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Jonathan Jeckell

@jon_jeckell

Regenerated US Army officer forging a new beginning in Systems & Cognitive Engineering. The best way to predict the future is to create it.

انضم Haziran 2010
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Jonathan Jeckell
Jonathan Jeckell@jon_jeckell·
Congratulations to Dr Zachary Jeckell on officially being awarded his PhD in Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering (he specializes in plasma) from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Thursday! Technically had it since February, but this was the formal event.
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Jonathan Jeckell@jon_jeckell·
If Doogie Houser M.D. joined the army he could be a minor Major.
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Rasmus Jarlov
Rasmus Jarlov@RasmusJarlov·
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) prohibits coastal states from charging tolls for passing through straits. If the USA and Iran now believe they should charge a toll in Hormuz, others might follow🇩🇰🇪🇸🇹🇷🇲🇾
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Jonathan Jeckell
Jonathan Jeckell@jon_jeckell·
@ramez But Robert Axelrod & Bruce Schneier said it more eloquently and authoritatively
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Jonathan Jeckell@jon_jeckell·
@ramez To have power a corporation has to be well run and have high internal trust but a dysfunctional, corrupt one can eat off its own carcass or rely upon “rents” or capture of resources, or can be high trust internally, but exploitive externally. But the latter also hurts its power
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Ramez Naam
Ramez Naam@ramez·
In science fiction, the corporations are often evil doers. In the AI world right now, we're pretty fortunate that the three companies at the frontier are fairly responsible actors, making proactive choices in the interest of the public good.
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stuart hammond
stuart hammond@stuarthammond14·
Its amusing that the big winners of "you can charge tolls for maritime straits" if it became a universal principle would be Spain and Denmark.
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Foreign Policy Research Institute
Foreign Policy Research Institute@FPRI·
"During 2025, the Russian military continued to experiment with improving its employment of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) in support of its maneuver forces. It actively records statistics on the effectiveness and success of different types of UAS in its units and develops recommendations for improving their efficiency." Read the full breakdown by @RALee85 and @kriegsforscherD. buff.ly/84efdiz
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Collin Koh 🇸🇬🇺🇦
Collin Koh 🇸🇬🇺🇦@CollinSLKoh·
There're those who believe Singapore, a tiny island state so highly dependent on seaborne trade for national survival and prosperity, is plain stupid for not negotiating. But the country has always been principled and consistent on UNCLOS. Way to go. 👍🏽 straitstimes.com/singapore/poli…
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🐾Philly Puppy🐾
🐾Philly Puppy🐾@liberalpuppy·
@NadavPollak We spent $200 billion to beat up Iran, switch from one Ayatollah to another…and raise the price of gas This is a disaster
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Nadav Pollak
Nadav Pollak@NadavPollak·
Taking a risk here with some preliminary comments, but if this is the end of the war, then I think it’s obvious it wasn’t a great success. Yes, #Iran was beaten hard, up to a point that maybe in the future it will cause an uprising but we don’t know what we don’t know. Eventually, the clear Israeli objectives of eliminating the nuclear program, the missile program, and regime change did not happen. Also, if you judge it from the American perspective the objectives were also not reached, whatever Trump will eventually say.
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Jonathan Jeckell@jon_jeckell·
@WeaponScientist The worst seems to be allowing them to collect tolls. Completely undermines freedom of navigation. But the admin seems receptive to it
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John Ridge
John Ridge@WeaponScientist·
Without exaggeration, I think this is America’s Suez moment. We are staring down the barrel of possibly the worst strategic defeat in the history of the United States—worse than Afghanistan, Vietnam, or 1812–should we accept Iran’s conditions.
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This would be a disaster for freedom of navigation and rule of law more generally. Gee, where else will someone decide it was their right all along to control?
ChrisO_wiki@ChrisO_wiki

1/ Many scenarios for the end of the Iran war suggest that Tehran will gain permanent control of the Strait of Hormuz. An analysis by JP Morgan suggests that Tehran could raise up to $90 billion a year this way, instantly making Iran one of the wealthiest Gulf economies. ⬇️

