While Donald Copperfield was on his best behavior during his Asia tour, Russia spent the week unveiling two new ways to end humanity — the 9M730 Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile and the 2M39 Poseidon underwater nuke drone. The Skyfall missile even showed off with a 15-hour, 14,000 km joyride — proof that Moscow’s idea of “innovation” is making sure the apocalypse has better range.

https://euro-sd.com/2025/10/major-news/47460/russia-tests-wonder-weapons/

Putin briefly traded geopolitics for mythology, announcing the successful test of Russia’s nuclear-powered underwater drone, the Poseidon UUV. For the first time, its nuclear reactor was activated post-launch — a “huge success,” according to the Kremlin. Putin boasted that Poseidon surpasses all existing weapons in speed, depth, and destructive power, capable of triggering 1,600-foot radioactive tsunamis. Poseidon can reportedly carry a 2-megaton warhead, 150 times stronger than Hiroshima. Analysts have called the project a “flying Chernobyl” for good reason: a nuclear-powered torpedo designed to unleash a radioactive tsunami is not exactly a sustainable energy plan. If detonated near a coastal city, casualties could reach into the millions, leaving regions uninhabitable for generations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vINx4jJkmKU&t=296s

In short: while the rest of the world works on AI and renewable energy, Moscow’s innovation pipeline remains focused on perfecting civilization-ending gadgets — and this time, they’ve made one that can swim.

As expected, the ECB heroically did nothing — rates frozen, statement copy-pasted, mission accomplished. The economy is “resilient,” they say, thanks to past rate cuts (translation: luck), though “uncertainty remains” — which, in ECB-speak, means we have no clue what’s next. GDP crawled up 0.2%, and they’re calling it a victory lap. The doves are whispering about cuts in December, but for now, the ECB remains Europe’s most eloquent spectator.

In true Orwellian fashion, the ECB took another step toward its brave new monetary world, advancing the digital euro from theory to impending reality. The project now enters a phase of “technical readiness,” with pilot transactions slated for 2027 and full rollout conveniently timed for 2029 — just long enough for oversight to fade and compliance to feel natural. Behind the polished language of “inclusivity” and “monetary independence,” the ECB quietly confirmed partnerships with a consortium of tech gatekeepers —Worldline, Capgemini, and Sapient GmbH — who will build the digital infrastructure of tomorrow’s financial surveillance. Banks are expected to spend up to €5.8 billion preparing for this utopia, while the ECB invests another €1.3 billion to ensure “seamless control” over every digital cent in circulation.

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/digital_euro/progress/html/ecb.deprp202510.en.html

In a nutshell, the ECB froze rates, praised 0.2% growth as triumph, and quietly advanced its digital euro dream — a “complement to cash” that sounds suspiciously like the prelude to its funeral.

As Confucius preaches, when factories sleep and builders rest, the harmony of growth is but an illusion. China’s manufacturing PMI slipped again to 49, marking its seventh month of contraction, while services barely hovered above 50. Holidays and shopping sprees provided a fleeting sugar high, not a cure. Yet Beijing, seeing trade winds calm and targets within reach, prefers meditation over additional stimulus.

In a nutshell, China’s economy took a holiday too—factories snoozed, services yawned, and Beijing’s still pretending all is zen.

The Macro Butler pulled up another armchair for a spirited chat with Piggo’s Trading Desk on how wars and economics dance the same tango — and why the Fed may soon find itself hiking in 2026 while pouring liquidity like a bartender on overtime.

Grab a coffee and enjoy the show!

https://themacrobutler.substack.com/p/interview-with-piggos-trading-desk-85c

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The Macro Butler was rushed onto Asharq Bloomberg TV Dubai for an emergency broadcast to dissect the oil market’s latest melodrama — where prices now swing less on demand and more on geopolitical plot twists worthy of a Netflix thriller. Meanwhile, “Drill Baby Drill” remains a magical campaign slogan best filed under fantasy fiction, right next to unicorns and budget surpluses.

So buckle up, fill the tank while you still can, and enjoy the show.

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In the latest episode of the perpetual Malthusian Neocon “Russian Bogeyman” saga, the Pentagon has blessed the delivery of long-range Tomahawks to Ukraine—because apparently U.S. stockpiles are infinite and the apocalypse cannot wait. The ‘Warmonger In Chief’ had previously resisted arming the Dancer on High Heels from Kyiv with missiles that could wreck not only Russia’s energy sector but also the Russian capital, noting, sensibly, that the U.S. might actually need some for itself. Meanwhile, the Neocons keep plotting to drag America with the North Atlantic Terror Organization into World War III, using Ukraine as their pawn and trying to manipulate Donald Copperfield like a chess piece.

https://www.newsweek.com/tomahawk-missiles-ukraine-russia-donald-trump-10973752

Tomahawks’ 1,000-mile reach—and their theoretical dual-use capability—creates a brilliant new era of strategic ambiguity. In a world where hawks run the Ministry of War and promises are stagecraft, rivals are rightly inclined to assume the worst, and mistrust becomes the official doctrine. The result is a farcical, high-stakes stand-off where deterrence feels less like diplomacy and more like a badly scripted dystopian play.

https://www.britannica.com/technology/Tomahawk-cruise-missile