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Anduril also is really like sixteen other companies in a suit. Their UUVs are run out of a ship in MA and an Australian company they bought...

I saw new technologies, like Javelin, T-64s, and NLAW

Anyway, Cold War era stockpiles are lame

This is his plan for a defense of Taiwan lol. I’m sure this plan has absolutely nothing to do with his own fiduciary interests and a reflection of serious strategic thinking!

Also, this is a complete retelling of the first few months of the war lol, Ukraine used conventional firepower and weapons to stop the Russian advance, not drone swarms lol

i have been thinking a lot about how the entire concept of “the deal” is antithetical to transparency, fair play and rule of law, as larry notes. the deal is necessarily nonstandard, ad hoc and dependent on the whims of the dealmaker

Why does he make himself look like that

NATO Should Not Replace Traditional Firepower with ‘Drones’ Over-reliance on uncrewed aerial systems or ‘drones’ is leading to significant problems for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and is not something Western militaries should attempt to replicate

Just published via RUSI... I suspect this one may generate some strong opinions but I think it's an important set of factors for military planners especially in the Land domain to engage with:

NATO Should Not Replace Traditional Firepower with ‘Drones’

www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

I legit think it's because Cuomo is vey publicly losing badly in the NY Mayoral race

NATO warships conduct training in Arctic A NATO maritime task group has been operating in the Arctic and High North, conducting a series of naval exercises designed to enhance cooperation, readiness, and maritime presence in the increasingly strategic region.

A NATO maritime task group has been operating in the Arctic and High North, conducting a series of naval exercises designed to enhance cooperation, readiness, and maritime presence in the increasingly strategic region.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/nato-warship...

YouTube video by hypohystericalhistory Long Tan: Australia's War in Vietnam

Let's. Fucking. GOOOOOOOO

It's really hard to wrap your head around the insanity of federal personnel policy over the last 6 months until you sit down on a Sunday morning and start cataloging all executive orders in the first 100 days.

Equal protection means equal enforcement!

Envelope stamp of the goddess Columbia, wielding flag-spear and shield. The red and blue elements are offset from one another, giving a sort of glitchy effect. Above her, in plain text: "No truce with traitors."

accidental 19th century vaporwave

one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

The alternative to Pax Americana is arms proliferation and militarization in the face of actually existing imperialism

If arming Taiwan to the teeth makes the PRC go "uh, yeah I don't wanna catch those hands" that is in fact all of those weapons doing their job, not a kickback to the military industrial complex

This is (apparently) a very difficult concept for a lot of people to understand but a military that never has to fire a shot in anger is probably doing its job very well

I'm sorry but "Labour Foreign Secretary has dodgy views and dodgier allies" is about as Labour as it gets

carville was last involved in a winning United States election in the year 1996.

"Swamp gas"

so many of my friends got fired, and this know-nothing dipshit pulls down a GS-15 in his 20s, because he sucked Elon Musk's dick?

i am simply not imaginative enough to think of a punishment severe enough

fond memories of all those 'young men are voting for Trump because they fear Kamala Harris will draft them' arguments

I've never seen star trek so i wouldn't know

Girl on first date: “Oh you’re a reader? What kind of books do you like?”

Me: “Uhh history mostly :-)”

We really need to go back to fish names for subs...

Column | The National Gallery bought a student’s work. It’s a masterpiece. Pierre Louis Alexandre, a dockworker who modeled at the art academy on the side, appeared in painting after painting. Karin Bergöö Larsson’s portrait of him broke with all the rest.

great column here (and a fascinating figure) - www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

This is basically Clancy's thing! He loves a hyper competent protagonist!

At the end Ryan goes home to his actual family after a bunch of people excelled in their profession.

Which is why I love Hunt for Ref October so much, because fundamentally it's a movie about people being good at their jobs.