There’s a lot of issues with taxing unrealized gains especially in todays trading environments. Taxing people based on spot or perceived market values would not work well.

Volatility and liquidity issues aside you’d run into quite a few other issues as well. Increasing a marginal rate would help.

Turkish company successfully tests laser anti-drone system ASELSAN, Türkiye’s leading defense company, has successfully tested its GÖKBERK Mobile Laser Weapon System against first-person view (FPV) drones, which have become a critical threat in modern warfare...

Turkish company successfully tests laser anti-drone system

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Україна хоче більше зенітних ракет: підписали меморандум із виробником IRIS-T Підписана угода відкриває шлях до великих індустріальних проєктів, які дозволять посилити спроможності протиповітряної оборони.

🇺🇦 Ukraine has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Diehl Defence, the manufacturer of the IRIS-T SLS/M air defence systems, to open the way for "major industrial projects that will strengthen the capabilities of Ukrainian air defence."

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Russian woman abducts 4-year-old girl from Kherson Oblast and tells Putin she wants to “adopt” her Russian Olga Dorokhina, the mother of a deceased Russian soldier, boasted to Putin about plans to “adopt” a 4-year-old Ukrainian girl from occupied Kherson Oblast.

🤬 Russian woman abducts 4-year-old girl from Kherson Oblast and tells Putin she wants to "adopt" her

I personally would disagree. The SIGINT on some U.S aircraft and drones is absolutely insane. Some of the upgraded BLQ-10’s on the submarines and other SIGINT/ EW assets across U.S fleets are just insane.

The NSA and CIA also operate crazy complex bases like pine gap & menwith hill.

Unfortunately Israel won’t even let spike ATGM’s go to Ukraine let alone PULS and its air defense systems. Would have been a lot easier to supply Ukraine if Israel and South Korea would’ve been willing to export to Ukraine.

Israel, Türkiye and SK all have ATACMS analogs while Europe doesn’t.

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I’ll do another analysis on this sometime in more depth but I just wanted to leave a few thoughts.

One of Ukraines saving Graces is that their defense industry currently produces 1/3 of what they need domestically and their DIB has rapidly expanded to meet the occasion. By later this year they aim to be at 50% of needs met domestically but this will depend on outside funding for their industry.

Things like SBIRS satellites and U.S Intel aren’t exactly replaceable either. Europe has some satellite and Intel capability’s as does Ukraine but it pails in comparison to U.S capability’s.

European countries may still be able to transfer their own patriot interceptors and A2A missiles for Ukrainian jets snd NASAMS systems however it remains unclear if reexport will be hampered by the administration.

I think the challenge for Europe if they step up to replace the funding gap left by the U.S aid pause will largely be in regards to air defense capabilities as well as GMLRS and guided rockets.

Artillery shell gaps can largely be compensated for but ABM capabilities can’t in any short term way.

Hope you’re doing okay man I came over here to check on you. If you need anything send me a DM.

People are worried about you and they may be over reacting but better safe than sorry.

Looking to make a YouTube video next week about the U.S solid rocket motor supply chain and then a follow up video about how Ukraine should go about building its missile program and which firms would be good partners for it.

До Польщі доставили 6 танків Black Panther До Польщі кораблем доставили ще 6 корейських танків K2 Black Panther. Це передостання партія, яка цього року прибула до Польщі

Poland has taken delivery of a further 6 K2 Black Panther Main Battle Tanks, bringing the total to 77 units delivered out of 180 ordered.

Poland is expecting to receive seven additional tanks this year, with the remaining 96 to be delivered in 2025.

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The challenge for Trump envoy, Keith Kellogg: Putin wishes to re-establish a Russian empire where Ukraine does not exist and to restore Russian spheres of influence. Ukraine wishes to maintain its soverignity and future. Difficult to square that circle unless the US commits resources to Ukraine.

Kyiv, Kyiv region, Odessa region, Dnipropetrovsk region, Donetsk region - emergency power outages - DTEK

Kyiv, Kyiv region, Odessa region, Dnipropetrovsk region, Donetsk region - emergency power outages - DTEK

Lots of cruise missiles flying right now I believe some hit so far and some ballistics earlier

Explosions being reported in dnipro

Reposting for a reminder that large scale combat operations call for an industrial base the like of which most people can’t imagine

That’s generally the case for Cruise missiles that or electronics.

Данія передасть українському ОПК €130 млн Данія виділила 130 млн євро на розвиток українського оборонно-промислового комплексу (ОПК), що допоможе з виробництвом

Denmark allocates 130 million € directly to the Ukrainian defence industry, according to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

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If they were able to produce 100 Neptune missiles. I would assume engine production and some key electronic systems are the limiting factors in scaling cruise missile production besides funding.

With Ukraine having produced 100 Neptune missiles and an unknown number of Palianytsia missiles as well other missiles this year it’ll be interesting to explore how they plan to reach 3,000 missiles next year.

Cruise missile Engine production at motorsich has scaled drastically over the last year.

Cant wait to visit the city sometime and not be bothered by the air raid sirens. The people I met there a few months were amazing and I can’t wait for a day when Russian missiles and drones don’t fill the sky there.

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I can’t tell why some people think a few ATACMS strikes will cause a wider war or a nuclear response when Ukraine literally poured tens of thousands of men into a successful invasion of Russia and they didn’t do anything about it.

Ps. I think you would have got North Koreans fighting regardless.

Thank you!