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Zach 🇺🇦

@thrustwr.bsky.social

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Former NavalNews & USNINews writer, Track Fuser, R-1/P-1 Budget Reader. For defense-related stuff Site: https://defensearchives.com/news Map site: https://www.vermln.com

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · Aug 11

The second edition of my introductory piece on the PATRIOT system is now public. I have once again put a lot of effort into this and added the necessary graphics, so go grab a copy (it is free!) and enjoy!.

patreon.com/posts/109863935

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 7h

I have been making use of it more recently but I often use direct websites that they have archives of (Scihub).

Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 10h

Back on my shit

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 10h

I also make use of archive.org extensively and sometimes catalog.archives.gov Other times I might have to buy or source a few books on a given topic.

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

Archive.org

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 10h

For more info on enemy systems I try to make use of the CIA Reading room and sometimes Congressional hearings (these are on google books). For US systems I often look for Selected Acquisition Reports or else DOTE reports. For industry news I use Aviation Week or else Inside Washington Publishers.

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 10h

More tips are case based, if i am trying to find more system details from tests I go search for stuff on journals like AIAA or else ASNE. I use Google scholar to find journal stuff. If I think the system has been documented by the DoD, I search on DTIC or else OSTI.

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 10h

the trick is called "spend 6 hours searching for a piece of info". in all seriousness, I usually search for specific terms by using quote marks. Google has been turning more shit as such I also use the search tools to limit my search range (years) so they don't involve anything recent.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Being mad at Ms Rachel is a pretty good tell that you're just mad that people care about Palestine at all— many such cases actually but in that context these people will die mad because people will always care

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 1d

0, it should be smooth.

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 1d

But I am happy that the video work isn't entirely insurmountable if I just put in the hours. So i will keep at it.

Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 1d

I have been somewhat busy since August due to a mix of life + work related stuff. Turns out researching, writing, graphic design, editing, animating and voice over videos is quite a task. I thought doing the magazines prepared but I couldn't have been more wrong.

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 1d

It has been a long time since I last did an AMA, so I guess you guys should throw me some questions you have had for me?

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 1d

Mmmm forbidden protein bar

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 1d

Carriers are the only class of vessels where the Soviets looked at them and decided "we will fire 12 missiles each carrying close to a ton of explosive at each carrier and if that isn't enough for a good measure we will throw in a megaton nuclear warhead"

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 1d

The US Navy had a number of major aircraft carrier fires that resulted in major explosions inside the hangar and they have learned from these mishaps

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 1d

If you actually go back to WW2 you will see that what killed allied carriers was inability to deal with onboard fires due to
1. Lack of ability to pump enough water
2. Correct for list
3. And a combination of these things in both pumping in and out water.

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 1d

The only class of vessels in US inventory designed to take punishment are aircraft carriers.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

counterpoint: look at this modern battleship under construction

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 1d

Modern tanks have frontal arcs that are more protected (on a RHA equivalent) than Battleships of yore and they are still getting penetrated frontly by the cones of magic.

In reality, your armor belt doesn't matter so much when I can fly a 500 lb warhead straight into your bridge

Whatismoo @whatismoo.bsky.social · 1d

I know I'm late to the modern Battleship discussion thing, but it's a very stupid idea. This is the warhead from an AS-4 KITCHEN / Kh-22 Burya. It weighs ≈1000kg. That shaped charge looks somewhere between 500 and 750mm. At a conservative estimate of 2 cone diameters you cannot carry enough armor.

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 5d

This is how I am dressing up if you ever invite me for anything

Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 5d

Fighting words

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 6d

Mood

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · 12d

How are we doing here? What's going on?

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · Sep 10

Glad to heat that you enjoyed it 😊

Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · Sep 10

This was a map quirk on my end. I originally had France added to countries with SRBMs (mistake) and then noticed it after everything was done. I edited France out but forgot about French Guyana.

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Zach 🇺🇦 @thrustwr.bsky.social · Sep 10

The script for this was a pain as I had to balance useful information against proper explanations for lay people and not going into too much details. Might make an "extras" video one day covering things I left out. But for this now, I hope this is good enough!