William Freer

@william_freer

Research Fellow @ConGeostrategy on National Security | lover of Leicestershire | Views my own

Joined May 2015

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William Freer @william_freer Apr 16, 2025

An interesting read with plenty to agree on, but I think 🇬🇧 should be much more focused on working with the Norwegians on the ‘Bear gap’ rather than the GIUK gap

Given the range of Russian SLCMs if Russian SSNs/SSGNs get into the Norwegian Sea they can hold sites in 🇬🇧 at risk

RUSI Verified account @RUSI_org Apr 15, 2025

'If Russia’s Northern Fleet were to tighten control over the Greenland-Iceland-UK (GIUK) Gap, the Royal Navy would face a strategic chokepoint that could sever transatlantic supply lines' writes @Anthonyheron11 in the latest #RUSICommentary.
rusi.org/explore-our-re…
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William Freer @william_freer Jun 23

Con: tube line I commute on is suspended

Pro: get to catch Belfast in the morning sun 😍

William Freer @william_freer Jun 14

Putting aside comments about the timing of this (hey if that’s what it took to get us to do finally take this action, I’ll take it), has anyone got a clue how ‘first of its kind’ is being defined?

We’ve definitely seized ships before. Grace 1 in 2019 the most obvious example

Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 Verified account @DefenceHQ Jun 14

This morning, UK forces boarded a Russian tanker in the English Channel that was secretly helping to bankroll Putin's war in Ukraine.

The first operation of its kind led by British forces, and a clear message: there is nowhere to hide.

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William Freer @william_freer Jun 11

Madness from whichever Treasury source made these comments. A reminder of what Denis Healey had to say on this

“Once we cut defence expenditure to the extent where our security is imperilled, we have no houses, we have no hospitals, we have no schools. We have a heap of cinders”

Politics UK Verified account @PolitlcsUK Jun 11

🚨 NEW: A Treasury source attacks John Healey for resigning as Defence Secretary

"Let's be clear on what John is asking for: cuts to schools and hospitals"

h/t @e_casalicchio
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William Freer @william_freer May 22

“Repeat please”

Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej 🇵🇱 Verified account @MON_GOV_PL May 22

#F35PL #Husarz 🇵🇱

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