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Me every single time I see a non-english tweet defending liberal democracy
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I want to go back in time to like 1974 and explain to the Joint Chiefs the current state of NATO
"So yeah V Corps HQ is now stationed in Poland"
"POLAND? WHAT?"
"Yeah since the Russians invaded Ukraine the Baltics and Poland want an increased NATO presence"
"THEYRE IN NATO!?"
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F-35 pilot launching an AIM-120 at a Houthi F-5 from 85 miles away (it was his favorite plane growing up)
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Retweeting cause this really pissed off the delusional tankies
Me every single time I see a non-english tweet defending liberal democracy
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PLA watchers after years of touting the capability and reach of PL-15 only to watch NAVAIR bolt a fucking SM-6 onto a super hornet and almost triple the range
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We absolutely should fight for Taiwan, actually
Americans don't want to fight in more wars
-Just 22% think US troops should defend Ukraine
-30% believe we should fight for Taiwan
-A minority want troops in Israel
US foreign policy should focus on what’s best for all Americans—not just DC elites & their arms industry pals
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US Govt. when presented with a once in a 100 year opportunity to destroy our 2nd largest rivals military while simultaneously paying exponential dividens to our national security interests
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RELEASE THE FLOOD GATES OF SIERRA
🇺🇸🇺🇦 Majority of Americans still in support of sending weapons to Ukraine to defeat Russia.
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There's an honest to god argument that the United States needs a 1.5-2 trillion dollar defense budget.
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"More recently, the US used their F-35s to locate and identify surface-to-air missile sites of Russian units in Ukraine, and this information was shared with NATO countries."
Probably from NATO airspace at that. F-35 can't stop catching dubs
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The SU-57 needs.. an escort?
The Russian Air Force reportedly used their latest Su-57 fighter jets in recent combat operations, targeting Ukrainian military positions in the East of Ukraine.
On February 18, escorted by two Su-35 jets, the Su-57 launched a missile strike on Ukrainian targets. Sources suggest
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Socialists and communists are absolutely frothing at the mouth over this tweet lmaoo
Me every single time I see a non-english tweet defending liberal democracy
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Racists were not happy with this one
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It should be illegal that the USN is not funding this
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It is man who will inherent the seas
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Arguably the hardest U.S. mil edit ever created
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Do you think it's appropriate for someone who speaks at the UN to insinuate that I should be shot for holding a differing opinion on a policy issue?
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"The U.S. Navy also disclosed that the AIM-174 is ‘operationally’ deployed in the U.S. Navy, a significant step from previous sightings of the missile which showed inert, captive carry, and ground training variants only."
IT'S ALREADY IN ACTIVE SERVICE
PLA watchers after years of touting the capability and reach of PL-15 only to watch NAVAIR bolt a fucking SM-6 onto a super hornet and almost triple the range
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Refuel the Nimitzes and give them to the Coast Guard
Goodnight
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Got a LOT of new followers.
So
This is your friendly reminder that a USN Carrier Strike Group can travel over 700 nautical miles in a single day, making it the most maneuverable and destructive military unit to ever exist outside of SSBNs.
And they don't operate by themselves
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China's propaganda is just another day in INDOPACOM
Good morning☕
The weather is lovely in Shenyang.
China as a force for global justice, must reserve the right and build the capabilities to finish Guam, pacify Hawaii and liberate the continental US.
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In my opinion, and not minimizing the part played by other branches:
Nasrallah's speech has confirmed beyond a reasonable doubt America's conventional deterrent. Deploying 2 carrier strike groups to an international crisis has historically been our tool for expressing national..
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Kamala is bodying Trump so bad, and I come across a photo of a RHINO(??!!) with a full kit of AIM-174b.
Coincidence?
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Holy shit. First (officalish?) debut of SM-6 on a Rhino at RIMPAC.
Just wow.
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I'm not trying to get political but the PLA Navy would make a beautiful series of artificial reefs
((Ihate authoritarianism))
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BREAKING: Due to instability in Europe NATO's Allied Air Command has announced that it will be providing armed escort to Santa during his Eastern European transit.
F-15E's of the 48th Fighter Wing will provide escort until Santa enters Polish airspace under "Operation Snowfall"
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I'm not trying to get political but the P-47 was the best fighter the US produced in the second world war.
