“This is asymmetric warfare in real time. Cheap, fast and deadly.”
Older surfers, like, real old, will recognise the name George Greenough.
The barefooted genius inventor, now eighty four, who rethought the physics, the equipment and the philosophy of surfing with ideas were so foundational that much of what we take for granted in modern high-performance surfing, the wild carving turns, responsive fins, staying in the pocket etc, traces back to his experiments in the sixties and seventies.
Anyway, late last year, a story about Georgie by warcrimes investigator-writer-and surfer Peter Maguire might’ve flown under your radar, for it described their collaboration on a “drone of death”, an autonomous boat called the GARC or Greenough Advanced Rescue Craft.
“With no full-time employees or outside investors, George Greenough and my unlikely team took his greatest invention, the GARC from a crude sketch in 2005 to U.S. military production in 2010,” wrote Maguire.
It all went to seed, as these things sometimes do, and the project was given to another company, as well as $160 million, and the boat renamed the “Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft.”
Although, says Maguire, “this semantic shift can’t disguise the distinctive lines of Greenough’s modified cathedral hull.”
Now, the little drones of death have been deployed en masse in the Strait of Hormuz, with the ability to gather intelligence or, if necessary, act as kamikazes and blow the hell out of the accursed RGC.
As one expert puts it,
THE WAR JUST CHANGED IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ The U.S. has deployed robot war boats. Uncrewed. Autonomous. Potentially explosive. Let that sink in. Pentagon confirms drone vessels are now patrolling during Operation Epic Fury: • 450+ hours already logged • 2,200 nautical miles covered • Capable of surveillance… or kamikaze strikes.
This is asymmetric warfare in real time. Cheap, fast, and deadly. Ukraine proved it first — crippling Russia’s Black Sea Fleet with drone boats costing a fraction of traditional weapons. Now it’s in the Gulf.
And the math is staggering: • Drone boat ≈ $250K • Iranian missile = millions • U.S. destroyer ≈ $2 BILLION This isn’t just strategy. It’s a complete shift in how wars are fought. The Strait of Hormuz is no longer just a shipping lane… It’s now a testing ground for the future of warfare.
Watch this closely.
On a related note, was surprised to drive around town last night and see all the lights turned off at the gas stations.
Empty of fuel except for a little diesel at the three dollars for one litre.
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reality is USA are sinking into the quagmire of the Middle East…agin, the problem this time the USA’s military are out of synch with the political goals of the war…as the politicians have no plan, no real experts to negotiate….so it just bumbles on with everyday iran calling out the USA/israel…..I hate writing this as it seriously looks like iran’s regime has survived….Russia /China backing them..how much economic pain can you take?
Yep they’re using china’s gps system. More accurate. That’s why some are getting through. U.s. intelligence is an oxymoron in this case
Totally agree – d’ya think those no kings rallies will be enough to unseat that despotic orange cunt though?
nah…but it’s a sign to the rest of the world that the USA has not been totally corrupted…….and that there is still hope in the USA?
PS
after the last 2 or 3 or 4 leaders have been liquidated in the last four weeks—are they now ‘drawing-straws’ to see who’s going to be the ‘next’ Supremo-Leader for this week?
Any takers??
nah they have a system in place , where there are so many layers of leadership……the only result of the killings is they were replaced by real hard liners of the iran regime…….
Maybe that was what surfers in Newport Beach saw versus the purported juvenile white they claimed circled them?
a young maga supporter?
I thought MAGA was only allowed in HB?
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You forgot to mention his Trump blow up doll!
Legend status right there.
Do they wax the deck, or the bottom of those things?
They use Mr Zogg’s GARC wax on the bottom to reduce friction
“THE WAR JUST CHANGED IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ The U.S. has deployed robot war boats. Uncrewed. Autonomous. Potentially explosive. Let that sink in.”
This will come as a complete surprise to everybody who had their head up their ass for the last 3 years as Ukraine destroyed Russia’s Black Sea fleet with their own USVs, Maguras and Sea Babies.
Was an AI post , that lame ass AI style is barely tolerable
the war just changed not because of some robot war boats which actually can’t do much, as Iran really only has mini-submarines…..yeah drones…….but the USA does not have any mine sweepers so the threat of mines is enough to stop ships…as they won’t be able to get insurance…now the Houti’s are threatening ……what a shit show that gets worse everyday for all of us……irans bargaining position is now way stronger than at the start of the war…how long can we survive the economic pain in the west is the question?
How long Australians will tolerate AUD $3 per litre for diesel and vehicle petrol is the relevant question –
Just think if Australia had gone all-in on renewables a decade ago. The country would lead the world in wind and solar power at this point, rather than continuing to dig vast quantities of coal out of the ground to sell it to India, China and The Philippines, then importing diesel and petrol from Singapore for domestic consumption.
Does that make any long-term sense?
there is no economic long term sense in a capitalist society as elections are every 4 years…..so yeah we are doomed to $3.50 today for diesel , if you can get it…….$4.20 a litre for diesel regionally….so here comes the asociated costs…freight thru the roof…..global supply disruptions/inflation, much higher interest rates, consumer confidence thru the floor…a perfect cocktail for depression!
my little 3 cylinder Toyota Echo cost me 1500.
