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06.03.2026 17:42
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Not a communist, just European π
Add in the platform wear and tear, downstream effects on O&M, and hardware loss ($300 million from those three F-15Es alone) and this will grow even more.
And that's not even touching the human and economic cost.
All from a war of choice.
I'd probably rather have, say, healthcare?
I just did an interview for a Ukrainian television programme on the sinking of the Moskva and the wider naval war in the Black Sea.
Such an honour. Russian warship, go fuck yourself. Π‘Π»Π°Π²Π° Π£ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½Ρ!
I have now published work on three Gulf Wars, isn't that just peachy?
(But seriously, we wrote interesting things, check it out)
I know there's a lot going on right now but Trump firing Kristi Noem while she's giving a live televised speech misquoting Orwell and does not know she is fired is pure goddamn cinema, you could not make this shit up
Doing my daily check in with my family members who are now in an active warzone and realising how lucky I am that this is the first time in my life I've had to do that.
I am absolutely exhausted after walking several miles around a naval base and then exploring this absolute unit yesterday - climbing to the top of a carrier (especially on the outside) is not for the weak. She thicc.
She's definitely leaving quickly! I think you're right on the misinterpretation
No phones in the secret bits!
HMS Dragon being loaded up with munitions before deploying to the Med, taken by me today from the bridge of HMS Prince of Wales.
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I am never going to top this photo.
Side fell off
"Absolutely ludicrous, these are very very strong vessels."
"So what happened in this case?"
"Well, the front fell off in this case by all means, but itβs very unusual."
It'll be deployed on ships next year
We're sending HMS Dragon, because sometimes you just need added fierce bow art
"We're now down to the guy who appears to be in charge of paperclip supplies for the IRGC, he... *touches ear* him too? Goddammit."
My analysis of the new US Navy Fighting Instructions is out today.
"If it is relegated to branding rather than action, the hedge strategy may well become yet another in the long list of concepts that naval academics can point to as never making it off the page."
warontherocks.com/2026/03/foun...
Our book is out today! Includes a chapter from me on the history of Joint Strike Fighter
Hearing that the UK is considering sending HMS Duncan to help defend RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus.
She's our newest Type 45 destroyer, optimised for air defence.
Is Trump an Ottoman sultan?
- Everything covered in gold
- Bevy of dense yet scheming sons
- Evil vizier
- Slavic wife + various harem
- Weakened by Russia
- Keeps declaring war on Persia
Had some friends ask if they need to watch the last two World Wars to catch up before this one, but I told them they can probably stick to the Gulf War spin-off series if they're short on time
IFF but both Fs stand for foe
However badly your day is going, it is not going as badly as the day of the Kuwaiti military top brass
www.forbes.com/sites/siladi...
Friends don't let friends experience a geopolitical crisis without sending personalised memes
If you can spot all the ways in which this list from CENTCOM dealt me psychic damage, you win a small prize
CENTCOM: INDOPACOM must lay down their weapons
For the nerds
As a professional military strategist, I just wanted to make sure everyone has a full understanding of the American strategy in Iran, thank you for your attention to this matter
For an administration that is trying so hard to change the Department of Defense to the Department of War, it's amazing how reluctant they are to say "war."
Department of Major Combat Operations won't fit on the sign, I guess.
