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Tyler Rogoway @aviationintel.bsky.social · Jun 2

What Ukraine’s Unprecedented Drone Attack Means For Russia's Bomber Force

Russia is currently in no position to replace large losses of its strategic bombers and future operations will likely be impacted by force protection needs.

Story: www.twz.com/air/what-ukr...

What Ukraine’s Unprecedented Drone Attack Means For Russian Bomber Force

Russia is currently in no position to replace large losses of its strategic bombers and future operations will likely be impacted by force protection needs. Russia is currently in no position to repla...

www.twz.com

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Tyler Rogoway @aviationintel.bsky.social · Jun 2

What We Know About Ukraine’s Mass Drone Assault On Russian Bombers

New details are emerging about how Ukraine pulled-off its highly-coordinated drone strike operation at multiple airbases in Russia.

Latest: www.twz.com/news-feature...

What We Know About Ukraine's Mass Drone Assault On Russian Bombers

New details are emerging about how Ukraine pulled-off its highly-coordinated drone strike operation at multiple airbases in Russia.

www.twz.com

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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · Jun 1

Of course open source software has been used in war before, but seeing ArduPilot Mission Planner being used to blow up Russian strategic bombers is still wild.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · Apr 26

OTD in 1986 absolutely nothing happened in Chernobyl apart from a rapid, unplanned disassembly which resulted in the plant achieving its 10 year energy target in 2 nanoseconds that was according to the plan.

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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · Mar 25

"The judge, Naomi Buchwald, said during a hearing in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday that “nothing in the record” indicated that Ms. Chung posed a danger to the community or a “foreign-policy risk” or had communicated with terrorist organizations."

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/n...

Judge Orders U.S. to Stop Attempts to Deport Columbia Undergraduate (Gift Article)

The administration has been seeking to arrest and deport Yunseo Chung, who immigrated from South Korea as a child, after she participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

www.nytimes.com

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · Mar 26

I regret joking about Jeffrey Goldberg because I think he may be in genuine danger.

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Think Defence @thinkdefence.bsky.social · Mar 23

𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗

Lets discuss…

The Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile.

origin story

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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · Mar 24

Choose 20 #cutaways that interest you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just pics, label and courtesy link

Day 14

Famous Type-XXI ‘electric boat’ submarine, Germany, WW2

Here-> www.hisutton.com/Type-XXI-U-B...

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jossdelage.bsky.social @jossdelage.bsky.social · Mar 25

Except the other parent can help.

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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · Mar 24

Trump admin priorities laid bare in leaked Signal group chat.

1. Hatred for Europe
2. Protect Saudi interests
3. Extort Europe

This administration is Putin's ultimate fantasy.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · Mar 24

This story made the point better than I ever could that Europe needs to act now. Turns out that JD Vance (and the others) really do want to screw Europe and one of the reasons that they almost delayed the attack was to try to make that point.

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · Mar 24

📍 🇪🇪 | In the future, French troops are expected to conduct military operations in a polar environment.

Ahead of any future deployment for military operations in a polar environment, French forces continue to train in the freezing Estonian cold 🥶 .

Vi ses snart ! See you soon ! À très bientôt ! 🇫🇷🇬🇱🇩🇰

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Jean-Sébastien Lefebvre @jslefebvre.bsky.social · Mar 25

Le point intéressant avec ce « leak » hors norme, est que l’inimitié envers l’Europe apparaît comme un élément de pensée structurelle et une trame de l’action globale de l’administration Trump.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · Mar 25

This.

François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social · Mar 25

I particularly like the part of us European paying the bill for something we didn't ask for. By the same token, France should send to the White House the bill for French naval ops in the Red Sea vs the Houthis of which there have been plenty

Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom.bsky.social · Mar 24

Joking aside re: that Atlantic piece. If you read some of the exchanges, you get the sense that various aides believe reopening shipping lanes in the Red Sea will be speedy and straightforward. That's unrealistic, and it touches on an ideological schism in Trumpworld. 🧵

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Michel Goya @goyamichel.bsky.social · Mar 25

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Le Rubicon @lerubicon.bsky.social · Mar 25

Après la publication du "White paper" de la Commission européenne sur le réarmement de l'Europe, le Casque et la plume revient sur ce document et sur la voie qu'il trace pour un réarmement européen, avec @elietenenbaum.bsky.social et @rmomtaz.bsky.social
▶️ lerubicon.org/collimateur-...

Europe : le début du réveil stratégique ? [Le Casque et la Plume #11]

Après la publication du "White paper" de la Commission européenne sur le réarmement de l'Europe, le Casque et la Plume revient sur ce document et sur la voie qu'il trace pour un réarmement européen, a...

lerubicon.org

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Andreas Umland @umland.bsky.social · Mar 25

Question to #WhiteHouse:

Why are North Korea, Iran & China not included?

Clearly, they are also participants of the conflict. All three are almost as peace-loving as Russia & also have interests in Ukraine that need to be considered.

How disrespectful vis-a-vis Kim, the CPC, and the Ayatollahs!

Jürgen Nauditt @juergennauditt.bsky.social · Mar 25

Joint statement from the US and russia to be published at 10 am: agreement on a ceasefire in the Black Sea is expected, — CBS News.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · Mar 25

Not sure the Trump administration really meant it when they said they would use tougher sanctions on Russia.

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Alexandre Jubelin @alexjubelin.bsky.social · Mar 25

Ça n’est qu’une partie du White Paper de l’émission, mais c’est aussi un exemple parfait de ce que l’UE peut vraiment faire pour améliorer tout de suite la défense de l’Europe, sans sortir de son rôle : la mobilité militaire.

avec @elietenenbaum.bsky.social et @rmomtaz.bsky.social

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jossdelage.bsky.social @jossdelage.bsky.social · Mar 25

According to ... Hamas?

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dryinteraction.bsky.social @dryinteraction.bsky.social · Mar 24

It’s good to hear from you @dancarlin.bsky.social I just hope more people take your message to heart

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jossdelage.bsky.social @jossdelage.bsky.social · Mar 25

Listen to this. The guy knows his history, and his analysis of the current US situation is on point.

Dan Carlin @dancarlin.bsky.social · Mar 24

Thanks. Everyone seems mad at me again (as usual...from both sides).
We did a "soft release" on this CS show (first in 3 years)so that those who never unsubscribed from the feed and REALLY wanted this got first crack at it. They got that. So here's the link:
dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · Mar 24

I mean honestly that doesn’t sound like someone you should be sending war plans to, Pete

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Mar 24

Reporter: Can you share how your information about war plans was shared with a journalist?

Hegseth: So you are talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes

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Sylvie Kauffmann @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social · Mar 25

Hegseth to Vance: "I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC". Stephen Miller :"if Europe doesn’t remunerate, then what? If the US successfully restores freedom of navigation at great cost there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return".

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

www.theatlantic.com

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · Mar 24

"Gemini, take this famous shot and turn it into an action figure."

"Now a low-budget streaming reboot that doesn't look quite right"

"Now do it in claymation"

"Now as a terrible Halloween costume"

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