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CDR Salamander

@cdrsalamander

Retired O5. cdrsalamander.substack.com

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Fullbore Friday the Romans had their Horatius at the Bridge: America has Ripley at the Bridge

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06.03.2026 14:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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The Sinking of the Dena Was Textbook ...the chart don't lie...

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05.03.2026 13:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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LUCAS's Coming Out Party It's been what, a couple thousand years or so since the Persians had a military invention of their own? They were overdue.

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03.03.2026 14:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Fullbore Friday this may be the only time you'll see a CWO5 in the wild again

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27.02.2026 14:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Secondary I&W of China Getting Ready for War the "E" in D.I.M.E. stands for economics

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26.02.2026 13:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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USAF's Antique Roadshow of Logistics ...the best organizations look at REAL whole cost...

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25.02.2026 13:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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The Russo-Ukrainian War Hits Four if you think this has a happy ending, you have not been paying attention

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24.02.2026 17:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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China's Goal: Control & Take ...war is not her primary option...

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23.02.2026 15:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Fullbore Friday ‘Men, here they come! Take your places and shoot to kill.’

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20.02.2026 14:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Russia's Middle-Aged Poor to the Grinder ...these are not the Stark's greybeards...

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18.02.2026 14:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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So, We Have a Maritime Action Plan ...now for the followthrough...

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17.02.2026 15:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Episode 747: Mid-February Free for All

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16.02.2026 14:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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The Seven Sons of China are Stealing our Stuff ...and the academic establishment is fine with it...

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16.02.2026 14:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Fullbore Friday ...the stories he'd tell in private, those are the ones I would have loved to hear...

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13.02.2026 16:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Well, you Could Have had a Deployment like Truxtun nothing like a normal day at sea

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12.02.2026 13:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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All Euro-NATO Reporting is Suspect Until Further Notice ...also, time for a "Flags to Post" seminar...

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11.02.2026 17:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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The Sanctioned/Stateless Tanker Nabbing Gives...if we are Willing to Take ...the commerce raiding hint screaming from on high...

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10.02.2026 13:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Fullbore Friday all in a moment

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06.02.2026 13:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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We Need a Plan-B for the Battleship I have not come to praise the new battleship, but to propose an option to bury it if needed

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04.02.2026 14:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Old and Busted: Air Supremacy. New Hotness: Orbital Supremacy. Hegseth at Cape Canaveral

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03.02.2026 15:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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So, How Bad do You Really Want a Battleship? ...opportunity cost or you get what you pay for?

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02.02.2026 14:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Fullbore Friday the secrets we keep

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30.01.2026 14:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Tenders...MOAR Tenders ...not just for submarines

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29.01.2026 14:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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So, We Have a National Defense Strategy ...no one is hiding anything. just read it...

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28.01.2026 13:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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China's Demographic Window to Action is Closing ...the future belongs to those who show up...

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26.01.2026 22:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Fullbore Friday making the run

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23.01.2026 15:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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From Unicorns to Warhorses a solution to a well-appreciated problem?

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22.01.2026 17:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Plan Salamander: Operationalized at Wrocław Airport does this look like the U.S. is abandoning Europe?

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21.01.2026 14:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Hegseth at Starbase behind the sparkling distractions, things are moving

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Fullbore Friday ...the best of his generation...

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