The US Navy shot down Santa Claus by accident

Santa has penetrated our air defenses and Omaha goes in 19 minutes. Mr President, authorize the SIOP plan while we still have the computer. Launch on his workshop.

Interesting article but I think it misses the mark by not addressing three key issues: 1) how do you get longshot in range while also having sensor awareness of what it’s going after? What platform is survivable and has the requisite SA to employ?

Reminds me of this under-resourced Ukrainian army officer who, nevertheless, described successfully terrorizing a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." Someone commented, saying, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."

If Fussell were still alive I’m like 30% sure he’d write something about how military effectiveness influences what we think “good” looks like. A good sequel to war’s impact on language!

Great article from Marc Levinson about how "restoring" America's merchant shipping prowess isn't really possible, nor is it really necessary. A globalized shipbuilding sector means we can buy from allies at lower cost and with greater quality. engelsbergideas.com/essays/marit...

The Navy is self-crippling. Its current problem statement is like "Nothing we put in the WEZ is survivable, so we have no idea what to build, but even if we did there's no money, and even if there was there's no construction capacity, and even if there was we don't have the people to crew them."

Look we all know China is building carriers as a massive PSYOP to cripple Navy procurement and training for a generation. They don't even have to do everything, they'll keep every Admiral up dreaming of Midway 2.0.

Cool to see a pilot program for amphibious aircraft in the NDAA after writing numerous articles on the subject. I’m a bit hesitant about the “commercial resources” since it seems almost tailor made for Tim Sheehy to capture government contracts, but experimentation is wise regardless.

Forcing attribution to America in general leads to bad both-sides-ing. The Trump admin is doing, and GOP supporting, blatant Constitutional violations, rights violations, and war crimes. Some Democrats were disappointed in Biden, and Ezra Klein wrote a book. These aren't remotely equivalent. 3/x

Cool to see a pilot program for amphibious aircraft in the NDAA after writing numerous articles on the subject. I’m a bit hesitant about the “commercial resources” since it seems almost tailor made for Tim Sheehy to capture government contracts, but experimentation is wise regardless.

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What news outlets, periodicals, substacks, etc. are the best to subscribe to going into the new year? Doing a refresh on a bunch and curious what the crowd thinks.

I laughed too hard at this

Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.

Over on X, a post with sad personal news from Ben Sasse, the Republican former senator from Nebraska.

Saying wind turbines pose a security risk due to radar interference is absurd. If they do, then so does every car on a highway, every party balloon that gets set adrift, every high precipitation storm, etc. (All impact radar) Don’t let people mortgage away our future in the name of “security.”

Pretty insane that almost eight decades after the Revolt of the Admirals, the US Navy just totally sells out to double down on a bankrupt version of force design. The big ship surface Navy is a dying breed; you can’t will it back into primacy.

I am prepared to sacrifice F-47 and USS Defiant at the altar of B-21

Very smart of the US Navy to chain themselves to a sub 40% approval President

“We’re closing into visual range with the Renhai and Seahawk is in the air! Bravo Zulu”

Ultimate navalist victory is pumping Tirpitz / Bismarck / Scharnhorst / Gneisenau 2.0 without realizing how it ended for those people Insane plans. Insane people. Unforgivable trades.

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It’s right wing navalist Twitter, that somehow making DON independent will make American industry build more ships. Same cargo cult that gave us “DoW”

I see navalists from time to time talk about how America is a “maritime nation”. That is certainly not true now - we are more an aerospace nation. It was maybe never true; we’ve always been imbued with enough natural resources to be borderline autarkic. We need real analysis, not paeans.

You could rename the Executive Branch the Navy Branch and subordinate the rest of the federal govt to building ships and other than lighting more money on fire nothing would change in terms of end result because the core problem is DoN+OPNAV incompetence and welp

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A cruise missile that loiters. Does ALARM mean nothing to you people?!?!? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALARM www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-wars...

47. As Amory Lovins has said for years, no one wants a lump of coal, or a barrel of oil. All we want is a hot shower and a cold beer. And if we can get that heat and light and chilling without paying for (or burning) fuel, we're all happier... with one notable exception.

3. Leadership is about doing what is necessary, not just what is popular. Read literally anything our founders wrote about virtue, and the inherent risks to a society based on democratic processes to sustain the rule of law to the extent that unvirtuous people gain power.

Most civilians don’t grasp how well military officers are compensated. Some are absolutely deserving of that compensation. Many are absolutely not. Guaranteed path to equivalent of $100k after 3 years in. Reasons to hold them to a high standard!

This is irresponsible framing. I don’t need an extra check for doing my job. A good portion of the military is already overcompensated. Welcome to some, but the military is no monolith. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

“Elon Musk is great at business”

Excited to share my latest publication in an edited volume from Air University Press, available here: www.airuniversity.af.edu/AUPress/Disp... I argue we need to revitalize airpower theory. For too long, we have focused on technological advances and tactical acumen over any overall raison d'etre.

Excited to share my latest publication in an edited volume from Air University Press, available here: www.airuniversity.af.edu/AUPress/Disp... I argue we need to revitalize airpower theory. For too long, we have focused on technological advances and tactical acumen over any overall raison d'etre.

My understanding is it's really not? We can legally seize any sanctioned oil tanker because we've determined those tankers are flying under false flags, etc. Blockade is such an odd word to use here. It's really *not* a blockade?

DIVARTY line always wins

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This is my religion

I couldn't really watch John Wayne movies after I realized this. It's just so disingenuous. Jimmy Stewart all the way.

When guys like John Wayne were cosplaying as hard bitten Sgts leading their men in combat, while many young men who were half his size and never looked more than a skinny kid did the real fighting. Also, I think there was a moment of built cultural insecurity for young men who didn't go to combat

You're saying a country used an underwater vehicle to attack another nation's ships in port? 😮

To provide an example: If you join the Guard after high school, serve part-time for 5 years, and deploy to Syria for a year, you probably get about 600 days total of Title 10 orders which gets you 70% of the GI Bill. If you go active duty and do nothing stateside for 3 years, you get 100%.

Bad month for the Guard. 2 casualties in DC and 2+ casualties in Syria. A reminder that the Guard is on the frontlines. They may serve part-time, but our enemies view them the same as active duty. The only difference is they get screwed over on healthcare / GI-Bill etc relative to active duty.

…..what?