ATACMS. What is it? Why does it matter so much? How many are there? How many will Ukraine get? Every question you could possibly have, answered. It's the thread you've all been waiting for... 🧵 (1/72)

WSJ: ‘We Do Fail … a Lot’: Defense Startup Anduril Hits Setbacks With Weapons Tech Anduril's attempts to accelerate defense development & production are crashing into reality at full speed. Turns out that cutting corners in the process doesn't work. Competition is good, and

🇺🇸🇵🇱 A $500 million FMS Letter of Offer & Acceptance has been signed for an undisclosed quantity of AIM-120D-3 AMRAAMs. Delivery is expected in 2030-2031. Lot 40 (FY26) is currently scheduled to begin delivery in Jan 2031, so this suggests that Raytheon's production ramp will

What you are actually doing here is to bribe nokia to put these jobs into Canada by paying hundreds of thousands of dollars per job from taxpayer money. What this does is to lower the cost basis of nokia per employee. This has been going on for decades, called FDI which all civil

Your regular reminder Bill Sweetman has zero technical or engineering background and his claim to fame was pursuing a fictional hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft that doesn't exist He's a crank who should be ignored

This government survey doesn't let you select "immigration" as a reason for high youth unemployment. It's not on the list, even though the banks have said it's a major factor.

🇺🇸🇬🇧 The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the United Kingdom of 8 Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Navy Multiband Terminals (NMT), plus associated equipment and services for an estimated cost of $200 million. These are for the Royal

Beware of accounts like this that report incorrect AI summaries as news. You know why that hydraulic fluid froze? Because the idiots in the squadron didn’t properly store or check the hydraulic fluid used to service the F-35 landing gear. As a consequence the fluid was about 1/3

The Swiss ditched the Gripen after finding out that Saab was lying to them about the cost of operations and maintenance and lying about Swiss domestic production being possible The Swiss then redid the competition, determining that the F-35 was the right choice.

If only @christogrozev didn't have a copy of a nearly identical proposal authored by Russia six months ago Its pretty obvious that Witkoff presented the Russian draft with minimal modifications to Trump, who signed off without understanding any of its content.

Here’s a thread of prominent accounts that have been subverting the US by flooding X with anti-American, anti-Israel, demoralizing, or Marxist content aimed specifically at Americans. Several of them pose as Americans. But now the jig is up. Add more examples in the comments 🧵

Account: “Counter AIPAC!” Account slogan: “America First!” Account base: Egypt. 🤡

My good @tochnyi colleague @ColbyBadhwar inquired with the Department of National Defence of Canada, which, interestingly, rejects the German Minister of Defence's claim that Canada is financing IRIS-T systems for #Ukraine. According to a statement by the Department of National

okay turns out there IS more recent data , a comparative chart , also the data itself https://t.co/Ac90jdUhUh

This hits too close to home. 🍸😭

Just as many people are also missing that F-35 is table stakes for current threats. Non-VLO fighters still have value but their roles are starkly limited. F-35 is the only fighter on the market that can conduct the full spectrum of missions against current threats.

Canada has decisions to make. Even if they distance themselves from the US, they still need to defend their airspace. Thus, their choice of a fighter is critical. Of course, I support continuing with F-35 for cost and performance. But I want to also discuss alternatives.🧵

The EU & NATO aren't going to sign a document that they had no input on. We've seen this game before with sanctions relief, with Moscow asking Washington for things that Washington can't unilaterally deliver on.

📍São Paulo, #Brazil (🇧🇷) This @usairforce (🇺🇸) C-17A flight was to deliver the first UH-60M Black Hawk for the @exercitooficial. The Brazilian Army purchased 12x UH-60Ms via FMS sale back in May 2024. 1/2

Several things can be true at the same time: 1. Witkoff and Dmitriev cooked up a Kremlin wish-list to show the Ukrainians, and Dmitriev got feisty and leaked it prematurely to make it manifest, sensing Zelensky was too weak to say "no." 2. Trump told Witkoff, "Great job, Steve,

The NDAA is hardly an appropriate vehicle for housing policy changes.