GiledPallaeon

Military & International Affairs nerd. Mostly naval, but all aspects welcome. Oh, & plastic spaceships, that too. All opinions on all subjects my own #WeAreNAFO

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

If you are not willing to sacrifice justice and national self-determination on the altar of “peace”, then shut the fuck up about how the Ukraine invasion is NATO’s fault.

If you are, I commend the forthrightness of your cowardice. Слава Україні! Героям слава!

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

@anistotle_ What kind of job are you looking for?

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

@Drachinifel @heatloss1986 @AidanMattson13 UAS are not getting anywhere near the machinery if you have any sense in your general arrangements. Armoring against that threat for that protected area is wasting steel, which is not free.

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

@BDBSoCal @heatloss1986 @Drachinifel @AidanMattson13 Exocet was not the high end threat when it was built. It just became a numerous one because the French sold to anyone with a pulse and a checkbook.

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

@Drachinifel @heatloss1986 @AidanMattson13 You’re not armoring your sensors or your comms, and you assume that plate is the only way to protect against shrapnel/frag. And for the love of God, the swarming crap is not the threat. It’s the high diving hypersonics and the sea-skimming supersonics.

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

@Drachinifel @heatloss1986 @AidanMattson13 And while I’m here, composites do not always (read: usually don’t) behave like steel under the types of loads armor has to resist. Not necessarily (almost certainly) not an improvement without huge additional engineering.

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

@Drachinifel @heatloss1986 @AidanMattson13 It’s about 40 pounds per square foot/inch of steel (varies alloy to alloy). 60% protected length, 15’ tall belt, 6” thick (comparable to CA-68) is 1080 tons before structure adds. Deck at 2.5” about doubles that total.

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

@JRobOp And composite doesn’t behave like steel. At all

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

Your AI vision cars struggled to detect parked fire trucks. How in the name of God are you tracking and engaging stealth aircraft?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@Indian_Bronson These planes are cool, but extremely vulnerable to AI-guided missiles that use pure vision, as they are obviously not invisible

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

It’s difficult to overstate how wrong this is, so I’m forced to resort to GIFs. Because this isn’t how any of this works, at all.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@noahroth @brianoflondon It is laughably easy to take down fighter jets. “Stealth” means nothing if you use elementary AI with low light sensitivity cameras. They aren’t invisible.

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

This was from X-Men: First Class, and outward resemblance not withstanding, absolutely nothing like either the A-12 or the SR-71

[Seven @7316]

@elonmusk Coolest plane ever.

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

Rare bad take here. SEAWOLF was wildly expensive (if wildly capable), but cost was not the only driver for either CENTURION or any of the VA Blocks. Blocks III and V each by themselves prove this point, V in particular.

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

Slowly moving over to the other place. Find me there, though I’m probably not abandoning here entirely

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

@BDHerzinger Seconded

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

@RooksAndKingz Seconded. I can’t teach you to care, I can teach you the theory and the math. But that’s worthless if you don’t want it.

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

@Aviation_Intel How far into it are you?

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

@DLT649 I say this with love: there are few people in this world I hate being right as much as you

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

@DLT649 Went with my gut but honestly it’s a coin flip/comes down to how you measure

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

@tinkkytone @John_A_Ridge As a DoD civilian, I do not have words for my disgust and contempt for this take. If this is really your opinion of millions of loyal, hard working American professionals, I have nothing further to say to you.

[GiledPallaeon @GiledP]

@OPTester_Chris What in the world is the story behind you holding what had to be the least amused sea title in history?

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Zelensky:
"We aren't ready to give our freedom to this fucking terrorist Putin".