Russian plane talks to nuclear submarines

Plus: Dried-up river exposes rare fossil of largest big cat on the continent, the American lion. Nov 29, 2022 [Blueprint]( The cheerfully-nicknamed Russian “Doomsday” plane can now [communicate with deep-sea nuclear submarines]( having undergone a successful test. Super. The deep-sea communication system on the Ilyushin Il-80 “Flying Kremlin” uses ultra-long wave signals. It means Russian military activity can go ahead in the event of nuclear conflict. But before you mull over that, take a moment to mull over something not altogether unrelated, albeit a little larger. [This video]( shows U.S. vs. Chinese aircraft carriers, but which is better? Good morning. I’m Alice, an Editor at IE. This is The Blueprint. Let’s get started [A Norwegian company is turning worn-out tires into oil.]( [premium] Currently, up to 41 percent of these tires end up in landfill, where they take anywhere between five to eight decades to decompose. The process is also space-consuming, as the tires have a lot of voids and can leach dangerous toxins into groundwater. [Play]VIDEO OF THE DAY [US vs. Chinese aircraft carriers: Which is better?]( [US vs. Chinese aircraft carriers: Which is better?]( The U.S. has the quantity, but China arguably has the quality. [Must Read]MUST READ [Russia says its 'Doomsday plane' can now communicate with its deep-sea nuclear submarines.]( [Russia says its 'doomsday plane' can now communicate with its deep-sea nuclear submarines.]( The Ilyushin Il-80 deep-sea communication system has reportedly [undergone a successful test](. This means that the Russian "Doomsday" plane is now able to communicate with deep-sea nuclear submarines. Local news agencies said that the Il-80 “Flying Kremlin” successfully communicated with Russian nuclear submarines located deep underwater using ultra-long wave signals. This means President Putin can communicate and coordinate Russian military activity in the event of nuclear conflict. The aircraft is said to be able to maintain stable communication with the submarine through the water column. (A water column is the water separating the surface of the body of water straight down to a point below the surface.) → The IL-80 is a modified Il-86, which is a Soviet-era civilian airliner that was first put into service in 1985. Currently, there are said to be four “doomsday aircraft” in service. [READ MORE [Arrow]]( [Facebook]( [SCIENCE]SCIENCE [Dried-up river exposes rare fossil of largest big cat on the continent, the American lion.]( [Dried-up river exposes rare fossil of largest big cat on the continent, the American lion.]( Wiley Prewitt of Exford, Mississippi found an [11,000-year-old fossil from an American lion]( while out on a walk. He said it looked like a jawbone with black teeth. Little did he know that his discovery would make history. It was a fossilized jawbone of the long-extinct largest big cat on the continent – the American lion. Eight feet long, four feet tall, and weighing 1,000 pounds, they are reported to have been heavier than saber-toothed tigers. They date back 340,000 years and once lived across the continent, from Alaska to southern Mexico. [READ MORE [Arrow]]( [CULTURE]CULTURE [New evidence explains why ancient Egyptians used mummification, and it's not what you think.]( [New evidence explains why ancient Egyptians used mummification, and it's not what you think.]( Ancient Egyptians mummified dead bodies to preserve them, right? [Maybe not](. Manchester Museum's upcoming exhibition in the U.K. indicates that this is not the case. “Golden Mummies of Egypt”, which opens next year, suggests that the technique is actually a way to guide the deceased toward divinity. 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