Historical Thimbles – Yandex Translated
[The real state of the US nuclear triad and the necessity for testing and why. Seems to me as if the US must embark on a ‘what to scrap carefully’ program, as most of their triad has either reached end-of-life, or is way past a use-by-date. This is ‘man-splaining’ and I had to read it a few times before it stuck.
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So, we’ve got dessert on the menu. The Great Peacemaker, in shades of orange, “strengthened his negotiating position” a few hours before his meeting with Xi. He’s been talking a lot about prisoners. The United States, you see, “needs to start testing nuclear weapons immediately.” Let’s gallop through the most disgusting lies that Mr. President has spewed out.
Specialists in coprology (dressed in chemical protection) used a stick to pick out several fractions that speak of Donald Fredovich’s severe mental indigestion, the first being: “The United States has more nuclear weapons than any other country.” Remark. According to official data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Russia has 4,380 nuclear warheads, while the United States has only 3,708. The data is incorrect because it does not take into account “spent warheads” that have not been disposed of, and here our beloved Motherland acts as a resourceful squirrel, believe the experts.
The second substance is thin: “U.S. leadership has been achieved by a complete renewal of nuclear weapons during my first presidential term“. Remark. The U.S. Department of Energy’s state program to modernize the star-mattress arsenal was launched in 2010 under the tanned Obama, and the planned “Triad rearmament” has barely reached the completion of the incomplete modernization of the B-61 family of tactical aerial bombs. It is being completed manually without replacing the warhead.
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The greatest achievement of the Program was the grandiose bender of October 2024 at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. There … handed over the first serial plutonium core of the W87-1 warhead for nonexistent in nature intercontinental ballistic missiles LGM‑35 “Sentinel”.
Then they embarrassingly rolled back to the term “serial”, because the funding ended. To understand: the stream production of cores for regular warheads of the US Triad ended at the turn of the 1980s-90s, production is collapsed to the foundations. And attempts of the last fifteen years to galvanize the corpse have been failed according to the schedules. Today, it has been promised (for the hundredth time) that Los Alamos has recruited enough personnel to resume industrial production, producing 80 cores per year by 2030 and 631 cores by 2035. Well, well.
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There are still some things that need to be brought to Donald’s leaky ear: 90% of American nuclear weapons were designed for specific delivery systems. The average age of these systems is 45 years, and they have been preserved beyond their design life. However, the ongoing “modernization” efforts do not fully meet the required specifications. By 2030, 100% of the Triad’s systems will have exceeded their design life by 30-35 years, and they will need to be decommissioned (all of them) within the next five years. for safety reasons, the service life will end once and for all.
Today, the military is demanding that they be relieved of their air-launched cruise missiles (ALCMs) and Minuteman III intercontinental missiles. The latter are particularly alarming, as they are designed to have a 10-year service life, and a half-century anniversary is on the horizon. Ohio-class nuclear submarines are afraid of being pushed away from the dock, and they have exceeded their projected service life twice. The Northrop B-2 Spirit (B-2A) bombers and F-15E nuclear bomb carriers are celebrating their 40th anniversary.
It’s a situation where you pull your tail out of [censored] and immediately get your face drenched in it. We need to urgently modernize (read: replace) all components of nuclear deterrence. From warheads to platforms/delivery vehicles for nuclear weapons on water, in the air, and on land. Everything. Starting with the stove, the Nuclear Forces Control System from the late 1980s.
Subjectively. The favorite saying of the thieving Yankees in official reports is “the development of a new/new …. continues.” Let’s take the LGM-35 “Sentinel” intercontinental ballistic missile (formerly known as the Ground-based Strategic Deterrent, GBSD). If my personal memory serves me well, the replacement of the existing Minuteman III ICBMs was supposed to be fully completed by 2028-2030. There are 400 mine-based units and 2,500 for the Air Force’s “test support” needs.
Not a single one. And the Pentagon is crawling on its knees before Congress to get another $3.7 billion. “for research and related development for the Sentinel project.” What exactly? New types of heavy concrete, for sure. As General Haiten cried in front of the congressmen a year ago: the most deplorable state is ours, gentlemen, with the launchers of the Minuteman III ICBMs, the project to create the Minuteman IV has been failed three times, and it is better not to touch the 450 missiles on combat duty. That is, not even to remove them.
