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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Wait, you need integrate different combat arms in a balanced and coordinated matter across space and time to achieve mutually complementary effects?
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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Saudi Arabia is planning a multi front offensive in Yemen soon, mobilizing dozens of thousands of Yemenis in upcoming weeks, considering a push to kick Houthis out of Bab el Mandeb or reverse the group's gains in governates where heavy clashes are ongoing. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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Saudis plan assault on Houthis to break Red Sea chokehold
Saudi Arabia is planning an offensive against Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen, with options being considered including a coastal push to secure the Red Sea shipping route or an assault on multip...
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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
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The Pentagon should remember the value of professional dissent
It is especially important for military institutions tasked with fighting wars and expending the nation’s blood and treasure through conflict.
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Brian Taylor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Latest version of the @cnas.bsky.social Russia Stability Tracker is out. First update in almost 3 years. Very short 🧵- but check the link, it's a quick read.
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The Russia Stability Tracker
While the group’s experts agreed that Putin and his regime maintain a firm grip on power, there is now less certainty about Russia’s domestic stability.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What Pollack was arguing in 'Armies of Sand' wasn't that Arabs can't fight. His core point was that structural configuration of Arab authoritarian regimes, whether monarchy, oligarch or military-led, makes it impossible to organise society in a way that it can fight effectively
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Have you ever tried to read a scientific journal article and been told “you don’t have access, pay to download this article?” Did you know that the author of that article gets $0 if you pay? Instead, you can email the author and ask for a free copy! I’d be delighted to help and answer questions!
Screenshot of a scientific journal paywall
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Will Yale @wayale.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It is extremely unfortunate and regrettable that the Department of the Air Force has decided to shutter the China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI). CASI, along with its sister institutions the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI), China Landpower Studies Center (CLSC), and…
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
According to Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps, the use of unmanned ground vehicles has expanded to such an extent that dedicated UGV units in some brigades now cover up to 80% of frontline infantry logistics needs and around 90% of evacuations.
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Security Dilemmas @securitydilemmas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
From today's CBO report about the cost of the war with Iran.
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
💥🌊BREAKING: The first naval battle in history between two unmanned surface vessels has taken place in the Black Sea. A Ukrainian Navy Sargan 3000 USV, armed with a 12.7 mm Protector RWS, engaged and destroyed a Russian naval drone.
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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
One observation is even before Trump, combatant commands faced little pressure to conserve low-inventory specialty weapons, and most o4-O6 I talked to were uncomfortable at the idea of taking any real risk in strikes (ie planes) vs using best munition available
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Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
China removes high-ranking officers from key military body www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08...
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China removes high-ranking officers from key military body
Zhang Youxia’s position as the more senior of two vice chairmen on the Central Military Commission had made him China’s highest-ranked general.
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Empty Bag of Ducks📎 @emptybagofducks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I want to talk about the USS Abraham Lincoln (and her relief by the GW) in terms of strategic risk, readiness, and morale. For those curious about high level military decision making, you might be surprised by how much time (should) is spent discussing risk. Let’s talk “risk to mission” first. 1/
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Peter Schrijver @psguu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Afghanistan 🇦🇫, collapse, as seen from the inside: www.irregularwarfare.org/the-afghan-a... ‘The ANSF’s collapse was not a military defeat. It was the final, visible stage of an institutional failure that had been running for two decades’.
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The Afghan Army: What Advisors Couldn’t See and Officers Couldn’t Change
What Afghan Military Corruption Actually Looked Like and What It Means for Future Partner Force Development
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Ukraine’s solution to ballistic missiles is not missile defense, it is developing its own missiles. You cannot stop russia by playing defensively, you have to bring the fight to the russian manufacturing and energy grid. 🧵 1/4
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Your leaders call these "hybrid attacks". Because if they called them "attacks" you would expect them to do something about it. p.dw.com/p/5IMQA
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Interior Minister Dobrindt says drone incident treated as 'hybrid attack scenario'
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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Michaels O’Hanlon and Poznansky, of @brookings.edu, do not see the depletion of U.S. missile stocks as a problem vis-à-vis China. www.brookings.edu/articles/why...
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Why lower munitions stocks won’t undercut deterrence of China | Brookings
While munitions shortages are concerning and in need of rapid redress, deterrence of great power war is highly unlikely to fail due to these shortages.
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Samuel Bendett @sambendett.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
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Russia’s Selective Adaptation: Command, Control and the Limits of Learning in War
The contrast between Russia’s tactical flexibility and operational rigidity is revealing of the insecurity in its executive function.
