Belgium is hiring a Ukrainian firm to build drones on Belgian soil – not just buying hardware, but importing the expertise behind the most combat-tested drone program in the world.
It's part of a wider NATO pattern: Europe isn't just supporting Ukraine anymore. It's learning from it.
Spy ships like this are basically floating vacuum cleaners for signals and radar data. Parking one near a hot conflict lets Beijing watch how U.S. forces operate in real time- priceless intelligence for Iran. #China #Espionage #MilitaryIntelligence #iran
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This shows how hard intelligence warnings can be to accept before events prove them right. Analysts see the signals, but leaders still decide whether the threat is real or a bluff. History vindicates the intel only after it's too late! #UkraineWar #CIA #MI6
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“A classified report by the National Intelligence Council found that even a large-scale assault on Iran launched by the United States would be unlikely to oust the Islamic republic’s entrenched military and clerical establishment.”
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This seems bad for WiFi encryption: arstechnica.com/security/202...
"A close look at Russia’s situation, both militarily and economically, paints a very different picture from the one Putin wants us to see." ISW's Deputy Russia Team Lead Christina Harward in NY Post: https://nypost.com/2026/02/22/opinion/four-years-into-war-on-ukraine-putins-bluff-must-be-called/
“The main thing we took away from all of this was that we need to work with worst-case scenarios much more than we did before.” A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them.
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"Eventually shock wears off, responses are developed & counterpunches delivered. This will be the case with the Starlink shutdown. Ukraine will have limited time to exploit the opportunities of the degraded C2 environment now endured by Russian ground forces."
mickryan.substack.com/p/starlink-s...
The FBI can’t get into a Washington Post reporter’s phone, in part because it was set to Lockdown Mode. www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
The Chinese espionage threat group Mustang Panda has updated its CoolClient backdoor to a new variant that can steal login data from browsers and monitor the clipboard.
"It has become clear in the past year that our pleasant post-WW2 existence, and network of relationships, has been winding down. The 1st step in addressing this situation is having the intellectual honesty & moral courage to correctly diagnose the situation."
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-transi...
It features more than 30 modules that can be used to customize capabilities to meet attackers’ needs for each infected machine.
La doctrine Muselier : un moment gaullien pour résister à Trump au Groenland
"The use of an Oreshnik missile in Lviv makes strategic sense to Putin. Their use is the sign of a fearful, worried leader with challenges at home and abroad, and not one that is confident and anticipating victory. It is unlikely to be the last time he does so."
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-russia...
Putin has a line to walk here. He wants to be seen as strong at home (noting he can manipulate the media to do that) while not upsetting his ‘relationship’ with Trump in the #Ukraine talks. It is a joy to see Putin’s true weakness laid bare here.
www.kyivpost.com/post/67690
Former CIA station chief distills Putin's approach to Trump
- Putin will understand very well what motivates Trump - his ego, his need for the spotlight - and he will play into that, like a good case officer should be able to do ..
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
According the Trump, "we made a lot of progress on ending that war." My quick assessment of the just completed Mar-a-Lago summit between President's Zelenskyy and Trump. I also examine Putin’s strategic calculus in the wake of the latest peace summit.
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-mar-a-...
Chinese Cargo Ship Packed Full Of Modular Missile Launchers Emerges
China has packed a deck of a medium-sized cargo ship with 60 containerized vertical launch cells, radar, and close-in weapons.
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We condemn the scandalous US visa ban on former EU Commisioner Breton and digital activists. Protecting democracy isn’t censorship. ✋🏼
Disinformation isn’t free speech. Europe won’t take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech.
Here in Europe we set our own laws. 🇪🇺✊🏼
Allow me to just relink my piece on what Russia really is doing in the US-led hope for peace in Ukraine: theconversation.com/trump-and-pu...
Despite two huge incidents in a month, #cloudflare has a really impressive incidents analysis
blog.cloudflare.com/5-december-2...
Awake Now? The US and Europe | "The new US National Security Strategy is surprising only for those determined to ignore reality." @edwardlucas.bsky.social
Interesting analysis on arm vs x86 on different runtime through aws lambda
chrisebert.net/comparing-aw...
OPINION: Europe’s recent choices on the war in Ukraine reveal a psychology of weakness.
It’s a continent short on courage and unable to act decisively even when its core interests are at stake and alternatives are within reach.
🔗 politi.co/4rvguB2
