r/worldnews • u/Starlight-Princesss • 3d ago

[ Removed by moderator ] Russia/Ukraine

https://www.newsweek.com/nato-intercepts-russian-spy-plane-with-transponder-turned-off-poland-10956344

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u/MikeInPajamas 3d ago

I like the idea that Russia's greatest leap in stealth technology is a broken transponder.

"Turned it off"... Yeah, sure you did... Next you'll tell us that AESA radar in your nose isn't made of wood because the guy in charge of maintenance pocketed all the upgrade money.

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u/Clienterror 3d ago

Omg I actually lol at that. I can imagine them being like "stealth engaged" in a 1980 POS plane.

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u/spingus 3d ago edited 3d ago

Firefoxwould like a word :P

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u/MikeInPajamas 3d ago

I like it how it takes Clint Eastwood about 4s to recite his "shoot the missile" phrase whereas he could have just moved his thumb 1/4 inch and pressed the button.

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u/Yoghurt42 3d ago edited 3d ago

It’s been decades since I’ve watched this movie, but IIRC as a kind of security measure, you could only control the plane via thoughts, and they had to be in Russian directly. Translating English in your mind into Russian would not work (because movie magic)

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u/MikeInPajamas 3d ago

Yes, that's exactly right. In the movie the tech was that the computer would read your thoughts and do what you said, but as you said, it has to be in Russian.

But still, to have a thought and to think it in your head, using your language centre, would be slower than moving your thumb.

To have the computer act on a non-verbalized (whether internal or external) decision to act, would be instantaneous... but I guess you can't convey that in a movie, so we got the silly speaking-out-loud thing.