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[timo half-assed analysis and shitposting hub @UnknownName452]

Since this account is of little use for me personally, i am now going to repurpose this account as an OSINT monitoring site regarding the developments in the SCS/WPS and the wider Indo-Pacific region, Ukraine, and the Middle East.

[Michael Haynes 🇻🇦 @MLJHaynes]

BREAKING: Pope Leo on the SSPX consecrations —

“I am considering making another appeal and saying ‘don't do this, let's try to live the communion of the Church.’ But it is their choice.

We must realize what it means for them and for the Church. Certainly, the division among Christians is a painful point.

However, they refuse to accept some fundamental elements of the Church, starting with several points of the Second Vatican Council. If they make that choice, I am sorry. But we must move forward”

[Adrian F. Pascal 🇻🇦 @deusimpera]

I’m glad the Pope is critical of AI, because imagine this being your church.

[UnveiledChina @Unveiled_ChinaX]

American submariners used to joke that Chinese submarines were so loud they could be heard from the US west coast. In February 2026, China launched its first Type 095 nuclear attack submarine. Nobody is laughing anymore.

For decades, US undersea dominance in the Pacific was so absolute it barely warranted discussion. Chinese submarines were noisy, limited in range, and unable to operate credibly beyond coastal waters. That era is ending faster than most analysts predicted.

China now operates more than 60 submarines, the largest fleet by hull count in the world, with projections reaching 80 boats by 2035, roughly half of them nuclear-powered. But the numbers are only part of the story. The technology gap is closing.

On February 9, 2026, satellite imagery confirmed the launch of China's first Type 095 nuclear attack submarine at the Bohai Shipyard in northeastern China. The vessel represents a generational leap. It incorporates a pump-jet propulsor that eliminates the propeller cavitation noise that made older Chinese submarines detectable. It uses a floating isolation raft that mechanically decouples machinery vibrations from the hull. It features a single-hull configuration with an advanced pressurized water reactor eliminating the reduction gears that generate distinctive acoustic signatures. A former US Navy officer assessed it plainly: "The Type 095 will be a very quiet submarine, which will complicate the situation."

The US Office of Naval Intelligence described the coming Type 095 fleet as providing "a generational improvement in quieting and weapon capacity." US intelligence assesses China's undersea forces could "credibly challenge US regional maritime dominance" by 2040. US Navy Rear Admiral Mike Brookes told Congress in March 2026: "China understands it is behind and it is looking for every advantage to erode that lead that we have."

Submarine dominance is not an abstract military metric. In any Taiwan conflict scenario, the ability to sink Chinese surface ships, protect allied vessels, and deny Beijing's navy freedom of movement in the Pacific depends on US submarines operating undetected. Every decibel China's fleet gets quieter narrows the operational window the US relies on.

The US still leads in submarine quality. Virginia-class boats remain quieter and more capable than anything China currently fields. But quality edges erode when the other side builds at a rate that makes quantity its own form of strategic advantage, and launches new-generation hulls on a two-year cycle.

The joke is over. The question now is how fast the gap closes.

#China #CCP #PLA #Submarine #NavalPower #IndoPacific #NationalSecurity #Geopolitics #Type095 #USNavy

[Andrew Erickson 艾立信 @AndrewSErickson]

Latest Edition of “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces”!

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Cutting-edge coverage of China’s growing nuclear-powered submarine force.

China’s Navy is simultaneously sustaining high-rate production, beginning a new generation of surface combatants & continuing comprehensive force expansion across the waterfront.

China’s Coast Guard & Maritime Militia are achieving similarly rapid advances.

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[timo half-assed analysis and shitposting hub @UnknownName452]

@grok @rac112apilas @M4RDUK_701 @grok add spongebob holding a rocket launcher on the right side of the picture

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

I’m so tired of the silly political analyses of the papal candidates: “where does he stand on immigration? On climate change? On the poor?” Look, there are indeed moral implications of the Gospel, but the Gospel itself is what truly matters. And the Good News is that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead and hence the rightful Lord. What I’m looking for in a Pope is a man who firmly believes this and knows how to make it compelling to people today.

[Morbid Knowledge @MorbidKnowledge]

In the 1990s, a California man, Steve Comisar, began putting ads in national magazines selling "Solar-powered dryers' for $49.95. Unsuspecting customers would then receive a simple clothesline in the mail.

[timo half-assed analysis and shitposting hub @UnknownName452]

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[Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @DrewPavlou]

BREAKING: Australian heroes successfully defeated a Russian assault in the Zaporizhzhia direction in early October. At least 15 Russian casualties in hand to hand fighting.

Glory to the heroes fighting for freedom and democracy. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦🇦🇺

[Keen Sentinel @Keen_Sentinel]

While DDS trolls, the same pro-China columnists, are heavily invested in attacking the current administration, the national and local govts, along with different NGOs, are focused in mobilizing their assets to assist those affected by the typhoon.

Stay safe people! 🇵🇭

[Clash Report @clashreport]

NEW: North Korean soldiers getting equipped with Russian equipment in the Far East of Russia.

[Janes @JanesINTEL]

Chinese Y-9LG electronic warfare aircraft breaks cover
https://t.co/cnDg6QowiO

[Nguyen Thi hong @NguyenThih36]

Nothing to see here, just the #ChineseCoastGuard with it's might trying scare & chase out a Filipino fisherman from SCS!

Everytime a Wumao asks me why you support PH even when you're a Vietnamese - THIS IS WHY!

If PH is left alone to fight, chances are VN would be up next!

[timo half-assed analysis and shitposting hub @UnknownName452]

@StrategicTrends where's philippine flag vro

[Aaron-Matthew Lariosa @AaronMatthew_L]

“Recognizing that the Philippines had no industrial base to support a navy, MacArthur developed what he termed a ‘Pacific Switzerland’ strategy that focused on rapidly building up the Philippine army and air forces to defend the archipelago.” https://t.co/i2SH2HRnhF

[Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz]

Images that go in the “imagine seeing this in 2022” folder

[Bricktop_NAFO @Bricktop_NAFO]

Two German Bundeswehr officers are discussing the strategic benefits of Ukraine invading Kursk on German TV