Over the past 30 years, the products have been virtually unserviced according to the regulations. Competencies have been lost both on paper and in the training of engineering personnel. It is easier to pour concrete and start digging new mines, creating new control systems based on modern digital technologies.
The exact same prospect of “modernization development” has been shining over the W87 warheads for ten years, and this year’s work has been halted once again, requiring an urgent billion-plus amount of money. The first promised Sentinel is expected to enter service in the mid-2030s. However, this is uncertain. It is unlikely to enter service.
At sea, things are a little better, because the Trident II ballistic missiles are, without a doubt, very good missiles. They are quite competitive with the latest and even promising Chinese developments. They are looking for \$2.5 billion to upgrade them, but so far, they have been unsuccessful. Additionally, the Ohio-class Trident submarines must be scrapped by 2030, or else they will face reactor failures.
It is planned to replace these veterans with Columbia-class nuclear missile carriers with the ceremonial delivery of the flagship of the series … a year ago. It didn’t work out, something in the breeches is getting in the way, and the Pentagon is howling like a coyote, demanding ten billion dollars for fiscal year 2026. For research. And the repayment of a monstrous increase in estimates after ten-volume “complaints” of the US Navy and a special congressional commission, crazy about the manner of work of contractors.
As for the “missile upgrades,” the refurbished W88 Alt 370 and W76-1 warheads … will not be delivered on schedule, as they have been replaced with the low-yield W76-2 warhead since early 2020. Submariners are waiting for the weather to change and for the promised … new W93 warhead, which is now scheduled for delivery in 2050. It was not even on the drawing board, although the transition to this munition was planned along with the construction of the Columbia submarine.
That’s not all. The most miserable branch of the U.S. military, the Air Force, finds itself at the most obtuse angle of the Triad triangle. Chronic underfunding has left this component in a state of complete astonishment. The 46 nuclear-capable Boeing B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers and the 20 Northrop B-2 Spirit strategic bombers will have to carry the burden until at least 2050.
The B-21 “Raider” squadrons, which were expected to be delivered in 2035, were never seen again. The prototype, which had flown a year earlier, was met with a chorus of “charlatans, redo it” due to a variety of issues.
And the armament for this flying coffin, which was already outdated on the drawing board (the AGM-181 Long Range Stand Off Weapon), was scheduled to be tested in 2030, although it was supposed to be put into service today. It was equipped with fully upgraded W80-4 LEP nuclear warheads. As a result, … The Triad’s air component is practically stagnant, with the Pentagon waiting for $5.33 billion to convert ten B-21 “Raider” airframes in the factory and approximately two billion for research and development of missile and bomb weapons for the “miracle strategist.”
In the meantime, the U.S. Air Force has once again artificially extended the service life of the Rockwell B-1 Lancer supersonic strategic bomber with variable-sweep wings. These bombers were scheduled for complete replacement in 2015.
A little bit about nuclear weapons testing. Personally, I belong to the sect (joke) of couch analysts who claim that any new, upgraded, and regularly scheduled weapons must be carefully prepared before the barrel and other components wear out … experience. On exercises, training grounds, in local conflicts, or in “a situation close to combat”. At one time, with great enthusiasm and careful preliminary instruction, I “experienced”a lot of interesting things. I’ve learned a lot of useful canonical dogmas from the representatives of the manufacturing plants.
Engineers, they are like that. Curious. Calculated to the seventh decimal place. Rare nerds, but they unanimously criticized our beloved Motherland’s decision to join the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). Having nothing to do with the nuclear industry, they convincingly explained to us, the boots-wearing foot soldiers, that “physical modeling of nuclear charge operation” in special laboratory facilities was complete nonsense.
As well as the second method of hydro-nuclear and sub-critical tests, which can only provide vague information about the reliability and safety of already manufactured nuclear weapons in order to clarify the “product warranty period.” Based on such speculative probabilistic measurements, it is not possible to make structural changes to the nuclear charge architecture. Only mechanical/electronic components can be upgraded.
