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/
“Write like you talk.” Absolutely not. They are different media and need to be approached differently.
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
“Write like you talk.” Absolutely not. They are different media and need to be approached differently.
The more I think about this battleship the more I think it’s a shiny distraction to keep attention away from the LSM and the frigate, both of which can be built in the near term. Some of these weapons don’t exist yet except on paper. No ship ever built could power all of these.
December 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The more I think about this battleship the more I think it’s a shiny distraction to keep attention away from the LSM and the frigate, both of which can be built in the near term. Some of these weapons don’t exist yet except on paper. No ship ever built could power all of these.
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The Marine Corps when OPNAV and DoN will be too busy fighting over the trim on useless battleships to screw up the LSM.
two men are standing next to each other in front of a building with soldiers standing in the background .
ALT: two men are standing next to each other in front of a building with soldiers standing in the background .
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The Marine Corps when OPNAV and DoN will be too busy fighting over the trim on useless battleships to screw up the LSM.
The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense force working on railguns instead of modular gold-plated hulls.
December 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense force working on railguns instead of modular gold-plated hulls.
LCS 2: Lost in New York
oh my god its literally Long Beach's wario
December 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
LCS 2: Lost in New York
Apropos of nothing, a time when we tried to fix a genuine problem (not enough ships) by buying anachronistic ships.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadro...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadro...
Squadron of Evolution - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Apropos of nothing, a time when we tried to fix a genuine problem (not enough ships) by buying anachronistic ships.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadro...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadro...
I’m on leave for the holidays and I shouldn’t have looked at this app I should have just started drinking instead.
December 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I’m on leave for the holidays and I shouldn’t have looked at this app I should have just started drinking instead.
If this is true, I know a lot of folks think the U.S. won’t fight just because the current POTUS wouldn’t want to and boy is that take really, really wrong.
🇺🇸🇺🇦 US intelligence confirms Putin seeks new wars in Europe, in addition to Ukraine — Reuters citing 6 anonymous sources
Putin seeks to seize all of Ukraine and conquer other parts of Europe that were part of the USSR in the past.
Putin seeks to seize all of Ukraine and conquer other parts of Europe that were part of the USSR in the past.
December 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
If this is true, I know a lot of folks think the U.S. won’t fight just because the current POTUS wouldn’t want to and boy is that take really, really wrong.
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rise and grind
December 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
rise and grind
It is so good.
December 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
It is so good.
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Christmas has come early—check out this new edited volume from Air University Press on air and space power! Flip to the end to find my short story “Steel Rain!”
www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/A...
www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/A...
December 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Christmas has come early—check out this new edited volume from Air University Press on air and space power! Flip to the end to find my short story “Steel Rain!”
www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/A...
www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/A...
This Venezuela thing is Biden’s Ukraine strategy in a different direction: belief in a linear escalation ladder that can be predictably manipulated to ramp up or ramp down pressure. The whole US foreign policy apparatus is Jomini-brained with a side of Herman Kahn.
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This Venezuela thing is Biden’s Ukraine strategy in a different direction: belief in a linear escalation ladder that can be predictably manipulated to ramp up or ramp down pressure. The whole US foreign policy apparatus is Jomini-brained with a side of Herman Kahn.
Who can forget that run by the Bostoo Yook Yarters?
For anyone worried AI will replace all of us.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
December 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Who can forget that run by the Bostoo Yook Yarters?
It’s not a blockade if it’s directed at a limited type of vessel (like sanctioned vessels). It’s a quarantine. Naval words mean things!
a man with a beard says the code is more what you d call guidelines than actual rules
ALT: a man with a beard says the code is more what you d call guidelines than actual rules
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December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It’s not a blockade if it’s directed at a limited type of vessel (like sanctioned vessels). It’s a quarantine. Naval words mean things!
So Susie Wiles celebrates Festivus early huh?
an older man in a red cardigan says i got a lot of problems
ALT: an older man in a red cardigan says i got a lot of problems
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December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
So Susie Wiles celebrates Festivus early huh?
A high level staff wants to consolidate ever more power for itself even when there’s no conceivable reason for it?
a group of people are sitting at a table and one of them is saying hey i 've seen this one .
ALT: a group of people are sitting at a table and one of them is saying hey i 've seen this one .
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December 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
A high level staff wants to consolidate ever more power for itself even when there’s no conceivable reason for it?
These numbers reflect the effectiveness of Russia EW. Imagine what a more competent force equipped with EW could do to a force designed entirely on precision munitions and UAVs.
Some bits that stood out for me
-GMLRS now have 8% success hit rates
-takes 10 ATACMS to destroy a radar
-6-10% of ZSU drone salvos in an attack-get through
-50% VRSF intercept rate of ALCM
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-GMLRS now have 8% success hit rates
-takes 10 ATACMS to destroy a radar
-6-10% of ZSU drone salvos in an attack-get through
-50% VRSF intercept rate of ALCM
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this morning's reading
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
December 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
These numbers reflect the effectiveness of Russia EW. Imagine what a more competent force equipped with EW could do to a force designed entirely on precision munitions and UAVs.
Genocide enthusiast draws a line somewhere, expects praise.
Noam Chomsky’s emails to Jeffrey Epstein display none of the fawning chatter found from, say, Larry Summers. And he does not appear to have been co-opted by whatever access Epstein provided.
https://bit.ly/4s3vx5A
https://bit.ly/4s3vx5A
What the Noam Chomsky–Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Tell Us
Chomsky has often suffered fools, knaves, and criminals too lightly. Epstein was one of them. But that doesn’t mean Chomsky was part of the “Epstein class.”
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Genocide enthusiast draws a line somewhere, expects praise.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Please mark all comments in the comment resolution matrix with the following categories:
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gravy boats imply the existence of gravy maritime law
December 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
gravy boats imply the existence of gravy maritime law
Taking a building block approach to designing the components of Metal Gear Ray.
defence-blog.com/u-s-marines-...
defence-blog.com/u-s-marines-...
U.S. Marines test new unmanned amphibious craft
The United States Marine Corps has tested a new unmanned amphibious ground vehicle during a recent Technical Concept Experiment 25.2 at Red Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, accor...
defence-blog.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Taking a building block approach to designing the components of Metal Gear Ray.
defence-blog.com/u-s-marines-...
defence-blog.com/u-s-marines-...
- Pope Leo X in 1517, after being told about Martin Luther.
WTF is a “Christian influencer?”
December 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
- Pope Leo X in 1517, after being told about Martin Luther.