Debra Lo

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[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

Food for thought and reflection.

[Department of State @StateDept]

SECRETARY RUBIO: “Nationalism” became a dirty word. So we tore down our monuments, we condemned our own history, and in too many places we taught our children to be ashamed of the countries they would inherit. In the process we opened our borders, and outsourced our industry, and allowed our militaries to wither and to decay.

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

@TankerTrackers And what have they done for us lately? At least that’s how the song goes…

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

Palmer Lucky an obvious otaku-zoku, is the best.

[Palmer Luckey @PalmerLuckey]

Everyone watching Iran's state-run TV news program probably noticed they picked up an Anduril Dive-LD, our mass-produced attritable submarine.

This particular vehicle has been swimming in CENTCOM for months, successfully operating in support of American forces for thousands of hours. It was explicitly designed to operate in environments too dangerous for humans where capture is an expected possibility. I can't get into the details, but it provided significant value for months before capture.

Rest in peace, little buddy.

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

@kerri_bitsoff Good ground truth datapoints. Thanks

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

@robin_j_brooks @rbryers56 Germans and Western Europe kept buying from Russia back then. + Iran’s economy is even smaller than Russia’s. + restrictions on SOH is akin to shootings themselves in the foot even if they think they can limp around forever. When their currency cannot afford to import anything…

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

@Byron_Wan Low level peon but a great script in the making!

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

@ragipsoylu Is that like a backhanded compliment? Cannot tell…

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

@TankerTrackers All the unreliable info hastily put out… sigh

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

@washingtonpost Aka no deal - just art of words.

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

The AI open letter? Shortsighted greed, or just good old greed.
Old enough to remember Vine and the result of open sharing we have now.

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

@Osint613 @AndrewSErickson Top Gun

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

@ianbremmer @ezraklein Who ever believed in this narrative was a dud.

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

@itsolelehmann @mattwridley AI is by a wide margin not skynet. It cannot predict group behavior any better than a human can. Anticipating animal spirit and having discernment are still work in progress. AI would have predicted every stock pick knowing exactly when to buy/sell otherwise.

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

@Byron_Wan These 同鄉會 used to be so benign. No more!

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

@ragipsoyluTR My condolences to you and your family, Ragıp. May she rest in peace.

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

@FBI @joshrogin @FBISanFrancisco About time, and barely scratching the surface.

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

@Osint613 Standard operating procedure

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

@ragipsoylu I have come to love that Anatolian spirit…

[Debra Lo @StateDLo]

Amazing! Adaptation at the speed of relevance truly.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

The IDF has adopted a Ukrainian battlefield innovation to counter Hezbollah's fiber-optic guided explosive drones: rotating wire fences.

The system uses barbed wire attached to iron poles with small electric motors that spin continuously. When a drone trailing a fiber-optic cable passes overhead, the rotating wire catches, wraps, and severs the cable — cutting the drone's communication link and causing it to crash.

The IDF's Ground Technology Brigade developed an Israeli version of the concept. The goal is for every battalion to deploy the system independently with quick, simple installation.

A senior IDF officer says the best defense against fiber-optic drones is a combination of all available solutions: nets draped over armored vehicles and outposts, wide deployment of various radar types with fused data from all sensors, the new rotating wire fence, FPV interceptor drones launched against Hezbollah drones, and shotguns along with frangible ammunition fired from soldiers' personal weapons.

A shipment of tens of thousands of 5.56mm frangible rounds for IDF personal weapons arrived in Israel yesterday. The rounds will be distributed to troops inside Lebanon within days.

@doron_kadosh