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Andrew Facini
Andrew Facini
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Senior Fellow, @councilonstrategicrisks.org working on nuclear weapons policy. Teaching and such at Harvard Extension. Views my own. Nuke policy starter pack! https://go.bsky.app/8jiQV43
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I just wish we had more info you know? Like on how things go when new medium-range missiles in allied countries start ranging adversary strategic forces? Maybe in jam-packed region featuring a country split into two along ideological divide? Some historical comparison? Ah I'm sure it's fine
Japan’s Type-25 missile system has a reported range of about 620 miles. From Kyushu, the missiles could potentially reach parts of China’s coastline and North Korea.
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"France has created 10 separate [nuclear] steering groups with 'forward deterrence' partners.. "In practice, this means that defense officials in European partner nations keep calling each other to compare notes on what they had been told by France, senior defense officials say."
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as a mostly embarrassed native, i don’t say these words lightly: LET’S FUCKING GO, LONG ISLAND!!
So I don't want to oversell this but our 2024 EV percentage after day 2 was R+2.5. Right now it's D+17.7 So a 20 point swing in the largest suburban county in the country that had resisted some previous blue waves.
No way???
Like which of these safeguards could be realistically reconstituted? Any of them? Putting aside the betrayal of the original deal and the sabotage of current negotiations, could Iran even materially offer these things now? So wth are US/IL even able to demand, short of very obvious nonstarters?
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So we’re back to negotiating the JCPOA after spending billions of dollars, depleting our weapons’ stockpiles, and costing American families $2000+ due to war-induced inflation 🤷♀️ Plus Bibi is likely to strike again before the Israeli election, making any possible deal moot.
Iran's nuclear enrichment has emerged as a major point of contention amid diplomatic push to end the war.
GD gets the fire control subsystem, as expected.
GD gets the fire control subsystem, as expected.
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I know it's temporary until E-4C is ready in like 6 years but going back to C-130 from E-6 still seems like quite a downgrade
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Unaccountable capricious behavior constantly for all of our partners but please, Bridge, tell me more about how we need theater nukes to reassure our allies
So, based on news reports alone: (a) a directive came from the White House; and (b) it appears that the Senators think that Hegseth and Colby initiated the slowdown of Starlink capabilities to Ukraine. It When you read the letter, they are asking for briefing by November 1.
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MOAB was only used once, in Afghanistan in 2017, because of concerns about killing civilians. It still killed civilians in that attack. Embarrassing bomb in general. To outright be like "yeah we might drop it on a power plant" is humiliating to begin with. Harm today, enabled by "optionality"