[ExI] robo-rescue

[John Clark]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 9:47 PM Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:

*> Spike, I have been following the reports from Ukraine. They take down
> Russian copters with the least expensive, FPV drones.*
> *A battleship is defined by huge guns and enough armor to stand up to a
> projectile from another battleship of the same gun size. This is not the
> current situation. Your submersible idea is not impossible, but there is no
> way it would be called a battleship. BTW, nobody uses diesel for main
> propulsion; it is all turbines.*
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*Keith, I agree with your comments but for some reason for your last few
posts the font size has become so small it makes it very difficult to
read. *

*John K Clark *






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> Best wishes,
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> Keith
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> On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 3:40 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> *From:* John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com>
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>> *>… The Apache was brought down by a slow, cheap Iranian Shahed-136
>> intelligent DRONE that cost about $20,000… John K Clark*
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>> *The Shahed 136 carries a big-ass warhead.  Had that warhead detonated,
>> the Apache would likely have broken up.  That pilots were rescued
>> apparently unharmed suggests to me we don’t know the reason the Apache went
>> down.  CNN reported a drone, but offered no sources.  So they don’t know
>> what happened, nor do we.  John do you know?  How?*
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>> *spike  *
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