OSINT Northwest
@OSINTNW
Focused on civil defense, conflicts in Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific, MENA, and the Caucasus, plus the New Cold War more generally. @FaytuksNetwork contributor.
China Approves Merger of CSSC and CSIC to Create World's Largest Shipbuilder A $56B (US) merger...HOLY CRAP! gcaptain.com/china-approves…
“Without an immediate contract award, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) will not be able to meet its mission requirements and critical mission operations will be delayed. Due to the urgency of this specific requirement, there isn’t enough time to post a request for quotes." - US Navy
NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center San Diego awarded an urgent contract to fuel the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) with 1.7 million gallons of JP-5 jet fuel—the second San Diego-based carrier to onload jet fuel in the past two weeks 🇺🇸 Story by @__CJohnston__ navalnews.com/naval-news/202…
North Korea denied any COVID-19 cases for the first two years of the pandemic, but the voices of 100 ordinary citizens expose what really unfolded behind closed borders. Read the report, a collaboration with @thebushcenter. csis.org/analysis/behin…
Dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck some 35 Hamas targets in northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun in the past hour, the military confirms, publishing footage of the strikes. The targets included Hamas tunnels in the area, the IDF says. The IDF says the strikes come as part…
Attorney General Pam Bondi fires 20 DoJ staffers connected to January 6 Capitol riot cases and Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into President Trump - Axios
Read the room bro. Literally.
. @SECDEF "At the DOD, we are back to basics. To the Constitution. We don‘t do politics. We do WAR FIGHTING on behalf of the American people to keep everybody safe."
RAMALLAH, (Reuters) - A Palestinian American man was beaten to death by settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and a second man was shot dead, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement, in a confrontation overnight.
Taiwan simulates Chinese invasion while the PLA practices launching one. As Taipei started exercise Han Kuang, Beijing responded in kind. New video shows a PLA armored amphibious unit conducting "naval formation training at sea" in Fujian—directly across the strait from Taiwan.
We lost ~7,000 U.S. service members in Iraq and Afghanistan combined over the course of 20 years. Russia has lost 100,000 soldiers in six months in Ukraine. That’s just since January! It’s in part why Putin is using North Koreans, foreign mercenaries, and prisoners.
🧵Rubio says 100,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since January. “It’s important to note that since January of this year, …on the Russian side, they’ve lost 100,000 soldiers – dead – not injured – dead.”
I don't know what's funnier: the Communist Party bitching about the nationalization of farmland, Uncle Sam being in a psych office because of a photo he saw in the same office, or the apparent reference to Luckin Coffee (which is only controversial for defrauding investors).
The #US overstretches the concept of #nationalsecurity and deprives the right of institutions and citizens of particular countries to purchase #farmland, which is typically discriminatory and violates the principle of market economy and international trade rules, and will…
This is incredible. Not literally incredible — it’s entirely predictable. So, shocking, I suppose. politico.com/news/2025/07/0…
Colby "is pissing off just about everyone I know inside the administration,” said one person familiar with the situation. “They all view him as the guy who’s going to make the U.S. do less in the world in general.”
President Trump is considering sending an additional Patriot air-defense system to Ukraine after vowing in recent days to strengthen Kyiv’s defenses against Russian attacks, according to two defense officials, - WSJ
The U.S. Air Force launched its Pacific-focused "first-in-a-generation" Department-Level Exercise (DLE) series today. The first of its kind since the Cold War, DLE features 12,000+ Air and Space Force personnel and more than 350 bomber, fighter, cargo, and refueling aircraft.…
20250708-UKMTO_WARNING_INCIDENT_027-25-UPDATE 002 ukmto.org/ukmto-products… #MaritimeSecurity #MARSEC
Throughout the month of July, the ROCAF will be holding a series of live-fire exercises in the airspace around Taiwan, including exercises close to the median line of the Taiwan Strait, which has served as the de-facto boundary between Chinese and Taiwanese airspace since 1955.…
NOW: Israeli air force is carrying out widespread airstrikes against ports in western Yemen, according to Defence Minister Katz. The ship Galaxy leader, which was hijacked by the Houthis 2 years ago, is being attacked.