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Mark Piesing

@markpiesing

I write about sci, tech, history + books @airandspace @BBC_Future @HISTORY @spectator | Finalist Aviation Media Awards | Author N-4 DOWN @marinerbooks

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Cannot emphasise how bad this is. Our costs for electrification are dire entirely because we only do it in boom and bust bursts. If you have to train a workforce of 1000s every time you want to do a project it’s always going to lead to cost blowouts as they start from scratch!

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This is a must read. North Korea’s military is being transformed on the battlefields of Ukraine – so why is Seoul silent? theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

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The Royal Navy now has no seagoing amphibious vessels after RFA ARGUS has been deemed unsafe to sail. The RFA now has no amphibs, store ships and only 2-3 tankers and PROTEUS crewed and legally seaworthy.

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The Ministry of Defence is secretive, inefficient, unaccountable and almost pathologically unable to learn from its mistakes. spectator.co.uk/article/is-dav…

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Fortunately, as an independent major power with robust amphibious capabilities, the UK is well placed to force humanitarian aid ashore should it wish to do so… Oh.

Fortunately, as an independent major power with robust amphibious capabilities, the UK is well placed to force humanitarian aid ashore should it wish to do so…

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#SaveOurRailway #Dawlish 500 signatures in a week to get the government to complete the phase 5 cliff works near Teignmouth! The petition is at change.org/SaveOurRailway and thanks to everyone who’s signed and shared so far! For a single issue regional rail campaign…

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Interviewing Hitler by Richard Evans review – the most unethical journalist in history #WW2 #History theguardian.com/books/2025/aug…