Per Telegraph, Putin and Trump admin are discussing the “need” for NATO withdrawal back to its 1997 borders as part of the “peace plan”. That means withdrawal of NATO forces from Poland, Baltics and Finland.
My latest: on the history and future of the tank on the battlefield.
“Survivability, like attritability, is in the eye of the commander, after all. It’s all about what it buys you in your engagement, battle, and campaign in the aggregate.”
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*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation
For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.socialwww.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
To-do list for SD Mayor Pete and DSD Uncle Frank (and the transition team):
- at 1201 rip down the stupid fucking sign, regardless of whether Congress has officially changed the name (not looking good for the 27 NDAA lol)
- at 1202 issue orders to rename all the confederate bases back*
The Royal Navy has a “serious anti-submarine warfare gap” that weakens the U.K.'s ability to respond to Russia’s submarine and underwater sabotage threats. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
The Royal Navy has a “serious anti-submarine warfare gap” that weakens the U.K.'s ability to respond to Russia’s submarine and underwater sabotage threats. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
Incoming Chinese naval drills…..
Japan will allow "Taiwan" to be selected as a country of origin on national qualification certificates. The change stands to benefit the around 70,000 Taiwanese nationals living in Japan.
Chokepoint-maxxing
"ASML may not enjoy having US' hands around their throat but appear to have little choice. We live in a world where all govs seem capable of seeing are necks they should either grasp & wring themselves, or encase in gorgets lest they be wrung by adversaries"
More of that great Wolf Warrior Diplomacy™.
This started with a cross-party group of Estonian MPs celebrating Taiwan's National Day.
In response, China tried to explain their job as MPs is to never appear to contradict state policy
…which, er, of course is not at all how our democracies function.
Netanyahu: “I invited Palmer Luckey here.
“Palmer Luckey heads a company called Anduril, which I believe is the leading weapons manufacturing company in the United States.
“He talks about the possibility of underground penetration.
“He talks about unmanned systems underground.
U.S. defense firm Anduril could eventually manufacture its newly unveiled Steelfin interceptor missiles in Europe, a company executive said. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
Dominic Tierney underscores the United Kingdom's approach to foreign policy under Andy Burnham as one of balancing values and interests. No clearer example of this has been shown than UK efforts to support Ukraine and help mend its relationship with a key ally, the United States.
Was throwing a senior civil servant under the bus a wise thing to do? No
But did it demonstrate a ruthless political shrewdness and save the political career of Keir Starmer? Also no
"Ukraine's war effort is faltering" - Jacobin weirdos. People here we going insane over US loses during the recent Epic Failure Op, but everything lost by the US in all conflicts in the last 40 years would be nothing compared to what Ukraine has inflicted on the VVS.
⚡️ BREAKING: Satellite imagery shows the aftermath of a Ukrainian strike on Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia’s Voronezh region.
The attack hit six Russian Su-34M bombers stationed at the site.
It is madness
The US (and Europe) are weakening Ukraine’s position at the very moment Russia’s own capacity to sustain the war is coming under increasing strain
This is now the greatest danger for Ukraine. And it is happening just as Putin is running out of options of his own
The EU is working on alternatives to Starlink for Ukraine. From early 2027, the European Commission plans to integrate commercial satellite capacity into GOVSATCOM, including for Ukrainian needs. The EU’s own IRIS² satellite constellation is scheduled to become fully operational in 2029. #Ukraine
The EU is working on alternatives to Starlink for Ukraine. From early 2027, the European Commission plans to integrate commercial satellite capacity into GOVSATCOM, including for Ukrainian needs. The EU’s own IRIS² satellite constellation is scheduled to become fully operational in 2029. #Ukraine
I want to emphasize Mike’s points: this isn’t going to work. The missile itself might work. But this list of common bits is all the expensive bits other than the seeker. And if your plan is to build one missile capable of PD against a YJ-83 and terminal against a DF-26B, you’re nuts.
like this is straight up impossible, but anduril legit doesn't think that, they think this is something they can actually do (with appropriate graft built in ofc)
Anduril Unveils Steelfin Family Of Modular Surface-To-Air Missiles share.google/h2Z9JmS9Xu5j...
The interceptor family was built to address threats across the air-and-missile defense spectrum, while aiming to come at a fraction of the cost of others. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
If Americans thought gas prices that looks like a Rockies’ ERA was bad, I have terrible news about how much things will cost after ships start sinking in the Taiwan Strait.
But "a lot of Americans on here" have real lives, with real problems. They can't be bothered with paranoid and irrelevant rubbish about "the rise of pro-China factions". That's for think-tanks pushing "Operation Hellscape" nonsense, for the sake of enriching their patrons.
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USAF putting LRASM on a B-52? Seems like the B-52 is going back to its roots (reminding surface ships that airpower has sunk about as much tonnage as subs).
This a million times. People of colour being dragged on to debate maniacs about imaginary labels & race science is an abomination. proper ‘how German are you’ Nazi shit
Note that people like me with white migrant parentage never asked to defend our identity
Englishness. Is. A. Made. Up. Thing
Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played
Doge was not a "missed opportunity." It did *exactly what it set out to do* - slash and burn programs deemed inconvenient, soyjak, "too gay," any any mechanism that was within reach that might slow down "project 2025" with maximal trauma inflicted on the federal workforce & left-leaning pops
It's like saying "well, the Nazi's might've won WWII if only they were reliable diplomatic partners, law-abiding & respectful of the democratic process, & not reliant on slave labor."
Yeah, but then they wouldn't be Nazis.
absolutely terrible, stupid framing.
DOGE could have *only* been a "missed opportunity" if it had been conceived, planned, & implemented exactly opposite of how it was, by people who did not think like they did, for goals antithetical to their actual goals.
Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played
This is nonsense, nowhere in the article do they mention the soldier's high T levels or warrior mindset, which I have been reliably informed is critical to successful military operations.
The new Melbourne Metro station at Town Hall has been named the World's Most Beautiful Station (2026) - www.railexpress.com.au/town-hall-st...
I'm curious to hear from people who've used it - especially neurodivergent folks - as to what they think of it.
He’s our ersatz ambassador to Ukraine and Belarus —just a “Special Envoy,” not a real one, because no one in the GOPnik Party takes diplomacy seriously at any level.
In case anyone was getting optimistic about the next election, Kemi Badenoch is realistically now favourite to win it, purely by wrecking the Tories less successfully than the other parties are wrecking their own prospects.
This Mid-Autumn Festival, I hope for a world where everyone can be together with their loved ones, and a world where we are all united in pursuit of human liberty.
I really wish the media would pay more attention to @jonworth.eu, as it's still very unclear whether these trains will / can run through the channel tunnel...
www.euronews.com/travel/2026/...