James Fennell
@jamesfennell.bsky.social
Stabilisation Practitioner, Honourary Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, MBE, Defence & History, Literature, Tech - work 130 warzones so far. Have dog.
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Rearming Britain and Europe — The Task Ahead | "The road to a rearmed Europe will be perilous and expensive. There’s no time to waste." @jamesfennell.bsky.social
Rearming Britain and Europe — The Task Ahead
The road to a rearmed Britain and Europe will be perilous and expensive. There’s no time to waste on the task ahead.
cepa.org
February 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Rearming Britain and Europe — The Task Ahead | "The road to a rearmed Europe will be perilous and expensive. There’s no time to waste." @jamesfennell.bsky.social
My plan for Britain and European rearmament as Trump takes America to the dark side.
Rearming Britain and Europe — The Task Ahead | "The road to a rearmed Europe will be perilous and expensive. There’s no time to waste." @jamesfennell.bsky.social
Rearming Britain and Europe — The Task Ahead
The road to a rearmed Britain and Europe will be perilous and expensive. There’s no time to waste on the task ahead.
cepa.org
February 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My plan for Britain and European rearmament as Trump takes America to the dark side.
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BREAKING: The USDA, under DOGE orders, has accidentally fired staff working to combat bird flu. It’s now trying to rehire them.
It follows the accidental firing of nuclear safety staff last Friday.
And the accidental firing of FAA’s experienced aviation safety staff.
Incompetence will be deadly.
It follows the accidental firing of nuclear safety staff last Friday.
And the accidental firing of FAA’s experienced aviation safety staff.
Incompetence will be deadly.
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
BREAKING: The USDA, under DOGE orders, has accidentally fired staff working to combat bird flu. It’s now trying to rehire them.
It follows the accidental firing of nuclear safety staff last Friday.
And the accidental firing of FAA’s experienced aviation safety staff.
Incompetence will be deadly.
It follows the accidental firing of nuclear safety staff last Friday.
And the accidental firing of FAA’s experienced aviation safety staff.
Incompetence will be deadly.
My piece fo CEPA on Britains strategic challenges now we can no longer subcontract our security to the USA.
Defending Britain Without the US | "The UK has subcontracted grand strategy to the US and NATO since the 1960s. Now it’s coming home and urgent work is needed to make it credible." @jamesfennell.bsky.social
Defending Britain Without the US
Britain has subcontracted its defense strategy to the US and NATO since the 1960s. Now it’s coming home and urgent work is needed.
cepa.org
February 20, 2025 at 7:06 AM
My piece fo CEPA on Britains strategic challenges now we can no longer subcontract our security to the USA.
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Defending Britain Without the US | "The UK has subcontracted grand strategy to the US and NATO since the 1960s. Now it’s coming home and urgent work is needed to make it credible." @jamesfennell.bsky.social
Defending Britain Without the US
Britain has subcontracted its defense strategy to the US and NATO since the 1960s. Now it’s coming home and urgent work is needed.
cepa.org
February 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Defending Britain Without the US | "The UK has subcontracted grand strategy to the US and NATO since the 1960s. Now it’s coming home and urgent work is needed to make it credible." @jamesfennell.bsky.social
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❗️🇩🇪Germany has decided to purchase 🇫🇮Finnish Patria 6×6 APCs as the main armored personnel carrier for the army. It is reported that Germany wants to buy a total of 1,000 of these APCs.
January 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
❗️🇩🇪Germany has decided to purchase 🇫🇮Finnish Patria 6×6 APCs as the main armored personnel carrier for the army. It is reported that Germany wants to buy a total of 1,000 of these APCs.
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One of these things is not like the others.
January 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
One of these things is not like the others.
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The radicalised billionaire Elon Musk is Just Amplifying Questions
[The question is whether successive UK governments have pursued a treasonable agenda of great replacement + White Genocide and so are responsible for an inevitable coming inter-ethnic civil war]
[The question is whether successive UK governments have pursued a treasonable agenda of great replacement + White Genocide and so are responsible for an inevitable coming inter-ethnic civil war]
January 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The radicalised billionaire Elon Musk is Just Amplifying Questions
[The question is whether successive UK governments have pursued a treasonable agenda of great replacement + White Genocide and so are responsible for an inevitable coming inter-ethnic civil war]
[The question is whether successive UK governments have pursued a treasonable agenda of great replacement + White Genocide and so are responsible for an inevitable coming inter-ethnic civil war]
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Setup my new writing station on my boat ‘Marianne’. Lord Byron enjoying his new perch. Dewinterisation nearly done. New Bimini to fit then off into the wild blue.
January 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Setup my new writing station on my boat ‘Marianne’. Lord Byron enjoying his new perch. Dewinterisation nearly done. New Bimini to fit then off into the wild blue.
I used this app
You need a little familiarity with GitHub and computers, but works after trial and error..
github.com/marcomaroni-...
You need a little familiarity with GitHub and computers, but works after trial and error..
github.com/marcomaroni-...
GitHub - marcomaroni-github/twitter-to-bluesky: Import all tweets exported from X/Twitter to a Bluesky account.