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The Ways of A Gentleman
The Ways of A Gentleman@Gentleman_Ways·
Sir Christopher Lee met Rasputin's assassins, was a RAF intelligence officer in WWII, spoke 9 languages, was Ian Fleming's cousin, and was the only actor in “The Lord of the Rings” to have met J.R.R. Tolkien. He was also married to the same woman for over 50 years. What a life!
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SPRAVDI — Stratcom Centre
SPRAVDI — Stratcom Centre@StratcomCentre·
Russians now say their inability to shoot down Ukrainian drones is worsening and due to a "serious shortage of air defense missiles", complaining that many of their units now sit with no ammunition at all.
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Kyrylo Shevchenko
Kyrylo Shevchenko@KShevchenkoReal·
⚡️ 🇺🇦 In Ukraine, ground robots handle ‼️90% of army logistics - delivering food, ammo, logs for shelters, & evacuating wounded under FPV drone fire. Simple logistics models cost $8K – 20K each, armed or kamikaze versions up to $50K. The army loses about 3 robots a day (25% attrition), but each successful run is far cheaper than risking soldiers & armoured vehicles, @lukeharding1968 writes. One such robot makes 7–8 trips before being hit - the cost per mission ends up around $2K. That's why the whole ground robots market jumped from $43M to‼️$252M in 2025, & Ukraine plans tens of thousands more in 2026. It's turning logistics & parts of combat into something remote, cheap, & scalable. Former gamers often become the best operators. #MilitaryTech Video: @guardian
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Samuel Bendett
Samuel Bendett@sambendett·
Of note is the fact that when firing, this UGV must be stationary, which can make it vulnerable to Ukrainian UAV strikes. This was also an issue with earlier (pre-2022) Russian UGV variants such as Uran-9. The Courier can be truly lethal if it can eventually fire on the move.
🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦@front_ukrainian

❗️🇷🇺Russian military are testing the ground robotic complex "Kurier" equipped with the "Bagulnik-82" mortar armament module. The module is fitted with a manipulator for loading mortar rounds.

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ChrisO_wiki
ChrisO_wiki@ChrisO_wiki·
A good article from @TheEconomist on how the war in Ukraine has utterly corrupted the Russian army, with commanders forcing their men to pay so-called "life support" bribes to avoid being sent into assaults. (When the money runs out, they die.)
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NASA
NASA@NASA·
"Welcome to my old neighborhood." Our @NASAArtemis II astronauts woke up on the sixth day of their mission to a special message recorded in 2025 by astronaut Jim Lovell, the pilot of Apollo 8.
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Colby Badhwar
Colby Badhwar@ColbyBadhwar·
🇩🇪🇺🇦 "one heavily up-armoured Leopard 1A5 withstood the impact of 52 FPV drones" Impressive performance. Adaptations in protection/countermeasures are keeping tanks relevant on the battlefield. Exposed infantry would have just died, but the tank survived to fight another day.
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The 1st Tank Battalion of the 5th Heavy Mechanized Brigade has shared some very interesting details about the Ukrainian Leopard 1 MBTs and some upgrades in an interview with @Oboronka1. Apparently one heavily up-armoured Leopard 1A5 withstood the impact of 52 (!) FPV drones over the course of a full day this February, with all crew members surviving the Russian attack. Another interesting fact was shared about upgrading the Leopard 1A5s. @CharityPrytula is funding a proposal from the 1st Tank Battalion to retrofit an in-house 360° view into the Leopards. The system itself consists of four cameras and a single 10-inch monitor, through which the commander can see everything happening around him. The cameras were mounted on the turret, and for reliability, the footage is transmitted to the turret via cables. Thanks to Starlink terminals installed on each tank, the footage from the cameras is uploaded to the battalion's command post, where the officers in charge are now able to more effectively assist the tank commander in carrying out his mission and warn the crew of approaching enemy drones. Currently, the first 10 Leopard 1A5s are being equipped with these systems, which interestingly only cost about 40,000 hryvnias (€800) per unit. H/t @NedSnow2019

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