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Megathread for the US war on Iran | Week 17 of 2026 (lemmygrad.ml)
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This is a thread specifically for the war, not a general megathread (use the pinned /c/genzedong thread for that).

Please keep related news in this thread rather than making separate posts. Remember to include sources and avoid spreading rumours.

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[–] 13 points 5 months ago* (7 children)

worse. The minuteman 3 ICBM was meant to be replaced in the early 90s but they keep delaying and they aren't expected to begin replacing them till 2030. They have only tested the engine of the proposed replacement. These are the missiles that would be expected to deliver the larger nuclear warheads and are supposed to keep the world from nuking usa.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    90's technology...? So like if I still used cassette tapes to play my music.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Not quite, it was suposed to be obsolete in the 90's. It was brought into service in 1970. So still cassette tape level tech but Pre-Walkman.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    I never thought I would get to brag about the fact that I know pre-2000's technology as a person born in the 2000's (a pager is an odd concept for me because by the time I got a phone, and maybe by the time I was born, phones no longer needed pagers).

    Would it be like LaserDisc? I have no idea when that became obsolete.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Funny you should say that because parts of the US military still use floppy discs and magnetic tape technology from the cold war.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I think some people in the modern age do not know what floppy disks look like (I do), but what is magnetic tape?

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