Currently: MD Student @UTHealthSA. Former: Associate @BCG, Clinical Trials @MDAndersonNews, External R&D @Celgene, Summer Associate, @Lux_Capital. Views my own.https://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mlt7y4457c27With new announcements like this:https://www.twz.com/sea/10000-low-cost-cruise-missiles-in-three-years-procurement-plan-laid-out-by-pentagon and the prior ERAM program, I have a question, how should I think about how these newer munitions differ from traditional ones?14 May 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt7y4457c27https://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mlcbr43mak23@giledpallaeon.bsky.social it looks like the admin’s escort process is not going to involve close escorts. A while back you mentioned that you might not need a close escort. Thoughts on the admins actions?07 May 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcbr43mak23https://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mla3lpwzjc23Stupidity of the whole situation aside, the blockade is working. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/world/middleeast/irans-oil-capacity-blockade.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share07 May 2026 01:42 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla3lpwzjc23https://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mla2jcje6s2iI am confused. Why would efforts to help transit the straight be opposed by regional partners ? [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla2jcje6s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mkl7nrc4y22k@bafriedman.bsky.social how do you feel the blockade is going? Seems like it’s been leaky, but is still doing its job, putting pressure on Irans economy.28 Apr 2026 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkl7nrc4y22khttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mjvf66fsq22c@whatismoo.bsky.social someone on the other website mentioned you might have an answer to a question about Soviet doctrine in the 1970s/80s - any chance I could DM you?20 Apr 2026 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvf66fsq22chttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mjuqicsxcs2lRandom question. For the development of the ICBM, famously the USAF did not award contacts to "prime contractors". They acted as the prime contractor themselves through the WDD. They were responding to their perception of poor performance of prior missile programs with prime contractors.19 Apr 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuqicsxcs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mjl7o74f422pA lot of problems would need to be sorted out for this to work, but I agree with the idea of beginning preparations for civilian firms to manufacture defense items. It will be needed, and it is exactly what we did prior to WWII. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjl7o74f422phttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mji5htr2ic24@giledpallaeon.bsky.social - what are the laws surrounding SSN production? Would it be possible (assuming someone had the $), to finance a new entrant to compete with Electric Boat / Newport News?14 Apr 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mji5htr2ic24https://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mjhxplwu4s2sTIL that the Seawolf class sub passive noise emission was practically indistinguishable from background noise, a fact I find mind boggling.14 Apr 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhxplwu4s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mjfemcdrnk2qBTW, we just doubled pancreatic cancer survival. https://www.statnews.com/2026/04/13/revolution-medicines-successful-treatment-pancreatic-cancer-daily-pill/13 Apr 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfemcdrnk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mjcqimsdnk2wAre we sure the admin doesn’t read @bafriedman.bsky.social’s socials?12 Apr 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcqimsdnk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mj4cvwx4e22pAnd now I know why the Harpoon had such a short range.10 Apr 2026 02:52 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4cvwx4e22phttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mizsyfcnic2cUnfortunately, the U.S. has two bad choices now: 1. Accept a humiliating strategic defeat with nearly no modern precedent for a major power, but lick its wounds, save its munitions, and prepare for the more important fight with the PLA [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 03:01 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizsyfcnic2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3miyjkb7trk2nSo much for that [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyjkb7trk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3miwtd3rj6k24Alright time for my weekly Naval questions. Wayne Hughes in "Fleet Tactics", "If submarines were able to protect sea lanes from attack, including air attack, then they would be serious candidates to succeed the aircraft carrier as the capital ship of the missile era....07 Apr 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwtd3rj6k24https://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mip3v2cwjs2i@giledpallaeon.bsky.social A question for you. In the late 1970s, when we were building Tomahawk, there was an anti-ship version, which used the Harpoon seeker in the Tomahawk airframe (source: https://secwww.jhuapl.edu/techdigest/Content/techdigest/pdf/V13-N01/13-01-Hatch.pdf) But it never really ever got used, and all post-1980 U.S. ship kills04 Apr 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mip3v2cwjs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mior44nq4s23AAAAAAAHHHHH [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Apr 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mior44nq4s23https://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3milyzlfnis2mTwo observations about U.S. industrial policy efforts. 1. CHIPS PO, the most successful modern U.S. effort to do IP, was very different than successful Korean, Japanese, Chinese IP efforts in that it was not focused on indigenization. Indigenization and self-sufficiency....03 Apr 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3milyzlfnis2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mik34jlvnc2fIn the lead up to WWII, the Ordnance Department of the US Army had detailed surveys of manufacturing facilities that helped them figure out which ones would be suitable for different war production needs.02 Apr 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mik34jlvnc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3migwmkjuwk2aIs there a good resource for how we did air base defense (shelters, dispersion, etc.) in the 1980s in preparation for Soviet conflict? @mikeblack114.bsky.social?01 Apr 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3migwmkjuwk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mif2taqxo22fWhile the Chinese EV makers are excellent, we need to be realistic, the insanely low price tags are being driven by a combination of low real wages, currency devaluation and overall deflation in China (which is bad!!). If you picked up Chery and let them build here, they would not be $8500. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Mar 2026 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mif2taqxo22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3micq6nqvbs2vCannot wait for this. First edition, 1986.30 Mar 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3micq6nqvbs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3micomkkqdk2d@bafriedman.bsky.social 🤣30 Mar 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3micomkkqdk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mi7itl4grc2rHave RLG IMUs gotten good enough to avoid the need for GPS fixes? GPS very easily jammable, even with better codes.29 Mar 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7itl4grc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mi66nfnjck27The resolution improvement of SAR resolution is WILD.29 Mar 2026 03:15 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi66nfnjck27https://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mi5wcjkcsk2dI mean, we have to open the straight. Shouldn’t have gone to war, but letting Iran control the Straight would be a staggering strategic loss. Take your time, do a blockade first. Bring the right assets to the theatre to do convoy escort. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Mar 2026 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5wcjkcsk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashwinvarma97.bsky.social/post/3mi54uzgebk2ySeems overly pessimistic. We can and should control the straight if we commit the forces to do so. We shouldn’t have even done this war but now we must reassert freedom of navigation. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Mar 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:wcgra7lgnxzc4vs5hilo6a6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi54uzgebk2y