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@ArchmagosKiran @WeaponScientist The problem here is Patriot is the only system that is proven against the 🇷🇺 ballistic threats, the second best SAMP/T production is already fully maxed out. No choice but to get in line with Trump’s boss Bibi & his idiotic war.

@WeaponScientist Well - Europe should call the deal null and void and demand all money back immediately. We need to spend them on arms which will actually be made and delivered to kill Moscowites in Ukraine.

Reminder that the delivery schedules for Foreign Military Sales are not contractually obligated. The DoD can legally reprioritize the delivery schedules as a consequence. This is an awful idea but it is legal per the Arms Export Control Act and Foreign Assistance Act.

@billd1085676 @joni_askola Substantial difference between those eras, early part of Iran air campaign featured F-35 as a standard workhorse, but more importantly heavy use of stand-off munitions, JASSM-ER brings a 1K lb warhead launched up to 900 km out as AD was hit without aviation even in range of it.

Yep, I remember the Invasion of Iraq. There were a number of downed planes during that conflict. Iraq, was able to shoot down aircraft. We still had and used Stealth Aircraft. (F-117 and B-2). But yeah, they were still able to shoot down a few jets and helicopters. Then you have Iran. They give War, a bad name. open.spotify.com/artist/5gp1EAl…

I never expected much from Iran's air defense, but this level of failure is staggering even for them. Despite facing well over 10k combat sorties, they have yet to down a single American or Israeli jet

@yarotrof @spencerreiss It's... it's... almost like you can buy this stuff online in this form factor pretty easily for a reason or something...

@spencerreiss Knyaz Vandal, the top-range Russian fiber-optic FPV drone, can fly up to 65 km.

As shown by this week’s strikes on a U.S. helicopter and radar with optic-wire FPV drones, a technology pioneered by Russia in 2024, Iran has carefully studied how warfare was transformed on the battlefields of Ukraine. Have American troops also drawn the right lessons? My analysis. wsj.com/world/middle-e…

@winkie_doo It’s Trump’s Alma Matar BTW, just to show you that despite a good name brand, money conquers all obstacles in schools like this.

@winkie_doo You are correct, GMAT is MBA, specifically exec MBA (older students with exec mgmt experience can get into, as they are VERY expensive as your company is often known to be sponsoring it). Been a bit of backlash to MBA programs too of late, many have difficulty staying relevant.

@DTrumpJrJunior @winkie_doo Well, I guess we can conclude why Flynn chose to go to the World Series this month rather than show up to the StewAnon T-ball classic....

@StreetNepean @jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster Everything is about closure rates. An A2A configured Gripen with 3 fuel tanks slows to about 1.1 Mach with range similar to F-35A, no tanks. Ferry mode, super cruise it can get 3200 km distance to refuel / redeploy elsewhere. So planners must work scenario plans out./2

@StreetNepean @jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster Can rethink everything with more numbers, Gripen fan boys love talking rugged airfields. With over horizon radar, more time to get up, fuel. Russian cruise missiles launched stand-off more than 1k away from platforms will be main adversary. Meteor gives 200km stand-off defense./1

From the the US Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on March 19, 2026. The head of NORAD makes clear that not only does he not need “5th Gen” fighters for N. American air defence, he would prefer 4th Gen. cc: @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-re…

@DoyleWilliamP @takentryagain1 @MrGlobal2025 Sure. But point is these boneheads started all this without even an inkling of a thought that maybe the MEF should put away their dock chairs & start thinking about departing Japan until we're already weeks into this... so...

And a whole cadre of merchant ships moving back and forth—remember, the National Defense Reserve Fleet existed during the Vietnam era and was tapped to surge capacity. Today, watch the Maritime Administration Ready Reserve Force and Military Sealift Command surge fleet. Activation—shifting ships from ROS to full operating status—is the canary in the coal mine.

Kinda weird how we are all just waiting for a ground war to start and wondering how they will manipulate markets under that scenario.

@SweeneyDenese @toyotahara @MrGlobal2025 Not evident at all under market manipulation. All it takes is a few coordinated big players to threaten the short positions, squeeze them into margin calls / force some hedging. When shorting, you can turn out to be "right", but not "right soon enough" can break you.

@toyotahara @MrGlobal2025 lol. Evidently he does because it works.

@takentryagain1 @DoyleWilliamP @MrGlobal2025 Yeah, remember Vietnam? We only sent in "advisors" in 1954, then a lot of "advisors" in 1961, as some of the "advisors" started becoming casualties. By the end of Tet offensive, US had some 540K "advisors" in country.

@DoyleWilliamP @MrGlobal2025 Escalation trap. Just a little amphibious assault, just gonna capture some islands. Whoops, island boys are getting drone from further inland and we can't bomb away every drone launch site. Well, gotta go inland and root em out .....

@AUBIN78 @MrGlobal2025 ... distribution (pipeline) decisions made decades ago, whereas refined gas is shipped back to East Canada because at volume, makes financial sense to do that. Export restrictions can't be implemented on short term horizons, everything just costs more but in different ways./2

@AUBIN78 @MrGlobal2025 Not unless you nationalize companies that own & profit from the oil, a decidedly non-capitalistic thing to do. Oil flows to where it does because market makes it do that. For instance, heavy sour crude is refined on Gulf Coast of US because of $B in investment in production &../1

When I look at oil 17 times a day now it could be 80 or 120 and neither would surprise me in the least.

@StreetNepean @jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster But F-35A engine is monstrously hungry at high speed. Depends on whole picture, not on a variable that doesn't exist (racing empty pylon fighters). It's a better argument to discuss scenarios, can afford more of them, cut distances by coverage, buy more tanker aircraft support.

@StreetNepean @jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster Except that's not true. F-35A carries 8,200 kg of fuel internally, Gripen E has internal capacity of approximately 3,400 kg. Each internal drop tank has 1,100 kg of fuel. Gripen E decked out with tanks, ext weapons is just under F-35A range without them. Clearly wrong comparator.

@StreetNepean @jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster Not presented that way, no. For instance F-35 proponents will point out with load-outs, internal weapon bays / fuel tanks change those substantially. But sheer quantity purchased / distance dispersal also has “intercept speed” of its own.

@jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster Raw speed matters for physical intercepts, too. F-35 - Mach 1.6 CF-18 - Mach 1.8 Gripen E - Mach 2 F-15EX - Mach 2.5

@macutty @jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster Yes, why the only serious considerations are being made for dual fleet or F-35 only.

@jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster Canada's fighter requirement is not limited to NORAD.

@herncosta @jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster “Freeing up” is American perspective that sells better when US are obviously committed to F-35 (and selling it). NORAD however, understands its need is for a classic interceptor, where speed over vast distances & coverage through sheer numbers outweigh F-35 capabilities.

@jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster Well I don't think we should be buying f-35s or anything else from these guys. But they're talking about allocation of resources, they want f-35s freed up for invading countries. Also, Tom Cotton is a shitty guy to be taking guidance from.

@DTrumpJrJunior After all news links commonly suppress pre-load images and that's been an Elon thing for a while now. I'm sure her primary instinct is to take that and turn it into a "must be over the target" thing in seconds.

@DTrumpJrJunior A couple of quick searches, no more than a few seconds looking into it. If using open graph in tweets, the X search algorithm thinks you're spamming, it suppresses visibility / image previews, etc. Elon is known to be never fond of anything that "leaves" his little hell hole...