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Military & International Affairs nerd. Defense professional. Mostly naval subjects, but all aspects of defense and natsec welcome. Oh, & plastic spaceships, that too. All opinions on all subjects my own #WeAreNAFO

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https://bsky.app/profile/giledpallaeon.bsky.social/post/3mmh3hvvses24

Published: May 22, 2026 13:53

I have quite a few thoughts about the theses here and basically none are complimentary. Suffice my criticisms to say the “thought experiment” reads like Tom Clancy/Dale Brown knockoff, and the idea that the USN should move to *SUBIC BAY* in a world where…

https://bsky.app/profile/giledpallaeon.bsky.social/post/3mmely23nlk2q

Published: May 21, 2026 14:11

This is one of the two fundamental questions of the 21st and possibly 22nd centuries: is the head wound the U.S. has inflicted on itself superficial or fatal, and what else will survive the transition to what comes next? [contains quote post or other…

https://bsky.app/profile/giledpallaeon.bsky.social/post/3mmcxwkmn2222

Published: May 20, 2026 22:39

I’m convinced that what the internet has largely brought to the world is the realization that every village does in fact have an idiot, but there are far more of either than anyone realized and now we can hear *all of them* [contains quote post or other…

https://bsky.app/profile/giledpallaeon.bsky.social/post/3mm5ktafzps2j

Published: May 18, 2026 19:01

This article is fundamentally flawed, paying only lip service to the fundamental strategic and tactical differences between Iran, Ukraine, and Taiwan. The PLA does not need ships to enforce a blockade of Taiwan, and idea the island can field an IADS to…

https://bsky.app/profile/giledpallaeon.bsky.social/post/3mlqigh3tks2g

Published: May 13, 2026 14:14

This is one of the most pathetic things I’ve ever read, which is an incredibly high bar over the last eleven years and from this writer in particular. And to be clear, there is no military solution that solves this issue in time to prevent a market…

https://bsky.app/profile/giledpallaeon.bsky.social/post/3mlj6scd6gs2g

Published: May 10, 2026 16:33

While I can’t answer this specific question, I think the answer is that Starfleet evolves over time, just like any real organization. The Starfleet that put Kirk in command of the ENTERPRISE isn’t the one that picked Picard and in a real way neither built…

https://bsky.app/profile/giledpallaeon.bsky.social/post/3mlgrbs6imc24

Published: May 9, 2026 17:26

Threads like this are very entertaining, because fairly open ended games like Mass Effect just end up be Rorschach tests for the person writing the thread. And in true social media fashion, I will offer my own opinion, which that the below is deeply…

https://bsky.app/profile/giledpallaeon.bsky.social/post/3ml4acnirts2g

Published: May 5, 2026 12:55

Seconded, this article is remarkably bad. My mental jury is still out on whether I’d call the author a tankie, but he talks to far too many of them. Some examples: I’m sorry you didn’t pay attention in your HS history class, but this isn’t what I got *in…

https://bsky.app/profile/giledpallaeon.bsky.social/post/3mkyc6aiyps2v

Published: May 3, 2026 23:18

An alternative framing: the United States should make all practical efforts to be the shining city on the hill, a place of human liberty, progress, and the best the world can be for all. And part and parcel of that is making sure authoritarians everywhere…

https://bsky.app/profile/giledpallaeon.bsky.social/post/3mky5nvdz3s2b

Published: May 3, 2026 21:57

One day I want someone to explain to me how the hell either Rhodes’ or Sullivan’s backgrounds got them the positions they did or the respect they have now. Zero relevant experience or education, just briefcase carriers and keyboard typists at the right…

https://bsky.app/profile/giledpallaeon.bsky.social/post/3mkxtmxyzi22q

Published: May 3, 2026 18:58

I have my own version of this, where I grew up in a Bible-thumping upper middle class conservative part of the South, and through Scouting encountered nearly everything under the sun (one of many things about it I’m grateful for). But I also find it deeply…

https://bsky.app/profile/giledpallaeon.bsky.social/post/3mkuo3anwsk2z

Published: May 2, 2026 12:40

This is precisely why the Soviets invented several unique pieces of military technology that the West never bothered with and why while those pieces of kit make for fascinating acquisition case studies that Soviet doctrine is frankly mediocre at best. …