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'[The DPRK missile fired at Ukraine] was bursting with the latest foreign technology. Most of the electronic parts had been manufactured in the US and Europe over the past few years. There was even a US computer chip made as recently as March 2023. This meant that North Korea had…

A pleasure to host Carl-Oskar Bohlin for a terrific discussion today. Hopefully the first of many.

UK expels Russian defence attaché for spying

The UK will expel Russia’s defence attaché for spying and remove diplomatic status from properties in the UK that it believes Russia has used to gather intelligence.

(the Financial Times reports)

Major step.

Join us tomorrow at 9:30AM in person or online Hudson Institute in DC for a conversation with Kyllike Sillaste, the undersecretary for political affairs at @MFAEstonia, on the Estonian experience in NATO over 20 years.

'Ukraine will never be safe until Russia loses control of Crimea.'

To pursue a Crimea-first strategy, Luke Coffey argues, we need to arm Ukraine with the weapons to:
- Destroy bridges connected to Crimea
- Make bases uninhabitable for Russia
- Strike facilities inside Russia

I don't say this lightly - but the floods in Porto Alegre, Brazil, are looking comparable to what Katrina did to New Orleans in 2005 -- massive evacuations, water & power outages, key infrastructure damaged, parts of city unlivable, possible long-term consequences

BREAKING: The UK is expelling Russia’s defence attaché - “an undeclared military intelligence officer” as part of a package of measures to “target and dismantle Russian intelligence gathering operations in the UK”, the Home Secretary has announced. Other measures include ⬇️

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How Civil Defense Boosts Deterrence: A View from Sweden hudson.org/events/how-civ…

Reflections and Lessons from 20 Years of Estonian NATO Membership hudson.org/events/reflect…

German opposition leader and likely next chancellor ⁦Friedrich Merz⁩ says Ukriane fights for Germany too because Putin’s key enemy is a free and democratic Europe. He kicks politicians and parties who support Russia in Europe, says he will never cooperate with them (AfD)

“In military terms, the SCALP is a real game changer.”

“Operation Chrysalis : how France is organising the supply of SCALP missiles to Ukraine.”

RFI reveals the 🇲🇫 method for supplying the 🇺🇦 armed forces with SCALP cruise missiles without touching its own strategic stocks.
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We are very pleased to announce a timely discussion with Kyllike Sillaste next Thursday (9:30am ET) Hudson Institute

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Reflections and Lessons from 20 Years of Estonian NATO Membership hudson.org/events/reflect…

Another Russian Su-34 has been eliminated. This has been confirmed by Russian channels. According to them it was a combat loss and the crew was experienced. The designation of the Su-34 was '21', which is the same as in this picture.

Source: Telegram / Fighterbomber

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How Civil Defense Boosts Deterrence: A View from Sweden hudson.org/events/how-civ…

Swedish defense committee calls for near $4.8 billion defense spending jump breakingdefense.com/2024/04/swedis…

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Go back to 1990 and tell everybody that we did not win the cold war. That in 34 years a communist nation would have a larger navy and would convince environmentalists to rip out joshua trees and replace them with chinese plastic laminate. They would look at you like you’re crazy.

Russian troops have now entered a base in Niger that is housing U.S. troops as well, a senior U.S. official tells Reuters. While the Russian troops are in a hanger further down the airfield at Airbase 101, the official said the situation 'is not great.' W/Phil Stewart