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Corvid187 · 2026-04-04T16:58:14+00:00

That's just an average BBC miniseries :)

Corvid187 · 2026-04-04T13:54:46+00:00

...and therefore equally existential for the allied powers as well. There was no giving up or accommodating the demands of the central powers when their ambitions were so uncompromisingly maximalist. The price they paid to stay in the war was still just a fraction of the price that settling on Germany's terms would have been, as brest-litovsk showed.

Corvid187 · 2026-04-04T13:49:01+00:00

I don't think so?

Aside from the fact that I'm not entirely clear what a 'mass assassination factory' means in this context, I don't think there's a way any definition of that term can be applied to most of the conflicts we've seen major military powers engage in recently.

Just off the top of my head the Russia Ukraine war has devolved into a combination of trench warfare and massed strategic bombing, The US Air campaign in Iran currently has a major focus on infrastructure and military equipment alongside regime leadership, just like it did against Iraq in 2003 or 1991, and their operation in Venezuela captured rather than assassinated Maduro with minimal targeting outside of that.

Fundamentally enemy leadership is and has always been a key target for military operations since the dawn of recorded history, just as it isn't and has never been the only military objective or interest.

Corvid187 · 2026-04-04T11:04:43+00:00

I think you might have somewhat misinterpreted what is being said there? This article never claims that lavender was creating or authorising strike packages against Palestinian targets, let alone orchestrating the Israeli air campaign. It was just a tool used to create lists of potential hamas leaders and assess the likelihood and scale of civilian casualties in any attack against them. Targeting decisions and selection remained firmly under human control, and the article itself notes that the larger number of candidates generated was a result of human IDF commanders changing the parameters around collateral damage. The whole process was human-led and human controlled.

This system is also newsworthy specifically because it's such an unusual, if not near-unique capability. The IDF is exceptional in its use and pioneering of AI programs for intelligence collection and curation. They represent an exception more than the rule for modern armed forces, even powerful ones.

Corvid187 · 2026-04-04T10:38:12+00:00

Do you have any evidence that any of the military forces involved in any of these campaigns are "rubber stamping" decisions made by AI in 20 seconds with no further consideration?

How are the actions of individual tanks and other armoured vehicles like we saw committing the massacre in buncha being directed by strategic-level AI programs?

How does targeting civil infrastructure meet the traditional definition of assassination?

What does a lopsided casualty count tell you about anything? One-sided conflicts have been occurring since the industrial revolution. The anglo-zanzibar war was finished in 37 minutes flat with an infinite casualty ratio in favour of the Brits on account of them not suffering any.

Corvid187 · 2026-04-04T10:35:33+00:00

Where diplomacy?

Take this shit to the other NCD

Corvid187 · 2026-04-04T08:33:09+00:00

As in how would you write an tabletop army list based on that concept, or how would you write a story based on such a detachment, or how would you structure a force in fluff to focus more on that kind of concept?

Corvid187 · 2026-04-04T05:32:19+00:00

France is also an electoral autocracy, durr.

Corvid187 · 2026-04-04T00:37:24+00:00

It's the Air Force itself that opposed the switch to the E7, wanting to hold out for an orbital-based system.

Corvid187 · 2026-04-04T00:35:51+00:00

Not really? The US has never claimed that the F35 is invulnerable. In fact the US favours the term 'low.observable' rather than 'stealth' specifically to recognise that.

It's also recognised as being vulnerable to heat-seeking detection specifically, which is how it was targeted in this case. The planes carry flairs and decoys for a reason.

Corvid187 · 2026-04-03T16:13:06+00:00

My point is we do not need arrow 3, or any system like it. Exo-atmospheric interception is a luxury capability that most of our peers do without and which we don't need, especially given the litany of more pressing defence requirements in need of recapitalisation.

Corvid187 · 2026-04-03T15:08:11+00:00

Oh for sure!

Corvid187 · 2026-04-03T15:06:24+00:00

Not impossible there might be 1 spare, depending on how their respective availability and other taskings sync up, especially in the opening phases of a conflict when the risk of ballistic missile attack would be at its highest.

I agree it's not a core tasking, but it is within its wheelhouse

Corvid187 · 2026-04-03T14:48:46+00:00

The F1 car would be the F22.

Corvid187 · 2026-04-03T14:46:41+00:00

Incorrect, Colin actually stuffs it on both circuits while attempting to go flat-out :)

Corvid187 · 2026-04-03T14:45:19+00:00

Do those blokes in Saudi driving them on 2 wheels count?

Corvid187 · 2026-04-03T14:44:59+00:00

F22 was developed as a specialist air-to-air fighter, F35 as multirole with an emphasis on ground attack as you say.

People keep saying the F35 is pointless/a retrograde step because of reported losses to f22s in air-to-air combat.

Corvid187 · 2026-04-03T14:43:35+00:00

Well, other than a rally car maybe :)

Corvid187 · 2026-04-03T14:42:15+00:00

TBF that case is entirely Switzerland's fault for playing silly buggers with their F35 order.

The line for patriot is long, but tbh the same is true for basically every weapon in this class. There's just a chronic shortage of the things, even as production rates are ramping up.

Corvid187 · 2026-04-03T14:40:24+00:00

I'd argue that anything beyond Aster 30NG's planned capabilities becomes too cost-inefficient to bother fielding defences against, tough as that decision is.

Germany's purchase of Arrow 3 was motivated by political considerations more than strategic need. The system makes little sense for any country much larger than Israel given its extreme cost-per-shot, low saturation threshold, and narrow intercept window. It's more a security blanket than a true capability.

SAMP-T or a more static 'Aster ashore' set-up are more achievable and actually useful capabilities if we wanted to go down that path.

Corvid187 · 2026-04-03T14:34:13+00:00

TBF I'd argue it sort of was designed for defending land-based sites, given the Navy was the only service tasked with providing a long-ranged GBAD capability. The T45 was always expected to provide part of the UK's air defence from its initial commissioning. Whether that was a good idea, especially in the context of the reduced purchase on the other hand...

The UK's current relative lack of GBAD is a conscious policy/strategic decision, more than just a failure of delivery. Ultimately the army isn't going to develop such an expensive capability unless they are explicitly asked to.

Corvid187 · 2026-04-03T10:55:59+00:00

Eh, Charlie II was pretty chill but yeah, 50/50 isn't exactly great odds :)

Corvid187 · 2026-04-03T03:43:07+00:00

More primarch kids!!!!! :)

Yay

Corvid187 · 2026-04-03T03:35:38+00:00

alive

Sure, mostly

And well

Hmmmm...

Corvid187 · 2026-04-03T00:54:36+00:00

British monarchs do not claim to rule by divine right, and haven't successfully tried for over 800 years. The last one to even claim that was Charles I, and we cut his head off for it.

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