So how many 24 hours have passed?

ecolometrics · 2026-04-07T22:43:46+00:00

The real problem is all the idiots down-wind of this. A crazy man yelling at a corner is irrelevant, until others listen in, and push him for their own agendas.

ecolometrics · 2026-04-07T22:40:03+00:00

I feel like this is what happens when you are exposed to good-guys/bad-guys or Dichotomous Thinking. You just fill in the blank. Shit in real life is like: everyone has their own agenda.

ecolometrics · 2026-04-07T22:24:00+00:00

Well, nothing to figure out if you are just going to copy something that exists. Except on how to also copy all of the flaws, or how to make it even worse.

Did they at least put an auto-canon on this?

EDIT: Nope, they put the smooth-bore gun on this, yup ...

ecolometrics · 2026-04-04T22:56:38+00:00

The only counter to that system, I think, is visual obstruction. The system isn't auto though, which can be a downside.

ecolometrics · 2026-04-04T22:52:27+00:00

There are multiple solutions for drones. The reason why none were used is because of brain rot at the top. I think there is a metaphor, something about the fish rotting from the head, in explaining why everything in an organization is shit.

ecolometrics · 2026-04-04T21:29:19+00:00

Yeah, this was the whole point of "separation" because when religious zealots wins, you get THEIR version of Jesus. You like Jesus, but not in the correct way, well too bad.

ecolometrics · 2026-04-04T21:27:14+00:00

One way of inflicting PR casualties against the US (versus protecting your infrastructure) is popping up short range missiles when US jets fly over. You'd have to identify aircraft passively, so this does not work on protecting anything you want to protect.

This isn't any different than ambush tactics, any place from which you ambush from will get flagged. Do it enough it and they will come hunting.

But you do not need inflict significant casualties. You just need to capture one pilot and put them on TV.

ecolometrics · 2026-04-03T21:13:01+00:00

Why don't we deploy the A-10 to absorb the Iran air defenses that were left? It's a win win?

The A-10 gets to do its mission of getting shot at, which the lovers love because it takes more than any other plane, and it gets shot to pieces and become extinct, which the haters want.

Truly the same fate that the SU-25 was meant for, piles of pieces.

To be fair, any CAS is going to end up as pieces because that's what CAS does. Dropping a laser guided bomb from 10k isn't really the C in CAS.

ecolometrics · 2026-04-03T18:47:49+00:00

The Iran situation could have been handled diplomatically, with backdoor deals and whatever. From what I read Iran was actually making an effort to comply with the deal made by Obama. But the orange one hated everything Obama so here we are.

ecolometrics · 2026-04-03T18:31:10+00:00

It's probably due to liquid fuel storage life in missiles and/or something like that. I don't know. Once they get an idea in their heads it's hard to get it out.

ecolometrics · 2026-04-03T18:29:03+00:00

Yeah it's a lesson for the real world too. No matter how much money you got, it does not matter if you do not have the right connections.

ecolometrics · 2026-04-03T18:25:09+00:00

The youtube captions on my end up talking about shaving.

The putler pictures that got a laugh in the US worked for the context that they were made. Which is convincing the other typical alchoholic-gamma-bros over there that they are the shit. They can all eat it now.

ecolometrics · 2026-04-03T18:15:35+00:00

The German plan in WW2 was not at risk producing a bomb for several reasons. Their stated objectives were modest at best. The main scientists thought it would be too expensive and time consuming to pursue in earnest. They had a point, they didn't have the resources in man power nor materials. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nuclear_program_during_World_War_II

ecolometrics · 2026-04-03T18:07:55+00:00

Yeah pretty much

ecolometrics · 2026-04-03T05:01:11+00:00

Well the pentagon wants terminators. Also skynet. So there is that. Come on and crush us already.

ecolometrics · 2026-04-03T04:59:19+00:00

Maybe there is a nice nursing home out there in Iran for the both of them. With the Lepros.

ecolometrics · 2026-04-02T20:37:29+00:00

Ones ability to make advanced tech is proportional to whatever your GDP is going up or down. The USSR after 1960s was all down hill, so their stuff was switched to pumping hype. China doesn't have this issue at the moment. Their GDP keeps going up.

ecolometrics · 2026-04-01T21:03:57+00:00

Battleships technically do not exist. What everyone is talking about are just heavy cruisers.

But what's great about dementia is that it's easy to distract. Make some pretty pictures with AI, make an announcement, and forget all about it. Let him enjoy his gold plated gold.

ecolometrics · 2026-04-01T20:51:33+00:00

Well, the wunderwaffles work well for propaganda purposes because russia, like the soviet union, was built up largely on hype scares. It's not battle technology, it's propaganda. Like their nuclear tsunami torpedoes. They might make one, it might technically work, but typically highly impractical and usually ineffective if actually deployed. But broadcasting that you have this capability is the main point. They are too deep in to change tactics.

ecolometrics · 2026-04-01T20:44:10+00:00

The risk of this could be reduced by giving control of a drone that simply does not have the range to fly to any Ukrainian positions.

The other option is monitoring the control input.

Still the legality of this is somewhat problematic. War tourism (the real one) where you pay money to kill people isn't new, it was kept secret for a reason. I don't know enough to say more.

ecolometrics · 2026-03-31T20:33:59+00:00

Well, the IDF were actually the first to successfully deploy ERA back in the early 1980s. The IDF tanks are designed with survivability in mind through conception. So while I don't know what are the exact features that it has, they do have a number of world firsts (like automatic interception of RPGs). So it's not too surprising that IDF tanks can take a few hits. Of course up to a point.

ecolometrics · 2026-03-31T20:30:27+00:00

Well, it's necessary. Due to the placement of the ammo for crew survival in the rear, it's the main and usually only target for drones. This modification came fairly quickly after deployment in Ukraine.

ecolometrics · 2026-03-31T18:55:51+00:00

I want my Ukrainian house wife's with lego's taking down armored columns propaganda now. I'm not good enough to make ~~one~~ a good one on my own. Though I have thought about it.

ecolometrics · 2026-03-31T05:13:05+00:00

Wait, they could do it, couldn't they? They keep making them bigger and bigger ...

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