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Aki H Heikkinen @akihheikkinen.bsky.social · Mar 9

the Great Leap Forwad is about to begin in the US.

Democracy replaced by autocracy, global trade with colonialism and resource wars. Allies with servants and deals with dictators.

It's the climate deniers grand plan to surf the changing climate.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 9

Trump: "There could be a little disruption. Look, what I have to do is build a strong country. You can't really watch the stock market. If you look at China, they have a 100 year perspective. We go by quarters. And you can't go by that."

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 3d

There is a sub-culture of Europhile American mid-level and senior officers with a lot of experience of and even profound attachment to Europe who may no longer feel comfortable in US DoD yet if hired could make a very useful contribution to European militaries and EU institutions

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Aki H Heikkinen @akihheikkinen.bsky.social · 6d

ammonium could go boom boom boom now

🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 6d

💥Russian "Uralchem Azot" plant in Berezniki, Perm Krai, was hit — around 1,600km from the frontline, one of the longest-range strikes so far. It’s among Russia’s biggest fertilizer producers, making ammonia, urea and ammonium nitrate.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 7d

Russian Telegram channels post about a total gas collapse at the M12 Moskva Kazan highway.

The woman filming says gas stations are spaced about 150 km apart, and there are hundreds of vehicles in line to each of them. She said about 130 cars are ahead of theirs in the line.

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Franz-Stefan Gady @hoanssolo.bsky.social · 7d

Patriot interception rates have dropped as Russian Iskander-M missiles show upgrades—veering off expected paths in their terminal phase. on.ft.com/3VNjbQ1

Russian missile upgrade outpaces Ukraine’s Patriot defences

Kyiv’s interception rates fall as enemy strikes dodge US interceptors in final seconds

on.ft.com

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Aki H Heikkinen @akihheikkinen.bsky.social · 7d

well, this does affect BDA

Michael Cruickshank @cruickshank.bsky.social · 7d

Looks like the FIRMS satellite fire detection system is offline due to the US government shutdown.

Just one more reminder that anyone involved in OSINT or disaster response cannot rely on US space-based assets in any critical role, given the current state of the governing regime in the country.

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Aki H Heikkinen @akihheikkinen.bsky.social · 8d

figured out who hegseth looks like

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Aki H Heikkinen @akihheikkinen.bsky.social · 8d

Finland to contribute to safeguarding Denmark’s airspace

Finland to participate in safeguarding the integrity of the Danish airspace and in countering drones during the international meetings taking place in Copenhagen.

www.defmin.fi/en/topical/p...

Finland to contribute to safeguarding Denmark’s airspace

On the proposal of the Government, the President of the Republic has decided that the Finnish Defence Forces will contribute to safeguarding Denmark’s airspace.

www.defmin.fi

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Aki H Heikkinen @akihheikkinen.bsky.social · 9d

no one told them about thermite?

WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 9d

The Russians have started covering oil refineries with metal protective structures and nets due to the threat of Ukrainian drone attacks. The video shows an oil refinery in Samara.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9d

Ukrainian military specialists have been deployed to Denmark to boost the country’s drone defenses.

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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 9d

'Robotic dog helps find cluster munitions in Kyiv region after another Russian shelling' www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4...

Robotic dog helps find cluster munitions in Kyiv region after another Russian shelling

Cluster munitions were found in a forest in the Kyiv region after another enemy shelling. — Ukrinform.

www.ukrinform.net

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Justin Bronk @justin-br0nk.bsky.social · 9d

And there it is… Ukraine will receive JAS-39 Gripen! Better late than never, I guess. The fighter that was always by far the closest fit to the Ukrainian Air Force’s operational needs is at long last officially on its way (timeline TBC for obvious reasons).

unn.ua/en/amp/minis...

Ministry of Defense announced the transfer of Swedish Gripen fighters to Ukraine | УНН

УНН News of the World ✎ Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Ivan Havryliuk stated that Ukraine expects the supply of Swedish Gripen, French Mirage, and additional F-16s.

unn.ua

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 10d

Longer quote from KGW. There simply are not an attacks or fires in Portland. Maybe 2020 footage, maybe a different city, who knows. Raises real questions about what is being presented to Trump and how described, by whom, and what he is understanding about the source / time of such videos.

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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 10d

8 tankers airborne with most heading NE (direction of transatlantic routes)... with at least 3 of the SOAR tankers out of McConnell.

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Aki H Heikkinen @akihheikkinen.bsky.social · 13d

Exact place where police made observation from was Möcklösund Bridge

www.expressen.se/nyheter/expr...

Drönarlarm i Karlskrona | Expressen

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Aki H Heikkinen @akihheikkinen.bsky.social · 13d

Large drone over Swedish Karlskrona archipelago last night

Similair as in Denmark

Police officers visually confirmed the incident

Swedish Navy main naval base is located in Karlskrona.

www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...

Misstänkt drönare har flugit över Karlskrona skärgård

Drönare ska ha flugit över Karlskronas östra skärgård inatt. Polis larmades till Möcklösundsbron, där de själva också kunde observera misstänkt drönare. – Det är en större variant, liknande den som va...

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Aki H Heikkinen @akihheikkinen.bsky.social · 13d

just need force fields

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 16d

America's Lysenkoist era

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 16d

The airspace above and around Moscow is closed. Air defense is active.

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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 17d

Russian radar warning receivers may work better than their radios.

Reportedly, Finnish airspace violations diminished considerably and navigational accuracy improved once surface to air missile radar locked into one interloper.

Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 17d

⚡️NATO scrambled 2 fighter jets to intercept Russian warplane above Baltic Sea today

Russian Il-20M reconnaissance plane had switched off its transponders and ignored requests to make contact, Germany air force said .

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Aki H Heikkinen @akihheikkinen.bsky.social · 17d

brutal

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17d

American Juche

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 17d

NEW: Russia has reportedly been forming a strategic reserve from new recruits since July 2025.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 21, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar092125

Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ (1/6)

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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 19d

"Pakistan’s defense minister says his nation’s nuclear program 'will be made available' to Saudi Arabia if needed under the countries’ new defense pact, marking the first specific acknowledgment that Islamabad had put the kingdom under its nuclear umbrella." apnews.com/article/paki...

Pakistan says its nuclear program can be made available to Saudi Arabia under defense pact

Pakistan’s defense minister says that his nation’s nuclear program “will be made available” to Saudi Arabia if needed under the countries’ new defense pact.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 21d

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

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The Aviationist @theaviationist.com · 24d

Japanese F-15s Depart Chitose for Atlantic Eagles Deployment

A highly anticipated deployment of Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 Eagles to Europe is now beginning, with aircraft departing Chitose Air Base bound first for Eielson AFB, Alaska.

Story: theaviationist.com/2025/09/15/j...

Japanese F-15s Depart Chitose for Atlantic Eagles Deployment

A highly anticipated deployment of Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 Eagles to Europe is now beginning, with aircraft departing Chitose Air Base bound

theaviationist.com

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