Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Janis Kluge @jakluge.de · 09/10/2026Trump thinks he made a brilliant deal with Putin about diesel exports from Russia. But Russia planned to allow some diesel exports anyway. Putin managed to sell it as a gift to Trump. This is from 3 days ago: 413237
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 9hHouthi militants are attempting to produce their own advanced medium-range ballistic missiles using Chinese-delivered parts, a new report shows, a technological advance that would raise the threat posed by the Iran-backed group.-WSJ 18325
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Zelenskyy reported that the Russians struck the capital with ballistic missiles, hitting a high-rise residential building. There is also information about a strike on a combined heat and power plant, despite the so-called energy "ceasefire." 117537
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 13/10/2026Although the “global aura of U.S. airpower” is declining, the United States should continue to prioritize air superiority, argues @justin-br0nk.bsky.social. “Airpower remains the most potent piece of the United States’ conventional forces.”foreignaffairs.comThe Real Lesson of the Iran WarWhen airpower wins, and when it doesn’t. 3194
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Journalist: Don’t you think Russia has breached the ceasefire? Trump: I’ll let you know later. 2015816
What arsenal of Democracy doing? @1santa-mozzarella.bsky.social · 13/10/2026That Headline captures policy and results succinctly www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/w...nytimes.comTrump Hands Victories to Putin, Who Offers More War in Return (Gift Article)Russia has reaped a diesel deal and an increase in U.S. pressure on Ukraine as President Trump’s political needs align with his longstanding inclinations toward Russia. 000
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?In My Defense @inmydefense.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Meanwhile, in Ukraine 0324
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Image from USS Lincoln returning from deployment, that's a lot of drones: 1819736
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I really don’t think a public execution by firing squad of a guy in a wheel chair is going to look how they expect it to look. 18848151
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 09/10/2026A death by firing squad may well encourage people who are radicalized, not deter them. Such a highly publicized death implies a movement is powerful and worthy of attention. It’s the same mistake the US made after 9/11. This is not speculative. Does death in a fireball deter suicide bombers? 29331
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 08/10/2026Listen to the latest episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview,” featuring Julianne Smith on the future of the war in Ukraine and what the transatlantic relationship might look like after Trump. bit.ly/4yG8DUF 182
What arsenal of Democracy doing? @1santa-mozzarella.bsky.social · 07/10/2026www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...nytimes.comVideo: How the Iran War Is Reaching U.S. BasesAs the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran continues, it’s being felt in a wider region. Eric Schmitt, a national security correspondent at The New York Times, explains how the conflict is reaching U.S. bases ... 000
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 07/10/2026media assets now owned by david ellison: cbs cnn hbo paramount+ tnt mtv tcm showtime adult swim dc studios nickelodeon comedy central cartoon network (and don’t forget his dad bought tiktok too) 218032
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 06/10/2026“The notion of military victory is a dangerous myth,” write Stephen Biddle, @samwl.bsky.social, and Yuri Zhukov. “Terms and bargaining always matter: no war ends unless both sides choose to accept a settlement and stop.”foreignaffairs.comThe Myth of Military VictoryThe dangerous idea driving today’s wars of choice. 0106
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 04/10/2026Nobody is prepared for the world of drone warfare that is coming, in fact is already here www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...nytimes.comU.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New ThreatsThe withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation. 1291684634
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Franz-Stefan Gady @hoanssolo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What often gets lost in the public discourse on interceptor shortages is that, doctrinally, ground-based air defenses were only ever one component of a broader air defense approach, meant to absorb the initial set of barrages while air and naval power destroyed the launchers etc. 27311
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My read on this is Luckey is going to put Newt's brain into one of Musk's robots. 1618332
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Jon B. Wolfsthal @jonatomic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...nytimes.comTrump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador SaysPresident Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale. 053
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran war: With the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, database shows. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comPentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran warWith the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, a Pentagon database shows. 36707364
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 22/09/2026Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. We share everything, including our methods, because the truth belongs to everyone. Support our work by joining our membership program: www.bellingcat.com/donate/?utm_...bellingcat.comThe truth belongs to everyone. Help us find it. - Donate to bellingcatEvery membership directly supports our investigations and global community work. 06513
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 21/09/20263/ Russia could conduct limited ground operations leveraging drones against NATO states not to conquer them, but to break the alliance by causing it to fail to activate and act appropriately on its Article 5 commitments. 19514
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 21/09/2026 “Asking how this war will end, therefore, is unfortunately the wrong question. Even if there is some temporary truce or accommodation with the Houthis or Iran, the better request is: Tell me how this gets worse.” Eliot Cohen at @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comDon’t Ask How This War EndsIt is, unfortunately, the wrong question. 413631
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 21/09/2026One of those things you don’t notice until it’s pointed out 3478
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Latest piece. The Ukrainians just launched arguably their largest and most complex raid on Moscow. 1000+ units, 450 or so aimed at the Russian capital. It revealed a great deal about where things are now in the ranged more… phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-ukrain...phillipspobrien.substack.comThe Ukrainians Bomb Moscow With IntentWhat Is Important About This Operation 9377101
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Iran is at an asymmetric disadvantage. If it attacks Western oil infrastructure, the West has workarounds. But Iran has no workaround for the US blockade, which has now been reinstated for 2 months and is choking off the economy. Iran is out of time... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/the-econom... 8113
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Franz-Stefan Gady @hoanssolo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026‚Crucially, the leap forward was enabled in large part by components sourced from China, in violation of international sanctions, say Ukraine and others, based in part on wreckage from the few shot down so far.‘ 0345
What arsenal of Democracy doing? @1santa-mozzarella.bsky.social · 14/09/2026www.nytimes.com/video/us/100... "Loudly remembering is quietly forgetting" - this photograph and it's author is quietly remembering. Thank you for that.nytimes.comVideo: How Our Photographer Took This 9/11 PhotoOur photographer Chang W. Lee describes how he took the picture of the north tower of the World Trade Center collapsing on Sept. 11, 2001. 000
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 14/09/2026“Putin has the institutional and practical means to do what he wishes. What he wishes, most of all, is to wage war.” Read Michael Kimmage and Maria Lipman on Putin’s enduring resolve in Ukraine:foreignaffairs.comPutin Will Not YieldPressure and pain won’t sap Russia’s resolve in Ukraine. 1156
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"Kremlev’s previously unreported relationship with Trump Jr. represents an extraordinary development: a member of Putin’s circle financially supporting the president’s son and gaining intimate access to the Trump family." No explanation for this is a good one... www.propublica.org/article/dona...propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 3205
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026NEW | Houthi fighters are reportedly fighting Yemeni government-aligned forces along the al Madaribah wa al Arah District border in western Lahij Governorate, which could indicate Houthi intentions to continue their advance further east. 🧵(1/7) 214636
What arsenal of Democracy doing? @1santa-mozzarella.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Seems these executives never read this chapter in Hans Jonas The Imperative of Responsibility (In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age): the relationship between lab experiment and application to a real world collapses. The experiment already -is- the actual application. 010
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New midweek update out (first part free). The US might be running out of Patriot interceptors quicker than people realize--and that will matter more than Iran being deprived money. People have their heads in the sand about the real state of US power. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/midweek-up...phillipspobrien.substack.comMidweek Update #27: When Will The US Run Out Of Patriot Interceptors?More And More This Looks Like The End Of An Era; China And Russia Must Be Loving This 15384149
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 04/09/2026The Hugging Face incident may turn out to be one of the most important milestones/warnings in technological revolution now underway. History may look back at this moment/point to it. Everyone should be reading ab it and thinking about it. Here are a few good pieces: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/t...nytimes.comWhy the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. (Gift Article)The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves. 29284120
