@actualjib Avatar @actualjib John Boland (JIB)

John Boland (JIB) posts on X about this is, if you, bit, fun the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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Social category influence stocks 1.4% social networks 1.4% technology brands 1.4% countries 0.7% finance 0.7% celebrities 0.7%

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Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @andrewperpetua @davidhambling @david_hambling @heatloss1986 @pcrudy @docstrangelove2 @kryptanko @trotes936897 @bdv_666_ssj4 @eltoro @louisvillegun @ned_snark @ginandconflict @navigoboom @xaraphim @realairpower1 @planefag @armoredwar @assaultclip @usgraphics

Top assets mentioned Wink (WINK) Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (MLM)

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Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@stefan_salaices @SciGuySpace You're in for a real treat. Here's a popular excerpt concerning one of the most difficult to handle deadly substances known to man which was considered as rocket fuel (of course)"
X Link 2026-01-31T23:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@heatloss1986 @AlexLuck9 I crave the single engine propfan"
X Link 2026-02-03T10:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Machinists and conceptually related people: what are your favorite machines you've used in terms of "this sucks least." Bonus points for less conventional stuff and fewer axes"
X Link 2026-02-07T14:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"They should make turnkey machine shops. One line item. I want to buy four shipping containers and have everything already there maybe including a little machinist homunculus but I understand that those are very dangerous"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Do Fraisa or Kennametal offer like a grab bag or "surprise me" service"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@gak_pdx Greg can you advise me on some machines / quote me some machines"
X Link 2026-02-07T23:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Dunetsk :) you know what I'm gonna say. This could be even more killy-er"
X Link 2026-02-08T11:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@sisakuheiki Cost was mainly a result of the ATK programmable fuze which remains extraordinarily expensive now that Orbital ATK is Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems. Other factors included the fire control system (which came down quite a lot IIRC Brashear did a good job)"
X Link 2026-02-08T11:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"RT @Ekaeoq: With the upcoming reveal of the first Viktor model tomorrow I wanted to share the very first prototype once more : Needless"
X Link 2026-02-10T00:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@David_Hambling I'm not so sure. As defenses proliferate and UAS performance increases you're either already shot down or hitting the target whether you want to or not at this kind of range"
X Link 2026-02-10T12:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Smh @krus_chiki can't even take a scenic drive on vacation without paparazzi hounding him. What's happened this morning on Lecce-Brindisi highway was absolute dreadful and wild. The bandits engaged a firefight with Carabinieri two of them were arrested. https://t.co/u5bdohCtZ2 What's happened this morning on Lecce-Brindisi highway was absolute dreadful and wild. The bandits engaged a firefight with Carabinieri two of them were arrested. https://t.co/u5bdohCtZ2"
X Link 2026-02-10T13:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@AndrewPerpetua @David_Hambling They aren't going away but they also won't run amok entirely unopposed. They WILL improve substantially in performance in response to increasingly compact and distributed CUAS weapons but that's how all such races go. Air defense also didn't end planes"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@AndrewPerpetua @David_Hambling I would also like to remind you that what I actually said doesn't in any way suggest that I don't take the drone threat seriously. I do and I also have a financial incentive to take it extremely seriously. Quad rotors just aren't my main worry but rather what comes after"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@AndrewPerpetua @David_Hambling I will once again post this page from one of our briefs. Notice anything about the (other than the KH-101) munitions examples They are all now at least two decades old These capabilities are increasingly affordable in compact packages"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"This is not thinking ahead. These missiles are not in service because they were expensive and ultimately unnecessary despite the excellent performance. However next-gen UAS threats will incorporate capabilitirs features from them. We've already seen sUAS with computer vision assisted targeting and more recently ad-hoc swarming (Auterion). We should expect substantially higher top speeds maneuverability warhead effectiveness and collaboration/networking features"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@David_Hambling @AndrewPerpetua Preparing for today's threats (or dismissing the ability to prepare for them) while ignoring what the next generation's performance will reach in response to upcoming countermeasures is unwise"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@David_Hambling @AndrewPerpetua The modern FPV is neither