Sam Wilson @spacenukesam.bsky.social Space and nuke analyst at the Center for Space Policy & Strategy at the Aerospace Corporation, Spanish soccer aficionado
Jonas Olsson @jonasolsson.bsky.social Defence Correspondent BreakingDefense.com | Nordic/Baltic security & breaking stories | Former SVT journalist (Sweden’s public broadcaster, 30+ years) 🌍 linktr.ee/jonasolsson
Luke @loadsabot.bsky.social Engages tanks and tank-like targets. Recon and Security enthusiast, Dad, and Packers Owner
Jen Judson @jenjudson.bsky.social Defense reporter at Bloomberg News, 115th National Press Club president, Military Reporters & Editors VP, boy mom, Colorado native
History Clippings @historyclippings.bsky.social Clippings found during my historical research. Showcasing the awesome primary material from around the web.
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McFlyTG @mcflytg.bsky.social Analyst, weapons officer, and professor, but mostly just a proud girl and dog dad. Not an official account.
Hugo Sedgwick @hugogeorge.bsky.social JFC Norfolk #NATO #VBStrong
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Wayne Liebold @wplsailor.bsky.social 
Brian Everstine @beverstine.bsky.social Pentagon editor at Aviation Week. 
Scott Hielen @scotthielen.bsky.social Diplomacy Stuff • Flew Navy • Geopolitical Risk • Veteran • Nebraskan • Kid and Cat Dad • Bibliophile • Itinerant by Design 🌍 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇹🇷🇩🇪🇧🇪
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Kyle Mizokami @kmizokami.bsky.social I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser | Hachiman Defense Substack https://hachiman.substack.com/ | Formerly covered defense @ Popular Mechanics. Weapons person.
Michele Poole @michelepoole.bsky.social Appellate Lawyer, former Sailor
she/her
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Davis Winkie @winkie.bsky.social Defense, nukes and natsec @ CNN || mostly part-time Guard guy || priors: Military Times, USA TODAY, Army Guard officer || views mine || DM for Signal || davis.winkie[at]pm.me
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social National Security reporter ABC News | Afghan vet | Prev: Politico, Stars and Stripes, Fox 19 Cincinnati | Steve.Beynon@military.com | Adopt not shop | DM for Signal https://www.military.com/author/steve-beynon
Peter Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social War is bad. Books are good. He/him. STL. Go Cards. Let’s Go Blues. AllForCity
Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, Jeopardy champ. New Englander and curmudgeon. Speaker info: https://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/tnichols
Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to three dogs and a cat.
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Haley Britzky @halbritz.bsky.social Pentagon for @CNN. Was: Army for @TaskandPurpose. Texan. Christian. E-4 Mafia stan. haley.britzky@cnn.com or haleybritzky@protonmail.com
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Dr. Shannon Cofield @geoshanz.bsky.social Geological Oceanographer, PhD | Researching sediments from the deep sea to Mars | Views my own | https://linktr.ee/shannoncofield
Franz-Stefan Gady @hoanssolo.bsky.social Modern Warfare | Defense & Military Analyst | Author of ‚How the United States Would Fight China: The Risks of Pursuing a Rapid Victory‘ Link: https://www.gady-consulting.com/
Simon Harley @simonharley.bsky.social Errant naval historian and British motorcycle parts vendor. Retired parliamentary intern and retired hygiene operative.
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
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Michael Shurkin @michaelshurkin.bsky.social Ex-CIA, Ex-RAND, ex-historian. I post on things related to defense, national security, Africa (esp. the Sahel), and all things French military. Sometimes troll antisemites.
"Herbal" Carmen @herbcarmen.bsky.social Landed big planes on boats, played E-Ring Ding Dong Ditch. USNA'90, Georgetown MSB'13. Proud husband of Dr. Debbie and swim dad of Dash-1 (JMU'22) & Dash-2 (Drexel'27)
Martijn Rasser @martijnrasser.bsky.social Vice President at the Special Competitive Studies Project
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social Hoover Fellow, Director Wargaming and Crisis Simulation Initiative, Stanford University. Research on international security, emerging technology, wargames. Views are my own. 
Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social Bloomberg News Global Defense Editor. Novelist, aviation geek, bartender, dad. Ex-NYT, Reuters. Grew up in Midwest, moved to Mideast. Views my own. Wrote a fun book about Chinese missiles: https://tinyurl.com/2p94pay6
Ad astra per aspera
Edward Hollett @edwardhollett.bsky.social Politics, Public Policy, Public Relations, History
From the Far East of the Western Hemisphere
edhollett.substack.com
Mike Stone @michaelstone.bsky.social Reuters reporter covering the U.S. arms trade. Mainly focused on Ukraine and Golden Dome for now. Read my stories here: https://www.reuters.com/authors/mike-stone/; RP's≠endorsements. Views=own.
JP Clark @jpclark97.bsky.social Historian | Educator of strategists | Editor-in-chief @warroomeds.bsky.social | Author "Preparing for War: Emergence of the Modern US Army, 1815-1917" | Now writing “Acts of Madness: US Military Strategy in the Pacific, 1897-1941” | www.jpclark.works
Dr Zack White @zwhitehistory.bsky.social Historian, podcaster, battlefield guide
Leverhulme Research Fellow with Portsmouth Uni: Napoleonic era warfare, crime, race & society
Founder of The Napoleonic & Revolutionary War Graves Charity
Host of The Napoleonic Wars Podcast
Views my own
Horace Hunley’s Chop @battlechop719.bsky.social 💰⚓️💰 Submarine Logistics, Sometimes Comptroller, Terminal Paygrade.
Andy Lock @bigandylock.bsky.social Great War, History, & Rugby.
PhD @ University of Suffolk, BEF Infantry tactical development 1916-1917.
Guiding battlefields, Germany and London.
@howtodohistory Director.
Karaoke hound.
Daniel Salisbury @dbsalisbury.bsky.social Senior Fellow for Nuclear Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
Kevin Knodell @kjknodell.bsky.social Staff Reporter at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser covering defense and diplomacy in Hawai’i and the greater Pacific. Tips and hate mail to kknodell@staradvertiser.com http://SeeDisclaimer.com
BrianC @jackdoodlysquat.bsky.social Retired USN (Aviation), still in the biz. Husband & dad, trying to do right and have some fun through it all.
Søren Sjøgren @sorensjogren.bsky.social Military officer | PhD | Institute head of R&D at the Royal Danish Defence College | Editor @sjms.bsky.social | Doctrine, planning, and command.
Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD @ox.ac.uk. Teaches at @SciencesPo.bsky.social. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de & LeCollimateur
Dmitri Alperovitch @dmitri.silverado.org Geopolitics, Russia, China, Cyber
Chairman @silverado.org
Author of WorldOnTheBrink.com
Host GeopoliticsDecanted.com podcast
Founder Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS
Co-Founder CrowdStrike
@DAlperovitch elsewhere
Brian Kerg @briankerg.bsky.social Atlantic Council Fellow | Military Writers Guild Board Member | Marine Corps Strategist Fellow at Notre Dame | CIMSEC Managing Editor | Personal Account
Phil Klay @philklay.bsky.social Author of Redeployment, Missionaries, and Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War. Teaches at Fairfield University MFA.
Leo Shane III @leoshane.bsky.social As seen on Twitter -- Deputy editor for Military Times, former vets reporter for Stars & Stripes. Philly sports fan trapped in DC. Don't judge me by past or future haircuts. https://www.militarytimes.com/author/leo-shane-iii/
Marcus Weisgerber @marcusreports.bsky.social NatSec reporter at The Wall Street Journal. New Yorker trapped in DC
Kate Jamieson / KJ ⚓️ @kejamieson.bsky.social Short For Bob. Naval & Maritime Historian. AFRHistS Royal Historical Society. Council Member: Society for Nautical Research. C18th Naval Ordnance & Personnel Nerd. Rower. Owned by a Greek Dog 🐾
katejamieson.co.uk / IG: katejamieson_
James Schmeling @jschmeling.bsky.social Founder, Arsenal Industrial Restoration Partners. Restoring capacity. Rebuilding Readiness. Matching/restoring facilities with defense and commercial manufacturers. USAF veteran (AFTAC). President & CEO, National Defense University Foundation.
Woozer @woozer.bsky.social Looking for news and motorcycle stuff. PNW transplant. Slava Ukraini. 🌈
Mike Yeo 杨启铭 @thebaseleg.bsky.social Defence reporter, military plane spotter, writer of books, scale model builder. Sometimes my worlds collide. An occasionally unserious X-ile. Personal account.
Samuel Bendett @sambendett.bsky.social Uncrewed, autonomous, robotic systems and Artificial Intelligence. Russian and Ukrainian weapons development. CNA, CNAS and CSIS. Opinions my own.
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
Loren DeJonge Schulman @lorenraeds.bsky.social Dedicated here to the unfinished work. - 16
Messy is the work, and the work can be joyful— Shepard Fairey.
Former, future.
Pat Donahoe @patdonahoearmy.bsky.social Retired Army guy. Owner of a small dog. 
Mark Stout @markstout.bsky.social Former intelligence officer and university educator, current intelligence historian. Also live on the borderlands of military history. Former Historian at the International Spy Museum. I wish I were in Seattle. The cat is Boadicea. Not flying with Natalie.
David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social Prof. National Security and International Relations. Space security, civil-military relations. Cats, science, photography for fun. Providence RI; Oregon at heart! Personal views ONLY; no govt resources used. Assoc Ed @TNSR.org
Brian O'Rourke @briandefnerd.bsky.social Senior Editor @USNIProceedings, fmr Managing Editor, The War Zone. Mechanical engineer and food nerd. Task & Purpose alum. (Slightly) less awkward in person. Former civilian control of the military at Duffel Blog. (Mging editor). Opinions aren't even mine.
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Dave Brown @davebrown.bsky.social Deputy Managing Editor for Global Security at Politico
Naval News @navalnews.com navalnews.com is updated daily with in-depth features, industry and naval forces news round-ups, event coverage, video reports and more.
Nerdy G.I. James 🤓🪖📚🧠🍺🥃🗳️ @nerdygi.bsky.social Veteran Advocate | Beer-Bourbon-Mead Tinkerer | @ncstate.bsky.social AROTC ‘94 & M.Ed. '22 🐺 | Ex-Army Intel @us_sams '08 | @VetTheVote.bsky.social | N.C. Election Official
JP @palenske.bsky.social Richmond via Los Angeles, Dallas and Kansas. Amateur chef, home renovation addict. #Dogs #Food #Travel #Design
Dr. Jacqueline E. Whitt @notabattlechick.bsky.social Purple-haired civil servant. Public Diplomacy person. Historian. Author. Educator. Leader. Tar Heel. COVID Long-hauler. Doodler. Procedural-drama obsessed smart lady. Cat servant. 2x speed audiobook aficionado. Occasional trouble maker. All views my own.
Tim Collins @warandcake.bsky.social Formerly nuclear history and IR. Most likely here for climate, food, and sci-fi tbh.
Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at The Atlantic. 2025-2026 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
Fen d'Air Défense.net @airdefensenet.bagarrosphere.fr Troll patenté de la twittosphère défense
Hope Seck @hopeseck.bsky.social Freelance journalist, full-time mom of 3, BQ marathoner. Formers: Managing editor @Militarydotcom, VP @MilReporters, @IrregWarfare Ed. Director.
Joseph Trevithick @franticgoat.bsky.social ‘Punk' Journalist, Executive Editor
at The War Zone (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone), and defense and security analyst.
Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social MCUF Chair of Strategic Studies at MCU and Management Consultant. Author of Learning War, Battle Line, & Mastering the Art of Command. Opinions my own.
Tom Beck 🇺🇸 @thbeck1.bsky.social Former IT professional, casual photographer, traveler. Keeper of fish. Advocate for local beer & wine. Amateur radio operator KI6KWY.
Now residing in beautiful Northern Arizona.
Banner photo is in Helena Montana.
Travis Reese (Against war with NATO) @ctreese2.bsky.social Small town kid. Joined the military. Stuck w/ it for 21 yrs. Stayed in defense. Planner & strategist. Inventor of the coffee egg cream & mocha coffee egg cream
Jane Gulliford Lowes @lydiajane13.bsky.social Author/historian. Bomber Command Minelaying, Norwegian Campaign. Co-host nmtdambusters.bsky.social The Invisible Campaign: Bomber Command Gardening Operations 1940-1945 out now. https://www.justcuriousjane.com/about-contact/
Durham UK / Østfold NO
@ydn.bsky.social @ydn.bsky.social (((globalist))), universalist, secularist, urbanist, transhumanist, Tottenham supporter. Fully Automated Luxury Space Communism :)
Richard Dunley @redunley.bsky.social Naval & diplomatic historian with a side gig in maritime strategy | Senior Lecturer at UNSWCanberra
| #PomInOz
Nick Prime @ncprime.bsky.social Defense (pseudo) Intellectual, Ph.D @WarStudies, former fellow @ISSYale, Interests in strategy, sports & film, if it reads like sarcasm it is.
Matthew Ford @warmatters.bsky.social Saarf-Londoner. Cat Dad. Assoc Prof at the Swedish Defence University. PhD from KCL. Associate, IWM Institute. Senior fellow at Global & National Security Institute, Uni of South Florida. ex-West Point fellow. FRHistS. Series editor @Hurst Publishers
Will Reynolds @anglo-japan45.bsky.social Lecturer in Defence Studies Education at KCL, @dsdkings.bsky.social | Doctor in War Studies, @warstudieskcl.bsky.social | Associate @csns-uk.bsky.social | Anglo-Japanese grand strategy post-45 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | Views my own
John Ridge 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @johnridge.bsky.social Physics | Weapons Systems | National Security | Foreign Policy | Arms Exports | Security Assistance | Tochnyi Contributor | Donate to Liberty Ukraine Foundation
Lindsay @linzoconnor.bsky.social 
Amber Comisso @cdnnavylady.bsky.social “Refugee from the other place.” Reflections on life as Mom of 2️⃣ girls, Former Cdn Naval Officer & 2020 @HMCSWinnipeg XO, spouse still serving, sometimes a yogi, always a #booklover & #skiracerparent 🇨🇦 💪🏻
Currently working in Defence
Adithya Krishna Menon @adithyakm.bsky.social Contributor @navalnews.bsky.social
@AdithyaKM_ on Twitter.
Focus on Indian defence indigenization, R&D, procurement and exports.
Rob Myall @handle.invalid Software Engineer.
Steve Daly 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @stevedaly.bsky.social Science fiction, fact, military, and aviation. Also anything that amuses me. 60+ with an innocuous sounding name. He/Him
https://silverfox441blog.wordpress.com
http://defencemuse.wordpress.com
JEC_WA @jecwa.bsky.social Flew from the sea, lover of deep forests and big trees, sometimes writer, full-time AGM-88 fanboy. #flynavy
Paul Zdanowicz @pzdanowicz23.bsky.social Mostly Badgers, Packers, basketball, books, movies/TV, and some lawyer stuff; probably over-quoting Mad Men.
zdanowicz23.substack.com
Andrew Bagley @andrewbagley.bsky.social Portsmouth, NH City Councilor.
Devoted dad and husband.
Avid reader who transitioned from international work to making a local impact in the 03801 community, hoping to create meaningful change.
Farva Price @farvaprice.bsky.social Sometimes pilot, full-time Farva. Commanding Officer LCC 20. (Following, RPs and links ≠ endorsement)
Ryan Wadle @rdwadle.bsky.social Pronounced wad-lee
US naval history, OEF, and things that amuse me
Author of Selling Sea Power: Public Relations and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1941 from University of Oklahoma Press
Matt Wheeler @mzwheeler.bsky.social Born in Baltimore, based in Bangkok. Senior Analyst, South East Asia, International Crisis Group 
JL Squirrel @secret-squirrel.bsky.social Consultant. Dabbling with the Army on the weekends. Philly Sports. Bourbon Enthusiast.
Austin Swafford @davidswafford.bsky.social Pharmaceutical Chemist trade. Everything else by circumstance.
Pharmaceuticals/geopolitics/medicine/CBNR/OSINT
Sid @siddster.bsky.social Physiologist. Opinions mine.
Drew F. Lawrence @dflawrence.bsky.social Reporter for DefenseScoop. Reach me at drew.lawrence@defensescoop.com or on Signal at dflawrence.51.