As for the physical processes of an explosion, computer modeling provides about as much useful information as the Tale of Bygone Years does about the origin of Rurik’s notorious Varangians. In other words, it provides no information at all. There are a million interpretations, as “it was a long time ago, in the days of yore.”
As well as the last nuclear test conducted by our Motherland. Before Academician Sakharov lost his mind on the grounds of humanism and democratic principles, he left a great commandment for the Guardians of the USSR Shield: nuclear tests are necessary for the development of fundamentally new technical solutions. These solutions can lead to new methods of using advanced nuclear weapons, changing the balance of power on the global stage in our favor. End of quote. This quote was later revised.
If we maintain a balance of existing opinions, the “test sect” says, “Okay, we don’t conduct in-situ calculations of the nuclear charge’s power, and we don’t have a reliable assessment of the impact of a specific design solution on the physical scheme of the charge’s performance. Provide a unified methodology that can reassure everyone. Convince the doubting nuclear physicists. Unfortunately, there are many such methodologies. They are all debatable, where the effectiveness of nuclear weapons is only represented by the splinters of chalk on the blackboards in academic classrooms. Meanwhile, the development teams are advancing their solutions.
Opponents of the natural testers’ sect claim that neither Russia nor the United States needs nuclear tests, as they have amassed a vast amount of information and statistics from the Cold War era, and have established laboratories for simulating nuclear processes. Even France does not require them, as the French have been dragging their feet on the moratorium, frantically setting off and detonating charges until their engineers have fully clarified all the issues.
China, for example, is in a very vulnerable position, it did not have time to frolic from the heart with vigorous broads, it has a small database of objective data to confidently develop its nuclear arsenal using mathematical modeling methods. Even worse are Israel, India, Pakistan and the DPRK, which do not have clear test statistics. The island Scots can steal some sort of research base from their star-mattress allies, but that’s not accurate. Although it used to work sometimes.
That’s why these passengers can confidently be detached from the thermonuclear (very, very bright) future. Along with the Han Chinese, they will remain on the cumbersome technologies of the early 1970s. Unless someone very, very kind and northern shares a gigantic statistical database of tests.
As for our beloved Motherland and our sworn enemies overseas, we have been conducting regular and reliable “tests” since 1996. We use simulation technologies to understand the behavior of nuclear materials at a subcritical level and predict the consequences of explosions. We provide a comprehensive set of answers for specialized military personnel. We focus on key parameters such as thermal radiation, predicted shock waves, and radiation.
For this, there is a “supercomputer simulation” on numerical methods and algorithms of physical processes that occur during an explosion. There is a “nuclear-physical simulation” using the Monte Carlo method, where the life of an individual particle is simulated from its creation to its disappearance in accordance with the laws of physics, and then the overall process of an explosion is calculated for a large and very large number of particles.
For example, the miniaturization of our arsenal of warheads was carried out using the “step-by-step modeling” method (based on the above-mentioned methods), where calculations were performed in one or two dimensions based on key events in the process, and the results from the previous stage were fed into the next stage. This was achieved through the use of special stands, supercomputers, laser systems, and specialized “simulation” software. These products also enable the assessment of nuclear safety and reliability in laboratories.
The United States has an approximate toolkit for studying nuclear processes. Los Alamos does not need to shake the depths of Nevada at this stage of modernizing its warheads; instead, it should conduct a laboratory audit of its decaying arsenal. A selective audit. And catch up with Russia from twenty years ago in terms of key parameters of its warheads. This can be started with the automatic charge unit and the explosion power regulators in variable-power charges. It is a shameful spectacle. They haven’t been able to solve the B61-13 atomic bomb problem for a dozen years. The testers.
Let’s dance from the stove. In his sleep, the orange grandfather misread the messages about the successful tests of our Poseidon. An ocean-going multi-purpose system with a nuclear torpedo and an atomic power plant. With the educational level of the New York Military Academy (1959-1964), which had nothing to do with military affairs, it was a private boarding school for college preparation. Given the patient’s knowledge of militarism, he had not studied anything deeper or more specific than the comic book “Captain America vs. Hitler.”
