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Mia Jankowicz
@miajankowicz.bsky.social
Reporter writing about security and defence. Likes are usually bookmarks, not necessarily my opinion, etc.
New from me and Ingrid Lunden out of the Resilience Conference: almost four years into its mission, the NATO Innovation Fund has new leadership.

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Klaus Hommels Steps Down As Chair of NIF
Dame Fiona Murray steps into the top role as the founding chairman moves into a new position heading up a new outside advisory council
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September 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Absolutely wonderful news that Alaa Abd El Fattah, the Egyptian-British political prisoner, has been pardoned. What a painful and brutal path it has been for him, his family, and justice. I’m overjoyed.
September 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Tiberius Aerospace advertises a transformational weapon — inexpensive artillery shells that accurately hit targets at 95 miles. Its subscription-style business model is even more revolutionary via @miajankowicz.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/meet-tech-ce...
This tech CEO quit to redesign the 155mm shell — and upend how the West buys its weapons
Defense procurement in the West is sluggish, expensive, and stifles innovation. Tiberius Aerospace and its CEO plans a Silicon Valley-style makeover.
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July 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I just aged about 74 years watching the Lionesses beat Sweden 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇸🇪 🙌🏻
July 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I find the Barents Observer an indispensable source. Journalism is not a crime.
July 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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I was featured in this @businessinsider.com video about the production of artillery barrels. I did a bunch of research on bore wear & tear, which caught me up from my days as a US Navy ordnance officer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWOC...
Inside America's Only Giant Gun Barrel Factory Arming Ukraine | Big Business | Business Insider
YouTube video by Business Insider
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June 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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June 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I know the botched North Korean Choe Hyon-class destroyer launch is but a distant memory given *waves hands vaguely at everything*.

But I wondered about the fate of the four officials who have been named and shamed in regime media.

Warning: it's bleak.

www.businessinsider.com/north-korean...
The 4 North Korean officials arrested over a botched destroyer launch are in mortal danger
Four North Korean officials have been arrested after a Choe Hyon-class destroyer was damaged during launch. Their fates look grim, experts said.
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June 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Register to join this timely discussion on June 2, in person or on line, with @katecrawford.bsky.social @hofrench.bsky.social @tamigraph.bsky.social and @triofrancos.bsky.social, hosted by my Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab at the Institute for Advanced Study www.ias.edu/events/raree...
May 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Only a matter of hours till my editor wearily deletes the Spice Girls reference from my draft article on British defence industrial strategy
May 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Defence Intelligence of Ukraine stripped down a "Banderol," Russia's new drone-launched cruise missile, and say they found parts in there from allied countries like the US, South Korea and Japan.
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Russia's new drone-launched cruise missile is crammed with parts from Kyiv's allies, Ukraine says
Parts from South Korea, Japan, and the US were found in Russia's new "Banderol" drone-launched cruise missile, according to Ukrainian intelligence.
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May 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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GUR said that up to 20 microchips originating from the US, Switzerland, Japan, and South Korea were found inside a new Russian cruise missile via @miajankowicz.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/russia-new-c...
Russia's new drone-launched cruise missile is crammed with parts from Kyiv's allies, Ukraine says
Parts from South Korea, Japan, and the US were found in Russia's new "Banderol" drone-launched cruise missile, according to Ukrainian intelligence.
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May 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A bit puzzling to see a think tank offering up what appears to be a 100% AI-generated analysis today (check out the "would you like a short timeline" and general ChatGPT type formatting): lansinginstitute.org/2025/05/07/r...
Resignation or Realignment? The Strategic Gamble of Kadyrov’s Kremlin Plea” - Robert Lansing Institute
Ramzan Kadyrov asking the Kremlin to resign him (or signaling desire to step down)—if true—is likely driven by a combination of personal
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May 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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two major thinktanks— Hungary’s Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) and Poland’s Ordo Iuris Institute— are developing a plan to weaken, rename and dismantle EU. They are discussing it with the US Heritage Foundation, and they are laundering the Russian oil vsquare.org/heritage-fou...
Renaming the EU, Dismantling the Commission: Polish, Hungarian Illiberals Seek U.S. Backing - VSquare.org
The Trump administration's most influential think tank, The Heritage Foundation, is receiving proposals from illiberal forces in Poland and Hungary on how to shape the future of the European Union. Th...
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May 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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It essentially means that shells are made in an uninterrupted process at a smaller scale via @miajankowicz.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/bae-systems-...
BAE Systems says it's nailed a way to meet the UK's need for a lot of ammunition — and fast
The UK defense giant BAE Systems says it's using new methods to drastically increase its ability to make 155 mm shells, amid global supply uncertainty.
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April 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
In 2022, the UK wargamed the air defense of "Night 1 of Ukraine" on home soil in its advanced simulator.

The results "were not a pretty picture," Air Commodore Blythe Crawford, who formerly headed up the Air Battlespace Training Centre, told RUSI today.

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The UK simulated an attack on its own air defenses based on the first night of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It wasn't pretty.
The UK ran a simulation of Russia's attack on Ukraine as if it had been an attack on the UK. Air Commodore Blythe Crawford said the result was bad.
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April 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Trump, asked what concessions Putin has offered Ukraine in peace negotiations so far:

"Stopping the war, stopping taking the whole country. Pretty big concessions."
April 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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"Ordinary Ukrainians just love the fact that they're not alone," said international volunteer Macer Gifford via @miajankowicz.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/brit-fought-...
The good, the bad, and the 'screamers': A Brit who fought for Ukraine reveals how international fighters make their mark
Macer Gifford, who fought in Ukraine for two years, told BI about the inspiring — and sometimes troubled — international volunteers he'd seen there.
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April 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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I've just filed a story about about Ukraine, critical minerals, and rare earth elements. Having learned the barest smidgen of geology in the process I'm now very sad that there is no one in my life who would appreciate my rare earth in-jokes.
March 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Trump-led US rapprochement with Russia continues: CIA chief John Ratcliffe had a call with Russia's SVR spy agency — and plans more, the SVR says.

This is the same week the US was *withholding* intel from Ukraine.

www.businessinsider.com/cia-chief-re...
The CIA chief and his Russian counterpart are going to chat regularly now
Russia's intelligence agency said its chief spoke to the head of the CIA on Tuesday, the first reported contact between the pair in over two years.
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March 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM