Colby Badhwar ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง
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โ๏ธ analysis @InsiderEng, @CEPA, & @Tochnyi; news @ArchivesDefense | Procurement, arms sales & security assistance ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ผ | RTโ endorsement, opinions=mine
Toronto, Ontario
Joined February 2016
ATACMS. What is it? Why does it matter so much? How many are there? How many will Ukraine get? Every question you could possibly have, answered. It's the thread you've all been waiting for... ๐งต (1/72)
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๐ฉ๐ช๐บ๐ฆ According to the Forces Operations Blog, Germany has contracted Thales Belgium to supply 3.000 guided and 30.000 unguided 70mm rockets to Ukraine. Additionally, 10 Ukrainian MI-8 helicopters have already been retrofitted to use these rockets. At the same time, Thales
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New polling on American support for Ukraine. Note the GOP stats here. 86% of Republicans want more sanctions on Russia; 66% support tariffs on nations buying Russian oil/gas. 73% of Republicans back providing Ukraine with weapons. https://t.co/WojM5jNuBD
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Amusing, but also dismisses the SM-6 development and Rhino integration costs
@Aviation_Intel I still find it absolutely hilarious how Russia and China spent decades and hundreds of millions of dollars to delivery super long range AAMs and then the US Navy is just like โwhat if we strap a SM-6 to an F-18?โ
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Two OEMs are going head-to-head for the Navyโs #FAXX sixth-gen strike fighter. Oneโs already flown a full-scale demonstrator and is building out major new modern manufacturing space for next gen fighters . The otherโs flying two B-21s and kicking ass.
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Recent movements in DoD acquisitions suggest thereโs still a concern for over dependence upon one contractor for multiple platforms in a single, monopolized warfighting domain. With Boeing winning USAF NGAD (F-47), this suggests the Pentagon is likely to favor Northrop Grumman.
๐บ๐ธ Sec Def Hegseth has given the green light for the Pentagon to select the contractor for F/A-XX, the US Navy's 6th generation stealth fighter program ~Reuters The competition is between Boeing and Northrop Grumman. The Trump Admin had attempted to cancel the program but
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Two sources confirm Reuters' reporting to Breaking Defense, a selection could happen as soon as this week. Boeing has probably got a stronger bid on the merits but the Admin's DIB concerns might give an edge to Northrop.
๐บ๐ธ Sec Def Hegseth has given the green light for the Pentagon to select the contractor for F/A-XX, the US Navy's 6th generation stealth fighter program ~Reuters The competition is between Boeing and Northrop Grumman. The Trump Admin had attempted to cancel the program but
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๐บ๐ธ๐จ๐ฆ In Oval Office meeting with PM Carney, President Trump says Golden Dome will protect both countries.
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๐บ๐ธ Sec Def Hegseth has given the green light for the Pentagon to select the contractor for F/A-XX, the US Navy's 6th generation stealth fighter program ~Reuters The competition is between Boeing and Northrop Grumman. The Trump Admin had attempted to cancel the program but
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What seems to be a further derivative of Neptun. Adds what I assume are conformal fuel tanks to the baseline R360 for greater range. This would indicate parallel development with RK360L (โLong Neptunโ).
Together with my team, we presented the capabilities of Ukrainian weapons production to Lithuanian Prime Minister @IRuginiene, @NATO representatives, and other distinguished foreign guests. Among them were Danish Minister of Defence @troelslundp, Danish Minister for Industry,
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๐บ๐ฆ According to Thomas Colinet, Thales Belgium's domain director for vehicles and tactical systems, Ukraine has begun using the companies new FZ123 70mm C-UAS warhead against Russian drones. FZ123 was first shown to the public at Eurosatory 2024. Capability wise the warhead
According to reporting by FOB this agreement was not for the FZ275 LGR but instead for the newly unveiled FZ123 rocket which has been purpose designed to counter drone threats. The 70mm rocket uses the standard FZ90 rocket engine giving it a range of 2,5-3 kilometres. The
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๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ President Trump on Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine Q: "Have you made a decision on whether to supply Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine?" A: "Yeah, I've sort of made a decision. Pretty much... If you consider... I think I want to find out what they're doing with them. [...] I'm
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๐บ๐ฆ According to Ukrainian president Zelensky, the country has reached a monthly production rate of 40 Bohdana family 155mm artillery pieces. Unlike many are claiming, this number includes both towed and self-propelled systems. Currently there seem to be three models of the
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post your lockscreen and let people judge your mental state
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Once again, Russia has always programmed Iskander-M to maneuver and employ quasi-ballistic flight profiles. Variation in PATRIOTโs engagement success rate is due to a host of nuanced factors, only some of which can be publicly disclosed.
Ukraine's Air Force spokesman confirmed my @FT reporting and explained on national TV: Ukrainian Patriot air defence systems have been experiencing greater difficulties in intercepting Russian ballistic missiles because they now fly on quasi-ballistic trajectories and can
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Both Greece and Romania have been buying some of these off of the UCMC.
๐บ๐ธ The US Marine Corps has officially decommissioned the AAV family of tracked amphibious assault vehicles after 53 years of service. Replacement of the vehicle has been underway since 2018 with the acquisition of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) variants of the Iveco SuperAV
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๐ฌ๐ท๐จ๐ฟ According to EfSyn the Greek government is looking to sell a load of decommissioned military equipment and ammunition to the Czech Republic. Up for sale are: - 60 M110A2 203mm for 31,2 million โฌ - 50.000 M106 HE 203mm shells for 41,5 million โฌ - 40.000 M650 HERA 203mm
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Attention to all big accounts. This is not a part of a Patriot Air Defence System but an S-125 radar system of the S-125 Air Defence System. It's also painted in the Polish army camouflage paint scheme to make it even more obvious that it is not a Patriot system. (did you even
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The entire 'China Shock' story is badly misunderstood, and usually oversold. Here are two graphs of manufacturing % of GDP and employment. Both are basically a straight line down after WW2. China entering the WTO in 2001 caused no change in this trend.
This is one of the more interesting revisionist histories of modern US economics I've heard in a long time. The story I thought I knew about China and the decline of US manufacturing is that opening trade with China created a "shock" to blue-collar labor that moved manufacturing
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Iโm not sure the โfor youโ tab really has your best interests at heart.
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Updated map of the regions of Russia where there are shortages of gasoline or diesel and how early was it first reported. As always it's worse in the occupied territories. Added 5 new regions since last update and this includes St Petersburg.
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