“It’s great to be in the EMPIRE today! It’s great to be in the....”

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

So dolphins see.... Ninja Turtles?

The craziest thing about that graphic is that it is probably accurate.

Interesting. It just occurred to me that all of those super-sonic “carrier killers” are impotent if they can’t be guided to a target. You’re not going to hide something like a carrier but I genuinely wonder how you’d guide something into something like a Zumwalt that you genuinely might not be able to see unless you…

Hopefully this operation will be a big success.

*ba dum tis*

I’ll see myself out.

That’s the AGM 129. It was designed as a stealthy nuclear cruise missile with an operational range of ~2,000miles. Not only was it stealthy but it also was electronically silent as it used inertial navigation and terrain contour following for guidance. Special measures were also taken to minimize its thermal…

Yeah, they’re making so much money that a domestic industry stalwart and renowned firearms manufacturer, Kalashnikov, filed for bankruptcy.

Ghawar isn’t dry yet. Which is amazing.

As SAMs gain range the grow larger. If a SAM is launched at you from, say, 200 miles away it will be pretty large, no? My point is that, at a certain point the SAM is large enough to shoot down BVR. After all, the SAM isn’t expecting to be targeted and it certainly isn’t programmed to avoid incoming ordinance.

Also,…

Contrary to what others have said here, the Tomahawk doesn’t have to fly a straight line. Newer versions have programmable flight routes to allow for 1). either hitting the target from the optimum vector (e.g. trying to hit the south side of a building even though the missile was launched from the north) or 2). to…

One of my favorite moments in TV news history was right after the shoe was thrown and Bush assumed a defensive but playful stance like “c’mon where’s the next one? I like this game.”

My own interpretation of this at the moment was that they were preparing for something else altogether and that this shooting was more of a spare-of-the-moment decision. It’s almost as if they were planning on blowing up something (that’s what pipe bombs are for, right?) but then they decided they really hated their…

N=1 sample: my parents, decades long Mercedes devotees, recently just bought a nicely spec’d XC90 and they absolutely love it.

He probably would have been much safer in jail in protective custody of some sort.

I don’t agree with Christie on a few issues but, honestly, I wish he’d gain traction. This video about changing how we approach drug abuse (treat them, don’t jail them) really hit home for me as one of my dear friends is currently battling a dual alcohol/xanax addiction.

Here you go:

I know that seems like a crazy price for a pump but I saw one in person at the Chicago Triathlon and *almost* bought one. It’s honestly a work of art.