The USAF’s reference design for an operational space based laser missile defense platform, circa 1990. Details such as mass and dimensions remain elusive, although the fact that it was to be launched by a “Titan V” might be instructive.
Jan 312020
Jan 182020
While I want this, there are two things I want more:
1: Enough money to actually *run* one of these things
2: A change in the ridiculous laws that prevent me from owning one of these things.
Jan 162020
YouTube threw a few random things at me that are… ummmm…
Devin Townsend Project’s “March of the Poozers.” So this is what happens when sci-fi meets metal:
“Guns Akimbo,” the most Aussie movie about Harry Potter with gun-hands you’ll see all week:
Jan 142020
Junior anti-human rights fascist David Hogg is continung to try to stay relevant by updating his “look,” as if anyone but the most shallow and venal celebritards actually give a damn about such things. So he posts a photo to Twitter, and the reactions… well, they’re not especially kind.
And so:
looking good. you're growing up to be such a stunning woman.
— Jim Bentley (@JimBentley22) January 10, 2020
I’m so proud of you for transitioning
— will finchman (@FinchmanWill) January 11, 2020
.Another Image?! 🤔🙄👇 pic.twitter.com/pZgtOK6tKY
— Gil Coleman 🇧🇷🇺🇸 (@Gilcoleman) January 11, 2020
You’re going to get a lot of people killed in your lifetime
And they’ll love you for it
— Fedorable The Horrible (@FedorableH) January 11, 2020
Jan 022020
US tests missile previously banned under arms control treaty with Russia
This was actually a few weeks ago, but it’s always good to see that the US is still capable of producing new weapons. Especially weapons to counter treaty-violating weapons tested by Russia.
Dec 292019
Two “house of worship” attempted massacres in as many days. The second time, a schmuck with a shotgun tries to take out a church in Texas. And this time, he got about five seconds into doing his thing when *he* got shot. The video makes for interesting viewing if you’re into that sort of thing… and it makes for an *impressive* bit of marksmanship, as one guy caps the badguy in the noggin with a single shot from across the room after a fast draw. The *first* guy to get shot telegraphed his draw, which is probably why he got shot. If you don’t like seeing random churchgoers getting shot, this is not a video to watch. If you want to see villains getting shot, then this is a video to watch. If you want to learn what to do and not to do, then this should prove helpful. An important lesson here: a slow draw, if someone is pointing a shotgun at you, will get you shot first. Learn to draw fast and shoot accurately… or keep your weapon out of sight. I am all in favor of open carry for those who want to, but this video points out the problem of letting badguys know that you are armed: they’ll shoot you first.
No info as yet about the who/why of the shooter. However, we do know this: Presidential Candidate Gropey Joe Biden would, had he had his way, have had this incident be a lot bloodier:
Biden Attacked Texas Governor For Signing Law Letting Churchgoers Carry Guns: ‘Totally Irrational’
Dec 272019
I don’t drink coffee, but I like Black Rifle Coffee. They know their audience.
Dec 252019
Gimmy the Winter Solstice Goblin has a gift for the people of Virginia:
Virginia Governor Northam Increases Corrections Budget In Anticipation Of Jailing Gun Owners
Anyone with a brain recognizes that anything even *remotely* resembling a civil war in the US would be a tragedy of monumental proportions and should be avoided. The only people who might benefit from such an event would be Americas geopolitical adversaries. Which makes one wonder why the Virginia Democrats are working so hard to make another civil war happen. Perhaps the Democratic Party should be broken up under RICO statutes, and higher ranking members investigated by the FBI for possible collusion with the Russians?
Dec 232019
Who would have expected that *Virginia* would be the state with the most restrictive gun-grabber laws?
Repeat after these Democrat talking points:
“Nobody is coming to take your guns.” Except, of course, when they are. And in one of the most hilariously ironic headlines of the last decade…
‘The law is the law’: Virginia Democrats float prosecution and National Guard deployment if police don’t enforce gun control
Democrats have repeatedly called for making speech they disagree with illegal, for ignoring the Constitution where it suits them, for using nuclear weapons on American citizens who simply want to be left alone. How is that somehow less impeachment worthy than whatever they frak they were babbling about with Trump?
Dec 212019
I’ve been looking for diagrams of the Vulcan for decades. Anybody?
UPDATE: Stumbled across this…
https://www.germanmanuals.com/images/TheMGunV5.pdf
Not the *perfect* diagrams for my M61 Vulcan needs, but adequate… and with buckets of other stuff. The first is one volume of five on machine guns… “The Machine Gun” by USMC Colonel George Chinn. I’d rather have the actual book itself than an indifferent scan… but on Abebooks, the only complete set of volumes 1-5 runs a modest $850. So oddly enough, I suddenly find myself satisfied with the scan.
And to a lesser degree this:
http://www.check-six.com/lib/NavEdTra-14313.pdf
Put together…. a *vast* supply of diagrams for guns, bombs and missiles. Handy for model makers and such.