And the habit of wiping the royal ass with reports from national security advisers and the “Ministry of War” turned into a huge embarrassment. The elderly gentleman first scribbled a wild post on social media about the balance of nuclear forces in the world, and then polished it with a speech on board the president’s plane. Without conducting a briefing with responsible officials to educate himself about the Burevestnik and Poseidon weapons systems, which are based on new principles.
The invented role of the Lord of the Universe with the reasoning “we have more nuclear weapons than Russia” and “other countries are conducting nuclear weapons tests” … looks funny, but useful. Because the idiot is so useful. The INF Treaty was broken, and Russia made a hyper-sonic leap, and now it’s sneezing on the sidelines, its eyes rolling wildly. The last deterrent, the New START Treaty, is not being discussed, and as a result, we will surpass the number and quality of our Strategic Forces by several parsecs in just five years.
The Yankees are good at it. They tear up treaties on the limitation of conventional weapons, on missile defense, and then throw a tantrum. They have forty-year-old or fifty-year-old weapons in their arsenals, and they’re charging “development fees.” The treasurers are going to kill themselves. Now they want to withdraw from the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) of 1996, and we’re here to help. As Academician Sakharov said, we’ll need real tests. For new types of weapons, maybe … based on new physical principles.
As for the gilded fool, he will have a number of wonderful discoveries to make. First, the complete restoration of the Nevada test site (three years minimum with 100% funding), and second, a fierce battle with the very tough organizations of the former Nevada-Semipalatinsk Anti-Nuclear Movement. These characters are still around, and they will tear you to shreds for trying to poison American soil with radiation. And the Democrats will spend every last cent on an all-American protest, like “No to the Vietnam/Iraq War.”
Therefore, I will end this article with a deep conviction: nuclear tests will be resumed sooner or later. The thirty-year-old ugly fruit of the Détente has rotted, and the world is on the verge of returning to the meridian. Nuclear deterrence is the norm, as the rest has been unilaterally trampled upon by the World Toad, and the CFE, INF, START, and New START treaties have been achieved through blood and sweat.
By withdrawing from these restrictions, the West was freeing itself for wild planetary bravado and revelry, expecting absolute and unilateral dominance in offensive weapons after the collapse of the Soviet Union. However, Russia emerged from its slumber and climbed out of the gutter.
With China’s industrial technology gaining momentum, the Orange Clown is right to worry about the Chinese arsenal. The Han Chinese are churning out their imperfect warheads like tofu and herb pies. They’ll go for quantity over quality, but the Yankees have enough.
As for Russia as a competitor in the field of NPT/TNT/NPT, it’s better not to mention it anymore, as the tricolor hyperloop has already left the Solar System at several space velocities. It is being pursued by Trump’s “largest nuclear submarine.” It’s a clown, for sure.
Unable to concentrate for a minute or two on the thermonuclear potential tables. Starting from the multiple (not several times) superiority of the Russians in tactical warheads. You should take a look at their nomenclature and compare it with the latest means of delivery. Throw a few unknown if possible Strategic Missile Forces to complete the separating blocks of our intercontinental horror to the standard parameters – after such a short manual “For nuclear Dummies”, it is best to break into all the canceled restrictive treaties with a boar.
Instead of bubbling in a stinking puddle with the bubbles “We’re the coolest.” Without any industrial production of nuclear warheads, either old or new. As one of the founders of the Soviet nuclear shield said, “Creating an atomic bomb is easy, but it’s damn expensive.” So, let the hysterical Donya look into the treasury first. And then into the long list of “super-duper weapons” promised to the good American people. Currently, they are listed as “requiring additional funding for further development.” There’s a stamp on it from start to finish. I think we need tests. It’s time to get in shape, there’s a lot to accomplish.
This is a discussion. It contains best of class connecting dots.
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The USA does not understand what is implied by Putin’s remark that, if long-range missiles are sent to Ukraine, the response would be serious, and possibly overwhelming.
