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US has lost 11 MQ-9 drones so far during the special operation. These are not cheap… Confirmed by other sources also. https://www.trtworld.com/article/279248368f6e/amp

That’s FIA WEC not F1. As I understand it those engines are either commercially available, used by other series F2, Indycar, or engines that the OEMs use in their road cars. Theres also a hybrid component so electrification provides the greenwash and the use of off the shelf components makes the...

I’m still surprised just how easy the US/Israeli clearing of the Iranian air defences seems to have been. Although they aren’t supporting a ground offensive and are mostly still using stand off weapons against fixed targets it seems. Ranging more over Iran in daylight with non-stealth aircraft...

No OEM motor manufacturer wants to build a gas guzzling 2.5L V8T. The board members would have an aneurism at the optics, the OEMs would all leave. What you’d be left with is F1.5 with a spec engine made by Mecachrome or some such. I actually don’t think “the show” this morning wasn’t that bad...

The problem is that due to Starmer’s response we are going to be on the outside of whatever happens next, that will likely have huge consequences to the global standing of the UK. You have NATO under Mark Rutte, Germany, France, Australia, Canada all basically backing the US action. so we now...

It’s interesting, Iran didn’t shoot down these aircraft directly but it’s actively created the situation where it’s occurred. It’s similar to the shoot down and near miss of the FA-18s over the Persian Gulf recently. The Houthis had been spamming drones at the US fleet while to USN attempted...

The initial attack wouldn’t necessarily have to come from outside the UK. Ukraine has converted standard shipping containers into drone launchers. The roof of the container had a false ceiling with 30-40 explosive carrying drones hidden inside. The containers were then loaded on to trucks and...

Ukraine has proved to be a very dangerous environment for aviation. It’s certainly not Afghanistan where no one shoots back. I don’t think it’s reasonable to assume anymore that NATO ground forces are always going to deployed under a total air superiority umbrella. When those deployed ground...

Agreed. You’d hope GCHQ are on the lookout for a Spiders Web type drone attack on UK airfields. Even so it’s hard to see how we are prepared to counter it should it happen. A similar massed drone attack could cause huge damage to our small fleet of very expensive aircraft. Having given all our...

I also find the printing of falsified images in the press disturbing. If the image was manipulated then who did that or arranged for it to be done? The DM broke this story, was the DM involved? Andrew got what was coming, I have no sympathy, but who will it be next time?

Who knows, Maxwell has said on record she didn’t recognise it. Then there are emails purported to be from Maxwell suggesting Guiffre was taking photos. There’s certainly a lot of questions surrounding the image as a whole and its veracity. The paper linked above suggests it may have started out...

Very interesting. I‘ve always thought the photo looked dodgy, the lighting, the body positions. As the paper says, it also feels too perfect, too convenient. I wonder if we’ll ever find out how created it, assuming it isn’t real, and why. I’m a keen photographer and interested in the technical...

Sites like Statista and Wiki show similar numbers, as do other articles. Wiki states there are no country wide collected and verified stats for the USA. I understand the limitations of Wiki as a source. I’m just indicating that there is a huge on going problem in the US beyond the ICE issue.

Over 1000 people are shot dead by law enforcement officials each year in the US. Over 100 law enforcement officials are shot dead while working each year. There’s so many that the stats don’t seem to be collated centraly so the true numbers could be higher. Confronting law enforcement...

I think it’s easy to underestimate how big the draw of being PM is to these types. It’s like captaining a Champions League winning football team or being F1 World Drivers Champion. Blackballing him would look very bad on Starmer surely? Burnham could still lose, Reform are going to throw...

I didn’t say it was logical. They had their own colonial adventure on-going in the Philippines pre WW2.

As the far North shipping lanes become more accessible they will become very strategically important. China and Russia will have access to Greenland, especially the North at that point. The far north gives access to the Atlantic from the Pacific. Suez and Panama will no longer be the choke...

Looking past the hysteria the Greenland question has come up repeatedly before. As such and recognising the resources of the US, and the yearly improved access to the arctic for shipping it’s not entirely surprising it’s come to a head. There’s also the issue that the US has never liked...

Car jammed on the tracks at New Islington On the way down to Ancoats tunnel. How many times…? Woukd you get charged with “due care” for this, I’d hope so. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/live-trams-metrolink-line-bmw-33254671

Looks like a right mess. At least from the Wigan side you have options for travelling to Manchester. Travelled today without issue. Service diverted via Bolton. Bit of a travel nightmare in the locale with the M6 being closed as well…