The company that services my gas boiler now has an AI answering customer calls. It's quite amusing how much effort has gone in to masking that fact; the bot speaks in a distinct Glasgow accent a… (View Post)

The boom system can handle higher fuel flow than probe and drogue, which is beneficial if you're refuelling large bombers. Anyone who doesn't have to do that uses probe and drogue because i… (View Post)

It's not uncommon for tankers to fuel each other. The rigid boom refuelling system used by the Americans is unforgiving of mistakes, so I suspect one crew has made an error and the boom has hit … (View Post)

It's extremely difficult to get shipping through the strait in the face of hostile fire, given how narrow it is. The Atlantic convoys are not relevant, a better comparison would be the convoys t… (View Post)

This is a lesson we have to keep re-learning, unfortunately. Ships and aircraft have always been vulnerable in base - see Taranto, Pearl Harbor, the Kronstadt raid, operation Bodenplatte, etc. Keepin… (View Post)