Breaking exclusive: The US and Germany foiled a Russian plot to assassinate the chief executive of the powerful German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, which has been producing shells and equipment for Ukraine. with Katie Bo Lillis Frederik Pleitgen cnn.com/2024/07/11/pol…

JD Vance, Republican nominee for vice-president, in an interview from 2022 😮

This should be clear by now, but it is worth repeating: There is very little Europeans (including the UK) can do to influence US foreign policy. There are however things we can do to reduce the risk a changed US foreign policy *could* entail for us, and we should do them now.

My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best

Good thread on uav and countermeasures

She said yes :)

Over een paar minuten ben ik te gast bij The Daily Move op BNR Nieuwsradio Nieuwsradio, waar ik met Paul van Hooft zal spreken over de (nucleaire) dreigingen die uitgaan van Noord-Korea en hoe daarmee om te gaan bnr.nl/podcast/the-da…

Excellent thread on likely quality of Russian conscript forces fighting in Kursk.

Did you notice that suddenly the headlines look exactly the way old movies thought 2024 headlines would look

What will it take to get UK #defence on a war footing? RAND Europe expert Ben Wilkinson spoke to Douglas Fraser✒️🎥🎙 for 'Rearming the UK': bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… #defenceindustry

From Ted Chiang's recent New Yorker essay about AI. I totally agree with this: