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While the idea being shown upthread has obvious similarities to a quadcopter, the Isreali's are developing a machine for similar purposes which resembles the concept first pioneered in the late 1950's by the Piasecki VZ-8 Airgeep. Two ducted rotors are placed front and rear of the machine, with...

Actually "retro future" armour, but here is an interesting article about a Soviet future tank project from the 1980's, Objekt 490. While the mechanical complexity of the design suggests that it would be very difficult for the Soviets to have actually built and maintained in the 1980's, it is...

Given the article's title and poll give us a false binary (Trudeau or Trump), I'll suggest it actually tells us something different. The people who indicate they support Trump are neither Liberal or Conservative, but Populist, and believe that the current structures and institutions do not...

There are lots of good works about the Spartans, and opinions running the full range of the spectrum (Victor Davis Hanson calls Sparta an "Apartheid State" based on the nature of the Helot slave economy, but most other reputable works I've read are pretty balanced). Of course I'm also a bit...

While in principle I agree totally, the little voice in the back of my head is asking "what is the proper equipment, anyway"? There are lots of theoretical countermeasures that one might take, but who's to say which one is the correct one? Or what do we say if it turns out the wonder kit we...

Trudeau just gutted the Cold War military. Don't forget there were just over 3000 members of the "Permanent Militia" in the years prior to WWII....

The loading system seems similar to the USMC's "Dragonfire 2" experiment. The Dragonfire 2 actually was designed to fit inside a LAV chassis (although I suspect it was a modified LAV 25 mortar carrier which usually held an 81mm mortar). There are plenty of turreted mortars out there already, it...

While true, since Instapundit is a libertarian you would expect that libertarian sites might predominate, but the site features links to a multitude of different sites which have different ideological biases. And since the links are also multi national, what is "liberal" or "conservative" in the...

This should fix everything:

The best way to create a holistic picture is to look at it from all angles. The Instapundit web site is perhaps the closest example, since they choose to post articles and links to a multitude of sites, from corporate media from throughout the world, to bloggers and other websites. It doesn't...

While this may have been discussed before, I have not found any mention. During the Soviet era, the USSR created hyper detailed maps of many Western cities. Those maps were almost like the Google Maps of its day, as they not only documented every street and avenue, but also the measurements and...

One of the larger problems with this sort of debate is the lack of nuance. Lee is castigated upthread for "White Supremacy", even though he joined the Confederacy due to his feeling for Virginia as the seat of his allegiance rather than "These United States" (as the nation was actually called at...

After reading and re reading parts of this thread, I might suggest a bit of a frame change. While I am all for economies of scale and logistical compatibility, the political will and institutional ability to augment our fleet of LAV's (even for the Regular Force) simply isn't there. The time to...

Trying to find the piece where I read this, but Neil Peart was evidently so talented that he heard a percussion piece from another band and worked to recreate it. When he played it in a studio, the engineers were amazed, since (they told him) the piece he was playing had been sped up in the...

A bit sideways to the topic, but a new generaton of AIP fuel cells has been developed in France. Assuming the Victoria'c continue in service, this looks like a possible upgrade at some future refit: https://strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20200213.aspx

The next US tank may simply have new ammunition. This has been worked on as far back as the 1960's (the gun/launcher of the M 551), but there was some very interesting work in the late 1980's, such as TERM (Tank Extended Range Munitions), a form of top attack round fried from the main cannon...

While this is conventional wisdom, I wonder how true this actually is? The rise of populism around the world is showing that the ole "left/right" divide that we grew up with don't really seem valid anymore, and appeals to voters now need to take many different factors into account. The other...

Possible shape of the economic reset after the Coronavirus fades or burns out: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4323286-china-brutal-post-coronavirus-economic-reset Long article, but well worth the read

Saw 1917, and was impressed by the technical prowess of the director in making the film appear to be a "single shot" (like "Russian ArK". However, I found the story to be somewhat lacking, and felt little connection to the characters. In many ways, it was like watching the greatest training...

As a USAF plane, it would be the "Super Thunderchief"