defenceWeb @defenceweb.co.za defenceWeb.co.za is Africa’s leading online aerospace and defence news and analysis portal, delivering timely and accurate information to a global audience of industry professionals, decision-makers, and enthusiasts. 
Dean Wingrin @deanwingrin.bsky.social Aviation and defense journalist, author, photographer, defenceWeb correspondent and general raconteur.
Darren Olivier @darren.africandefence.net Director at African Defence Review (@africandefence)
Covering African conflicts with a specific focus on Southern Africa.
Email: dolivier@africandefence.net
Signal: darren.13
Hora the Ninth | Горация @joymoons.bsky.social Writer, reader, software engineer, music lover, feminist, but mostly a massive lesbian. Hit me up for sapphic music recs. A swiftie. Ru/en.
Techpriest @techpriest.bsky.social Millennial cliche with strong retired museum curator energy
Lives for the memes. *Mass transit enthusiast*
Dan Groshev @dangroshev.com 
@pj--11.bsky.social @pj--11.bsky.social 
Neil Hauer @neilphauer.bsky.social Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia, Chechnya), Russia, Ukraine, Syria, heavy metal. Stories @CNN, @CBC, @NYMag, @guardian etc. 🇨🇦 neil.hauer@gmail.com. Eng/рус/հայ.
Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net economist, 🇨🇳, policy research. this is for display purposes only. 🧸 contact: robertmarchini1993 at gmail. 🏳️🌈 they/them. new jersey resident. https://skymarchini.net/
Pessimists Archive @pessimistsarc.bsky.social We explore and catalog the history of technophobia and moral panic.
Our newsletter: http://newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org
@chungtzu.bsky.social @chungtzu.bsky.social 
BaA43A3aHY @baa43a3ahy.bsky.social Posting about MiG-23, MiG-21, B-58 & others.
Aerodynamics, Structures,
Engines & Flight Performance.
@BaA43A3aHY on the other platform.
Thanos Massias @massiasthanos.bsky.social I post things that I find interesting (mostly about aviation and defence), while referencing sources and providing context.
Piraeus, Greece.
Usili (Talia) 🏳️⚧️ @usili.bsky.social She/her. Jewish. Trans. Fan of spaceflight, railroads, model railroads, etc. Feel free to send me book recommendations and such, and happy to send them as well. Cincy.
💉 10/1/25
I'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social Uni, Minuet cat born on March 27, 2020🇯🇵
https://youni.store
Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social https://www.bodegacats.nyc
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social Czar for life of all Russians. Master Strategist. Tea connoisseur. Author. Window installer. Wanted in 123 countries. Parody, apparently.
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.
Nick Kodama @nickkodama.bsky.social PhD candidate at Georgetown | Researching nukes, IR, Japan, East Asia | Also posting photos of my cat and food.
Mike Plunkett @mikeplunkett.bsky.social Senior Naval Platforms Analyst with Janes and contributor to Janes Fighting Ships. Russian and Chinese warships are my speciality, but I also cover the Koreas.
All opinions expressed here are mine alone. RT/Like ≠ endorsement
Airwars @airwars.bsky.social The civilian harm watchdog.
We also run the Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social
Donate: http://airwars.org/about/donate
@3bm15.bsky.social @3bm15.bsky.social 
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
Azor-in-Exile @azorr.bsky.social Haven't tactically withdrawn from X (FKA Twitter) to use Russian parlance, but I am rebalancing...
Perma @permafr.bsky.social I prefer things alive rather than dead. Humans included. Follows wars and war remains, mainly in western Africa, Syria, Ukraine.
https://x.com/Permafr95699535
Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social I'm an editor/correspondent for NPR. Mostly smart on the radio. Mostly stupid on everywhere else.
ChatGPT describes me as: "Aerospace sleuth, nuclear nerd and NPR Superfan — with a side of surreal humor."
Signal: gbrumfiel.13
https://geoffbrumfiel.net/
Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social The defense policy views of the people's champ. AKA Great One, Flex Kavana, and Brahma Bull. Might be Dwayne Johnson, could be Harold Brown. Views my own. Substack⬇️
https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/
Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social “What do we do now?”
Unmanned Systems Forces of the City of Troy 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social the road to social democracy leads through the ruins of moscow
he/him
Mark Galeotti @markgaleotti.bsky.social Analyst of murky topics from Russian politics to organised crime.
Ryan O'Farrell @ryanmofarrell.bsky.social Non-state actors and conflicts / mostly East Africa & the Levant / geolocations / Ohioan / Defections Operations Coordinator at the Bridgeway Foundation / @SAISHopkins alum
Caleb Weiss @calebweiss.bsky.social Defections Program Lead for Uganda at Bridgeway Foundation. Kampala-based. Editor @LongWarJournal. Focused on jihadism and political violence in Africa.
Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk Military analyst, naval officer, based in Denmark, mostly #Russia and the war in #Ukraine.
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@anderspuck
Newsletter: https://www.logicofwar.com
Author of The Logic of War: https://a.co/d/01Ep6RtI
Duke BG @dukebg.bsky.social Kyyiv, Ukraine
The Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com Europe's northernmost independent English-Russian online newspaper. Cross-border news from the Arctic, Russia, and Nordic. Fighting censorship, supporting democracy! Our news-portal:
barentsobserver.com
David Helms @davidhelms570.bsky.social Bicyclist, Citizen Ped and Bike Advocate. Retired NOAA and USAF/AFWA (and AWS) meteorologist
ELINT News @elintnews.bsky.social Independent in-depth coverage & analysis of current geopolitical & geostrategic developments. Proxies & weapons. RT/like/follow/media use≠endorsement.
Massimo Frantarelli @mrfrantarelli.bsky.social Military observer. (Mostly Ru.)
https://x.com/MrFrantarelli
Doge @inteldoge.bsky.social 
itamilradar @itamilradar.com Beyond the track
🌐 www.itamilradar.com
North @northdud.bsky.social Aviation enthusiast, Defence and Security Policy research fellow, Canadian, and all around nerd
she/they
*views my own
Michael Bond @michaelbond.bsky.social 
Flightradar24 @flightradar24.com The world’s most trusted flight tracker.
AvScanNZ @avscannz.bsky.social Flight tracking & open source investigation, weather nerdologist & photography. ND
IntelWalrus @intelwalrus.bsky.social A pinniped doing open source research. Will geolocate things for fish.
Jack Margolin @jackmargolin.bsky.social Personal acct. Conflict finance, guns, crime in data/PAI . I tweet on E. Europe, E. Africa, civil wars, and black metal.
T Strand @torger.bsky.social 🇳🇴 Engineer, maker, occasional osinter. You name it, I nerd it.
@saturnax1.bsky.social @saturnax1.bsky.social Pensate Profunde. All things submarines!
Digital Naval Photo Collection | Naval News
- Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/matussmutnb
- My TWZ articles: https://www.twz.com/authors/matus-smutny
- My AstroBin: https://app.astrobin.com/u/Saturnax#gallery
The New York Times @nytimes.com In-depth, independent reporting to better understand the world, now on Bluesky. News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
All Source News @allsourcenews.bsky.social Chief Intelligence Officer of Artorias
I focus on cartel violence in Mexico, Latin American affairs and drug trade/organized crime 🇲🇽🇺🇸
Twitter: @all_source_news- I IMT @iontetcu.bsky.social
Krakek @krakek.bsky.social a Quasi-NEET interested in all things military.
Current focus on all things nuclear.
@kosmi.bsky.social @kosmi.bsky.social All images processed by me in EO Browser & Copernicus Browser.
Image credits:
ESA/CopernicusEU for Sentinel and NASA/USGS for Landsat.
https://t.ajrkmx1.com/331727/6224/0?po=6533&aff_sub5=SF_006OG000004lmDN
Auto, token Spaniard @thespartan012.bsky.social I apologize if you try to make sense of me by watching what I share and like here, because there is not much connecting it. I can tell I like videogames (specially with photo mode), people's drawings and MAYBE politics. I speak both Spanish and English.
War Diary @wardiaryofficial.bsky.social Infographics, articles for @ArchivesDefense and other projects in progress. Interested in European and Asian defense issues. 🇫🇷, w/ 🇩🇪🇮🇹 descent
Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social Saint John Paul II recognized that unemployment is a grave evil
Blogging at https://someunpleasant.substack.com/
White Stake Disrespecter @strokendistance.bsky.social Pedestrian golfer and euro-coded open wheel racing fan.
Beth Rigby @bethrigby.bsky.social Political Editor, Presenter and Podcaster, Sky News. RTS Political Journalist of the Year. Electoral Dysfunction podcast out every Friday 
Pax Lusitanica @paxlusitanica.bsky.social OSINT enthusiast and armchair strategist. Reading the news, looking at maps.
🇩🇰 expatriate in 🇵🇹, married to a 🇹🇼 and closely following events in 🇺🇦.
Still on Twitter, but only active here now.
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social Global Affairs Correspondent for Axios. CNN analyst. Washington correspondent for Walla. Author of Trump's Peace
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Andrew Jones @andrewjonesspace.bsky.social Freelance journalist mainly tracking Chinese space activities. Correspondent at SpaceNews, also bylines at Spacedotcom, IEEE Spectrum and more.
Sam LaGrone @samlagrone.bsky.social Lester Bangs, but for like the ocean.
*stab, look, stab, stab*
Signal: SamLaGrone.13
Politico @politico.com Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
www.politico.com
CBRN Risk Analysis and Proliferation @cbrn-risk-prolif.bsky.social Military background, researcher, providing CBRN Risk assessment, observing Non-Proliferation efforts, CBRN OSINT.... ☢️☣️☠️👽
Steve Trimble @thedewline.bsky.social I’m the Defense Editor at Aviation Week.
Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social Editor in chief of BreakingDefense.com, shameless Boston sports nerd.
Etienne Marcuz @m514ever.bsky.social 🇫🇷 analyst following strategic systems and technologies ☢️🚀🛰
My views and my mistakes are my own. Always happy to learn and share 📖
Member of Réseau Nucléaire & Stratégie - Nouvelle Génération (RNS-NG)
Brian Everstine @beverstine.bsky.social Pentagon editor at Aviation Week. 
Breaking Defense @breakingdefense.com Breaking Defense: The essential source for military, political, & industry leaders seeking in-depth coverage of global defense strategy & technology.
Sign up for our newsletters: http://bit.ly/2WSlrJK
Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social Exec. Director, Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy & Innovation/Asst. Professor of Practice, @OleMiss.bsky.social;
Board: @npcinstitute.bsky.social; @juristnews.bsky.social; Ex VOA White House bureau chief; 2022 Kiplinger Fellow; W7DQ on ham radio
Steve Lookner @lookner.bsky.social News Anchor & Founder of Agenda-Free TV. Specialize in breaking news. 
Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social Washington Post investigations reporter
Co-host of Schlock and Awe: https://schlockandawe.substack.com/
Executive Council, Washington-Baltimore News Guild
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
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
RUSI @rusi.bsky.social Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Founded in 1831, RUSI is the oldest defence and security think tank in the world.
Website 💻: https://rusi.org/
WhatsApp 📱: https://bit.ly/4h0M5FQ
David Lidington @davidlidington.bsky.social Chair: RUSI, Conservative European Forum, Koenigswinter Conference & Aurora Forum. Trustee, Institute for Govt. History, singing & hill walking enthusiast. Ex-Minister & MP.
Ryan Chan 陳家翹 @kakiuchan.bsky.social Truth is still the truth even if nobody believes it. Lie is still a lie even if everybody believes it.
Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Trenchant Analysis in Wrong Rock Studies, Oak Table LLC. he/him
Status-6 (Military & Conflict News) @archer83able.bsky.social Providing in-depth news coverage about the armed conflicts and crises all around the globe (focus on 🇺🇦 Ukraine).
📨 archer83able@gmail.com
YT: www.youtube.com/@archer83able
☕️ KoFi: https://t.co/zRfCNxRSdu
Stephen Wertheim @stephenwertheim.bsky.social America in the world, past and present / Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program, @carnegieendowment.org / Visiting Lecturer, Yale Law School / Historian and author of Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy / Views my own, obviously
Tom Bike @tombike.bsky.social 
fdov21 @fdov21.bsky.social I find stuff.
Likes can be bookmarks.
🇳🇴🇺🇦
Clément Molin @clementmolin.bsky.social Étudiant à ILERI Lyon, passionné de géopolitique et de relations internationales.
Suis les guerres en cours dans le monde.
Co-directeur d'@atummundi.bsky.social
Steven @steven681982.bsky.social @GeoConfirmed volunteer
GeoRaccoon @georaccoon.bsky.social Geo For Peace.
Facts matter.
Don't Lie.
44.417187, 38.206106
Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social Senior Fellow at @mmfa. Views expressed here my own. Husband of @alyssarosenberg. Dad. Not the former GOP congressman. Find me here: http://bio.site/mattgertz
Mark Coughlan @markcoughlan.bsky.social Everything is getting cutting room scrapped, unless the silver screen throws gummy bears back. Journalist, RTÉ Current Affairs (usually seen on @RTE_PrimeTime).
The War Monitor @warmonitor.net Questioning questionable political and geopolitical events. OSINT. Fact checker. Exposing corruption. Anti-fascist. Pro Ukraine. The original War Monitor (Twitter 2013).
Ace @ace2112.bsky.social Naval Aviationist and foreign policy. Professional CCP hater. #NJDevils #BeatArmy
James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social More good things for everyone. Public sector appreciator. Tax and welfare policy knower. Hyperinflation doubter.
Classics & Virtues @classicvirtues.bsky.social Left-Lib w/ White Guelph characteristics || Literature, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Film, and Politics. 
Ben Lewis @benlewisofficial.bsky.social Defense Analyst focusing on PLA development and Taiwan security issues. Star Wars enthusiast. Views are my own. He/him. 🏳️🌈
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qbfYF0VgDBJoFZN5elpZwNTiKZ4nvCUcs5a7oYwm52g/htmlview
Aloha @noaloha.bsky.social Instrument rated pilot based out of Florida/the Caribbean.
B- historian and self proclaimed expert on the Dutch Antilles.
Basil 🧡 @sunshine.bsky.social they/them - resident nb femboy twinkmoder
Clint @chernyakhovsky.bsky.social @cchernyakovsky on the site formerly known as twitter dot com
Soviet military, economics, oil
Mike Nelson @mikenelson586.bsky.social Citizen. Legionnaire.
2 x Time person of the year (2003/2006)
2 x Iranian designated terrorist (2019/2020).
ASR Recipient.