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08/09/2026

OPEN-SOURCING THE "CINDER" DEFENSE SALVO
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Another little something I have been tooling around with since I've been seeing issues with shortages on the news with the Patriot and Iron Dome self defense missile systems. Let me introduce you to the ASKI Cinder. It is a low cost interceptor that can easily be retrofitted into pre-existing 80–81mm launchers.

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Solving the cost-asymmetry of modern air defense the world is currently experiencing is a crisis of math. Sophisticated defense systems like the Iron Dome are being overwhelmed not by superior technology, but by sheer volume. Using a expensive interceptor to stop a cheap drone is a losing equation that puts innocent lives at risk.
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I am sharing the conceptual framework for the Cinder-Class ASKI (Aero-Stabilized Kinetic Interceptor).

What is it? - It is a high-speed kinetic "Paper Airplane" designed to fit into the infrastructure we already have. It is a $350 precision-guided dart that can be fired from any standard 81mm mortar tube or Patriot battery.
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Key Features:

~Cost: Target production of $350 per unit.

~Speed: Mach 3.5+ (Hit-to-kill kinetic impact).

~Resilience: Uses an Analog-Anchor (Laser Pulse) guidance system. It works in total blackouts, without GPS, and cannot be hacked or jammed.

~Sovereign production designed to be built using local supply chains of Warren steel and Akron polymers. (Example in my area in due respect to the Ravenna Arsenal (Ammo Production) Warren (Steel) and Akron (Rubber) If reunified via rail restoration mind you

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I am not looking to gatekeep this. I am looking for the Brokers, Engineers, and Defense Liaisons who want a answer to Big Defense bloat and want a shovel-ready solution that works now.

*Technical Visual Note - One is a dart model and the other a more sophisticated plane design. (Thus "paper airplane" & "cinder")

Price points are based on the smaller and easier to make Cinder or what I like to call the "Birdie" for fun. (One looks like a badminton birdie, the other a paper airplane)

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Dual-Phase Aero-Dynamics The Cinder ASKI utilizes a modular, high-tolerance design optimized for Mach 3.5+ transition.

Phase 1 (In-Barrel): A high-density polymer Sabot Sleeve provides a 100% pressure seal for maximum energy transfer from 81mm tubes or Mass Driver rails.

Phase 2 (Terminal Intercept): Upon muzzle exit, the Sabot discards, and four spring-loaded carbon-fiber control fins deploy.

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This isn't just a projectile; it is a Sovereign Interceptor that transforms from a "Slug" into a precision-guided "Dart" when it exits the barrel. By focusing on a universal, adaptive "slug" rather than new launchers, we can retrofit these into our existing defenses.

08/06/2026

I know people have their reservations about AI but I've spent the last year or so working off and on in my free time to try to devise a way for AI to run without polluting. Originally I had the idea that we could try to incorporate Microsoft's Natick data centers that operate underwater in lakes abroad and even dig new lakes where everything's turning brown and even try to tap into aquifers in hope to turn things green where they are turn/ed/ing brown... Other than just trying to make data centers non-toxic. When you place a Natick type data center into the water though. The water itself becomes the cooling agent and it doesn't need a bunch of chemicals and groundwater pumped out of the ground. It also doesn't need as much electricity either if done correctly.

The biggest problem with using lakes like this is that they would get warm enough to allow algae blooms to form on them and cause a toxic situation too. So with much deliberation and much time spent. I took some inspiration from a few things in real life. Like a bell mouth spillway and a gravity vortex washing machine. (Pictured) We all seen little videos of people that craft neat little washing machines off of the side of rivers via these little spinning vortexes they make. If you were to take those two technologies, put them together, massively increase the scaling of them, and put them in a line. You might be able to utilize the vortexes in size similar to the bell mouth spillway in New York. Or maybe even bigger than that to use the cool the water funneled down through it to in turn cool the data center?

At the same time could it be possible to put turbines down at the bottom very similar to the ones used in dams for power? Who knows? It may just power itself? Maybe not completely but none of this was actually put on paper sadly... It's definitely way better to utilize waterfalls and other water features to create the cooling water instead. Then it can go down into a canal and cool back down before its put back into the river? That way it doesn't affect the river? Much unlike the previous lake idea. I have some pictures below to give some examples of everything. Forgive me, but I did use AI to make the 2 examples of the tech. I am not a graphics artist and I cannot afford to hire one.

If anyone has thoughts on integrating passive fluid dynamics and or large scale cooling. I would love to hear feedback from any mechanical engineers and data center architects on possible feasibility? Multiple AIS have told me that this could be feasible if done correctly. But AI can always get its hopes up and or spin tails and hallucinate sometimes.



Microsoft
Google
Meta AI
Vertiv
Open Compute Project
Lenovo Data Center
Amazon Web Services
Green Energy Solutions (Solar systems for home and business)

05/20/2026

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