NATO’s response wasn’t slow. Perhaps it wasn’t as kinetic as you fancied.

Putin is desperate to trigger a new mobilization. A kinetic hit is the perfect stage for him to call one. Without, it’s too risky and he’s stuck overpaying soldiers and starving his economy.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=DVzC...

Igor, you have good content, but rarely venture into opinionated speculations that have no sources nor credibility.

Do consider keeping those out, or marking them as opinion, to safeguard the quality of your feed.

Any expert can state how long a downtime these attacks cause on the refinery?

Do they need to be repeated after a few days, or so they take the refinery down for weeks or months?

How do we know, if this tech is so secretive, especially on the Chinese navy side?

The 28 May agreement

- focuses on long-range strike capabilities

- covers drones like AN-196, ballistic- and cruise missiles

- has 🇩🇪 deliver financing in the hundreds of millions €, and minor logistical support (eg satcom)

- takes pressure off the delivery of Taurus

Scarce details by policy

The “excuse” is that oil prices were high, sanctions would have raised them further, oil prices are decisive in elections, and Biden’s primary objective was to prevent Trump’s return.

Trump now enjoys low prices and minimal political risk.

Your recent posts increasingly sound like maga parlance

- Cost: a SAMPTT battery costs $500 million, a missile $2M. A patriot battery 600-1B, a missile $4M-7M

- Mobility: SAMP/T deploys in 15’, Patriot in 30’

- Crew: SAMP/T ~14 people. Patriot ~90

- Patriot has capacity for more interceptors per battery, but that’s paid in larger size, crew, cost etc

It’s not hard to believe — PTSD is widespread and companies are happy to stay clear of those cases.

In Ukraine things are unfortunately not that different:

veteranfund.com.ua/en/2024/02/1...

Why do all but one women dress light colors?

Is that a custom? Is there a meaning or special message?

Trump has 3 years and odds left.

Rutte must safeguard NATO until a stable US president comes in.

Rutte here shows je has understood perfectly his job and what language works on Trump.

A video on this would be great, @anderspucknielsen.dk .

@tldrnews.bsky.social posted a rudimentary comment today that increased spending is dumb without structural reform to reduce current waste.

It’d be great to hear needs, possibilities & plans for those structural reforms

youtu.be/udxtglKVrAc

He does because he has not seen other presidents follow instincts.

Animals follow instincts. Presidents follow information, analysis and decision.

@legaleagle.tv some material for you. Can ICE agents operate masked? When? When do they have to ID themselves? How can they be prosecuted?

Are you sure, Mehdi?

Iran has historically had one: AMAD

The IAEA found strong evidence of Iran refining uranium to purities well beyond the needs of civilian use

And their stockpiling of uranium accelerated sharply since Israel disabled Hezbollah

www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

US interests is not US bases. It encompasses for example investments by US companies in Jordan and UAE.

Hitting those doesn’t necessarily trigger a major response from US military. It may destroy Iranian relationships with the respective country though.

It’s the stripes of the US flag — on an “incidentally” blue background.

The optics however are so blatant, the image ha either not been second-looked by anyone beyond the designer, or it’s a tacit Easter egg.

I choose to assume the former.

@hannanotte.bsky.social is really good. Thank you for this tip