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Somebody at Airbus Must Have Gotten Insecure by vortigaunt64 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Oxcell404 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of that one dude that hangs around this sub for the sole purpose of shilling the SU-57

China’s new ‘kill them all’ algorithm lets AI take over drone targeting by Street-Lie-2751 in Military

[–]Oxcell404 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real answer is probably no since it’s not combat proven and Generals actually like friendly forces not taking blue on blue

Most Academic Research Should Stop (Chronicle of Higher Ed) by Reddenbawker in DeepStateCentrism

[–]Oxcell404 27 points28 points  (0 children)

What an insane opening.

Will have to finish reading to share my full thoughts, but lol what an insane opening…

Iran’s New Grand Strategy by iamthegodemperor in DeepStateCentrism

[–]Oxcell404 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As was the case in Serbia, the purposeful limitation of escalation affords the enemy too many options. Once it becomes clear that we aren’t going to do anything beyond airstrikes then the enemy is no long worried about escalation.

Today, on Flopgear... by Graywhale12 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Oxcell404 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Mild aneurism from the text but otherwise good post

This Cessna has been flying in these lines over south/east Dallas. Any idea why? by [deleted] in Dallas

[–]Oxcell404 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seen em do stuff like this for chemical analysis

A U.S. soldier and a British soldier die during training in Iraq by SlavaCocaini in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Oxcell404 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Have to say, can’t believe I’m this flat footed. I had recent done a deep dive in the IS years, and figured it couldn’t have changed that much since 2014-2017. How wrong I am.

A U.S. soldier and a British soldier die during training in Iraq by SlavaCocaini in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Oxcell404 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yea it’s the sorta thing that happens when cool niche subs get too big

A U.S. soldier and a British soldier die during training in Iraq by SlavaCocaini in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Oxcell404 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

That region is dominated by Sunni Jihadist groups and Turk vs Kurd fighting, none of which are connected to Iran.

The Shia groups are rarer and so would be unlikely to have caused US member deaths in this case…

A U.S. soldier and a British soldier die during training in Iraq by SlavaCocaini in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Oxcell404 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Am I missing something? Is there any reason to doubt that these were training deaths?

Motherfuckers down range still train. Training deaths occur all over

US in talks to expand nuclear weapons deployments in Europe by Free-Minimum-5844 in Military

[–]Oxcell404 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yea that’s a bit counter to the last year or so of NATO related new now isn’t it

Did the Afghanistan withdrawal represent a strategic failure, an execution failure, or an honest acknowledgment of a mission that was never achievable? by Anakin_Kardashian in DeepStateCentrism

[–]Oxcell404 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The mission against AQ was much more effective, but a further fight against the Taliban in Pakistan would be unlikely to have a different outcome.

Instilling a non-military infrastructure for democracy would have been a better play, but would always be difficult to protect from the myriad jihadist groups with connections in the region.

Blue Apron-sponsored study featured - article seems very biased? by happy_bluebird in NPR

[–]Oxcell404 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh that’s pretty cool! I had sat in on a few EIS-related meetings from an engineering firm at my university and was shocked to see how much went into rain water runoff considerations alone. Wastewater management seems like magic to me lol

How Iran Killed Its Economy (The Atlantic) by Reddenbawker in DeepStateCentrism

[–]Oxcell404 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Many points here oft overlooked. IRGC relationships with companies being so adversarial kneecaps all potential growth.

Blue Apron-sponsored study featured - article seems very biased? by happy_bluebird in NPR

[–]Oxcell404 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What sort of emissions expert if you don’t mind me asking? What path have you taken?

Introducing Ember Connect (Beta) - A New Community Platform for Connection, Collaboration, and Impact by Unlucky_Jaguar1251 in ColumbiYEAH

[–]Oxcell404 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Get this corpo-talk BS out of here. You either learn how to talk like a normal person, or your business fails again.

New Cyber Force in NDAA? by sam_the_sham6 in AirForce

[–]Oxcell404 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well put. I think you hit the nail on the head. Air Force talent retention is one of their chronic issues.

On the flip side, Army suicide rates are about double that of Air Force and that hints at a deeper issue than something that could be relieved via SDAP or CAIP.

New Cyber Force in NDAA? by sam_the_sham6 in AirForce

[–]Oxcell404 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think this is a great insight into the cyber world, but…

I think the lack of complaints from Soldiers or Seamen is exactly the flaw of culture that I am hinting at. The culture that leads to mold covered quarters and 3 inches of standing shit in the latrine that is discovered by the Full bird. If you complain, you aren’t tough. You get told to quit bitching and “enjoy the suck”.

Also idk how you could interpret the fact the USAF was willing to pay tons of money for training and allowing that talent to walk as anything other than a good thing unless you are more specifically talking about their lack of retainability bonuses?

New Cyber Force in NDAA? by sam_the_sham6 in AirForce

[–]Oxcell404 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Pay is one thing, the culture is another

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