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Miriam Elder @miriamelder.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Really thoroughly reported piece here, impressively done www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass 5104
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?RUSI @rusi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Russia is learning how to restore command, targeting and sustainment after disruption. NATO should measure success by how long the military function stays unavailable. Read the latest RUSI Commentary by Roger N. McDermott.rusi.orgRussia's Most Dangerous Military Adaptation Is RecoveryRussia is learning how to restore command, targeting and sustainment after disruption. NATO should measure success by how long the military function stays unavailable. 12310
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Yemen’s armed forces carried out more than 11 airstrikes on Houthi positions and military barracks in Al-Baydha Governorate over the past 24 hours, according to the Armed Forces Media Center. This is more likely Saudi strikes, could see a Houthi response into the kingdom in the near term. 49926
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?RUSI @rusi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026'Heavy dependence on Chinese battery supply chains is risky not only because alternatives are limited, but because they cannot be created quickly' writes Lukas Trakimavicius, Policy Officer at NATO in the latest RUSI Commentary.bit.lyThe Battery Gap: Building Industrial Strength for a Military EdgeGoing without notice until they are not there, batteries are increasingly critical to Defence, but a steady supply is far from assured. 12413
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026NEW: SPECIAL REPORT | The Militant Republic of Iran Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei appointed top military leaders in early August, empowering a new cadre of hardline figures from the IRGC. (1/5) Read the report: isw.pub/militantrepu... 56827
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 31/08/2026To be right doesn’t mean debating down to the finest point and feeling righteous — it means working together and winning the future. It can be done. (2/2) 12881153
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea) 293121284196
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A second U.S. official said this is expected to be the policy at least until after the midterm elections, when a new military campaign could again be on the table.-Axios 921933
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The U.S. official said that while Rubio made clear that the U.S. isn't planning a return to major combat operations, he didn't rule out strikes if Iran attacks first. 719925
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told several of his foreign counterparts in recent days that "for the time being" the U.S. is not expected to initiate new strikes against Iran and focus on economic pressure.-Axios 5658
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Between 2016 and today, the US has spent almost $9 trillion on defense. It then ran dangerously low in many advanced munitions fighting a country with no air force and navy--after about two months of combat operations. This is an extraordinary scandal. 30835318
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Trump never warmed to Ukraine, he never changed his mind about helping Ukraine, he was not on the verge of letting them have Patriot license. It was all a myth to help Putin and hurt Ukraine. You need to understand that to make sense of the last 18 months. 491046304
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Jon B. Wolfsthal @jonatomic.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Trump essentially handed Straits of Hormuz to Iran, 3-5 billion in cash and more via higher oil prices, and helped IRGC consolidate control of the previously power sharing government. And left them perhaps weeks from a bomb with greater motive to go for it. How has his war benefitted US security. 69421
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 01/08/2026An explosion was reported in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq’s Kurdistan Region. Appears Iran attacked Kurdish elements in Iraq with drones. 29635
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Kh-101 impact in Poland 🇵🇱 0184
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Iran is expected to receive within weeks a first shipment out of up to 400 Chinese-made shoulder-fired air-defense missile launchers, as it rebuilds its defences amid war with the United States. www.reuters.com/world/china/...reuters.comEXCLUSIVE: Iran to get Chinese shoulder-launched missile systems in weeks, sources sayIran is expected to receive within weeks a first shipment out of up to 400 Chinese-made shoulder-fired air-defence missile launchers, three sources familiar with the deal told Reuters, as it rebuilds... 1416578
Reposted by What arsenal of Democracy doing?WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Zelensky says Putin's quietly setting up for wider mobilization. Russia lost 225500 troops in under seven months, 131000 killed, yet still pulled in 221000 new recruits. He's also banking on 30000 North Korean troops training in Voronezh since June, plus fresh missile launchers from Pyongyang. 622549