John Pike

National security analyst.

[John Pike @JohnEPike]

@dex_eve Nuclear weapons were born full-formed, sprung like Palaass Athena from the forehead of mighty Aegis wielding Zeus. There is probably not much further progress to be achieved by testing.

[John Pike @JohnEPike]

@MFA_Ukraine the VC were pretty handy with this tactic in Vietnam

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

I am very much in favor of merit-based hiring and high standards for jobs with life and death implications. Which is why I oppose confirming Pete Hegseth, RFK JR, Tulsi Gabbard, and Kash Patel.

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

Amazing coincidence here https://t.co/h0RSdjkgOj

[John Pike @JohnEPike]

@VSamson_DC those chunks of debris would sell for a pretty penny on e-Bay - Elon's fanboys would pay a pretty penny for a Piece of the True Cross

[John Pike @JohnEPike]

@jimsciutto only two weeks after Ogles introduced legislation to give Trump a third term
https://t.co/BNoXKbMmwJ

[John Pike @JohnEPike]

@AMK_Mapping_ why do they launch missiles while over the Caspian??

[Anders Åslund @anders_aslund]

Since Trump prefers authoritarian kleptocracies Russia & China, he imposes no tariffs on Russia, only 10% on China, but 25% on US allies Canada & Mexico, because Trump's main enemy is democracy & US traditional values.

[John Pike @JohnEPike]

@dex_eve @planet too much imagery, not enough training
we were doing this before anyone else
https://t.co/Ck4xWVTKOz

[John Pike @JohnEPike]

@Thomas977673521 @ZwhiteHistory The Royal Navy is blessed with an abundance of names

[John Pike @JohnEPike]

How many Ukrainian troops??
980,000 troops - Zelenskyy to Lex Fridman 06 Jan 2025
880,000 troops - Zelensky said on 15 Jan 2025

[John Pike @JohnEPike]

@AndrewCFollett Many years ago I was on the Bulletin board. I believe they made a big mistake by not moving the look way back when there were some moments of progress or hope, to provide room for maneuver and to avoid this in increasingly silly counting of seconds.

[John Pike @JohnEPike]

@AndrewCFollett @NRO Regrettably, this kinda got baked-in half a century ago when space and welfare were in the same House Appropriations sub-committee. But don't forget that JFK and LBJ got America to the Moon.

[John Pike @JohnEPike]

@Thomas977673521 @ZwhiteHistory Agincourt is a better namesake for England.
HMS Agincourt has a more interesting history.
HMS Agincourt had a more noteworthy design.
Every schoolboy surely knows this from an early age.

[Rep. Jim McGovern @RepMcGovern]

Trump lost round one. But this fight is not over. We can't lose focus of what's at stake.

The GOP is playing golf & eating nice appetizers at his fancy club in Florida right now, brainstorming how to steal from everyday people & cut taxes for the rich.

We must not give up.

[John Pike @JohnEPike]

@World_At_War_6 what is this??

[John Pike @JohnEPike]

@Aviation_Intel would you care to revise and extend your nomenclature for this puppy, which is otherwise un-attested?
in any event, keep up the good work, as it is always fun keeping up with your estimable work

[John Pike @JohnEPike]

@randymot4 Eventually, the full story of this fiasco will be known. I suspect the hold on M1 [and M2 Bradley & F-16, etc] was due to a well-founded fear that Ukraine might win, causing Russia to collapse, with loose nukes etc. But sending 1% of the inventory was not worthy of America.

[John Pike @JohnEPike]

@JasonMBrodsky @StateDept all household names, for sure

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@LakotaMan1 oldthinkers unbellyfeel INGSOC