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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 19m

IRGC's navy says seven vessels were hit overnight in the Gulf, four set ablaze, three by mines near Hormuz. Iran's theocracy turning the world's oil chokepoint into a minefield is at war with every economy that buys Gulf crude. #Hormuz #Iran

Paper Trail news brief: HORMUZ MINED. Gus asks: Seven tankers hit: convoy the strait or pull out?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 1h

Ilhan Omar, asked if her ex-husband is her brother, said 'not to my knowledge.' Agents took 17 items from her DC home in the fraud probe, and a lawmaker who can't say no about her own marriage shouldn't write anyone's rules.

Paper Trail news brief: NOT MY KNOWLEDGE. Gus asks: Open her immigration file: yes or no?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 6h

Russia hit Kyiv with ballistic missiles overnight, wounding at least six, hours after the Kremlin agreed to November three-way talks. Moscow bombs and negotiates the same night, so only a deal that stops the strikes counts. #Russia

Paper Trail news brief: KYIV HIT AGAIN. Gus asks: Putin talks, Kyiv hit: real deal or delay?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 7h

State Farm Arena moved Enes Kanter Freedom from his paid seat at WNBA Finals Game 3 to a luxury suite, citing safety. He wore a 'What is a Woman?' shirt and left. A league hiding a fan over a question has conceded the argument.

Paper Trail news brief: WNBA SIDELINED. Gus asks: Suite or his own seat: who decides?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 10h

Dallas County's early voting opened with 76,079 ballots on day one, more than double its 2022 pace and above 2024's presidential start. Thirteen days out, the House majority depends on whether that surge holds in these suburbs.

Paper Trail news brief: EARLY VOTE RECORD. Gus asks: GOP or Democrats: who does this surge help?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 12h

Washington ordered diplomats and their families out of Saudi Arabia after Houthi missiles struck Riyadh's airport. Iran's proxies have now pushed an American embassy out of the Gulf, and that debt gets collected in Yemen. #Iran #Houthis

Paper Trail news brief: RIYADH EMPTIED. Gus asks: Diplomats out of Riyadh: strike Yemen, yes or no?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 13h

Milei called Sanchez a 'disgraceful dictator' in Madrid, told Spain to 'kick the Socialists out' before the Nov 29 vote. Sanchez said he's 'leftie and proud.' Spain's Socialists want a term without defending the record they wrote.

Paper Trail news brief: MADRID SHOWDOWN. Gus asks: Sanchez or the right: who takes Spain on Nov 29?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 15h

Lviv made 2027 the year of the UPA, which killed up to 100,000 Poles, so Poland froze a weapons package and barred its sponsor from Schengen. No ally owes weapons to a government that names a year after butchers.

Paper Trail news brief: POLAND FREEZES. Gus asks: Poland or Kyiv: who's right on Bandera?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 16h

Feeding Our Future took $242m from a federal meals program; its founder got 41 years. A state audit blamed Minnesota's Education Department. Officials who ignored the warnings are as guilty as the men who cashed the checks.

Paper Trail news brief: MINNESOTA FRAUD. Gus asks: Who owns this theft: Walz's agency or the nonprofit?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 18h

Turkey sent parliament a mandate to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia under the Mecca pact, air defense and intel only, no strikes on the Houthis. Erdogan is selling Riyadh a shield that leaves the Houthis free to reload. #Houthis

Paper Trail news brief: TURKEY DEPLOYS. Gus asks: Turkish air defenses in Saudi: shield or target?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 19h

Washington denied Ada Colau's ESTA for a Puerto Rico summit. She blames her Gaza flotilla arrest; the embassy cited immigrant intent. A visa is a privilege Washington grants, and flotilla activism isn't a character reference. #Gaza

Paper Trail news brief: PUERTO RICO DENIED. Gus asks: Should Washington bar flotilla activists: yes or no?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 21h

A projectile hit a tanker off Bukha, at Hormuz's mouth, and set it on fire, UKMTO says. Brent crossed $110 today. Iran's theocracy can't win a war, so it burns other people's tankers and hands US and British drivers the bill. #Hormuz #Iran

Paper Trail news brief: HORMUZ AFIRE. Gus asks: Brent at $120 by Friday: yes or no?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 22h

Britain cleared Shell's Jackdaw field off Aberdeen after years of court fights and dithering. Gas hits homes this month, enough for 1.4m. Ministers and judges left it shut in while families paid war prices for imports.

