Ex-Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee|nuclear & missile stickler. If I’m particularly clear you probably misunderstood https://xitter.cf/t.co/ac09JgGwxp
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We overestimated Russia.
We underestimated Ukraine.
For Russia, every day without victory is defeat.
For Ukraine, every day without defeat is victory.
I was a heretic on B61. Spending on a gravity bomb LEP a decade+ ago seemed like gold bricks to drop on Russia. That was before F-35, B61-12 and B61-13. It also was during INF. Now, with 12 and 13 (not itself for TACAIR), B61 provides platform, yield and target flexibility.
gather, map and characterize electronic intelligence near Kaliningrad and over Ukraine. F-35 was even able to flag anomalies for S-300 and S-400 in WARM. Such ELINT can cue SEAD assets to tear a path through Russian AD. F-35 is never alone.
Helluva way to build confidence in rescuing the kids in Oleshky.
I’ve every confidence that the First Lady got last pick for her appointees, from the pile nobody else would take, in +this+ administration.
Kook.
Exclusive Senior Adviser to First Lady Melania Trump Marc Beckman claims Russian kids are being kidnapped too #BothSides
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
There is no evidence that Ukraine has kidnapped Russian children.UN investigation concluded that Russia’s deportation, transfer and disappearance of Ukrainian children constitute war crimes
UN report: ohchr.org/en/press-relea…
Tom Moore, Nuclear-Capable Wonk retweeted
Former President Aleksandar Vučić has conceded defeat in today’s Serbian parliamentary election, with the broad anti-corruption Students’ List coalition winning enough seats to gain a clean majority.
Celebrations have reportedly broken out in the center of Belgrade.
One American named in the story is widely distrusted after directly assisting Rosneft’s takeover of Yukos. The other worked for Yeltsin for a time and helped put Russia in the WTO, which was US policy at that time.
Pinch hitter on deck.
The American side proposed a ceasefire regime in the Oleshky area starting October 27. Because this cannot be just one day. It will last several days. Humanitarian missions must come there: the Americans, us, and the Russians. The Russians must clear the roads of mines, and we must see this and work on all of it there. I have given the Ombudsman the relevant instructions. We have also spoken with the Security Service and the military.
Of course, Russia will do everything to demine the roads in such a way that these people go to Russia and stay there. They are not going to simply set people free. And some people will be evacuated to Ukraine one way or another – to the part we control. The main thing is to free these people from the blockade so they can live. Ideally, they should be able to achieve their goal and evacuate here, to us, to Ukraine, which will provide them with everything they need and support them.
From an interview with Alla Mazur for TSN Week on 1+1, as part of the United News telethon. (5/5)
Tom Moore, Nuclear-Capable Wonk retweeted
How is Donald Trump’s criticism of President Zelensky interpreted in Moscow? “Moscow perceives these words as a mandate to continue military pressure,” writes one Russian paper. I ask Muscovites to name one word that’s important to them, & read what Russian schoolkids are taught about “defence of the Motherland.” #ReadingRussia
Tom Moore, Nuclear-Capable Wonk retweeted
Archbishop Jeffrey Grob of Milwaukee on Sunday issued what he called a “public apology” over his part in the Oct. 22 meeting of bishops at the White House.
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“I have here the terms of service, which Mr. Musk has signed.”
Confusion after @elonmusk says Ukraine violated “terms of service” with Starlink so SpaceX closed a “loophole,” but then adds only USG controls Starshield.
So:
- If Starlink was the issue, then why was Starshield throttled?
- If Starlink loophole closed, why are speeds back?
Then he can go clean American embassy personnel’s toilets of all the peacemaking Lubyanka leaves in their toilets.
Humanitarian Home Depot targeting.
This week, Russia has hit nine “Epicentr” stores across Ukraine. These are Ukraine’s version of “Home Depot,” where people buy household appliances - including generators to power their homes through the winter as Russian strikes knock out electricity across the country. This live was from a store hit Thursday. Four more were hit in the last 24 hours alone.
References to NNSD have dropped since 2022. I can’t remember the most recent. It’s a fickle community, as Adamsky has documented.
How Russia Sees the World Now
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Tom Moore, Nuclear-Capable Wonk retweeted
Navigational Warnings have appeared for what could be a #Russian #Bulava #SLBM test launch, Oct 25-31, from a submarine in the Sea of Ochotsk to Chizha, Kanin Peninsula.
(HT @russianforces, @Etienne_Marcuz )
@planet4589 @nukestrat @wslafoy
I’m content with people who tweet too much in government because they use words that may be badly united by syntax, with poor grammar. But we’d be really be concerned if they used some emojis:
“Just found out the VERY BAD governor of Greenland refused to host our nukes.🤯”
It’s not rocket science. If you want to move more US power to the Pacific you need to either treat Russia as less threat than irritant or Europe as less trustworthy or both and Ukraine as an inconvenience. Gets rid of the reason we are in Europe, pleases Trump. Plus simple.
