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Fabian Hoffmann, PhD
@frhoffmann.bsky.social

We also discuss why Europe has many national arsenals but no shared deep-strike doctrine, how low-cost cruise missiles and long-range drones are lowering barriers to entry for states like the Baltics, what this means for arms control... 2/3

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Marsanges
@marsanges.bsky.social

But Russia didnt want to bring it about. It did so only because it failed in Ukraine, which it had not planned to do! In their plan the war would have been quick, UA turned into a vassal and hosting their troops a la Belarus, and they could have faced asleep Europe from a much better position!