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China-friendly KMT stunts Taiwan’s attempt to grow into a fully formed hedgehog

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By David Axe Verified
| The Strategist Australia
Perhaps the strongest sign that Taiwan was on the verge of a strategic breakthrough came in early May, when the Taiwanese legislature, led by the China-friendly Kuomintang (KMT), passed a pared-down version of the special military budget championed by President Lai Ching-te. After all, detente with China, or soft surrender if you’re being less generous, is a central plank in the KMT’s platform. Its passing a special military budget seems remarkable at first glance.
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Europe Should Buy Ukrainian Flamingos

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By David Axe Verified
| Cepa
Europeans need cruise missiles. Ukraine makes them. It’s a deep-strike problem with an obvious solution. Despite the missile’s immaturity, despite the political costs and despite the prospect of eventual European-made alternatives, Europe should buy Ukraine’s Fire Point FP-5 Flamingo. In buying FP-5s to meet its own needs, Europe could help meet Ukraine’s needs, too. The crude, 6-ton FP-5 isn’t a perfect weapon (it’s about five times heavier than a Tomahawk, for example).
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Europe Isn’t Ready for AI Drones

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By David Axe Verified
| Cepa
In a potentially decisive campaign that began this spring, Ukraine’s enormous and growing drone force pivoted to medium-range strikes targeting what is arguably Russia’s biggest weak spot: its supply lines connecting Russia proper to the forward bases of its field armies, a few tens of kilometers behind the gray zone threading north to south along the breadth of eastern Ukraine.
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