History, Politics And Current Affairs

One thing I liked about 'Arrival' was that it showed how hard it could be to communicate with aliens.

I would love to see KC747s part of a MITO.

Stuart, peace be upon him, told a story about about some Chinese visiting the place he worked and commenting about the idea that there are too many Chinese to kill. Stuart and his coworkers did calculations and found that with a small percentage of the US nuclear arsenal at the time could kill just ...

kdahm wrote: ↑Wed Jan 28, 2026 5:29 pm Well, one valid target out of five isn't too bad for random chance.....

New Jersey?

They admit it exists and provide some pictures. Not much more than that at the moment. One of the rumored uses was to listen in to the telemetry from Soviet missile tests. Factsheet: https://www.nro.gov/Portals/135/Documents/foia/JUMPSEAT%20Records/Jumpseat_SIGINT_Fact_Sheet.pdf?ver=3ftuLUHD9UbkEosE...

Good news!

Pancreatic cancer is one of those that can develop slowly and quietly until it explodes. My mum was feeling fine when she started going downhill but no one could explain why. They did a ultrasound of her abdomen and found cancer all over the place. She was gone 2 days later.

Saw this video floating around and it’s hilarious: https://youtu.be/oJpvPwoplAE I have not been able to verify the veracity of the video, but I honestly don’t want to. Sadly, there has not been a submarine named JELLYFISH to commemorate the brave service performed by LAFTFLEET jellyfish to protect ...

I LOVE the 'Here, catch!" and throwing the 50lb sandbag at the girl by a Chief.

Saw that as well, interesting both in how the new cafeteria style messing and lacking amount of hygiene spaces seems to have been key issues, and also how the King intervened personally and granted extra leave days. The King served in the RN during World War One and was at Jutland on the HMS Collin...

I haven't seen this but I've heard about some of the issues. Apollo did a number of unmanned test flights testing out the systems. Here its more of a 'That was old tech from slide rule days. We don't need no stinken testing!'

I'm hoping Artemis II gets canceled or changed to unmanned. Some of the details, especially using the type heat shield that was used on the first, make me uneasy.

Well I created a missile system that is like if a SM-2 had a wild night with a Phoenix and Sea Dart and got kissed by a Patriot and had child that the AI wrote up a doctrine, launch sequence, and ship requirements.

I've been playing around with ChatGpt and alt-history writing. You really have to ride herd on it but it produces some interesting result. You feed in the data like engine type, weapons, radars, era, etc and it'll create a design with stats and such. Nice for getting ideas for a ship.

I wanted one just for that reason but my Beloved always said 'No!'. She was no fun but was cute so I kept her.

82 feet long? That's a big plane!

More details at the Russian Space Web https://www.russianspaceweb.com/baikonur_r7_31.html What seems to have crashed is the gantries but all the equipment that sits right under the rocket. Its suppose to pulled into protective covers before the launch it wasn't. It could also have been the locking m...

No matter the ATL some things stay the same.

Credit to the controller keeping his cool and getting everyone down!

Short answer there is a subterranean Taco Bell feeding some of these volcanoes.

Pity that old pensioner who had the Panther tank and 88mm AA gun with ammunition lived in Kiel. Would be hilarious if the NVA or Soviet tanks started blowing up as 'Ride of the Valkyries' plays on speakers.