UK #LibDems leader #EdDavey was stuck. A man with no vision, and no reason to watch him except when he wears his #wetsuit.

So Ed has launched his new #BigIdea. Build British nuclear missiles, instead of renting #ICBMs from the #USA.

That's Ed's idea. Don't build houses or fund the NHS. Don't abolish student loans or retrofit cold buildings or expand the rail network. Spend the money on missiles!

Back to the wetsuit, Ed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0dz1k0rr4o

#ukpol

From Missiles to Mars - Elon Musk

#space #icbms #mars #russia

My job has its ups and downs…

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_5b2fd2c4-ef20-11ef-b47b-fba3a983a0f0.html

#vandenberg #icbm #icbms #airforce #nukes

Come see This Week This Week in LA. Three sketches I wrote (Newsom AI, Ballistacil Commercial and Your Friend the Taxman) are in it and much much more. It's like the news but funny. Cast and details in last image.

Tix at the door.

#LosAngeles #LA #satire #joke #funny #comedy #sketch #SketchComedy #ComedyWriter #writer #screeenwriter #screenwriting #GavinNewsom #california #newsom #ai #RobotApocalypse #ICBMs #ICBM #russia #taxes #irs #psa

This story is from 2017. But how many #CriticalInfrastructure systems and #NuclearPowerPlants still use outdated software that's vulnerable to #Malware attacks!

Windows 95, 98 And XP Still Power Much Of The Pentagon’s Critical Infrastructure

by Brittany Goetting — Saturday, April 29, 2017, 05:28 PM EDT

"Microsoft ended support for #WindowsXP in 2014, but the Pentagon currently pays Microsoft to continue providing support for the outdated OS. The majority of the computers equipped with Windows XP or older are thankfully not connected to the internet. The computers are nevertheless vulnerable to cyber attacks, especially if they are connected to other computers with internet access.

"Haegley is currently working on transitioning all the devices to Windows 10 and pushing for an extension of their bug bounty program. Last spring the Department of Defense released a list 138 vulnerabilities and offered roughly $150,000 USD to bug bounty hunters. Haegley hopes that senior staff within the Pentagon will be supportive of the program. He noted, 'The best and brightest could help us get through that'.

"As of last spring, the Department of Defense still uses Compass. This system is a command and control system that is used for deliberate and crisis action planning, strategic mobility analysis, and mobilization and deployment movement execution. It runs on a #Windows2008 Server and is programmed in Java. It also uses a 2009 Oracle 11g database. The United States nuclear force still runs on IBM Series/1 computers and uses #FloppyDisks designed in the 1970's to coordinate some of its functions. These operational functions include intercontinental ballistic missiles [#ICBMs], #nuclear bombers, and tanker support aircraft."

https://hothardware.com/news/windows-95-98-and-xp-still-power-a-majority-of-the-pentagons-critical-systems

#Cyberattack #CyberWarfare #AirGapping #USBStick #NoNukes #NoWar #NoNuclearWeapons

How did #Israel make a house in Tehran blow up?

The why is clear - they want large scale war. The *how* is bothering me.

It is 1700km from #Jerusalem to #Tehran. A missile big enough to do that leaves a substantial track, surely? For comparison, the currently newsworthy missiles in the Ukrainian war have ranges of 500km. Wikipedia says Israel's cruise missiles have a similar range.

Possessing The #Bomb, it makes sense that Israel has missiles capable of reaching all of Iran. Wikipedia says they're called '#Jericho' and they are a three stage #missile. Those three stages would all leave a livid trace, surely. Bits of it would litter the desert and be findable.

Did #Israel just use one? Just for this one assassination? #ICBMs are not cheap. (Hmmm also it means that terminal guidance on Jericho is precise, or that it can be fitted with a precision terminal vehicle particularly suitable for assassinations.)

Or, did pilots fly around and over Georgia, then launch a small ground attack missile? The Russians wouldn't allow that, ... would they? Russians are not cheap either, I suppose?

Or, did they use up a cell in Iran for the job? Again, not cheap.

All of it means that Ismail Haniyeh *in Tehran* was a very very very important target. The speculation that he was a modern Archduke Franz Ferdinand has some merit, I suppose.