Corporal Frisk

Had no idea they jumped from Broncos! 😳 Ping @davidbergman.bsky.social

...and for my Swedish followers I give my view of the Aftonbladet/DI controversy on the Aster B1NT a bit more.

The original thread commented on how much effort went into managing Churchill, and while Churchill certainly had many and serious flaws, just the fact that he himself recognised he wasn't flawless and could be managed raises him above quite a few of the political leaders of his day ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

"European Missiles for Today’s (and Tomorrow’s) Battlefield" corporalfrisk.com/2026/10/26/e...

Naval News visits Helsinki Shipyard to examine how the “Finland model” is driving icebreaker production, and questions if this strategy could solve the U.S. Navy’s surface combatant crisis 🇫🇮 🇺🇸 By @corporalfrisk.com www.navalnews.com/features/202...

US embassy staff and families ordered to leave Saudi Arabia, with families of embassy staff in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain also ordered to leave, diplomatic source tells AFP

The image is taken in 1945 or 1946, when BW-384 "Noka" was one of the last Brewsters still flying. Note that the original "Noka" - BW-355 - had been lost to German anti-aircraft fire in late 1944.

Do you know who was the British prime minister that declared war on Germany in 1939, and sent troops over to the continent? Neville "Peace in our time" Chamberlain. You don't need a Churchill to get upset about an invader, not to mention the reaction if it is your country that gets bombed.

Nice reporting on our study 👍

New Publications Here and There A quick overview of what I've done and written recently, and what is coming up on the blog.

This sounds like one of those to file under 'We know what to do, but not how to do it and be reelected' ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

The former boss of Germany's most important intelligence agency, the BND, has been arrested on suspicion of treason.

Efterlysning bland alla snälla nördar: är du eller känner du någon som kan textil- eller industri-historia och skulle kunna faktakolla en text om tygfabrik på tidigt 1900-tal? Sprid så blir jag glad! ❤️

Okay, I need some help from the nerds. My mom's father, my Poppy, was a pilot who flew P-47s in the Italian Campaign during WWII. I don't want to post on Reddit but *can you recommend a book* that takes a deep dive into P-47s in the Italian Campaign; squadrons, engagements, combat & Corsica?

"Flying wings are boring, let's do flying bodies instead" - some engineer somewhere who had some kind of a quarrel with Northrop, probably 😜

I argue that we do have options for how to meet Russian aggressive attacks, and until we actually do something, regardless of any political statements about attacks being "unacceptable", we are in fact accepting them. By the way, here's a picture of Reagan being briefed by on El Dorado Canyon.

I have expressed opinions on the topic.

I'll just leave this here.

Very much looking forward to reading this... #militarymobility #arcticmobility #totaldefence #highnorthberedskap. See also > bsky.app/profile/guyy...

Far be it from me to say that not cooperating with authorities always means you did the crime, but one could imagine the time to present the "comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence" was during the investigation they instead made "concentrated efforts to stop and frustrate" ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

Finnish bordet Guard picking up the baton... globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=4621df

Great for Finland, but to be completely honest my selfish view is that more precipitation in May and less during my vacation in July would have been nice 😅

Back from Stockholm, where the firearm geeks might find it interesting to note that the guards at the palace were using some AK M4A (Swedish Colt M4A1, brought in as a stop-gap rifle) alongside the AK 5 (FN FNC).

As Denmark sends conscripts abroad, it’s time to repost my comment on the Finnish force structure which the politicians doesn’t seem to want to talk about. But, hey, it’s not like there are some worrying signs the resolve of our alliance might be about to be tested? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It might sound a bit farcical, but politicians are people (and often people who went into politics to try to make the world a little bit better), so these kinds of dynamics shouldn't be underestimated (wherever they might lead).

I mean, when you put it like that, Disney doesn't seem as bad after all...

I will neither deny nor confirm this is how it looked when an AWACS passed over DALO Industry Days 😁

Some nice shots of the project 940 Lenok NATO Codename India class

Your feel-good story of the day: This 12-year-old kid who went viral at the 2021 Tour of Britain has signed for a Dutch grassroots club and development team that's a feeder partner of Team Visma-Lease a Bike (the team of the rider who gave him the bidon). www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...