It was a wrong code: spotters in UK identified the plane as a KC-135 tanker.

Cutaway drawing of a multiple independently-targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) 1981 catalog.archives.gov/id/6364448

Allegedly Belarusian air defenses have shot down a drone over Gomel region. Would be interesting to see if this story develops into something more.

It's always been the case that missile defense is more expensive than missiles. My colleagues, Igor Moric and Timur Kadyshev did some number crunching to see how much. Abstract is below. The full paper is here tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

In a civil defence shelter the expected usage duration is ~48h. As such not only do you need clean air supply and electric power, but also other amenities. Here is a tunnel toilet, under construction in SPB metro. (vk.com/@lmctrans-lpl-…)

Just out: our latest Nuclear Notebook, this one on Indian nuclear forces. Status and modernizations. Satellite images of forces and facilities. Warhead estimate. Available in PDF article format: tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10… or web format thebulletin.org/premium/2024-0…

(t.me/bbbreaking/189…) Wait, what? (Apparently Belorussians have arrested an alleged Japanese intelligence officer in Gomel region, who was assisting in planning Ukrainian strikes against Belorus)

Seems like the Air Force and advocates of the new Sentinel ICBM were so hooked on securing approval of the missile that they forgot to think about the infrastructure. airandspaceforces.com/air-force-lead…

R-36 ICBM test footage