Dr Emma Salisbury

No phones in the secret bits!

HMS Dragon being loaded up with munitions before deploying to the Med, taken by me today from the bridge of HMS Prince of Wales.

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I am never going to top this photo.

Side fell off

"Absolutely ludicrous, these are very very strong vessels."

"So what happened in this case?"

"Well, the front fell off in this case by all means, but it’s very unusual."

It'll be deployed on ships next year

We're sending HMS Dragon, because sometimes you just need added fierce bow art

"We're now down to the guy who appears to be in charge of paperclip supplies for the IRGC, he... *touches ear* him too? Goddammit."

Foundry, Fleet, and Fight: Hedging the U.S. Navy The U.S. Navy got some serious nautical miles under its belt during the first year of this administration, with combat operations from the Caribbean to

My analysis of the new US Navy Fighting Instructions is out today.

"If it is relegated to branding rather than action, the hedge strategy may well become yet another in the long list of concepts that naval academics can point to as never making it off the page."

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Our book is out today! Includes a chapter from me on the history of Joint Strike Fighter

Hearing that the UK is considering sending HMS Duncan to help defend RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus.

She's our newest Type 45 destroyer, optimised for air defence.

Is Trump an Ottoman sultan?

- Everything covered in gold
- Bevy of dense yet scheming sons
- Evil vizier
- Slavic wife + various harem
- Weakened by Russia
- Keeps declaring war on Persia

Had some friends ask if they need to watch the last two World Wars to catch up before this one, but I told them they can probably stick to the Gulf War spin-off series if they're short on time

IFF but both Fs stand for foe

Iran War: U.S. Military Confirms 3 F-15 Jets Were Shot Down By ‘Friendly Fire’ (Live) The U.S.-Israel war against Iran escalated on Monday as Tehran expanded its retaliatory strikes targeting U.S.-allied countries in the Middle East, including Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

However badly your day is going, it is not going as badly as the day of the Kuwaiti military top brass

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Friends don't let friends experience a geopolitical crisis without sending personalised memes

If you can spot all the ways in which this list from CENTCOM dealt me psychic damage, you win a small prize

CENTCOM: INDOPACOM must lay down their weapons

For the nerds

As a professional military strategist, I just wanted to make sure everyone has a full understanding of the American strategy in Iran, thank you for your attention to this matter

For an administration that is trying so hard to change the Department of Defense to the Department of War, it's amazing how reluctant they are to say "war."

Department of Major Combat Operations won't fit on the sign, I guess.

The first US strikes on Tehran look to be TLAMs launched from USN ships in the Gulf.

He wants his Warmonger badge

Innovation is not the preserve of the great powers, and lowers the cost of entry to fighting them

If you want to read something that runs the full gamut from misguided to just plain incorrect, boy do I have a recommendation for you

A better cosplay if I cause a senior officer to yell "GODDAMNIT"

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Royal Navy: "No photography will be permitted on your visit to the aircraft carrier."

Me: *sadly packing away my Maverick cosplay*

Hearing that the US Fifth Fleet is dispersing out of Bahrain.

Here we go again (derogatory)

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I am aware that I should catch up on the SOTU speech because it's, like, my job, but ughhh

That went very well for him, right? (No spoilers)