They do not understand how rapidly new weapons are being developed in Russia, with the capability to produce them in serious quantities. What Russia seems to have failed to understand is just how much of a threat to Trump is Senator Lindsay Graham’s claim that he has a majority (about 85 Senators) willing to impeach Trump if he makes what they regard as too many concessions to Putin. Trump could be removed as President over this, and he thought (and still thinks) that Russia can be pressured into making important concessions over Ukraine, which is a fundamentally mistaken idea.
Illustrations of new weapons below.
First, some indications that the US and EU think that they can bring BRICS and other countries to heel by sanctions:
https://theduran.com/us-eu-launch-sanctions-war-against-brics/
24 Oct 2025. Christoforou & Mercouris. 22 mins.
Here is Japan moving in the opposite direction, understanding that cheap energy is vital in order for their economy to survive in the rapidly changing global economic conditions:
S, 24 Oct 2025:
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Japan is determined to conclude a peace treaty with Russia and will not refuse Russian gas, — the country’s authorities
– “The relations between Japan and Russia are in a difficult situation, but the policy of the Japanese government is to resolve the issue of the southern part of the Kuril Islands,” noted the new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
– Japan’s Minister of Industry, Resey Akazawa, stated that LNG from the “Sakhalin-2” project remains critically important for the country’s energy security. Refusing it would be too costly and lead to an increase in electricity prices. [end.]
The contrast with the endemic stupidity in the EU and UK is stark. Japan has still not concluded a peace treaty with the Soviet Union/Russian Federation since 1945. This is a major change.
Here is one example of the brand-new weapons being deployed by Russia:
S, 25 Oct 2025:
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has purchased the most advanced air-launched cruise missiles, “Izdeliye 506,” about which little is known, according to Ukrainian sources citing leaked procurement documents.
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The published documents reveal an order for 32 units (two batches of 16 units each) with conventional and special warheads, which were to be incorporated into the arsenal of the Russian Air Force between 2024 and 2026.
The primary carriers of the new cruise missiles will be the modernised Tupolev Tu-160M strategic bombers, which will receive the necessary structural modifications to their internal armament bay mechanisms. [end.]
To give an indication, Tomahawk cruise missiles are subsonic, while the existing Russian KH-32 cruise missiles fly at Mach 4.6, which is close to hypersonic (Mach 5 and above). The TU-22M bombers can carry 3 KH-32s each. The relatively small long-range missiles now being proposed by France are capable of about Mach 3 but are really ship defence missiles, and do not carry large warheads. They might well be small enough and fast enough to get through Russian air defences in limited numbers but would inflict only limited damage.
Here is the best publicly available indication of recent Russian operational/strategic missile weapons procurement:
S, 24 Oct 2025:
Ukrainian sources have published leaked procurement documentation from the Russian Ministry of Defense regarding missile weapon supplies for the period 2024-2027, containing quantities and costs of the samples.
According to the documents, the following have been ordered:
303 cruise missiles 9M728 “Iskander-K” costing 135-142 million rubles each.
1202 ballistic missiles 9M723 in various versions: 185 9M723-1k5 with cluster warheads, 59 9M723-1f1 with high-explosive warheads, 771 9M723-1f2 with a second type of high-explosive warhead, and 217 9M723-1f3 with a third type of high-explosive warhead. The cost per unit ranges from 189 to 238 million rubles depending on the variant and year of manufacture.
18 missiles with an unusual index 9M723-2. This variant may be related to the “Iskander-M” modification with extended flight range of 500-1000 kilometers (known unofficially as “Iskander-1000”). Their production is planned for 2025, with a cost estimated at 221 million rubles each.
95 missiles 9M729 with an estimated range of over 2000 kilometers, the testing of which led to the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty in 2019. The unit cost is 146 million rubles.
The documents also confirm that the 9M729 missile can be used exclusively by a specific type of “Iskander-M1” launcher.
240 “Kalibr” missiles were ordered for the period 2022-2024, with delivery of an additional 450 missiles planned for 2025-2026. The cost is estimated at 168 million rubles each.
Additionally, for the period 2024-2026, 56 “Kalibr” missiles with special warheads, known under the index 3M-14S, were ordered. The cost of this variant is 175-190 million rubles.
