I, for one, welcome our new Drone Swarm overlords.
Yes, I know it's been a while. In my defense, I had a crappy day last week and everything I wrote just came out angry. Good to see everybody again, Net Assessment never dies.
“Drone Swarm” is going to be the buzzword of the next few years. And yes, I take full credit and/or blame (depending on which side of the swarm we are on.)
Like I said. Swarms are the new black.
“Without me, my robot is still pretty useful. Frankly, I am kind of superfluous in this matter.”
Quiz time! What do a team of British engineers name their badass autonomous jet fighter wingman program?
If you guessed “Team Mosquito”, congratulations, you get a warm beer, soccer instead of football and some shitty food.
Now THIS is what I’m talking about. COLLAB BOMBS - that right there is 100%, millennial approved, Instagram-optimized and certified terrifying ‘merican marketing at its finest.
On the rise - China’s “private” space industry. Home of Net Assessment’s all-time favorite, “China Great Wall Industry Corporation Limited” (that’s a 100% real company name, by the way.)
Anyone want to bet while the US is diligently trying to return manned missions to the Moon, China goes full damn-the-torpedoes and launches a homegrown one-way Robinson Crusoe to Mars?
Insert obligatory “Start out a billionaire” joke here.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/charlesbeames/2021/01/18/how-do-you-become-a-millionaire-in-space/
The Audie Murphy story is too easily tossed out as a superlative without actually understanding the sheer testicular fortitude involved. Also, I will forever keep the phrase “fugitive from the law of averages” in my lexicon.
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/03/01/the-price-of-valor/
Sure. A space-based, self-organizing orbital mesh AI network. Nothing could possibly go wrong here.
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2021/01/military-eyes-ai-cloud-computing-space-decade/171692/
I can only assume he’s going to rope them into a cable internet contract and in a year all the promotional pricing goes away. Genius. There’s no way out without visiting the local Spectrum store and NO ONE, not even Russia or China is willing the wait that long to save $10 a month. Check and Mate, sir.
And this is what we refer to as a “callback” in the newsletter comedy business.
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2021/01/28/us-autonomous-vessel-drone-swarm/
I am full-on claiming “Vladimir the Poisoner of Underpants” as my Halloween costume this year. If anyone shows up with the same outfit, I’m going to be PISSED.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/europe/alexey-navalny-russia-court-hearing-intl/index.html
Speaking of which, “Vladimir’s Secret Pink Palace” sounds like something my wife is watching on Netflix. Instead, it’s a nearly 2-hour Youtube Putin takedown by Navalny that I fully admit I have not watched yet because listening to that much Russian straight-up hurts my ears.
https://www.insider.com/vladimir-putins-secret-palace-black-sea-russia-video-2021-1
Why are they so angry all the time? Oh wait. That’s right.
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