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[StarLord @star_lord8]

@Ghada_Weasel Ameen

[غادة 🧚🇺🇸 @Ghada_Weasel]

How Iran's $100k missile destroyed $1.5bn of US equipment | War On Tape https://t.co/VXh87fEF3z عبر @YouTube

[StarLord @star_lord8]

@Uqasha_08 @threadreaderapp unroll

[StarLord @star_lord8]

@Ghada_Weasel Ameen

[CommandEleven Intelligence® @commandeleven]

[INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING] The 25-year crucible has been audited.

CommandEleven has launched its definitive, 7-volume reference architecture: Pakistan’s Counter-Terrorism Landscape: A 25-Year Critical Audit (2001 – 2026).

The complete C4I ledger is live. 🧵👇

[Elizabeth Threlkeld @ethrelkeld]

.@Faisalmuh89 on Pakistan's lessons from the May crisis + implications":

The more effectively states prepare to fight limited wars under the nuclear shadow, the more likely those wars become, and the less certain it is that they will stay limited." https://t.co/Xpe17x53GO

[aída chávez @aidachavez]

SCOOP: A classified CIA analysis circulating this week found Washington’s Gulf allies are split over how much to support the U.S. militarily in the Strait of Hormuz, sources familiar tell me. https://t.co/dkDfXvOns2

[Guy Plopsky @GuyPlopsky]

Good piece by @AndreasTurunen (give him a follow). Recommend reading.

Novel Approaches to Russian Air-to-Air Combat in Ukraine

How Russia’s use of the R-37M missile reveals both tactical adaptation and the persistent limits of its air war over Ukraine.
https://t.co/TzYIbMQIIL

[Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 @borzou]

This extraordinary oped by a former Saudi spy chief in a state media outlet suggests all the whispers of MbS backing the US/Israeli war against Iran were pure lies peddled by the Kushner/Israel/FDD crowd to gullible journalists.

Many already suspected something about the reporting was off, an attempt to divert blame for the debacle from Israel to Riyadh.

What’s especially remarkable is the Saudi leadership’s adoption of the same threat assessment of Israel as seeking territorial expansion and regional hegemony as Iran’s axis of resistance. https://t.co/kIws5DRsQL

[Ibrāhīm Ibn Maḥmūd @ibmsulaymani]

🧵 MEGA THREAD — The State of Tribal Divisions and Wars in Najd before Sh Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb and the First Saudi State

Part 1: A Complete History of the First Saudi State

This thread will first cover the statements of historians outlining the general state of Najd and it’s positive changes under the First Saudi State, and will then cover each area of Najd specifically regarding events that display the fragmentation of the various tribes throughout.

[1] The Wahhābīs united the Arabian Peninsula under one banner
[2] The Prior State of al-ʿĀriḍ and Its Well-Known Towns
[3] The Prior State of al-Shuʿayb
[4] The Prior State of al-Washm and its well-known towns
[5] The Prior State of of Sudayr and its well-known towns
[6] The Prior State of al-Miḥmal
[7] The Prior State of al-Zulfī
[8] The Prior State of Wādī Naʿām/Ḥarīq Naʿām
[9] The Prior State of al-Kharj
[10] The Prior State of al-Aflāj
[11] The Prior State of al-Qaṣīm and its well-known towns

[U.S. Naval War College @NavalWarCollege]

Naval War College Review
Volume 79, Number 2 (2026) Spring 2026

The Naval War College Review shifts its focus to artificial intelligence and drone warfare in this Spring 2026 issue.

Full Issue: https://t.co/fNVwJz5aQ3

[Modern War Institute @WarInstitute]

Key capabilities held by the US Army are required for joint operations even when the Air Force and the Navy are in the operational lead. Here are six thing the joint force should do to ensure those capabilities can be brought to bear. https://t.co/C79A3ywvl5

[John Spencer @SpencerGuard]

Excellent article @WarInstitute "Missiles, Guns, Lasers . . . and Nets: The Case for Passive Drone Defenses." Appreciate the mention and nods to @thinkdefence great work.
https://t.co/UYHac1ImXg

Drones are a reality of modern warfare, and the United States has yet to develop a perfect solution to this threat. While we continue to invest in the development and rapid fielding of counterdrone equipment that leverages cutting-edge science in electronic warfare and kinetic solutions, we must also make use of low-tech solutions that are immediately available to increase the survivability of our warfighters and equipment. Antidrone nets should be an integral part of a layered defensive plan that incorporates both active and passive measures.

[غادة 🧚🇺🇸 @Ghada_Weasel]

استخدمنا خلال عملية "الغضب الملحمي" القدرات الفضائية والسيبرانية لتعطيل شبكات الاتصالات والدفاع الجوي الإيرانية

ما مكّن القوات المشتركة من تنفيذ ضربات على أكثر من ألف هدف خلال أول 24 ساعة باستخدام صواريخ جوالة وأكثر من 100 طائرة من مختلف الأفرع العسكرية🎯🇺🇸

قوة لا تقارن بأحد 😇

[Military Strategy Magazine @milstrategymag]

Warfare has methods.
Not meaning.

It’s policy that provides the purpose.

Always free to read 👉 https://t.co/h3ypieFOEf

[Small Wars Journal @smallwars]

“The Limits of Pakistan’s New Counterterrorism Doctrine Against the TTP”

Bantirani Patro critiques the strategic logic of Pakistan’s counterterrorism approach in this #SWJEssay.

🇵🇰“[F]or Pakistan,” she writes, “it appears that taking external measures has become far more doable and actionable than putting its own house in order.”

@bantirani_patro #CTO #pakistansecurity #taliban

https://t.co/VIB7gK9jNo

[Geoff Wade @geoff_p_wade]

PRC: China Institute of International Studies under Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues "Report on the Global Security Situation (2025)" https://t.co/Rcv2zeg5TN
and
https://t.co/S9o9QH6tVF

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Summer is around the corner and soon you'll read a bunch of tweets about how every man should have a pair of loafers.

I don't think anyone needs anything, but if you're shopping for a pair, let me show you how to think about loafers. This applies to any wardrobe item. 🧵

[Amir Husain @amirhusain_tx]

A long but worthwhile read on the F-35. In summary, it's an exquisite aircraft, BUT:

1. Too expensive and complex to scale
2. Not suited for high-attrition, long wars
3. Highly vulnerable basing model; concentrated at fixed airbases within enemy missile range
4. Heavy logistics and maintenance footprint
5. Support infrastructure is a single point of failure
6. Dispersal degrades effectiveness; spreading aircraft strains logistics, reduces efficiency, and increases distance to targets
7. Overreliance on vulnerable tankers
8. Limited standoff weapon scalability
9. Poor cost-exchange ratio versus cheap threats
10. Slow production and no surge capacity
11. Low mission-capable rates
12. High maintenance burden per sortie
13. Insufficient sortie generation in sustained conflict
14. Over-optimized for permissive or pre-shaped environments; performs best when defenses are already degraded
15. Brittle force design when over-relied upon
16. Mismatch with modern warfare trends; adversaries emphasize scale, dispersion, and expendability
17. Unmanned systems offer better scalability
18. Industrial base can't compete with wartime needs in peer conflict
19. Dependence on fragile interconnected systems that are vulnerable to disruption
20. Better used as a specialized asset, not backbone

https://t.co/7pfuxZaSCW

[Modern War Institute @WarInstitute]

"The real issue is not whether landpower will matter in future fights. It is how well those capabilities are developed, maintained, and integrated into joint plans, and how forces are positioned to contribute immediately." https://t.co/C79A3yvXvx