libertyhouse

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by libertyhouse 3y ago
Not sure you are were trying to be serious or not, but the DEF-H was one of the defensive systems used to jam surface to air threats. The system had two "modules" with one in the left and one in the right chine.
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by libertyhouse 4y ago
An offensive RF/cyber operation would be very interesting indeed.
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by libertyhouse 4y ago
Most likely TIANLIAN satcom
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by libertyhouse 4y ago
Most likely using the Chinese TIANLIAN satcom for C2 and data backhaul.
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by libertyhouse 4y ago
This looks like it was the two seat trainer version of the U-2 which doesn't carry mission equipment like the SYERS sensor or a data-link.
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by libertyhouse 5y ago
You believe that the Government could hide/destroy all archival Target Development packages, SIGINT Reporting, Full Motion Video, Tactical Reports, Collateral Damage Estimates, Judge Advocate and other leadership decisional communicati
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by libertyhouse 5y ago
Yes - the question assumes that innocents are not intentionally targeted.
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by libertyhouse 5y ago
I understand you are responding in a flippant manner, but in warfare many innocents are inevitably killed, and it would be best to have a common understanding of an agreeable percentage in order to support decision/policy making, and t
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by libertyhouse 5y ago
Assuming some future declared moral war, what would be an acceptable percentage of collateral casualties?
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by libertyhouse 5y ago
This doesn't really answer the question though. What is a reasonable percentage that would be acceptable to most readers here? If it helps we can assume equity in terms of ability to inflict casualties on bystanders by participating co
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by libertyhouse 5y ago
Can somebody please confirm the percentage of bystanders allowed to be killed when fighting war in a moral fashion? I'm assuming no war/technology is perfect, and nobody can reasonably expect it to be so. I'm also assuming mo
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by libertyhouse 5y ago
You mean he wasn't capable of gaming out the consequences of the Government reacting poorly to the use of official whistleblower mechanisms and wouldn't therefore be able to go to the press in the manner in which he did?
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by libertyhouse 5y ago
It's likely that the sentence wouldn't have been as harsh had there been evidence that he tried official channels first.
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Trust Algorithms? The Army Doesn’t Even Trust Its Own AI Developers(warontherocks.com)
4 points by libertyhouse 6y ago|1 comments
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by libertyhouse 7y ago
I probably shouldn't have said it's "easier" to declassify. It's more of simply being a matter of deciding that the NIIRS (basically resolution) rating of the imagery from the OBC is low enough relative to other sen
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by libertyhouse 7y ago
The U-2 is the only U.S. surveillance aircraft still flying a "wet film" camera called the Optical Bar Camera, or OBC. Ironically, this relatively old technology keeps the U-2 mission from being completely transitioned to other ai
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by libertyhouse 8y ago
I wish more SR-71 stories focused on the sensors and defensive systems. Although not a sexy as the aircraft, in some ways the SR-71 could be considered a "sensor truck." Post-mission processing and analysis of raw data was a huge
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by libertyhouse 8y ago
Fantastic transcription - really interesting! These early U-2 pilots had a lot of courage and love for flying. Thank You for posting this.
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by libertyhouse 8y ago
No - that's not true. Pilots are fully aware of the sensor configuration. There are a number of sensor controls and circuit breakers in the cockpit that are checklist and operator items. Pilots must be able to help troubleshoot some ty
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by libertyhouse 8y ago
Film alone doesn't determine performance - the whole instrument must be considered. The OBC trades "resolution" for area coverage rate. The digital electro-optical imagery from the U-2 is produced using an instrument (SYERS-2
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by libertyhouse 8y ago
Not true. Landlords may prefer to forgo a new tenant and keep rent increases reasonable for many reasons. The cost of tenant turnover can be very high. They may not want to take the risk of a new tenant over a know good tenant. The local re
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by libertyhouse 8y ago
Your 15% leveraged return is only true if you have no borrowing costs. If you had a 4% mortgage you would actually be losing 1% the first year. A leveraged return L = (asset return - ((1- %down) x loan) rate)/%down. With a 4% mortgage
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by libertyhouse 8y ago
Renting or owning from a purely financial point of view is a relatively straightforward problem and is answered quite nicely with the NY Times Rent vs. Buy calculator (with the caveat that the calculator has not been updated to reflect the