Imran

First rate Piffer 📯. Emerging realist. War and IR theory. Personal account

[Emil Kastehelmi @emilkastehelmi]

An obscure claim from a Russian military blogger has somehow morphed into an accepted fact, and is being echoed by major media outlets and even the CIA director.

Time to question the viral “reports” saying Russians survive just 20–30 minutes on the battlefield in Ukraine. 1/

[Imran @ImranMIqbal]

Perhaps that is precisely what made it unsettling: if such a model can be replicated elsewhere, it threatens to undermine the relevance of the massive, industrial-era arsenals that powers like the United States have spent decades building to fight conventional wars of mass

[Imran @ImranMIqbal]

@yarotrof The way Ukr sidelined their def minister suggests that his vision of warfare was genuinely revolutionary. Rather than relying on a vast industrial base, it sought victory through asymmetry using affordable, scalable tech to give weaker states an edge over legacy great powers

[Imran @ImranMIqbal]

@revishvilig ISR-linked, drone-corrected artillery especially DPICM and other indirect fires has consistently halted infantry assaults for both Ukraine and Russia. Drone warfare is largely 1:1. Artillery delivers effects at a scale drones cannot match

[Imran @ImranMIqbal]

@revishvilig ISR-linked, drone-corrected artillery especially DPICM and other indirect fires has consistently halted infantry assaults for both Ukraine and Russia. Drone warfare is largely 1:1. Artillery delivers effects at a scale drones cannot match

[Imran @ImranMIqbal]

@leonidragozin @amconmag If all you have is a hammer every problem looks like a nail

[Imran @ImranMIqbal]

@actfast The West will never let Silicon Valley dictate the character of war. The Pentagon remains anchored to the military-industrial complex because it underwrites both U.S. military power and a critical segment of its industrial economy

[Imran @ImranMIqbal]

@WarintheFuture Interesting to include alliances and proxies in the dimensions of strategic depth part. More so in the context of China-Russia no limits partnership

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

The way of war is changing, as shown by conflicts in Ukraine and Iran. Are the hundreds of billions of dollars being invested today in new tanks, planes and warships going to become the equivalent of buying horses and arrows on the eve of machine guns and howitzers? My deep dive. https://t.co/PcOhx5SM8M

[David Kirichenko @DVKirichenko]

The Russian military fighting today isn’t the force that invaded Ukraine in 2022.

After 4+ years of war, it has become better at recognizing battlefield change, absorbing lessons and institutionalizing successful drone tactics.

https://t.co/8KmVVZvC1O

[Imran @ImranMIqbal]

@shivank_8mishra Under Modi, even ordinary educated Indians are turning into trolls!!

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

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[Jalaluddin Mughal @Jalalmughal]

The coffin was brought to the eastern bank of the Neelum River in Keran village, on the Indian-administered side of Jammu and Kashmir, only to be shown from a distance to part of the family living on the western bank, in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir. 1/2

[Jalaluddin Mughal @Jalalmughal]

Though separated by only a few yards, they could see the coffin but not the face of their loved one, nor could they offer funeral prayers together. In divided Jammu and Kashmir, not only families remain separated, grief and final rituals are divided as well.
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[The White House @WhiteHouse]

🚨 President Donald J. Trump makes a statement on Iran:

[Imran @ImranMIqbal]

@salmanmasood This is huge!!!

[Salman Masood @salmanmasood]

Trump suspends strikes on Iran for two weeks, cites Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir by name. Pakistan’s mediation channel just delivered the most important diplomatic intervention of the conflict.

[Mick Ryan, AM @WarintheFuture]

"I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks. This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE!" - Good news.

[Khurram Husain @KhurramHusain]

It's official! We did it! Ceasefire announced!