#Aircraft

American dissident Wyatt

Locksneedfartin

What would a competitive GOP look like in the post drumpf era? A Thread for political dissidents. Seeing as America is a two party state , the only option for

Sean Claxton

seanboy_50

A little #WW2 thread…#OTD in 1943, B-17 42-30837 ‘Ole Bassar’ was shot down over Normandy. The aircraft had been involved in a raid on Bordeaux and was on its way

Oren Kessler

OrenKessler

Breaking: Sudan and Israel say talks underway for deal to normalize tieshttps://www.timesofisrael.com/sudan-and-israel-say-talks-underway-for-deal-to-normalize-ties/?utm_source=Breaking+News&utm_campaign=breaking-news-2020-08-18-2370899

Phil Ewing

philewing

You know how much we love gas turbines and diesel engines on #WarshipWednesday but steam still makes much of the fleet go -- and accordingly *look* at this amazing capture

The Four Marks

TheFourMarks

The rabbit holes we could go down with this https://twitter.com/doft_com/status/1350226895284027392 So, Navistar used to be called International Harvester. US govt originally owned this massive factory, GM operated it during WWII

Niall Ferguson

nfergus

Very important piece by Kurt Campbell and Rush Joshi, who will be driving Asia strategy on Biden's NSC: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-01-12/how-america-can-shore-asian-order. “A strategy for the Indo-Paci

The Other Chris

TotherChris

1/ A thread on Argentinian equipment during the Falklands War taking a look at how a nation can rapidly become a near-peer for conflict through peer-arming and the danger of

Chris Hladczuk🖼

chrishlad

Billionaires are always right.News Flash: They don't have all the answers. No one does.Instead, beware of advice from the successful. Welcome to Survivorship Bias.THREAD 1/ Survivorship bias is when we

Andrew Donaldson

four4thefire

Reup: When USS West Virginia (BB-48) was attacked at Pearl Harbor, Captain Mervyn S. Bennion, all but disemboweled by shrapnel, continued to command and fight his ship to the end,

IX Troop Carrier Command

ix_tcc

If you want to learn something new today, I'd recommend having a read of this article. Not many know that in WWII the U.S Army dabbled with the idea of

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hectorr159

You were on Wall Street while I was in 5th Fleethttps://twitter.com/profplum99/status/1353726211973738496 I joined the military to support and uphold the constitutionThat ideas of liberty enshrined in that document are the

Elbridge Colby

ElbridgeColby

Mearsheimer typically lucid & on point in this interview w @kenji_minemura. What I find discordant though is his sanguinity wrt potential Dem admin standing up to PRC bid for regional

Military Aviation History

MilAvHistory

THREAD Sometimes I see WW2 stereotypes being made about the fighting spirit/attitude of different nationalities, based on accounts/memoirs. It's possible that such accounts explain an event accurately but here is

Wajahat Farooq Bhat

Wajahatfarooqbt

U will be surprised to know the first pilot to fly #Rafale is Wing Commmander Hilal Ahmed Rather of Sainik School & is from Anantnag #Kashmir.Presently he is Indian Defence

Sam Cranny-Evans

Sam_Cranny

The PLA is as aware as the rest of the world that it hasn't been to war since the 70s. This is why its training scenarios often pit one brigade

Grace Kim

gracebkim_

For those who missed @CNASdc The Pitch competition at #CNAS2020 today, here's my pitch: Korea’s strategic geography has always made it the battleground and compass of great power rivalry. Whoever

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