Tim Bucklin

@ColbyBadhwar It's a bit ironic that, despite not being a party, France exercised greater adherence to the INF treaty than Russia

No European country signed the INF Treaty, which has been dead for years now in any case. This isn't a good excuse. France already has a naval cruise missile comparable to the Tomahawk. The problem is that it was procured in such tiny, irrelevant quantities, and production had shut down. European governments have deliberately chosen not to have a credible conventional deterrent, and that choice has not substantially changed over the past 4 years. It could easily be a decade before they can field a conventionally armed very long range strike capability in meaningful quantities.

@ColbyBadhwar I don't think Typhon production will ever satisfy US need so foreign sales are out of the question imo besides to the Japanese (or the Filipinos/Aussies)

🇺🇸🇩🇪 Massive mistake by the Trump Admin to not immediately approve this Foreign Military Sales Letter of Request for Typhon MRC.

@JamesRaxz What happened in 2013 to railroad us into confrontation? I assume you mean Xi's ascent but just wanted to clarify

The big one with China *is* coming, dude. You will see it. We all will. We’ve all probably been on rails for it since 2013. All the big players are making moves. All are arming. The hoarding of resources has accelerated. This stuff doesn’t end in deals. It ends in catastrophe.

@AlexAlmeida2020 I've seen things you wouldn't believe. Attacked ships on fire off the shoulder of Oman. I've watched C-RAM beams glitter in the dark near the Baghdad embassy.

Lost in time, like tears in the rain…

@Will4Planet @nvidia Impressive, though I count 4 aircraft it didn't catch

This is AI detection of planes… done in space! Done with @Nvidia Jetson Orin modules on our Pelican spacecraft. The point here is speed: this was done within minutes of image capture – so summary analysis can get to users faster, enabling real time action. It’s part of the shift to planetary intelligence: we’re connecting our satellite’s “eyes” with the AI “brain” 🧠📡 Congrats to the @nvidia & @planet teams on this milestone! investors.planet.com/news/news-deta…

@Rebel44CZ If lessons were learned the material loss was completely worthwhile

I hate such posts The rescue was a success (and participants deserve a lot of praise), but it would be stupid to act like the whole mission went perfectly and that it was something that could often be repeated without becoming a problem.

@DJSnM Interesting that first stage reuse was an idea from the beginning

First time I’ve seen a Redstone rocket with the instrument bay visible. In addition to the guidance and control hardware NASA explored using parachutes to recover the booster.

@torybruno @Daviestrongbow The space version of an SSN is going to be so cool

@Daviestrongbow Think of it as a cross between the Arc Royal, the Astute, and the HMS Adventure. But in Space...

Blue Ring #1 is moving through testing and doing well. Any interest in pictures?

@AlexAlmeida2020 Not only that but Iraqi AD in 1990 hadn't been broken yet so it was a somewhat unknown, whereas Iran's AD already cracked back in June.

Asking because I am growing increasingly frustrated with folks doing bean counts comparing the current buildup with Desert Storm or OEF while ignoring the qualitative improvements in stealth, ubiquity of PGMs, airborne tactical networking, etc. over the last 20+ years.

@MatthiasMartn @ColbyBadhwar Embraer's KC-390 is alone in its weight class, with Japan's C-2 the only somewhat similar bird I can think of

@ColbyBadhwar Why Embraer of all companies?

🇺🇸🇧🇷 Northrop Grumman and Embraer want to build NGAS for the USAF The two are "joining forces to combine their insights and experiences to rapidly advance the initiatives required to deliver a next generation air-refueling system." In 2024 the USAF deemed the Next Generation Air-refueling System a priority program, but funding levels have remained low. Just $13 million for RDT&E this year, with analysis & market research scheduled to continue through the end of FY2026, and no future plans identified beyond that. The USAF does not expect to have NGAS delivered before FY2036, though this is sooner than the original plan of FY2040. Boeing's KC-46A continues to be procured in the interim, to meet USAF tanker fleet recapitalization needs.

@NASAAdmin @asherbphotos @thenewarea51 @LaraLeaTrump Do you think NASA will end up buying T-7As to replace the T-38s in the near term? They would look pretty rad in NASA colors.

@asherbphotos @thenewarea51 @LaraLeaTrump Yes.

Took to the skies and discussed NASA and our world-changing mission with @LaraLeaTrump. Tune in tonight at 9pm ET to see how it went ✈️🚀

@markito0171 Iraq in 2003 was a lesson that is being adhered to, a gradual transition is preferable to chaos.

🇺🇸🤝🔫cartel ? 🇺🇸🤝☭

@markzhangart Oh lol I didn't even notice the blood, I was so focused on the structure. Did they kill a whale or something?

@timbucklin maybe not that cold... :) blood in the water suggest it's not even frozen

It’s freezing cold here, but my heart is full of a big, warm THANK YOU to everyone who supported and encouraged me in 2025. I’ll keep creating new art in the year ahead. 😊🥰 🫡🚀🚀🚀

@markzhangart The first looks like it was built to survive extremely windy environments, which always makes the cold so much worse 🥶

BTW, which one of the above feel colder...🙃

@RocketLab With the geost acquisition it was inevitable 🙏 Great to see it

More info soon 👀

@JRobOp Just watched this today, I think it makes things clear. youtu.be/jRhCC-6Wdp8?si…

@lndexium Batteries do that if they get too hot lol

the energizer kerploded lol

@DerekdotSpace That's an incredible shot with the two F9s in the background, the port is going to be pretty busy here soon.

There’s a new kid in town…

@secretsqrl123 You say "same capability" but they never launched an SM-6 out of those iirc they weren't meant to be reloaded in the field either, might be wrong on that one though

we had the same capability of launching the same missile in the 1980s at about 1-50th of the cost. and we had about 50 of them in 1 year. we need to get back to basics

the US typhoon rocket launcher system is how you over complicate something simple and fuck it up... its too complicated too expensive trying to do too much so we have few of them this thinking is just .... stupid.