On the scale of human warfare, “a few months” is pretty new. Frankly, its fairly new on the timescale of the Ukraine war at this point.

It’s also not going to explode so probably less of an issue on the whole than all the UXO there…

Because the secret is where it is, not that it exists.

They literally describe it as “the size of a forearm” so that about tracks with 3-4 inches diameter.

Most claimed “hypersonic” missiles can’t actually manoeuvre at those speeds so you can spot them at distance and work out where you need to send an interceptor missile. We saw this with Patriot batteries vs Kinzhal in Ukraine.

Those would count as services which Trump explicitly excluded from his calculation, presumably so that he could claim the US has a larger trade deficit than it actually does. Although given he basically pulled the formula out of his ass anyway I’m not sure why he bothered to fudge the numbers as well.

While that is true, I do think there is an opportunity for the EU to get a real economic and diplomatic boost by strengthen ties with the traditional western allies in the Pacific now that America is torching its bridges there. Whether or not it can manage to get all member states to agree quickly enough to actually take that opportunity is a different matter though…

Euros or rmb as the new reserve currency? Place your bets now (literally if you like).

Who gets to keep the nukes?

It’s also worth remembering that a bunch of the electronics in the F35 were developed by BAE Systems. If we really got to the “trying to sabotage the planes sold to allies” stage, America’s F35 fleet would be fucked too.

I don’t see how thawing seas help China unless they’re planning on retaking Outer Manchuria from Russia?

Are the Democrats in the room with us right now?