Behold, the radical left

Most recent read: The Defence Of the Realm, MI5's official history. Very interesting read about an organisation without afaik any direct US equivalent - FBI has a greater LE role - but worth a read for those into intelligence etc. Bit dense at times though, can be a hard one.

we should make like, a shitload of HEU.

Why AI generated images are going to damage quality defence reporting AI slop is being used by ‘quality’ and ‘fanboy’ defence blogs and news websites as well as mainstream media. It’s terrible news! A rant 🧵

The Vanguards are very interesting in that they launched with a version of sonar 2054 that lacked a flank array, with 2054's principle sensors at the time being the type 2043 bow array, the type 2082 acoustic intercept and the type 2046 towed array sonars. Below is a "naked" Vanguard class. 1/3

Boy I'm sure those containers have nothing cool in them

New renders of type 212CD dropped, front you can see the HFA window (centre), offset tubes like 212A to accommodate torpedo discharge system and it's overall rather unique bow profile 1/3

Need to decide what to read next, about to finish The Bear and the serpent (Adrian Tchaikovsky) and will finish The hyena and the hawk in short order.... decisions decisions...

Life is mad rn, got a whole rake of posts half baked but just don't have the time!

I really need to get better at tuning my 3D printer, new filament and its a total clusterfuck lol

1/ A short rambling thread about AIP - just thoughts, some common misconceptions and features as a group of technologies, so without further ado- lets go!

I've been reading John Gwynne's Shadow of the gods series for the past week and a bit, already on the last of the three books ffs. My reading list is already absurd yet here I am complaining about finishing a good book.

Why smaller does not equal stealthier* - a rare thread from me! A common myth about submarines is that small submarines are stealthier, particularly acoustically- there are a few reasons why this is not universally the case 1/