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Notes from the lab — numerics, HPC, and the occasional detour.
Caught, Not Landed: Why China's Booster Recovery Isn't a SpaceX Copy
On 10 July, China brought an orbital-class rocket booster home for the first time. It did not land it. It caught it, in a net, on a ship, using hooks instead of legs. The obvious reading ...
Two Ways to Build a Fighter: Why FCAS Collapsed and GCAP Didn't
Within four weeks in mid-2026, Europe’s two sixth-generation fighter programmes reached opposite fates. One was cancelled outright; the other signed a £4.6 billion contract. The differenc...
Eye in the Sky: The Netra AEW&C and Its Long Road to Combat-Ready
On 25 June 2026, India declared its indigenous Netra airborne early-warning system fully combat-ready. The certificate was dedicated to eight people who died chasing the same idea twenty-...
Slow on Purpose: India's LRLACM and the Economics of the High-Low Missile Mix
On 15 June 2026, DRDO test-fired a cruise missile built to fly slower than a passenger jet, while India already operates one of the fastest cruise missiles in service anywhere. The contra...
The Hacker Who Almost Stole the Internet: The Inside Story of the XZ Backdoor
Originally published on LinkedIn.
Setting up this site
This site is meant to work like a lab notebook with the door open: research progress on the Research page, short dated updates on the homepage, and longer notes here when something is wor...