Malcador 7,567 Posted November 19, 2020 Share 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. Quote 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 Link to post Share on other sites
Zoraptor 3,620 Posted November 19, 2020 Share 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gfted1 6,062 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Watch This F-35 Drop a B61 Nuclear Bomb in 'Historic' First. Quote "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to post Share on other sites
Gfted1 6,062 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 These 3 companies will build prototypes for the Air Force’s Skyborg drone. Quote "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to post Share on other sites
Darkpriest 766 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 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? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gfted1 6,062 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 SDB's (small diameter bombs) have a smaller warhead so they produce less collateral damage, and many more can be carried per aircraft. Quote "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to post Share on other sites
kanisatha 515 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gfted1 6,062 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 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 Quote "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to post Share on other sites
kanisatha 515 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gfted1 6,062 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Yeah but thats a Hellfire variant R9X. The GBU-39 has a much longer range (with its glide wings) and is silent (no propulsion). Quote "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to post Share on other sites
kanisatha 515 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanisatha 515 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zoraptor 3,620 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 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... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gfted1 6,062 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 DARPA Begins Autonomous Weapon-Launching Drone Program. 1 Quote "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to post Share on other sites
kanisatha 515 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 4 hours ago, Gfted1 said: DARPA Begins Autonomous Weapon-Launching Drone Program. Not much longer now before humans become redundant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gfted1 6,062 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 US Army begins equipping first unit with hypersonic capability. 1 Quote "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to post Share on other sites
Azdeus 1,857 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 On 2/9/2021 at 1:56 PM, Gfted1 said: DARPA Begins Autonomous Weapon-Launching Drone Program. It starts 1 Quote 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 Link to post Share on other sites
Azdeus 1,857 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 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 Quote 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 Link to post Share on other sites
Gorth 3,314 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 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. Quote “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 Link to post Share on other sites
Gfted1 6,062 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 US Army Is Building The World's 'Most Powerful' Laser Weapon. Quote "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to post Share on other sites
Amentep 5,939 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 8 minutes ago, Gfted1 said: US Army Is Building The World's 'Most Powerful' Laser Weapon. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarex 1,412 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gfted1 6,062 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Thats kind of the point of the new laser in the article. Do you have a link for the test you are referencing? Quote "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to post Share on other sites
Sarex 1,412 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zoraptor 3,620 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Sounds more like YAL-1 (or its predecessor) than Star Wars, though that was well inside the last 20 years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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