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@Sighphi @HMBohemond What's an hunter-seeker then? They can have all the machinery they want as long as does not have IA

@FFerrari1992 @HMBohemond They don't use robots, bro.

The Hotlzman Shield in Dune is one of the perfect examples of adding a tiny thing to a setting to get a vibe you want out of it. In Dune's case: - Holtzman Shields stop fast moving objects. - Lasguns (particle beam guns in Dune) can cause a nuclear explosion if they hit a shield, so they're not commonly used. - Melee is the dominant form of combat, trying to strike slow to penetrate the shields. - Projectile weapons exist but they're designed around boring through or disrupting shields, but a skilled combatant can deflect the slow moving projectiles. - Heavy artillery can still kill shielded humans through sheer transfer of force or heat, which the shield can't block. - Anti-vehicle weapons are built around these principles because the vehicle might be shielded. Dune codified the idea of high tech sci-fi where you still have melee and the idea of "oh here's this piece of technobabble that let's me have what I want in my sci-fi setting." Gundam's Minovsky Particle and Mass Effect's Element Zero owe the Holtzman Shield their existence.

@constnt_trvlr @Stinky915846091 Point beign? If the US can fail at target acquisition and munition reliability imagine what Iran is capable of doing wrong

@FFerrari1992 @Stinky915846091 Aah, it is far better than target acquisition of pedophile armies, which include elementary schools- mind you this was the first day of their attack, hospitals and ordinary shops. They typically hit radars, missile intercepting facilities. So yeah- call them all you want but …

Confirmed impact of an Iranian BM at a residential area in Dimona. Location [POV]: 31.066059, 35.039129 Location [Impact Site]: 31.065799, 35.038624 328Q+8M6 Dimona, Israel Missile descended in a southwest heading (red arrow) @GeoConfirmed @FaytuksNetwork

@SneakySeverus @HMBohemond Ah lol the other way around is much more lovely

@FFerrari1992 @HMBohemond Notably the Atreides DO weaponise it by using shields as IEDs but they're sort of given a mulligan on that one because they're wiped out in the battle anyway and the Emperor doesn't want to draw too much attention to what really happened on Arrakis.

@SneakySeverus @HMBohemond Makes sense, but any non house actor can reliably deploy such a weapon much easier than a nuke

@FFerrari1992 @HMBohemond They go some way towards explaining this by saying other houses would treat the weaponisation of this interaction as a violation on the prohibition on nuclear weapons, which would immediately lead to the house being wiped out by the empire at best and general nuclear war at worst

@madamkovic @Tatarigami_UA US Navy do have a large fleet of modular LCS to do the job if prepped for it, I dont know their readiness but it seems like they are more concerned to avoid any ship casualty than opening the strait

@FFerrari1992 @Tatarigami_UA One wonders why is the whole fleet then moored at Salalah while minesweepers are either scrapped or in Malaysia.

Decades ago, the United States invaded Iraq, destabilizing the region and adding to the long-term instability in the Middle East. Over time, that instability contributed to millions of refugees fleeing to Europe. Now, once again, without meaningful consultation with allies, the Trump administration is taking actions that risk further destabilizing both the region and global markets, while also making Europe’s situation more difficult. This comes at a time when Europe faces an immediate and ongoing threat from Russia, which continues aggressive operations against Ukraine and within Europe itself. At the same time, NATO’s cohesion has been undermined by Trump’s degrading remarks towards the Europe and his threats to annex Greenland. Trump administration, after realizing that it cant just easily finish this operation, and secure stability around the Strait of Hormuz, now expects Europe to step in and deal with the consequences of its own mess. Iran isn’t a Europe’s problem to begin with, and in many ways it’s not a core U.S. problems either - it’s largely tied to Israel’s strategic interests. The argument about Iran’s ballistic missile range reaching Europe is also weak. That capability has existed for a while. The limits were not technical, they were political. Well, maybe not anymore. At the same time, Ukraine, one of the few countries actively contributing personnel and drone capabilities to defense efforts, still finds itself on the receiving end of criticism and dismissive rhetoric from the Trump administration. And then some Americans wonder, why everyone is so hesitant to help.

@Stinky915846091 You are taking a big leap assuming target acquisition of a headless army is sound and navigation instruments are reliable

Also for those claiming "it was going after the nuclear facility," no the hell it wasn't. It was over 20 km (14 miles) away.

@Big_Belot @Tatarigami_UA This is a strategic goal shared across the Thiel boys in the administration, it's not just Trump madness. A sizeable portion of GoP is ideologically hostile to EU

@FFerrari1992 @Tatarigami_UA at this point there is no reason to rationalize Trump spare your time.

@Oksii33 We thought we were allies 😢

Italians, it is a different cheese🤌 Don't send me to jail😁

@Harry1940610 @Oksii33 Guerre civili in questo paese sono partite per molto meno

@Oksii33 To be honest, we have something on the same line. It's a niche product, but the pinguì (short for 🐧) is indeed a suspicious cheese more or less like mascarpone coated with a thin crust of chocolate. Definitely not a succesful snack, but it does exist.

@Matt_Pinner Gnocco

You have to name him the last thing you ate

@Oksii33 Wait, you glaze cheese with chocolate? Give me back my weapons

An honest question to Western Europe: how can you live without these? Why don’t you have them😭

@Knightly_Hist I can't tell from the picture but according to the dedicated wiki the axe-head is actually fitted to the stock of the rifle and the whole weapon is swung by its barrel. Do you know of some real examples?

@FFerrari1992 Isn't It awesome?

Melee combat is just more compelling both from an entertaining and a narrative stand point. That's why most sci-fi franchises come up with fun ways to justify close quarters action.

@silupescu Che cattivi questi boiari, per fortuna che lo Zar è buono come il pane

I piccoli allevatori siberiani: arrestati, menati, umiliati, derubati, accusati, depredati. La loro unica fonte di ricchezza requisita illegalmente e bruciata insieme a cani, gatti, galline, davanti agli occhi dei figli: "Pensiamo che sia una provocazione contro Vladimir Putin".

@Knightly_Hist Not exactly a laser since beam weapons in LotGH are either neutron or electron particle beams but you got the point

@Knightly_Hist Man I just found out that this guy is actually fitting an axe-bayonet to a lasgun

@Maliykus It's just Korea

Someone needs to fill me in on this. Why are elements from totally different time periods just randomly mixed together in this game? Is there a convincing in-universe explanation for this or is it just some bullshit?

@silupescu Per gli standard giapponesi di espressività credo che quello sia traducibile con una nostra bestemmia a pieni polmoni

"Quando abbiamo approntato l'operazione in Iran non siamo andati a dirlo in giro, avevamo bisogno dell'effetto sorpresa. Il Giappone ne sa qualcosa. Perché non mi avete avvertito di Pearl Harbour?" La premier giapponese, poverina, per poco non muore in diretta.

@PadanianS My memory asks for no rent

The world you were born in no longer exists