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Doctoral Researcher @PRIF.org | Coordinator @cntrarmscontrol.org | Nuclear Scholar @poni.csis.org | Nuclear Weapons | Arms Control | Nuclear Deterrence | Cold War History | Military Technology and Strategy | Opinions my own .. more

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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 10m
Highly insightful piece on interoperability: “Sometimes, even STANAG compliance is insufficient to ensure technical interoperability. [...] Ukrainian forces found that they were unable to set the fuzes from a non-US NATO nation with their US-supplied inductive fuze setters.”
Guns and Ammo: The Ukraine War and NATO’s Ammunition Interoperability Problem - Modern War Institute
If the war in Ukraine has reinforced one truism of modern warfare, it is that artillery remains the king of battle. Its central role in Ukrainian combat operations has been sustained by the commitment...
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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 2h
Very interesting, but also not very surprising. Among other things, citizens rely on elite cues when answering opinion polls. When all the politicians say we have been relying on the US too much, opinion polls are likely to reflect this political debate.
Sicherheit in Zahlen? Ein Beipackzettel für Meinungsumfragen zu Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik - PRIF BLOG
In außen- und sicherheitspolitischen Debatten verweisen führende Politikerinnen und Politiker immer wieder auf Umfragen, nicht zuletzt bei Waffenlieferungen an die Ukraine. Doch wer Umfragedaten nutzt...
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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 21h
Maybe @niklasschoernig.bsky.social is correct in insisting that we should become proficient in democratic peace theory again.

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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 21h
“It is not likely to be an accident that unprecedented progress in arms control occurred at the same time that the Soviet system first liberalized and then disintegrated.”

Jervis, Robert. “Arms Control, Stability, and Causes of War.” Political Science Quarterly 108, no. 2 (1993): 239–53.
The belief that the main cause of war is aggressive states is often linked to the claim that aggressiveness is correlated with, if not caused by, domestic repression. Although for years dismissed if not ridiculed by many arms controllers, this argument receives more than a little support from recent events. It is not likely to be an accident that unprecedented progress in arms control occurred at the same time that the Soviet system first liberalized and then disintegrated. Obstacles which were enormous when Leonid Brezhnev and his predecessors were in power have vanished with Mikhail Gorbachev and the subsequent revolution. This is not to say that all dangers have passed, or that nothing would have been possible without extensive changes within the Soviet Union and its successors, but it does appear that the success of arms control has been driven less by technological breakthroughs, intellectual ingenuity, and shifts in the balance of power than by internal changes which reconstructed the Soviet and post-Soviet polity.

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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 1d
“Suppression of enemy air defenses should become a core competency for American attack helicopter pilots. [...] Without the capability to conduct their own suppression of enemy air defenses in support of their primary missions, helicopters will watch the next war from the sidelines.”
Attack Helicopters Must Hunt the Hunters
“Bingo” means the point of no return: the call that fuel is running dry and the mission is over. The same call now threatens the attack helicopter itself.
warontherocks.com

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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 3d
🚄 Im ICE mit 40 Minuten Verspätung: „Es tut mir leid, Sie heute wieder in diesem Maße herausfordern zu müssen.“

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CNTR | Arms Control Research @cntrarmscontrol.org · 5d
The new CNTR Monitor is here!
We take a look at technological trends with an impact on peace and security. The first half is dedicated to this year's focus topic, “New Realities of AI in Global Security”.
Read online or download here: monitor.cntrarmscontrol.org/en/2025/
#openaccess
Image shows the cover of the CNTR Monitor 2025 with the title "New Realities of AI in Global Security" and the text: CNTR Monitor 2025 - Focus. How artificial intelligence impacts global security: Geopolitics of chip production. AI 'arms race' talk. AI in the military. AI developments in... Biotechnology, Chemistry, Verification. Published on November 6, 2025.

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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 5d
Good Morning Berlin! 🌅

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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 5d
If American attack helicopters can’t take out enemy air defenses, they won’t fly at all.
Attack Helicopters Must Hunt the Hunters
“Bingo” means the point of no return: the call that fuel is running dry and the mission is over. The same call now threatens the attack helicopter itself.
warontherocks.com

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CNTR | Arms Control Research @cntrarmscontrol.org · 6d
KI schafft neue Realitäten in der internationalen Sicherheit. Warum wir deshalb KI-Regulierung neu denken müssen, schreiben @k3kr.bsky.social und @mgoettsche.bsky.social in einem Gastbeitrag für @table.media (€) – und geben dabei einen Ausblick auf den neuen CNTR Monitor, der am 6.11. erscheint.
Wir müssen KI-Regulierung neu denken
Bisherige Ansätze in der Rüstungskontrolle könnten nicht mit dem Innovationstempo von KI mithalten, schreiben die Forscher Kadri Reis und Malte Göttsche. Deshalb empfehlen sie hier und ab Donnerstag i...
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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 8d
“A French Army artillery demonstration in pouring rain in the south-east of the country last week showed the limits of modern warfare: When the weather gets miserable, cannons may still fire, but drones stay grounded.”
In rain and mud, French artillery unit shows lessons from Ukraine war
The demonstration showed how France’s 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment is trying to adapt to a drone-dominated battlefield.
www.defensenews.com

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Rafael Loss @rafaelloss.bsky.social · 10d
Reuters: "A military source said a [ground-launched] 9M729 fired by Russia on October 5 flew over 1,200 km to its impact in Ukraine."