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 26/07/2026
Why I wear a fedora
"Direction of Heat Flash", a picture promoting wearing heats against sudden nuclear attacks, 1950s USA

In fact, this would actually protect the eyes by some degree. Any can hinder direct burns.
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The 2004 leaked edition of Science of Second Artillery Campaigns in China raised the notion of conventional intercontinental strikes "to shock the adversary psychologically."
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The biggest problem is that I've seen maybe a handful of news reporting regarding Iran over the past several years that deals w/the Paydari Front. I provided some links on them a month ago. 3/
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Alex Luck @alxluck.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Of additional interest is the presumed trimaran submarine originally produced by Huangpu. The fact that the hull is now moored at Bohai may underscore relevance of the effort for PLAN. This further reinforces impression that no less than four PRC yards actively pursue submarine production.
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Austin Ramzy @austinramzy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
These guys look hyped www.npr.org/2026/07/04/g...
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China's military promotes 2 new generals after anti-corruption purge thins ranks
The shake-up is believed to be an effort to ensure the military's loyalty to the Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Good to see this reversal of Secretary Hegseth's ill-fated policy: "The Army, Navy and Air Force are once again requiring flu shots for basic trainees." abcnews.com/Health/milit...
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Military services again requiring recruits to get flu shots as Air Force outbreak grows
A flu outbreak at a basic training facility for the Air Force in San Antonio, Texas, is growing to at least 222 cases and four hospitalizations.
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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
After the recent crash of a skydiving aircraft in Butler, MO, I reviewed & analyzed 20 years of skydiving accidents. I've got some statistics on pilot flight time, probable cause, etc. to share with you. /1 colleenmondor.substack.com/p/50-in-ligh...
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#50: In light of the recent crash, here are some skydiving accident statistics
Twenty years of skydiving accident data reveals that these accidents are always preventable.
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The U.S. SPR (strategic petroleum reserve) will likely fall to fresh 43-year lows when DOE updates the data in a few hours. To put it in perspective, while a 43-year low sounds daunting, another perspective is that it stands at ~47% of capacity.
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brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This is one of the areas where "we are an apolitical military" works as a thought-stopping technique.
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Alex Luck @alxluck.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
A new report on maintenance practices of PLAN by RAND. A few notes after skimming through the writing. www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
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Understanding China's Naval Maintenance Management
The rapid growth and modernization of China's navy has created a larger burden for logistics support and maintenance of its assets. What have other navies done to balance maintenance demand and supply...
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International Security @intsecurity.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“Correspondence: Realism, Russia, and Ukraine.” @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social and @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social respond to Posen’s Winter 2024/25 article. doi.org/10.1162/ISEC...
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Correspondence: Realism, Russia, and Ukraine
Barry Posen argues that Russia's full-scale invasion is “consistent with the logic of preventive war.”1 He writes, “Historians will debate whether it was Putin's strategic calculus or his commitment t...
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Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
It’s such a strange payload — the spread is too large and the fragments too few/big to do much damage unless you are very, very unlucky. Makes somewhat more sense as a nuclear delivery method.
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Peter Schrijver @psguu.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
‘The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years’. ‘The US military has long known that cheap fixes could stop location data from exposing its troops. It adopted almost none—and now says adversaries are using the data to target soldiers during a war’. www.wired.com/story/the-pe...
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The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years. Now They Are
The US military has long known that cheap fixes could stop location data from exposing its troops. It adopted almost none—and now says adversaries are using the data to target soldiers during a war.
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Warsight @warsight.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The discovery of an R-60 air-to-air missile that came down in Ukraine's northern Chernihiv region in early April 2026 led to wild – and unfounded – speculation regarding a radiological threat. Warsight's Dan Kaszeta sets the record straight. warsight.com/2026/05/27/d... @dankaszeta.bsky.social
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Depleted uranium: dirty bomb or not? - Warsight
The discovery of an R-60 air-to-air missile in Ukraine's Chernihiv region in April 2026 led to unfounded speculation regarding a threat from uranium.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 25/05/2026
Footage shows the moment a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile was intercepted directly above an eyewitness in Kyiv Oblast. #Ukraine
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 25/05/2026
Here's one example of problems that make expanding a military a slow process. You can gut military capabilities quickly, but rebuilding them could well take 10-25 years. One hopes this lesson is remembered at least for my remaining lifetime. balticsentinel.eu/8477152/swed...
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Sweden’s Armed Forces Are Growing. Recent Scandals Suggest Their Leadership Culture May Not Be Keeping Up.
A widening series of complaints, open letters and internal accounts has raised an uncomfortable question inside Sweden’s Armed Forces: Can a military expanding for the NATO era also reform its leaders...
