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French humour at its coldest:

Having failed to win the Nobel Peace Prize, disappointed at not yet being able to start work on its Gaza-Seaview marina and already tired of his role as President of Venezuela, Donald Trump is now considering becoming Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

these are just soldiers that happen to be in the region on vacation... and they are so patriotic and freedom-loving, they can' just sit back and do nothing when some rando turban wearing woke ayatholla turns up, can't they now!?

- The Ballroom will cost 200 Mio.

- Well there was unforseen asbestos etc, so it's actually 250 Mio

- We are going BIGGER with the new building! USA, USA! and btw. the costs are now at 350 Mio.

- yeah it's 400 Mio now, fuck it... actually 450 Mio!!

OK the radar was thinking about turns out to be Qatari, not US.

Unfortunately by doing so, he is playing right into Orban's and thus Putins hands by giving him the ammunition he needs against the rather UA and EU sympathetic opposition candidate Magyar, and the pols show indeed that Orban is gaining points in a race that he was absolutely losing.

Not to be pedantic but THAAD is US nuclear deterrence and not a random radar sys. I can not imagine the theater Russia would be doing if the US would have struck a Russian ICBM detection radar.
Anyone remember when Ukraine struck a Russian radar with 1 drone and Biden immediately told UA to stop it?

Not surprised either but better to act surprised and outraged and find it unacceptable so pressure toward Russia is built up.

Here's your answer:
bsky.app/profile/ukrd...

I hear Hegseth might be in line for new head of the IRGC

The complete lack of thought and awareness of these people is astounding

Hi @FoxNews — small clarification.

We appreciate that international media such as FOX News highlight the effective work of interceptor drones.

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From FT comments

The greatest salesman on earth is in high demand these days...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

No at all. They should publish whatever is on their minds, I enjoy reading/hearing it. It’s helpful though to keep in mind where it is coming from and who wrote it so as to have a context.
Especially since WOTR has changed quite a bit the last few years (and not for the better in my opinion).

This article honestly shocked me quite a bit.
Especially considering that the author is an active duty military
bsky.app/profile/waro...

Most probably, but War On The Rocks has been very controversial lately... and not in a good way.
So i'd read what WOTR writes keeping that in mind.

The layout is quite fantastic

absolutely. Thank you for the reporting by the way!

reminds me of the game ICBM

A high-tech digital dashboard titled "WORLDVIEW" showing a global flight tracking map in a vivid green night-vision (NVG) aesthetic. Hundreds of bright green airplane icons swarm over a dark globe. A sidebar on the left lists data layers including "Live Flights" (5.8K), "Satellites," and "CCTV Mesh." The UI includes tactical markings like "TOP SECRET // SI-TK // NOFORN" and various filter toggles at the bottom for CRT, FLIR, and Anime styles.

A comprehensive geopolitical dashboard titled "MONITOR" showing a "Global Situation" map. The map is covered in red "Breaking" hotspots and blue markers for military activity. The bottom half of the screen features a live Bloomberg news feed, AI-generated strategic insights, and a "Country Instability Index" ranking nations like Iran, Ukraine, and Russia. The top header shows a "DEFCON 5" status and a UTC clock.

A web browser window displaying a 3D globe interface called "GEMINI EARTH: Orbital Omniscience System." A hover-state popup for London, UK, displays humorous, cynical text about rain and the property market. On the right, an "Intelligence Brief" sidebar shows images and info for Bangkok. The UI has a dark, futuristic aesthetic with a "Shoggoth Thought Stream" text box and a URL bar showing a local development environment.

A photograph of a tablet displaying a real-time urban monitoring interface centered on a map of New York City. A "Focus Mode" sidebar on the left shows a grid of CCTV camera thumbnails, while a larger "Live" window in the top right shows a real-time feed of traffic on the BQE at 49th St. The map is peppered with points of interest like L’Industrie Pizzeria and Union Square, styled with a dark, high-contrast "Intelligence Platform" skin.

We need a dashboard to monitor the situation of situation monitoring dashboards.

Ok, this is actually quite cool.

😄🇺🇦🕸️ The border guards showed how they extract fiber optics for drones.

Very important "nuance" in light of this whole "Anthropic are the good guys standing up for ethical practices, let's get them to Europe" discussion.

What I don't understand is how the Iranian establishment could have bin sooo naive no be residing in the deepest bunker under some random mountain but basically residing in their residences.. especially after Maduro. Even with Maduro I had trouble believing the naivety, but this is a whole new level

💥🦅 In Dubai, the wreckage of a drone with the Russian marking "Geran-2" was found.

Fragments of the drone were discovered after another Iranian attack on the UAE near the port of Jebel Ali.

If these could be outfitted with AI or autonomous targeting systems and deployed en masse that could be huge.
Imagine these things patrolling, engaging and then coming back for reloading and recharging autonomously and back to patrol again... wow

I know that one

The people who have the most experience with anti drone tactics having faced these Iranian Shahed drones that were provided by Tehran to Russia are the Ukrainians. Someone might want to call them.