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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

CV-22 Ospreys assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Wing of the @usairforce conduct tiltrotor, air-to-air refueling with an MC-130J Commando II over international waters on July 26, 2025 while flying to Clark Air Base, Philippines. Photo: Staff Sgt. Cedrique Oldaker

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit prepares for Operation Midnight Hammer at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., June 21, 2025 | Photo: U.S. Department of Defense

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft fly in formation over Wake Island, June 7, 2025 | Photo: Air Force Senior Airman Audree Campbell

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

The crew has been provided first aid and Surat will disembark them at New Mangalore. 3/3

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

INS Surat and a Dornier aircraft were deployed after the incident was reported ~0930 hrs to IFC IOR and INS Surat rescued the crew ~1630 hrs. 2/3

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

The Indian Navy rescued 18 out of 22 crew members of the Singaporean-flagged MV Wan Hai 503 after it reported an ‘internal container explosion’ causing a major fire onboard. 1/3

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Super Shot! U.S. Navy E/A-18G Growlers fly near the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the South China Sea, May 27, 2025 | Photo: U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Hannah Kantner

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Vietnam Airlines Frankfurt-Hanoi pilot going, "Nope, nope, nopety, nope."

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Scene over Pakistan and Northern India right now.

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

India has announced strikes on terrorist sites in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir. India’s defence ministry issued the following statement a few minutes back:

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

The Indian Navy’s latest indigenous guided missile destroyer INS Surat successfully carried out a precision cooperative engagement of a sea-skimming target.

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Airbus Defence has announced it is showing off its new uncrewed air defence system LOAD at the “Unbemannte Systeme X” trade show in Bonn, Germany, on 25 and 26 March. Announcement ends with: LOAD is ITAR free and does not use US technology.

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

U.S. Air Force graphic of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) Platform. The rendering highlights the Air Force’s sixth generation fighter, the F-47.

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Dolphins checking to see who’s come home :) | Video: NASA

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Lithuania’s defence ministry says that Lithuania, Poland, Latvia and Estonia have announced their withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention on Anti-Personnel Mines.

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Photo I: SpaceX Crew-10 launches aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft piloted by Air Force Maj. Nichole "Vapor" Ayer at Kennedy Space Center on March 14, 2025 | Photo: Aubrey Gemignani/NASA Photo II: Astronaut Air Force Maj. Nichole Ayers before departure | Photo: DoD

SpaceX Crew-10 launches aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft piloted by astronaut and Air Force Maj. Nichole "Vapor" Ayer at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., March 14, 2025 | Photo: Aubrey Gemignani/NASA

Astronaut Air Force Maj. Nichole Ayers speaks to family and friends as her fellow crewmates prepare to depart NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-10 mission launch, March 14, 2025. Ayers piloted the crew’s spacecraft when it launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the space center on the same day at 7:03 p.m. EDT. | Photo: U.S. Department of Defense

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has declared the South African ambassador to the U.S. persona non grata, over... Twitter.

Screenshot of tweet by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declaring the South African ambassador to the U.S. persona non grata.

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

GCAP (Global Combat Air Programme) next generation fighters (Leonardo/Mitsubishi/BAE Systems) is based on investments amounting to €40 billion by 2035. A total of 350 platform orders for the entire Joint Venture are expected by 2035, says Leonardo. Expect that number to grow a lot, considering...

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

U.S. soldiers assigned to Task Force Night Hawk conduct air movement operations with ground forces at Erbil Air Base, Iraq, Feb. 26, 2025 | Photo: Army Staff Sgt. Vincent Levelev

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Marines assigned to the Silent Drill Platoon perform a drill sequence during a Blue Angels' "Fat Albert" C-130J Super Hercules flyover at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Feb. 25, 2025 | Photo: Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Christopher Prelle

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

U.S. Army divers assigned to the 7th Engineer Dive Detachment stand in formation underwater during a change of command ceremony at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, Feb. 21, 2025 | Photo: Army Staff Sgt. Dale Casagrande

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

U.S. Marines and Japanese service members conduct bilateral flight operations in an MV-22B Osprey and a V-22 Osprey above Nagasaki, Japan, during Iron Fist 25, an annual bilateral exercise, Feb. 21, 2025 | Photo: Marine Corps Sgt. Tyler Andrews

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Germany’s presumptive chancellor

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Dolphin Duet | Sailors observe dolphins swimming near the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 12, 2025 | Photo: U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Hannah Kantner

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress conducts a combat air patrol as part of Operation Inherent Resolve over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility on December 15, 2024 | Photo: Air Force Staff Sgt. Gerald R. Willis

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

The USS Bulkeley returns to Naval Station Rota, Spain, Dec. 20, 2024, after a five-and-a-half-month patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations | Photo: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Marlin Dominguez

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Maria Relayo inspects ammunition aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 15, 2024 | Photo: U.S. Navy Seaman Malina Davy

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon receives fuel while in flight over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec. 12, 2024 | Photo: U.S. Air Force

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Russian foreign ministry posted this cartoon about Canada's political situation on its Telegram channel. 'Resignation of the leading Russophobe in Canadian Government with Nazi family roots Chrystia Freeland is a welcome, though long overdue outcome...'

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Russia's defense ministry released these photos of its military operations with Syrian armed forces last month. Much has changed since then.

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

U.S. Marine Corps V-22 and AV-8B Harrier II aircraft fly above the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp during operations in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 22, 2024 | Photo: Chief Petty Officer Ruben Reed/U.S. Navy

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA launches from a vertical launching system at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Flight Experiment Mission-02, Dec. 10, 2024 | Photo: U.S. Department of Defense

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft fly over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec. 15, 2024 | Photo: U.S. Air Force

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

A good example of this is S3E2 of Friends: The One Where No One's Ready

Wikipedia description of the concept of the 'Idiot Plot'

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Russia has built a new wintering complex at its Vostok station in Central Antarctica. About 3,000 square meters, it can host 35 personnel in summer and 15 in winter. The first residents will be the current 70th Russian Antarctic expedition of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute.

Photo of wintering complex at Russia's Vostok base in Antarctica.

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Remember the character played by James Spader in Lincoln? Ultimately, that's what you have to be to win in a society run by institutions that are easily corrupted and compromised by the baddies. Do you want to win or do you want to be cried about?

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I haven’t seen this in 2024 — have to get it done this week

Movie poster of the Bollywood film Lakshya about a spoilt young man who joins the army.

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

This is from 9 years ago :)

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

No. This is a deficient observation. For those of you who know, you know. I’m actually struggling to mind my language.

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Saudi Foreign Ministry issues 'strong warning of the seriousness of the extremist statements by an Israeli official regarding the annexation of the occupied West Bank, and the construction and expansion of settlements.' This is about Smotrich, I suppose.

Saudi Foreign Ministry statement issuing a 'strong warning of the seriousness of the extremist statements by an Israeli official regarding the annexation of the occupied West Bank, and the construction and expansion of settlements.'

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Saurabh Joshi @sjoshi.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Hehe why not :) Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #300,993!

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