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https://www.sandboxx.us/news/the-gatling-gun-the-first-machine-gun/

When this becomes this we might infer this .... Orkneys. 3700 BC and the bowl at the top was all the fashion. The characteristic feature is the round bottom. It is known as Unstan Ware and was found in a particular type of cairn or mausoleum like that at the Knap o' Howar By...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchy Pournelle's corollary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pournelle All hail the community organizer.

I wanted to take another run at this one. Without the snark this time. I can get a bit tetchy on the subject. At times it has been hard to know if I am a Canadian or not. I could have had a lot more holidays if I had accepted every offer to send me back where I came from. Born in Scotland...

This article may be a bit stale. It is from May 2023. https://www.afcea.org/signal-media/defense-operations/us-army-turns-focus-division-level Constant change. Continuous improvement. What is it the air types call it? Relaxed stability? Aircraft that are designed to be unstable so as to...

https://www.forces.net/services/navy/hms-dragon-nears-return-action-after-major-refit Name Dragon Ordered December 2000 Builder BVT Surface Fleet Yard number 1064[3] Laid down 19 December 2005 Launched 17 November 2008 These ships were troubled by their new electric-drive...

RN taking 4x 21m Patrol Craft (crew of 5 each) to the Arctic Circle for northern exercises.

2012 - Canadian owned mine seized by local rebels and forced to cease operations. 2018 - local government hires Wagner mercenaries to clear out the rebels 2020 - Wagner seizes the mine 2020 - Wagner starts operating the mine for its own benefit, independent of both the local government and the...

Software over hardware - or getting more out of the hardware available https://defensescoop.com/2024/01/24/air-force-2025-budget-preview/

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/houthi-missiles-do-far-more-damage-to-trade-than-to-actual-ships-1.2024212 Contributing factors? My guesses. Very big ships. Heavily compartmentalized (Maersk Triple Es carry 18,000 40 foot sea cans - each one a separate watertight compartment). Small crews (13...

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-01-16/army-infantry-armor-lieutenants-transfers-12695752.html

Couldn't find one so making one Starting with Sir John A. MacDonald Greg Piasetzki: McMaster University's ignorant apology over Sir John A. Macdonald Day Attacks on Canada's first prime minister show no effort at a balanced review of the historical record Author of the article: Greg Piasetzki...

Robber entered store. Demanded money. Struck clerk. Was disarmed. Fled and was beaten while fleeing. Hospitalized. Clerk charged with assault...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/banking/worked-bank-of-england-economic-forecasts-cannot-be-trusted/

Moving this discussion to its own thread.

https://www.wearethemighty.com/military-news/spacex-selling-starshield-will-be-a-gamechanger/

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/11/01/konstantin_kisin_we_are_in_the_fight_of_our_lives.html

We have discussed APS (Active Protection Systems) in the context of tanks but I think it is time we considered the APS as a system unto itself. APS is now being installed on tanks, IFVs, APCs, support vehicles and 4x4s as well as under consideration for static applications. Which leads me to...

https://breakingdefense.com/2023/10/army-modernizing-moving-to-multi-vendor-approach-for-aging-fires-system/ Highlighting again the ability to modify software on the fly and make optimum use of existing kit and rapidly deployable new technologies.