Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers
by sokoloff on Friday December 27, 2024 @11:49AM
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An AWACS aircraft within 100 nanometers of you would indeed represent a direct and immediate threat. :)
TIL that nm isn’t actually accepted as an abbreviation for nautical miles. (It’s used so commonly in aviation that I assumed it was correct and it took me 3 or 4 searches to accept that this thing I knew was correct actually wasn’t. Thanks [seriously]!)
TIL that nm isn’t actually accepted as an abbreviation for nautical miles. (It’s used so commonly in aviation that I assumed it was correct and it took me 3 or 4 searches to accept that this thing I knew was correct actually wasn’t. Thanks [seriously]!)