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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm

@konstrom.bsky.social
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Associate professor of air power at RNoAFA / @forsvaretshogskole.bsky.social Economic historian. Scandinavian sec, history, economic warfare. WWI blockade geek. Occasional Napoleonic reenactor.

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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 18h
I can take no credit whatsoever, but some of my friends with offices just down the corridor have a new book out: "Strategy and Airpower in the East and South China Sea" share.google/4g7RLJIAIJpP...
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Strategy and Airpower in the East and South China Sea: China, the United States, and Great Power Rivalry
This book examines the role of airpower in the great power rivalry between the United States (US) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the East and South China Sea over Taiwan. While the volume...
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
First night in a student flat in Edinburgh in 2007 i woke at 2am cause a guy in a hoodie was playing bagpipes underneath my window. Just saying.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sjetnemarka ligger i Trondheim, en by hvor flertallet av innbyggerne fortsatt kaller byen "Trånnhjæm", snart hundre år etter at Stortinget vedtok å endre stavemåten.
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Ingrid Ovedie Volden @vidunderfull.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In other words, the Kokoda Track is the same length as London to Bath. Berkshire is all impassable jungle and steep mountain paths, obvs.
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Lars Peder Haga @larspederhaga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Interesting about pay and work schedule for Russian air defence/interceptor drone crews. The two days on/two days off must seem like heaven to frontline FPV crews. (What cut do you have to give your recruiter to get this job?)
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Congratulations to you both!
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Congratulations! You both look truly happy!
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First World War Studies @fwwsjournal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We are recruiting new Associate Editors! First World War Studies, the interdisciplinary journal of the International Society for First World War Studies, published by Taylor & Francis, is seeking to expand its editorial team.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Kondolerer.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Part of this recording was used, quite effectively, in a short anniversary RNoAFA film a few years ago. youtu.be/hSfbmklbchg?...
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Luftforsvaret 75 år
YouTube video by Forsvaret
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Dear Valmyndigheten, We tried delivering you package, but you were out."
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If you really want to get the students talking, a flipped Gall-Peters usually works. =)
Flipped Gall-Peters projection of the Earth.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Først snakke om russisk terrorbombing på #helgemorgen, deretter skifte bæsjebleie på ettåringen, så se #pride -paraden. #Enheltvanliglørdagsformiddag
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Gladwell book has been widely panned, and for good reason.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Worse ways to start the work day.
Office with a view.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
De har nok tatt turen fra Troms.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Du får trøste deg med at de passerte over Trondheim noenogtjue minutter etter Oslo domkirke. Et par sekunders forsinkelse i TV-sendinga til Oppsal bør gå bra.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Etter de to gardekompaniene marsjerer andre avdelinger fra de forskjellige forsvarsgrenene. Rundt tre og et halvt tusen soldater fra Forsvaret deltar i gravferden onsdag.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Et regiment i Forsvaret i dag er primært en administrativ enhet som organiserer soldater med samme oppgaver, men som normalt tjenestegjør fordelt på andre avdelinger og steder (eks Militærpolitiregimentet, Sanitetsregimentet).
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Garden er en bataljon. HMKG har i dag rundt 1200 vernepliktige soldater pluss et sted mellom 100 og 200 offiserer, befal og grenaderer. I klippet over marsjerer først deler av tredje gardekompani (musikk- og signaltroppen), deretter andre gardekompani (ett av fire geværkompani).
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Ikke spesielt vanskelig å finne ok tegnesaker. Selv liker jeg utvalget på Søstrene Grene. Treblyanter, fargestifter og mye annet innen tegn/klipp/lim. Så må man nesten finne seg i at ting treåringer bruker kommer til å knekke litt oftere enn om en selv skulle gripe blyanten fatt.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Recreating a cord for an M1808 Danish-Norwegian infantry shako (as you do). Experimenting with different types of yarn, colours and techniques. Not there yet, not least because there's an awful lot needed. Perhaps a much as thirteen meters for a single hat. Gonna try a lucet next.
Dueskar yarn coloured with storkenebb and krapp.Seven-thread braid.Seven-thread braiding board.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Not enough Napoleonics on BSky. Certainly not of the Danish-Norwegian kind (could there ever be enough?).
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Congratulations, doctor! I'm not familiar with how PhD publication is handled in AU. Would your thesis be available anywhere? PME is always evolving, and would love to take a look at it!
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Lærer noe nytt hver dag! =)
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Er ikke Trondheim pride i september?
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We should come up with a new term for this newfangled thing. Hang on. Missile.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Happy to get back to you on this once I return to the office.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
LC adaption? Always looking to playtest new stuff at the Norwegian Defence University College, if and when you're willing to share.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"Fjeldaber..."
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
V funny that Burnham offered Reeves defence while planning on making Healey Chancellor.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Fair.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I'm here for all WWI maritime camouflage jokes. #dazzle
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Very welcome news for the Norwegian Navy, if confirmed. Delayed deliveries to RNoN should be more than offset by maintenance and training efficiencies afforded by increased size of the overall fleet.
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Canada Picks German Type 212 Submarine For Badly Needed Fleet Renewal
The 12-boat procurement is one of Canada’s biggest-ever defense buys and marks a major shift toward closer military cooperation with European allies. The 12-boat procurement is one of Canada’s biggest...
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Alan Owlport 🦉 🎃 @alanallport.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
You’re allowed to think that international football is a cesspit of corruption AND that individual acts of corruption remain outrageous.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The number of US football fans going 'I don't mind a bit of corruption as long as I benefit' is quite something.
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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Bit insensitive to sing a song about walls to a stadium full of Mexicans. #TheFootball
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
This Haaland guy has a future.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I could make a joke about the armada too, but I'll leave it here.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Waterloo was it?
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Francisco J. Beltrán Tapia @fjbeltrantapia.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
PhD positions in the humanities at NTNU, history included. Join us in Trondheim! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Up to 7 PhD Research Fellow Positions (304877) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Up to 7 PhD Research Fellow Positions (304877), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Thursday, October 1, 2026
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Arguably there's also the guy who's personal coat of arms is three lions on a shirt. #heraldicrulesFTW
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Worth noting that this is also why much of the UK grinds to a halt whenever there's more than a few inches of snow. The considerable investment in infrastructure required to deal with something that does not happen regularly just hasn't been considered cost effective.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Yes, Minister. Not a movie, but still...
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Probably not an expression. Just seemed apt here.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The hills are alive with the sound of drones.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
That title.
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Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The trouble with this way of looking at attritional warfare is, as Philpot and others have discussed in depth, that effects, in any meaningful sense of the word, are next to impossible to measure. But that is not the same as saying that those effects aren't real.
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