Matt Costlow
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@Matt_Costlow
Personal acct. NIPP Senior Analyst. Writes on nuclear deterrence, missile defense, arms control. Usual caveats. "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
Footage of an exoatmospheric (space) interception of an Iranian ballistic missile over Israel this evening.
But Israel is running out of interceptors...
U.S. Army Soldiers are supporting the most integrated air defense umbrella in the history of the Middle East.
Teaching Clausewitz in my grand strategy class at Georgetown University tonight. My students say the "fog of war" has been greatly reduced by modern information technology. For example, weather is no longer a source of friction. Check your iphone before the war. Are they correct?
tibeto-mongolian gangster following the collapse of USSR in the 90s
U.S. missile defense is the envy of the world. As I always stress: missile defense is a deterrent in and of itself *and* a deterrence enabler - it defends capabilities the US can use to impose costs. Bad day for adversary: attack fails *and* provokes unacceptable US response.
Footage of a Ukrainian Patriot PAC-3 interceptor slamming into an incoming Russian ballistic missile over Kyiv last night.
Trump's failure to engage with Russia or China on nuclear arms control - and absence of a coherent strategy for doing so - is a dereliction of one of his most basic duties. "Barring last-minute nuclear deal, US and Russia teeter on brink of new arms race" reuters.com/business/aeros…
Which two countries genuinely hate each other the most on earth right now?
A longtime public servant who represented Arizona from the 1990s to the 2010s announced he is retiring from public life. ktar.com/arizona-news/j…
The @DeptofWar just released its annual China Military Power Report (CMPR). Below are the noteworthy or new findings from this year's report, which include new assessments of the PLA's 2027 milestone and nuclear capabilities and strategy.
