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Outlaw13 — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:08:59 +0000

From my e-mail inbox…and Defense Industry Daily come s this story.

MOPping Up: The USA’s 30,000-Pound Bomb

Defense Industry Daily

Aug 04, 2011 15:08 EDT

During the Second World War, attacking heavily-protected targets like U-boat pens and protected “V-weapon” facilities was a key challenge. Enter a brilliant British engineer named Barnes Wallis, fresh off [...]

Jackass!

Outlaw13 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:16:39 +0000

From Stars and Stripes

FOB AIRBORNE, Afghanistan – In the command center, the men were laughing. A donkey-borne IED. Who would do that? Who would load a donkey with explosives and send it tottering down the road, an unwilling, unwitting suicide bomber?

But the soldiers also knew the Taliban, knew they might try anything. And [...]

Fizzle Goes The 4th

Outlaw13 — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:01:07 +0000

I’m not a TV critic but I will give this a shot, especially since CBS managed to f-up one of the greatest things I have ever seen on TV before, the Boston 4th of July celebration featuring the Boston Pops Orchestra. You’ll forgive me if I get the time-lines wrong or not know when or [...]

Bagehot: Pension the Royals Off

Rufus — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:09:04 +0000

“What, me worry?”

The entire article is here, read it! http://www.economist.com/blogs/bagehot/2011/04/british_monarchy

Excerpts follow (with apologies to Mike’s mom!)

…The mood of the British public is harder to gauge. The press is full of dresses and hats, but also of opinion polls saying that barely a half of the British are interested in [...]

Do Old People Wear Diapers? Depends.

Floyd — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:44:54 +0000

According to scientists at UC San Francisco — OK social scientists but still — old people who are in early stages of dementia and other neurological maladies may be detected by their inability to detect lies or sarcasm. Turns out old Statler and Waldorf here can dish it out, but they may not be [...]

There Goes A Witch On A Bicycle

Outlaw13 — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:11:00 +0000

Check out this video I stole from 67 Cougar. Having grown up in Thunderstorm/Tornado country I’ve seen a lot of storms, but nothing like this one. These people who dive into storms and such need their heads examined.

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Boom Boom Boom!

Floyd — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:00:41 +0000

Quite a send off for Uncle Gerald. I don’t know the backstory other than this was a send off in memory of said uncle.

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More Things Blowing Up (UPDATED WITH MORE KABOOM!)

Outlaw13 — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:00:58 +0000

This is footage of testing of the AGM-114 Hellfire missile. From personal experience I can tell you that this is an awesome weapons system.

and finally, complete with mucho Soldier language (NOT SAFE FOR CHILDREN OR PETS) the Hellfire in actual use…

That’s Why its Called a HELLfire Missile - Watch [...]

Things Blowing Up

Outlaw13 — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:23:14 +0000

Thing(s) being in this case a T-72 Russian Main Battle Tank.

For those who don’t know, TOW stands for Tube launched Optically tracked Wire guided missile, in the US Army they are carried on M-2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles, and Stryker wheeled vehicles. It used to be the primary anti-tank weapon on the AH-1S and [...]

The End of the Beginning

Floyd — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:50:49 +0000

Bill Whittle knocks another one out of the park… well worth your 9 minutes.

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