On the subject of persecutions in NI. Anyone want to bet on there being any for the race riots? There won't - unless you count some junior spides getting a slap in a magistrates court. There is … (View Post)

The short story "Superiority" - Arthur C. Clarke, 1951 Text here - https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Science_Fiction_v002n04_1951-08_AK/page/n3/mode/2up (View Post)

Ships have been vulnerable since dugout canoes were a thing. Everything is vulnerable. Which is why tactics and defences are required. The Russian tactic of stoping while at sea, or proceeding in slo… (View Post)

The problem with that assumption is that drones can't reach high into the sky or deep underwater or far out to sea. If they do, they become rather more expensive - missiles or submarines or long… (View Post)

Strangle Iran by cutting off Iran's exports. Escalate, basically. (View Post)