom, according to Argus Global Markets. Analysts said Russia can balance its budget at just $42 a barrel oil, compared with around $80 for Saudi Arabia.
That country's Finance Ministry on Monday issued a statement saying the country can withstand the drop in oil prices for “six to 10 years” by tapping the Kremlin's foreign currency reserves. Another factor is the amount of money it costs to get oil out of the ground – the so-called break-even price
JuanP wrote:I expect the US government to continue escalating its aggressive acts towards Russia for the foreseeable future to distract Americans from the USA's domestic problems and continuing national decline.
"We have completed one of the longest subway lines, the Solntsevskaya Line," he said. "For this we had to build 70 kilometers of tunnels and some of the deepest stations in the area of the Victory Park."
The stations unveiled on Wednesday - Pykhtino and Vnukovo - are the last two on that line, he said. The trip from Moscow city center to the Vnukovo Airport on the line takes about 40 minutes, according to the mayor. By car, the journey takes about 1 hour, he said.
theluckycountry wrote:People... just watch the western TV and believe that Russia is a slum full of drunks and broken down old cars.
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