Dear sweet holy Coefficient of Drag that thing is gorgeous. Impractical and cramped from B Pillar back but so damn sexy.

Is there a way to link the AW pictures on here? I’m not a AW Subscriber and can’t see them. Or is that a copy right violation?

I hate to say it... but they ruined that plane. Specifically the contra-rotating prop ruins that plane. While still a beautiful aircraft something of its former power and elegance has been lost. The prop assembly’s axis of rotation doesn’t seem to be aligned with the long axis of the airframe. The props are also…

I noticed that too. Other jets look tall and spindly on their wheels. The F22 looks very low slung. I kinda like it that way. Bet its a Giant PITA to work on/around that low.

Komatsu HD465-7 Yeah I can see that as a possiiblity! Good call on the diesel tanks. One hit and this could have been stopped in its tracks.

we’ll just differentiate them as AirHogs and GroundHogs.

If I had to venture a guess. And this is a completely uneducated one at that, but my guess is that the SyA’s leadership is politically appointed rather meritoriously appointed. The leaders are expecting someone else (the US and Coalition forces most likely) to step in and save them. They are running under the…

I dunno if this makes me a bad person or not, but I’m far more upset at the destruction of the Temple in Palmyra than I am at the attempted capture of the T4 airbase.

And just read the links in the article. The Sanctuary of Bel has been destroyed.

Well I don’t know much about the situation, far less than Mr Rogoway. But they could have known it was coming with surveillance but just not had the firepower on hand to stop a Mad-Max style armored suicide dumptruck. I have no idea how long it takes to scramble a strike craft, get it on station, and deploy munitions.…

This is for a 7557x truck (slightly larger than a 7544x model but not by much) but its the only one I’ve found full specs on.

Length: 10,350mm, 407in, 34ft
Width: 5,400mm, 212in, 17.5ft
Height: 5,34mm, 210in, 17.5ft

payload: 90mt (90,000kg) or 190,000 lbs
Engine: QST 30-c
Power: 730Kw , 979hp
Torque: 4,630 N*m @ 1300rpm ,…

Is that belly fat sweat on Gadaffi there?

I wold hoon the ever loving crap outta that thing. And I actually like the Miata based Himiko. But I don’t fit in a Miata...I do however fit in an S13 so... FUCK IT! I’d rock that bitch EVERYWHERE.

This 15 minute edit rule is killing me. Kinja your interface is crap too by the way.
After looking more at the belAZ I think I got the scale wrong. I’d actually say its a BelAZ 75450 looking at the cab overhang, bed shape, and wheel configuration. BelAZ is quite prolific in their production of different series and…

Actually looking closer at the BelAZ I think I got the scale wrong. I’d actually say its a belAZ 75450 looking at the wheel config, bed shape, and cab overhang. Still a monster but not on quite the same scale as the BelAZ 75214. Seeing that it’s probably a much smaller truck, it would be A LOT easier to conceal its…

This... abomination (a BelAZ 75214 if I guess right)... seems like it would have been the ideal target for a coalition air strike. Max speed is 40-45 mph so it couldn’t out run or dodge an air strike. (and what I would not give to see an A-10 BRRrrrrrrrTTTTttttt that thing into oblivion) Since the T4 airbase is…

Interesting! I wish we had more pictures of the device. specifically the other end to see if there was a propeller or thruster of some sort. Given the rounded cone on one end, it does look to be designed to move along it’s long axis with the cone being the front. As to whose “under water torpedo thingy” it is I have…

Actually... they aren’t that impressive. They’re just arrays of smaller speakers.
I’m just guessing at some of these dimension, and given the DMZ’s speakers purpose they are probably a bit more powerful than the ones quoted here but..
80 Watts RMS.
Nominal Impedance: 16 Ohms.
70 Volt Transformer Tapping at 80 / 40 /…

There’s nothing really to give it scale. My brain looks at it and assumes normal 8 foot ceiling and its just a scale model. Its hard to look at the pictures and think “ that ceiling is the height of a 6 story building. That the wingspan is the same as a 737, that its the same as a small stadium, just enclosed.” I’d…

That’s pretty damn cool. Definitely right with the Sci-Fi feel. I’ve seen those done for acoustic deadening work, that’s the first I’ve seen the same principle used for EM spectrum. I was a bit confused until I read the full article. Those Volumes are HUGE. Great work as always and thanks for writing articles like…