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Raw thought: It's so wild now that the F-35 has proliferated so much in global service that it's no longer uncommon for 35's to just pop up in random press releases for exercises, not only for the US, but with/from our allies. Its just *there* now.
West Side World Wide.
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The European mind cannot comprehend this
More US Navy aircraft carriers are underway right now than at any point in quite some years - 8 of 11. Four are deployed: GERALD R FORD CVN78 in the Mediterranean Sea; DWIGHT D EISENHOWER CVN69 in the Red Sea; RONALD REAGAN CVN76 and CARL VINSON CVN70 in the western Pacific...
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It's almost comical how much the West lets Russia get away with.
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In times of genuine crisis like now with the Middle East, as a Pacific guy, I'm grateful that there's two Carrier Strike Groups tasked for 7th Fleet.
Presence matters now more than ever. We have four CSGs on deployment simultaneously, that is NOT an easy feat. Speaks volumes..
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The US Navy is an 11 carrier Navy in a 15 carrier world
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Being an American isnt and never has been predicated upon being born here.
Being an American is a state of mind.
Some of the most American Americans I know weren't born here, or have ever lived here, but they're an American through and through
No one will convince me otherwise
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Should of stayed in Afghanistan.
Sorry not sorry. You don't abandon a people just because the public stopped caring.
Stain on our flag
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All my homies hate gun based CIWS, missile based CIWS gang up in here
You better take your non-responsive ass back to the 1980s
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Thinking about how the F-35 made NATO air power a juggernaut, again
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Overall I am quite pessimistic about our chances of avoiding a high intensity conflict with China this century, and to change the trajectory will take a herculean effort, if it could realistically be avoided.
Here's some thoughts.
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Went from its so over to we're so back in probably world record time.
Liberal democracy bros we never left
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This entire thread
The United States nominally has 11 aircraft carriers, let's take a closer look at the situation of these 11 carriers, from new to old:
1. Ford (CVN-78): In service in 2017, still issues with the catapults, which prevented Ford from entering combat readiness duty from training.
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Feel like people don't appreciate that the USN can sustain two carriers deployed in the Western Pacific for the majority of year, and this is during peace time.
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I GOT THE INTERVIEW
Send a prayer my way, applied for an internship at my dream organization yesterday and I'm terrified
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Happy 75th birthday to the greatest military alliance in human history.
Freedom is inevitable.
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Reminder that while our adversaries are still introducing 5th gens into their fleets, we've already stood up dedicated aggressor squadrons
And ours look cooler
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"Russia isn't even trying. They've only committed a quater of their military to Ukraine and barely any of their best equipment. NATO better be careful unless th-"
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Never ask a woman about her weight, or a man his height, or the Chinese about munitions inventory relative to probable target sets in a high intensity Pacific conflict
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It genuinely terrifies me how easily swayed a large portion of the US public can be.
Your world view's roots are so shallow that a single manifesto has fundamentally changed your world outlook? You despise America that much that you don't notice youre cheering on outright evil?
Over the past 24 hours, thousands of TikToks (at least) have been posted where people share how they just read Bin Laden’s infamous "Letter to America," in which he explained why he attacked the United States.
The TikToks are from people of all ages, races, ethnicities, and
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Once these S400 systems are calibrated, Iran’s airspace will be protected from F22 / F35 jets.
When paired with the Su-35, the S400 makes a country’s airspace virtually impenetrable.
Iran knows this very well, hence why they have bought the Su-35 and now the S400 from Russia
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Russia should trade the Kursk oblast for peace. We need to stop this war, and Russia should accept the loss of territory for the sake of peace.
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That much closer to realizing tightening the chain
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It's impossible to wrap your head around just how much of a global juggernaut the United States would be if we literally just got out of our own way
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E/A-18G after jamming the Renhai's fire control system forcing it to eat 4 AGM-158Cs
(the surface action group is about to be destroyed)
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At any given point I am under risk of hearing a 14 year old's opinion on national security and I don't know how much longer I can live like this
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IMAGINE being the Baltic Sea Fleet
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This is entirely unacceptable.
The West must close the "obscene but cool" propaganda gap.
