“Officer Downe,” which seems to evade realism at every turn. I *do* want to get a better look at his gun, though…. I suspect it’s especially extra-wrong.
Oct 122016
Oct 072016
I’m old enough to remember the time I thought “Yay! The threat of global thermonuclear war is over!”
Sigh.
Russia moving nuclear-capable missiles into Kaliningrad, says Estonia
And…
Russia tells citizens ‘nuclear war with the West could happen soon’
And…
Russia Adds Hundreds of Warheads Under Nuclear Treaty
And…
Army Warns that Future War with Russia or China Would Be ‘Extremely Lethal and Fast’
Gosh, I guess it’s a good thing that in the coming years the US will be helmed by strong, wise leadership…
Oct 022016
The HSV-2 Swift was a slick catamaran built in 2002 by an Australian shipbuilder to compete in a US Navy program. It did not win, and while it was leased to the US Navy for a number of years it remained a privately owned vessel, and in 2015 was leased to the UAE’s National Marine Dredging Company.
And then in late September, some jackhole in Yemen with an anti-ship missile turned it into a flaming pile of floating aluminum rubble.
Was:
Is:
Note the repeated use of the ever present Phrase That Pays (to duck when you hear it) during the early shots of the ship on fire.
Sep 272016
Yeah, we’ve all seen videos of ICBM launches. But how many videos have you seen of the *other* end of the flight, with the RV’s smacking into the target zone? This video documents a launch of a Minuteman III from Vandenberg AFB in California to the impact of the three warheads (w/o nukes) in Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands.
It’s just plain impressive to see those RVs come screaming in, glowing so hot that they light up the clouds.
Sep 082016
This has been a dreadful summer for motion picture box office receipts, with some big, big bombs. But then there were surprise hits like “Sausage Party” which cost relatively little to make ($19 M) and raked in more than $90 M domestically. The lesson? Maybe smaller is better. For example, this short film, “Never Met Her.” It is NSFW. It is a fact-based little yarn about a recent protest at the University of Texas-Austin where a bunch of anti-gun protesters decided to carry sex toys around public for some reason (watch out, kids, you might cut yourself being so durned edgy).
Unsurprisingly, some snowflakes got triggered.
Aug 212016
Do you suffer the heartache of having just way too much 5.56mm ammo, with no way to burn through it all? Empty Shell, LLC, has the answer! Their XM556 Microgun is the hand-held minigun you’ve been waiting for (assuming you are a government agency, because unlike civilians, government agencies can *always* be trusted).
Rate of fire: up to 4,000 rounds/minute.
This thing *really* needs to be mounted on a steadicam harness.
Now, what *practical* applications are there for a weapon like this? A similar gun, the XM214, was built in prototype form by General Electric. It never found much use outside Hollywood (T2 and Predator, a few others), largely because the 5.56 round, despite what the media says, is not a particularly high power round, and the range is distinctly limited. So since the XM556 has even shorter barrels, meaning lower muzzle velocity and higher dispersion, it’ll be even less accurate. So, what can it be used for?
- Point defense of high value targets. Mounted on escort vehicles alongside VIP limos and the like. Mounted behind gates at military bases and nuclear power plants.
- A micro-CIWS. Attach to a small millimeter-wave radar and blow mortar and drones out of the sky.
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Aug 052016
Aug 032016
Eric Greitens for Governor of Missouri.
Sigh. *Again* with the wrong sound effect for the Minigun…
And this:
Jul 072016
This here is a downright interesting weapon:
Jul 042016
Generally, a knife is one of the most astoundingly useful tools you can own. But this knife, the “Jagdkommando Tri-Dagger Knife,” has traded general utility for being useful for one thing: stabbing things.
There are several variants of the knife available, different sizes and materials. And the prices are… kinda high. Is it a quality knife, worth the price? I dunno.
Guess what, though: some people don’t like it, and don’t want you to have it. In all probability this is because they are honestly weenies who live in fear, but there is always the possibility of some deeper conspiracy: the knife makers made a knife specifically design to enrage the trigglodytes, *and*they hired some of the triggly mouthpieces to rail against it. What better way to gin up sales?
What’s the Point of a Dagger Clearly Designed for Killing?
Perhaps I live in a different la-la land, but this doesn’t make any sense to me or anyone else at Gizmodo. So please someone explain. Or let’s get over with it and make this stupid thing illegal.
” I don’t want this. Therefore it should be illegal.” The plaintive cry of the totalitarian.
Some versions on Amazon, should you want to spend a bucket of money on something you probably won’t get a whole lot of direct use out of, but might enjoy if for no other reason than to scare the trigglies:
Microtech MT105-1TAM Mini Jagdkommando Tri-Blade Knife
Microtech MT105-7TIM Mini Jagdkommando Titanium Tri-Blade Knife
Microtech Jagdkommando Knife, Titanium, 12 5/8in.
