Tag Archives: Simon Whistler

Iran Strikes: Day 2

If it wasn’t clear from yesterday’s roundup, it appears that a whole lot of Islamic Republic of Iran leaders were physically meeting at Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s bunker in Tehran when the successful decapitation strike was carried out as part of … Continue reading →

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MQ-25 Stingray: A Carrier Based Refueling Drone

One problem the Navy has in a potential fight with China is that its carrier strike groups would need to be dangerously close to the Chinese mainland to launch strike aircraft close enough for them to return. The MQ-25 Stingray … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm For January 30, 2026

Uncle Sam assembles another big stick for Iran, the radical leftwing networks in Minnesota continue to get exposed, silver shatters, two state Democrats get clipped in separate forgery cases, the rise of the Amelia memes, Microsoft update breaks everything (again), … Continue reading →

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A Look At The F-47

Megaprojects (AKA Simon Whistler) takes a look at the forthcoming, radically advanced F-47 stealth fighter. “The F-47 is the United States Air Force’s new sixth generation air superiority fighter.” “It’s being built by Boeing as the centerpiece of the Next … Continue reading →

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Four Long Videos On The Russo-Ukrainian War, Drones, And Tanks

Here’s a tab-clearing roundup of longer videos on the Russo-Ukrainian War, drones, tanks, etc. I’m not going to go point-by-point on everything covered here, just pull out a few of the more important bits. First up: Perun does one of … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for June 13, 2025

Happy Friday the 13th! Israeli’s strike on Iran may be shocking to some, but I remember talking to co-workers about the possibility literally two decades ago. The Ayatollah Khomeini made the complete destruction of Israel a stated policy goal at … Continue reading →

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A Third Drone Defense System: Microwave EMP

About an hour after I posted yesterday’s piece on anti-drone defense systems, a video showing a third possibility dropped: The Epirus Leonidas High Powered Microwave system. “Rather than being a point and shoot offensive weapon, Leonidas is meant to provide … Continue reading →

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HS2: UK’s £100 Billion Rail To Nowhere

I’ve long documented the failures of California’s still unbuilt high speed rail, and now a video from Simon Whistler (yeah, him) covers a similar doomed British high speed rail project: “Even in a country used to paying absurd prices for … Continue reading →

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Bald, Bearded, Bespeckled British Bloke’s YouTube Empire

Looking for something to blog about on a lazy Sunday, I saw this American Thinker piece on Communist China’s continued repression Falun Gong. I have rarely heard it mentioned in the mainstream media, but, according to reports, during the 1990s … Continue reading →

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