untouchable nor the next-gen threat that will actually be difficult for even mature CUAS to engage. Prepare for that threat or die"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"David nobody can afford to assume that no such counter will be deployed and that therefore the threat will remain more or less as it is today. The cost of being wrong would be astronomical. Take armor: FPVs today can be reasonably effective against armor but you can very much still use your armor. The threat hasn't evolved that much beyond FPVs because FPVs still work fine. If FPVs stop working quite as fine because of some countermeasure the threat will necessarily evolve to become more capable of defeating that countermeasure and astronomically more lethal against armor that was never"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@David_Hambling @AndrewPerpetua Again this is a risk argument. I happen to know these CUAS systems are on the way (one in particular wink wink nudge nudge) but I am not asking you to believe me: I'm asking you to think about how much worse things are gonna get even if good CUAS does reach service"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@AndrewPerpetua @PCrudy @David_Hambling DAMNIT MAN WE AGREE"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@AndrewPerpetua @David_Hambling This is true but instead of pretending you're talking to one of them you could respond to what I actually said"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@AndrewPerpetua @David_Hambling Would you like to"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@AndrewPerpetua @David_Hambling Then infantry is doomed regardless and this conversation is pointless and irrelevant. You will simply be eaten alive by the country with the larger sweatshops"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@AndrewPerpetua @David_Hambling Sorry if this is a stupid question but I'm not familiar with your work: what do YOU want to do about it"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Certainly but there are better weapons for the job. Very cheap and proportionally high payload for caliber airburst ammunition for example. If you could fit as much filler as PGU-28A/B into an 18.5mm/12ga airburst round because your fuze was so much smaller than NGIS PABM. you'd have a drastically more potent CUAS option. Multiple orders of magnitude higher pk at shorter and longer ranges. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021258465717453010 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021258465717453010"
X Link 2026-02-10T16:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@David_Hambling @AndrewPerpetua This is coincidentally true of most weapons. Better ways to shoot things are still fundamentally just ways to shoot things. Still sUAS/loitering munitions are decently squishy targets"
X Link 2026-02-10T16:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@AndrewPerpetua @David_Hambling Yes. This also becomes a very interesting and difficult controls problem for infantry CUAS: you can't require an XM25-style loop of range adjust fire. You need to be able to point and start shooting"
X Link 2026-02-10T16:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@David_Hambling @AndrewPerpetua Yes but fragmentation is quite a bit more potent than light buckshot"
X Link 2026-02-10T18:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"This is a consequence of me getting the blue check. Nuclear deterrence will continue until morale improves and communism is destroyed"
X Link 2026-02-11T13:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@CasualArtyFan Would you like some 12ga airburst ammunition Think PABM (not PF) but cheap. I can plan to set aside a test batch"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Somewhere I have a paper I never finished on the concept of a Maximally Maintianable Surface Combatant. Gave up on it when I realized I just don't know enough about naval architecture and propulsion to contribute beyond "stop making these parts hard to make when you think you're making them easier." https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021941644874965363 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021941644874965363"
X Link 2026-02-12T13:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I can maybe shed some light because I have nothing to do with F-35 but have some experience with other large aircraft radar housings. There isn't a lot of space and even if the radars are very similar in interface and structure small changes cascade to larger ones. It's very hard to design something to fit into the same exact footprint as its predecessor unless there has been a disproportionately massive technological leap. Compare APG-66 and APQ-164 for a fun one. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021975548172423370 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021975548172423370"
X Link 2026-02-12T15:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@el__toro @ginandconflict Big ol' sand shaker 😂"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@el__toro @ginandconflict Roughly 28mm across the flats too. Wasn't always flat either"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@sdamico "Claude this rice cooker is full of a basmati seasoned with a delicious mixture of about ten pounds of IMR [----] and Accurate [----] for optimal flavor. I am expecting guests. Please check the hallway camera for them and then heat dinner as quickly as possible thank you.""
