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RealClearDefense - Your source for the latest on Defense, National Security, Strategy, and Military Commentary and Analysis.
Joined February 2013
B-1 Bomber Crash Report Blasts Crew Mistakes, Culture of ‘Complacency’ via @AirForceTimes by @StephenLosey #USAF #AirForce #B1BLancer
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Bakhmut on the brink as Wagner Group suffers heavy losses across region—ISW
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U.S. Flies B-52s Near Contested Islands in the South China Sea | @rabrowne75 @CNN #SouthChinaSea #China #AirForce
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Military Blindsided by Trump’s Afghanistan Plan to Withdraw Troops by Year’s End | @lbaldor @Kathygannon @ap
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NEW Op-ed: "The most effective leaders in our military and civilian life will be those who see the problem, speak up, and break the cycle. Our warriors coming home should embrace this as their next mission." | @stuartscheller
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Beyond Iran and Israel: The Unseen Gulf-Europe Connection @RCPolitics by Stephen Blank .@FPRI #Iran #Israel #Europe #MiddleEast #Russia #China #UnitedStates
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Army Testing Bell's 'Stealthy' V-280 Valor | via @WarriorOnScout @Krisosbornko #USArmy #bellhelicopter #V280
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What are America’s goals in Ukraine? It’s not totally clear @JeffSchogol #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineWar #Ukraine #MilitaryAidToUkraine #Ukraine #Russia #UkrainePeacePlan.
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Biden Admin Shoots Down $24 Billion Pay Raise For Enlisted Troops — After Spending Seven Times More On Ukraine via @dailycaller.
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A Bomber for the Navy? | Will Spears & Ross Hobbs at Over The Horizon
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EXCLUSIVE: New Docs Shed Light On Air Force’s ‘Goal’ To Reduce ‘White Male Population’ Joining Officer Ranks via @dailycaller.
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Righting the Course for America’s Special Operators | Mark E. Mitchell & @Dolivermore @WarOnTheRocks
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China’s 'Buy In' Strategy for Maritime Operations in the Pacific #Navy #PLAN #USNavy #MaritimeOperations #IndoPacific
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Sen. Mark Kelly Pushes for Strengthening U.S. Maritime Capacity via @gCaptain by @MikeSchuler #MerchantMarines #MARAD #TRANSCOM #USNavy #China
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Volunteers Place Wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery | via @AP #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #WreathsAcrossAmerica
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Popular Today: "GOP Signals China a Major Issue Against Democrats" via @JustTheNews @jsolomonReports #China .
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To "Correct the Sins of the Past,” Army Aviation Should Go Defiant X @AmberSmithUSA @RealClearNews #USArmy #Army #FVL #Sikorsky #LockheedMartin
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Trump Demands China Remove Missiles in South China Sea | @BillGertz @WashTimes #SouthChinaSea #China
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Pentagon’s Secret Service Trawls Social Media for Mean Tweets About Generals by @DRBoguslaw, @samfbiddle, @kenklippenstein.
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A Socially Conscious but Politically Incorrect Company by Megan Keller via @WSJ | @RealClearNews @blckriflecoffee.
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Twitter Data Shows China Using Fake Accounts to Stoke Division in U.S. | @JakeWallis_ASPI via @ASPI_org
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On this day in 1955, NORAD Tracks Santa for the first time in what will become an annual Christmas Eve tradition - @NoradSanta
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Space Force Officially Becomes Part of the U.S. Intelligence Community | @Sandra_I_Erwin @SpaceNews_Inc
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Lockheed Skunk Works' X-44A Flying-Wing Drone Revealed | via @thewarzonewire @Aviation_Intel #LockheedMartin #X44
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U.S. Clamps Down on Troop Travel in Middle East Due to Coronavirus | @laraseligman @politico
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Heart to Heart: How the U.S. and Taiwan Can Save the Chip Industry From China | @robert_spalding of @HudsonInstitute at @RCDefense
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China’s Military–Civil Fusion Policy Has Far-Reaching Implications for Universities | @alexjoske & @cnlyonsjones via @ASPI_org
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Air Force's Secret F-22 Production Restart Study | via @thewarzonewire @FranticGoat @Aviation_Intel #USAF #F22
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China’s Military Must Move Beyond Simple Self-Defence Strategy, PLA Says | @KristinAberdeen @SCMPNews #China
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CNO: Lessons From Zumwalt-Class Key to Next Surface Combatant | via @USNINews @samlagrone #USNavy #SurfaceCombatant #SurfaceWarfare
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U.S. Navy Nightmare: The Chinese Fleet Doesn't Have 300 Ships, It Has 650 | @daxe @TheNatlInterest
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When the Army Abandons Due Process, It Breaks Its Own Warriors
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