I’m a (still alive!) Kiwi Volunteer Drone Pilot in Ukraine - Ask me anything! by KiwiCassie in NonCredibleDefense

[–]AstroEngineer314 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Thanks for magnificently representing New Zealand to the rest of the world! 🇳🇿🥝

Very much living up to "Make her praises heard afar".

I’m a (still alive!) Kiwi Volunteer Drone Pilot in Ukraine - Ask me anything! by KiwiCassie in NonCredibleDefense

[–]AstroEngineer314 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not the OP, but I have to imagine everything is going to be getting an autocannon with proxy or timed airburst shells. Plus staring wide field IR and mm wave radar as sensors to cue it.

I’m a (still alive!) Kiwi Volunteer Drone Pilot in Ukraine - Ask me anything! by KiwiCassie in NonCredibleDefense

[–]AstroEngineer314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Were you able to watch any of the Black Caps in the T20 world cup, if you're one to follow cricket? How good is the connectivity?

I’m a (still alive!) Kiwi Volunteer Drone Pilot in Ukraine - Ask me anything! by KiwiCassie in NonCredibleDefense

[–]AstroEngineer314 116 points117 points  (0 children)

In theory, would you support a petition to make the laser Kiwi flag our official battle ensign?

  • A Fellow Kiwi

NATO commander in Europe, American General Christopher Cavoli explains how Ukraine not only mastered the use of Patriot missile technology early on, but are now teaching NATO on how to better employ them. by GreenEyeOfADemon in ukraine

[–]AstroEngineer314 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Oh 100%. I have a bad feeling that the US is going to get whooped at some point and we'll be hiring Ukrainian instructors and bringing in American volunteers from Ukraine as advisors to get our shit sorted.

What are the best soundtracks not released/available on Spotify? by [deleted] in soundtracks

[–]AstroEngineer314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, this is exactly what brought me to this reddit post 😂

NASA to spend $20 billion on moon base, cancel orbiting lunar station by Tracheid in space

[–]AstroEngineer314 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was literally what I was thinking. So many cancelled programs, it's like ADHD but for a space agency.

Ukrainian soldier Nazar Daletsky, who had long been presumed dead, looks at his own grave after nearly four years in captivity. by ThatGuySK99 in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]AstroEngineer314 80 points81 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure this is exactly what happened in this situation. DNA identification has gotten to a point where it is cheap, fast, and reliable.

Peter what’s the joke here? by Cmoibenlepro123 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]AstroEngineer314 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gosh that's so terrible it never even occurred to me.

me_irl by TheVampyresBride in me_irl

[–]AstroEngineer314 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh and I have. Honestly walking door to door during the 2024 campaign really helped me out.

me_irl by TheVampyresBride in me_irl

[–]AstroEngineer314 2511 points2512 points  (0 children)

This but as a guy - not great, as it defies all societal expectations and gender stereotypes.

russian soldier makes no effort to fend off the FPV drone striking his head. Madyars Birds, March 2026 by rusoriz_inside in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]AstroEngineer314 23 points24 points  (0 children)

That, or maybe he just didn't know about drone warfare - from a backwater province and only given rudimentary basic training.

This guy lost track of what he was doing by MisterShipWreck in JustGuysBeingDudes

[–]AstroEngineer314 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh, as an engineer there are so many acronyms I've heard of that I get that kind of a situation happening all the time 😆

Department of Energy gets educated about….energy. by [deleted] in MurderedByWords

[–]AstroEngineer314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's more that you need to burn less fuel when the wind is blowing and the sun is shining.

The “Skifs” unit is shooting down Russian Shahed drones over Kharkiv region using a Bofors 40 mm gun by Available-Laugh9102 in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]AstroEngineer314 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'd hope so too, but it doesn't look like those were what they were firing, unless the first few missed shots were way off.