Black Cloud Six
@blackcloudsix.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Army (armour, 25 yrs, 4 x tours, injured & medically retired), MA Strategic Studies, hate partisan politics.
Defence, national security, Ukraine & intl affairs. NAFO Fella.
My serious commentary is on Substack:
https://blackcloudsix.substack.com
Defence, national security, Ukraine & intl affairs. NAFO Fella.
My serious commentary is on Substack:
https://blackcloudsix.substack.com
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The F-35 Saga: Bright Idea Time
I didn’t plan on writing another fighter-jet piece… but here we are.
open.substack.com
I thought I was finished with the F-35 saga but I guess not. My final word:
open.substack.com/pub/blackclo...
open.substack.com/pub/blackclo...
Par for the course.
"tell me we didn't just fire a dozen $500,000 missiles at a $200 camel"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
December 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Par for the course.
Worth a read for anyone interested in the USN and Trump’s “battleship”.
As an aside, the term “Golden Fleet“ is ridiculous. And there’s a website.
As an aside, the term “Golden Fleet“ is ridiculous. And there’s a website.
Right, I am off work (yes some of us "soldiered" on during Christmas), so got some time to put down coherent thoughts on a range of events. First of all, the Trumpian battleship. Which as part of Trump's "Golden Fleet" even got its (her) own website. 🧵
www.goldenfleet.navy.mil
www.goldenfleet.navy.mil
December 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Worth a read for anyone interested in the USN and Trump’s “battleship”.
As an aside, the term “Golden Fleet“ is ridiculous. And there’s a website.
As an aside, the term “Golden Fleet“ is ridiculous. And there’s a website.
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Russian military bloggers have finally admitted their total defeat and loss of the city of Kupiansk. This is a huge humiliation for Putin after he recently announced Russia's total control over the city. Ukraine used Storm Shadow missiles to destroy another oil refinery in Novoshakhtinsk.
Russians Admit Their Total Defeat in Kupiansk
YouTube video by Jake Broe
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Russian military bloggers have finally admitted their total defeat and loss of the city of Kupiansk. This is a huge humiliation for Putin after he recently announced Russia's total control over the city. Ukraine used Storm Shadow missiles to destroy another oil refinery in Novoshakhtinsk.
As I was saying…
The third paragraph reads as if the Russians wrote it. Maybe they did. In any event, it is an atrociously big lie; 1984-grade, as Aaron Rupar rightly says.
War is peace. Russia is fully committed to peace in Ukraine.
December 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
As I was saying…
Ya know, Somaliland was once part of the British Empire and wedded to Italian Somaliland in the 1960s.
For years, the people there have charted their own way and have been de facto independent.
I don’t really care what Bibi does, but international recognition is past due IMO.
For years, the people there have charted their own way and have been de facto independent.
I don’t really care what Bibi does, but international recognition is past due IMO.
Israel became the first country to formally recognize the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state – a decision that could reshape regional dynamics and test Somalia's longstanding opposition to its secession.
https://cnn.it/45dOMPS
https://cnn.it/45dOMPS
December 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Ya know, Somaliland was once part of the British Empire and wedded to Italian Somaliland in the 1960s.
For years, the people there have charted their own way and have been de facto independent.
I don’t really care what Bibi does, but international recognition is past due IMO.
For years, the people there have charted their own way and have been de facto independent.
I don’t really care what Bibi does, but international recognition is past due IMO.
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More on our call:
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/read...
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/read...
Prime Minister Carney speaks with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, spoke with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.The Prime Minister and the President discussed the latest developments in ongoing peace talks. Prime Mi...
www.pm.gc.ca
December 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
More on our call:
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/read...
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/read...
So, we’re taking everything Trump and the US Government says about Ukrainian peace negotiations at face value now?
Again, how does the US have agency in this process? Where’s the EU at?
Again, how does the US have agency in this process? Where’s the EU at?
December 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
So, we’re taking everything Trump and the US Government says about Ukrainian peace negotiations at face value now?
Again, how does the US have agency in this process? Where’s the EU at?
Again, how does the US have agency in this process? Where’s the EU at?
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ISW is aware that Russian propaganda is again spreading AI-generated deepfake videos that deceptively use the ISW brand and likeness to promote fabricated assessments and other false claims. The claims made in this video are false. (1/2) english.nv.ua/nation/russi...
Russia fakes ISW report to claim only 30% of France’s nukes are functional
Russian propaganda is circulating a false report allegedly
from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), claiming that only 30% of
France’s nuclear forces are “operational,” Ukraine’s Center for Coun...
english.nv.ua
December 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
ISW is aware that Russian propaganda is again spreading AI-generated deepfake videos that deceptively use the ISW brand and likeness to promote fabricated assessments and other false claims. The claims made in this video are false. (1/2) english.nv.ua/nation/russi...
I’ll say it out loud: only Americans believe that a a single Tomahawk strike represents a decisive intervention in a conflict. We’ve played this game many times before.
Trump Nigerian air strikes don't line up with his claims.
"Analysts say that the terrorist group in Nigeria with the best documented links to the Islamic State is in northeastern Nigeria, on the other side of the country from Sokoto State" (where the airstrikes happened)
(Out of gift posts.)
"Analysts say that the terrorist group in Nigeria with the best documented links to the Islamic State is in northeastern Nigeria, on the other side of the country from Sokoto State" (where the airstrikes happened)
(Out of gift posts.)
Facts Clash With Trump Claim of Hitting ISIS and Shielding Nigerian Christians
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I’ll say it out loud: only Americans believe that a a single Tomahawk strike represents a decisive intervention in a conflict. We’ve played this game many times before.
Who are these experts and are they in the room with us now?
The U.S. airstrikes targeting militants affiliated with the Islamic State group in northwestern Nigeria are widely seen by experts as crucial help for the country's security forces, which are often overstretched and outgunned as they fight multiple crises across different regions.
What to know about the militants targeted by US airstrikes in northwest Nigeria
The United States airstrikes targeting militants affiliated with the Islamic State group in northwestern Nigeria are a major escalation of an offensive that Nigeria’s overstretched military has struggled with for years.
bit.ly
December 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Who are these experts and are they in the room with us now?
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No.... you chose the equivalent of driving a German car in 1930s America
Fжck you and the South African apartheid emerald mine heir you worship
Fжck you and the South African apartheid emerald mine heir you worship
“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they’re proud to drive it.
Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck
“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they’re proud to drive it.
wrd.cm
December 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
No.... you chose the equivalent of driving a German car in 1930s America
Fжck you and the South African apartheid emerald mine heir you worship
Fжck you and the South African apartheid emerald mine heir you worship
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I will not trust an American government or big business ever again. Generational. The damage done to trust now is generational.
Kommersant claims the US discussed using the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant for crypto mining and joint control without Ukraine, allegedly with Putin’s knowledge.
If true, it fits Trump’s playbook perfectly: profit over principles, deals over sovereignty, money made on anyone’s back.
If true, it fits Trump’s playbook perfectly: profit over principles, deals over sovereignty, money made on anyone’s back.
December 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I will not trust an American government or big business ever again. Generational. The damage done to trust now is generational.
Octokitty
Casino Royale, With Cheese.
Make a bond movie casual.
The Spy Who Liked Me
The Spy Who Liked Me
December 26, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Octokitty
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Great news for the UK who are relying on the U.S. to renew their nuclear deterrent. The U.S. is going all in on teying to bully and break Europe.
JD Vance has declared that France and the United Kingdom having nuclear weapons is a security threat to the United States.
Russia and MAGA want every remaining democracy in the world to be weakened and defenseless.
Russia and MAGA want every remaining democracy in the world to be weakened and defenseless.
December 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Great news for the UK who are relying on the U.S. to renew their nuclear deterrent. The U.S. is going all in on teying to bully and break Europe.
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We need to start asking these questions on thr national security side and stop cringing because “all political viewpoints are welcome”.
