Author: Shannon

  • Drone Friday Open Comments

    I read somewhere recently that 60% of the casualties in the Russo-Ukrainian war are the result of drone technology. I have also seen a number of reports that the U.S. is falling behind in getting the latest advanced drone technology into the hands of American forces – mostly due to bureaucratic inertia at the Pentagon.…

  • Wednesday “Texas Chicken” Open Comments

    . The “maneuver” underway, Houston. The recent large ship collision on a narrow Vietnamese river brought to mind our narrow local ship channel. Even the most casual observer of Houston Ship Channel operations has heard of the utterly harrowing “Texas Chicken” maneuver performed by gigantic ships daily on Texas’ most important inland waterway. This video…

  • Monday Open Comments