Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: The Ford-Class Amphibious/Strike Carrier

In case you missed it on Substack: Russia's Bluff Gambit

In case you missed it on Substack: The Mother of All Cutters

In case you missed it on Substack: Enabling Maneuver With UAVs

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: The Siege of Iran

In case you missed it on Substack: My Glimpses of Military Service

In case you missed it on Substack: Reviewing the Russian Decline Era

In case you missed it on Substack: Ukraine's Combined Arms Warfare

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: Standing On the Edge of Freedom

In case you missed it on Substack: Honey! I Shrunk the Air Force!

In case you missed it on Substack: Achieving Surprise on a "Transparent" Battlefield

In case you missed it on Substack: Reviewing a Minimally Manned Infantry Fighting Vehicle

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: Life Within the PLA Weapons Engagement Zone

In case you missed it on Substack: North Korea's Floating Speed Bump?

In case you missed it on Substack: Expanding Combined Arms Warfare

In case you missed it on Substack: Balancing Global Interests

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: The Dysfunction of America’s Defense Industry

In case you missed it on Substack: Calculating a PLA Defeat on Taiwan

In case you missed it on Substack: Waiting For Egypt?

In case you missed it on Substack: Killing the Rain is Hard

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: Bradley Plus UGV Drone Swarms

In case you missed it on Substack: Only Putin Can Go to Washington, D.C.

In case you missed it on Substack: The Navy Must Evolve for Sea Control

In case you missed it on Substack: The War on Islamist Terror at 25

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: American Western Hemisphere Foreign Policy

In case you missed it on Substack: "Blood and Guts" Putin Seeks Glory

In case you missed it on Substack: Make the Gulf Arabian Again

In case you missed it on Substack: Competing Distractions in the Great PACOM Game

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: Highway to Hell For Somebody

In case you missed it on Substack: "Agile" Isn't the Panacea the Army Thinks It Is

In case you missed it on Substack: AI-Driven Drones Will Face AI-Aimed Anti-Aircraft Guns

In case you missed it on Substack: Japan's Defense Role

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: America is Not Leaving a Vacuum in Eurasia

In case you missed it on Substack: More Than One Way to Skin a Tiger

In case you missed it on Substack: The CENTCOM Mission Remains the Same

In case you missed it on Substack: Marine Corps Ground Combat Element 2040

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: A Super Power's Got to Know its Limitations

In case you missed it on Substack: Rethinking the Defiant-Class Battleship

In case you missed it on Substack: Is America's Ten-Year Rule Ending?

In case you missed it on Substack: Why We Should Care About Iranian Nutballs With Nukes

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: The Mostly Peaceful Human Wave Assault on Spain

In case you missed it on Substack: The Transparent Battlefield Arrives!

In case you missed it on Substack: Looking For Mr. Good Cohesion

In case you missed it on Substack: Plan B in the Eastern Mediterranean Takes Shape

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: China's Indirect "Chain of Justice" War to Capture Taiwan

In case you missed it on Substack: Zumwalt Goes to War

In case you missed it on Substack: Extended Nuclear Deterrence

In case you missed it on Substack: Combined Arms Remains Supreme

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: Two MEFs Abreast

In case you missed it on Substack: What if China Reclaims Its Pacific Coast Territory?

In case you missed it on Substack: The Proto-Asian NATO

In case you missed it on Substack: The Thin Blue and Yellow Line

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: The Mobile Brigade Combat Team

In case you missed it on Substack: Ukraine's "Assault" Units

In case you missed it on Substack: NATO 3.0

In case you missed it on Substack: Combined Arms Returns to War

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: A Redesignation Ceremony! A Redesignation Ceremony!! 

In case you missed it on Substack: The Air Force Steps Up to Kill Ships

In case you missed it on Substack:  America Doesn't Lead?

In case you missed it on Substack:  Blockading Taiwan (Part 1)

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: Rebuilding the Division For High-Intensity Conventional Battle

In case you missed it on Substack: Small Army Combat UGVs

In case you missed it on Substack:  The Case For Splitting the Joint Expeditionary Force

In case you missed it on Substack:  So What's the Deal With Navy Small Surface Combatants?

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: Don't Buy the Middle Power Moment

In case you missed it on Substack: Defending NATO's Baltic States ... From the Sea

In case you missed it on Substack:  "European" Rearmament

In case you missed it on Substack:  Dispersing Assets and Massing Effects

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: Expanding Combined Arms Down the Table of Organization

In case you missed it on Substack: Universal Drone Salvation Hits a Limit

In case you missed it on Substack: The Shiny PLA Navy Object

In case you missed it on Substack: America Won the Iran War of 2026

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: DRONEDASH

In case you missed it on Substack: Buying Diego Garcia

In case you missed it on Substack: The Clue Bat Strikes a Blow!

In case you missed it on Substack: Victory Through Air Power and the Pause That Refreshes

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Weekend Data Dump

The Weekend Data Dump is a compilation of short entries about the previous week’s defense and national security news that I found interesting. I couldn’t possibly comment on everything in my news flow or delve into everything that interests me. So most news that interests me doesn’t make the cut for a post. The rest go in the data dump. Enjoy!

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In case you missed it on Substack: The XM30 is Not a Silly Place to Seek

In case you missed it on Substack: NATO Stands Up in the Baltic States

In case you missed it on Substack: Blockade is a Continuation of War By Other Means

In case you missed it on Substack: Putting a Cope Cage Over an Entire Armored Division

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