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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Everything must be in SI units.

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I watched a NASA video the other day where it was describing a rocket and kept mentioning ft.lbs of thrust, miles per hour, donkies per football field and other funny, non-real words. How the US manage to sell and integrate US weapons systems is beyond me.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Oh our military and government use SI. It's just that in the 70s when we switched our citizenry refused to metricate even a little with the singular exception that we all know how big 2L is. Not a liter, only 2 of them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

How long does it take with 422 footpounds of trust on a 17 stone object travelling half a mile?

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

AFAIK anything military uses SI units even American soldiers can't pronounce them properly.