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As things kick off in Ukraine be suspicious & check everything before sharing. There will be lots of rubbish on social media soon - both malicious, and worse, ill informed junk by people desperate for clout. Don’t make things worse by trying to be first & chasing followers/likes.

@thinkdefence Can you imagine legislative shit-storm of trying to get approval for that to be trialled in UK? It’d never happen here, whilst others would happily give it a go. We’ll have hover tanks & phased plasma rifles in 40-watt range by time decision was made.

£250k, 600km range, 200kg payload. Convert into a one way attack drone, buy four hundred

@ben__h That treats the symptoms rather than being a deterrent.

@combat_boot Isn't the midgie deterrent a boatload of Buckie and deep fried food?

Clearly they have developed a secret midgie deterrent. If they can produce that at scale we are in trouble. Stop bombing nuclear facilities & launch sites, and mallet the factory that makes it.

@PoSHYoungTeam Nice bit of LLM vibe coding & a remote control system from the normal places. What could go wrong.

@combat_boot Just make drone versions of the V bombers...

If we build our own nuclear missiles, does that finally mean POTUS can’t withhold British launch codes via the CRM 114?

@oneeyedlizzie No way Slim Pickens was ever going to fail his mission.

@Timothy13775774 No permissive action links for us. That’s why we don’t need a WOPR.

@combat_boot They missiles will fire .Only effect is American control mid flight guidance.They missile system is Cold War.The safety system is the crew .

@SancastleAir @BDSlater1 Nope 🙁

@combat_boot @BDSlater1 On that subject, you didn't happen to see the Coogan version on Sky Arts recently did you?

@AHWilkes My bad. Maybe take it out & plug it in around the other way?

@combat_boot I thought the CRM114 only blocked un-launch codes.

@ben__h Nuclear cyber drones? We’ll make a fortune.

@combat_boot I have it on good authority (a crack pipe) that this should be dead easy, after all if France can do it! Granted we will need to blow up some islands in the Pacific or maybe Mauritius, sink some green peace boats and break loads of international laws...

@ben__h @Stu_Lyle @Digital_Sapper Defence has loads of cash rn.

@combat_boot @Stu_Lyle @Digital_Sapper Dont worry, Skynet Enterprises has the perfect solution for you, I just need a truly eye watering amount of taxpayer money

What is with this fetish for the robo-dog with a gun on it for room clearance?! You can even see it hit a coffee-table in one of the rooms. It is slow to move around corners, so very vulnerable to enemy fire (it's not armoured either). It's too low to see above any normal furniture. It's an unstable platform, especially for mounting a weapon! They can play a part in certain niche roles, but as a combat platform, there are significantly better options.

@Stu_Lyle @Digital_Sapper I would imagine sticking something with a cheeky kick atop that may have a considerable risk. And not just to the bad guys.

@combat_boot @Digital_Sapper We already have bought some. Thankfully, no one in the UK has yet to slap a rifle to one...yet.

@Intrepid_Sailor Did you get AI to make you a slide of its fibbing little claims. Then did it try to pivot the session over to “do you want a list of famous people called Alistair” 🤔😁

Stop calling predictive text LLMs etc “AI”. They aren’t, they are in fact little liars, tuned to the lowest common denominator of users, and will just reflect, hallucinate and agree, to get you to go away.

This must be true as here is a picture of the Irish Guards’ ROC drill. Serious stuff.

@Liononezero Soz, I meant History & Philosophy of Art.

“…we need to understand the entropy drag and synergistic realism of near surface effectors before enabling and informing the decision makers” Wow, a 2.2 in history & politics, stint in sub-unit command & SO1 gig in PR has made you real tech SME & brilliant procurement expert 🤦‍♀️

@thinkdefence @stephen_howell6 Sadly, we are. If I threw that in a word document & stuffed it into system, we’d be firehosing tax payer dolla at it in no time.

@combat_boot @stephen_howell6 I try and keep a sunny disposition, but we are fucked aren't we 😃

@HRedpigs And likely the dentist hates the gig and can wait to get back to the free nitrous oxide in balloons.

@combat_boot See also Dentist who suddenly become med supply chain SMEs at SO2 as they have to show breadth to become a Lt Col. It's just dangerous

@thinkdefence @stephen_howell6 I’ve got this. I asked a predictive text LLM. It invented some lunacy about torpedo fins 🤷🏻‍♀️ Then I cheated and said it was “buying drones innit bro” Then it immediately validated & explained it. Totally hallucinated some slop supporting the pish that was spewed.

@stephen_howell6 @combat_boot I had to Google it and I am still none the wiser

@10Mattgray They’ve lost the plot…

@combat_boot He's gone woke.....