X Link 2026-02-10T13:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I really quite like Alexander's videos. This one is my favorite because he first shows the beauty of the machine perfectly and then ends by advocating for a cause I find abhorrent. Calling for nuclear disarmament is either stupid or malicious. https://youtu.be/AazmxNs5kmEsi=nr6qgvQ2OQHfXrXZ https://youtu.be/AazmxNs5kmEsi=nr6qgvQ2OQHfXrXZ"
X Link 2026-02-11T16:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Has anyone put a Gen-12 in a bullpup chassis yet"
X Link 2026-02-13T16:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@LogannGames Listen this came to me in a dream. I need an AR-10 sized AKB23 with butt spacers for a short buffer so I can fit a Gen [--] on it. I swear I have a reason"
X Link 2026-02-14T02:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@ToughSf So. When will it fly under rocket power"
X Link 2026-02-14T02:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@BelkanUAV DAMN RIGHT"
X Link 2026-02-15T03:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"This is a good excuse to talk about dual use. Machine shops making parts for car engines and food industry devices can also make parts for autocannons and standoff bombs. Sheet metal forming factories can make the frame and outer shells for washing machines or loitering munition airframes. Foundries can make stadium bleachers or artillery mounts. The same goes for injection molding and every other manufacturing technique. If you follow me you probably already understand dual use but apparently many otherwise capable people don't. @rcbenker Ah yes wars are famously fought with microwaves and"
X Link 2025-04-04T13:17Z [----] followers, 180.8K engagements

"PLCs am I right Clap"
X Link 2026-02-14T23:54Z [----] followers, 15.9K engagements

"This is very true. A system doesn't have to solve every problem as long as you need it anyway. You need an APS for modern ATGM type threats and it should degrade the performance of swarming drones (see: Auterion). Massed small drones are a reasonable threat to consider because they are an obvious and straightforward development of existing munitions. They haven't been used in combat because they are both relatively new and still unnecessary: FPVs still work decently against what armor is actually on the battlefield. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023335324823212498"
X Link 2026-02-16T09:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@el__toro @ProofofMaro Fun fact they still kinda exist independently: Martin Marietta Materials have a quarry near me just over in Cockeysville by Textron/AAI"
X Link 2026-02-14T03:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@NaviGoBoom Also how sure are you that it's .222 down to the thou"
X Link 2026-02-16T01:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@EV_Trapper I'm just saying if I see one more not fully constrained sketch I'm gonna go postal. Attached is proof of cred"
X Link 2026-02-16T16:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Yes but Auterion has made such strides because ease of use for an ad hoc swarm is so high. Swarming can allow a single operator to direct a group even with fiber optic UAS. You just ad-hoc swarm around whoever is the lead UAS which is the one with a human pilot. The pilot can then hot swap as required or when the live one is destroyed without disrupting the group. A single drone isn't a problem. Ten at once are and are a realistic threat that will come as soon as ones and twos stop being adequately effective. The real power of sUAS is scale after all"
X Link 2026-02-16T17:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@thinkdefence I have a slight counter-proposal: the M167 VADS weighs about [----] kg which is less than the payload of the HH-3F. I feel like there's either a very good or bad idea buried here somewhere"
X Link 2024-03-01T17:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@slakrrrrrr The stacked 2x2 just brings me so much joy it looks like some horrible overgrown SPAAG"
X Link 2024-04-26T02:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@DocStrangelove2 Shame there's nothing out there that escaped on it and its LSAT ancestor. (fun fact the original LSAT solid propellant was reverse-engineered from that of the G11)"
X Link 2024-05-10T00:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@KrypTanko We can dream crazier"
X Link 2024-05-31T23:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@kommandostore Just one But I'm already almost done with a clone kit for the Colt"
X Link 2024-06-02T19:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Submarine-launched ATACMS for all your VLS-fired submunition-dispensing land attack needs. A recent addition to my folder of "weapons that probably don't need to be ported over to submarines but sure look cool." (from: Field Artillery September-October [----] pg.43)"
