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🇺🇦🇺🇸 Secretary of the Army Driscoll: "Ukraine's Delta common operating system, their modular open system architecture, C2 system is absolutely incredible. It fully integrates every single drone, sensor, and shooting platform into just one single network. Ours does not." Wow, if only Ukraine was offering the United States some sort of deal that would facilitate the sharing of this technology.

🇺🇦🇺🇸 Secretary of the Army Driscoll: "Ukraine's Delta common operating system, their modular open system architecture, C2 system is absolutely incredible. It fully integrates every single drone, sensor, and shooting platform into just one single network. Ours does not." Wow, if only Ukraine was offering the United States some sort of deal that would facilitate the sharing of this technology.

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🇦🇺 BAE Australia has developed a glide/guidance kit to turn artillery rounds into air-launched PGMs. RAZER kits can be installed onto 155mm & 5in naval rounds in the field. BAE's L15 155mm round is 44kg; a Mk 82 is 230kg, so it's 20% of the mass of the smallest JDAM. Video is of launch testing with an inert payload, but you can imagine the effects on target. BAE is advertising point detonation fuzing only at this time. Guidance is GPS/INS. Glide ratio is > 1 : 7.5; I will let someone better at math than I am calculate what sort of standoff that provides at different altitudes.

🇦🇺 BAE Australia has developed a glide/guidance kit to turn artillery rounds into air-launched PGMs. RAZER kits can be installed onto 155mm & 5in naval rounds in the field. BAE's L15 155mm round is 44kg; a Mk 82 is 230kg, so it's 20% of the mass of the smallest JDAM. Video is of launch testing with an inert payload, but you can imagine the effects on target. BAE is advertising point detonation fuzing only at this time. Guidance is GPS/INS. Glide ratio is > 1 : 7.5; I will let someone better at math than I am calculate what sort of standoff that provides at different altitudes.

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🚨 Confirmed by CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper: "In a historic first the US Army fired long range Precision Strike Missiles."

🚨 Confirmed by CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper: "In a historic first the US Army fired long range Precision Strike Missiles."

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🇺🇦🇷🇺🇨🇺 Rep Diaz-Balart: "Are you also aware that there's thousands of Cubans fighting for Russia?" Hegseth: "I was not aware of that particular fact." Weird that Hegseth wouldn't have been briefed on this. The US intelligence assessment is that up to 5000 Cubans are fighting for Russia. The State Dept was tasked last year of communicating this information to allies.

🇺🇦🇷🇺🇨🇺 Rep Diaz-Balart: "Are you also aware that there's thousands of Cubans fighting for Russia?" Hegseth: "I was not aware of that particular fact." Weird that Hegseth wouldn't have been briefed on this. The US intelligence assessment is that up to 5000 Cubans are fighting for Russia. The State Dept was tasked last year of communicating this information to allies.

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Tiberius Aerospace has conducted a flight test of Sceptre, a precision-guided, liquid-fueled ramjet 155mm projectile. Range: 150km Guidance: GPS/INS (Options for SAL & ARH) CEP: 3.5m Warhead options: HE-Frag, Penetrator, HEAT Warhead mass: 5.2kg Total mass: 47.5kg Unit price: $52,000 (excludes payload, fuel, and fuze module) This is 10% of the ER-GMLRS unit price, but obviously significantly less effect on target. Could still be useful though for small point targets that don't require greater lethal effects.

Tiberius Aerospace has conducted a flight test of Sceptre, a precision-guided, liquid-fueled ramjet 155mm projectile. Range: 150km Guidance: GPS/INS (Options for SAL & ARH) CEP: 3.5m Warhead options: HE-Frag, Penetrator, HEAT Warhead mass: 5.2kg Total mass: 47.5kg Unit price: $52,000 (excludes payload, fuel, and fuze module) This is 10% of the ER-GMLRS unit price, but obviously significantly less effect on target. Could still be useful though for small point targets that don't require greater lethal effects.

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🇮🇱 I keep seeing a lot of incorrect information about Iron Beam, so here's a short explanation. It isn't just one system, it's a family of systems, some of which are operational, and some not, including: ▶️ Iron Beam ▶️ Iron Beam-Mobile ▶️ Lite Beam ▶️ Naval Iron Beam 1/7 🧵

🇮🇱 I keep seeing a lot of incorrect information about Iron Beam, so here's a short explanation. It isn't just one system, it's a family of systems, some of which are operational, and some not, including: ▶️ Iron Beam ▶️ Iron Beam-Mobile ▶️ Lite Beam ▶️ Naval Iron Beam 1/7 🧵

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 Biden Admin alums like Jake Sullivan continue to argue that giving more weapons, more quickly, such as ATACMS, wouldn't have made a difference. A talking point debunked by General Cavoli. Panetta is correct and Sullivan is wrong, unsurprisingly.

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Biden Admin alums like Jake Sullivan continue to argue that giving more weapons, more quickly, such as ATACMS, wouldn't have made a difference. A talking point debunked by General Cavoli. Panetta is correct and Sullivan is wrong, unsurprisingly.

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🇺🇦🇺🇸 Secretary of the Army: "What we've learned from the Ukrainians [is when you jailbreak your equipment] you can start to layer generative AI models [on top] to help with decision making." Senator Roger Wicker: "How long have the Ukrainians been using this concept?" Sec Army: "The entire war."

🇺🇦🇺🇸 Secretary of the Army: "What we've learned from the Ukrainians [is when you jailbreak your equipment] you can start to layer generative AI models [on top] to help with decision making." Senator Roger Wicker: "How long have the Ukrainians been using this concept?" Sec Army: "The entire war."

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 Q: Why are long-range strikes on Ukraine still viewed as escalatory? A: Long range strikes don't help Ukraine liberate their territory, "and of course we're worried about escalation." An absolutely clownish response. 🤡🤡🤡

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Q: Why are long-range strikes on Ukraine still viewed as escalatory? A: Long range strikes don't help Ukraine liberate their territory, "and of course we're worried about escalation." An absolutely clownish response. 🤡🤡🤡

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🇩🇪🇺🇦 Gepard has downed Russian cruise missiles before, so I would expect Skynex to be capable of the same.

🇩🇪🇺🇦 Gepard has downed Russian cruise missiles before, so I would expect Skynex to be capable of the same.

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Vance says ending funding for Ukraine is one of his proudest achievements. Sec Driscoll, his close friend, says that the US Army has stood with Ukraine since the first day of the war. "They've done an amazing job innovating. We learn a lot from them." Notable contrast in message. Driscoll is at odds with Vance on Ukraine and at odds with Hegseth on firing General George.

Vance says ending funding for Ukraine is one of his proudest achievements. Sec Driscoll, his close friend, says that the US Army has stood with Ukraine since the first day of the war. "They've done an amazing job innovating. We learn a lot from them." Notable contrast in message. Driscoll is at odds with Vance on Ukraine and at odds with Hegseth on firing General George.

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Correct. The Iranian people aren't rising up because they have been told not to do so yet. "There will be a clear signal at some point, as the President has indicated, for you to be able to come out.”

Correct. The Iranian people aren't rising up because they have been told not to do so yet. "There will be a clear signal at some point, as the President has indicated, for you to be able to come out.”

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🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 Sen Tuberville: "How effective have the [ATACMS] that we've allowed the Ukrainians to shoot into Russia [been]? Gen Cavoli: "Very." "They've been extremely effective." Never forget that the Biden Admin spent 2 & a half years saying ATACMS strikes in Russia wouldn't help. The war would look very different right now if Ukraine had been given this support back in 2022.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 Sen Tuberville: "How effective have the [ATACMS] that we've allowed the Ukrainians to shoot into Russia [been]? Gen Cavoli: "Very." "They've been extremely effective." Never forget that the Biden Admin spent 2 & a half years saying ATACMS strikes in Russia wouldn't help. The war would look very different right now if Ukraine had been given this support back in 2022.

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Seeing a lot of complaints about lack of OPSEC here. Context: 1. This deployment is support of Operations Spartan Shield and Inherent Resolve (counter-ISIS), not Epic Fury. 2. It was announced by the Arkansas National Guard Public Affairs Office, so it's cleared for release.

Seeing a lot of complaints about lack of OPSEC here. Context: 1. This deployment is support of Operations Spartan Shield and Inherent Resolve (counter-ISIS), not Epic Fury. 2. It was announced by the Arkansas National Guard Public Affairs Office, so it's cleared for release.

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 SAC-D Chairman McConnell on lessons to be learned from Ukraine: "Two administrations in a row have limited the number of [US] military advisors who could visit Ukraine. It's hard to learn if you do not observe. It's also hard to deepen cooperation while cutting assistance at the same time."

