Nukes over Ukraine

 Crazy, Hmm..., news, nukes, politics, russian empire, weapons, ಠ_ಠ  9 Responses »
Mar 162015
 

Here’s some good news:

Russia was ready to put nuclear forces on alert over Crimea, Putin says

Couple this with Putins recent vanishing act, and ya really gotta wonder what the hell’s going on over there. It’s getting harder and harder to *not* see Putin as an old-school Bond villain. Well, at least maybe the nuclear winter will counter the global warming. Glad to know we have such spectacular leadership in the US government these days to stand up to these shenanigans and rally the nation in a potential time of crisis.

 Posted by at 3:41 pm

The very best thing you’ll read all day.

 awesomeness, blather, Crazy, dumbassery, Hmm..., humor, news, religion, weapons, ಠ_ಠ  5 Responses »
Mar 112015
 

So, the trial of Boston Bomber Joker Whatshisname continues. Recently revealed evidence includes the inside of the boat where he was eventually found. He had scrawled a message on the inside of the boat, sort of a short-form manifesto explaining the Surt-worshipping creed that had caused him to decided blowing up random civilians was a good idea. And after he scribbled it… the cops showed up and poked some holes in the side of the boat with firearms. As a result, some of the missive was lost, due to having a sudden appearance of a bullethole. Thus the transcript uses [hole] where a bit of the original text was shot out. And the results are… well, entertaining.

I’m jealous of my brother who

ha [hole] ceived the reward of jannutul Firdaus (inshallah)

before me. I do not mourn because his soul is

very much alive. God has a plan for each person.

Mine was to hide in his boat and shed some

light on our actions I ask Allah to make me a

shahied (iA) to allow me to return to him and

be among all the righteous people in the highest levels

of heaven.

He who Allah guides no one can misguide

A [hole] bar!

I bear witness that there is no God but Allah

and that Muhammad is his

messenger [hole] r actions came

with [hole] a [hole] ssage and that

is [hole] ha Illalah. The U.S.

Government is killing our innocent

civilians but most of you already

know that. As a M[hole] I can’t

stand to see such evil go unpunished,

we Muslims are one body, you hurt

one you hurt us all, well at least that’s

how Muhammad (pbuh) wanted it to be [hole] ever,

the ummah is beginning to rise/awa [hole]

has awoken the mujahideen, know you are

fighting men who look into the barrel of your

gun and see heaven, now how can you compete

with that. We are promised victory and we

will surely get it. Now I don’t like killing

innocent people it is forbidden in Islam

but due to said [hole] it is allowed.

All credit goes to [hole].

Heh.

 Posted by at 3:52 pm

Impro Guns

 art, awesomeness, weapons  8 Responses »
Mar 032015
 

Whenever you’re feeling down and losing faith in humanity, check out this blog:

Impro Guns

It’s loaded with photos of improvised/home-made firearms from around the world. Some are *incredibly* crude. Some are extremely professional-looking. All serve as reminders that, no matter how poor you are or how restrictive and totalitarian the government, there are people who have the initiative and cleverness to take a box of scraps and turn it into something useful.

The triple-barreled shotgun pistol from Brazil actually looks kinda spiffy. Might just be a cut-down “professional” gun, though.

 

 Posted by at 12:43 pm

Here we go…

 Forward!, Hmm..., I'm from the government, Meh., news, Obamazombies, politics, weapons, ಠ_ಠ  3 Responses »
Feb 272015
 

A few years ago, people started realizing that 3D printers and small CNC mills were going to revolutionize not just general manufacturing, but firearms manufacturing in particular. How can the government regulate firearms, when you can simply print one – or a dozen – up in your own home?

Well, a way to throttle innovation has been implemented: fear.

FedEx And UPS Refuse to Ship a Digital Mill That Can Make Untraceable Guns

A small CNC mill, designed expressly to be able to mill out AR-15 receivers, is a perfectly legal device. It’s just a complex power tool. You don’t need to have any sort of license to own or operate such a thing. But FedEx and UPS have decided to chicken out on shipping them because they are afraid that they will be set upon by the government.

Couple this with the Obama administrations recent realization that while it cannot infringe on the freedom of the press it can ban ink, things are starting to look interesting in the world of organized gun-grabbing.

 Posted by at 1:29 am

PDF Review: 1973 Senate testimony on Agile

 aircraft, drawings, history, Patreon, rockets, weapons  5 Responses »
Feb 262015
 

A PDF pieced together from scans found on the Secret Projects forum of Senate testimony on the AIM-95 Agile air-to-air missile. Agile was, as the name might suggest, a close-in “dogfighting” missile, an attempt to incorporate the hard lessons learned by the USAF and USN getting their tails kicked in the skies over Viet Nam by scrappy Russian dogfighters pilots by scrappy Vietnamese pilots. The main advantage that the Agile provided over the Sidewinder was that the infra-red seeker was capable of looking further off boresight… in other words, you didn’t need to point the plane at the enemy before the missile could get a lock-on. While the AIM-95 Agile apparently worked just fine, it was simply cheaper to upgrade the Sidewinder.

The AIM-95 would be steered via vectoring the nozzle rather than aerodynamic control fins. Initial targeting was planned to be done by having a sight integrated into the pilots helmet.. where he looked, the missile looked. The AIM-95 was intended for use by the F-14 and then the F-15 as well, but it never entered service.

The PDF file is HERE.

agile

Much more aerospace stuff is available via the APR Patreon.

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 Posted by at 2:06 am

Warballs

 Hmm..., weapons, youtube  7 Responses »
Feb 132015
 

The “Guardbot” concept for a spherical recon/blow-stuff-up robot.

Note: If you’re sick and tired of listening to your co-workers bitch about things… crank up the volume on these videos. The music will cause your eardrums to fragment.

 Posted by at 9:39 am

“Hey, baby, wanna see my big railgun?”

 awesomeness, news, weapons  4 Responses »
Jan 242015
 

US Navy to publicly show their amazing railgun for the first time ever

The US Navy will publicly show their formidable railgun at the Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo in Washington D.C. on February 4.

A little vague on what’s meant by “publicly show.” Somehow I have doubts that this will include “publicly demonstrate by shooting a shell from D.C. into midtown Manhattan.”

 Posted by at 10:24 pm
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