There are basically no “fantasy” elements, the book keeps you on edge with every page, its the most tense book i have ever read, i fr could NOT LAY IT DOWN until it was thru. Stuff why u should read the book:

• Liquid nitrogen hand granades
• magnetic pneumatic shootable grappeling hook
• French special forces beeing assholes
• more Deus ex machina moments than i ever saw before in a singular book

credible solution right there

the birds thing is a feature, high protein snack precooked via tracer

ok throw in 20$ more for 2 servos to gumball the thing in the right direction

Edit: maybe switch that laser distance sensor for a Ultrasonic one, since ultrasonic dosent show up as bright flickering dots in night vision…

communication satellite, not for espionage

if i see a person struggling with english and still trying to make educational content about niche topics no one else covers, i have the upmost respect for them

Shellgame time

IR homing sensors before the digital age where a piece of analog signalpath art. Its mostly rotating a singular ir sensor in 45degree and then mapping the inputs rotation compensated to the control surfaces. Simple at core but cant tell the difference between a jet exhaust, the sun, or a flare.

Modern version are boring is a High resolution ir cam and some blackmagic AI picking targets apart from flares.

source for the information in the title: i made it up, or did i?