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Aren't they already subpoenaing tesla for their security footage?

For sure, just definitely not a unique concern for Chinese EVs, or anything necessarily nefarious either. Subaru does the same thing on my new car, and it was weird getting a notification on the app that my washer fluid was low when the signal came in. This kind of service is actually being...

Google, Facebook, Apple and others know your daily routine, what your interests are, etc and sell that on the open market for advertisers, on top of a lot of people already posting their lives all over public social media. I'd be far more worried about what's on a cell phone that always have...

Sure, for some 3rd line DWPs, but out of area DWPs do create a lot of extra LOE, especially when you have small pools of SMEs for critical work. 2nd line repair capacity on both coasts is also another big issue, and that's something that you can't really do effectively out of area for any...

God forbid they defend themselves from an invasion, this got people killed. This does highlight the importance of not relying on privately controlled infrastructure and equipment, as well as the evils of the oligarchy and outsized influence on multinationals on safety and security.

Keep in mind that it's sailors from the right occupations, as well as experience and seniority, which is why reducing attrition is critical. Some of the 'new' people we would need in 10 years take 15-20 years to grow. Don't forget civilian support at schools, repair facilities etc, as well as...

For the size of our coastline, as well as remoteness of it from everyone else, we could invest in a lot of effective monitoring and defence other than warships, and the upgrade to the FOLs with give us a lot easier reach with plans for rapid deployment of real combat assets. Warships are super...

No, this actually speaks to why we need to be part of NATO and deploy in task groups with mixed fleets. Other countries do a much better job at focusing on core capabilities; we take really capable designs and reduce their effectiveness by trying to get them to do more functions with competing...

Thats awesome, keep it up! Progress, not perfection! I'm 6'1" and was something like 155 lbs when I did mine the first time, so leaned back too far with too big of a stride, and went kind of vertical like a looney toons,

That's a great video from PSP, nice that they are all simple exercises you can do with almost no equipment (the front loaded reverse lunges are easy to do with a dumbell, kettleball, etc). This is one of those tests where physics makes a huge difference, someone short and heavy has a big...

The combat vulnerability assessment process for the RCD is really interesting with the modeling that has already been done using systems like Purple Fire. There is a pretty interesting article in Nature about the process and outcomes on a fake ship; but they basically look at attacks from all...

If you are talking naval bombardment specifically, you get much better bang for your buck out of something like the 5" gun coming with RCD than a packup of missiles, and also the logistics of resupply is both much faster and much easier. So you can keep it on station longer, doing a lot more...

Probably for the same reason carrier strike groups have large screening groups around them for active defence. You could have drones augment it, but hard to do away with it. Automation past a certain point also costs an absolute fortune to build and maintain, so actual combat recoverability...

The USN and RN are generally pulling back on that for large ships. It really only makes sense on smaller drones that are effectively mobile sensor suites. USN crewing model is generally not a good comparison anyway, as they are far more bloated by comparison to everyone else with 'one job per...

This meme is way too relatable lately.

The QC Releve 1 are a nightmare; I got audited last year because CRA can't see my R1 so I had to actually mail it in (because my CRA online wasn't working). Lot of people in the NCR and other spots along the border live in one and work in the other so always creates a hassle, and the actual...

No, but that's the expectation when you have a ship worth several hundred million dollars, and the autonomous ships very quickly become 'optionally crewed' with sailors always on them. Similarly as soon as high tech sensor arrays, weapon systems and crypto are onboard they expect physical...

The issue is it doesn't scale up or is easily deployable at any real distance. A few semi-autonomous small drones running near your home port, or something like MCM drones off a mothership? Sure. But you can't forward deploy it without a home base to come back to like you can with a crewed ship...

I was leaving OT div as that was starting, it was pretty brutal to see. We also would occasionally get CFTPOs from the school for critical vacancies, which was particularly stupid as courses got cancelled/delayed, and after a few of those in a row they just asked to be posted to a ship so they...

Not going to lie, coming up to my 25 and keeping Thales and a few others in mind. Probably would be telling the RCN the same specialist advice as the previous 5 years, but may actually listen with a corporate letterhead. Still can't believe the Mun program hasn't gotten stood back up, and we...