The Littoral Combat Ships USS Tulsa and Santa Barbara, which were assigned rotationally to the Middle East and were supposed to be the US Navy’s mine countermeasures platforms in that region, are now in Penang, Malaysia. So out of 3 MCM platforms 2 are not in the Persian Gulf region... wtf...
The new rules for the independent military newspaper are the Defense Department's latest effort to put extraordinary restrictions on journalists covering the agency.
👀🇺🇸 Claimed as photos of Giraffe 1X radar after attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad today.
Another fair point - Gulf states might not have started the fighting, but living in the region and being dependent on their despotic terror-exporting neighbour not trashing their economy through closing the strait you could imagine them investing some of their billions in a few more MCMV ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
👀 International observers from non-NATO countries are visiting #ColdResponse26 in Northern Norway. They received briefings, observed training and met soldiers in the field – demonstrating Norway’s commitment to transparency and confidence-building. #WeAreNATO
Trump on Fox saying they do not need Ukraines help with small drones
Few hours later: 15 million dollar C-RAM (a naval rotary cannon that they just put on buildings and trucks) ablaze on the roof of the American embassy in Baghdad
So those hits close to the apron were more damaging to our tankers than anyone was letting on.
#PSAB Prince Sultan Airbase
Japan Releases First Official Photos of EC-2 Stand-Off Jammer Aircraft
Japan’s Aviation Development and Testing Group has released official photos of the JASDF’s EC-2 Stand-Off Jammer aircraft which was first spotted last month at Gifu Air Base.
Story: theaviationist.com/2026/03/12/j...
New: ships hit by maritime drones (USVs) tracker www.hisutton.com/Explosive-US...
#OSINT #Iran
NEW: Marine dives on grenade to save Dow from falling below 50,000 www.duffelblog.com/marine-dives...
Efter teknikstrulet – Försvarsmakten stöttar sjukvården på Gotland!
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Anglosphere agony vs Nordic nirvana.
(PS Can't believe I'd never seen this graph before, so grateful to @stephenkb.bsky.social for sharing in his fab morning newsletter (www.ft.com/inside-polit...)
Statement from the French mod on the casualty in Iraq.
BREAKING NEWS | Four of the six crew members who were aboard an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker that crashed in western Iraq have been confirmed dead, U.S. Central Command said.
"I don't know what weapons the next war will be fought with, but the one after that will be with sticks."
"Because of nukes, right?"
"No, because we decided logistics was woke."
Better images of the kc-135 that made it down.
A year ago, eggs were scarce and prices were sky-high. But avian flu took a much smaller toll on America's egg-laying chickens this winter than last, and egg prices have tumbled 42%. n.pr/4bDNGR0
U.S. Air Force signs $2.3B contract for E-7A radar aircraft
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"We used an AI to do this" is increasingly a way of saying, "We didn't want to do this in the first place and we don't care if it's done well."
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Varför hanterar ett konsultbolag källkoden på eget datasystem? Sånt brukar inte få lämna ett ackrediterade datasystem.
”För första gången på 2,5 år tar Ukraina mer terräng än de förlorar. Enligt tankesmedjan ISW kan framryckningar förhindra Rysslands planer på en våroffensiv.”
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Goddamit.
Facebook pic of a KC-135 at Ben Gurion with a portion of the tail fin missing.
Just last week, DE & DK granted proven #falseflagged tanker #Peridot free passage. SE now boarded a tanker suspected to fly a false flag - #SeaOwl1. Swedes braver than their neighbours? Or smart task sharing? In any case, a major step to protect the Baltic.
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Nästa gång Nationella Insatsstyrkan träffar SOG.
Turns out the adage that 'any ship can be a minesweeper once' isn't right, some can be a minesweeper twice.