Where's my art of B-2s and F-35s prowling interior China for PLARF TELs?
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The Navy should not only continue building aircraft carriers, but they should make them bigger.
I want a 6 cat, 140 aircraft CVW, 175k ton Ranger class
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I want to reiterate I am not anywhere even peripheral to an authority on CENTCOM or Middle East security dynamics, I am also not an OSINT account, I don't have any real insider knowledge
But I will bet my Ike hat that the Ike CSG is going to be sprinting to the Mediterranean
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The F-35 squadron after splashing a regiment of J-10Cs with HARD RAIN (a black project 350nm lraam that enters the straosphere before diving on the enemy at mach 3)
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What utter bullshit lmao, launching multiple munitions per target is literal missile raid 101 in a highly contested environment.
ATACMS is such a fearsome weapon system that the Ukrainians have to (checks notes) fire so many of them at single targets that they literally overwhelm the simultaneous engagement capability of Russian air defense systems.
Hair-raising but not remotely sustainable.
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American-Japanese brothership appreciation post
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China has a monopoly on Sino-American conflict fanart, and quite frankly, it's a national security concern that the West barely doesn't do the same
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Now that we're strapping tomahawks onto JLTVs, technicals are going to be insane come around the 2070s
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"The Navy is collapsing!! Rust!!! We can't beat Russia and China!!!!!"
Thats crazy bro we have 3 CSGs deployed right now
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The fact that aiding Ukraine is an active debate in the US public and govt. actively enrages me whenever I think about it for more than 5 minutes.
Imagine if this occurred during the Reagan era government.
How far we've fallen.
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People are not happy with this one lol
There's an honest to god argument that the United States needs a 1.5-2 trillion dollar defense budget.
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Thinking of the miniature self defense missile and the Northrop Grumman patent again
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I hate that this is my most liked tweet
F-35 pilot launching an AIM-120 at a Houthi F-5 from 85 miles away (it was his favorite plane growing up)
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In a crisis like this,
one CSG signals resolve
two CSGs signals intent
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We need to bully 343 into having Spartans look like and act like Spartans again.
They're walking armored divisions, not space power rangers.
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Rare video of a cat 1 and 3 shot! Don't see this often!
Behold! Shooter Tom is back at it, catapulting jets with extreme precision.
Sorry folks, he won’t be taking questions today.
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Last time the Mason was attacked by the houthis we TLAM'd the launch sites, and those were from C-801 knock offs, not ballistic missiles.
You don't attack a US warship and get away with it without paying a price.
Two senior U.S. officials tell me that Houthi forces fired two ballistic missiles at the USS Mason this evening in the Gulf of Aden following the Navy’s arrest of 5 gunmen who tried to hijack the MV Central Park. The U.S. Navy successfully rescued the vessel.
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Deterrence has evidently failed. The uncomfortable truth is the United States now has to retaliate so thar deterrence can be reestablished.
This involves people dying and military strikes, but I'm past a reasonable doubt that Bidens handling of this crisis has failed.
BREAKING: Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps claims responsibility for the attack on Erbil, Iraq saying it destroyed "spy headquarters and the gathering of anti-Iranian terrorist groups in the region with ballistic missiles"
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So many questions!!
How will it be employed? What's the probable target sets? If the range is indeed beyond 150nm (distinct plausibility), how will 5th gen pairing look like at the package level? What's the justification for the programs existence? How will loadouts look going..
Holy shit. First (officalish?) debut of SM-6 on a Rhino at RIMPAC.
Just wow.
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RAIDER TOOK ITS FIRST FLIGHT
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Like defending Taiwan unifies 90% of the US political spectrum.
Bastion of liberal democracy under threat of an autocratic power? ✅️
Economic powerhouse critical to the U.S. economy?
✅️
Progressive society that has begun to protect LGBT+ rights?
✅️
Anti commie?
✅️
Cmon
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My god please stop speaking on shit you know nothing about
The not yet fielded USN Constellation-class FFG is in this lane with the Hunter.
It has too few guns for assault drone swarms & it doesn't rock the radar w/enough long VLS cells to stop ASBM's that China is proliferating to world naval choke points via Iran.
World's Changed
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