Brian Berletic, November 29, 2024
Russia’s use of its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in eastern Ukraine represents an unprecedented escalation in what began as a US proxy war against Russia in 2014.Washington’s War in Ukraine: Narrowing Options, Growing Consequences (archived)
Tag: Shortages
CSIS Simulation Highlights Urgent Need to Strengthen U.S. Defense Industrial Base
A recent simulation conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) paints a stark picture of the U.S. defense industrial base, revealing critical vulnerabilities in its ability to support military operations in the event of a large-scale conflict. The findings underscore the urgent need for public-private partnerships, increased investment in manufacturing capacity, and reduced reliance on foreign components.
CSIS Simulation Highlights Urgent Need to Strengthen U.S. Defense Industrial Base
Good luck with that! The U.S. “defense industrial base” is beholden to profits!
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Mike Gallagher says that the Pentagon Has Two Years to Prevent World War III
The Pentagon is running out of missiles. After December 1, that will be a big problem.
The Pentagon is running out of missiles. After December 1, that will be a big problem.
Protracted wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are draining the US arsenal of interceptor missiles. The problem is especially severe in Palestine and in the Red Sea, where dozens of missiles are launched monthly against incoming rockets and drones.
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Trump taps Hegseth as defense secretary, vows ‘no Marxism, no communism’ in military
Trump taps Hegseth as defense secretary, vows ‘no Marxism, no communism’ in military
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Pentagon report warns of threat from white supremacists inside the military
A Defense Department report highlights disturbing examples of white supremacy inside the military, calling for changes in how the department screens recruits for possible ties to domestic extremism.
The report, which the Trump administration drafted last year before the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, was sent to Congress in October, but it has not been made public until now.v
By the numbers: US missile capacity depleting fast
By Mike Fredenburg (Responsible Statecraft)
Our industrial base isn’t keeping up with the pace of weapons transfers to Ukraine and Israel
Related:
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft’s donors
Mike Fredenburg’s profile at Falun Gong’s Epoch Times
There is No Quick Fix for Rebuilding America’s Arsenal
Washington, DC is a place of short attention spans. Political appointees have short tenures and efforts fizzle out over time.
Israeli Strikes Demonstrates Limits of Western Military Might
Brian Berletic, November 05 2024
Israel’s most recent missile strikes on Iran reveal the limits to conventional Western military power in the Middle East, reflecting wider limits globally.
Israeli Strikes Demonstrates Limits of Western Military Might (archived)
Russia’s Swift March Forward in Donbass [Pokrovsk is the prize]
Source: The Institute for the Study of War with American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project
Note: As of Oct. 29
By The New York Times
Russia’s Swift March Forward in Ukraine’s East
In October, Russia made its largest territorial gains since the summer of 2022, as Ukrainian lines buckled under sustained pressure.
Over the past month, Russian forces have seized more than 160 square miles of land in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, the main theater of the war today. That has allowed them to take control of strategic towns that anchored Ukrainian defenses in the area, beginning with Vuhledar in early October. This past week, battle has raged in Selydove, which now appears lost.
Ultimately, experts say, these gains, among the swiftest of the war, will help the Russian army secure its flanks before launching an assault on the city of Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub for Ukrainian forces in the Donbas.
Source: New York Times analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War with American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project
Note: As of Oct. 29
By The New York Times
H/T: Flash : [The New York Times] Russia’s Swift March Forward in Ukraine’s East [Donbass]
Previously:
Ukraine Faces a Double Threat if Russia Takes Pokrovsk
Read More »Ukraine does not have enough soldiers to stop Russia (summary)
El País: Ukraine does not have enough soldiers to stop Russia (summary)
The situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kurakhove [Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast] is critical, as they face an alarming shortage of soldiers, which complicates their defensive efforts against Russian advances.
Read More »The racial and class question
Virtually forgotten due to the discourse of Ukrainian unity and the general lack of interest in analyzing the nuances of events, the racial and class question is going virtually unnoticed in this war. If the Donbass conflict had a proletarian aspect that the press mocked in the first weeks of the DPR due to those Soviet-looking press conferences of workers and academics, in the current context, there have not even been any such comments. Presented as a war of national liberation, no aspect other than nationalism has deserved much mention in the Western press or in academia. Volodymyr Ishchenko and Ilya Matveev, who have sought to study the class aspect in the outbreak of the conflict, are the rare exception. To Ischenko’s surprise, RFE/RL published an article last September that dealt, albeit in generalities and without great depth, with the increase in inequality that war implies, an aspect that is, on the other hand, perfectly evident. “As the war drags on, the gaps in Ukrainian society are widening,” the American media headlines.
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