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Wow, proximity fused 30mm. Never heard of that, but I've been out for a while and technology has really accelerated in the last 3-4 years. Thanks for sharing. And yes, find and fix…

> Helicopter gunships shoot down drones with bullets these days is very common and there are other economic means of bringing them down. > Everyone seems to be an expert today. Pot…

Many people are willing to disregard their morals in exchange for a bag of money.

This article is headlined and leads with an accusation about the recent hospital tragedy being due to an Israeli air strike. I believe that the preponderance of sources (neutral or…

Wolfenstein 3D was my first video game. My brother and I had the Shareware version on our [unknown type] family computer running Windows 3.1. No soundblaster for us so we were trea…

A client reached out to me after seeing my online portfolio and wants me to build him a backend for a product he's developing for his personal business. I'm less concerned with the…

> I like the work with those people I agree. Developing my own technical proficiency and teaching the next generations has been the only thing keeping me going in an organization o…

No, tactical flying is highly technical and requires years to master. Most lieutenants and junior captains (winged aviators, mind you) that check into a squadron are tactically use…

This post prompted me to google "last time trebuchet used in combat". The answer appears to be 2013/14 by Syrian Rebels fighting against the Syrian Army. https://www.quora.com/Warf…

A few aviation idioms that come to mind. 1. "Stay ahead of the aircraft." i.e. anticipate and manage administrative (or tactical) minutiae to put yourself in the best possible posi…

There was a foreign student in my CS classes who asked lots of questions at the end of class while everybody rolled their eyes because they wanted to leave. I assumed he was having…

You’re making a lot of specious arguments. I think your laymen’s logic checks out just fine here but that’s not how aviation works…and for good reason. Taking off with 1 of 2 engin…

Yes and especially because planned GPS jams are published in NOTAMS, in my experience, well in advance of the event. Ignorance isn’t really an excuse.

I use Windy fairly regularly for military flight planning. Nice tool to get an idea of when to launch to hit a timeline/TOT.

I’ve flown birds with steam gauges and birds with glass cockpits. I’ve got about 800 hours in my current glass aircraft. Here’s a photo that I didn’t take: https://i.pinimg.com/ori…

I'm currently a military pilot and have under two years until my contract is up. My background was four years as an SDE and QE; data science and mobile. I still keep up with coding…

And now I have a new ringtone. Finally, I can wear my love for top gun on my sleeve and—for the first time in a decade—take my phone off vibrate. Edit: why is this so hard to do on…

Agreed, that wouldn't be a very smart thing to do at all.

To play devil's advocate here: something doesn't need to kill to be an effective Bioweapon. "The line between disorder and order lies in logistics." -Sun Tzu COVID has been a logis…

Great to hear.

How is your wife now? Sorry if that’s too personal.

I believe they were being facetious.

Conventional IR countermeasures (spatial, spectral etc.) really are becoming a thing of the past. When you’re talking about terminal IR guidance on any modern missile, generally th…