A massive Russian missile and drone attack against Kiev resulted in significant casualties, highlighting Ukraine's critical shortage of missile interceptors.
A massive Russian missile and drone attack against Kiev resulted in significant casualties , highlighting Ukraine’s critical shortage of missile interceptors. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: At least 17 people were killed and 44 injured after Russia launched one of its deadliest attacks on Kiev this year, firing 28 ballistic and hypersonic missiles along with 115 drones overnight, according to the Ukrainian air force, which said it failed to intercept any of the missiles. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the deaths could have been prevented with additional Patriot missile interceptors, urging Western allies to speed up deliveries of air defense systems. DETAIL: Russia said it targeted military logistics hubs, supply centers,…Open
The war in Iran has exacerbated a shortage of missile-defense weaponry that is likely to plague the U.S. and its partners — from Ukraine to Taiwan — for years to come. Why it matters: The conflict is draining weapons stockpiles far faster than American factories can replace them, leaving the Pentagon and its allies scrambling to ramp up production and find cheaper alternatives. - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote to President Trump this week urgently requesting interceptors to knock down expected Russian missile barrages. - But Iran has taken top priority, and a new analysis suggests it will take years to replace munitions expended in that war. Breaking it down: A report from the Center for Strategic and International…
The department called it a "layered, integrated shield" that will defend the U.S. against ballistic missiles, hypersonic missiles, advanced cruise missiles and next-generation aerial attacks.
We spend all that money and are still unable to defend our Persian Gulf bases. The post The Trillion-Dollar Illusion appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs The Trillion-Dollar Illusion We spend all that money and are still unable to defend our Persian Gulf bases. The latest American-Israeli aggression against Iran has exposed the United States’ inability to defend our big bases in the Gulf Countries and smaller bases in Iraq. For decades, these countries have had to endure the ire of their populations who are unhappy with the presence of U.S. forces in their lands. Their citizens are painfully aware of the U.S. and Israeli mass destruction and murder of their Muslim brothers. This may become a source of instability as war escalates. Our leaders bribed and coerced the…Open
Iraq's Kurds are caught in a three-way vice in the cross-border Iran War: - They think President Trump's messaging isn't clear about regime change next door in Iran. - They're under pressure to open the border from Iranian Kurds, who want to fight the regime. - And Tehran's military Friday threatened the Iraqi Kurds if they allow those Iranian Kurds to plan an attack. Why it matters: The Iranian warning —the first of its kind issued to Iraq's Kurds across the border— threatens to widen the war. Iraqi Kurds want to avoid that. - "The Kurds must not be the tip of the spear in this conflict," a senior Iraqi Kurdish government official told Axios. Zoom in: Iraq's Kurdish government, which rules a semiautonomous region in the north of…