X Link 2024-06-11T13:55Z [----] followers, 12.9K engagements

"@KrypTanko Oh you KNOW what I'm pulling out of Hunnicutt: the autloading 75mm gun T22 system on an M19. Proximity fuzes belong on every platform"
X Link 2024-06-29T18:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"If you like the Colt ACR and want to know how clone kits are progressing you should follow me on Instagram (@ jiberwocky). It'll be fun I promise"
X Link 2024-08-22T20:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@KrypTanko Running with the M107 chassis have you seen the 40mm CTA M110"
X Link 2024-09-04T14:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@beanhowitzer It's the buckshot round tragically they went with the sane option"
X Link 2024-10-16T08:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"A curious [----] concept for a Mobile Protected Gun System. Quite a large variety of configurations were tried or at least considered during the MPGS program"
X Link 2024-11-15T14:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@KarelMoricky I see we have the same Amazon stencil 👀 I use mine for leaving unknowable unit symbol horrors on random paperwork to horrify my friends. Amphibious rotary-winged mechanized air defense Just a USCG HH-3 towing a VADS"
X Link 2024-12-20T23:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"A expedient 'last chance' CUAS weapon draft based on the Alliant Techsystems AP-50 Muzzle-Launched Rifle Ambush/Defense Flechette Ammunition. In brief: a shoot-through rifle-grenade-style shotgun with the propellant ignited by firing the host firearm"
X Link 2024-12-21T23:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The device is extremely simple and uses off-the-shelf steel tube sizes minimizing machining. Final assembly requires welding all pieces together where they overlap. I'm sure it's massively overbuilt and again: it's just a draft"
X Link 2024-12-21T23:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@LouisvilleGun Oh nice I see some offset features probably intended to try to get the sound to self-interfere destructively (acoustic metamaterials anyone) nice to see the tech finally showing up in silencers. Ditching the legacy cylinder shape is a good sign"
X Link 2025-01-15T01:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@DocStrangelove2 Steyr ACR because yknow. My whole thing is that I'm already cloning the Colt ACR"
X Link 2025-01-27T21:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@556timeline Did someone say ACR ammo"
X Link 2025-02-15T20:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Guys look they re-Bradley'd the AMPV This is the BAE AMPV forged-configuration ballistic hull and turret at Aberdeen in [----]. At the time the lower hull was the largest aluminum die forging ever"
X Link 2025-02-23T20:40Z [----] followers, 10.3K engagements

"Another slide with more information on the other techniques investigated. Quite a few impressive firsts for the development of a vehicle based on an already proven family"
X Link 2025-02-23T20:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@Xaraphim I am begging you to read Ignition. It's amazing from an engineering perspective as well as a historical one and it's also hilarious"
X Link 2025-03-03T22:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Drones make armored breakthroughs impossi-" have you tried shooting them "Drones make the tank irrele-" have you tried shooting them "Drones are the end of infantry beca-" have you tried shooting them"
X Link 2025-03-04T14:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"FPV drones when infantry has 30x42mm command airburst instead of sharp sticks and harsh language "Drones make armored breakthroughs impossi-" have you tried shooting them "Drones make the tank irrele-" have you tried shooting them "Drones are the end of infantry beca-" have you tried shooting them "Drones make armored breakthroughs impossi-" have you tried shooting them "Drones make the tank irrele-" have you tried shooting them "Drones are the end of infantry beca-" have you tried shooting them"
X Link 2025-03-04T18:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@joeblillib4090 No. The Fox will often one-tap XM800T from range whereas the XM800T wins basically every time in CQB against it"
X Link 2025-03-06T20:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@RealAirPower1 IIRC this was a result of issues with the particular proximity fuze for the FFAR a good lesson in how a single subsystem can ruin the whole system"
X Link 2025-03-08T12:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Welcome back Javelot. (Yes I know it's more a Meroka I just wish Javelot progressed beyond single rocket test fires) Here is a closer look at the fixed wing UAV armed with [--] shotgun barrels from SkyDefenders. Very interesting development. #Ukraine #Drones #UkraineRussiaWar https://t.co/IPFofDauNj Here is a closer look at the fixed wing UAV armed with [--] shotgun barrels from SkyDefenders. Very interesting development. #Ukraine #Drones #UkraineRussiaWar https://t.co/IPFofDauNj"
