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$60 Billion will go to Ukraine 🇺🇦. $14 Billion will go to Israel 🇮🇱 to help them maintain their balance of power in the region. We're only a few years away from a Saudi / Jordanian / Israeli, Suni-Jewish working relationship that will further create a balance of power in the region vs Shia...

The Americans sent plenty of aid to Ukraine without passing supplemental aid. Biden maxed out nearly every mechanism he had that didn't require funding from Congress. That even went so far as to include sending "excess defense articles" to allies, in exchange for those allies sending weapons to...

Andrew Perpetua's visually documented and geolocated losses for Russia and Ukraine, Monday, April 15th.

The USA 🇺🇸 House of Representatives will vote on a foreign aid bill for Ukraine this week. The details of the bill are the same as the $60 Billion usd bill that was passed in the Senate, with two caveats. 1. The portion of the aid bill that consists of macro financial aid will be in the form of...

Iran 🇮🇷 is doing everything possible to say... "We had to respond to your attack on our Consulate, or we would have looked weak in front of our populace and Allies. But we don't want direct war with you. We'd rather do that through our proxies. So kindly F-Off".

Both RIM-156 and RIM-174 (SM-6) are able to shoot down BMs. Both AEGIS cruisers and Arleigh Burke Destoyers are capable. There is no question that Iranian proxies would overwhelm Israeli missile defense systems, but as you alluded to, the cost would be insane. I suspect that Lebanese cities...

I think you're overrating Iran's ability some. I suspect that Israel / the United States would be willing to deploy even more assets in the face of a significant ballistic missile attack. For example, the U.S. did not even use any if it's AEGIS guided missile cruisers or Arleigh Burke Class...

The Ukrainian 🇺🇦 domestic fundraisers to support their troops continue. The people of Lviv have banded together to raise money for drones and related to equipment for transfer to the UAF. Here is what they bought... - 1515 FPV kamikaze drones - 17 Mavic 3T recon drones - 5 Furia recon drones...

Do you have evidence to present that the HARMS missiles failed because of age? I haven't seen anything the that effect. My understanding is that the overwhelming issue Ukraine faced with the HARMS was the integration with their OLD Mig-29s (not even made to be integrated). Furthermore...

$1.2-$1.5 Billion usd to intercept that many ordinance is actually peanuts when it's split between Israel 🇮🇱, USA 🇺🇸, Britain 🇬🇧, France 🇫🇷, Jordan 🇯🇴 and Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦. Collectively, those countries can afford to intercept missile barrages for a LONG time.

Cruise missiles are essentially irrelevant. The travel time from Iran to Israel, combined with the speed the missiles travel at, make them easy pickings for Israeli fighter jets with modern targeting pods and radars, as well as Israel's air defense network. It's only really the ballistic...

U.S. sent ATAM missiles to Ukraine that are beyond 20 years old, they've worked just fine. Thry sent DPICM 155mm artillery shells to Ukraine that are beyond 20 years old. They worked just fine. They sent Zuni rockets to Ukraine that are well beyond 20 years old. They worked just fine... A...

Actually, they didn't. The Americans, Brits, Jordanians and Saudis actually contributed quite a bit, sharing the cost burden of the interception. It more than likely cost Israel $500-$750 million usd worth of interceptors, which us still a significant amount of money. But the there was no...

...... Ummm 20 year old weapons are used all the time in combat. It's about the storage, maintenance and upkeep state of those weapons. Podunk countries don't invest in that type of upkeep, therefore, they see large rates of failure. Non-podunk countries do invest in proper storage, maintenance...

If this is true, it is telegraphed in a way to give Iran time to prepare. Again, to show that Israel won't simply accept this, without blowing the entire region up in conflict. I'd be very surprised if an Israeli retaliatory strike featured anything more than limited, targeted strikes.

Thanks for sharing that HUD footage. Pretty cool stuff. The West makes some damn fine weapons platforms, with some awesome targeting capability.

If you read the bill, purpose of the money is pretty explicit. The overwhelming majority of the money is to enhance and re-supply Israel's air defense systems, further hardening the country from attacks the like of which we witnessed yesterday... And the reality is that said air defense network...

This is for the best IMO. 1. Israel 🇮🇱 got to smoke some IRGC baddies in Syria. 2. Iran 🇮🇷 got to respond and save face in the region among their allies. 3. Israel 🇮🇱 will likely get $14 Billion in additional military aid passed. 4. Ukraine 🇺🇦 will likely get $60 Billion in additional...

Andrew Perpetua's visually documented and geolocated losses for Russia and Ukraine, Saturday, April 13th.

The Israelis reported "minor" damage at the base. It is possible that nothing important at the facility was hit, but it's also possible that fairly significant damage was dealt.