Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
Why does the Biden Admin continue to cede the escalation ladder entirely to Russia?
Why does the Biden Admin continue to cede the escalation ladder entirely to Russia?
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Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand)
New: US military bases across Europe were placed on a rare, heightened state of alert last week after the US received intel that Russian-backed actors were considering carrying out sabotage attacks against US military personnel and facilities https://www…
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
@ashertheowl: These are much better than the trash M107s everyone has bought since then.
@ashertheowl: These are much better than the trash M107s everyone has bought since then.
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @mattgurney: Canada's civil defence plan will just be someone repeatedly telling us that the risk to Canada is low.
RT @mattgurney: Canada's civil defence plan will just be someone repeatedly telling us that the risk to Canada is low.
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Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch)
NEW: NATO will call for all 32 nations to put in place civil defense plans at the DC summit to use in case of an Article 5-level attack, officials told
@ForeignPolicy
NATO wants nations to prep for Russian attacks that could hit ports, bases, & energy
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@ForeignPolicy
NATO wants nations to prep for Russian attacks that could hit ports, bases, & energy
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
❗🇺🇲🇺🇦 President Biden says that the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and Italy will together provide Ukraine with "5 strategic air defense systems."
PATRIOT not referenced specifically but that's likely what he is referring to. https://twitter.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1810702782397317527#m
❗🇺🇲🇺🇦 President Biden says that the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and Italy will together provide Ukraine with "5 strategic air defense systems."
PATRIOT not referenced specifically but that's likely what he is referring to. https://twitter.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1810702782397317527#m
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
The United States, Germany and Romania will donate a PATRIOT each. The Netherlands (reportedly in conjunction with Sweden) will deliver a fourth, and Italy will donate another SAMP/T.
Beyond these 5 systems, Ukrainian officials said they expect 4 more by year's end.
The United States, Germany and Romania will donate a PATRIOT each. The Netherlands (reportedly in conjunction with Sweden) will deliver a fourth, and Italy will donate another SAMP/T.
Beyond these 5 systems, Ukrainian officials said they expect 4 more by year's end.
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @John_A_Ridge: Pending confirmation from individual governments, 9 PATRIOT and 2 SAMP/T fire units have now been committed to Ukraine.
2 U.S. PATRIOT FUs
4 German PATRIOT FUs
1 Spanish PATRIOT FU
1 Romanian PATRIOT FU
1 Dutch-Swedish PATRIOT FU
1 French-Italian SAMP/T FU
1 Italian SAMP/T FU https://twitter.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1810795383171469460#m
RT @John_A_Ridge: Pending confirmation from individual governments, 9 PATRIOT and 2 SAMP/T fire units have now been committed to Ukraine.
2 U.S. PATRIOT FUs
4 German PATRIOT FUs
1 Spanish PATRIOT FU
1 Romanian PATRIOT FU
1 Dutch-Swedish PATRIOT FU
1 French-Italian SAMP/T FU
1 Italian SAMP/T FU https://twitter.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1810795383171469460#m
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
@John_A_Ridge: The Spanish FU is reportedly part of the additional 4 batteries that the Ukrainians will receive. Though they also included Sweden's contribution in this group and we have to assume they are providing the other components for the Dutch FU in this first group.
@John_A_Ridge: The Spanish FU is reportedly part of the additional 4 batteries that the Ukrainians will receive. Though they also included Sweden's contribution in this group and we have to assume they are providing the other components for the Dutch FU in this first group.
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
@John_A_Ridge @deaidua @S1epanS: All the reporting suggests that these 5 are new commitments beyond what has already been pledged, but time will tell. The media certainly gets a lot of details wrong.
@John_A_Ridge @deaidua @S1epanS: All the reporting suggests that these 5 are new commitments beyond what has already been pledged, but time will tell. The media certainly gets a lot of details wrong.
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
@W5TSC: Battery is an organizational term of choice that the US Army and some others use for their units which operate PATRIOT. Fire Unit is the technical term for the components which comprise a functioning system (launchers, radar, control center, support vehicles).
