Mike Yeo 杨启铭

Visit to Da Nang for the Sukhoi Su-22 Fitters of the Không Quân Việt Nam, because these Cold Warriors won't be around forever. Everything from the inlet and shock cone design to the periscope for the Su-22UM3K backseater, just screams "1970s Soviet aircraft design"

Why y’all acting all surprised he made the Pearl Harbour reference?

I don’t get it. If Hezbollah had flats in this block (unlikely in central Beirut but not impossible) why did the Israelis give everyone inside an hour to get out — including those they wanted to kill? And if there weren’t any Hezbollah people there, why destroy a building with dozens of civilians in it?

This is probably the most important article of the month: an op-ed by Oman's Foreign Minister, who mediated the talks between the U.S. and Iran, in which he writes that the U.S. "has lost control of its foreign policy" to Israel. He repeats that a deal was possible as an outcome of the talks (something confirmed by the UK's National Security Advisor, who also attended: x.com/i/status/20341…) and that the military strike by the U.S. and Israel was "a shock." Interestingly, given he is one of Iran's neighbors and given that Oman has been struck multiple times by Iran since the war began (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran…), he writes that "Iran’s retaliation against what it claims are American targets on the territory of its neighbours was an inevitable result" of the U.S.-Israeli attack. He describes it as "probably the only rational option available to the Iranian leadership." He says the war "endangers" the region's entire "economic model in which global sport, tourism, aviation and technology were to play an important role." He adds that "if this had not been anticipated by the architects of this war, that was surely a grave miscalculation." But, he adds, the "greatest miscalculation" of all for the U.S. "was allowing itself to be drawn into this war in the first place." In his view this was the doing of "Israel’s leadership" who "persuaded America that Iran had been so weakened by sanctions, internal divisions and the American-Israeli bombings of its nuclear sites last June, that an unconditional surrender would swiftly follow the initial assault and the assassination of the supreme leader." Obviously, this proved completely wrong, and the U.S. is now in a quagmire. He says that, given this, "America’s friends have a responsibility to tell the truth," which is that "there are two parties to this war who have nothing to gain from it," namely "Iran and America." He says that all of the U.S. interests in the region (end to nuclear proliferation, secure energy supply chains, investment opportunities) are "best achieved with Iran at peace." As he writes, "this is an uncomfortable truth to tell, because it involves indicating the extent to which America has lost control of its own foreign policy. But it must be told." He then proposes a couple of paths to get back to the negotiating table, although he recognizes how difficult it would be for Iran "to return to dialogue with an administration that twice switched abruptly from talks to bombing and assassination." That's perhaps the most profound damage Trump did during this entire episode: the complete discrediting of diplomacy. If Iran was taught anything, it is: don't negotiate with the U.S., it's a trap that will literally kill you. The great irony of the man who sold himself as a dealmaker is that he taught the world one thing: don't make deals with my country. Link to the article: economist.com/by-invitation/…

Just gonna paste this as a catch all response to some of the comments cuz im getting tired

Fan-fucking-tastic. #whatcouldgowrongamirite

Listening to Iran War supporters and what's striking is the near total lack of engagement with strategy or politics. Nothing beyond bombs dropped, targets destroyed, leaders killed, and technological brilliance showcased. The complete tacticization of strategy.

For the record, the president of the United States is now simultaneously claiming that he has won the war, is currently winning the war, needs help to win the war, and needs no help to win the war. All to destroy the nuclear program he claims to have already destroyed last year.

@seominsoo730306 @hornetysfs All good, thanks

@TheBaseLeg @hornetysfs So based on this, I see very little chance of the Suwon KF-5s coming over. However, they will release details three weeks before the event, so who knows.

Potential Space Challenge 2026 Schedule 4.18 Chungju(19FW) 4.25 Wonju(8FW) 5.2 Daegu(11FW) 5.9 Gwangju(1FW) 5.16 Seongnam(15SMW) 5 weeks in a row🤔

The reality would rather appear to be that the US are in a pinch, against their own expectations, and now need someone (including, apparently, the Chinese) to bail them out. That Europe has some interest in the ME, like others, is neither here nor there, though.

European NATO allies are consistently reminded by American officials, punditry and other voices to just focus on the European theatre. Therefore it is also ironic that the US government that constantly criticised European members over marginal assets now pushes this angle again.

@AlexLuck9 @RupprechtDeino @HarpiaP FWIW there were still some at Longtian this January

@RupprechtDeino @HarpiaP I guess the only thing to wonder about is the suggested presence at "frontline" bases then, and whether they got moved there recently?

Do we really know if these are now one-way decoys or are all J-6s just parked at one spot? I would guess, to build new UAVs is way cheaper than converting old aircraft that have not been used for years - a simple maintenance issue! @RupprechtDeino

That massive lineup of J-6 airframes in the photo is at Lushan County, Henan, at 33.6841, 112.8897

@seominsoo730306 @hornetysfs I’m more interested in whether they will send F-5s from Suwon to Seongnam

@TheBaseLeg @hornetysfs Yes. If you're lucky, the ROKAF may put on display the C-54 and VC-118 they have stored and preserved in Seongnam.

@seominsoo730306 @hornetysfs Looks like really no Suwon. There’s Seongnam though

@TheBaseLeg @hornetysfs That's not from an official announcement but rather from a request for bids from event companies. It might be best to wait for an official announcement from the ROKAF.

かわいい!

And カモノハシ takes to the air! x.com/M0GURA_/status…

Japan’s EC-2 standoff jammer taxi test at Gifu today. Surely it’ll be named カモノハシ

USS Tulsa (LCS-16) heading southbound down the Strait of Malacca, moving even further away from the Middle East.

@cplbao @CollinSLKoh カモノハシ

@CollinSLKoh @TheBaseLeg They should name it the Platypus

Japan Air Self-Defense Force's newest EC-2 electronic warfare jammer aircraft, to replace the ageing EC-1. @TheBaseLeg