Paper Trail news brief: JACKDAW APPROVED. Gus asks: Drill at home or import abroad: which is safer?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 21/10/2026

Ukraine's intelligence counts 700 ballistic missiles and 6,200 attack drones in Russia's stockpile. Moscow is loading for a winter aimed at Ukraine's grid, and the Patriots Washington holds back leave each city to absorb the hits. #Ukraine #Russia

Paper Trail news brief: 700 MISSILES. Gus asks: Ship Patriots now, or let Kyiv go dark?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 21/10/2026

Islamist militias killed 4,216 Christians in Nigeria from Jan to Sept 8, one every 86 minutes, per Equipping the Persecuted. Tinubu's government calls it banditry; a state burying 17 people a day can't claim to protect anyone.

Paper Trail news brief: 4216 DEAD. Gus asks: Militias or the army: who runs Benue?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 21/10/2026

Trump says Rep. Ilhan Omar 'could go to jail' over the immigration probe that put agents in her DC home with a judge-signed warrant. She calls it weaponization; a judge saw the evidence, and her district votes in 13 days.

Paper Trail news brief: OMAR PROBE. Gus asks: Weaponized or warranted: which one is it?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 21/10/2026

The IDF had a multi-day strike on Iran's nuclear and power sites ready for Oct 10 and called it off after Trump objected, the FT reports. The White House is letting midterm politics set the clock on Iran's nuclear program. #Iran #Midterms

Paper Trail news brief: IRAN STRIKE BLOCKED. Gus asks: Whose call is it: Trump or Netanyahu?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 21/10/2026

France is deploying troops to its own cities after 2,400 arrests and 1,000 officers hurt, with parts of Paris under curfew. Ten years of governing by announcement left Macron needing soldiers at home and borrowing above Italy.

Paper Trail news brief: PARIS TROOPS. Gus asks: Troops or talks: which calms France first?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 21/10/2026

Thirteen days before the midterms, Don Jr. told his father he opposed the Iran war from the start, The Atlantic reports, while staying silent in public. Republicans now defend a war the president's own son argued against. #Iran #Midterms

Paper Trail news brief: DON JR BREAKS. Gus asks: Who's right on Iran: Don Jr. or his dad?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 21/10/2026

Steve Witkoff flies to St. Petersburg today to hand Putin a revised peace plan, hours after Oslo talks with Zelensky. Trump is squeezing the invaded country to settle, and that pays Moscow for its war. #Putin

Paper Trail news brief: KREMLIN BRIEFING. Gus asks: Who gets squeezed: Kyiv or Moscow?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 21/10/2026

Trump and USDA put $8bn in one-time payments on farmers squeezed by diesel, two weeks before the midterms. Applications open in 2027. The check clears after election day, which tells you who the program is for. #Midterms

Paper Trail news brief: DIESEL BAILOUT. Gus asks: Diesel bailout or election check: which is it?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 21/10/2026

WSJ: Musk capped Starshield, so Ukraine's drones lose the link above 100 mph. Trump says it wasn't him and doubts it was Elon. Kyiv's interceptors fly on a US boardroom's permission slip, and Moscow collects that leverage free. #Ukraine

Paper Trail news brief: STARLINK CAP. Gus asks: Whose finger is on Kyiv's drones: Musk or Trump?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 20/10/2026

Iran's security chief says not a single gram of enriched uranium leaves Iran, and no talks until Washington lifts the naval blockade and unfreezes assets. A regime that hid its enrichment for decades now wants trust paid up front. #Iran

Paper Trail news brief: IRAN URANIUM. Gus asks: Trust Tehran first, or hold the line?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 20/10/2026

Trump and Vance put up $25m for fraud tips: $30k per verified tip or 1% of what's recovered, weeks before the midterms. A federal bureaucracy that can't audit its own spending is now paying citizens to do the job for it. #Midterms

Paper Trail news brief: FRAUD BOUNTY. Gus asks: Would you turn in fraud for 1% of $1bn?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 20/10/2026

Trump says he'll spend at least $400m by Nov 3 to back Republicans; Bloomberg has put $80m behind the Democrats. Trump is defending a record while Democrats are leaning on one billionaire's checkbook.

Paper Trail news brief: MIDTERM CASH. Gus asks: Trump's $400m or Bloomberg's $80m: who wins?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 20/10/2026

Pakistan's army chief took Tehran a Qatar-backed offer: interest on $6bn of frozen funds for quiet IAEA inspections. The Islamic Republic is stalling to swing a US election, and the mediators keep paying it to talk.

