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Mar 16 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
1/ FSO Off Thailand Taking on Water After Fatal Explosion

maritime-executive.com/article/fso-of… Image
2/ US Navy's Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) maintains the
Emergency Ship Salvage Material (ESSM) System, with prepositioned response kit around the world, including in Singapore.

@johnkonrad

navsea.navy.mil/Home/SUPSALV/E…
3/ RTN seems prepared for the worst: Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy ordered various units of the Navy to help.

4/ 🇪🇺#Sentinel2🛰️📷17 MAR
FSO BENCHAMAS 2 (IMO 9169706)
Gulf of Thailand
~230km south of Rayong

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Mar 13
I wonder if I am the only one hitting refresh every ten seconds on the DoD Budget Material Website
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Nov 16, 2022
1/ CRS Report by Ron O'Rourke:
Defense Primer: Geography, Strategy, and U.S. Force Design

This report really breaks down the baked-in force design assumptions.
Although the word "Army" is not in there once.🤔

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2/ "Although U.S. policymakers do not often state explicitly in public the goal of preventing the emergence of regional hegemons in Eurasia..."

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3/ "Strategy Is a Policy Choice, Force Design is a Consequence" Image
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Nov 15, 2022
1/ US-China Economic and Security Review Commission @USCC_GOV
🔖2022 Annual Report to Congress

An important reference for all China watchers.
Will some take time to read & digest this. Image
2/ "In foreign policy, 🇨🇳’s leaders chose to preserve close ties with 🇷🇺even after the country’s unprovoked invasion of 🇺🇦, increased the brazenness of 🇨🇳’s confrontations in the #SouthChinaSea and around 🇹🇼, and made more aggressive pushes for overseas basing options" ImageImage
3/ "China’s aggressive activities in the #SouthChinaSea led to dangerous encounters between Chinese and other countries’ ships and aircraft in the region." ImageImage
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Nov 12, 2022
1/ ASEAN-China Summit:
Joint Statement on The 20th Anniversary of The Declaration on The Conduct of Parties in The #SouthChinaSea

@raylockman @CollinSLKoh @GregPoling @graham_euan @Sharon__Seah @AsiaMTI @Scs_Connect @ChongJaIan @alessionaval @becstrating ImageImage
@raylockman @CollinSLKoh @GregPoling @graham_euan @Sharon__Seah @AsiaMTI @Scs_Connect @ChongJaIan @alessionaval @becstrating 2/ "Continue to exercise self-restraint in the conduct of activities that would complicate or escalate disputes and affect peace and stability, and avoid actions that may further complicate the situation"

This stmt historically precedes a 🇨🇳 missile test into #SouthChinaSea
3/ Spokesperson for the ASEAN Summit, Kung Phoak, stated that unlike in previous years, the #SouthChinaSea dispute is no longer a hot topic for ASEAN leaders to discuss at the Summit.

eacnews.asia/home/details/1…
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Oct 27, 2022
1/ National Defense Strategy finally released publicly.

defense.gov/National-Defen…
2/ My first favorite quote:
"Campaigning requires discipline...In service of strategic prioritization, we will focus day-to-day force employment on a more narrow set of tasks than we do currently."
➡️Look fwd to see how this is implemented, esp by the Navy in the IndoPacific.
3/ "Working with Allies and partners, we will build and exercise force elements needed in crisis or conflict, such as infrastructure, logistics, command and control, dispersal and relocation, and mobilization."
➡️This means #SEALIFT
@mercoglianos @johnkonrad @zach_ota
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Oct 17, 2022
1/ Look fwd to the critical analysis of the new TRANSCOM Strategy by @mercoglianos & @johnkonrad.
2/ "Global Mobility Posture is the foundation of power projection and depends on operational access, basing, and overflight (ABO)"

➡️Can't do anything without ACCESS in & through partner countries.

@SEA_NFAO @zach_ota
3/ "If these threats are left unresolved, our power projection capability will be put at risk and will force us to 'fight to get to the fight.'”

➡️ We WILL have to fight to get to the fight. Plan on it.

I'm reminded of @DavidLarter's article:
defensenews.com/naval/2018/10/…
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