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Alex Blackwell @alexblackwell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“One by one, militants who videotaped their exploits that day have been identified and killed, in a measure of Israel’s surveillance acumen and desire for retribution.” Operation Wrath of God II. www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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Inside Israel’s High-Tech Campaign to Kill or Capture Every Oct. 7 Attacker
One by one, militants who videotaped their exploits that day have been identified and killed, in a measure of Israel’s surveillance acumen and desire for retribution.
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The hedgehog @the-hedgehog.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Part 1/2 Ukrainian forces tested launching the Ukrainian-American Hornet kamikaze drone via balloon. The aerostat carried it 42 km and released it from 8 km altitude while using only 5% of the drone’s battery power.
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Bryan Hilley @bbhilley.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The man is wearing an Army Air Corp A-1 flight jacket whose button-front closure predates widespread usage of zippers. His zippered shirt is a style popularized at the start of the 1930s. Rockwell's use of these details signifies the man's military past and current status as a worker.
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Kyle Mizokami @kmizokami.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
www.wsj.com/world/europe... (gift link)
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Military Snipers Are Being Put Out of a Job by Drones
A special forces soldier that Ukraine claimed was a world-record shot hasn’t been out to shoot in more than a year.
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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Today is Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Beyond nursing, she used data visualization to prove soldiers were dying not from battle wounds but preventable disease. One of the earliest examples of a chart used to change policy. Deaths fell by 2/3 within a year.
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François Diaz-Maurin @francoisdm.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
How does China expand its nuclear arsenal while posing as a champion of disarmament? At the 2026 NPT Review Conference, Beijing is deploying a highly effective diplomatic shield: the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). 1/6 🧵
Terraces of mined rock below the entrances of the tunnels at China’s Lop Nur Nuclear Test Site could indicate their mined volumes, including any “decoupling” volume that could be used to reduce the seismic signal of a test. (Credit: Image courtesy of Planet Labs and the Middlebury Institute)
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
"The sons of a powerful family with close ties to Iran’s new supreme leader control the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange" www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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One of Iran’s most powerful families founded its largest crypto exchange. It’s used by the IRGC to move millions
Two brothers from the elite Kharrazi family, using an alternative surname, started up Nobitex in 2018. The crypto exchange has become a central node in a parallel financial system that moves funds bey...
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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
“I wish we lived in the Tom Clancy world where analyst assessments form a decisive input into policy, but often decision makers already have strong assumptions about the situation, and know what they want to do – or don’t want to do.” — Michael Kofman responds to my critique of Ukr. war predictions.
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Who Gets War Right? Michael Kofman Responds
a debate about military forecasting, broken clocks, and magic wands
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
This is a counterintelligence problem: Half of ‘long shot’ Polymarket bets on military action are successful www.ft.com/content/989d...
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Half of ‘long shot’ Polymarket bets on military action are successful
High rate of winning wagers likely to add to concerns that sensitive information can leak on prediction markets
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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Unprecedented statement by JNIM has just been released. JNIM claims to have attacked: -the houses of Malian dictator Ghoita, Mali minister of Defense. -Modibo Keita airport in Bamako -Kati base -taken control over Mopti, parts of Gao and Séváre
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
President Zelenskyy: ❗️For the first time in the history of this war an enemy position was taken using only unmanned platforms - ground robotic complexes and drones. Russian soldiers in the position surrendered into captivity.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
1. A lot of people are focused on the apparent contradiction/absurdity of Trump blockading the Strait if he wants to open it. And yes, that is a real issue. But the even more immediate concern is what the U.S. Navy must do to actually put this plan into effect.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
this is a useful comparison but actually way undershoots the extent of the purges in China by only counting the officially gone and excluding the much larger category of disappeared, which adds about another 69 senior officers since 2023. chinapower.csis.org/china-pla-mi...
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The Purges Within China’s Military Are Even Deeper Than You Think | ChinaPower Project
Analysis of a groundbreaking dataset shows that purges within China’s military are far more extensive than previously understood.
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Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
@dexeve.bsky.social & I have a new piece out in Survival. In 2024, South Korea secretly deployed more than 300 KTSSM missiles at soft, fixed sites--suggesting that, in a crisis, Seoul may strike first & giving Pyongyang 300 reasons to beat them to it. doi.org/10.1080/0039...
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South Korea’s Ominous Missile Deployments
By placing more than 300 fixed, short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles on permanent alert at several above-ground sites close to the Demilitarised Zone, South Korean Strategic Command ha...
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 01/04/2026
🧵 A masterclass in creating a dysfunctional command climate. Also, just existing in the military is dangerous business. And it's why we take safety so seriously. And when the SecDef reaches down and cancels a subordinate's investigation out of hand, brother, bad things are happening.
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