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Corporal Frisk
Personal blog · corporalfrisk.compoliticssecurity
Corporal Frisk is a personal blog at corporalfrisk.com about politics and security. Since 2018, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Corporal Frisk for its detailed coverage of the France-US-Australia submarine deal and the modified Barracuda subs. One commenter calls a post on the topic a detailed read.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Finnish blogger in reserve, defence and national security.
What Hacker News says?
France was reportedly stumbling on their end of actually delivering the modified Barracudas though. Here, this is an excellent, very very detailed blog post on the whole topic https://corporalfrisk.com/2021/09/17/a-pounding-in-the-pacif...
Comment linking /2021/09/17/a-pounding-in-the-pacific/
on “France recalls US and AU ambassadors over sub-deal”Submitted Why Finland Selected the F-35A (2021) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionFinland's selection of the F-35 added data to a growing feeling of mine that the F-35 is a software and production problem reaching maturity. I look at Finland as a country that takes defense seriously and expects to fight hard with exceptionally degraded facilities and logistical support. They chose the F-35 vs. the Super Hornet+Growler, Gripen+GlobalEye & Rafale means something. At a minimum they think the margina…
Comment linking /2021/12/11/f-35a-is-hx-the-winner-takes-it-all/
on “Ask HN: What's something that HN has been wrong about?”Submitted A Pounding in the Pacific [Aukus / French Submarine Analysis] as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Let's Make (Or Rather, Buy) Waves as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Dawn Raid in the Archipelago as a story · 2 points
HN discussion