Dr Emma Salisbury

Anduril and Palantir battlefield communication system has deep flaws, Army memo says WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The much-needed modernization of the U.S. Army's battlefield communications network being undertaken by Anduril, Palantir and others is rife with "fundamental security" problems ...

"We cannot control who sees what, we cannot see what users are doing, and we cannot verify that the software itself is secure," the memo says.

Ah, so it's literally a palantír, let's wrap it up and keep it away from the halflings.

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Not only is this a great primer on the lessons of Kasserine, but editing it made me think of my late adopted grandfather, who was one of the Brits there (anti-tank infantry) "teaching the Americans to fight" ♥️

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I recommended two favourites for this, check it out if you need some TBR inspiration for the cosy evenings

This entire speech is deeply insulting to every single servicemember who joined the US military to serve and protect their nation.

Perfect Germany, no notes

Now they're quibbling with me over the exact wording of my travel receipts because there's tax added onto my flight ticket cost.

Peak Germany 🤌🏻

AUKUS survives Pentagon review, with US submarine sales to proceed Washington to conclude evaluation ahead of Australian PM's visit on Oct. 20

This is really great news but you also gotta, like, build more Virginias so if you could fix that, cheers

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The Return of Subic Bay Subic Bay is back in American planning.

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The Americans are back in Subic Bay after three decades - and I wrote about the how and the why

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The corrected version too, gotta write it out a hundred times before sunrise

Clair Obscur. Best thing I've played in years!

I suspect the Russians don't want to risk airlift assets with that many drones flying around, but I could be wrong

In today's edition of "war changes, war stays the same" - Kesselschlacht or encirclement.

This is how you do it 🙌🏻

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Nerd Alert - I have a cool piece on Subic Bay coming out on Monday!

Gotta punch those drones amirite

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

"You all have to watch me do 7 push-ups while I yell at you about being woke, for lethality."

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Doing my favourite copyediting thing today in a piece about the USMC - correcting "Marines" to "marines"

Planned Subic ammo plant 'very important' for US, PH –Trump MANILA – United States President Donald Trump underscored the strategic importance of the proposed ammunition manufacturing facility in Subic Bay in Zambales, saying it would boost both Philippine def...

"We'll have more ammunition than any country has ever had... missiles, the speedy ones, the slow ones, the accurate ones - we have everything."

14/10 new favourite Trump quote

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Famously no war has ever been world, much less twice

Map showing Cambodia v Armenia battleground

From Rasmus Jarlov, chair of Denmark’s Defence Committee:

Danish PM: airport drone incursion a ‘serious attack’ on critical infrastructure Russia denies involvement after Copenhagen and Oslo airports forced to close after drone sightings

I submitted a piece on Friday that mentions Russian incursions into NATO airspace and I keep having to email my poor editor to add to the list of countries

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Guess I need to stock up on Tylenol to boost my autism before I lock in on my next detailed project, really juice it up to the max

Show this to anyone who doesn't believe we should support Ukraine with everything we can

U.S. naval forces have sunk a fourth suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, Trump says U.S. naval forces have conducted another lethal strike on a vessel President Donald Trump said was tied to a designated terrorist organization involved in drug trafficking in the Caribbean.

This is still straight-up murder, in case anyone is wondering.

There are several methods that the Trump administration might try to use to justify this but they are all, if you'll excuse the technical term, bollocks.

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