Matthew Palmer
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Matthew Palmer
@so3brocktree.bsky.social
🇬🇧 Former soldier. Accidental journalist. Fellow at the Council on Geostrategy and RNSSC.

Thoughts & feelings on defence and other things. Not always serious. Views my own.

Longer thoughts & feelings on substack:
https://crackingdefence.substack.com/
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“Without sovereignty - military, health, financial and digital - we can no longer guarantee the rule of law.”

This is likely to increasingly become a topic.
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Well done on quitting! I finally ditched nicotine two years ago and it was an absolute bastard of an experience.
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It certainly has other point defence uses! - the limitations to consider are power source and, sometimes, weather.
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Obviously more money is always going to make life easier, though I think the UK's continual inability to come to a decision on what the UKAF are supposed to do (and what *actually* are the priorities in short/med/long term) continues to hamper us using resources effectively.
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
@willfreer.bsky.social One for you mate as well!
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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The US has issued a new NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) for the entire Venezuelan Flight Information Region, advising of a hazardous security environment amid worsening conditions and heightened military activity in and around Venezuela.
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM