Its Gini coefficient

1/4 Norwegian daily @dagsavisen.bsky.social found the Instagram account of one of the pilots of the "Russkie Vitiazi". They asked me to comment on the footage from a Russian intercept of a Norwegian P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and two F-35 combat aircraft: www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/vi-e...

Endelig.

Fjerde serierunde der altså.

The only situation in which I can imagine wanting to skydive would be if I was on a plane with J. D. Vance.

Beautiful pictures! And as good a time as any to give From the Earth to the Moon a deserved rewatch.

#Earthrise

A deliberate, symbolic strike on civilian infrastructure with no case for military utility. As clear cut as LOAC violations come.

Min uniformskunnskap begrenser seg nok stort sett til 17- og tidlig 1800-tall..

Når det gjelder akkurat dette bildet, så har jeg ikke så mye å bidra med. Det finnes grupper på fjasboka som virkelig nerder om slikt. Prøv feks www.facebook.com/groups/17362...

On 28 February 2026, the United States commenced combat operations to defend the American people against attacks and ongoing threats from the Islamic Republic of Iran, in cooperation with our ally Israel. These combat operations were undertaken to protect United States Armed Forces in the region, to ensure the free flow of maritime commerce through the Strait of Hormuz and to protect our regional allies and partners from Iran and its proxies. This is the latest stage in the ongoing international armed conflict that my Government previously addressed in a letter to this Council on 27 June 2025. The United States is taking these necessary and proportionate actions in exercise of the inherent right of self-defense as reflected in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. These combat operations are also being conducted in close cooperation with, and in the collective self-defense of, Israel. The Islamic Republic of Iran has rejected peaceful coexistence and chosen international armed conflict with Israel as well, waging an unprovoked religious war of annihilation against a once-friendly United Nations Member State located hundreds of miles distant from its borders. Since June 2025, the regime has also massively expanded its ballistic missile production for the purpose of overwhelming regional air defenses in order to provide a shield for its efforts to reconstitute its nuclear program, which it refuses to relinquish. Gaming the international legal system, the Iranian regime routinely seeks to conceal its unlawful acts and to shield itself from accountability by, among other things, deploying proxies such as Hamas, Hizballah and the Houthis. For example, in a letter dated 5 February 2024, my Government reported that the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its partners and proxies had attacked United States personnel and facilities in Syria and Iraq. That letter identified nine prior letters sent to this Council between 2021 and 2024, a period th…

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Somewhat unexpectedly, the US government has submitted an Article 51 letter to the UNSC articulating the US int'l law justification for attacking Iran.

As someone who used to help draft these letters for the USG, I find the administration's legal arguments completely unconvincing. 1/n

Nå er jeg *veldig* sent ute, men Herje var bror av forfatterens oldemor. Ingen stor øy, Hitra.

The tendency observers shaped by GWOT-era failures to reach back to Pape's work in criticising US DoD belief in airpower's ability alone to achieve specific strategic objectives has led to less attention to the broader impact of the sheer carnage American airpower has unleashed since 1941

A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council

"Make people dependent enough, and then make it shitty"

Still giggling at this hilarious video from the Norwegian Consumer Council "A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator" which seems a perfect embodiment of Silicon Valley and tech generally these days

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...

1/ Experts issued some pretty dire warnings about Trumpian tariffs and Brexit, and the result was not nearly as bad as it could have been.

Now they're issuing dire warnings about Iran.

A much smarter friend asked me how I was thinking about the difference.

My short answer: control.

"Adam Smith" is one hell of a name for a politician discussing the efficient use of limited resources.

Lived in London fifteen years ago. Plenty of good eating to be had.

Signerte avtale om helikoptersamarbeid I desember inngikk Norge og Storbritannia en historisk forsvarsavtale med navn «Lunna House». Vi styrker samarbeidet på flere områder, og i dag ble en avtale om norsk-britisk helikoptersamarbeid signe...

Britene har for få skip, og helikopterbesetningene deres sliter med å få seilingsdøgn. Vi har skip, men ikke helikoptre. Grei byttehandel, og kanskje et frampek om et framtidig helikopterkjøp ihvertfall britene håper vil komme.

Altså. Det uttales "bea".

Brothers in Arms: Assessing North Korea’s Contribution to Russia’s War in Ukraine North Korea has supplied up to 5.8 million artillery rounds to Russia according to the Open Source Centre. This is potentially 40% of Russia’s ammunition, showing the extent to which North Korea’s ill...

I've yet to read the Kofman piece, but surely the North Korean assistance alluded to is primarily the delivery of large quantities of artillery ammunition (and, to a lesser extent, ballistic missiles), allowing Russia to maintain momentum through 2024/25?

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

Luftmakt- og lederskapskonferansen 2026

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RNoAFA Air Power and leadership conference live stream.
Programme below.

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Nå er det ganske nøyaktig ett år siden mange norske medier gjorde all mulig mental gymnastikk for å slippe å slå fast, uten hvis og at og eufemismer, at Elon Musk gjorde en fascisthilsen. Det siste årets hendelser viser med all tydelighet hva som er så viktig med å bruke et ærlig og tydelig språk.

Pretty sure it's a printer.

Hånda i været de av oss som har hatt rosa fingre mens vi har vært på direktesending hos NRK for å snakke om Israel-Iran, bare fordi vi glemte at treåringen fikk male pappas negler òg!

Og svaret er, den gang som nå, "det spørs". =)

mvh,
Luftkrigsskolen

Mustafa Cans tekst anbefales sterkt! «For i samme øyeblikk som nasjonen forstås som organisme, begynner mennesker å deles inn i to kategorier: de som er organismen, og de som bare befinner seg i dens nærhet. Statsborgerskap blir da en overflate; tilhørighet flytter inn i et «indre».»

I'll just quietly as that one of the finest academic paper titles of all time is the glorious:

"Tin, Tin in the Congo | 7 | From Imperial Asset to Conflict Mineral" | share.google/ZSoztBqFozjY...

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

Vil du forske på russisk krigføring i Ukraina? - arbeidsplassen.no Doktorgradsstipendiat - russisk krigføring i Ukraina, Luftkrigsskolen, Forsvarets høgskole, Trondheim. Søknadsfrist: Søk senest lørdag 10. januar.

Vi har en ledig PhD stipendiat-stilling ved Luftkrigsskolen - søknadsfrist 10. januar: arbeidsplassen.nav.no/stillinger/s...

RFS Admiral Nakhimov commences sea and factory trials - Naval News The Russian nuclear-powered Kirov class cruiser RFS Admiral Nakhimov was observed on August 18th departing the Sevmash shipyard at Severodvinsk and headed into the White Sea under its own power. The s...

Since the USN is once again looking for a proven, easily modifiable foreign off-the-shelf design, I have a modest proposal:

www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

The Witkoff-Dmitriev peace plan annotated We now know a bit more about the process which led to the new peace plan and we now have a copy of its contents, to which I will turn soon.

The Witkoff-Dmitriev plan is even more amateurish than I imagined. It favours Russia although does contain elements that Russia will not like. Premature leaking means that it is no more than work in progress. Here is an annotated version (This is free). open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...?

Ah, ok. No, the army as a whole hadn't deployed for active duty for the better part of two decades. But of course a considerable part of the officer corps had, given the dual nature of the Danish-Norwegian force where officers could and frequently did move between regiments and institutions.