Korobochka (コロボ) 🇦🇺✝️ (@cirnosad)

Can the Iranians actually harm US businesses in the Middle East? /🧵 [Note: This is a war game thread. Nothing written here should be taken as a recommendation but a thought experiment involving the convergence of two subjects: modern service infrastructure and war. Let's hope none of the following ...

Pepe Escobar has spread a rumour given to him by an "Asian source" (read: disguised Israelis :)) making the Israel's virtual attack on Iran as real as it can possibly be: A nuclear EMP attack carried out using, reportedly, a single F-35. Is this true? No. I'll explain why. /🧵 <a target="_blank" h...

Remains of the cruise missile that struck the girl's school in Iran. The photograph of the PCB was illegible and I cannot find a reference that can help identify the missile, but I did find something interesting from the remaining parts. ...

⚛️PHYS001: Basics of atomic physics and fission. In this short thread-course, I'm going to get you up to speed with the basics of atomic physics. If you already understand the words "chain reaction", "mass defect" and "fission", you can skip this course. Everyone else, let's go! ...

Bunker Busters and Armageddon /🧵 The war with Iran has been authorised by the psychopath in chief Trump. From the very beginning, at the start of his term, he placed a proverbial Chekhov's gun on the fire place at Diego Garcia: B-2s. The threat wasn't the stealth but the load. ...

You drop a single GBU-57 into the mountain range, let's say the fins stabilise it and it comes in at an almost vertical angle for deepest penetration and proper bomb operation. Look at this test and notice how the soil "swallows" it, as though it was going through water. ...

This is an explosion in a Czech munition factory. That's right, a FACTORY. And note the earthwork and how it contained the explosion. This is a conventional explosion, or if someone was really sneaky, it was a very low yield surface nuclear explosion. [Doubtful though]...

The Folly of Normie Psychology in the Context of Nuclear Explosion Analysis /📄🧵 Normies, especially those who think they know more than they do, usually have a one dimensional explanation for an event that cannot survive cross-discipline scrutiny. They don't use science, and I don't mean reading cr...

Why are nuclear weapon going to be the preferred weapon for tactical engagements in the future? /📃🧵 The problem faced by military planners is the interaction of three technological phenomena: 1. The advancement of A2AD which has made any overflight mission dangerous. 2. The advancement of entrenchm...