The fuck? Kirk never served. He was rejected by the academies. And he would have washed out anyway. Talk about squeezing a rock dry. JFC. Saint the fucker.

Uh, here's the video I have been busy working on for a few months now: youtu.be/CmWQgNSEtdw

Eric dropping Eric lore, natsec Twitter we are so back

Then read more theory. It is funny that even when naval warfare is depicted it is usually always heavily gun focused. This is something that stopped being all that relevant in terms of engaging the enemy and killing him quickly after the aircraft carrier was created.

There is nothing stopping us from running a covert assassination and sabotage campaign in Russia… Though at this point, we should really just rip the bandaid off and launch an air campaign in occupied Ukraine and Western Russia.

I see that BlueSky has added notifications for specific accounts now at least. Will turn those on for some folks so I have a reason to check in more often lol

For the record, this is one of the reasons why I’m not very active on BlueSky. The vibes are simply rancid. I am no more interested in a leftist echo chamber than I am a rightist chamber. BlueSky can be anti-Twitter but it will never be old Twitter.

Also, this is a complete retelling of the first few months of the war lol, Ukraine used conventional firepower and weapons to stop the Russian advance, not drone swarms lol

Pretty standard stuff. Not much to read into here honestly

I genuinely do think Westerners, but particularly Americans, find it easier to empathize with dipshits like this guy because dying in a foreign land as an invader is something we understand much better than defending our home from others who would bring death to our friends and families

Why are we still glazing these people? The dude outright admitted that he was willing to go kill Ukrainians to pay his utility bills but for some reason he's actually supposed to be the victim here because the Russians don't give a shit about their soldiers lives

The reprogramming request is dated 22 MAY, indicating they were expended against the Houthis by CSG-1. The Houthis don’t have any large maritime assets and spiral development of a land attack capability for LRASM was canceled. So I am deeply confused by what the target could have been.

This would potentially be a very positive move, depending on who replaces Markarova. Ukraine’s current diplomatic staff have, unfortunately, proven relatively ineffective at engaging with Congress as well as navigating the arms export process, even before Trump took office.

Bridge Colby has his head too far up his ass to understand this, even when China says it aloud. It is imperative Russia be defeated swiftly and overwhelmingly so that our resources can be prioritized to China. We cannot afford a two front Cold War in both Europe and Asia.

There was substantial opposition to this decision from the DoD’s uniformed leadership and the Joint Staff btw. But Bridge pushed it through over the objections of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and without consulting the Department of State.

The missile with a cargo warhead released 20 submunitions, each with 2.5 kg of explosive. Also, that engine belongs to the Ghadr family which is a further development of Shahab-3. The Shahab family itself is essentially deprecated in Iranian service

Kyiv core

Moment an Iranian ballistic missile impacts the Soroka University Medical Center in Be'er Sheva (Creator is anonymous)

Reading the Israel-Iran War takes on this app Y’all need to touch grass

@johnridge.bsky.social and I would like to remind you that Kung Fu Panda 2 is in fact That Goddamn Good. We will not be taking questions. Thank you.

It seems Hegseth unilaterally directed TRANSCOM to suspend security assistance deliveries to Ukraine in January without a specific directive from the President or NSC. Absolute fucking assclownery. www.reuters.com/world/us/ord...

WPS is funded via Congressional appropriations, so remains to be sent how the Admin will try to impede its execution. The Courts will presumably order that funds be disbursed as required by law. Unclear if just placing everyone on administrative leave, as with USAID, is applicable here.

FWIW, I’ve heard good things about VADM Cooper from some Navy friends.

For the many real criticisms of Op Poseidon Archer and the Admin, this going too far out a limb imo. There isn’t a complete record of NSC PC discussions on Signal or other mediums. The decision to escalate strikes was clearly made outside the Signal chat. POTUS can also delegate to SECDEF and CCMDs

Everyone counts photons dipshit It comes free with your fucking charge-coupled device

Realest shit

Lot of cradle Catholics going to have their view of converts confirmed now that one of them has *killed the Pope*.

Rubio denying the authenticity of the draft. Likely a walk back given the backlash

Have read through the draft EO myself, it’s apocalyptic. Nothing short of the de facto abolition of most State Department functions.

This is another generational fumble by NAVAIR. OASuW Inc 1 (LRASM) has always been an interim capability. The capabilities of adversary C-VLO sensors are only increasing. More importantly, HALO was the sole USN effector capable of holding highly defended time-sensitive maritime targets at risk.

OK, non-finance people: crash course in bonds. Bond prices and yields moving opposite directions. Yields on US govt bonds [“treasuries”] are surging (ie the prices are falling). Prices are falling because people are selling treasuries at a massive clip.

This is something I’ve gotten from a bunch of people, and yes, as far as I can tell, China has not started liquidating their USTs. Putting aside how their holdings are down >50% versus 5yr ago, they have indicated a preference for smaller shots before firing a big bazooka

"Is Laura Loomer now the National Security Advisor? Is she running personnel decisions within the White House? This is deeply disturbing!" @mpolymer1.bsky.social on the dysfunction within Trump's national security team.

NEW: Taiwan Coast Guard says that a China Coast Guard vessel violated Taiwan's contiguous zone for the first time in history. The contiguous zone extends 12 nautical miles outside of Taiwan's territorial waters, and Taiwan is allowed to enforce certain laws within the zone.

A future Democratic administration should absolutely assassinate Bukele just to prove a point

LAURA LOOMER HAD THE FUCKING DIRNSA FIRED?

Funny story from my agency (this is all public, you can look up the court hearings from his clearance appeal) VERY senior guy goes to a designated Sensitive Country on official business, meets a local in the hotel bar. Strikes up an affair by email/phone which lasts TEN YEARS before he discloses it

Economists finally joining natsec people in experiencing this mood

I can’t compete with this