Steve Trimble

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YouTube video by Ward Carroll Russia Gaining in Drone War over Eastern Ukraine

New episode just posted (featuring @thedewline.bsky.social):

And Russian incompetence.

Three-Stars, Retirees Among Options For Top U.S. Air Force Job | Aviation Week Network The U.S. Air Force search for a new military leader broadened to more retirees and lieutenant generals after a leading contender faced new criticism on social media, sources say.

The U.S. Air Force search for a new military leader broadened to more retirees and lieutenant generals after a leading contender faced new criticism on social media report @beverstine.bsky.social and @thedewline.bsky.social

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I zee your point.

Did you know the word Leiden, which is also the name of a city in The Netherlands, means “to lead” in Dutch and “suffer” in German? Just thought I’d share.

Debrief: Bell Sues Iran For Unpaid Helo Storage Bills | Aviation Week Network Iran's foreign minister is being sued by Bell Textron over a little-known dispute over helicopter storage fees dating back to the Iranian Revolution of the late 1970s.

At some point this summer, a courier from a UAE-based freight forwarder will attempt to serve a court summons to Iran's Foreign Minister, informing the diplomat that his government is being sued in a Fort Worth courtroom by Bell Textron.
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A Block 4 type vision effectivity development capability costs $33,355,000, in case you were wondering.

Стало известно об отмене международного военно-технического форума «Армия» Международный военно-технический форум «Армия» отменен. Об этом 16 июля сообщил источник «Известий».При этом на данный момент сайт «Армия-2025» по-прежнему функционирует. Там указано, что мероприятие ...

Russia has cancelled Army 2025, this year's version of the country's largest, annual defense exhibition, says Izvestia. No reason given. s

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And I'm not eating less carrot cake.

At least. I suppose that could be called a "problem." But it's job is to hit another missile, with both going at missile speeds. That's hard. And hard stuff to do is generally pretty expensive. The Navy's SM-6 costs even more.

Trump is saying 17 missiles, not batteries. It would take years to produce 17 batteries.

Iran’s Pathway to the Bomb Aaron and Jeffrey finally deconflict their schedules to talk about the outcome of the Israeli-Iranian war, Iran’s pathway back to the bomb, and why [...]

The blogfather @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social and I finally sat down to discuss the "12 day war" and Iran's pathway back to the Bomb :: www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1220...

But I want carrot cake.

To give the conspiracy crowd something new to play with, I propose we all call the circular, white building in the middle of the future @anduriltech.bsky.social Arsenal 1 campus in Columbus, Ohio, the "Tic Tac."

Tough call. A fine line sometimes between language that offers a clinical assessment of life-and-death national security issues and language that sounds deliberately boring to a mass audience. But it's important to engage a mass audience while avoiding over-simplifying issues in an eye-rolling way.

Bell will get a chance to build an X-plane demonstrator for high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing technology based on a stop/fold tiltrotor. aviationweek.com/defense/airc... via @thedewline.bsky.social

Screen grab shows an announcement of an agreement between Ukraine President Zelenskyy and Eric Schmidt’s Swift Beat LLC to produce drones that can intercept Russian Shaheds.

Does this mean Eric Schmidt is a closet Swiftie?

They certainly seemed to know exactly what they were looking for. But you know what they say: Every Marine is a violinist.

German Industry Steps Up Electronic Attack Push In Demo | Aviation Week Network German companies are pressing their case for Germany to invest in enhanced electronic attack capabilities.

German defense suppliers go on the attack to press case for airborne electronic attack aviationweek.com/defense/sens...

About one-third of the overall funding from the U.S. Air Force for JetZero’s Z4 blended wing body demonstrator is at risk of being cut in the fiscal 2026 budget request. aviationweek.com/defense/budg... via @thedewline.bsky.social

The Marine Corps needs an Italian-made violin and a century-old violin bow immediately. And it somehow must be manufactured in the USA.

#forcedesign
#lethality

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Disappear

Israel does have Jericho 3. Obviously, not a go-to offensive option usually. But I do wonder if it could be an option here.

The Challenges Involved in Military Strikes Against Iran’s Nuclear Programme While strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities are often cast in the light of avoiding escalation, underlying all considerations is the efficacy of military action to halt proliferation, as discussed by D...

'To reach even [Natanz] all the weapons available to the Israeli Air Force, and all except the 30,000 lbs GBU-57/B and the 5,000 lbs GBU 72/B available to the United States, would likely require several impacts into the same crater to ‘burrow’ down...' www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

It is a Taiwanese Mirage.

Newswire editors: This is your periodic reminder to avoid placing random images of fighters that don't belong to any of the subjects of the story. There's plenty of pictures of Chinese fighters available.

A 20% chance of rain.

Really hope this is for a next-generation lava lamp.

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Hmm. Thanks.