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#OTD 1982 will stay with me forever 😰, shortly after Sheffield was hit our skipper ( PJ Bootherstone HMS Arrow) made the decision to close up alongside the Sheffield on her port side. I was sent to the bridge wing with a portable radio, the rationale was that if we too were tog

The VE Day anniversary should remind us of the terrible realities of total war, and the extent to which progressive politics overreached itself in trying to control it markurban.substack.com/p/the-law-of-t…

I highly recommend this book. If you thought you knew how miserable WW2 was for civilians this book will chill you. The policies of deliberate targeted execution by starvation - one chapter talks of a “Dr” devising a diet that would starve asylum children to death in 3 months

“Trump, in response to this latest attack on Tel Aviv airport, has basically said ‘we're going to hold Iran responsible.’” America has “boxed themselves in” over its response to Houthi attacks and Iran's nuclear program, says Sunday Times columnist Mark Urban. Hugo Rifkind

That's the first finished copy I've seen! enjoy it

Eyes on Germany now

🙈🇩🇪 Merz receives a big slap in the face - failing in his first vote to secure a majority to make him Chancellor. No one knows who didn't support him. A historic first. And a terrible start

Very pleased to say my new War and Peace blog passed 1000 subscribers at the weekend. It's still free and the place where I do longer stuff these days. Url is in my profile

Sen Jack Reed at confirmation hearing for BG (Ret) Anthony Tata to be Pentagon Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness: “Mr. Tata, your history of controversial and divisive statements is well documented.  Prior to your last nomination, you publicly called

Britain and India have agreed a long-desired trade deal - touted as one of the biggest prizes of Brexit - that could add £4.8bn a year to UK economy by 2040. Full story by Eleni Courea theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

India has launched strikes against Pakistan tonight 👇🏻

The Houthis agree to stop targeting shipping in the Red Sea. Interested in more detail on this. The US campaign which has featured a trade blockade and banking sanctions as well as airstrikes was starting to make a real difference theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

It is obviously an escalation, but my prediction is: Pakistan will respond, probably in kind, and probably in a way also designed to project restraint. This is far, far, far likelier than some escalatory spiral that leads to a larger war.

Looks like Indian might have lost one of its new Rafale fighters overnight 👀

This footage tells me two things: 1. They are worried about possible Ukrainian drone attacks 2. Those who predicted early in 2022 that Russian civil aviation would soon grind to a halt because of sanctions got it wrong

Near Moscow stands a monument: a Red Army soldier & a soldier fighting in Russia's war against Ukraine. The authorities here try to make Russians believe the two wars are linked. Our report ahead of the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. Producer Ben Tavener

In action today, moderating at the London Defence Conference - everyone trying to make sense of the new power political realities in the world