Recent content by Kirkhill

Aye. There's a plan. Wait until there's a threat and then we'll figure out what to do about it and conjure a response.

https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_tech/us_navy_also_bets_on_eram_cruise_missiles_ukraine_already_fires_at_russians_orders_anti_ship_versions_of_both_rusty_dagger_and_raacm_for_135m-19534.html

16 Low Cost Cruise Missiles in a 20 ft Seacan Range beyond 500 NM (926 km) 45 kg payload 150-250 KUSD per missile https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2026/u-s-tests-containerized-missile-to-expand-low-cost-land-and-maritime-precision-strike-capacity

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/96ef8fb403794acb https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/f4648c89e98d82f9 Kalmar Union Hanseatic League Grand Alliance of 1689 Grand Alliance of 1701 Anglo-Austrian Alliance of 1731 Anglo-Prussian Alliances of 1756 The Seven Revolutionary and Napoleonic Coalitions of...

US - UK - Australia - Canada - New Zealand - France - Germany Space coalition. https://defence-industry.eu/u-s-space-force-says-seven-nation-olympic-defender-coalition-shifts-from-information-sharing-to-combined-space-operations/

Munitions jobs on the rise. Still small. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/munitions-jobs-jump-by-half-as-britain-rebuilds-stocks/

Standardization - The Ukrainians have developed a common standard for their fibre optic drones. The standards are public and available to all suppliers...

The Littoral Combat Ship and Joint High Speed Vessels started with a USMC charter of an Aussie ferry. The USN has moved towards commercial supply of Medium and Large USVs as well as commercial supply of ocean surveillance. Now the USMC, which has been at odds with the USN over what a transport...

https://www.marineinsight.com/video-unmanned-surface-vessel-fires-2-jagm-missiles-during-rimpac-2026-off-hawaii/ The launch platform was a 20 m sail-powered Saildrone Surveyor with solar cells and diesel auxiliiary designed for long range, long endurance operations...

And in Germany https://militarnyi.com/en/news/germany-invests-12-billion-in-its-own-cruise-and-hypersonic-missiles/

Further to.... https://taskandpurpose.com/news/new-york-national-guard-prison/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesfarrell/2024/03/09/national-guard-now-patrolling-nyc-subway-heres-what-it-looks-like-photos/...

Another example of Ukraine focused development financed by European government funds. All by-passing the conventional appropriation and development systems and creating new options for governments...

https://united24media.com/defense-tech/lockheed-found-a-way-to-cut-a-pac-3-mse-missiles-price-in-half-but-it-comes-with-a-major-catch-21901 https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-just-tested-a-pink-missile-that-could-shape-europes-future-air-shield-19505...

True commercial hardware atomic clocks are about the size of a matchbook and cost roughly $1,500 to $4,500 USD. However, the size and price vary drastically depending on whether you are looking for a standard consumer wall clock or a high-precision scientific instrument. 1. Consumer "Atomic"...

On quantum clocks Quantum and optical atomic clocks are the most precise instruments ever made by humans, achieving fractional systematic uncertainties and inconsistencies below the 10⁻¹⁸ level, meaning they would drift by less than one second over billions of years. Accuracy (Systematic...