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Zach @thrustwr.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Ukraine has repeatedly made it clear that to take back its entire country it will need thousands of tanks, IFVs, APCs, engineering, bridging and various support vehicles. Drones are force multipliers that help make up the difference in certain areas for Ukraine.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

The DoD is actually one giant practical joke being played on INDOPACOM.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 05/07/2025

Germany is getting serious about military procurement: 1000 Leopard tanks and 2500 Boxers are on the shopping list. (The Bundeswehr has currently about 300 Leopards) augengeradeaus.net/2025/07/auf-...

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Auf der Bestellliste: 1.000 Leopard, 2.500 Boxer, 25 Mrd Euro Volumen – Augen geradeaus!

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Samuel Beal @sambeal.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

INDOPACOM must be overjoyed knowing the AIM-7s are safe. Not like we burned through a bunch of TLAMs and JASSMs in the Middle East recently..

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Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

“The government has blown its stock of political capital on measures that are often sensible, frequently unpopular, but invariably too small, shallow and slow to make a difference.” This week’s cover leader on Labour’s unhappy first birthday economist.com/leaders/2025...

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Sir Keir Starmer is rapidly losing his authority

As well as his hope of achieving much in office

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The Economist @economist.com · 30/05/2025

Would you like to spend six months writing for The Economist’s business desk in London? Apply for the 2025 Marjorie Deane internship by July 31st

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The Economist’s business internship

We invite applications for the 2025 Marjorie Deane internship

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Samuel Beal @sambeal.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Huge Reaper loses in Yemen: "at least 15 US MQ-9 Reaper drones have been shot down over Yemen since late 2023, a toll that spiked after the Trump administration’s renewed air campaign on 15 March 2025. Losses, according to the Houthis, could be as high as 22 airframes"

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Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

An F/A-18E fighter jet and tow tractor fell overboard the USS Harry Truman today and has sunk in the Red Sea...per the Navy:

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Samuel Beal @sambeal.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

For as long as I've been alive, America has been fighting the war on terror. Trump promised he'd end the "forever wars". Yet since taking office, he's ramped-up air strikes across the Middle East and Somalia. In this week's Economist I look into why www.economist.com/internationa...

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Trump’s red-hot war on terror

The number of strikes against jihadists is rising. Is it 2001 all over again?

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

GEORGE LUCAS IN 1999: it's going to start with military action to force open a blockade, and then end up with a complete collapse and rewriting of the entire galactic order ME IN 2025: okay I see it now

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I'm still not clear who is going to take up this €150bn in EU SAFE money announced today. It seems like a lot of work for a scheme that I don't see getting a lot of take-up. I would NOT assume it will result in much higher defence spending in Europe. My sceptical thread - do point out if I'm wrong 🧵

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I think this book could probably be reduced to one sentence.

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Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Will rearmament create a legion of manufacturing jobs in left-behind towns? The economics is uncertain; the politics essential. How Labour learned to love rearmament economist.com/britain/2025...

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How Labour learned to love rearmament

Come, friendly bombs

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Terrible decision by SecDef.

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Aaron Connelly @connellyal.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Learned a good bit from this interesting note by my colleague Corbin Duncan on translation issues in diplomacy between America and China: www.economist.com/china/2025/0....

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Samuel Beal @sambeal.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

We wrote about this in the summer. There's a view among some in the US military that it currently suffers from a COIN "hangover" with restrictive ROEs. Could America fight its enemies without breaking the law? www.economist.com/internationa... From The Economist

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Could America fight its enemies without breaking the law?

The speed and intensity of prospective conflicts could test the laws of war

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Samuel Beal @sambeal.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

One of my Economist articles being roasted on r/neoliberal was truly my highlight of 2024

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Samuel Beal @sambeal.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Ready for jihadist neoliberalism

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Samuel Beal @sambeal.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Exploring the new world in Santo Domingo

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Samuel Beal @sambeal.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

This is a pretty big development if true. For those interested, I wrote about the deepening military cooperation among autocracies a couple of months ago. A new “quartet of chaos” threatens America www.economist.com/internationa... From The Economist

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A new “quartet of chaos” threatens America

The rulers of China, Iran, North Korea and Russia are growing worryingly close

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