Import all tweets exported from X/Twitter to a Bluesky account. - marcomaroni-github/twitter-to-bluesky
github.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I used this app
You need a little familiarity with GitHub and computers, but works after trial and error..
github.com/marcomaroni-...
You need a little familiarity with GitHub and computers, but works after trial and error..
github.com/marcomaroni-...
Am importing my full set of threads from X.... wouldbe great if they are shared so I can build up following on Blue Sky too.
Thank you (don't feel obliged!)
Thank you (don't feel obliged!)
January 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Am importing my full set of threads from X.... wouldbe great if they are shared so I can build up following on Blue Sky too.
Thank you (don't feel obliged!)
Thank you (don't feel obliged!)
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Just discovered that my ancestor (4th great grandfather) Richard Anderson was Master of HMS Phaeton, Excellent and Captain during the Napoleonic wars (1797-1801). How cool is that! @kejamieson_
January 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Just discovered that my ancestor (4th great grandfather) Richard Anderson was Master of HMS Phaeton, Excellent and Captain during the Napoleonic wars (1797-1801). How cool is that! @kejamieson_
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Very interested in the future of Loyal Wingman projects. RAF and RN have programmes of record. Australia, Sweden and BAe have interesting programmes with connection to UK requirement through AUKUS and GCAP.
January 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Very interested in the future of Loyal Wingman projects. RAF and RN have programmes of record. Australia, Sweden and BAe have interesting programmes with connection to UK requirement through AUKUS and GCAP.
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DAF manufactures trucks in Leyland, pretty much every DAF truck registered in the UK is built in Lancashire. They also have a military CF series - and MV make armoured cabs for them in Scotland. They could be built here. Do we think about DAF as a supplier? @thinkdefence
January 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
DAF manufactures trucks in Leyland, pretty much every DAF truck registered in the UK is built in Lancashire. They also have a military CF series - and MV make armoured cabs for them in Scotland. They could be built here. Do we think about DAF as a supplier? @thinkdefence
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Here a few things which are being produced, or could rapidly be so, in UK and should be useful. HMT hardtop variants..
January 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Here a few things which are being produced, or could rapidly be so, in UK and should be useful. HMT hardtop variants..
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A quick look at the British workboat buliding sector... Joshua Preston build aluminum workboats and landing craft in Cornwall
January 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A quick look at the British workboat buliding sector... Joshua Preston build aluminum workboats and landing craft in Cornwall
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If you followed your childhood dream job, what would you be right now? https://x.com/Mr_A_McSquiffy/status/1758505012815130671
January 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
If you followed your childhood dream job, what would you be right now? https://x.com/Mr_A_McSquiffy/status/1758505012815130671
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First of an occasional series on boats. I own a river cruiser currently in Burgundy, France (this is not her, but same place) - it’s my escape from Ukraine where work takes me.. planning to do Flanders battlefields in Marianne soon.. 1/
January 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
First of an occasional series on boats. I own a river cruiser currently in Burgundy, France (this is not her, but same place) - it’s my escape from Ukraine where work takes me.. planning to do Flanders battlefields in Marianne soon.. 1/
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What a beauty spotted this morning
January 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
What a beauty spotted this morning
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Memorial to the defence of the town during the Franco-Prussian war -a couple of bronze 6 pounder Napoleons, also used in ACW.
January 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Memorial to the defence of the town during the Franco-Prussian war -a couple of bronze 6 pounder Napoleons, also used in ACW.
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Was in Kharkiv yesterday - there is a Mk V tank there! - from 1919 Russian Civil War British Army deployment. This is not my photo, but tank on memorial in city centre, a T34-85 on next plinth.
January 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Was in Kharkiv yesterday - there is a Mk V tank there! - from 1919 Russian Civil War British Army deployment. This is not my photo, but tank on memorial in city centre, a T34-85 on next plinth.
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Saturday at last
January 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Saturday at last
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Reading the British Army Review summer edition on 'how we will fight' - some nuggets
1⃣ loitering munitions (lots of them)
2⃣ C-UAS on Boxer
3⃣ enhancement to Boxer RWS (30mm?)
4⃣ 30mm armed UGV for light forces forces https://issuu.com/chacr_camberley/docs/british_army_review_183
1⃣ loitering munitions (lots of them)
2⃣ C-UAS on Boxer
3⃣ enhancement to Boxer RWS (30mm?)
4⃣ 30mm armed UGV for light forces forces https://issuu.com/chacr_camberley/docs/british_army_review_183
The British Army Review – Summer 2023
issuu.com
January 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Reading the British Army Review summer edition on 'how we will fight' - some nuggets
1⃣ loitering munitions (lots of them)
2⃣ C-UAS on Boxer
3⃣ enhancement to Boxer RWS (30mm?)
4⃣ 30mm armed UGV for light forces forces https://issuu.com/chacr_camberley/docs/british_army_review_183
1⃣ loitering munitions (lots of them)
2⃣ C-UAS on Boxer
3⃣ enhancement to Boxer RWS (30mm?)
4⃣ 30mm armed UGV for light forces forces https://issuu.com/chacr_camberley/docs/british_army_review_183
Good luck Mark https://x.com/TheHillTimes/status/1877366066550112548
January 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Good luck Mark https://x.com/TheHillTimes/status/1877366066550112548