Is that your current ride? They seem sturdy.
You ever worked out the fuel mileage on it ?
About 14 standard sized front lawns.
Per litre
I hope we win!!
Princess Bride
which we ?
Us
..
They fucked up first time , when covid hit everybody bailed out to the beach and the country , this time lockdowns will be much easier when nobody can drive (except Tesla wankers anyhow)
First his fin design helps nat young to his world title and now this …
George must be feeling ashamed of himself right now
You know you can always fly . Those san fran microdots will make it happen. Radius not so good but the ride!
The fucking soft cock deleting comments thing is back again? That’s great. But let’s keep SC banned for being mean.
Might’ve been me killing off Popsicle.
Shhh…..let Barrelled cook.
There’s a delicious Beachgrit irony in watching Barrelled show that he can’t even deduce the most basic who’s who roll call on a forum with about twenty regulars, and then thinking that anyone would value his retarded thoughts on anything else.
A day ago he thought Freeride WAS Chunky in that screenshot comment you lifted from Swellnet that was Chunky talking to Freeride.
It’s even sweeter when he believes he’s swaggering and burning someone else whilst unwittingly proving what a dumb cunt he is. Like above when he thinks it’s me deleting posts because he can’t do the basic calculations to figure out who it really is.
Would not be hard to identify and get the jump on him at Tower 9. He’d be the shoeless bloke furiously counting his fingers and toes to determine if he’s in the right place.
He was joking. (I hope)
I’ll do just about anything for free rent.
Can you actually read English? Seems like a no.
Thank you for that.
Enough was enough, long ago. Nothing wrong with the ‘tism but you need to have enough self awareness to keep that shit mostly bottled up.
I liked his last post
A bit faggy as some may say.
I enjoyed the desperation
Was worse and way more delusional and less informed than your broadcasted cry-time letter to David Scales!
You still remember my one paragraph letter!!
And your 15 para reply!!
So cute. Look at us now. Xx
Where were they going?
Man surfing is so radical!
Just a benign innocent spectrum fella taking a dip in the idyllic Byron environs, going for a splash and dip!
Do you think he was schooling some grom on why his equipment is fucked when he got the winning idea for his war machines?
Yay autism!
where do you think water boarding came from,LOL?
Jeeeez!
Prolly
I like drip coffee personally.
Drip sucks, especially out of a paper filter.
Best to throw it into a pot of freshly boiled water, then strain it 5 minutes later through a metal filter.
Yeah there is the press but that only gets you a couple cups at a time.
Get that first cup, then chill the rest for some iced love later!
Proper pour overs don’t suck.
If you are using a paper filter for your pourovers it does indeed suck.
The paper traps the oils that make coffee great to begin with.
But you probably know this already.
By the time the water is finished pushing the oils through the paper filter there are minimal oils leftover. Plus, you don’t have the sludge at the bottom of the cup. Paper filters keep the grounds from entering the ceremonial beverage.
Notice how the filter clogs up at the end?
That is paper filter getting clogged up from the oils and sludge it absorbed.
With a good pot batch the grounds have time to properly release the oils, the sludge sinks to the bottom and the oils float to the top. I then scoop that out the top tier with a cup and run it through a metal filter, though that really isn’t necessary.
Ready for liftoff…
Traditional French Press.
“When it comes to coffee you gotta do you.” – Al Merrick
“When it comes to coffee I’ll take it anyway I can get it”
-Sam George
https://youtube.com/watch?v…
Also, proper pour over technique can keep that bottom sludge from accumulating. French Press is harsher on the digestive intestines. #sandpaper
Proper grind is key.
Turbulence, water touch time (WTT), water temp.
I had no idea you’re a coffee snob! Well done!
A product of all my time on the Big Island.
I need more time on the BI
$126 US to fill the truck up today.
Still young fellas here blowin’ about in their giant trucks like they are giving away petrol at the servos.
Pretty sure he drives a ute.
It’s not a complaint jackass, pointing out a fact related to the topic. Stop trying so hard.
Meet him at Tower 9
I scared he might bring all the boy girls that were fawning over him on Poppies II late night.
do you actually know the story of the making of,”the passion of the Christ?”
thought USA was self sufficient in fossil fuels now?
It’s the old capitalism vs. socialism thing.
If you don’t nationalize your resources then the idea of self sufficiency is all one big psyop mind wank.
The likelihood of that happening anywhere in the world anytime soon is about 0.
That doesn’t matter to gouging retail gas stations as they will maximize profit as it is the capitalist way of doing things
I am curious as to whether DR actually gave the inputs for AI to draw up US drones attacking their own ship or if it came up with that all on its own.
More questions than answers.
He’s occasionally quite forthcoming with these sort of questions.
The real question is whether to ask him outright or just to muse about the possibilities and see if he would shine a light on his process. If I had a Polymarket account I’d bet a tenner that he enjoys feeding the prompts and fine tuning the images.
Delete if I reply….
I reply
Ah the good ol land cruiser. Gets you from servo to servo