#Commander

Tod R. Lauer

TodLauer

Today is the 51st anniversary of the launch of Apollo 12, which became famous for it's near abort when the Saturn V was struck by lightening, an action forestalled by

Josh Kurlantzick

JoshKurlantzick

THREAD: Yesterday, the Myanmar military staged a coup—the first since 1988. The armed forces detained most senior civilian politicians, and went beyond just detaining political figures to detain a wide

KarenIsTheDrummer

ks374365

1/17 Rewatching @GenFlynn's RNC speech from 7/2016 with new eyes & ears, & a better understanding of the world we live in. Everything he said makes total sense now. Future

Dreadnought Holiday

TheDreadShips

The bathtime of the gods... It sometimes seems - from popular perception at least - that the standard process for painting a naval ship in the First World War was

Marcus Cribb ⚔️

mcribbHistory

Fought #OnThisDay 17 August 1808 The Battle of Roliça. Arthur Wellesley's first major engagement in the Peninsular War & a desperate attack up cliffs with gullies against a smaller force

Paul Welch

PaulIWelch

The Small Box Girder (SBG) assault bridge was one of the devices carried by the AVREs of 79th Armoured Division in NW Europe. The bridge was developed in 1943 (see

Ashton Pittman

ashtonpittman

THREAD: Fitting that Gov. Kristi Noem, who jokes about COVID as she presides over the worst COVID-19 mortality rate on earth, cites Pres. Ronald Reagan.Reagan knew about HIV/AIDS in 1981,

Fabian Hinz

fab_hinz

With Iran-DPRK missile cooperation in the news, it might be a good idea to recount a pretty fascinating story. The IRGC's first Scud B shopping trip to North Korea. Thread.

Ashley Braun

ashleybraun

Over a year ago @JustinNobel came to @DeSmogBlog with a whistle-blower account out of one of the nation's largest oilfields. Today we published where that investigation led us: To a

aderson francois 🇭🇹 14th Amendment Baby

abfrancois

1/15 You'll hear a lot of talk today about how what happened yesterday is extraordinary and antithetical to our history. It's important to reject that idea, not out of cynicism

Bayo Adeyinka

greaterbayo

"If You Hear Only One Side of The Story, You Have No Understanding At All"That's a quote by Chinua Achebe. I learnt about this the hard way. Here's my story:I

Philippe Lagassé

LagassePhilippe

Quick thread on who directs, and could direct, the Canadian military in times of constitutional crisis. Normally, the military is under the management and direction of the Minister of National

Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺

fascinatorfun

The redoubtable Fiona Hill says it WAS a coup albeit not sudden“Trump’s goal was to keep himself in power, and his actions were taken over a period of months and

Mr T

T5HIVHASE

The year is 1848 and the Boers have been moving north for almost 200 years.. They have finally made contact with VhaVenḓa.. Their most North town is Called Schoemansdal and

Dennis Burns

DWB55

THREADOfficial War Diaries are usually dry affairs.One War Diary is different in that it praises a soldier from a different army. In January 1943 the 55th Battery, 2/5th Royal Australian

Heshmat Alavi

HeshmatAlavi

THREAD1)U.S. to designate #Iran-backed Houthis in #Yemen as a foreign terrorist org (FTO)https://www.state.gov/terrorist-designation-of-ansarallah-in-yemen/Iran’s IRGC is funding/arming/provided & ... for the Houthis.Dec 30—Missile

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