Kent Lavis
@kentlavis.bsky.social
Military / History Enthusiast. Focusing on the US and its allies throughout both World Wars and Modern Times.
Tools are just tools; what matters most is how you utilize them, so that in the end your naval strategy yields results. Guns, aircraft, missiles, you mention it, are just ways to defeat your opponents. That's why it's ridiculous to overly romanticize a certain way of fighting.
September 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Tools are just tools; what matters most is how you utilize them, so that in the end your naval strategy yields results. Guns, aircraft, missiles, you mention it, are just ways to defeat your opponents. That's why it's ridiculous to overly romanticize a certain way of fighting.
And truth be told, I have left defense discussions on Twitter per August of 2024. It is much preferred for my sanity that I limit my discussion to friends with the same interests.
At most I just reposted what @mil-std.bsky.social posts on Twitter.
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At most I just reposted what @mil-std.bsky.social posts on Twitter.
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I absolutely do not understand the people who stick around for defense discussions (or really any discussions there). Half the accounts are dead and the other half of your active followers are going "@grok is this true?" The only use it has is searching for materials on long inactive accounts.
September 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
And truth be told, I have left defense discussions on Twitter per August of 2024. It is much preferred for my sanity that I limit my discussion to friends with the same interests.
At most I just reposted what @mil-std.bsky.social posts on Twitter.
bsky.app/profile/thru...
At most I just reposted what @mil-std.bsky.social posts on Twitter.
bsky.app/profile/thru...
Baudrillard approach to reality, symbols, and society where you can't distinguish between appearance and reality is beautifully applicable to almost any situation.
April 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Baudrillard approach to reality, symbols, and society where you can't distinguish between appearance and reality is beautifully applicable to almost any situation.
So, in a society where optics eclipse truth, the victim's role is not to suffer, but to convincingly not suffer.
Every public appearance reinforces the simulation of loyalty—and their complicity in it. And they are never permitted the authenticity of their own pain.
Every public appearance reinforces the simulation of loyalty—and their complicity in it. And they are never permitted the authenticity of their own pain.
April 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
So, in a society where optics eclipse truth, the victim's role is not to suffer, but to convincingly not suffer.
Every public appearance reinforces the simulation of loyalty—and their complicity in it. And they are never permitted the authenticity of their own pain.
Every public appearance reinforces the simulation of loyalty—and their complicity in it. And they are never permitted the authenticity of their own pain.
“The Hyperreal Punishment”
Pain exists only as performance—both in its infliction and its erasure. Even their suffering becomes a manipulated signifier.
"The torture mark is no longer a wound; it is the absence of one."
Pain exists only as performance—both in its infliction and its erasure. Even their suffering becomes a manipulated signifier.
"The torture mark is no longer a wound; it is the absence of one."
April 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
“The Hyperreal Punishment”
Pain exists only as performance—both in its infliction and its erasure. Even their suffering becomes a manipulated signifier.
"The torture mark is no longer a wound; it is the absence of one."
Pain exists only as performance—both in its infliction and its erasure. Even their suffering becomes a manipulated signifier.
"The torture mark is no longer a wound; it is the absence of one."
I'd like to know more about IBCS and mainly its sensor integration.
January 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I'd like to know more about IBCS and mainly its sensor integration.
Aviation Week released a supplementary article just a week ago on this on-going saga, but I don't have access to it. This might explain all the questions I am having.
aviationweek.com/defense/miss...
aviationweek.com/defense/miss...
Redacted Complaint Details Raytheon’s GPI Lawsuit Against MDA | Aviation Week Network
A lawsuit from Raytheon seeks to overturn a decision by the MDA to select Northrop Grumman as the sole bidder for the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) program.
aviationweek.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Aviation Week released a supplementary article just a week ago on this on-going saga, but I don't have access to it. This might explain all the questions I am having.
aviationweek.com/defense/miss...
aviationweek.com/defense/miss...
“On Sept. 25, the MDA shut down’s Raytheon attempt to win the GPI program, announcing that only Northrop would continue work beyond the preliminary design review.”
Interesting, as one day later Defense News published an article talking about the same topic. It still lacks information but expected.
Interesting, as one day later Defense News published an article talking about the same topic. It still lacks information but expected.
December 2, 2024 at 7:23 PM
“On Sept. 25, the MDA shut down’s Raytheon attempt to win the GPI program, announcing that only Northrop would continue work beyond the preliminary design review.”
Interesting, as one day later Defense News published an article talking about the same topic. It still lacks information but expected.
Interesting, as one day later Defense News published an article talking about the same topic. It still lacks information but expected.