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In 1943, a U.S. bomber flying over Germany was hit 11 times in the fuel tanks by explosive ordnance, but none of them exploded. ??
When the shells were cut open, they contained no explosives. One of them held a note in Czech that read, “This is all we can do for you now.” ???? pic.twitter.com/ryveBU56Jw
— J&L Historical (@Jason_R_Burt) January 9, 2026
Iran just ran the most sophisticated electronic warfare campaign ever deployed against a commercial satellite constellation.
They succeeded.
And it didn’t matter.
Here’s the physics they missed:
The regime spent $300 million on Russian Krasukha-4 jammers. Achieved 30-80%… pic.twitter.com/EsiWqsDDIK
— Shanaka Anslem Perera ? (@shanaka86) January 12, 2026
I must…
I can’t be the only one that remembers how inescapable this Darth Vader kid Volkswagen commercial from 2011 was pic.twitter.com/KVbMhRYAOz
— jacob (@jtimsuggs) January 12, 2026
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The mullahs can try jamming. Someone forgot to tell them TCP/IP (not UDP/IP, there is a difference) is resilient. It was designed to ensure the message got through. Like FedEx…if a message (packet) positively absolutely has to get there…Transmission Control Protocol is the way to go.
The folks on Arpanet back in the 70s and 80s were developing these protocols with the still-active Cold War in their minds. When you add in all the middleware protocols…even the ‘great wall’ that supposedly isolates the Chicom empire is pretty much (thank you Elon) a sieve.
Good for the crown prince. Not that his father was a paragon…but what followed was much worse.
1. R-e6+ . . f7×f6 (forced)
2. Q-g6# . . K-e7
3. Q-f7+ . . K-e8
4. B-g6#
1. Re6+ f7xe6
2. Qg6+ Ke7
3. Qg7+ Ke8
4. Bg6#