I presume you lose citizenship, if you crash a jet with the national flag painted across it.

"And then Australia will be, at some point here in the future, building Virginia-class submarines..." 🧐

"Mon dieu!" ukdefencejournal.org.uk/why-french-ste…

Previous writing on the matter. navalnews.com/naval-news/202…

How it started. How its going.

The alliance on which the sun never sets. 🙃

Ironic that an American Secretary of State criticises Berlin utilising the facto federal constitution of Germany (aka the Basic Law) in established practice. A system the Americans had no small hand in setting up, partially to prevent the rise of another actual German tyranny.

Come for the sights, stay for the local hospitality.

Over eighty years old. I too would be like "Well screw you, I'm going down on my own terms.".

"A SEAL delivery team CO could go on to command a submarine outfitted for special operations support." No. Hell, no. Not a chance. Nowhere near the marrow-deep understanding of how a submarine and its crew works that a submarine CO requires.

Lockheed Martin Testing Extended Range Increment One Precision Strike Missiles, Provides Update on Anti-Ship PrSM Family 🇺🇸🚀 story by Carter Johnston navalnews.com/naval-news/202…

This incidentally is one of the IMO greatest strengths of a notional Taiwanese submarine fleet. Similarly to how West German submarines had a distinct responsibility mining Soviet ports, so a ROCN submarine fleet may be highly effective without even firing torpedoes.

The German Air Force has communicated a preference to purchase Arrow 4 as complementary capability to Arrow 3 and Patriot (ie PAC-2/3) covering all layers of BMD. This does not yet indicate a decision by German government or the BMVg (MoD). hartpunkt.de/bundeswehr-wil…

New: A high-ranking French intelligence official told CNN that one Rafale fighter jet operated by the Indian Air Force was downed by Pakistan, in what would mark the first time that one of the sophisticated French-made warplanes has been lost in combat.   Pakistan claimed earlier

On India - Pakistan: There's a lot of chatter about what the Indian Air Force did wrong, but it's equally interesting what the Pakistani Air Force did right. Do keep in mind that the information domain in that region is chaotic, to be polite, and hard to navigate in.

U.S. air traffic controllers are leaving. For Australia. Airservices Australia is scooping them up for better pay, better hours, and a one-way ticket out of the FAA’s chaos. US aviation is bleeding talent with seemingly no plan to fix this. And don’t get me started on the

Australia, the leader in poaching talent from across the globe. It’s impressive. Healthcare workers in Canada and the UK, often migrate there. For the US, air traffic controllers

There are no state secrets involved here & I have it on good word from somebody inside the Admin. They simply are trying to protect themselves because they violated federal law & have almost likely violated the Constitution. Keep it up, because all of this will change

The vast majority of the commentary on Pakistan-India air battle is the silliest I have ever seen.

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