B. A. Friedman
@bafriedman.bsky.social
Amphibious Warfare, Strategy, and Clausewitz.
CLE expat. Malevelon Creek veteran. Substack: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
CLE expat. Malevelon Creek veteran. Substack: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
The Navy is just going to go all in on buying unmanned surface vessels for the next few years, realize they have no way to deploy or sustain them, and then realize that amphibs can already do that and come crawling.
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The Navy is just going to go all in on buying unmanned surface vessels for the next few years, realize they have no way to deploy or sustain them, and then realize that amphibs can already do that and come crawling.
We are a great country that can do great things like fight a war and invent a banger steak sauce simultaneously.
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
We are a great country that can do great things like fight a war and invent a banger steak sauce simultaneously.
If you think this is bad now, just wait for the Golden Fleet to really get going.
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
If you think this is bad now, just wait for the Golden Fleet to really get going.
I will sell them this for one million dollars.
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I will sell them this for one million dollars.
“Cut my life into pieces
This is my last resort
Excommunication, no pleading
Don’t give a fuck if the Curia’s scheming”
This is my last resort
Excommunication, no pleading
Don’t give a fuck if the Curia’s scheming”
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
“Cut my life into pieces
This is my last resort
Excommunication, no pleading
Don’t give a fuck if the Curia’s scheming”
This is my last resort
Excommunication, no pleading
Don’t give a fuck if the Curia’s scheming”
Wait the Coast Guard is in trouble?
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Wait the Coast Guard is in trouble?
This is what you sound like
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This is what you sound like
These paragraphs together are really weird.
Paragraph 1: “Cartrels do terrorism.”
Paragraph 2: “It’s not good to call them terrorists.”
Paragraph 1: “Cartrels do terrorism.”
Paragraph 2: “It’s not good to call them terrorists.”
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
These paragraphs together are really weird.
Paragraph 1: “Cartrels do terrorism.”
Paragraph 2: “It’s not good to call them terrorists.”
Paragraph 1: “Cartrels do terrorism.”
Paragraph 2: “It’s not good to call them terrorists.”
It’s a Christmas miracle!
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
It’s a Christmas miracle!
It’s Stringer Bell Day I see.
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It’s Stringer Bell Day I see.
REVEILLE REVEILLE REVEILLE
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
REVEILLE REVEILLE REVEILLE
Ok so what about the PLAN carriers? What do they tell us about things? Not what you'd expect. They're not very capable in terms of other carriers. They're slightly more capable in terms of sortie capacity and range than a US LHA, which isn't even classed as a carrier but an amphibious assault ship.
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Ok so what about the PLAN carriers? What do they tell us about things? Not what you'd expect. They're not very capable in terms of other carriers. They're slightly more capable in terms of sortie capacity and range than a US LHA, which isn't even classed as a carrier but an amphibious assault ship.
The USS Gerald R Ford is simply one of the most lethal things ever constructed by humanity and it can do the missions for which carriers are still the best tool better than any other, and a lot of other things besides.
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The USS Gerald R Ford is simply one of the most lethal things ever constructed by humanity and it can do the missions for which carriers are still the best tool better than any other, and a lot of other things besides.
Today, the better capability for long-range strike is any ship with a Vertical Launch System (VLS). They can launch different types of missiles and missiles are just better at long-range strike than the manned aircraft that a carrier can handle (land-based bombers are a totally different story).
November 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Today, the better capability for long-range strike is any ship with a Vertical Launch System (VLS). They can launch different types of missiles and missiles are just better at long-range strike than the manned aircraft that a carrier can handle (land-based bombers are a totally different story).
Voting ops complete.
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Voting ops complete.
Apropos of nothing.
November 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Apropos of nothing.
Stoked to have a lot of holiday viewing for the Marine Corps birthday this year.
November 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Stoked to have a lot of holiday viewing for the Marine Corps birthday this year.