🇺🇸🇺🇦 SAC-D Chairman McConnell on lessons to be learned from Ukraine: "Two administrations in a row have limited the number of [US] military advisors who could visit Ukraine. It's hard to learn if you do not observe. It's also hard to deepen cooperation while cutting assistance at the same time."

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🇺🇦🇺🇸 Secretary of the Army: "We've learned an enormous amount from [the Ukrainians]. Two weeks ago we were in Germany running a joint exercise and the Ukrainians sent some of their most talented people to help us learn how they would do the fight."

🇺🇦🇺🇸 Secretary of the Army: "We've learned an enormous amount from [the Ukrainians]. Two weeks ago we were in Germany running a joint exercise and the Ukrainians sent some of their most talented people to help us learn how they would do the fight."

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 Nick Schifrin presses Jake Sullivan on whether the Biden Admin could have been more decisive in supporting Ukraine with major defense equipment (tanks, F-16s) earlier in the war. Sullivan says none of that matters, and that Ukraine's own manpower shortages are to blame. Evidently Jake never considered that Ukraine needlessly suffered casualties that they otherwise would not have, had they been provided that equipment early in the war.

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Nick Schifrin presses Jake Sullivan on whether the Biden Admin could have been more decisive in supporting Ukraine with major defense equipment (tanks, F-16s) earlier in the war. Sullivan says none of that matters, and that Ukraine's own manpower shortages are to blame. Evidently Jake never considered that Ukraine needlessly suffered casualties that they otherwise would not have, had they been provided that equipment early in the war.

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🚨🇺🇸🇺🇦 "We will send [Ukraine] PATRIOTs." President Trump confirms that the US will provide Ukraine with PATRIOTs, financed by "the EU" (Germany & Norway).

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🚨🇺🇸🇺🇦 "We will send [Ukraine] PATRIOTs." President Trump confirms that the US will provide Ukraine with PATRIOTs, financed by "the EU" (Germany & Norway).

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❗Gen Lozano, PEO Missiles & Space, tells Jen Judson that they have cancelled the Lower Tier Future Interceptor program, which would have succeeded the PAC-3 MSE. Instead they will upgrade MSE, and want to move forward with THAAD integration into IBCS. #AUSA2024

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❗Gen Lozano, PEO Missiles & Space, tells Jen Judson that they have cancelled the Lower Tier Future Interceptor program, which would have succeeded the PAC-3 MSE. Instead they will upgrade MSE, and want to move forward with THAAD integration into IBCS. #AUSA2024

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Col. William Parker, Air & Missile Defense-CFT: "What we are observing in Ukraine is I emit, I get targeted, I die." He explains that the solution to this is staying mobile. Assets left stationary for too long, especially while emitting signals, will be destroyed. 10/25

Col. William Parker, Air & Missile Defense-CFT: "What we are observing in Ukraine is I emit, I get targeted, I die." He explains that the solution to this is staying mobile. Assets left stationary for too long, especially while emitting signals, will be destroyed. 10/25

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"Learning the lessons of Ukraine [is] critically important." -Admiral Paparo, INDOPACOM Commander to HASC "Merops [US-Ukrainian developed interceptor drone] is showing promise." "We need cheap [munitions] to take out less exquisite [targets]."

"Learning the lessons of Ukraine [is] critically important." -Admiral Paparo, INDOPACOM Commander to HASC "Merops [US-Ukrainian developed interceptor drone] is showing promise." "We need cheap [munitions] to take out less exquisite [targets]."

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 President Trump on Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine Q: "Have you made a decision on whether to supply Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine?" A: "Yeah, I've sort of made a decision. Pretty much... If you consider... I think I want to find out what they're doing with them. [...] I'm not looking to see escalation." I don't see how people are taking from this answer that his decision is yes. This seems like a classic maybe from Trump. His response certainly leaves the door open and is far more positive than the immediate dismissals that were common from President Biden, but it's far from an unambiguous yes.

🇺🇸🇺🇦 President Trump on Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine Q: "Have you made a decision on whether to supply Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine?" A: "Yeah, I've sort of made a decision. Pretty much... If you consider... I think I want to find out what they're doing with them. [...] I'm not looking to see escalation." I don't see how people are taking from this answer that his decision is yes. This seems like a classic maybe from Trump. His response certainly leaves the door open and is far more positive than the immediate dismissals that were common from President Biden, but it's far from an unambiguous yes.

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