As to Russian warhead reliability, there is a large body of information in the public domain that provides reasonable confidence a majority of Russian nuclear warheads and delivery vehicles function as designed. Russian strategic forces have received consistent funding and

You can call me hysterical or exaggerating all you want when I ask that question, but you should reconsider when the Chairman of the Estonian Foreign Affairs Committee asks the same. Remember, deterrence isn't automatic; you need to actively deter.

Exactly. They're on a mission to terrorize the Ukrainian population into surrender.

We have politicians so afraid of escalation that they end up in a proliferation situation and that drives nuclear escalation.

My dear friend and colleague Vilho Rantanen and I wrote an article on air superiority and how, mostly due to effectiveness of ground-based air defenses and some other factors, it is something we need to rethink. Read more below.👇🧵 1/

I Totally agree with Fabian Hoffmann Thus misguided reliance on Air Defence is both cowardly & reckless. Part of #Germany’s strategic failure that extends from rearmament to military posture, economics and trade, to support to Ukraine.

Das Verweigern von President Biden Biden und Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz Scholz, den West-Ukraine 🇺🇦 Luftraum durch #NATO Flugabwehr zu schützen, Waffen aus den USA 🇺🇸 und Deutschland 🇩🇪 gegen 🇷🇺 Militär Flugplätze der 🇷🇺 strategischen- und taktischen Bomber-Staffeln zu untersagen, und dadurch die

How do Americans (and everyone else) feel about the accuracy and validity of polls this year? In 2016 and 2020, Trump was heavily underestimated, while in 2022, Republicans as a whole were overestimated. I've heard that, this time, pollsters are including more likely Trump

Great post by German Aid to Ukraine on IRIS-T SLM/SLS deliveries. Key point for journalists: A launcher unit is not the same as a complete fire unit (sometimes also referred to as a battery or system). A fire unit includes several components, most notably the launcher, radar, and a

The New German "Cult of the Defensive". The Chancellor and Minister of Defense celebrate the commissioning of the first IRIS-T SLM Fire Unit. This recognition is well-deserved; the IRIS-T SLM is a top-tier system worthy of all the praise it gets. However, it is emblematic for

Es ist traurig wie einfach Russland es mit einer divide et impera-Strategie in Deutschland hat. Das kann für ganz Europa Folgen haben.

Peak strategizing in the West 😍

I should probably make a thread about countries that could potentially go nuclear and their ability to do so. The only problem is that at one point my supervisors might SWAT down my door and ask why I'm not working on my PhD 😂

Wenn der EP14 nicht so gähnend leer wäre...

Very interesting interview with Fabian Hoffmann 👍 wiwo.de/29976294.html?…

🇩🇪🇱🇹🇺🇦 💥155mm production update💥 Rheinmetall, across all facilities globally, will have production capacity for 600,000-700,000 155mm rounds per year by year-end. For comparison, the US will have capacity for 960,000/y by then. Rheinmetall's new target is over 1,000,000/y by

Dazu kommen vrsl.: - 2*16 SkyRanger 30 (16 auf Boxer-Basis & mglw. 16 auf CV90-Basis) - 1 MRAD Btl. (mglw. NOMADS auf Boxer-Basis) - mglw. 4*16 120mm DF (Ich vermute, dass RCT120 favorisiert wird. Vmtl. auf Boxer- und CV90-Basis) 1/2

Gen Mick Ryan (Mick Ryan, AM) is speaking in Berlin on Sunday! A must for anyone interested in #Ukraine, the importance of 🇺🇦’s victory & the lessons we must learn from the war for European security 08/09 1800 at LibMod Register Aaron Gasch Burnett