#OTD in 1918 The Royal Air Force was formed

Maj. Gen. Jim Isenhower, who leads the Army’s 1st Armored Division, told Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George during a demonstration that he believes putting command-and-control systems onto screens, tablets, and mixed reality applications can help him reduce the size of a

The best way to understand somewhere is firsthand. I went to Israel.   This is the first of a few threads. Everything I post is from primary sources and independently verified wherever possible. All photos & videos my own.   To begin: 7 October 2023.   Warning: violence. 🧵 1/

The #PLA has decided to shut down the mysterious #SSF and split it into three different forces, by taking its departments and elevate them. One possible reason is that the SSF had too much power - politically speaking - and too many topics under its roof.

Among the most promising military applications of AI is staff work. Tons of routine products—intel summaries, orders, etc.—can be generated much faster by machine. Does this mean staffs will reverse the historic trend and begin to shrink? No: they’re about to explode in size.🧵

China is a national security threat to UK health data, leaked letter reveals. It comes after MPs raised concerns that Chinese hacking, including alleged attempts by BGI, would allow China to analyse and predict which diseases may impact the UK population. inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

A Chinese State cyber attack has been launched on the Ministry of Defence's payroll system. When hackers saw how much was in it, they had a quick whip round and bunged in a few yuan

1/10 BREAKING: The New York Times and Haaretz הארץ have revealed that the Israeli government was behind a pro-Israel network that we exposed this past March. Hundreds of fake accounts amplified fictitious websites to influence American lawmakers, primarily targeting Democratic members of

An interesting perspective

This should be bigger news. “…two tunnel engineers from China's People's Liberation Army were discovered by the IDF, meaning that China helped Hamas significantly in its construction of the massive tunnel networks under the Gaza Strip.” newsweek.com/china-waging-p…

In Finland reports of break-ins to critical infrastructure continue, now in Turku Break-in into Turku Energia power company site affected Turun Seudun Vesi water supply operations. Energy company refuses to comment, info came from water company's CEO. is.fi/turun-seutu/ar…

Hereditary peers are the most hardworking of the Lords, as their electorate is their ancestors & the nation. They owe no politician anything & cannot be bought off like the modern peers of "Tony's Cronies" vintage. The King should exercise the veto unused since 1708.

CHINA IS PREPARING FOR WAR How do we know? The Economist reviews how China rapidly increases its stockpiles of strategic items, despite having major domestic economic issues, so it does not make commercial sense. China is clearly preparing for a huge global crisis. - Chinese

On how Israel developed its intelligence on Hezbollah. The Israelis built a visual map of Lebanon that could detect the slightest changes in infrastructure. Electronic surveillance reached into every part of their lives. "Once a Hizbollah operative is identified, his daily

British Army’s Ajax vehicle contract was awarded in 2010. Design based on an existing vehicle, armed with a tried and tested gun. £5.5 billion for 589 hulls. As of 2024 the vehicle is still not in full operation. SpaceX has so far spent about $5 billion on Starship R&D. Perhaps

Why can’t Britain build anything anymore? The news this week of the £100m ‘bat tunnel’ gave us some clues. Here’s the story of this tunnel, which has been 12 years in the making, and some thoughts on what it tells us

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“At every corner, she gets found out for another lie by the FBI” If you want to understand 🇨🇳’s United Front Work Department, this is the best and most illustrative piece of journalism out there, IMO. From Bloomberg Businessweek by Drake Bennett Jordan Robertson

Defence Cyber Marvel 4 is a truly global cyber exercise that took place in 26 countries. It is like no other defence-level exercise and was organised by a great team of Royal Signals soldiers. Watch this video to learn more and find out exactly what they did in South Korea.

1/ Tens of gigabytes of secret data on Russia's strategic electronic warfare systems has been hacked by the pro-Ukrainian Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK). They say that Russia's EW shield is "not just fragile - it's full of holes" due to multiple flaws and vulnerabilities. ⬇️