Tom Shugart
Defense analyst, former submariner, pilot. @cnasdc Adjunct Senior Fellow. Founder, Archer Strategic Consulting. Opinions my own. RT=/=endorsement.
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Assuming these future numbers actually materialized (and remember that, per the CNO's guidance that would require sustained 3-5% Navy budget growth *above inflation*, so color me s...
Surprise, surprise...despite both Cambodian and Chinese denials, Western official have confirmed that China is building a naval base in Cambodia, with a groundbreaking ceremony to...
Remembering today my submariner brothers who remain on eternal patrol. Over 20% of U.S. submariners who went out in WWII never came back, more than 10X the average fatality rate fo...
While ominous news, I was pleased to be able to help @NikkeiAsia identify the aircraft type simulated by the mock missile target in this image - the E-767 AWACS, an airborne early...
We should be clear in understanding what allowing the blockade of Ukraine to continue will mean: hundreds of millions of people pushed into starvation-level poverty. https://t.co/7...
This 👉 "...the PLA does not regard civilian shipping as a stopgap measure until more PLAN amphibious shipping can be built, but as a central feature of its preferred approach." St...
Interesting. @TheEconomist, bulwark of the liberal order and self-styled champion of freedom, gives a by-invitation platform to a former PLA officer currently serving as a fellow a...
@JBWolfsthal It won't surprise you to hear me say that I don't think so. If you look at my record you'll see that I never saw the Russian military in nearly the same light as the P...
The options we have these days to upgrade light aircraft avionics for a reasonable amount of money continue to amaze me. This airplane was built in 1965. https://t.co/ggowQuib72
PLA Navy DDG construction update: @googleearth has some new undated imagery (sometime in 2022, I think) that appears to show these two DDG hulls under construction at the Dalian sh...
What’s interesting to me in recent reporting is the assumption that Russia’s blockade of Ukraine is unbreakable. Millions of tons of grain are stuck in Ukraine’s ports, while a foo...
So after dropping off family at the Austin airport today, I spotted a sign for a Family Viewing Area - apparently for kids of all ages to watch airplanes take off and land. https:/...