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  • How the sausage is made

    Military world building: how special operations happen. << New Year’s Resolutions Nukes into ploughshares >> Unless you’ve spent the last week under a rock you’ll have seen that the US Delta Force captured Venezuela’s dictator/president Nicolás Maduro on the morning… Continue reading

    How the sausage is made
  • Silicon psychopaths

    AI and the military << Don’t eat the grenade Holy Grail or Poisoned Chalice? >> Hi there. This week I want to talk about the war elephant in the room: artificial intelligence. I’ve been reading, using, and thinking about AI… Continue reading

    Silicon psychopaths
  • Barrel envy

    Gun design principles and internal ballistics. << The underwater nuclear family You spin me right round baby… >> Hi there and Happy Thursday. This week I’m picking up the ballistics thread again. We covered wound ballistics and intermediate ballistics a… Continue reading

    Barrel envy
  • Exploding cars (Part 2)

    Target behaviour. << Exploding cars (Part 1) EOD critiques: The Hurt Locker >> This week is the promised follow-up to last week’s discussion on exploding cars in film and TV, and how screenwriters don’t really understand how terrorists and criminals go… Continue reading

    Exploding cars (Part 2)