I am not convinced that they figured those things out on their own. I am sure they has some assistance along the way either in the form of reverse engineering or even possibly espionage.
Of course they didn't. Nobody did. We got our nuclear capabilities by ripping off the Brits and our rockets from German scientists after the war. But, they did manage to manufacture them - which is pretty high engineering skills. That's the difficult thing. These days you can figure out how to make both of them with the internet. It's the actual making them that's hard.
Yeah. It's a soccer ball!
Speaking of sports, those motherfuckers love themselves some ping pong.
Back in the Marines, we had a table and I'd play for hours. I got pretty good - but not that fucking good. Those fuckers are invested in playing.
On that note, I'm gonna put the laptop down and spend some time with the wife. I may be back later, but probably not. I'll be around tomorrow afternoon. I'll be busy in the morning.
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