Category Archives: Destruction

Things we want to think of as friendly, but aren’t

Posted on January 16, 2017 by vincentsmithauthor

During the Falklands War the Royal Navy’s destroyer HMS Sheffield was sunk by a single missile fired from an Argentine fighter jet. It caused some people to wonder if modern surface warships were obsolete, sitting ducks for today’s sophisticated missiles. … Continue reading →

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Exploding elephant

Posted on February 25, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

I once went on a four day hike through the mountains led by an experienced bushwalker who told us what provisions we’d need, and then told us to take a bag of rice as emergency rations in case we got … Continue reading →

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