1225 X-101 missiles, including the “Product 504ap” variant with a decoy flare ejection system and electronic warfare system, for the period 2025-2026. The cost in 2024 was 164 million rubles, and in 2025 ranges from 171 to 194 million rubles. [GL: These are subsonic cruise missiles.]
188 hypersonic “Kinzhal” missiles for the period 2024-2025. The cost is 366 million rubles each.
An unspecified number of “Zircon” missiles with annual deliveries of 80 units during 2024-2026. The cost is 420-450 million rubles each.
32 cruise missiles “Product-506” for the period 2024-2026. The cost is 337 million rubles each.
Earlier, the Main Intelligence Directorate, citing data in their possession on the armament program, stated plans to arm the Russian Armed Forces with about 2500 missiles of various types by the end of 2025. – Military Informant
Other channels note the documents have not been published, so it’s always difficult to confirm the validity of the data.
Note: 100M rubles is about $1.22M USD [end.]
[GL: There is no mention of Oreshnik hypersonic missiles, but these are known to be in production. Their targeting is extremely precise. They can hit almost anywhere in western Europe. Their Coulomb explosion is and the most powerful non-nuclear explosion in existence.]
In addition, Russia has now added jet engines to some of its FAB bombs, which range from 250kg of explosive to 9 metric tonnes. The most commonly used ones on the battlefield are 250kg and 500 kg, but heavier ones are now in use. The range is about 200km, and there has certainly been one that travelled 170km to hit its target. Andrei Martyanov thinks that the jet engines could be used up to the top of the range (9 metric tonnes of explosive) but that may require larger jet engines and may not be cost effective.
What is crystal clear is that weapons development is ongoing at a considerable rate, while NATO technology remains completely static, with limited capacity to expand production. Since the Russian economy is in robust health, this conflict can only have one outcome in Ukraine, and if NATO escalates it will find that its capabilities are insufficient. This implies that at some stage these idiots will reach for their nukes. Russia is ready for that.
From Nuri Vittachi and published in his always interesting Fridayeveryday.com
IF AN ENEMY ATTACKS, the Chinese will defend their nation with the East Wind, a hurricane of power that will destroy his ship.
Then from the waters will rise a Giant Wave. And from the skies will fall a Sudden Thunderbolt.
If any enemies survive to continue their assault, a Cloud Arrow and a fire dragon will scatter their weapons.
Military nerds like to talk in abbreviations, and at the China parade in Beijing, the JL-1 was revealed, the DF-61 was shown and so on.
That’s fine for the weapons enthusiasts, but is opaque to most people—and the use of short-form names means that a lot of the fascinating Chinese cultural evocations are lost.
So let’s put them back.
For military strategists, the big story about the weapons shown at the recent parade in Tiananmen Square (which means “Gate of Heavenly Peace”) is that China now has a triple-headed nuclear option – as well as launching such weapons from land, it can launch them from the sea and from the air.
The Dongfeng 61, (东风) or East Wind, is a surface-launched missile.
The Jinglei 1, or (惊雷) Thunderbolt, is an air-launched missile.
And the Julang 3, or (巨浪) Giant Wave, is a rocket launched from submarines.
Not all Chinese defense system names are taken from the elements. In recent years, the Chinese have been using a radar/ radio guidance air defence system called the HQ-22—which is actually Hong Qi22, (红旗) meaning Red Banner.
Chinese armsmaker Norinco sells a guided rocket called the BRE8, which also uses the rather more evocative names, including Fire Dragon and King Dragon.
Then China has whole family of multiple rocket launcher systems, which are basically trucks with missile launching batteries on their backs, developed by the Sichuan Academy of Aerospace Technology. The family of systems goes under the name the Weishi, or (卫士) The Guardians in English, sounding a bit like something from Marvel movies.
Meanwhile, different types of bomb made in China also have abbreviations plus evocative names.
The LS series of satellite glide bombs are 雷石, or Thunder Stones. The LT series of laser-guided bombs are 雷霆 or Thunderclaps. Other bombs include the YL, which is 云雷 or Cloud Thunder; and the YJ or 云箭, meaning Cloud Arrow.
