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At the site Riptide provided a link to, you can check out the latest updates on the situation: http://www.jaif.or.jp/english/

The Fukushima plant actually was damaged significantly not by the earthquake but by the tsunami. 10 m high tsunami? That enormous force! I can`t imagine how much money would a protection against such cost. Actually the safety systems form a big percent of the cost of the nuclear plant. And while they are numerous and against various threats there are some limits of how much money you should invest in safety systems in order to get cheaper energy. The budget when building one is not unlimited.

Hehe nice! :thumbup:

Wait until a SAM blows up your hog to pieces, then you`ll get back to the way of Bushido to cheer up :D

Hey that`s good news, it`s going away from Japan.

It`s that simple: You want an agricultural country = no nuclear power. You want a country with a powerful industry, manufacturing, trade, etc. = nuclear power. While some countries may go mainly agricultural, many cannot for a number of reasons. Nuclear energy gives you inmense power with lower cost and reasonable safety. Reasonable I say because how many deaths nuclear power plants have caused since they`ve been introduced? Yes there have been accidents and yes there have been radiation leaks but when you draw the line nuclear power has brought much more good than bad. Our technology for good or bad, our very existence is highly dependent on energy. And the demands for energy are ever increasing. There are places even whole countries where due to geophysical factors nuclear power is the only solution to this high demand. It is enough for some people to hear the scary word "nuclear" to make them feel uncomfortable. It`s not a curse, it`s a bless to be able to get so many energy from so little. We just need to use it properly and control it. Now about Fukushima, IMO some media are not trying to be realistic, but just for the sake of the news they are spreading the hype. I`m not interested in conspiracy theories, or how the government is lying to its people, how doom`s day has come, or some other editor fantasies. I`m interested in facts and expert opinions.

http://bravenewclimate.com/2011/03/13/fukushima-simple-explanation/

No it does not. F-16 is a multirole fighter and although it can defend itself pretty well the F-15C as a dedicated air-superiority fighter excels in air combat.

Happy birthday!

Shogun 2: Total war where are you? :D

^^^ That`s pretty disturbing, they`ve got to get it under control and fast.

Well U-2 doesn`t look exactly like flying saucer...

I wish the people of Japan fast recovery in these harsh moments.

I`m not from and don`t live in Japan... yet :), so I can`t give you first hand info about that tragedy. I`m happy though that the casualties number is not very high.

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You will in May or April I think. Heroes 6.

More footage of the tsunami and the devastation the earthquake caused: Live BBC coverage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698 Photos: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709791

^^^ yeah wth was that? And btw I don`t know if all of you can see the thai script in the title, but man that looks like some alien writings :alien:

^^^ Now that`s power!

I`m posting big pics as well, not because I like to make the page slow to view but because it`s much easier to check out the big pics and open the higher res. version of those you like. When they are posted as thumbnails you can hardly see anything and have to open them all, basically you lose more time. But if the photo is really big like 3000+ resolution I`m putting it as a thumbnail. Sometimes it really gets slow to load huge photos, especially if they are several. That`s my way of posting - many smaller res. pics in full view, several huge res. photos as thumbnails. But hey anyone can choose the way to post pics unless it becomes a really big issue to view them for a lot of people.

Turkey, Germany, Egypt.

On the first 2 pics it`s C-5B, on the last it`s C-5M.

Some nice high res photos of Lockheed C-5, 2 from airliners.net and 1 from Lockheed Martin: