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Marcel Plichta

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Former DoD analyst. Write on drones and Wagner. Words in FP, Telegraph, & others. I teach intel at: http://school.greydynamics.com

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Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · Nov 13

For those interested in the online intelligence certificate courses I helped build and teach, you can learn more at the link below 👇

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Intelligence Cycle Fundamentals

This comprehensive program equips you with the knowledge and fundamentals skills necessary to navigate the world of intelligence!

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Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · 7d

Absolutely! although the origins of this campaign go all the way back to 2022: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Precise Mass in Action: Assessing Ukraine’s One-Way Attack Drone Campaign

The study of drones in interstate war is rapidly evolving. Much of the existing scholarship focuses on the impact of a few types of drones, despite growth in new types. Such scholarship also makes ...

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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 8d

Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

After a longer-than-expected hiatus due to other obligations, Nick's Yemen Roundup is back with a rundown of the most important events in and around Yemen for the past month.

Check it out!

Houthi-Israel War Heats Up, ROYG Navigates Crisis - Nick's Yemen Roundup, 18 Aug-30 September 2025

YouTube video by Nick J. Brumfield

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Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · 11d

a man in a purple shirt is standing in a field with two other men .

ALT: a man in a purple shirt is standing in a field with two other men .

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Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · 13d

if it's not being poured to me on demand out of one of these I don't want it

Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · 15d

June 2022, was I right? www.thedailybeast.com/vladimir-put...

Putin Should Be Worried About Ukraine’s New Kamikaze Drone

These new, cheaply made drones only need to get lucky once.

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Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · 15d

oh good, I can nestle it in my bookmarks between astrology and homeopathic medicine

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Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · 16d

and solely practiced by people who cannot concieve of a pizza place getting busy at noon and 6pm

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Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · 17d

bot or not, my followers all have exquisite taste

Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · 17d

God I can't stand the pizza index, you might as well use a magic 8 ball as an indicator

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Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · 18d

slightly late to the party on this but I've been watching the sopranos and it's pretty good

Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · 22d

I'm sure these aren't the only two examples, but in the case of "Almost Cut My Hair" by CSNY and "Going to Georgia" by the Mountain Goats the songwriters both said it was one of their more immature songs but nonetheless are pretty popular with their respective fanbases.

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Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · Dec 19

Don't lecture me about insurgencies if you haven't read the foundational literature

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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 26d

In a world obsessed with Israeli airstrikes, in this piece I argue that you're never going to contain the Houthis without a stronger IRG

And that's going to require addressing deep obstacles to the flow and distribution of Yemen's hydrocarbon wealth

Fueling Instability: Hydrocarbons, Protests, and the Limits of Yemen’s Internationally Recognized Government

In late July 2025, large-scale protests against electricity outages, economic deterioration, and general mismanagement by Yemen’s Internationally Recognized Government (IRG) erupted in Mukalla, Yemen’...

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Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · 26d

plus the 'toughen up' crowd actively stigmatize the ways people process these things, like therapy or even just talking about in a sensitive way

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Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · 26d

I have found its the complete opposite having met a people who worked in intel/law enforcement roles where they constantly saw violent media. They aren't tougher, they're substantially more brittle. You owe it to yourself and the people around you to limit how many awful things you see.

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Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · 27d

I like Alien Earth but I'm still confused by the headlines comparing it to Andor a few weeks ago. It's only like Andor in that it's pretty good. It's more like Blade Runner vs Akira vs Alien vs Predator

Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · 27d

Correct, NATO has been slow to recognize the threat posed by OWA drones: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A one-way attack drone revolution? Affordable mass precision in modern conflict

When considering drones’ impact on modern conflict, strategic studies scholars typically focus on the most sophisticated systems in states’ arsenals: costly and hard-to-acquire military drones, whi...

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Marcel Plichta @marcelplichta.bsky.social · 27d

I wouldn't mind if a lot of that side content wasn't needed to have a fighting chance against story-related enemies. But as it stands I've had to stop at an important story moment a few times to go grind. I realize that's the genre but it does feel a bit frustrating sometimes.