Exclusive: Russia uses missile in Ukraine that led Trump to quit nuclear treaty [in 2019], Kyiv says www.reuters.com/business/aer...
www.reuters.com

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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 11d
A great overview on the use of additive manufacturing in the military technology sector by @liskasuckau.bsky.social. 👇
prif.org PRIF @prif.org · 11d
Additive Manufacturing in the Military Technology Sector: In the new PRIF Report, @liskasuckau.bsky.social pro­vides a unique over­view of the socio-­technical environ­ment of this emerged technology, coloquially known as 3D printing.
Additive Manufacturing in the Military Technology Sector
New PRIF Report by Liska Suckau
www.prif.org

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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 11d
“[N]uclear targeting would focus primarily on Russian territory and probably on Belarus but no longer – as in the Cold War – on NATO terrain.”

At the same time, this makes the risk of rapid escalation even more likely than during the Cold War...
Why NATO needs a new nuclear strategy
Opinion: A modern NATO nuclear strategy does not require reinventing the wheel, writes German defense analyst Karl-Heinz Kamp.
www.defensenews.com

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PRIF @prif.org · 11d
Additive Manufacturing in the Military Technology Sector: In the new PRIF Report, @liskasuckau.bsky.social pro­vides a unique over­view of the socio-­technical environ­ment of this emerged technology, coloquially known as 3D printing.
Additive Manufacturing in the Military Technology Sector
New PRIF Report by Liska Suckau
www.prif.org

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CNTR | Arms Control Research @cntrarmscontrol.org · 14d
Fresh off the press: The new CNTR Monitor will be published on November 6. This year we focus on AI and its impacts on global security: how it's used in the military, dual-use risks of AI applications in biotechnology and chemistry, but also opportunities for verification. Stay tuned!
Stack of boxes with some publications stacked on top of it, the publications have a blue and red cover with a photo of a landscape on it and the title "CNTR Monitor 2025"

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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 15d
“European Long-range Strike Approach (ELSA)” 😬
rafaelloss.bsky.social Rafael Loss @rafaelloss.bsky.social · 15d
"The Bundeswehr plans to buy 400 Tomahawk Block Vb cruise missiles for roughly €1.15 billion, along with three Lockheed Martin Typhon launchers valued at €220 million — a combination that would give Germany a 2,000-kilometer strike reach." www.politico.eu/article/germ...

h/t @bjoernm.bsky.social

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Rafael Loss @rafaelloss.bsky.social · 15d
"The Bundeswehr plans to buy 400 Tomahawk Block Vb cruise missiles for roughly €1.15 billion, along with three Lockheed Martin Typhon launchers valued at €220 million — a combination that would give Germany a 2,000-kilometer strike reach." www.politico.eu/article/germ...

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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 17d
”The Gripen E’s new EW system uses three types of signal generators to either try to obscure the existence of the aircraft or cause confusion about its location and/or existence so that an adversary cannot choose a proper firing solution.“
Ukraine picked the Gripen. Here’s why — and where there may be challenges - Breaking Defense
"But in the end Ukraine will have a dramatically improved level of air power projection — the likes of which the no one had seen in this part of the world before,” said a Ukrainian defense enterprise ...
breakingdefense.com

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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 18d
Source: Miller, Steven E. “The Limits of Mutual Restraint: Arms Control and the Strategic Balance.” Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University), 1988. sites.tufts.edu/fletcherruss....

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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 18d
“The notion of stability, in short, is tossed around casually and with great frequency in public consideration of and debate over arms control, however irrelevant it may be to the actual practice of arms control.”
“The notion of stability, in short, is tossed around casually and with great frequency in public consideration of and debate over arms control, however irrelevant it may be to the actual practice of arms control.”

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Björn Müller @bjoernm.bsky.social · 18d
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Bemerkenswertes zum "Anti-Woke"-Feldzug der jetzigen Pentagon-Führung. Die US-Streitkräfte waren der früher Gesellschaft teils voraus:
👉 Das Militär hob die Segregation bei der Bildung 1948 auf, sechs Jahre vor dem entscheidenden Urteil "Brown v. Board of Education".

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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 19d
“Common aircraft models — such as the F-35 and F-16 — should mean common spare parts, ground support equipment and mechanics who can fix similar planes from different nations.

But the reality is more complicated.”
US, Europe fly the same jets, but can’t always fix each other’s: Rand
Variants within the same plane model, incompatible support equipment and a lack of shared data create barriers to interoperability, a Rand report warns.
www.defensenews.com

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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 19d
“A German security official testified [...] that ‘a foreign partner service’ had warned about the procurement network as early as 2021, but that Germany failed to act on the information until after concerns about Russia became more acute following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.”

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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 19d
“Russia is protecting its nuclear submarine fleet in the Arctic with an undersea surveillance system built using high-tech equipment acquired from U.S. and European companies through a secret procurement network [...].”
Russia acquired Western technology to protect its nuclear submarine fleet
Russia secretly used front companies to buy Western technology and erect a surveillance net in the Arctic where its submarines operate, an investigation shows.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 19d
Great piece, very informative! Can I find further information on the different requirements of France and Germany on NGF, respectively?

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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 21d
“But being able to get away with something does not make it legitimate. No one should underestimate the consequences of treating what is by all accounts a criminal enforcement problem as ‘war,’ triggering the use of combat power to kill criminals as a measure of first resort.”
Why U.S. Strikes Against Drug Boats Matter
On Oct. 14, President Donald Trump announced on social media that the United States had once more attacked an alleged drug smuggling small boat in
warontherocks.com

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Frank Kuhn @frankkuhn.bsky.social · 21d
@poni.csis.org is now accepting applications for the 2026 Nuclear Scholars cohort! Just as this year, PONI is able offer a few spots to non-U.S. citizens for 2026.

I have had the opportunity to participate this year and cannot recommend the program enough. Apply by November 17!
Nuclear Scholars Initiative - Nuclear Network
The Nuclear Scholars Initiative aims to provide top graduate students and young professionals from around the country with a unique venue to interact and dialogue with senior experts on nuclear weapon...
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