Put them all together, and the main theme is clear. If you want to attack China, expect to find yourself in the mother of all storms.
Shocking U.S. Defeat: China’s Rare Earth Checkmate Is NOT What Media Pretends.
While western media pretends the latest Chinese announcement about export licensing restrictions is all about the trade war with the US, the real story is all about weapons. After the US emptied its stockpiles in Ukraine and West Asia, Beijing now strikes the USA where it seriously hurts: the ability to replenish their armaments. The US is now in a serious pickle, and the fact that they deflect from this, tells a lot.
Summary
Trump in a meeting with Mark Rutte (NATO) announced that the U.S. will impose 100% secondary sanctions on Russia and its trading partners if a ceasefire deal in Ukraine isn’t reached within about 50 days—that is, by the end of August.
Europe Will Now Pay for U.S. Weapons Sent to Ukraine via NATO. Basically the US will fill the European arsenals who will do the physical supply to Ukraine.
Rutte: “You want us to pay for Ukraine’s weapons. Which is totally logical.”
Trump explained why he’s threatening 100% tariffs instead of the previously proposed 500%.
According to him, a 100% rate can be imposed without needing new legislation, bypassing Congress entirely.
He added that both the 100% and 500% tariffs would have the same effect.
Trump stated that 17 Patriot missile systems are being prepared for shipment to Europe, with a significant number expected to be deployed on the battlefield in Ukraine. Eventually it was said that it a ‘full complement of weapons’.
More information will flow in during the day. The rest of this video is about how many problems Trump has solved in the world and then negative statements on Putin and lying about the SMO.
Europe wants to go to war. And Trump has just now given them wind in their sails (but this is not Trump’s war!). I really wonder how these people are going to cope when Russia blasts them out of the water (or the world)? Its worth listening to because in Trump’s view, the US has the best weapons in the world and Russia is 25 years behind.
If one looks at this with an analytic eye, Europe and NATO is not enthusiastically taking the role of the US Proxy for war against Russia. As Brian Berletic said so many times, it is simply a division of labor between the US and Europe and a strategic sequencing of wars. This is now screamingly obvious. We know about money laundering. Here the US is laundering a war.
Short comment by Brian Berletic
The Direction of US Foreign Policy…
It’s troubling to see even at this stage, people still arguing the US seeks to retreat from empire and accept multipolarism.
Nothing of the sort is happening…
Not even the US leaving Ukraine.
The US will fight to the last Ukrainian just as they promised they would, they themselves have said they will do so through “division of labor” and “strategic sequencing.”
It was never about defeating Russia, just extending it while the US made progress elsewhere (Syria for example which is now completely destroyed and captured by US proxies).
It is a mistake to underestimate US power and ambitions.
Months ago – before Trump took office – I warned that Trump would pick up right where Biden left off, not pivot toward multipolarism.
Since then, Trump took every Biden-era war and escalated them all.
All the fake division between “Trump” and Europe was purely to sell 5% GDP spending on NATO which is now underway.
Of course, regarding China, the US is more determined than ever.
Why would China be an exception when it is the HIGHEST of all US geopolitical priorities?
Some say nations tasked with confronting China have no motivation to comply to US demands.
But that’s not how it works.
If the US politically captures a nation, it installs a client regime that works for Washington and their own personal gain, not the nation they preside over, and will comply especially at the expense of the targeted nation.
That is why Ukraine and much of Europe are committing national suicide, and why nations in Asia likewise captured/even occupied by US troops will comply when tasked with hostility toward China even if it is self-destructive.
The Philippines is already decades behind the rest of ASEAN as a result of this process, Japan and South Korea play the same game as Europe of pretending to oppose US dictates time to time, but at critical junctures, they always comply.
This global conflict will continue until Russia, Iran, and China physically force the US to withdraw, not just itself, but overturn its client regimes as well – which will be more difficult, costly, violent, and time consuming than many people want to accept.
I understand why some people want to engage in wishful thinking, but now more than ever, especially people with influence, need to sound the alarm.