Charles Forrester

🇦🇺/🇬🇧/🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ex defence analyst/journalist, now PR wonk. All opinions are my own. Usual caveats.

[Charles Forrester @securitysplat]

🧵So big personal news for me, after over 10 years with @JanesINTEL I am now heading for pastures new. Yet to decide how my Twitter and other social media accounts will look in the short- and medium-term, but…

[Charles Forrester @securitysplat]

@BO3673 @FIAFarnborough Going to be awkward if they announce a cut in Tempest funding.

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@warmatters On holiday, somewhere warmer.

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@Rotorfocus @P_Felstead Was that @P_Felstead's sausage one?

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@Number10cat @ZiaYusufUK Of course the funny thing is that if they all compete for a seat, they’re likely to split the vote and Labour/LibDem will win.

[Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg]

“…in the US Central Command Area of Responsibility” oh my goodness where is this it’s a mystery no one will ever guess

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@Aviation_Intel @AlexHollings52 As we don’t have scale, I’m going to go way out there and say it’s a Shahed/Lucas with canards for a European customer.

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@Aviation_Intel @AlexHollings52 Let’s hope it comes with the great Viggen Green camo

[海上自衛隊 水上艦隊【公式】 @JMSDF_SUF]

令和８年５月下旬、艦載型ＵＡＶの操縦要員に対する艦上実習を実施しました。
水上艦隊は、こうした教育訓練を通じて任務遂行能力の向上に努め、「自由で開かれたインド太平洋」の実現に資する取組を進めています。

#水上艦隊 #FOIP

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Clearly lots of interest in the F-35 presentation here...room nearly empties in the first 90 seconds!
https://t.co/KdApaSpR5K

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@AaronMehta Recruiter friend was bemoaning the amount of typos in the applications they were looking at. Well, at least we know it’s not AI then!

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@ChiefMiekelson Will you take @CalSleeper to commute back and forth each night?

[Charles Forrester @securitysplat]

It seems my @CressiItaly kid’s swimming floaty thing has an identity problem.

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@historical_kate @DzirhanDefence Felt the IWM was a bit dumbed-down when they did the reconstruction work.

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@mrtonymartin Need to edit that so that the reference to the police links to the NSW Police Force Wikipedia…then it will come up on search engines as “films about NSW police”!

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Few steps away from recreating @ElbitSystemsLtd's Iron Vision...

[Om Patel @om_patel5]

THIS GUY LIVES UNDER SFO'S TAKEOFF PATH SO HE BUILT A CEILING PROJECTOR THAT TRACKS EVERY PLANE FLYING OVER HIS HOUSE IN REAL TIME

he uses a cheap $30 radio receiver to pick up the signals that planes broadcast while flying.

then projects them onto his ceiling in real time

when a jet flies over his house you hear it outside and at the exact same moment a plane glides across his ceiling labeled with the airline, aircraft type, and destination

pure black background so the projector's rectangle disappears and only the aircraft are visible

but he didn't stop at planes

it also draws the real sky behind them. sun, moon, bright stars, constellations, and live satellites including the ISS. all at their true positions for his exact location and time in real time

so he's lying in bed watching the actual night sky projected onto his ceiling with real planes crossing through it as they take off from SFO

there is a huge market for every man alive that runs outside to see the helicopter

vibe coded the whole thing himself with a cheap radio, a projector, and some clever software

[Londonist @Londonist]

In honour of the Bayeux Tapestry coming to London later this year, Greggs has commissioned an eight-metre-long 'Ta-Pastry'.

You can see it in the Design Museum for free - but only this Friday and Saturday (5 and 6 June).

[Charles Forrester @securitysplat]

@benmoores2 Remember that time AH-6s were being proposed to drop special forces on Oxford St?

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@RobbieTwts @martinabettt Nope, plenty of EU members have offset policies in place. Article 346 of the EU treaty lets countries do a lot in the name of security and defence...

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The importance of cultural awareness when supporting base infrastructure

[Pekka Hellman 8647 🇫🇮🏴‍☠️ @PekkaHellman]

A very bad mistake with Finns.
"– The Finns are quiet and reserved. That means they internalize all the learning material needed for flight performance. They are among the most talented and experienced pilots I have encountered.

Hassell admits, however, that the American base made one big mistake.

– I have learned that this is a very serious matter, the commander says, smiling broadly.

– We had not acquired a sauna here. We are going to fix that and build one here so that we can improve the training environment for the Finns."
https://t.co/bSn6KvfKdO