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David Axe
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · Jun 15
"Once in a while, when folks with brains, talent and big hearts make a micro-budget film, you get something special." bandsaboutmovies.com/2025/04/06/l...

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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 5h
The Ukrainian 141st Mechanized Brigade Is Outnumbered and Outgunned. It Counterattacked Anyway.
The Ukrainian 141st Mechanized Brigade Is Outnumbered and Outgunned. It Counterattacked Anyway.
A swift assault liberated two villages in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 1d
The Russians Spent 9 Months Saving Up Tanks. Now They're Getting Blown Up In Donetsk.
The Russians Spent 9 Months Saving Up Tanks. Now They're Getting Blown Up In Donetsk.
A Russian mechanized assault on Kostyantynivka ended with heavy vehicle losses.
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 1d
Ukraine's 59-Kill Cargo Plane Proves Low Tech Can Beat High Tech
Ukraine's 59-Kill Cargo Plane Proves Low Tech Can Beat High Tech
Ukraine is launching every possible light plane to defend against swarms of Russian Shahed drones
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 2d
'Die In Droves': 100,000 Russians Killed Or Wounded Trying To Take Pokrovsk This Year
'Die In Droves': 100,000 Russians Killed Or Wounded Trying To Take Pokrovsk This Year
The Russians are losing 1,000 troops a day
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 4d
Ukraine's Biggest Artillery Craves Ammo. 150,000 Shells May Arrive Soon.
Ukraine's Biggest Artillery Craves Ammo. 150,000 Shells May Arrive Soon.
Greece is reportedly considering a huge ammo transfer.
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 4d
Russia Landed One Of Its Last A-50U Radar Planes Within Range of Ukraine's Drones
Russia Landed One Of Its Last A-50U Radar Planes Within Range of Ukraine's Drones
There might be four flyable A-50Us left
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 4d
Flying Together in RF-4 Recon Jets, American and Iranian Crews Once Spied On The Soviets
Flying Together in RF-4 Recon Jets, American and Iranian Crews Once Spied On The Soviets
Iran and Afghanistan have long been useful bases for American efforts to monitor its rivals
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 4d
How Many Tanks Russia Can Produce Every Year—And How—Is A Major Mystery
How Many Tanks Russia Can Produce Every Year—And How—Is A Major Mystery
We’ve got some new clues
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 5d
Yes, Russian Tank Production Is Collapsing
Yes, Russian Tank Production Is Collapsing
Old tanks are running out—and new ones are too hard to build
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 5d
Ukraine Plays Deadly Whack-A-Bridge At Lyman—But Russian Engineers Are Winning
Ukraine Plays Deadly Whack-A-Bridge At Lyman—But Russian Engineers Are Winning
One river is helping to protect a key Ukrainian town
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d
Sign of the times: @mjgault.bsky.social interviewed ABC's John Quiñones re: his podcast about Vanessa Guillén, a soldier who was murdered at Ft Hood in 2020. When Gault asked how Sec. Def. Pete Hegseth could roll back reforms made in response to Guillén's death, a PR person cut in to shut it down.
Vanessa Guillén and the Importance of Speaking Up
Hey there Angry Planet listeners, Matthew here.
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 6d
To Advance Near Pokrovsk, Russian Troops March Over A 'Carpet Of Corpses'
To Advance Near Pokrovsk, Russian Troops March Over A 'Carpet Of Corpses'
Ukrainian drones make every step extremely dangerous
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 6d
Russia's Biggest Tank Division Is Heading Straight For Zaporizhzhia
Russia's Biggest Tank Division Is Heading Straight For Zaporizhzhia
Unnoticed by the wider world, the Russian army is steadily marching west through south Donetsk
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 7d
Ukraine's 110th Mechanized Brigade Survived The Hardest Fights Of The War. Now It's Battling A Whole Russian Tank Division.
Ukraine's 110th Mechanized Brigade Survived The Hardest Fights Of The War. Now It's Battling A Whole Russian Tank Division.
Can the brigade slow the 90th Tank Division's advance?
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 8d
What Happens When 2 Armies Try To Surround Each Other? We're Finding Out In Chaotic Eastern Ukraine.
What Happens When 2 Armies Try To Surround Each Other? We're Finding Out In Chaotic Eastern Ukraine.
Opposing pincer maneuvers fuel deepening chaos around Pokrovsk
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 8d
Near Pokrovsk, Ukraine Discovers Chaos Favors The Bigger Army
Near Pokrovsk, Ukraine Discovers Chaos Favors The Bigger Army
Every attack exposes flanks to counterattack, and Russia has more troops for both
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 8d
Ukraine Hits The Planes That Haul Russia's Missiles
Ukraine Hits The Planes That Haul Russia's Missiles
Ukrainian drones are targeting the cargo planes that make Russia's own air raids on Ukrainian cities possible
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 8d
Ukraine's Lesson For Taiwan: Build Big, Cheap And Numerous Cruise Missiles
Ukraine's Lesson For Taiwan: Build Big, Cheap And Numerous Cruise Missiles
Taipei needs its own Flamingo
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 9d
The Russians Are Shoving Artillery Into The Chaotic Pocket Outside Pokrovsk
The Russians Are Shoving Artillery Into The Chaotic Pocket Outside Pokrovsk
At least one big gun is now 'scrap metal'
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 10d
A Weary Ukrainian Brigade Held Off Russia's Huge 90th Tank Division ... For 6 Months
A Weary Ukrainian Brigade Held Off Russia's Huge 90th Tank Division ... For 6 Months
The 72nd Mechanized Brigade has a reputation for enduring long, grueling fights
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 11d
Russia Has Committed All Available Marines To The 'Final' Battle For Pokrovsk
Russia Has Committed All Available Marines To The 'Final' Battle For Pokrovsk
The 61st Naval Infantry Brigade joins the fight
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 11d
The Russian MiG-29 Fighter Flopped Hard In Middle East Wars
The Russian MiG-29 Fighter Flopped Hard In Middle East Wars
It's not a bad jet, but it did fly for bad air forces
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 11d
Russia's Last 1,000 Tanks Are 50 Years Old—But Ukraine Should Still Worry
Russia's Last 1,000 Tanks Are 50 Years Old—But Ukraine Should Still Worry
In a war where drones rule and tanks function as glorified artillery pieces, 50-year-old steel works just fine
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 12d
Ukraine Can Now Deploy Hundreds of M-2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles
Ukraine Can Now Deploy Hundreds of M-2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles
A summer purchase grew the M-2 force to 11 battalions
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 12d
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