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Michael Duitsman

@duitsmanms.bsky.social
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Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Rocket propulsion and radiological security (usually not at the same time). Opinions my own. Faves/RTs ≠ endorsements

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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Is it the Ayatollah Peace Prize?
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
North Korea has launched a ballistic missile. This almost certainly a missile test or launching drill. US and South Korean forces started a major military exercise this week, and it is not uncommon for North Korea to launch missiles in response to these exercises.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Shahrud was, to my knowledge, the last Iranian solid propellant production site to survive unmolested in the current conflict. Deeper in Iran than the others, it was harder to get at. It's been struck now, though, and suffered substantial damage.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
@slair.bsky.social has been monitoring every missile base in Iran (and many other things) this week.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Stupid enterprise computers.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
It is going to be a very long weekend...
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Me, four hours ago: NO BRITISH MODEL TRAIN IS SAFE Me, now: Goddamnit. And he's adding MORE? Fuuuuuuuuuu Also we are 100% bombing Iran now.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Last year I asked my coworkers when we should start checking satellite images of the camps for new incinerators. I was only half joking.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Yeah, the evidence is anecdotal, but there are videos demonstrating that at least some P320s can fire without the trigger being fully pulled. Probably tolerance stacking in impacting the sear interface.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
ICE and CBP are the moral and legal equivalent of a Superfund site. Raze these organizations to the ground, tear out the foundations, and start anew from greenfield status.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
A thought (building on what others have said) RE: the Iceland mix-up and 'not using force.' Maybe someone (from DoD?) told him in no uncertain terms that Greenland is a miserable place covered in ice and he is not allowed to use force to take it. He might not even realize that Iceland exists.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I don't like that we've gotten to the "Evergreen Intel thread about the US threat to Greenland" stage of things.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
1/12 Some notes: Oreshnik is the first conventionally-armed missile operated by the RVSN (Strategic Rocket Forces), and the first conventionally-armed missile developed by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology (MITT).
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Interesting. The only UK solid rocket motor plant that I'm aware of is Roxel (near Birmingham), and I'm not sure what their max motor size is. Though I guess the motor needed to push a 200kg payload to 500km might isn't really that large.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I tend to view Oreshnik's creation as driven primarily by industry rather than military requirements (i.e. the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology wanted some of that sweet, sweet special military operation money, and managed to convince someone that Oreshnik was a worthwhile investment), but...
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Seeing potentially credible reports and videos of a new Oreshnik launch against Ukraine tonight.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
This is not what I needed today.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
What the fuck are we doing. On multiple fronts, but especially in Venezuela. I'm gonna pet the cat and go to sleep. Then tomorrow I'm gonna show kids how to run model trains at the railway museum, because what else am I supposed to do. Keep going and remember who is perpetrating these crimes.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Not what I wanted to do today, but here we are. Coming out of Yasniy, this could be an SS-18, SS-19, or (very unlikely) a Sarmat. The 13th Missile Division is historically associated with SS-18s, but at least some of their silos currently hold SS-19 Mod 4 missiles with Avangard HGVs.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Major earthquake near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and the Vilyuchinsk nuclear submarine base. There have been several earthquakes nearby over the past 24 hours. There was an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in this area in late July 2025.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I will be in Europe at the time, but otherwise I would be there!
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Honestly good advice, though I consider the drink optional.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Fantastic. And I have work to finish this weekend.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Rocket plumbing is hard. All three of the Block 2 Starships have experienced catastrophic plumbing or engine failures. That said, there are reasons most companies don't run rapid-fire tests after a failure.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This is not how I want to start the week.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Possible debris from today's strikes. Looks like an Israeli air-launched ballistic missile, either a Sparrow or a ROCKS.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Looks like Israel has struck Iran. It's going to be a long evening.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Make Polio Great Again
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
This building is at 41.717 N, 112.427 W My records don't indicate this building's precise purpose.
A satellite image of buildings at the Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems solid rocket propellant facility, with arrows indicating the building destroyed in an explosion on April 16, 2025 and the location of a photographer.A picture of the destroyed building.
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Michael Duitsman @duitsmanms.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Trump: "An old fashioned term we use, groceries. I used it on the campaign. It's such an old-fashioned term but a beautiful term, groceries. It sort of says a bag with different things in it. Groceries went through the roof, and I campaigned on that. I talked about the word groceries for a lot..."
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