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Bluesky’s resident Vietnam War historian. Army University Press historian and documentary maker. Author of _Clear, Hold, and Destroy_—a book about pacification in Phú Yên. All views my own. Слава Україні! Web: https://www.drrobthompson.com
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Dude couldn’t even prevent a three o’clock mustache.

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Like, get the fuck out of Ukraine?

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Or in this case, a controller. To echo Friedman, the human element remains unchanged regardless of the tools at hand.

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For those in the back, drones are tools. People, the operators of said tools, are fundamentally the same while the systems they employ change.

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RIGHT ON THE RADARS

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Drones are a technological innovation—not a new front.

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Risk level goes up? What’s gonna happen — Russia might start a war?

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Dad, turn left! Ah! You missed it!

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Drones are a reminder of innovation—that the shape of threats may change, but the possible approaches of physical attack remain unchanged.

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Good morning. Слава Україні!

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Left: it is indeed hurricane season Right: the name of that ship hurts my masculinity, which definitely isn’t fragile and borderline feminine

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Can’t imagine why. 🤪

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Crimea is Ukraine 💙💛

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A new report from @warren.senate.gov details Elon Musk’s reign of corruption in Washington, itemizing 130 dodgy dealings in 130 days. EXCLUSIVE ⤵️

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More cards, eh.

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Less eyes in the sky $350 million less

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If you can't see the connection between these two things, I don't know what to tell you.

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I need to start a Quincy Institute version of the New York Times Pitchbot: "The U.S. Navy just destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers at Midway. But that won't win the war, and it might lead to escalation by Japan."

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Tell me you don’t know what “pyrrhic” means nor how Russia uses its strategic bombers to launch cruise missiles at Ukraine. Actually, just tell me you don’t know shit. www.defensepriorities.org/opinion/dron...

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Trying to process the offline comments that if the war in Ukraine ended today, Russia wins and Kyiv’s attack yesterday was at best a raid with little impact. Flabbergasted? Yes, that’s the word that describes my reaction.

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The heartbreaking statement from Jonathan Joss’s husband about his death.

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Does anyone have, or know where I can find, numbers on the current strength of the Ukrainian Ground Forces?

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