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David Jordan @davidjair.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Never had President Milei down as a Ronnie Barker tribute act, but there you go...

President Milei of Argentina sitting at a desk and making a speech. To British people who remember the comedy pairing 'The Two Ronnies' he might remind them of sketches done by Ronnie Barker in that programme.

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David Jordan @davidjair.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This was meant as an ironic observation about Desert Storm, not new nomenclature for warfare…

1991 unofficial US military ‘morale patch’ with two cartoon camels each wearing a shemagh and overlooking a warship sailing in the waters of the Gulf, surmounted by the motto ‘Persian Excursion’

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David Jordan @davidjair.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

My Facebook feed seems to suggest it didn’t take Mr Amorim long to get a new job…

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David Jordan @davidjair.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Quite. Those of us Europeans who remember the Buccaneer, Jaguar and Tornado (latter still going in Italy & Germany of course) can't comprehend why he thinks this is 'low'... www.youtube.com/watch?v=lteL... - approx 2:15-2:35 refers ("I said below their radar, Bloggs - not their sonar!")

Boastful tweet showing flyover by USN F-5s of the Paycor (formerly Paul. Brown) Stadium, Cincinnati (October 2022), suggesting Europeans cannot understand such things

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David Jordan @davidjair.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

"Well, they tell me mail in means aliens can vote too easily, and I saw what they did, you know, to that astronaut, John Hurt, I think his name was, so going somewhere aliens can't steal elections protects our great space force men and women much more than Sleepy Joe did... <extemporises bafflingly>

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David Jordan @davidjair.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

It's like the ghost of Sir Hugh Trenchard has entered the room... (before shaking his head sadly and leaving)

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David Jordan @davidjair.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Blaming international treaties from which you (or the side you support) have withdrawn and claiming that they mean that proper force protection planning is not possible takes coping to interesting levels. A very helpful thread from Frank Kuhn explains thus:

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David Jordan @davidjair.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Approaches to Offensive Counter Air, 2025. RAF (top) Ukraine (below)...

A composite photograph - a pair of Typhoon FGR4 and a two-ship of F-35 Lightning II at top; at the bottom of the photograph a line up of articulated trucks to serve as a generic indication of the means by with Ukraine attacked Russian bomber bases, 1 June 2025.

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David Jordan @davidjair.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Recently-declared National Security Threats to the United States of America #1 & #2:

Paddington Bear eating a marmalade sandwich

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David Jordan @davidjair.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I have a feeling that NBC Sports may have written & posted this in about the 87th minute of the match, somehow...

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David Jordan @davidjair.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Can't see that working as the new Top Gear presenting line up, to be frank...

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David Jordan @davidjair.bsky.social · 18/08/2024

In the same spirit as this excellent post - a collection of (alleged) comments on Confidential Reports for officers of the armed services. A couple have multiple variations and some have almost certainly gained a little gilding over time, but...

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David Jordan @davidjair.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

I must be doing something wrong, but this site seems far harder to use than you-know-where. I get posts from 39 minutes ago halfway down my feed; posts from 3 days ago at the top, and an array of replies to posts to which I can't find the originals for. It's not exactly welcoming...

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Freeman Air and Space Institute @fasikcl.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

🌌🔭How dependent are we on space? In a new article for FASI, @nuclearbalm.bsky.social defends the importance of space systems and explores the need for better communication around our critical dependence on space. Read here🔽 www.kcl.ac.uk/space-depend...

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Space Dependence: a need for better communication

Space is one of the UK's Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) sectors. During a time when there's a cost of living crisis, prioritizing investment in space may seem unnecessary. However, it's…

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David Jordan @davidjair.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

On the basis that this may be of interest to some followers - in my not-so-secret life as one of the Directors of the Freeman Air & Space Institute at King's, here's a piece of research from Julia Muravska on European air and missile defence. ow.ly/upJO50Q1wYF

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David Jordan @davidjair.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

<Blinks rapidly> Well this all seems awfully civilised (for now...)

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