The explanation is simple-these are all variants designed by the great houses rather than being a united military front.
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That is a fair point and I'll accept that explanation.
I think they did alright with the Sarcophagus. It looks like a bizarre cross between a Klingon vessel and a cathedral. If you showed me a picture of it and told me it was an ancient Klingon starship I'd believe you.
The best Klingon ship in DSC until the reveal of the "real" D7.
I think all that was mentioned about its past was that it was owned by T’Kuvma’s father.
They were only similar on the outside, the Buran was technologically superior. And apparently the outer design itself is simply the result you get when you want a spaceplane.
And if the American version had huge eagle wings painted on the underside, I don’t quite see the Soviets doing the same thing. More likely they’d have had a huge hammer and sickle.
Uh... no.
Thank you. That sounded incredibly suspect and doubtful. 
Liquid boosters, autopilot, higher payload, both Challenger and Columbia wouldn't have happened to these... you were saying?
https://www.popularmechanics.com/sp...tually-build-a-better-space-shuttle-16176311/
(And it vas inwented by an old lady from Leningrad.)
https://www.popularmechanics.com/sp...tually-build-a-better-space-shuttle-16176311/
(And it vas inwented by an old lady from Leningrad.)
Cold War Soviet tanks like the T-72 also had a slightly larger main gun and an automatic loader. They still weren't as good as the M60 and M1 Abrams series, West German Leopard series or the British Chieftain or Challenger 1. 
The USSR's version of the nuclear triad (and pretty much everything else) was all about BIGGER to compensate for the fact that their guidance and delivery systems were shit. They were demonstrably less technologically advanced all the way around, with few exceptions. They had some wacky-cool ideas about things during the cold war, don't get me wrong, but their final products (should they actually attempt to build them) were...lacking.
Seriously?
Dude, ALL Soviet tech was generally inferior back then compared to their Western counterparts. I've lost track of how many Soviet & Russian subs just "disappeared" back then, from technical malfunctions. The K-19 Widowmaker was one of the most infamous - so much so there was a movie about it back in '02. A cursory search brings up a metric ass-ton of nifty Russian sub malfunctions, even in the post cold war era - many resulting in multiple deaths (Kursk?). Nothing has changed! Anyone who even has a cursory knowledge on the matter knows that - it's common knowledge. Chernobyl, anyone? Jeez-o-flip!
Communism back then was (and still is) all about "good enough is good enough". I've been told that there are actually Soviet-era museums in Russia that show that when workers in a shoe factory made all left-footed shoes without making matching right-footed shoes for several months (or vice-versa, can't remember which) they still got a freakin' paycheck instead of getting fired! There was never any incentive to "do better". Doesn't matter if you don't believe it. It's just plain, VERY well-documented history.
Dude, ALL Soviet tech was generally inferior back then compared to their Western counterparts. I've lost track of how many Soviet & Russian subs just "disappeared" back then, from technical malfunctions. The K-19 Widowmaker was one of the most infamous - so much so there was a movie about it back in '02. A cursory search brings up a metric ass-ton of nifty Russian sub malfunctions, even in the post cold war era - many resulting in multiple deaths (Kursk?). Nothing has changed! Anyone who even has a cursory knowledge on the matter knows that - it's common knowledge. Chernobyl, anyone? Jeez-o-flip!
Communism back then was (and still is) all about "good enough is good enough". I've been told that there are actually Soviet-era museums in Russia that show that when workers in a shoe factory made all left-footed shoes without making matching right-footed shoes for several months (or vice-versa, can't remember which) they still got a freakin' paycheck instead of getting fired! There was never any incentive to "do better". Doesn't matter if you don't believe it. It's just plain, VERY well-documented history.
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Probably how the UT translated it into English for our ears and is the closest analogue, would be my guess.
Death Eater in Klingon could potentially sound amazing.
hmm... submarines... submarines... another sub... a power plant... shoes, ok, ... sorry I can't find anything related to the Buran there. wanna check something more related, like how successful and reliable the Soyuz is?
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Examples of failed Russian tech. You asked for examples and citations of my response based on your incorrect general assessment of “superior” Soviet technology (which still gives me a chuckle) and I gave them to you.
I guess I’m just not an unapologetic Russophile. I can live with that.
I guess I’m just not an unapologetic Russophile. I can live with that.
