'Cold War Tactics.
It would now seem that both the United States and European NATO are on the verge of another Cold War with the new Russia or as propaganda wants us to believe the Dictatorship of Putin. Meanwhile it looks like both America and Britain are openly supporting Ukrainian Neo-Nazism being held at bay by the European Union German and French leadership of Merkle and Holland.
NATO Air forces are reported now to be intercepting Russian Tupolev TU-95 Bears on a regular bases over the English Channel and off the west-coast of the Republic of Ireland.
The TU-95 is the only survivor of the former Soviet maritime reconnaissance type, it is unique in that it has propellers that rotate in opposite directions on each engine. This effect is known to be very fuel officiant giving the Bear a long operational distance.
At the moment the United States and NATO have no equivalent type to do this role.
Thursday 26 February 2015
Thursday 19 February 2015
Cargo Ships. Part-Two.
Container World.
It was the introduction of the container that has changed the world, we now can have anything and everything exported and imported in a metal box. The mordern world is built around the container, which can be carried by road, train, large transport aircraft and shipping.
These containers are available in various sizes, I have noticed that in India and Ireland they are smaller and are perhaps easier to handle without the need of a fork-lifter or crane. But the disadvantage with conainers is that they are good for hiding criminal goods and are hard to detect by police and customs.
Old containers are not heading directly to the scap yard, but now being used in housing projects both in the United Kindom and the Netherlands, while in Canada units are employed for small business start ups.
It was the introduction of the container that has changed the world, we now can have anything and everything exported and imported in a metal box. The mordern world is built around the container, which can be carried by road, train, large transport aircraft and shipping.
These containers are available in various sizes, I have noticed that in India and Ireland they are smaller and are perhaps easier to handle without the need of a fork-lifter or crane. But the disadvantage with conainers is that they are good for hiding criminal goods and are hard to detect by police and customs.
Old containers are not heading directly to the scap yard, but now being used in housing projects both in the United Kindom and the Netherlands, while in Canada units are employed for small business start ups.
Thursday 12 February 2015
Driverless Vehicles. Part-One.
Robotic Vehicles.
What is behind the idea to have a driver less vehicle? Is it a way to control speed and cut out joy riding and motorway incidents! What advantage do we have without the human over ride, if one is not fitted and will these vehicles be monitored by the police and security to know were we travel too?
The benefits may come in slower speeds and helping people with disability, but a lot will be lost perhaps to the freedoms of driving we currently have. The individual choice of a sports car over and small family car may be lost in us only having the types provided.
Will these new cars be driven by petrol engines or electric, will they be fitted with hidden sensors even to the point of security cameras to gather behavioural information?
They are questions worth answering before the world goes down the road of more state control. What will happen to the vehicles we now have, will they become obsolete, banned or limited in their use and what about the rest of the world?
What is behind the idea to have a driver less vehicle? Is it a way to control speed and cut out joy riding and motorway incidents! What advantage do we have without the human over ride, if one is not fitted and will these vehicles be monitored by the police and security to know were we travel too?
The benefits may come in slower speeds and helping people with disability, but a lot will be lost perhaps to the freedoms of driving we currently have. The individual choice of a sports car over and small family car may be lost in us only having the types provided.
Will these new cars be driven by petrol engines or electric, will they be fitted with hidden sensors even to the point of security cameras to gather behavioural information?
They are questions worth answering before the world goes down the road of more state control. What will happen to the vehicles we now have, will they become obsolete, banned or limited in their use and what about the rest of the world?
Thursday 5 February 2015
Artificial Intelligence. Part-One.
Mans fear of A.I.
It would seem that there are a number of scientists and writers who at this time are trying to warn the world that A.I is developing at an alarming rate. They are warning that within 100 years Humanity could be extinct and replaced with self-thinking and repairing robots.
The Robotics industry has now moved on from automobile manufacturing to the various 'Asimo type humanoid machines. Honda of Japan has been one of the leaders in this field of robotics, but so has Germany and Russia.
But it all lies in the construction of U.S. Military self thinking processors that have been fitted to Predator and Raptor drones being used in Afghanistan, N-Pakistan and now the Syrian-Iraqi ISIL (Islamic State in Levant) front. Many other experimental types of U.S. robotics have been deployed in Yemen, Somalia and the Kenyan-Ethiopia region.
I want to look further into this and see the benefits of these Robots and why there are fears arising?
It would seem that there are a number of scientists and writers who at this time are trying to warn the world that A.I is developing at an alarming rate. They are warning that within 100 years Humanity could be extinct and replaced with self-thinking and repairing robots.
The Robotics industry has now moved on from automobile manufacturing to the various 'Asimo type humanoid machines. Honda of Japan has been one of the leaders in this field of robotics, but so has Germany and Russia.
But it all lies in the construction of U.S. Military self thinking processors that have been fitted to Predator and Raptor drones being used in Afghanistan, N-Pakistan and now the Syrian-Iraqi ISIL (Islamic State in Levant) front. Many other experimental types of U.S. robotics have been deployed in Yemen, Somalia and the Kenyan-Ethiopia region.
I want to look further into this and see the benefits of these Robots and why there are fears arising?
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