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Tony Skinner

@TonyMSkinner

Creative Director for Shephard Media. Kiwi no longer living in south London.

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Joined October 2009
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@Paramount launches a fresh new look to mark its three decades as an internationally-trusted solutions partner at #IDEX2023. Pics from on-the-ground at stand Hall 11 Stand B05. #ParamountatIDEX #ad #sponsored
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Dave Brown@dave_brown241 Feb 2023
California-based drone maker General Atomics has offered to send two Reapers to Ukraine for $1 and is waiting for the U.S. government’s approval, the company’s CEO announced Wednesday politico.com/news/2023/02/01… @paulmcleary, first reported by @glubold and @nancyayoussef
Drone maker offers to sell 2 Reapers to Ukraine for $1

Drone maker offers to sell 2 Reapers to Ukraine for $1

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So what's with all the low-level C-130 flights over Blenheim this past week @NZAirForce ? A show of force in case we declare ourselves as an independent province?
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Vladimir Putin makes embarrassing intelligence blunder with UK MP sanctions

Vladimir Putin makes embarrassing intelligence blunder with UK MP sanctions

Vladimir Putin's Russian government has announced sanctions against 287 British MPs over its support of Ukraine, but many on its 'up-to-date' list are real blasts from the past

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Vladimir Putin makes embarrassing intelligence blunder with UK MP sanctions

Vladimir Putin makes embarrassing intelligence blunder with UK MP sanctions

Vladimir Putin's Russian government has announced sanctions against 287 British MPs over its support of Ukraine, but many on its 'up-to-date' list are real blasts from the past

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Budgetary reasons? Or because the USAF has ceased its own orders? Or because GA-ASI/other OEM has something better & stealthier coming? Or just another case of Australian procurement incompetence?
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@ShephardNews1 Apr 2022
Australia axes its Reapers in surprise cancellation shephardmedia.com/news/air-w… #Reaper #RAAF
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@RALee851 Apr 2022
Another video of that apparent Ukrainian helicopter strike on the oil facility in Belgorod with rockets. I was very skeptical when I first heard reports of this but there are multiple videos showing some sort of air strike. t.me/shot_shot/37230
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Latest word on Poland's Kruk attack helicopter programme is that a new state security assessment will be made before a procurement phase commences. Story in full with comments from @Poland_MOD @BellFlight @BoeingDefense and @LDO_Helicopters shephardmedia.com/news/defen…
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Gerry Doyle@mgerrydoyle29 Mar 2022
this is what targeting civilians looks like
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The unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine is continuing. President Putin can choose to end this bloodshed now. #StandWithUkraine 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 Here’s how it started:
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Tony Osborne@Rotorfocus2 Mar 2022
Fascinating thread, may go a long way to explaining to why some convoys have been picked off by the Bayraktars and ground units.
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@TrentTelenko2 Mar 2022
This is a thread that will explain the implied poor Russian Army truck maintenance practices based on this photo of a Pantsir-S1 wheeled gun-missile system's right rear pair of tires below & the operational implications during the Ukrainian mud season.🧵 1/
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The Mysterious Case of the Missing Russian Air Force. My analysis for RUSI on the surprisingly minimal Russian fast jet sorties, and their failure to secure air superiority in the first five days of the #UkraineInvasion. Some possible contributing factors: rusi.org/explore-our-researc…
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Some analysis of mine on the troubling developments in Ukraine and the resistance that has led to Russian equipment losses. Free to view. shephardmedia.com/news/defen…

Russian equipment losses underline hardy Ukrainian resistance

Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it has been met with a level of resistance powerful enough to destroy a wide range of equipment from helicopters and fighter jets to armoured...

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The Super Seasprite, the Tiger, the MRH90. All good examples of Australian programmes that went askew...
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@ShephardNews19 Jan 2022
Australia seeks to escape self-inflicted helicopter morass (Opinion) shephardmedia.com/news/air-w… #BlackHawk #AustralianArmy
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I recently went back to education and got a PhD in Virology from the University of Facebook. Delighted to work with them and share my experiences.
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Want to know which defence programmes to watch in 2022? We asked the @ShephardNews @DefenceInsight team which projects they would be watching closely. marketing.shephardmedia.com/…
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This morning I announced the Morrison Government’s decision to strengthen the Australian Army’s helicopter capability by formally requesting advice from the US on the acquisition of up to 40 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to replace the MRH90 Taipans.
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Unrest in Solomon Islands - reverberations relate to strategic competition involving China...
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@ShephardNews8 Dec 2021
Solomons wisdom needed for security response to unrest shephardmedia.com/news/defen… #SolomonIslands #ADF #NZDF
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Putting the soldier at the centre of AI design (Studio) shephardmedia.com/news/digit… @systel_inc @armyfutures @anduriltech #ausa
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The RAF & @ShepardMedia have worked with @Boeing to produce a series of short videos commemorating 40 years of the #Chinook operating in the RAF. Hear from those who have served with the Chinook from the Falklands war to the present day. Watch: youtu.be/v0aceADWGzI
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