{"author":{"username":"pjc","displayName":"Phil Cockfield","fid":12567},"timestamp":"2026-10-23T05:34:02.000Z","text":"Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs)\n\nWe don't have fighter jets, or vast stockpiles of serious military hardware to speak of in New Zealand 🇳🇿... but damn, it's bloody encouraging to see our Army working alongside the Australians 🇦🇺, blowing shit up in training runs down country, with Kiwi ground controllers directing Australian F-35 strikes.\n\nThe best way to avoid war is to prepare for war.\n\nAnd this is a pretty juicy little country down here; we don't want geopolitical assholes thinking they can just steam down here and take it without a fair-dinkum, good old \"Kiwi battler\" fight.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iojoe1T7YIc","links":[{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iojoe1T7YIc"}],"farcaster":"https://farcaster.xyz/pjc/0xb9be41c5","firefly":"https://firefly.social/post/farcaster/0xb9be41c585628fcd003b5a30503e3e040a322c94"}