🇦🇺/🇬🇧/🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Defence analyst and journalist. All opinions are my own. Usual caveats.

London, UK
Joined May 2011
Spoke to a friend who works in the maritime industry, and he said that they mostly carry water now. The jokes just write themselves…
Forget about oil. There are only a small handful of tankers in the world that transport wine, and WINE TRADER (8808707) can carry 6.32 million liters, which is 8.4 million bottles.
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This infographic highlights the scale and impact of Houthi attacks on civilian objects in Saudi Arabia following the breach of the truce on July 13, 2026. As of October 15, 2026, 42 attacks have been recorded, resulting in 19 deaths and more than 463 injuries, including 12 attacks targeting airports and 9 targeting energy infrastructure. The data further illustrates the week-by-week escalation in Houthi attacks, with October 5–11, 2026, marking the deadliest week and accounting for all 19 deaths. Of the 11 attacks recorded during this period, 10 targeted airports, including a cruise missile strike on King Khalid International Airport that killed 12 people and injured 309 others.
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أبراج قتالية مغربية لمدرعات 8×8 تبدأ التسليم للجيش في مارس 2027 أعلن المدير العام لشركة الصناعة العسكرية المغربية (MMI)، كادوري ناعور، على هامش معرض مراكش الجوي أن شركته ستنتج الأبراج والذخيرة المرتبطة بها لمركبات #تاتا الهندية المجمّعة في المغرب، مع نسخة مضادة للمسيّرات برادار صغير وشظايا تنغستن. وتتحدث مصادر عن ارتباط MMI بشركة إلبيت الإسرائيلية دون توضيح علني من الشركة، فيما تتطلع إلى التصدير لدولة أوروبية عضو في #الناتو. هل تنجح الرباط في بناء صناعة دفاعية وطنية حقيقية عبر هذه الشراكات؟ التفاصيل: buff.ly/DGCdRA5
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New hoover, but it feels like it should be on display at #AUSA. One for the records, @JakOSpades ?
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Daronmont Technologies: inside the eight-year 125,000-hour effort to future-proof defences. Our #Partnering4Success supplier Daronmont Technologies has completed the first two site installations, as part of the latest tranche of the Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) Phase 6 upgrades. Trusted suppliers like Daronmont are critical to our success in delivering for the Australian Defence Force. Does your business want to play a role in defending Australia? As an approved supplier, you can help us contribute to major defence capability projects and sustainment activities. 📡Read the story here: baes.co/gmMH50ZWHun
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Great thread
A short thread explaining how the 2017 Tongo Tongo ambush in Niger unfolded, a disaster that could have been far worse for US Special Forces without French intervention, even though French forces had not been informed of the operation. 🧵1/11 🇫🇷🇳🇪🇺🇸
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Money's on #Morocco for a couple of reasons: - Marrakech Air Show is on right now. - They'll need a tanking capability for the F-35s, something better than the KC-130H they have and KC-390s incoming. - #Egypt has been moving away from the #US, despite the FMF.
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A breakdown on the news story about the Algerian transport flights to Russia – how the transfer process works. A 🧵 📸Sergei Lysenko/@Wikipedia
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The question of is #Algeria transferring arms to Moscow is, well, maybe they are. There may also be a need to transfer good for MROU that can only be done in #Russia.
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