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Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Sun Nov 30, 2025 11:11 am
Neighbour and I got to talking about Drone warfare, and the latest Ukrainian tanker attacks.
He reckoned first 'Drone' was V_1.
As V_1 simply gyro steered, I suggested the Luftwaffe 'Glide Bomb', dropped by 'Mother Plane', steered by TV. Caused some problems on D-Day, doing 'Hit & Run' attacks ?
Then there was the US version, with frequency-hopping invented by a very clever actress wearing one of her other hats. Heddy Lamarr ??
Also famous as was documented by *that* Ronald Reagan who, in passing, talent-spotted Technician named Norma Greene. Who, before later spiral of medical problems caused by endometriosis, was *much* cleverer than oft-ditzy look.
I mentioned the WW_1 'Kettering Bug' which, like better tanks, did not see significant service before German collapse.
He laughed, offered vile Medieval sieges, whose trebuchets tossed diseased animals, prisoners' heads and even wild-bee hives.
I countered with the Roman approach to drone warfare: Bagpipes...
Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Sun Nov 30, 2025 11:11 am
Neighbour and I got to talking about Drone warfare, and the latest Ukrainian tanker attacks.
He reckoned first 'Drone' was V_1.
As V_1 simply gyro steered, I suggested the Luftwaffe 'Glide Bomb', dropped by 'Mother Plane', steered by TV. Caused some problems on D-Day, doing 'Hit & Run' attacks ?
Then there was the US version, with frequency-hopping invented by a very clever actress wearing one of her other hats. Heddy Lamarr ??
Also famous as was documented by *that* Ronald Reagan who, in passing, talent-spotted Technician named Norma Greene. Who, before later spiral of medical problems caused by endometriosis, was *much* cleverer than oft-ditzy look.
I mentioned the WW_1 'Kettering Bug' which, like better tanks, did not see significant service before German collapse.
He laughed, offered vile Medieval sieges, whose trebuchets tossed diseased animals, prisoners' heads and even wild-bee hives.
I countered with the Roman approach to drone warfare: Bagpipes...
A Hungarian and a German MEP are talking in Brussels.
"Hungary is by far the most democratic and free Member State, bar none!" says the Hungarian.
"Don't make me laugh!" says the German.
"Think about it! You can walk up to the stairs of the Hungarian Parliament on the main square of Budapest and call
@PM_ViktorOrban
a horrible xenophobe, a vicious homophobe, and a fascist dictator and, literally, nothing will happen to you!" says the Hungarian.
"Well we can do that right here, too!" responds the German. "You can walk up to the stairs of the European Parliament and call Orbán all kinds of names, and nothing will happen to you!"
A Labour politician, a BBC TV reporter and a British SAS soldier were captured by ISIS...
They were, as usual, sentenced to death by beheading.
Unexpectedly, the ISIS leader said they could have one last request before their sentence was carried out.
The Labour politician asked to hear a rendering of "Keep the Red Flag Flying Here".
The BBC TV reporter asked that the beheading be televised so that even when she was dead, her face was still on TV.
The British SAS soldier asked to be kicked three times in the arse hard.
As the SAS soldiers' request was unusual, ISIS decided to carry out the request first.
As the first kick landed, the SAS soldier pulled a hidden 9mm Glock pistol out of his smock and shot three terrorists dead.
He then grabbed one of the fallen terrorists' AK-47s and shot the rest of the terrorists.
The other two prisoners were amazed and asked why he requested to be kicked three times before he drew his weapon.
"Because", said the soldier ", when we get back to the UK, I don't want you pair of woke wankered, politically correct clowns saying it was an 'unprovoked attack'