Paper Trail news brief: IRAN $6B. Gus asks: Unfreeze the $6bn, or hold it?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 20/10/2026

Kyiv's blackouts skip the 1901 block where Mayor Klitschko owns a 225 sqm flat. The exemption list comes from the city administration he heads, so the man drawing the blackout map wrote himself out of it.

Paper Trail news brief: KYIV BLACKOUT. Gus asks: Should Klitschko's block skip the blackout: yes or no?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 20/10/2026

Lithuania says a Ukrainian drone came in from Poland and crashed on its soil, damaging a car. Tusk is demanding full answers from Kyiv. Kyiv's war is existential, but it doesn't buy its drones a shortcut across allied skies. #Ukraine

Paper Trail news brief: POLAND DEMANDS. Gus asks: Stray drone over NATO: apology enough, yes or no?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 20/10/2026

Britain's Covid inquiry found 43,000 care home residents died with Covid after hospitals pushed untested patients into homes. NHS England cleared the beds, called it a protective ring, and the old paid.

Paper Trail news brief: CARE HOMES SACRIFICED. Gus asks: Beds or lives: which did Hancock pick?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 20/10/2026

Britain is putting RAF Typhoons over Saudi cities to intercept Houthi drones and missiles, after the strike on Riyadh's King Khalid airport. London says the jets won't hit Yemen, leaving the Houthis free to reload and fire again. #Houthis

Paper Trail news brief: RIYADH SHIELD. Gus asks: Hit the launchers in Yemen: yes or no?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 20/10/2026

Iran's Guards say a new air defense system downed another US MQ-9 over Hormuz. A CRS tally puts US losses at 81 aircraft, a $1.9bn to $3.3bn bill. A regime still picking off Reapers has not been hit hard enough. #Hormuz #Iran

Paper Trail news brief: HORMUZ REAPER. Gus asks: 81 aircraft lost: escalate or talk?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 20/10/2026

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone will bid jointly for Europe's 2GHz satellite band, mostly reserved for EU operators. Starlink gets 10MHz. Brussels is handing four incumbents the rules to fence out a rival.

Paper Trail news brief: STARLINK CAPPED. Gus asks: Starlink capped at 10MHz: smart or protection?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 20/10/2026

Iran's IRGC named the seven data cables under the Strait of Hormuz as targets and promised new weapons next. The Islamic Republic can't win a war at sea, so it threatens the internet the rest of us trade on. #Hormuz #Iran

Paper Trail news brief: HORMUZ CABLES. Gus asks: Cut the cables: bluff or first move?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 20/10/2026

China's coast guard patrols east of Taiwan year round, a blockade rehearsal in civilian paint, Schriver said in Taipei. Washington withholds $14bn in arms. Beijing will keep testing until a Western navy sails the same water. #China #Taiwan

Paper Trail news brief: TAIWAN BLOCKADE. Gus asks: Blockade rehearsal, or routine patrol?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 20/10/2026

Trump says Canada "doesn't have a choice" on becoming the 51st state, calling the $90 billion deficit he cites a bad real estate deal. Alberta is counting secession ballots now, and each repeat arms the separatists.

Paper Trail news brief: CANADA 51ST STATE. Gus asks: Leverage or fantasy: which is this?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 20/10/2026

Hegseth flew into Israel unannounced, eight days before the Oct 27 vote, and met Netanyahu; Axios says the agenda is resuming strikes on Iran. A regime that pledges Israel's destruction has no claim on when the answer comes. #Iran #Israel

Paper Trail news brief: STRIKE PLAN. Gus asks: Is Hegseth there to plan a strike: yes or no?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 20/10/2026

Trump's approval hit a record low 31% in Reuters/Ipsos, from 32% in September, two weeks before the midterms. A president who won on the cost of living is losing on it, and every Republican on the ballot carries the price tag. #Midterms

Paper Trail news brief: TRUMP 31%. Gus asks: Below 30% by election day: yes or no?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 19/10/2026

Egypt's parliament put off until Oct 26 the vote on troops to back Saudi Arabia against the Iran-backed Houthis. The defense chiefs agreed to help Riyadh, yet Cairo hasn't signed the order, so Iran's proxy gets another week. #Iran #Houthis

