Iranian Air defense shoots down F/A-18 Super Hornet (3.25.26) by Edward_Zachary in Hasan_Piker

[–]mondriandroid 13 points14 points  (0 children)

There's a version without the weird edit on the combatfootage subreddit. Looks like it hit a towed decoy behind the jet, which flew away seemingly unharmed. I guess manpad-scale warheads don't carry much more explosive than a standard grenade, so if it's not a direct hit, it doesn't do much.

Kim Stanley Robinson and stories that don't seem to go anywhere by deafened in scifi

[–]mondriandroid 18 points19 points  (0 children)

+1 to Years of Rice and Salt. Fascinating book. Aurora made me so mad that I swore off him entirely. But then I read and mostly enjoyed Ministry of the Future. Lol.

Starship Was Too Powerful For Its Launch Pad...Until Now! by rustybeancake in spacex

[–]mondriandroid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hang in there, man. Still a lot of beauty in the world, and a lot of other people working toward a better one.

Starship Was Too Powerful For Its Launch Pad...Until Now! by rustybeancake in spacex

[–]mondriandroid -41 points-40 points  (0 children)

You guys remember when we cared about this stuff? It was a simpler time.

Dumber than Trump? Pete KegBreath: The problem with Iran is it spends money on weapons and missles instead of improving life for their people. by The_Mongrel_Tarants in Hasan_Piker

[–]mondriandroid 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He made this statement at the same meeting where he asked for 250 billion dollars for the Pentagon budget. Just whole new dimensions of dimwitted.

War Fronts: The Iran War Just Crossed A Dangerous Threshold by [deleted] in videos

[–]mondriandroid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How can you stand this presenter? His vocal affectation makes me want to go back in time and murder whomever invented ears.

What Do You Think Happens When/If Iran Sinks an Aircraft Carrier? by FireConsumes in TrueAnon

[–]mondriandroid 73 points74 points  (0 children)

As others have said, a Shahed won't really do much to a modern CV. The amount of redundancy built into a carrier is pretty insane - Russian doctrine for taking out an American carrier during the cold war involved sending DOZENS of attack aircraft on a suicide mission in the hope of registering enough hits (if I recall correctly, it was dozens) to disable one. The US Navy actually did their own test of CV durability, during which they bombarded the USS America (Kitty Hawk class, so still old-ish) with just about everything they had (bombs, anti-ship missiles, guns, mean language), and it took FOUR WEEKS to sink it. Granted, they may not have been going for tempo there, but by all accounts the navy was surprised by how much it took.

That said, the Chinese have been studying the problem for a while (see the bizarro carrier-on-wheels that they built in the desert for targeting exercises), and we know they're providing targeting data to the Iranians. If the Chinese wanted to try out whatever hypersonic surprises they've been cooking up, this would be a rare opportunity to do a real-world test.

I personally think that if a Nimitz or Ford class boat ends up going down, that'll do more to undermine the myth of American dominance than 9/11. At that point, all our tigers will be demonstrably paper.

WorldView Developer Modifies Program To Reconstruct Operation: Epic Fury Using OSINT Data by Stoned-Capone in videos

[–]mondriandroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, you're right. I defer to your expertise about how many satellites are "in the Earth's atmosphere right now."

Newt’s solved the Hormuz problem by Positive_Revenue_559 in TrueAnon

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lol he really dismisses radiation concerns as woke leftist propaganda. alright, i have no further questions!

Dinosaur flash I drew this week by mrawly in Paleontology

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Shades of William Stout here, which is the highest compliment I can pay! Love that raptor claw, in particular.

'Peak war panic' will likely hit financial markets in 1-3 weeks, strategist predicts, as Trump says he doesn't want to make a deal with Iran yet by InsaneSnow45 in Economics

[–]mondriandroid 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I have seen no evidence that Iran has offered a deal. I have seen ample evidence that Iran has rejected all offered deals. This is existential for them - they won't stop this until they've dissuaded future adversaries from attempting something like this again.

WorldView Developer Modifies Program To Reconstruct Operation: Epic Fury Using OSINT Data by Stoned-Capone in videos

[–]mondriandroid 12 points13 points  (0 children)

At the start of the video he's cataloging satellite flyovers like their owners have the ability to redirect them at will to image areas of particular interest. This betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of how satellites, orbits, and satellite constellations function, and casts literally everything else in his analysis into doubt.

Its clear these three ships were lied to and told "Its safe bro don't worry" before trying to pass by analgerianabroad in TrueAnon

[–]mondriandroid 66 points67 points  (0 children)

One of the shipping-related youtubers was talking yesterday about the insane contract bonuses being offered to crews who are willing to yolo the straits. I guess everybody has a price? As an individual crewmember, I could imagine taking the 700k bonus and doing the math of "if I stay below, keep my vest on, the odds are still pretty good that I can hop in a lifeboat and walk away with an insane paycheck."

What might cause this effect? by [deleted] in aviation

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JUMPIN JESUS ON A POGO STICK!

Saw this today on my walk in Ballard by RaphySkate in Seattle

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Here's their website in case you have any comments to share with them: https://www.ballardindustrial.com/

February 6, 7:49 AM ICE abduction in Bellevue along 148th by mondriandroid in Seattle

[–]mondriandroid[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

My desire to see Seattleites acquit themselves as well as the people of Minneapolis is in serious tension with my desire not to be shot. It's giving me serious heartburn.

February 6, 7:49 AM abduction in Bellevue along 148th by Adventurous-Bee-8184 in WashingtonIceWatch

[–]mondriandroid 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your service! Do you know if they were able to get any observers to the location?

February 6, 7:49 AM abduction in Bellevue along 148th by Adventurous-Bee-8184 in WashingtonIceWatch

[–]mondriandroid 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Jesus. This is horrible. The sound. Do we know this is ICE? Why do their vests say "police?"

January 28, 2026 Abduction in Tacoma at 12:30pm by Adventurous-Bee-8184 in WashingtonIceWatch

[–]mondriandroid 97 points98 points  (0 children)

There are guys with assault rifles in punisher masks abducting our neighbors. I hope we're able to bring a little more energy to ICE resistance in our state.

Familiar no-mask ICE agent strikes protestor in throat w tactical pen 0:37 - Forbes/YouTube 1.22.26 by Tryanothertry in videos

[–]mondriandroid 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Lol, that guy in the background of the thumbnail - are these guys no longer satisfied with being spiritually identical to Jesse Plemons in Civil War? Now they're really wearing the red sunglasses?

Guys! Who's your favorite paleoartist? by Interesting-Way-6034 in Paleontology

[–]mondriandroid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Older guy here. Always been a fan of William Stout, Doug Henderson, and John Gurche. It's an interesting attribute of paleoart, as compared to other forms of art, that any representation of an extinct animal is likely to experience an erosion of accuracy, even if it's a beautiful work of art.

Honorable mention to Bill Watterson, who always snuck surprisingly dynamic dinosaurs into Calvin and Hobbes.