Caleb Larson

Real exodus vibes on the previous platform past few days

"Ukraine hopes for more air defenses from Germany’s spending boost" via @politico.com's @calebmlarson.bsky.social, with a few comments by yours truly: www.politico.eu/article/ukra.... @dgap.org

North Korea sends Putin tons of ammo. Europe can’t do the same for Ukraine Pyongyang beats the EU in supplying shells to the guns in Ukraine.

Why Russia and North Korea outpace the EU and Ukraine on ammo production @nikamelkozerova.bsky.social, @laukaya.bsky.social, @calebmlarson.bsky.social and @jacopobarigazzi.bsky.social, edited by @jancienski.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/vlad...

Trenches and tech on Ukraine’s southern front Drone pilots have become increasingly valuable—and are targets for both sides

Insightful: rapid tech evolution

“Earlier in the summer, some units began to equip higher-value assets like tanks and artillery with jamming boxes, which create high-energy fields around an object so that signals from [a drone] around it simply stop working.”
www.economist.com/europe/2023/...

I gotta say, first time watching Babylon berlin, and I find it impossible to believe Bolsheviks are gunning down Trotskyists in Berlin with American submachine guns in ~1920

Follow my super @politico.eu colleagues:
- Defense from Paris @laukaya.bsky.social
- Defense from Berlin @calebmlarson.bsky.social
- Defense editor @jancienski.bsky.social
- Research whizz @vollcornhirsch.bsky.social
- Data ace @hannecl.bsky.social
- Mobility in Brussels @marieccles.bsky.social

‎War on the Rocks: A Conversation with the Commandant, Gen. Eric Smith on Apple Podcasts ‎Show War on the Rocks, Ep A Conversation with the Commandant, Gen. Eric Smith - Oct 25, 2023

Outstanding listen on the future of the Marine Corps

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

In today's Morning Defense:

🪖 MEPs want to dispatch military hardware impounded near Libya to Ukraine.

💸 Germany to send military equipment worth €1.4 billion to Kyiv.

⚓️ A maritime lobby group has laid out trends in naval defense.

Read more: www.politico.eu/article/meps...

Ukraine says Israel-Hamas war shows West must ramp up arms production ‘The free world should be producing enough to protect itself,’ Strategic Industries Minister Oleksandr Kamyshin told POLITICO.

@joshposaner.bsky.social & I spoke to Oleksandr Kamyshin, Ukraine's Minister of Strategic Industries, about his plans to expand defense production in Ukraine — with German help — the pull of Western resources toward other conflicts, and the persistent Russian threat.

www.politico.eu/article/ukra...

Can’t say I’m shocked

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Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in her apartment building 17 years ago today. Novaya Gazeta is silenced now, too

Also, today Putin turns 71

France and Germany give new push to joint next-generation battle tank Defense ministers pledge to divide labor by year’s end but stay mum on technical details of the new main battle tank.

France and Germany are keen to show unity on the joint Main Ground Combat System tank project — but the Leopard 2's proven combat record, and surge in demand thanks to the war in Ukraine, could drastically delay MGCS.

www.politico.eu/article/fran...