George Allison

Yes, hence an article about the US Navy having F-16s.

Uncrewed is common terminology.

What is it you're correcting?

Thanks for deleting your false claim.

One asset is owned by the UK, the other NATO.

It's great to be back at NATO HQ for 2026!

Not at all, accuracy is important. Bluesky doesn't have many tools available to force a rescraped of a link card, so we have this item often with it presenting images used when drafting the article instead of the finished product.

Yes, Bluesky hasn't updated/scraped the link and still shows holding image article was drafted with, for some reason.

They're not really the same platform despite having earlier shared roots.

As a journalist covering Ukraine, having the Russian Embassy "take note" of my work in a sinister post filled with nonsense is an incredibly high honour. So, of course, I had it framed.

Who does it harm?

Yes. The logic is simple. A vessel is purchased when a contract is awarded. Ongoing or incomplete builds do not constitute new purchases. The last procurement with a Scottish shipyard occurred in 2015, which is why the sentence refers to a decade...

That’s right, it is. If you read the rest of the sentence though, it’s referring to the timeframe. The point being made is about the past decade, not about whether Ferguson is a Scottish shipyard. Please read the entire sentence.

I'd love it if you'd also give it a read, because it very clearly states "at a Scottish shipyard", but thanks for explaining ferries are vessels, I guess? 🤷

Hi Catriona, I'm not sure what you mean here?

It's great to be back at NATO HQ for 2026!

U.S. Navy to use AI to speed up shipbuilding The U.S. Navy has committed $448 million to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence and autonomy across the shipbuilding sector.

The U.S. Navy has committed $448 million to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence and autonomy across the shipbuilding sector.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=65287

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I am here and trying to use Bluesky more! There are certainly far more Simpsons memes than on the other place. Do please add me to the relevant lists/starter packs etc

I wonder what we should do with these, if US becomes the baddies…

I tricked Russian State media into reporting nonsense about an aircraft carrier named HMS Prince Andrew with "go faster stripes and crayons", it's been a fantastic week.

Our editor @geoallison.ukdefencejournal.org.uk is on Bluesky too.

I don't get it, why would you ask a question and then block the UK Defence Journal when you get a reasonable answer, what's that about?

Yeah, she blocked the UKDJ account before it could reply, that is amazingly telling, isn't it?

The account you're replying to is Scottish. 😂

hahaha timezones? four days?!

UK Defence Journal tricks Russian state media An April Fools’ Day article published by the UK Defence Journal was mistakenly reported as fact by Russian state media outlet RT.

Russian state outlet RT has been tricked by an April Fool's article into publishing a false story claiming the UK commissioned a new aircraft carrier - HMS Prince Andrew.

The original article said it would carry “infinity-hundred” jets launched via catapult.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-defence-j...

Do you genuinely not understand what April Fools Day is?

Indeed, they're definitely spreading disinformation.

I tricked Russian State media into reporting nonsense about an aircraft carrier named HMS Prince Andrew with "go faster stripes and crayons", it's been a fantastic week.

This only took close to ten takes, well done @geoallison.ukdefencejournal.org.uk for this lesson in efficiency. 🥲