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All across Russia, Ukraine’s armed forces have been – piece by piece and one drone strike at a time – destroying the infrastructure of Wildberries. The company is Russia’s largest online shopping platform.

At the end of July and into the beginning of August, an increasing number of the company’s important facilities have been targeted by drone attacks. As of 3 August, 12 of the online retailer’s 15 largest warehouses in different regions had been hit. Seven of them have not yet resumed operations.

Putin in 2023. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Putin in 2022.

Running Out of Money, Options Russia’s Putin is Risking an Internal Revolt If He Enacts Forced Conscription – Multiple news outlets are reporting that Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing a difficult next two months. The most politically dangerous move for him, say, numerous experts, is how he decides to address his need for addressesower.

His decision may or may not reverberate negatively with the population at large – potentially producing an open revolt and creating political conflict in some of Russia’s regions, as well as in Moscow itself.

Putin’s Strategy to Win His War in Ukraine: “Out-Suffer” Them – About a week ago, Andrei Klepach, the chief economist for Russia’s Vnesheconombank (VEB), which is the second-largest banking institution in the country, was removed after 12 years in the job. For ten years before that, he had run the macroeconomic forecasting unit at the economic development and trade ministry. In short, one of the country’s most experienced and insightful economic analysts.

Our intrepid team covers a lot of ground in this episode: the increasing fluidity of the battlefield, drones and air defense, the biting Black Sea campaign, the causes and aftermath of the firing of Ukraine’s popular defense minister, why Ukraine probably cannot produce PAC-3 air defense missiles (despite what some journalists are telling you), and the likelihood of a new round of Russian mobilization. This episode is Dara Massicot and Michael Kofman at their best.Thanks to NODA AI for supporting this episode. NODA AI is building mission command for autonomous forces.

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During the Cold War, the U.S. Navy fielded the iconic AIM-54 Phoenix missile. Fired by the F-14 Tomcat and guided by radar, the Phoenix was upgraded to an operational range of nearly 100 nautical miles. This allowed the Tomcat to engage enemy aircraft at extremely long distance from the carrier.
Retired in 2004, the Phoenix appears to have a spiritual successor in the new AIM-424 Malice missile.
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