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Monday member submissions! open.substack.com/pub/milwriters… Featuring: Robert Nelson, Brian Kerg , and J. Overton

Wars between powerful states tend to escalate horizontally. The below report discusses the Atlantic Council Guardian Tiger TTX's exploring this in the case of conflicts involving #nK and #PRC, with an emphasis on #nuclear brinksmanship. Markus Garlauskas atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-resea…

Sometimes you just gotta #Smoot. This (out of print) interview collection from U.S. Naval Institute covers the career of VADM Roland Smoot, who ended his career as the commander of US #Taiwan Defense Command (USTDC).

An interesting bit of COMREL #history: in the 1973 edition of the #Taiwan Report, a welcome aboard packet issued to all members of US Taiwan Defense Command #USTDC that covered everything from housing and schooling for dependents, it also listed the COMREL transition in #wartime:

This is the kind of #diplomacy I can get behind: Former front-man of #Cthonic, aka the 'Black Sabbath of Asia', will represent #Taiwan in #Finland. focustaiwan.tw/politics/20250…

Today's dose of #COMREL history... the #command relationships for the #Taiwan Patrol Force, Task Force 72, in 1958. This depicts OPCON of task units and task groups under CTF 72. The ADCON line also reveals the parent commands from which the TUs and TGs were sourced.

A 1962 map of #missile testing zones north of #Taiwan. The #ROC armed forces tested newly acquired air defense missiles from the US in a response to the buildup of #PLA forces across the Strait.

This is a critical element of responding to #gray zone chicanery - compelling, lawful #force inflicted on the perpetrators.

As long as we're talking about what folks will fight for and acquisitions shenanigans, I thought I'd re-up one of my old #FICINT bangers that previously appeared in USNI Proceedings : usni.org/magazines/proc…

Honored to Present on Center for International Maritime Security’s Flagship Podcast: “Sea Control 578: Chinese Amphibious Warfare”! sea-control.simplecast.com/episodes/sea-c… Thanks to Brian Kerg/Atlantic Council/U.S. Naval Institute for a great interview! Complete information regarding the U.S. Naval War College/China Maritime-CMSI Studies

"... the more technical and specialized the Marine Corps becomes... the more likely the service is to transform into something like a joint force temp agency rather than a cohesive combined arms force." A fresh take on the #USMC in War on the Rocks: warontherocks.com/2025/06/we-nee…