X Link 2025-03-15T21:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Xaraphim I don't know whether it's a sales thing an ego thing or just the silicon valley apple contagion causing bad habits but emphasis on wasteful superficially pretty components instead of focusing on efficient appealing-by-coincidence construction is a huge red flag"
X Link 2025-03-16T11:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@RSE_VB Also a great example of proper engineering-for-use-by-real-humans: of course you'd forget to turn the dump off if you're having an emergency and dumping fuel you're probably a bit distracted"
X Link 2025-03-19T12:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@DocStrangelove2 How about anti-aircraft rifles"
X Link 2025-03-23T09:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@planefag Oh yeah for me it's "software instead of hardware" and "AI-enabled anti-drone." I wake up on the other side of town with no memory of how I got there and a Carcano rifle"
X Link 2025-03-29T21:00Z [----] followers, 12.2K engagements

"Yeah that looks fine doesn't give much away"
X Link 2025-03-29T21:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@planefag @Devon_Eriksen_ Excellent breakdown. There is another critical method a carrier can use (pardon me if you already made this point and I missed it) against vast swarms of very cheap one-way drones: sailing away"
X Link 2025-03-30T22:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"That's kinda why the movie works so well though: Verhoeven's brand of satire is so primitive that it gives you nothing to think about so you don't think about it and the satire takes itself out of the film. Take RoboCop: I love that movie but when your social commentary is "greedy corporation" and the violence is so cartoonishly gruesome you can't expect me to pay any attention to the politics because you can't possibly be serious"
X Link 2025-03-31T11:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"You're out there arguing about 9mm vs .45 I'm arguing 140mm vs. 145mm and it involves a lot more Hunnicutt and old DTIC scans. (Both images show concepts for the 145mm ICAS)"
X Link 2025-03-31T18:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@ArmoredWar Please just source the things you post don't make it a pain for people to do research for no reason"
X Link 2025-04-03T14:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Gosh the Barrett .50 sure is impressive I wonder what kind of specialist facility Ronnie designed and prototyped it in- (Source: The History: The Story of Barrett Firearms with Ronnie Barrett by Austin R. 2023) http://thefirearmblog.com This is a good excuse to talk about dual use. Machine shops making parts for car engines and food industry devices can also make parts for autocannons and standoff bombs. Sheet metal forming factories can make the frame and outer shells for washing machines or loitering munition https://t.co/6OU3aPTDmv http://thefirearmblog.com This is a good excuse to talk"
X Link 2025-04-04T13:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@D3adm4n2 I think your issue may just be awareness among young people. I know that sounds insane given the existence of the internet but young people are overloaded with options and can't isolate the signal from the noise.I know plenty of young people who would jump at the opportunity"
X Link 2025-04-04T23:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@assaultclip Wait you mean FMC made more than the industrial equipment I bang my head on"
X Link 2025-04-04T23:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@irregular_frekl Barrier to entry. Some of the smallest manufacturing jobs are DLA spares but take a look at what you need to do business with the DLA other than someone to take care of your family after you suffer a quadruple explosive aneurysm at the paperwork"
X Link 2025-04-04T23:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@boltondynamics Okay you're now obligated to market sight housings for cheap prism optics based on those because they absolutely rock"
X Link 2025-04-05T12:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@AndreiBtvt "Development of a round with an armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS) projectile for 30-mm automatic cannons." Should I read this to mean that no 30x165mm APFSDS rounds exist in production or that none are issued"
X Link 2025-04-06T14:12Z [----] followers, 12.2K engagements

"@KeeganSCH @LinkofSunshine I'm sorry for your loss. User/pilot error IS design error: failure to engineer out the ability to make honest mistakes. We at the design end are obligated to work to foresee and block these failure modes especially the well understood and easy to cause ones"
