• 81 Posts
  • 665 Comments
Joined 1 year ago
cake
Cake day: June 16th, 2023

help-circle



  • SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.workstoComic Strips@lemmy.worldPockets 👀
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    32
    ·
    edit-2
    3 days ago

    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















  • 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




  • “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