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Paul Scharre
paul_scharre
Two trends at work here:1) Diminishing value of armor (protection). Armor alone is not enough to protect tanks. Need APS, concealment, ... layered defenses.2) Drones lower the bar for airpowerBoth
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Raghu Nambiar
Nambitiger1
1/5...In the FEBA there are two bubbles to stay clear of...The AA Bubble and the MANPADS Bubble. A separation of ~ 5 km in horizontal and 3 km (10,000 ft)
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Charles Forrester
securitysplat
Very forceful message from @USAfricaCommand (and, ergo USG) on #Russia's deployment of MiG-29 aircraft to #Libya to support #Haftar. Let's look at this from a couple of perspectives...https://twitter.com/USAfricaCommand/status/12652
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Lucy Fisher
LOS_Fisher
EXCL: Military chiefs have drawn up plans to base one of Britain’s new aircraft carriers in the Far East to play a part in countering an increasingly assertive China.https://twitter.com/timespictures/status/1282787583446179840 Vice-Admira
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Victoria Taylor ✈💙
SpitfireFilly
Thank you for this, James. Just because there was no physical barrier to women joining your military group doesn't mean there wasn't a social one, though I'm sure it was
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Heather Pace Venable ✈️
Heather_at_ACTS
I started reading @PhillipsPOBrien How the War Was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II a few weeks ago (and belatedly). Now that I've finished it, I
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Salman Younas
salyounas
This is one of the most oft-repeated claims made by Muslims. A cursory investigation proves it is false. https://theintercept.com/2019/10/02/trump-impeachment-civilian-casualties-war/https://theintercept.com/2020/10/29/trump-yemen-war-civil
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NK Finney
NKFinney
Our new book “On Strategy” from @ArmyUPress details the concepts, skills, and characteristics to think like a military strategist.For @ambassadorbrief, I extract three lessons on strategy which will be useful
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Jill S. Russell
jsargentr
MoD logistics assistance to COVID is the model of a strategy for inter/national security in the time of climate change. The more resources that flow to that capability early, the
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Defense News Nigeria
DefenseNigeria
Could Turkish drones be the silver bullet in Nigeria's decade long war against insurgency. Turkey has in recent years become a major player when it comes to the world of
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Trent Telenko
TrentTelenko
Alrighty folks, it is time for another trip in the realm of "Mud and Truck Maintenance." This thread is going to excerpt from the single most important article on
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Michael “In A Move Likely To Anger China” Mazza
mike_mazza
I have no major disagreement with @nktpnd's answer to @DanDePetris, but I think there's more to this. Allow me to explain.https://twitter.com/nktpnd/status/1300607140214833152 In his @Heritage speech today, @USAsiaPacific A/S Stilwe
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Marcus Faulkner
NavalHistWar
New release: Decision in the Atlantic: The Allies and the Longest Campaign of the Second World War, edited by @ProfCMBell and myself, published though @KentuckyPress (May 2019) #ww2 #BattleOfTheAtlantic The
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Chris Holland
ChrisCardsFan
When examining the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest it is key to understand not just the battle’s strategic context, but how terrain, weather, and straitened resources effected the course of
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Carlos Osweda
COsweda
ThreadFor @james_bodhiYou asked if these were truly military exercises or something else.https://twitter.com/DirtHollywood/status/1092674138798358529 They were military exercises.You don't alert the press when carrying out actual operat
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Heather Pace Venable ✈️
Heather_at_ACTS
Some thoughts: First, I love the title. It does a great job of highlighting the disconnect between what airmen wanted to do and what they could do. But in my
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