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The Royal Navy in the Gulf British experience in Gulf operations is undermined by a lack of investment

Check out Emma Salisbury's latest piece for #BehindtheFront on the UK's role in the Hormuz Coalition. buff.ly/WvANg9U

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The Mine Gap: America Forgot How to Sweep the Sea The US Navy has spent three decades dismantling its mine countermeasures capability. Iran is now laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The bill is coming due.

Emma Salisbury writes: "Destroying some of the platforms that lay mines is not the same as clearing mines already in the water. And clearing mines—the painstaking process of finding and neutralizing them—is precisely where the US Navy finds itself short." More from #BehindtheFront. buff.ly/9QaPF3K

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The Mine Gap: America Forgot How to Sweep the Sea The US Navy has spent three decades dismantling its mine countermeasures capability. Iran is now laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The bill is coming due.

Emma Salisbury explains that the US Navy finds itself in a precarious position due to institutional neglect, misplaced procurement ambition, and a strategic culture that consistently treated mine warfare as unglamorous and low-priority. Read more on #BehindtheFront.

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Over 5,000 Munitions Shot in the First 96 Hours of the Iran War By Macdonald Amoah, Morgan Bazilian, and Jahara Matisek

"In the first 96 hours, the US-led coalition expended approximately 5,197 munitions across 35 types. This carries a munitions-only replacement bill of $10–$16 billion in four days." More by Macdonald Amoah, Morgan Bazilian, and Jahara Matisek on #BehindtheFront.

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The Mine Gap: America Forgot How to Sweep the Sea The US Navy has spent three decades dismantling its mine countermeasures capability. Iran is now laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The bill is coming due.

"The world’s most powerful navy has become a student of capabilities that smaller, less well-resourced navies have maintained through discipline, institutional memory, and strategic seriousness that the US Navy progressively abandoned." More by Emma Salisbury on #BehindtheFront.

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The Mine Gap: America Forgot How to Sweep the Sea The US Navy has spent three decades dismantling its mine countermeasures capability. Iran is now laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The bill is coming due.

Emma Salisbury explains that naval mines are one of the most cost-effective weapons—modern ones cost tens of thousands of dollars, and older models remain in use. Iran noted this and has begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Read more at #BehindtheFront.

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Over 5,000 Munitions Shot in the First 96 Hours of the Iran War By Macdonald Amoah, Morgan Bazilian, and Jahara Matisek

"The foundation of military power has become a problem we refer to as the Command of the Reload—industrial physics showing up like an unpaid invoice, and the bill is coming due in minerals, manufacturing, and strategic solvency." Read more in the latest piece for #BehindtheFront.

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Better Late Than Never, US and Allies Race Toward Ukrainian Counter-Shahed Tech By Dr. Joshua E. Segal

No one expected that an Iranian Shahed drone could strike the US Navy’s nerve center in Bahrain during daylight hours, despite decades of preparedness. The US and its Gulf allies seek Ukrainian defenses and expertise to strengthen their own defense systems. More in #BehindtheFront.

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Better Late Than Never, US and Allies Race Toward Ukrainian Counter-Shahed Tech By Dr. Joshua E. Segal

Read Joshua E. Segal's piece in #BehindtheFront on Ukrainian anti-drone tech and the value of embracing the 'good enough' philosophy.

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The US Is Not Built For War Or Peace America’s Industrial Resilience Gap

Read the latest from #BehindTheFront on Substack.

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The US Is Not Built For War Or Peace America’s Industrial Resilience Gap

"American policymakers assume the industrial base is resilient, when it is actually brittle, optimized for just-in-time supply chains and just-enough capacity." More in #BehindTheFront

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New from #BehindTheFront - The US Is Not Built For War Or Peace buff.ly/HzciGTs

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Trump and the Special Operations Panacea #BehindTheFront buff.ly/u2Hkepa

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Understanding Unmanned Naval Systems In Conversation with Billy Byrne, the Director of Strategy for Defense at Saildrone

Listen to FPRI President Aaron Stein's conversation with Billy Byrne, the Director of Strategy for Defense at Saildrone, on Unmanned Naval Systems. #BehindTheFront

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American Missiles and Russian Dachas: Tomahawk and the Future of Stability and Deterrence in Europe - Aaron Stein and Sam Lair for #BehindTheFront buff.ly/AA7PbME

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American Missiles and Russian Dachas: Tomahawk and the Future of Stability and Deterrence in Europe #BehindTheFront buff.ly/QBAK6tD

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Subic Bay is once again under Washington’s gaze, this time as part of the effort to counter China’s growing influence across the South China Sea and the broader Indo-Pacific. #BehindTheFront buff.ly/SKptFlL

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By any measure, the Norwegian decision to order at least five Type 26 frigates is a historic moment. #BehindTheFront buff.ly/oF1SS2R

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Black Eyed Peas - Behind The Front

Black Eyed Peas - Behind The Front

Today's #vinyl selection: #BlackEyedPeas #BehindTheFront
27 years ago today, #BEP released their debut album.
#JointsAndJam #FallinUp #HeadBobs #Karma #QueDices #hiphop #HipHopVinyl #HipHopAlmanac #Vinylsky #NowSpinning #MusicSky #NEOVC #RecordCollection #VinylCollection #VinylCommunity #MusicAlmana

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China's Orbital Challenge to the US-Led Digital Order #LowEarthOrbit #BehindTheFront buff.ly/jt9jxhk

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Ankara was subjected to a de facto US arms embargo for its invasion of Syria in 2019, delaying necessary upgrades and weapons purchases for Turkey’s aging F-16s. #BehindTheFront buff.ly/v2PGV1v

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The Time is Right to Sell F-35 to Turkey Ankara Should Take the Leap on S-400

Aaron Stein thinks the time is right to sell the F-35 to Turkey. Read more in #BehindTheFront

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Deconflicting Turkish-Israeli Tensions in Syria #BehindTheFront buff.ly/0EwiJfm

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The Future of the United States in Europe —A Proposal The US can defend Europe through a smaller presence. Europe can spend more. It is time to think about how to do this.

US President Donald Trump is a radically transparent person but still manages to surprise. #BehindTheFront

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