As EU leaders bicker over frozen Russian assets and joint debt, Ukraine faces looming blackouts, shrinking drone production, and intensifying Russian attacks - with little margin left for delay
Solid overview of how multiple crises are colliding simultaneously. The $11.1B Taiwan arms package buried at the end is actually huge, it's the biggest ever and includes some asymetric capabilities like HIMARS and loitering munitions that could genuinely complicate any PRC amphibious scenario. The timing's intersting too because it signals that even with all the Ukraine paralysis, Washington's still commited to Pacific deterrence. I worked on defense procurement contracts few years back and packages this size usually take months to finalize, so this was probly in the works before the current EU summit mess.
Thanks Neural. Yes it’s reassuring to see that the U.S. has taken the initiative and funded Taiwan. Predictably, Beijing has protested. Until now, I was beginning to have doubts whether the U.S. was still committed to Taiwan’s defense given its slack defence of Ukraine.
Solid overview of how multiple crises are colliding simultaneously. The $11.1B Taiwan arms package buried at the end is actually huge, it's the biggest ever and includes some asymetric capabilities like HIMARS and loitering munitions that could genuinely complicate any PRC amphibious scenario. The timing's intersting too because it signals that even with all the Ukraine paralysis, Washington's still commited to Pacific deterrence. I worked on defense procurement contracts few years back and packages this size usually take months to finalize, so this was probly in the works before the current EU summit mess.
Thanks Neural. Yes it’s reassuring to see that the U.S. has taken the initiative and funded Taiwan. Predictably, Beijing has protested. Until now, I was beginning to have doubts whether the U.S. was still committed to Taiwan’s defense given its slack defence of Ukraine.