The US government tried to provide political risk insurance and guarantees to shipping and energy firms operating in the Gulf in an effort to keep the Hormuz Strait open.
Valery Bonakhau outlines the reasons behind the scheme's failure in the latest RUSI Commentary.
Another peak night read!
Ok, I figured out what happened. Will make this a thread but TL;DR is some one on the gunline put the wrong time on a time fuze which made the shell function early.
A Framework Arrangement for setting the scope for the Naval Mines Cooperation has been signed by Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Poland 💥
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What's the relation between being an SJW and Germany Frigates? Are you dense? This is what people followed for "Chinese military enthusiast?"
If you can't even map military decisions and planning that led to the F-125, I believe you'd better off shutting your mouth instead of yapping.
Minus Russian SU-30SM over Crimea.
Tools are just tools; what matters most is how you utilize them, so that in the end your naval strategy yields results. Guns, aircraft, missiles, you mention it, are just ways to defeat your opponents. That's why it's ridiculous to overly romanticize a certain way of fighting.
Mahan is great for the general concept of naval power, like you said, and I personally think it's a mandatory prerequisite reading before one can start yapping on naval security & defense matters because it really tells the audience when one hasn't (lmao).
Uh, here's the video I have been busy working on for a few months now: youtu.be/CmWQgNSEtdw
Finally we got bookmarks.
Trialing rust is also not a very very big issue. Crews clean up after these ships immediately once they go in for a short maintenance period. This is what DDG 55 looked like after being at sea for 215 days (4 years ago) due to covid. Sailors cleaned her up in 2 days back to shiny new.
And truth be told, I have left defense discussions on Twitter per August of 2024. It is much preferred for my sanity that I limit my discussion to friends with the same interests.
At most I just reposted what @mil-std.bsky.social posts on Twitter.
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I have been planning to leave Twitter the moment Elon bought it. However, I have concluded that my existence on Twitter is detrimental for a certain group of people, and it has been my justification for staying.
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Baudrillard approach to reality, symbols, and society where you can't distinguish between appearance and reality is beautifully applicable to almost any situation.
So, in a society where optics eclipse truth, the victim's role is not to suffer, but to convincingly not suffer.
Every public appearance reinforces the simulation of loyalty—and their complicity in it. And they are never permitted the authenticity of their own pain.
“The Hyperreal Punishment”
Pain exists only as performance—both in its infliction and its erasure. Even their suffering becomes a manipulated signifier.
"The torture mark is no longer a wound; it is the absence of one."
A lot of modern torture articles, especially in physical torture often underlines the fact that modern form of torture rarely leaves physical marks that can help identify or even confirm it was a torture at all. Yet, the victim cannot let themselves exposed despite the suffering they experience.
It's that time of the year, go follow the little guys:
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I'd like to know more about IBCS and mainly its sensor integration.
This might prove to be interesting.
Aviation Week released a supplementary article just a week ago on this on-going saga, but I don't have access to it. This might explain all the questions I am having.
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“On Sept. 25, the MDA shut down’s Raytheon attempt to win the GPI program, announcing that only Northrop would continue work beyond the preliminary design review.”
Interesting, as one day later Defense News published an article talking about the same topic. It still lacks information but expected.
I was completely out of the loop and surprised when Aerospace Digest hit my email box and presented me with this report by Steve Trimble. There is not much information to glean on except MDA want to move things quickly.
the MCRN stare: that look of pure analyzing, coupled with a slight sardonic smile that makes people uneasy
What I really like about Adobe Acrobat is liquid mode that allows dynamic resizing.
"Russia's failure in Ukraine has a direct deterrent effect in the Pacific [in Taiwan]," Paparo said.
USN E/A-18G Growler 169125 of VX-23 “Salty Dogs” sporting NextGen midrange pods on final for Pt Mugu. August 2022 #milair #growler #ea18g #jamming #vx23 #aviationphotography #planespotting #AvGeek #photography #aircraft #aircraft #nikon #nikonphotgraphy
May I ask what book is this?