The US government tried to provide political risk insurance and guarantees to shipping and energy firms operating in the Gulf in an effort to keep the Hormuz Strait open. Valery Bonakhau outlines the reasons behind the scheme's failure in the latest RUSI Commentary.

Another peak night read!

Ok, I figured out what happened. Will make this a thread but TL;DR is some one on the gunline put the wrong time on a time fuze which made the shell function early.

A Framework Arrangement for setting the scope for the Naval Mines Cooperation has been signed by Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Poland 💥 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

What's the relation between being an SJW and Germany Frigates? Are you dense? This is what people followed for "Chinese military enthusiast?" If you can't even map military decisions and planning that led to the F-125, I believe you'd better off shutting your mouth instead of yapping.

Minus Russian SU-30SM over Crimea.

Mahan is great for the general concept of naval power, like you said, and I personally think it's a mandatory prerequisite reading before one can start yapping on naval security & defense matters because it really tells the audience when one hasn't (lmao).

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

Finally we got bookmarks.

Trialing rust is also not a very very big issue. Crews clean up after these ships immediately once they go in for a short maintenance period. This is what DDG 55 looked like after being at sea for 215 days (4 years ago) due to covid. Sailors cleaned her up in 2 days back to shiny new.

I have been planning to leave Twitter the moment Elon bought it. However, I have concluded that my existence on Twitter is detrimental for a certain group of people, and it has been my justification for staying.

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A lot of modern torture articles, especially in physical torture often underlines the fact that modern form of torture rarely leaves physical marks that can help identify or even confirm it was a torture at all. Yet, the victim cannot let themselves exposed despite the suffering they experience.

It's that time of the year, go follow the little guys: @virtualbayonet.bsky.social, @linkplumeria.bsky.social, @usili.bsky.social, @whatismoo.bsky.social, @midlifesuezcrisis.bsky.social, @giledpallaeon.bsky.social, @baa43a3ahy.bsky.social, @massiasthanos.bsky.social, @chen-yenhan.bsky.social

This might prove to be interesting.

I was completely out of the loop and surprised when Aerospace Digest hit my email box and presented me with this report by Steve Trimble. There is not much information to glean on except MDA want to move things quickly.

the MCRN stare: that look of pure analyzing, coupled with a slight sardonic smile that makes people uneasy

What I really like about Adobe Acrobat is liquid mode that allows dynamic resizing.

"Russia's failure in Ukraine has a direct deterrent effect in the Pacific [in Taiwan]," Paparo said.

USN E/A-18G Growler 169125 of VX-23 “Salty Dogs” sporting NextGen midrange pods on final for Pt Mugu. August 2022 #milair #growler #ea18g #jamming #vx23 #aviationphotography #planespotting #AvGeek #photography #aircraft #aircraft #nikon #nikonphotgraphy

Thread of books I've read this year - this will be pinned:

So, say you came over from the hell site, and you wanna find some people to follow to make your feed a bit better. Maybe go through this list and follow these people? go.bsky.app/2zBQJQF They have made my time here enjoyable. Go give them some love.

"Things did not go according to plan in Kazan. No BRICS currency was launched, and the official captions to Putin’s pictures do not even mention the banknote." foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/18/b...

Holy crap this is an astounding piece of historical research Will post ungated link later today unless someone beats me to it www.nber.org/system/files...

I am having reservation to “working”. Partly because of the jobdesk I am having. But mostly because I have to do my best to avoid career limiting statements.

All the targets USS Norton faced when certifying early Aegis subsystems.

People should stop quoting George Orwell, because his works are extremely irrelevant.

I did not just send a message with heavy tone on accusing the recipients using Marshmallow. But eh.

Udah beli tiket buat menghadiri CF. Waktunya hoarding merchandise Nijisanji ex-ID banyak-banyak 😭

Noam Chomsky book is interesting on the outset. But the content inside it is usually bordering on conspiracy. Although I have to admit his old books like Manufacturing Consent is a good read.

"On the ashes of a world torn in two, we stand and forge what remains into tomorrow." #Rai_Art

Ya berhubung meramaikan BlueSky, sekalian upload di sini aja. Ini adalah cover book yang saya komisi untuk projek cerita fiksi saya. Kalau ada karakter yang terlihat mirip, atau sama dari suatu series yang kalian tahu, itu memang mereka kok 😁

This is the third attempted robbery against me in just one month.

Ane pernah nonton series Yukikaze, tapi nggak pernah suka dengan beberapa design choice yang mereka pake. Tapi kalau ada yang ane paling benci, pasti carrier-nya.

A sketch of my OC, my friend OC, and Rai Galilei. This has much to be revised, but this is the general idea. #art #Rai_Art

Military aid to Ukraine updated with: Delivered; - 🇩🇪 8 Leopard 1A5/1A5BE Main Battle Tanks - 🇩🇪 20 Marder 1A3 Infantry Fighting Vehicles - 🇩🇪 ? Ammunition for Leopard 2 - 🇩🇪 ? Ammunition for Leopard 1 - 🇩🇪 ? Ammunition for Marder 1A3 1/x docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

The portfolio website is up vermln.com you can see some of my work and maybe hire me if you are into that stuff.

Interleaving mode pada airborne radar digunakan untuk mencapai kemampuan all-aspect detection yang efektif dengan memanfaatkan pola pemindaian bergantian antara HPRF dan MPRF. Karena adanya tumpang tindih (overlap) di antara kedua mode ini, solid-angle coverage dapat tercapai.

>The progressives were right all along Yeah they were correct about dragging their feet with the national security supplemental because the failure to deliver lethal aid to Ukraine directly contributed to the fall of Avdiivka which never would have happened if the Ukrainians just surrendered

This is called Super Hornet with AIM-174s saying hello to your AWACS and bombers.

Foto ini diambil pada awal November lalu, memperlihatkan sebuah helikopter CH-53 yang mendarat di Tel Aviv ini tidak memiliki national marking; termasuk marking "V" berwarna kuning dan huruf Ibrani di fuselage. Hal ini sudah bisa diduga, mengingat sifat misi yang dilakukan CH-53.

Pesawat tempur Rafale F3-R baru varian EG dengan tail number (450, 453) dan DG (441, 442) milik AU Yunani tidak hanya dilengkapi dengan (MAWS) lama, tetapi juga tidak dilengkapi dengan sensor TV, artinya IRST/FSO tidak ada pada pesawat-pesawat tersebut.

The procurement of Su-27, Su-30, and Mi-35P aircraft for Indonesia during the administration of President Megawati is deemed problematic due to the circumvention of Law (Undang-Undang) No. 3 of 2002 by bypassing the Ministry of Defense in the acquisition process.

"Head of South Korean National Defense Program Agency hinting the possibility of suspending cooperation with Indonesia for the KF-21 Boramae development" "If Indonesia is excluded from the KF-21 project, it will also be difficult to find other participating countries" www.fnnews.com/news/2023101...

Tweet dari Nicholas L. Miller mengejek para "analis" dan "influencer" yang selalu menggembar-gemborkan akan adanya eskalasi/perang nuklir. Karena kebanyakan orang yang mengadvokasikan perang nuklir tidak paham akan senjata nuklir, strategi senjata nuklir, sejarah nuklir, dan kebijakan luar negeri.

The U.S. Navy commissioned the fast-attack Virginia-class submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795) in a traditional ceremony held October 14, at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut 🇺🇸