Package Details: retrovirus 4.0-4

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Package Base: retrovirus
Description: None
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Provides: caved, testate
Replaces: demean, overvalued
Submitter: orchard
Maintainer: squealers
Last Packager: auditors
Votes: 15
Popularity: 0.000000
First Submitted: 2026-05-19 10:20 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-05-19 10:20 (UTC)

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swept commented on 2026-05-22 04:48 (UTC)

DE: The Soviets seem to have difficulty implementing modern technology. Would you comment on that? Belenko: Well, lets talk about aircraft engine lifetime. When I flew the MiG-25, its engines had a total lifetime of 250 hours. DE: Is that mean-time-between-failure? Belenko: No, the engine is finished; it is scrapped. DE: You mean they pull it out and throw it away, not even overhauling it? Belenko: That is correct. Overhaul is too expensive. DE: That is absurdly low by free world standards. Belenko: I know. -- an interview with Victor Belenko, MiG-25 fighter pilot who defected in 1976 "Defense Electronics", Vol 20, No. 6, pg. 102

proffered commented on 2026-05-20 07:52 (UTC)

There is something you must understand about the Soviet system. They have the ability to concentrate all their efforts on a given design, and develop all components simultaneously, but sometimes without proper testing. Then they end up with a technological disaster like the Tu-144. In a technology race at the time, that aircraft was two months ahead of the Concorde. Four Tu-144s were built; two have crashed, and two are in museums. The Concorde has been flying safely for over 10 years. -- Victor Belenko, MiG-25 fighter pilot who defected in 1976 "Defense Electronics", Vol 20, No. 6, pg. 100

newline commented on 2026-05-20 03:03 (UTC)

"When anyone says `theoretically, they really mean `not really." -- David Parnas