Malcador Posted November 19, 2020 Posted November 19, 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/19/australian-special-forces-involved-in-of-39-afghan-civilians-war-crimes-report-alleges Australian SAS giving the SEALs competition for out of control SF. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Zoraptor Posted November 19, 2020 Posted November 19, 2020 Scott Morrison gave Lukashenko a run for his money on press suppression before hand. Always the best way to deal with war crimes, raid the offices of those reporting on them and nick all their documents, just a shame from their POV that the documentary was already broadcast. (There were also accusations that the NZ SAS committed war crimes, and the journalist who exposed them had previously been raided by the police for 'receiving hacked documents', when he published a book embarrassing to our then PM John Key. Those accusations were a lot less overtly war crimey than the Australian ones though, and the inquiry we eventually got when the government changed to one less angry at Nicky Hager could not determine that any war crimes happened, or that they weren't done by the US instead. It did establish that the Ministry of Defence and politicians lied consistently though) 1
Gfted1 Posted November 24, 2020 Posted November 24, 2020 Watch This F-35 Drop a B61 Nuclear Bomb in 'Historic' First. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Gfted1 Posted December 8, 2020 Posted December 8, 2020 These 3 companies will build prototypes for the Air Force’s Skyborg drone. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Darkpriest Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 https://www.afrl.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2464776/afrl-demonstrates-first-ever-collaborative-weapon-technologies/ Anyone else can put some more in layman's words, whats the actual impact of such a weapon?
Gfted1 Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 SDB's (small diameter bombs) have a smaller warhead so they produce less collateral damage, and many more can be carried per aircraft. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
kanisatha Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 5 hours ago, Darkpriest said: https://www.afrl.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2464776/afrl-demonstrates-first-ever-collaborative-weapon-technologies/ Anyone else can put some more in layman's words, whats the actual impact of such a weapon? Sometimes you want multiple targets to be hit exactly at the same time, or hit in a particular sequence. But my understanding from other reports I've read is it isn't working as well as they need it to work, at least at this stage of development. Btw, a version of the SDB has no warhead, and its destructive power is entirely kinetic.
Gfted1 Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 6 minutes ago, kanisatha said: Btw, a version of the SDB has no warhead, and its destructive power is entirely kinetic. Needs ginsu blades. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
kanisatha Posted January 17, 2021 Posted January 17, 2021 On 1/15/2021 at 10:35 AM, Gfted1 said: Needs ginsu blades. Heh, guess what? There is a version that deploys blades too. Has been used against terrorist targets.
Gfted1 Posted January 17, 2021 Posted January 17, 2021 Yeah but thats a Hellfire variant R9X. The GBU-39 has a much longer range (with its glide wings) and is silent (no propulsion). "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
kanisatha Posted January 18, 2021 Posted January 18, 2021 23 hours ago, Gfted1 said: Yeah but thats a Hellfire variant R9X. The GBU-39 has a much longer range (with its glide wings) and is silent (no propulsion). Oh right, yeah that's a Hellfire variant. Would be interesting to add it to the GBU-39.
kanisatha Posted January 18, 2021 Posted January 18, 2021 https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a35205969/navy-new-constellation-class-frigates/ These ships look really good. Bigger and more heavily armed than destroyers in most navies. And love how they're being named, moving away from the stupid and silly naming conventions of late.
Zoraptor Posted January 18, 2021 Posted January 18, 2021 After the Zumwalts anything would be an improvement, including the original Constellation. Got to say, reduced rcs warships are without exception really, really, ugly. Not exactly a massive practical consideration, of course...
Gfted1 Posted February 9, 2021 Posted February 9, 2021 DARPA Begins Autonomous Weapon-Launching Drone Program. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
kanisatha Posted February 9, 2021 Posted February 9, 2021 4 hours ago, Gfted1 said: DARPA Begins Autonomous Weapon-Launching Drone Program. Not much longer now before humans become redundant.
Gfted1 Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 US Army begins equipping first unit with hypersonic capability. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Azdeus Posted February 12, 2021 Posted February 12, 2021 On 2/9/2021 at 1:56 PM, Gfted1 said: DARPA Begins Autonomous Weapon-Launching Drone Program. It starts 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Azdeus Posted February 12, 2021 Posted February 12, 2021 Oh, and to keep to the theme; https://www.ar.admin.ch/en/armasuisse-wissenschaft-und-technologie-w-t/home.detail.news.html/ar-internet/news-2018/news-w-t/lethalmicrodrones.html Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Gorth Posted February 13, 2021 Posted February 13, 2021 More like an infomercial... a few of my favourite youtube channels for military history. Just linking a single video from each channel. Check out their channels for other videos if their areas of expertise is of interest. Drachinifels: Everything you thought you wanted to know about naval warfare and then some. Mostly covering WWI and WWII, but also a few notably wooden ships encounters and Pre-WWI ship engagements. Guides for specific ships and their history as well as his drydock series which is sometimes hour long episodes of Q&A about all things naval warfare. Mark Felton: British historian. If you thought you knew everything about WWII, think again. You are not even in pre-school yet compared to this guy BazBattles: Covering a lot of famous and completely unknown battles throughout history. From ancient Egypt to Napoleonic wars. Aften with a slightly humorous touch in the animated parts without it becoming actually silly. “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Gfted1 Posted February 23, 2021 Posted February 23, 2021 US Army Is Building The World's 'Most Powerful' Laser Weapon. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Amentep Posted February 23, 2021 Posted February 23, 2021 8 minutes ago, Gfted1 said: US Army Is Building The World's 'Most Powerful' Laser Weapon. 1 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Sarex Posted February 23, 2021 Posted February 23, 2021 From what I remember the last laser anti missile defense attempt was defeated by simply spinning the warhead to avoid giving a static spot to heat up. "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP
Gfted1 Posted February 23, 2021 Posted February 23, 2021 Thats kind of the point of the new laser in the article. Do you have a link for the test you are referencing? "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Sarex Posted February 23, 2021 Posted February 23, 2021 This was a story from a long time ago (I heard it almost 20 years ago) that went something like "The US put a ton of money in to a laser defense system and the Russians defeated it by simply spinning the missile in the air to stop the laser from being able to focus on a single point". I was unable to find it on the internet, project Excalibur comes close though it's not lasers but x-rays. "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP
Zoraptor Posted February 23, 2021 Posted February 23, 2021 Sounds more like YAL-1 (or its predecessor) than Star Wars, though that was well inside the last 20 years.
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