The last time I sported a bow tie was before my first year of high school.
But I think I am not averse to dressing that way, under the right circumstances.
Like if someone called from MSNBC and said "Hey Ronald, I really like a lot of the messages that you have put up on that auto enthusiasts board--what is it? The Fiero board. I don't know a Fiero from a Fiasco, but why don't you show up here in New York next week. We can slot you in as an MSNBC political specialist. The Talking Head gig. I've got a slot for you next Thursday, on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell. All expenses paid, and we'll give you our first time on-air guest compensation. Not sure how much. They just changed it."
IF.
But I would have to go shopping for a bow tie. And for the other apparel that I would want to match up with it.
Side note: Is it just me, or do most of the military related videos on YouTube have robot voices and stock footage? That crap is annoying.
I have noticed that a lot of YouTube videos, regardless of subject matter, use that computer generated voice. I guess maybe it is just an odd trend. I think maybe it started with the "anonymous" videos. It is annoying.
So I'm guessing you follow YouTube channels like Skallagrim, Scholagladiatoria, Shadiversity, LindyBeige, etc?
It is not really an interest that I will go out of my way to pursue, but if I stumble across something, it will hold my interest much more than modern weaponry.
Medieval weapons... reminds me of something that is kind of tangentially Arsenal-ly, in a relative way.
Ashton "Ash" Carter, U.S. Secretary of Defense (February 2015 to January 2017)
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Even as a young man, Ashton Carter had eclectic interests, earning degrees in physics and medieval history at Yale, and a doctorate in theoretical physics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
"There was no relationship between them in my mind except that both fascinated me," Carter wrote in 2007 about his intellectual pursuits. "I liked dusty archives, learning to decipher manuscripts in medieval script, and learning all the languages necessary to read the primary and secondary historical literature, especially Latin. Physics was entirely different: clean and modern, logical and mathematical."
Bat bombs were an experimental World War II weapon developed by the United States. The bomb consisted of a bomb-shaped casing with over a thousand compartments, each containing a hibernating Mexican free-tailed bat with a small, timed incendiary bomb attached. Dropped from a bomber at dawn, the casings would deploy a parachute in mid-flight and open to release the bats, which would then roost in eaves and attics in a 20–40 mile radius. The incendiaries would start fires in inaccessible places in the largely wood and paper constructions of the Japanese cities that were the weapon's intended target.
The last time I sported a bow tie was before my first year of high school.
But I think I am not averse to dressing that way, under the right circumstances.
Like if someone called from MSNBC and said "Hey Ronald, I really like a lot of the messages that you have put up on that auto enthusiasts board--what is it? The Fiero board. I don't know a Fiero from a Fiasco, but why don't you show up here in New York next week. We can slot you in as an MSNBC political specialist. The Talking Head gig. I've got a slot for you next Thursday, on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell. All expenses paid, and we'll give you our first time on-air guest compensation. Not sure how much. They just changed it."
IF.
But I would have to go shopping for a bow tie. And for the other apparel that I would want to match up with it.
Rinse and Lawrence McDonnell, fighting over who gets the last word.......🤔
Nonsensical, kind of like the blind leading the blinded....
If it came to pass, I might even tune in, and then tune it out. 🤣
Great insight, but here's something that is even more on point for the Arsenal Thread.
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The so-called "blackout bomb" that was used to disrupt the electrical grid in targeted areas of Serbia, in 1999, during NATO's Operation Allied Force. This was part of the NATO-led campaign to free the Muslim-majority province of Kosovo from domination by the former Republic of Yugoslavia and its president, Slobodan Milosevic.
President Clinton ordered the US Air Force into action.
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I dropped CBU all over Iraqi targets in Desert Storm. Never dropped them on troops, only munitions storage, power grid, oil refining, etc. Some of them made a hell of a light show at night, including secondaries
I knew you 'mericuns were crazy...but crossing the line into stupid ?
Bat bombs ??????
Guess thats why every time you get yourselves into trouble, Us Cunnucks have to come and save your azz !!!! :
The Japanese actually did use balloon bombs. They launched balloons with explosives on them in Japan and let them drift to the US. There are records of some actually exploding in the US and Canada.
Speaking of arsenals, there is one operated by the U.S. Army, located on Rock Island in the Mississippi River that has a museum.
The museum’s significant small arms collection includes serial number 1 of the Model 1903 rifle; serial number 2 of the M1 Garand rifle; four weapons that have been positively proven to have been used by the Sioux or Cheyenne at the Battle of Little Bighorn; two of the five Rappahannock Forge wall guns known to exist; and serial number GO1 of the General Officers M15 pistol.
Well, there is a fairly famous arsenal in Huntsville, AL known as Redstone Arsenal. A lot of development and test firing of early missile engines and space program related hardware was and still is conducted there. The Space and Rocket Center is also located in the same area.
On Monday [January 9, 2017] the U.S. Department of Defense announced a successful demonstration of one of the world's largest micro drone swarms. The exercise took place at China Lake in California, where three combat jets launched 103 Perdix drones, then tested advanced swarm behaviors, such as collective decision making, adaptive formation flying and self-healing.
MIT's Lincoln Laboratory debuted Perdix in 2013, and ever since, the DoD has been upgrading the technology. The demonstration confirmed the drones' reliability under a variety of conditions - including high speeds, low temperatures and large shocks. Once launched, the micro drones - which run on AA batteries - gain situational awareness and locate other drones to create a swarm, which can stay airborne for 20 minutes. They may be used for low-altitude missions such as surveillance and reconnaissance, and the system's collective mind spread over an area "could provide an unprecedented level of information and be very hard to block."
I have not looked into this self-healing reference.
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An old forum Topic comes to the top again. I have a long memory.
Say Hello to the "Flying Ginsu", which is officially designated as the R9X Hellfire missile variant. Instead of an exploding warhead, it has what is described here as "a ring of six blades, which emerges just before impact and shreds anything it meets."
