Protegido: The Taiwan Catastrophe
No hay extracto porque es una entrada protegida.
Gabriel B. Collins
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China’s Big Gas Bet Raises Questions About Complicity With Russia
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent overtures to Ukraine and attempts to frame China as a neutral player and potential arbiter of peace between Russia and Ukraine shake the diplomatic landscape. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has vehemently denied that Xi was informed in advance about the invasion plans and even asked Putin during his visit to delay the attack until after the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Yet suspicions remain about what the PRC knew and whether it used that knowledge to support Russia’s aims. Such suspicions may be well-founded, given the strategic interests that Eurasia’s two authoritarian titans share. A successful Russian revanchist conquest of Ukraine would be a powerful precedent for Beijing potentially using force against Taiwan.… Seguir leyendo »
Ukraine Needs a Whole Lot of Deadly Drones
As the Russian military stalls in Ukraine, the Kremlin is turning to plan B: terror bombardment of civilians, an attempt to carve off parts of eastern Ukraine and the Black Sea coast, and destruction of Ukraine’s civil and industrial infrastructure. Accordingly, Kyiv needs a plan B as well. It needs long-range offensive strike options that can be deployed en masse and regenerate after attrition by Russian air defenses—something that the Ukrainian Air Force, despite its heroic efforts to date, cannot do.
Long-range, low-cost, self-manufactured kamikaze drones—produced and launched from a variety of locations throughout Ukraine’s nearly Texas-sized territory—would be a game-changer.… Seguir leyendo »