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Re:U.S. Air Force says it conducted successful hypersonic we... by djmips on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @02:22PM (#31414536)
I think there might be a grammar problem in your statement. What did you mean?
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Re:U.S. Air Force says it conducted successful hypersonic we... by Buttons840 on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @02:25PM (#31414578)
He means how fast does a missile need to go so that the kinetic energy is greater than the chemical/explosive energy.
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Re:U.S. Air Force says it conducted successful hypersonic we... by jstanley on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @03:09PM (#31415103)
It's relatively common to use "anymore" to mean "nowadays".

I think it must have come from hearing things like "They don't do that any more" and not recognising "any" and "more" as separate words, but rather as a concept that just means "now", such that "They do that anymore" is equally valid.

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Re:U.S. Air Force says it conducted successful hypersonic we... by djmips on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @04:52PM (#31416146)
Wow really? I missed out on that one. Thanks for the update.
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Re:U.S. Air Force says it conducted successful hypersonic we... by oneoff786 on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @04:51PM (#31416140)
https://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/positive-anymore

I picked it up from Pennsylvania unintentionally. Not a huge fan of it tbh.

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