MtarfaLee @MtarfaL
Political orphan, opinionated amateur, defence and intelligence background, disruptive thinker and not so new to the Twitter anymore London, England Joined February 2020-
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Confirmation bias beware, but with last weeks news on shadow fleets in Baltics and EU-level talks, I wonder if something is brewing... Just now DE coastguard and DK navy has taken up shadowing of a tanker last seen in/next to naval docks of Baltiysk, Kaliningrad. Dest: Egypt
Royal Marine explains an officers ration pack #oldbutgold 🌎⚓
Well worth a listen, military peeps, if you have 7 minutes to spare! Part 1 of a 4 part podcast with Tim Collins. @CommonsDefence @DefenceHQ @BritishArmy youtube.com/watch?v=VGguCP…
Part 1 of a 4 part podcast interview with Col Tim Collins. You may find it interesting! @UKDefJournal @DefenceHQ @DefenceHQPress @BritishArmy @CommonsDefence @grantshapps @GBNEWS @TalkTV @TimesRadio @LBCNews @BFBSRadioHQ @ForcesNews @MtarfaL @mrconfino youtube.com/watch?v=VGguCP…
It seems, over the weekend, everyone has become an Iran/Israel specialist with deep knowledge of Iranian drones, western C2 and the Israeli layered air defence system. I’m looking forward to the Telegraph telling us all that unless we get that in the UK we are doomed!
What a night. @IDFSpokesperson in a statement shared the tremendous achievements by the Air Force and our strategic allies in defending the people of Israel from Irans attack. 99% of the threats launched against Israel were intercepted together with the US, UK, France and others.…
Shahed factory workers looking at their next shift be like...
A short proposal for a National Resilience Force thinkdefence.co.uk/2024/03/the-na…
Quite possibly, the nerdiest thing i have ever written thinkdefence.co.uk/2024/02/helico…
Hi everyone, @thinkdefence has a new website. They inspired me to start the UK Defence Journal, so if you follow us, follow them and go to their website. If you don't there will be less drone shots of ships, that's a threat.
This video of Clive Lewis mocking suicide is doing the rounds, and he's mass-blocking people that share it.....
For the avoidance of doubt, this is really alarming and the result of years of underfunding. Royal Fleet Auxiliary sailors play a vital role in supporting the @RoyalNavy & UK resilience/defence. HMG neglects them at all of our peril…⚓️ news.sky.com/story/royal-na…
Not only is this banned from TV but we're not even allowed to use it as promoted ads on social media. It's all down to you lot reposting it. I'm slowly destroying my own company for a laugh😂
Another former Minister, demanding 3%. The Aid 💷 is there to help stop conflict before it starts, take it away and you invite conflict 🤦🏻♂️ MoD needs to better manage the 💷 it’s been given. The only people who want 3% are those who wasted it and those who want to spend it 🤯
Outstanding
This is a cracker but unfortunately a very good example of what actually happened.
This is a cracker but unfortunately a very good example of what actually happened.
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75 Followers 45 Following sus dont follow unless you're fine with military stuff in your feed pro ⚛️btw 🇩🇪🇪🇺The UK has developed three very good 'medium bomber' programmes since 1945, however replacing them has always proven tortuous. This thread looks at these programmes to learn leassons for #GCAP.
Updated Long Read thinkdefence.co.uk/2022/11/aster-…
Updated Long Read thinkdefence.co.uk/2022/11/common…
RAF Sentinel Originally known as the ASTOR (Airborne STand-Off Radar) programme, procurement of the type started during 1999.
Updated Long Read thinkdefence.co.uk/2022/02/the-l1…
Tempest/GCAP has an in service date of 2035 with a first flight before 2027. A lot faster than recent combat air programmes. MOD says is being done by using new materials, robots & digital design and testing. This may explain why the RAF is only upgrading T3 Typhoons with ECRS.
Sad news. It’s goodbye to this lovely old lady. Her big heart gave up, it was over in seconds. Tail wagging right to the end. She had loveliest deaf, mad old dotage. Slept 23 hrs a day but always so delighted with life. Farewell to Treacle, the happiest dog I’ve ever known.💔
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BREAKING: The Royal Navy says the warship HMS Diamond has successfully shot down a Houthi missile in the Red Sea. trib.al/Rx0iR33 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
#HMSARKROYAL and #HMSSouthampton in a line abreast. They are both now new washing machines,probably. Having both been scraped. #GreatDays
Two of our trainees Buglers have been performing Last Post in @HMNBPortsmouth today as part of the #AnzacDay Festival of Remembrance. Our Jazz group will perform for a reception later which will include a Mess Beatings from our Corps of Drums. #WeWillRememberThem #opportunities
People ask why I have zero tolerance of politicians who treat veterans as a game to be played at elections. Today Labour couldn’t even summon a Minister for Veterans to departmental questions. 2.2m veterans are waiting to hear Labour’s plans for them. They couldn’t even turn up.
What's not to #love about #underground #mapping drones! content.yudu.com/web/15ex3/0A2n…
Could this be HMS Diamond's first ballistic missile kill?
CENTCOM reports unnamed coalition warship successfully engaged one anti-ship ballistic missile launched by Houthis over the Gulf of Aden last night. 4 airborne UAVs also destroyed by coalition forces over Yemen. (Library photo only)
Bluntly, @hms_argyll was commissioned in 1991, @HMS_Westminster in 1994, with an expected 18-20 lifespan, which basically means their replacements should have been in the water around 2008 & 2012. The choice now is to pay significant maintenance bills, or accept a smaller fleet.*
Defence Minister @jcartlidgemp refuses to confirm if HMS Westminster and HMS Argyll will ever go back to sea @LukePollard "I am committed to looking at the future of the Surface Fleet in the round and making tough but necessary decisions to ensure this transition is a success."…