Unlike in Quebec, separatists have an inspiration and sponsor in the hostile regime to the south. We need to get serious.
Unlike in Quebec, separatists have an inspiration and sponsor in the hostile regime to the south. We need to get serious.
Separatist Jeff Rath (Alberta Prosperity Project) says that the “US administration is very excited about Alberta independence”.
Rath and Cam Davies (Alberta Republican Party) visited Mar-a-Lago and White House several times.
Who arranges these meetings?
globalnews.ca/video/115898...
Rath and Cam Davies (Alberta Republican Party) visited Mar-a-Lago and White House several times.
Who arranges these meetings?
globalnews.ca/video/115898...
Petition for Alberta independence referendum approved | Watch News Videos Online
Watch Petition for Alberta independence referendum approved Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
globalnews.ca
December 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
We need to start asking these questions on thr national security side and stop cringing because “all political viewpoints are welcome”.
Unlike in Quebec, separatists have an inspiration and sponsor in the hostile regime to the south. We need to get serious.
Unlike in Quebec, separatists have an inspiration and sponsor in the hostile regime to the south. We need to get serious.
Lines are being drawn.
Soon, Canada’s strategy of playing both sides (placating Trump while moving away from him as quickly as possible) may peter out and we’ll be forced into taking a public stand, consequences be damned.
Soon, Canada’s strategy of playing both sides (placating Trump while moving away from him as quickly as possible) may peter out and we’ll be forced into taking a public stand, consequences be damned.
Clear message sent to the White House:
French President Emmanuel Macron issues a new statement defending Greenland's right to self-determination. He was one of several European leaders supporting Greenland's right to choose its own government even as US President Trump demands the country accept incorporation into the US.
December 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Lines are being drawn.
Soon, Canada’s strategy of playing both sides (placating Trump while moving away from him as quickly as possible) may peter out and we’ll be forced into taking a public stand, consequences be damned.
Soon, Canada’s strategy of playing both sides (placating Trump while moving away from him as quickly as possible) may peter out and we’ll be forced into taking a public stand, consequences be damned.
I wonder what the MF would have said to a Canadian kid?
Trump: We track Santa. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election
December 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I wonder what the MF would have said to a Canadian kid?
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Holy McFuck. Another Log PT enthusiast.
Vice President JD Vance posted glossy photos of his personal training session with Navy SEALs—but the beachside stunt immediately drew mockery and accusations of political tone-deafness.
Vance’s Navy SEAL Cosplay Immediately Backfires
The vice president’s beach workout with an elite unit drew jibes and questions about his priorities.
trib.al
December 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Holy McFuck. Another Log PT enthusiast.
The question I have, as an evil foreigner, is how on earth can his approval level still be in the *double digits*?
In any other democracy, there would be open political revolt by now, followed by police action and, likely, investigative commissions. People wouldn’t stand for it. Yet in the US?
In any other democracy, there would be open political revolt by now, followed by police action and, likely, investigative commissions. People wouldn’t stand for it. Yet in the US?
there is one and only one political strategy, and that is: “hang trump like an anchor around the neck of every single elected republican and the party itself.” no ‘friends across the aisle.’ no ‘the fever will break.’ anyone not on board with that has to go. no exceptions
woof
December 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The question I have, as an evil foreigner, is how on earth can his approval level still be in the *double digits*?
In any other democracy, there would be open political revolt by now, followed by police action and, likely, investigative commissions. People wouldn’t stand for it. Yet in the US?
In any other democracy, there would be open political revolt by now, followed by police action and, likely, investigative commissions. People wouldn’t stand for it. Yet in the US?
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The president was accused of multiple rapes of 14 year old girls as well as multiple murders of their babies and we’re all just acting like it doesn’t matter because CBS and CNN haven’t weighed in yet.
December 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The president was accused of multiple rapes of 14 year old girls as well as multiple murders of their babies and we’re all just acting like it doesn’t matter because CBS and CNN haven’t weighed in yet.
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Not enough people read Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
December 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Not enough people read Rise and Fall of the Third Reich