Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg

Defence reporter. Military plane spotter. Scale model builder. Writer of books. Sometimes my worlds collide. Personal account. May be unserious. ospreypublishing.com/uk/desperate-s… The “Priority Theater” Joined December 2010

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Jakub Janovsky @Rebel44CZ

15 hours ago

Finally, they agree on something :)

First Squawk @FirstSquawk

16 hours ago

IRAN AND ISRAEL BOTH DENY EXISTENCE OF ANY AGREEMENT. - N12 NEWS

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Shashank Joshi @shashj

a day ago

Very troubling choice of target. "Strikes early Wednesday destroyed what appears to be a drinking-water facility on Iran’s southern coast, near the Strait of Hormuz, according to an analysis by The New York Times." nytimes.com/2026/06/10/wor…

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Taiwan Security Monitor (台灣安全觀測站) @TaiwanMonitor

3 days ago

Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration says five Chinese government vessels, including Haixun 06, Haixun 08, Haixun 09, Donghai Jiu 113, and CCG 2202, operated east of Taiwan and broadcast inquiries about port entry to three passing merchant cargo ships while falsely asserting jurisdiction. According to Taiwan’s CGA, Haixun 06 queried a Singapore-flagged vessel near Eluanbi on June 7, a Liberian-flagged vessel east of Suao on June 9, and a Benin-flagged vessel east of Sandiaojiao later the same morning. Taiwanese Coast Guard vessels warned the Chinese ships that they had no jurisdiction in Taiwan’s EEZ and told the merchant vessels to maintain normal navigation and ignore the Chinese broadcasts. 📸: Joseph Wu, Secretary-General of Taiwan's National Security Council

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Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg

2 days ago

Navy contract award for foreign suggests it’s for F-35Bs. A customer so hush hush suggests it’s for….

The Defence Blog @Defence_blog

2 days ago

Pentagon paid $154 million to start building parts for 11 F-35 stealth fighters — for a country it won't name. Production runs through 2030. defence-blog.com/u-s-navy-award…

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WarshipCam @WarshipCam

2 days ago

Republic of Singapore Navy Formidable-class frigate RSS Steadfast (70) coming into Guam - June 9, 2026 SRC: FB- US Naval Base Guam

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Thenewarea51 @thenewarea51

2 days ago

A B-2A Stealth Bomber callsign SMOG11 just finished refueling with ADLAY40 flt (x3 KC-135) on the AR-5 off the coast of California enroute to Australia. I got them working SAN FRANCISCO RADIO on HF. 🇺🇸💪😎 *Disclaimer, this is not a wartime flight. It’s an annual migration of the B-2A going down under to participate in planned exercises. 🦘🐨🇦🇺

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Alex Luck @AlexLuck9

2 days ago

Interesting shot of the nuclear powered submarine berthing facilities at Longpo, Hainan. Showing four SSN and four SSBN. Remarkably, all four attack subs may (!) be Type 09IIIB. Via J35的天空/Wb.

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Francisco Cunha @OnDisasters

5 days ago

Remarkably, there´s footage of this landing. I had never seen such clear pictures of the damage, as seen here. 📹3. мајевичка лпбр ВРС

Historias de aviación 🇪🇦 @ReinaldoDMM

6 days ago

📸 La foto curiosa Etendard dañado durante la guerra de Yugoslavia. El 15 de abril de 1994, un Etendard IV PM fue alcanzado por un SA-14 en Goradze. El Etendard tomó a 300 km/h en el Clemenceau (cuando la máxima era 256 km/h). El portaaviones tuvo que aumentar su velocidad a

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Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg

5 days ago

He really doesn’t like the Western Europeans

Clash Report @clashreport

6 days ago

Pete Hegseth in Normandy: Sadly, today different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies. In Spain and Italy and Greece and Bulgaria, boats and men arrive. When will European capitals do something about that invasion? Or is it too late?

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G-MA & G-PA @GPAIndiana

a week ago

There's a part of being a dog owner we don't talk about enough. We all know, deep down, that one day the Rainbow Bridge will come into view-but most of us do our best to tuck that thought away, somewhere far in the back of our minds. We focus instead on the wagging tails, the muddy paw prints, the quiet companionship on long days and even longer nights. That's the trade we make without ever signing a paper. But when the time comes, and our best friend, our shadow, our loyal partner crosses over, it leaves a space that never quite fills back in. Not really. You can clean up the toys, put away the bowls, even convince yourself you're "moving on," but that silence... it lingers. That's why getting another dog can feel like such a battle. It's not about not loving dogs. It's because you loved one so deeply that the thought of walking that road again, knowing exactly how it ends, feels almost too heavy to carry. You remember the last look, the last walk, the last time they rested their head on your knee... and you wonder if your heart can take that kind of goodbye again. But if there's any truth in all of it, it's this: they were worth it. Every single moment. And maybe, just maybe, the reason it hurts so much is because of how much love there was in the first place. 🐶💛

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa

a week ago

Open Letter to the President of the Russian Federation: president.gov.ua/en/news/vidkri…

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iPaul @iPaulCanada

a week ago

六四从未公开的画面。这是英国独立电视新闻的前线记者冒死拍摄、偷送出境的影像，受限于当年新闻篇幅，只播出了不到20秒，剩下的99%，一直被封存于地下片库，长达30多年直到2026年5月，这段含现场杂音的「完整原始母带」，第一次公之于众。

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Stephen Dziedzic @stephendziedzic

a week ago

not a combination of words that you like to see

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Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @TheBaseLeg

a week ago

“…in the US Central Command Area of Responsibility” oh my goodness where is this it’s a mystery no one will ever guess

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Tony Osborne @Rotorfocus

a week ago

The Marine Corps' @BoeingDefense/@BAESystemsAir AV-8 #Harrier fleet has been finally retired, leaving the Italian and Spanish navies as the last bastions for this magnificent aircraft and brilliant British invention.

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Alex Luck @AlexLuck9

a week ago

We appear to have a new type of Chinese nuclear powered submarine on out hands. The most remarkable aspect about it is its construction at Jiangnan in Shanghai, in a dedicated new facility. A few additional remarks in a quick thread. navalnews.com/naval-news/202…

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Japan Ministry of Defense/Self-Defense Forces @ModJapan_en

a week ago

At the press conference held on June 2 given by Press Secretary Aguin of the Ministry of Defense, there was an exchange regarding remarks made by a spokesperson of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The exchange is provided below.

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Philip Shetler-Jones @shetlerjones

2 weeks ago

Split screen reality: PRC bangs on about how Japan’s militarisation is a concern for the region and the world, needs to earn trust in the region, etc. Meanwhile Koizumi plastering social media with selfies alongside SE Asians who clearly have no issues with Japan’s security role.

Mao Ning 毛宁 @SpoxCHN_MaoNing

2 weeks ago

Japanese militarism brought catastrophe to the world and the Japanese people. Neo-militarism is a path down the same abyss. We urge the Japanese side to learn lessons from history, honor its commitments to peace, and take concrete actions to earn trust from its Asian neighbors

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eamon hamilton @eamonhamilton

2 weeks ago

Just when you thought the Douglas A-26 Invader couldn’t get more amazing, they put a weird early generation hose and-drogue refuelling installation in the bomb bay, and link up with a Skyhawk

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Konstantin Sonin @k_sonin

2 weeks ago

Everybody knows that, before elected President of Ukraine, @ZelenskyyUa was a famous comic actor. (In fact, perhaps the most famous comic actor not only in Ukraine, but in Russia as well.) What's less known is that he has a genuinely fine sense of humor even as a war-time president. Today, he recalled Belarus strongman Lukashenka's grand-standing suggestion that "President of Ukraine should meet President of Belarus" and immideately turned to @Tsihanouskaya, who won the 2020 presidential elections in Belarus but was forced out of the country by Lukashenka's regime. That's both fine diplomacy and a genuinely light moment.