X Link 2025-04-14T00:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@heatloss1986 This guy is truly king of MBT bait. Oh he actually thinks the Abrams is a bad tank Oof"
X Link 2025-04-17T13:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I'm gonna let you in in a secret. I actually like naval artillery. But I don't want to be associated with the people who believe gun armament should come at the cost of excessive VLS cells"
X Link 2025-04-19T15:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Trotes936897 Oh so the Russians DO have at least one good IFV"
X Link 2025-04-20T03:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@heatloss1986 @NZ_Trav If someone doesn't want to consider more complex factors than whether or not something is invincible when measuring military value maybe it isn't worth talking to him"
X Link 2025-04-21T01:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@ArmoredWar Source is @M1E1kreyton. Don't give support to interns who can't be bothered to quote tweet but instead download and re-post. https://x.com/M1E1kreyton/status/1913726117967446168t=z9_r9YPrfdzU4j8tWZdo1Q&s=19 https://x.com/M1E1kreyton/status/1913726117967446168t=z9_r9YPrfdzU4j8tWZdo1Q&s=19"
X Link 2025-04-22T11:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Trotes936897 Shame nobody ever applied the same technology to a Heavy Composite Hulled vehicle. Really a shame"
X Link 2025-05-05T01:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@heatloss1986 The sad part is that the optic is the good idea (poorly executed). That and the case construction. How they made the guns so bad is beyond me"
X Link 2025-05-05T19:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@83dollaroring Bro but we don't need physical stuff bro it's all about junk as a service heres my new fully funded thirty million dollar startup which does literally nothing and will never turn a profit but by my math (done by ChatGPT) will yield constant growth and give me an awesome sala-"
X Link 2025-05-07T16:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"This is now a U.S. Army Human Engineering Laboratory (HEL) appreciation account. These are the people who made sure your weapons would still work well when used by real people"
X Link 2025-05-10T12:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@IndexSabot Fox uptiered again because war thunder players have no concept of situational awareness and never look around"
X Link 2025-05-13T22:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Waiting on a quote and then both a physical product and (hopefully) a fun article will shortly be available"
X Link 2025-05-18T18:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I agree with you but mostly because I don't think it should be replaced with another conventional rifle. Airbursting small arms are probably going to be the dominant infantry firearm. Images are of ATK's 20mm OICW ammunition system first notionally from [----] and then demonstrated from around [----] respectively. Note how much of the projectile is fuze even in their (very optimistic) [----] concept"
X Link 2025-05-18T19:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The 20mm OICW round from ATK wasn't really poorly performing it was just hobbled by the size and complexity (and so cost) of the fuze which persisted in 25mm and will likely persist in the new 30mm weapons without a new approach. Images: 1: [----] ATK Flier 23: [----] ATK report @LumMagnum @Cappyarmy I agree with you but mostly because I don't think it should be replaced with another conventional rifle. Airbursting small arms are probably going to be the dominant infantry firearm. Images are of ATK's 20mm OICW ammunition system first notionally from [----] and then https://t.co/lY9G2FJfGR"
X Link 2025-05-18T19:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"CVWS (Pentomic) later Sheridan could've been quite a bit weirder if Aeronutronic and Sperry had dropped the ball: POLCAT was considered as a backup option. This story will be part of the ongoing Great US Gun-Launcher Family Tree project"
X Link 2025-05-29T16:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@_baldtires I think that's part of what keeps it so cool"
X Link 2025-06-03T10:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Favorite Specifically the ETIPPS II equipped version of the M8 with the XM291. And since the Sheridan is already taken I'll have to take the starship and ELKE. Following @joeblillib4090's chain. Favourite tanks you say https://t.co/knUzdbVDBW Favourite tanks you say https://t.co/knUzdbVDBW"
X Link 2025-06-03T21:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Volke__ It definitely covers them though as was pointed out to me some weeks ago the PG-7V family has pretty wild standoff performance. But every bit contributes"