@W5TSC: Battery is an organizational term of choice that the US Army and some others use for their units which operate PATRIOT. Fire Unit is the technical term for the components which comprise a functioning system (launchers, radar, control center, support vehicles).
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
@steffanwatkins: You clearly don't follow US politics because Democrats are saying the exact same thing.
@steffanwatkins: You clearly don't follow US politics because Democrats are saying the exact same thing.
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
🇺🇲🇨🇦 Senator Sullivan represents Alaska and is acutely aware of the strategic importance of the northwest passage. If Canada isn't going to take national defence seriously then we won't have any control over our own sovereign territory. Best case scenario in that situation is that the United States takes over. Worse case scenario, Russia & China do.
🇺🇲🇨🇦 Senator Sullivan represents Alaska and is acutely aware of the strategic importance of the northwest passage. If Canada isn't going to take national defence seriously then we won't have any control over our own sovereign territory. Best case scenario in that situation is that the United States takes over. Worse case scenario, Russia & China do.
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
🇺🇲🇯🇵 The Japanese Ministry of Defense has signed the Foreign Military Sales Letter of Offer & Acceptance for these 50 JASSM-ERs.
They will equip the JASDF's F-15Js.
🇺🇲🇯🇵 The Japanese Ministry of Defense has signed the Foreign Military Sales Letter of Offer & Acceptance for these 50 JASSM-ERs.
They will equip the JASDF's F-15Js.
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @deaidua: German @tagesschau is citing unnamed people close to the German government saying that Biden's talk about the additional German Patriot fire unit only refers to the third delivered one, whose delivery to Ukraine was made public last Friday.
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RT @deaidua: German @tagesschau is citing unnamed people close to the German government saying that Biden's talk about the additional German Patriot fire unit only refers to the third delivered one, whose delivery to Ukraine was made public last Friday.
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @FRHoffmann1: Here’s a quick analysis of the AIM-120 warhead, as many have been asking about it.
The AIM-120 features a WDU-33/B or WDU-41/B blast-fragmentation warhead, designed to destroy soft-skinned airborne targets such as aircraft, cruise missiles, and long-range drones.
The weight of the warhead differs by AIM-120 variant:
- AIM-120A/B/C (up to C-3) (WDU-33/B): 22.7 kg (50 lb)
- AIM-120 C-4/C-5 (WDU-41/B): 18.1 kg (40 lb) -
Not all of the warhead's mass consists of high explosives. In fact, the majority of its weight is made up of fragmentable material.
The amount of actual high explosives is as follows:
- AIM-120A/B/C (up to C-3): 7.66 kg (16.9 lb) of explosives
- AIM-120 C-4/C-5: 8.61 kg (19 lb) of explosives
Why? Because the lethality of this type of warhead relies less on the kinetic energy of the explosion's overpressure shockwave and more on the kinetic energy of the fragment...
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RT @FRHoffmann1: Here’s a quick analysis of the AIM-120 warhead, as many have been asking about it.
The AIM-120 features a WDU-33/B or WDU-41/B blast-fragmentation warhead, designed to destroy soft-skinned airborne targets such as aircraft, cruise missiles, and long-range drones.
The weight of the warhead differs by AIM-120 variant:
- AIM-120A/B/C (up to C-3) (WDU-33/B): 22.7 kg (50 lb)
- AIM-120 C-4/C-5 (WDU-41/B): 18.1 kg (40 lb) -
Not all of the warhead's mass consists of high explosives. In fact, the majority of its weight is made up of fragmentable material.
The amount of actual high explosives is as follows:
- AIM-120A/B/C (up to C-3): 7.66 kg (16.9 lb) of explosives
- AIM-120 C-4/C-5: 8.61 kg (19 lb) of explosives
Why? Because the lethality of this type of warhead relies less on the kinetic energy of the explosion's overpressure shockwave and more on the kinetic energy of the fragment...
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