Paper Trail news brief: CAIRO STALLS. Gus asks: Egypt joins the Yemen war on Oct 26: yes or no?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 19/10/2026

Houthi missiles killed 53 Yemeni recruits in Shabwa, the war's deadliest strike since it restarted. Riyadh postponed Davos in the Desert to 2027. Iran's proxy now costs Riyadh its flights and the summit meant to sell Vision 2030. #Iran #Houthis

Paper Trail news brief: SHABWA 53 DEAD. Gus asks: Will Saudi Arabia strike Sanaa now: yes or no?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 19/10/2026

US defense stocks fell 15% since July on bets a Democratic sweep kills Trump's $500bn Pentagon buildup. Wall Street is pricing an American retreat before a vote is cast, and Moscow and Beijing will happily collect that bet.

Paper Trail news brief: PENTAGON CUT. Gus asks: Defense stocks or the S&P: who's right?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 19/10/2026

Bulgaria charged two Germans over the fire that burned 11 of 17 Starlink antennas serving Ukraine's army. Lithuania foiled a third attempt. Moscow has made NATO's rear a target, and Europe's response arrives after the fire. #Ukraine #NATO

Paper Trail news brief: STARLINK BURNED. Gus asks: Will a fourth Starlink station burn?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 19/10/2026

A Qatari LNG carrier is running the Red Sea to Poland with Europe's winter gas, a route most owners now refuse. UKMTO says a skiff fired two shots at an LNG tanker near Al Mukalla Saturday. TTF sits near €88/MWh, a four-year high. #RedSea

Paper Trail news brief: RED SEA GAMBLE. Gus asks: Suez shortcut or Cape detour: which costs Europe more?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 19/10/2026

Musk promised every child in America one SpaceX share in 2027, a giveaway worth about $10.5bn, two weeks before the midterms. The shares land after the ballots are counted, and nobody has said how the giveaway works. #Midterms

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 19/10/2026

Ukraine's PM says more men are dodging the front than fighting on it: about 1 million evade the draft and 1.4 million hold employer exemptions. New rules due this week would strip that shield and send them to the front. #Ukraine

Paper Trail news brief: DRAFT DODGERS. Gus asks: 1.4 million exempt: draft them next, yes or no?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 19/10/2026

Russia's FM Lavrov is in Tehran to meet President Pezeshkian, as Gulf states press Moscow over Iran's missile attacks. Gulf oil states now have to ask the Kremlin, Iran's main backer, to stop the strikes. #Iran #Russia

Paper Trail news brief: TEHRAN TALKS. Gus asks: Lavrov in Tehran: shield or broker?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 19/10/2026

Germany summoned Iran's ambassador after a Hamburg court jailed two men over a Tehran plot to kill Jewish and pro-Israel leaders on German soil. Berlin's answer to a hit plot was a diplomatic summons. #Iran #Israel

Paper Trail news brief: IRAN PLOT. Gus asks: Will Germany expel Iran's envoy: yes or no?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 19/10/2026

Putin moved Finance Minister Siluanov into a deputy PM seat and gave transport to Rosaviatsia's Dmitry Yadrov, whose agency grounds airports when drones fly. Mishustin sent all five names to the Duma for approval. #Putin

Paper Trail news brief: RUSSIA RESHUFFLE. Gus asks: War budget or airlines: which gets fixed first?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 19/10/2026

Russia's overnight strike hit a cargo ship in the Black Sea and a depot of Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missiles, its Defense Ministry says. Moscow calls the freight military, so Odessa grain pays more to insure. #Ukraine #Russia

Paper Trail news brief: BLACK SEA HIT. Gus asks: Will the next ship out of Odessa sail: yes or no?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 19/10/2026

Rubio says there was never a pause in US intelligence sharing with Ukraine, denying Zelensky's claim to NBC. Kyiv still got no warning before Sunday's strike, so Ukraine is left arguing with Washington while missiles land. #Ukraine

Paper Trail news brief: INTEL PAUSE. Gus asks: Who's right: Rubio or Zelensky?

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Paper Trail Geo @papertrailgeo.zedsocial.ca · 19/10/2026

China has floated a second submarine drone mothership, at Guangzhou Shipyard International, after a larger sister from Shanghai. Both launch UUVs from stern garages, and the US Navy has nothing equivalent. #China

Paper Trail news brief: DRONE MOTHERSHIP. Gus asks: US subs or Chinese drone ships: who wins?

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