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Zach 🇺🇦
@thrustwr.bsky.social
Former NavalNews & USNINews writer, Track Fuser, R-1/P-1 Budget Reader.

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My partner and I have been debating whether or not we should get a console so we can play on our TV. But we have resisted the idea because we are both PC gamers and rebuying games does not sit well with both of us. Depending on price this might really fit our need.
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Next two videos should be out sometime after Thanksgiving and later in December.
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Big thank you to the existing Patrons and my followers here who support me in many other ways!
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I call dibs on any burnt bits.
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
What in the nightmare fuel
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
What a load of horseshit. "Victory is built on 85%" stopping 85% of a mass raid still means you die.
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Keeping post, these vibes are immaculate. (PS your obscure NASA posts are my favorite thing to come across when I open this app)
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The next Dem Admin should seize Israeli assets and use them to redevelop Gaza and the West Bank. For its lack of restraint, for its lack of care, for its lack of adherence to the laws of war, for its complete indifference to the suffering of civilians, and the war crimes committed by its soldiers.
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
German version was released many days prior and is available here: suv.report/quo-vadis-fc...
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
155mm Ratshot into their flanks
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
KHIT paved the way for the Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile (LEAP) program. This program funded and demonstrated multiple light KKVs. Some of the vehicles tested and developed under this program weighed as little as 7 kg (14 lb)
October 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
EHV/KHIT was a major milestone for US KKVs. Just a few years prior the US tested ERIS (Exoatmospheric Reentry Vehicle Interceptor Subsystem). This vehicle weighed 150 kg (330 lb) and was a follow-on system to the HOE (Homing Overly Experiment) which weighed 1,000 kg (2,200 lb).
October 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
As a bonus, here is a video of the EHV's April 1989 test:
October 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The EHV finally took flight and stayed airborne for 21.6 seconds in April of 1989. The fourth test provided a ton of data showing that the vehicle's performance closely matched the pre-flight simulations. Divert thrust was calculated at 325 Ibf (goal: 400 lbf) and ACS at 3.0 to 5.0 Ibf (goal: 5 lbf)
October 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In November 1988, the first test flight of the EHV took place. The test was terminated early due to a failure of one of the attitude control nozzle's valve. The second and third test flight attempts were also terminated early due to complications with range safety at the hover test facility.
October 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
After 2 years of development, the KHIT program was initiated to integrate all of these tech into a single vehicle and test it out. Rockwell's EHV had the following characteristics:
October 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This effort kicked off in 1985 and included the development of divert and attitude control systems, fuel and propellant tanks, and valve systems.
October 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM