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The #RoyalNavy has 6 Type-45 destroyers, ½ of the originally-planned 12. Design+build cost £6.5 billion at 2009 prices. Running costs more billions.

As the #USA & #Israel started a war on #Iran, the UK had only one ship available, the #Type45 #HMSDragon, sent to Cyprus.

Only 6 weeks later, it broke: https://archive.is/u5qjt

Billions blown on a fake #blueWater navy, as the #UK cosplays a #GreatPower. The #BritishEmpire ended >50 years ago.

Grow up Brits! Sell the ships, stop the waste.

#ukpol

#China's "#WolfDiplomacy" in the #HornOfAfrica may be backfiring, strengthening the case for #Somaliland's #Recognition. @SenTedCruz cites #Beijing's heavy-handed tactics as proof of SL's strategic value amid #GreatPower competition. #Geopolitics

https://saxafimedia.com/china-wolf-diplomacy-somaliland-recognition/

Time for #ASEAN to stand up in the #SouthChinaSea
"As #Philippines faces #PRC #transgressions against its mission to resupply soldiers st'ned in 2nd Thomas Shoal, stmts of support & concern hv come fr c'tries incl'g Japan, USA, Aust, S Korea & Sweden. But ASEAN has been conspicuously silent.. PRC #violated ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity & Coop'n in SE Asia .. inaction w significantly harm its credibility in managing #regionalsecurity issues, esp'ly those involving a #greatpower"
https://eastasiaforum.org/2024/04/27/time-for-asean-to-stand-up-in-the-south-china-sea/

Bogus Ideas Have Superspreaders, Too

Internet companies should treat people with big followings differently.

... But whether they intend it or not, celebrities, politicians and others with large online followings can be superspreaders — not of the coronavirus but of dangerous or false information. And I wonder whether these prominent people need to be held to stricter rules.

When bogus information moves from fringe corners of the internet into mainstream discussions, it’s usually because prominent people helped it get there. ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/technology/social-media-superspreaders.html

#GreatPower #GreatResponsibility #FakeNews #Misinformation #Disinformation #SocialMedia #Epistemology