X Link 2025-06-08T23:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Breaking: everyone you know who hates the concept of military parades and thinks this one was undemocratic is now criticizing the minutia of it and comparing it unfavorably to parades under fascist regimes that massacre their own people"
X Link 2025-06-15T19:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@CalebChamberla6 AI dudes can't see a process that could be streamlined without wanting to shove AI into every corner of it. Most processes - even very complex ones - are better off being automated conventionally so you avoid controlling your business with a hallucinating terminator"
X Link 2025-06-24T18:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Happy to inform everyone that while small HEP isn't anything to write home about big HEP is insanely powerful massively inefficient very cool and guaranteed to mission kill anything on tracks. Wish it was worth it. Video of testing the FV4005s 183mm HESH against a centurion in the 1950s https://t.co/JczOkNqQDv Video of testing the FV4005s 183mm HESH against a centurion in the 1950s https://t.co/JczOkNqQDv"
X Link 2025-06-26T19:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@rac112apilas Wood or rubber mallet seems very reasonable given how stiff those links are"
X Link 2025-06-28T01:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Don't forget the other DFM: design for maintinence. Plenty of prestigious manufacturers with truly masterful engineers severely compromise ease of maintenence in favor of easier manufacturing. This is fine in something like a toaster where user maintinence will be rare at most but in an armored vehicle it's a bit more of an issue. Image source: Combat-Camera-Europe (pzbrig15) on Flickr"
X Link 2025-07-05T13:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I don't want AI to be good at generating images adding to the slop and making research even more difficult. I want it to be bad and stop existing and I want people who think it's going to give birth to a machine God to get help"
X Link 2025-07-06T14:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@AirPowerNEW1 "Lower than anticipated unit cost" well that's a pleasant surprise"
X Link 2025-07-08T10:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Three for three on awesome letterheads"
X Link 2025-07-12T16:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Some Saturday vibes-based mostly out-of-context figures"
X Link 2025-07-12T16:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Philco-Ford's defense history is rich. The Shillelagh missile for CVWS Pentomic (eventually M551) was developed by Ford's Aeronutronic Division (later Philco-Aeronutronic). Their manufacturing side is now part of Maxar and their electronics side is now part of Lockheed Martin. @actualjib @assaultclip Yep. Philco-Ford was putting out the really good stuff well into the '70s too. https://t.co/GPEjGXBy5z @actualjib @assaultclip Yep. Philco-Ford was putting out the really good stuff well into the '70s too. https://t.co/GPEjGXBy5z"
X Link 2025-07-13T13:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@LouisvilleGun @ekrii3 @DrewPavlou I don't WANT to hurt someone who breaks in but unless he's already running for it or lying face down on the floor with his hands on his head when I encounter him I just can't risk him hurting my family. Anyone who thinks they can risk it isn't ready for a family"
X Link 2025-07-13T16:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Now that's crispy. cc: @usgraphics"
X Link 2025-07-18T19:06Z [----] followers, 14.4K engagements

"@Trotes936897 The lesson is that an ordinary service-ready product is a lot harder to pull off than a highly advanced demonstrator"
X Link 2025-07-18T23:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Trotes936897 One of the early AMPV ballistic hull and turret tests gave it back a Bradley turret. Like if the Argentines turned the TAM back into a Marder but taller"
X Link 2025-07-18T23:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""Force One From DDA" Detroit Diesel Allison advertisement featuring the AAI RDF-LT (two-man version with narrow turret) armed with the ARES 75mm. Slightly touched up since the scan I found was of a somewhat faded page. From: Army October [----] pg 446"
X Link 2025-07-19T16:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@RealAirPower1 Technically if you count rocket guns the B-25 wins. This is a B-25 armed with twin 5" rocket gun revolver cannons. The development history of the weapon is also wonderfully bizarre"
X Link 2025-07-22T09:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Ascii211 Treating security so casually is going to get a lot of people killed. The absolute basic idiocy of letting stuff like this slip by is unfathomable"
