John Ridge 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 That's just Adam Smith. He's a particularly large dumbass that, through sheer longevity of being in a safe blue district full of Boeing employees, became the top Dem on the HASC.

His dumb ass has been advocating for defense cuts for years despite the world getting more dangerous

Our explicit and unwavering political objective must be total Ukrainian victory.

The strategic and operational objectives for security assistance are a different matter. They must be pragmatic and resource oriented. But there is no reason to compromise on our political aims.

How Macron felt dropping “Politics is Eros versus Thanatos. That’s politics. If Thanatos is hungrier, death wins. If Europeans are on the side of Eros, it’s the only way to manage” in an interview.

With 100% success in testing (so far), and EOC missiles in hand, the US Army is getting ready to award a follow-on contract for the baseline Precision Strike Missile. Army plans to to order 630+ missiles (FY25-27) to support #PrSM IOC currently planned for late 2025 (FY26).

I increasingly detest everyone that works in Congress and the White House. These people are going to polarize me into a reactionary libertarian so help me God

This is not exactly what he said, but regardless — this seems to be America's approach, which is stupid+disgusting

🇺🇲🇺🇦 Much respect to Assistant Secretary Bush, but this talking point doesn't make much sense. There are a number of issues with the suggestion that the Army is just now all of sudden receiving all these new ATACMS off the production line from Lockheed.

❗🇺🇲 The Department of Defense has awarded Northrop Grumman a $7 billion contract for B-2 Spirit modernization and sustainment. The US Air Force plans to continue operating them until at least 2032, when they will be replaced by Northrop's new B-21 Raider.

>Russia can take the Baltics in seven days
>NATO's reaction time is ten days
>live 48th Fighter Wing reaction

🇺🇲 Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition Doug Bush confirms what GD-OTS told VOA last month: they are producing 36,000 155mm shell bodies per month. Production will increase significantly when their new plant in Texas opens this summer.

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INDOPACOM bros, we're so back!

This is thread three of three on the national security supplemental. Today I'll be explaining the Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (IPSSAA).

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Ngl, this is an extremely amateur grift lmao. Also what is this aero engineering lmao. Signature reduction my ass

Lad absolutely pulled a fast one, incredible. Now he is going back to Kigali with six months rent in hand