I don’t know how accurate this is… but if it’s even *remotely* accurate, then the bodies of those who went down on the doomed Titan sub were *obliterated.*
Aug 112023
Apr 012023
So… what’s the date today…
Feb 152023
I’m selling the blueprints I’ve recently made. I can sign ’em if the buyer wants, front or back…
Saturn Ib Inboard Profile Cyanotype Blueprint
NERVA nuclear rocket engine Cyanotype Blueprint
NERVA nuclear rocket engine artwork Cyanotype Blueprint
Boeing 2707-200 SST Cyanotype Blueprint
Trident II SLBM Cyanotype Blueprint
Northrop B-2A stealth bomber Cyanotype Blueprint
A-4 (V-2) German Rocket Isometric Cutaway Cyanotype Blueprint
A-4 (V-2) German Rocket Isometric Cutaway Cyanotype Blueprint: Smaller
Wasserfall German WWII Surface to air missile Cyanotype Bluepri
USS Monitor Ironclad Cyanotype Blueprint
550 Central Park West Cyanotype Blueprint
Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) Cyanotype Blueprint
X-20 Dyna Soar/Titan IIIC Cyanotype Blueprint
Early X-20 Dyna Soar Cyanotype Blueprint
Jan 202023
I just sent files to the print shop to get transparencies of two new cyantypes. One will be a pair of 18X24 SR-71 CAD drawings by yours truly, and one will be a 12X38 vintage USS Monitor diagram. I kinda plan on doing a range of ships and submarines, based on vintage blueprints and Booklets of General Plans, if they prove popular. If interested in these, or interested in suggestions something, let me know. 
Sep 212022
These are some interesting designs for “luxury” submarine yachts, but I am far from convinced that this is anything much more than an art project.
https://www.migaloo-submarines.com/
And even if they are for real, the asking price for these things are in the *billions,* and Russian oligarchs willing to spring for such things are a little thin on the ground these days.
Sep 162022
An Aerojet diagram comparing the Trident I (C-4) and Trident II (D-5) submarine launched ballistic missiles, showing the significantly larger size of the latter
The full-rez version of this scan has been uploaded into the 2022-09 APR Extras Dropbox folder. It is available to all APR Patrons/Subscribers at the $4/month level and above. If you would like to help fund the acquisition and preservation of such things, please consider signing on either for the APR Patreon or the APR Monthly Historical Documents Program.
Sep 112022
Entertaining as always, but with a healthy dose of WTFery when he discusses the condition of the Moskva prior to being attacked. It’s… kinda astonishing. A ship that on paper was damned impressive, capable of dishing out heaps of violence, and able to defend itself from heaps of violence, turned out to be almost wholly inoperable. With an unforeseen diversion into the One True Cross, because apparently a chunk of it was on the Moskva. Whoopsie.
Sep 072022
Reminds me somewhat of DC’s recently finished-but-canceled “Batgirl” movie:
World’s biggest cruise ship is set to be sold for scrap before first voyage as owners go bankrupt: $1.6BILLION vessel was built with 20-decks and a WATER PARK
The “Global Dream II” cost more than *billion* dollars and is structurally complete but currently lacking in finishing touches (reportedly $200 million dollars to go). It’s 1,122 feet long and design to carry nine THOUSAND passengers. What astonished me the most, apart for the utter failure that this represents, is that it was apparently built indoors. The cruise line that paid for it went bankrupt and apparently could not find a buyer for the ship, so it’s to be broken up for scrap. The waste involved here is breathtaking. Think of all that could be done with a vessel like that. Granted, it’s a civilian cruise liner, and that comes with certain definite limitations; any idea of turning it into a combat vessel (it’s certainly big enough to be a creditable aircraft carrier) kinda go right out the window. But perhaps it could have made a dandy hospital ship. Or a floating apartment block.
It reminds me, because of course it does, of my “War With the Deep Ones” story “Champion of the Seas,” which you can get here:
Aug 242022
A 129-Foot Superyacht Worth Millions Sinks Off the Italian Coast
It’s not clear who owns My Saga, which sails under the Cayman Islands flag. It was built by Italian shipmaker Cantieri San Marco and designed by popular British superyacht designer Tim Heywood. The vessel, which had a teak deck and could accommodate up to 12 passengers, was one of only 1,068 motor yachts in the 35- to 40-meter size range, according to Boat International.
Nei giorni scorsi, la #GuardiaCostiera di #Crotone ha coordinato operazioni di salvataggio di passeggeri ed equipaggio di uno yacht di 40m, affondato a 9 miglia al largo di #CatanzaroMarina.
Avviata inchiesta amministrativa per individuarne le cause. #SAR #AlServizioDegliAltri pic.twitter.com/kezuiivqsM— Guardia Costiera (@guardiacostiera) August 22, 2022
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Not even remotely related, but substantially sadder:
The dugong, a marine mammal related to the manatee, is now functionally extinct in China 🐋 https://t.co/lAMZe2Gwmr
— Times Earth (@Times__Earth) August 24, 2022
China made their dugongs extinct. Good job, ya commie bastards. And pay attention you brain-addled reprobates who think that capitalism is bad for the environment: putting things into the hands of government is *worse.*
Aug 102022
A Russian-occupied Crimean air base suffered a series of impressive explosions. Some claim that Ukrainians fired long range rockets (longer range than any rockets they were though to have). The Ukrainian government suggested that special forces and partisans set off a series of explosions. The Russian government said that it was just an accident with some ammo, and that nobody was injured and no aircraft were trashed. While we still don’t know for sure what happened, satellites have passed over and hoo boy, the place is a mess.
Widespread Destruction Seen After Blasts At Russian Base In Crimea
There are a number of commercial satellite photos showing a bunch of planes turned into smoking ruins.
As some have pointed out, Russia has aircraft in reserve. Apparently they think they have access to the F-18’s on the aircraft carrier USS George Bush:
Russia Accidentally Prints “Navy Day” Posters Featuring Cruiser Moskva (Sunk last April by Ukraine); American Aircraft Carrier USS George Bush
Snerk.