Drop a bluetooth speaker blasting baby shark.

Or a loud ringing it’s the same thing as a flashbang right?

No, but the US military has never had their homeland logistics fucked with in recent history. Sure you can’t easily destroy a Bradley APC, but it needs fuel that happens to be stored and transported in ways that are not as resistant to attack. And when the fuel runs out many vehicles are no longer useful in combat.

Or spare parts. Germany got their industries bombed like crazy in WW2. Even though their stuff was better on paper they didn’t have the parts to keep combat effective. Ask any veteran how reliable military vehicles are without constant maintenance.

This is hypothetical and all, but it’s not that big of a stretch of the imagination to see any American insurgency becoming a real pain in the ass for the military over months and years. And unlike Afghanistan they can’t simply withdraw when they’ve had enough.

Try running tanks or planes without fuel, parts or ammo production. Covid was a little inconvenience compared to the supply chain nightmare a war could bring. It takes a TON of upkeep to keep a military rolling.

And to be fair the taliban never had conventional air support either. And Ukraine has proven that commercial drones can be just as lethal.

Going to rent some kayaks for a few hours and paddle around

I work with a K9 search and rescue team now and then. The team is very good at going deep into the woods looking for missing and/or dead people on scent trails that are sometimes over 24h old.

One of the ladies used a black tactical rig full of pouches. But instead of gun stuff it held gps devices, radios, dog treats, toys, water, collapsible bowls and a dozen other things for her and her dog.

So we geeked out for like five minutes over how useful it was. It’s a Condor Ronin Rig if anyone is curious

“Why is this cosmetics update 60 gigs?” -me

I thought this was a NonCredibleDefense post so you might as well cross post it there!

I’m sorry for your loss

Doritos are triangles so sure

Air Combat (the og Ace Combat game) was a PS1 launch game in 1995. It’s crazy that it has an F-22 on the cover!

The Army Men series was my guilty pleasure of games. Most of them weren’t too great but the world was just so cool to kid me. Army Men RTS and Air Attack were pretty damn good but Sarge’s Heroes 2 on PS2 will always give me nostalgic feels

Well if one goes inside you you’re fucked so technically yes!

The heads up display isn’t something you see in front of you like most planes. The helmets are the heads up display, like augmented reality.

There are cameras all over the plane to help you see through the aircraft (see ground targets through the floor, nearby aircraft through your wing). Think of the resolution and bitrate needed to make it useful!

Just like how an apache gunner can simply look at a target to aim the gun at them you can do the same thing. And if you can’t hit it it’s still marked for every allied plane in the airspace to see. If you are out of missiles but you are tracking an enemy plane miles ahead, you can send the data to an F-15 miles behind you and let their missiles lock and fire from farther than they can engage alone.

With that in mind the radar is awesome letting it see threats from greater distances than the opposition, with the stealth capabilities good enough to keep them from easily doing the same.

I’m sure there are other surprises too, but the military obviously wants to keep those a secret

“We did our research!” (flat earthing intensifies)

I’m kidding I see your point

“tRuSt tHe sCieNCe!”

This is a joke of course…well kinda. When science is done well it can change the world. Who would be against that?

I don’t like the phrase because while the process of science seeks to be as factual and unbiased as possible those in the scientific community are still human. They are fallible, corruptible and can do things for their own personal gain or profit. So to me it could mistakenly misunderstood as “trust science blindly”

But “Trust the science that is validated by multiple reputable sources” just doesn’t roll off the tongue as nicely

Hey it worked in metal gear solid 3

No no no we just fill the plates with tannerite and ball bearings so as soon as a shooter hits a backpack the shooter is taken out AND ends the suffering of the victims!

Honestly it’s not off the table and it would be easier than completely overhauling our firearm sale/posession systems. Have a box of them in a classoom in case of emergency, just like having a fire extinguisher or first aid kit.

Soft armor doesn’t stop rifle rounds. Plate carriers are heavy and suck to move around in. Sizing is another issue since most are made for men not kids. But maybe it would be a good investment since they can be stored and reused for quite a while

I genuinely think that improving access to mental health resources would do more good. Find out what is causing a small subset of kids to want to shoot people and usually themselves. Guns are a symptom not the core issue imo

Were they bullied? Did the faculty care? What did the family situation look like? Were requests for help ignored?

I think it would help with the overall trend of more depressed/suicidal kids too.

It would suck if poison ivy tea tasted really good

To me it seems like comparing Western industry with China’s that China is way better at making stuff that is good enough to work but simple enough to mass produce things like crazy. And that’s most of what you need in a war.

Force multipliers are great, but sheer force can’t be discounted either.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk