Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

The AECA & FAA already identify many countries that receive preferential treatment in different situations, so will be interesting to see what they envision here. I suspect it relates to the jumping the FMS delivery queue, which is currently first come, first serve.

8/14

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

Reform of the US Munitions List and FMS-Only List is BADLY needed. The FMS-Only List in particular as it currently exists is essentially theoretical, with a broad range of systems being included but not actually subject to FMS-Only restrictions in practice.

9/14

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

Consolidating FMS & DCS case tracking is very good and badly needed. Currently FMS is largely managed by the DoD's Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and DCS by State Political-Military Affair's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.

10/14

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

As I said before, the entire process really needs to be under 1 roof to work properly, but just rewriting the relevant parts of the US Code is a major undertaking alone. Then you need to staff up the bureaucracy to manage it, and this Admin is obsessed with firing people.

11/14

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

Overall I would say that like the Golden Dome EO, this is well written. I would like them to be even more aggressive (MTCR withdrawal is very low hanging fruit), but ultimately serious reforms will be hampered by the Admin's chronic weakness in senior leadership.

12/14

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

I don't see the level of experience and competence needed in key positions at the Pentagon & State Department necessary to execute major reforms of what is the most complicated bureaucracy in the US Federal Government. They should start small and pocket easy wins.

13/14

‌Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

You can read the EO in full here, it's not very long, but I've highlighted the most important parts in the thread.

14/14

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/reducing-competitive-regulatory-barriers/

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

In 2027 Rheinmetall aims to produce:

💥 ~1.1 million rounds of 155mm ammo
💥 240,000 rounds of 120mm tank ammo
💥 Over 3.4 million rounds of medium calibre ammo
💥 ~12,000 tonnes of propellant

Status-6 (Twitter)

RT @thef35: F-35 carrier landing through the pilot's Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS). Unclassified//Released

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

Круглосуточный пехотоцид
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

RT @NoahGairn: Great thread from Colby (as usual) https://twitter.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1910316854721359881#m

‌Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

RT @DLT649: Given that my day job is security cooperation, here are my thoughts on the new EO involving foreign defense sales that came out last night:

🧵/15

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/reducing-competitive-regulatory-barriers/

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

The U.S. has experience building national security space programs—“so we need to work together,” Godfrey said.

European states aren't alone in this conclusion. Stay tuned for some significant space news that I have coming @ArchivesDefense. https://twitter.com/DefenseOne/status/1910166596154179691#m

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

🇺🇸 INDOPACOM Commander Admiral Paparo just confirmed that an entire PATRIOT Battalion was transferred from his AOR to CENTCOM. Yesterday USFK Commander Brunson alluded to at least some of those batteries being redeployed from the Korean Peninsula.

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

@NoahGairn: Thanks!

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

Paparo says it took 73 C-17 loads to move the entire PATRIOT Battalion.

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

Работает эвак #225ошп #всу "Скала"
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