X Link 2025-07-22T21:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"From the See-Through Turret Visualization Program (1996-2000) Final Report (2002). Every component technology intended for integration in current systems or future systems (including the FCS program) is just the coolest thing ever"
X Link 2025-07-25T16:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@The_Sourkraut Sometimes I forget how tiny the Stingray is"
X Link 2025-07-25T22:55Z [----] followers, 17.9K engagements

"@usgraphics Broke: no spinner because you built a fast-loading website. Woke: a spinner to tell visitors that your giant UI/UX buzzword-heavy website is loading slowly on their non-terrabit-per-second laser fiber network. Bespoke: no spinner because your huge website still hasn't loaded it"
X Link 2025-08-01T14:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""A Question of Quality Value and Service" Advertisement for BREEZE-ILLINOIS Electrical Interconnections featuring quite the all-star cast of weapons systems. Somewhat touched up to reduce the effect of the faded page. From: Army October [----] pg 414"
X Link 2025-08-01T16:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@heatloss1986 F-106A is finally added and it's an event vehicle with poor research. Woo"
X Link 2025-08-06T21:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"It is possible that rotary wing aircraft will become largelt unmanned but it's important to keep in mind that small numbers of drone-slash-missile UAS will not be as effective at striking protected targets once hard kill defenses are actually deployed. The helicopter's ability to carry a large number of highly capable fires gives it enduring lethality even under those circumstances. Additionally the fires carried by a helicopter do not need to be as long range as a typical fixed wing drone in order to fire from standoff: consider an Apache flying 200km and firing off something similar to"
X Link 2025-08-08T12:32Z [----] followers, 10.1K engagements

"@KrypTanko COMBINED ARMS WARFARE"
X Link 2025-08-09T01:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@the_engi_nerd Oh no. You're getting sniped by the MIC equivalent of Factorio"
X Link 2025-08-09T17:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Nothing says "I take defense very seriously" like comic sans"
X Link 2025-08-09T20:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@HoffmanTactical If anyone believes the Super Safety infringes on a particular patent application I would encourage them to specify which and how. Random out of context "oh he said" nonsense is just that"
X Link 2025-08-10T11:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@LouisvilleGun @DocStrangelove2 Consider: rainbow tracers. Once you start getting into the reds you're running out"
X Link 2025-08-17T15:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@EricZhu15029 Honestly it would make such a good book cover that you're kinda obligated to write one to fit it"
X Link 2025-08-19T16:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Really cool technique but irrelevant to stealth. If you want sufficient resolution and sensitivity to detect an aircraft at useful ranges (not 'the AGM has already been dropped' ranges) you're not going to have the FOV to do this with a small number of cameras or be able to cover enough of the sky. The radar return from the incoming GBU-53/B might also tip you off that one or more F-35s are out there. Proving that @elonmusk 's theory that Stealth Fighters can be tracked with cheap cameras is correct by using a brand new technique that I made to detect asteroids by precisely tracking planes"
X Link 2025-08-19T21:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Maybe we were too harsh to the early FCS concepts"
X Link 2025-08-21T00:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Anybody got a source for 60mm M2 mortar tubes I think the time has come"
X Link 2025-08-22T15:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Without the extraordinary psychological and neurological changes that came with becoming a father I would be a less effective and capable engineer. We complain today about how stagnant American industry has become especially looking back to the years after WW2. How old were the engineers who built Grumman's portfolio of fighters developed Transit and Polaris wedged Apollo hardware into an F-8 Crusader for the first digital fly by wire system or any other legendary achievement when they first had children Having kids before [--] is how you stay generationally poor. Having kids before [--] is how"
X Link 2025-08-22T19:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Anyone know a decent VC that would fund a very small defense entity pursuing a tangible product for which it has the IP Could probably be at TRL 6/7 and exploding sUAS and infantry within [--] months I just don't want to fund it out of my own pocket"
X Link 2025-09-01T00:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

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