They've been firing these cruise missiles at Ukraine from the Capital sea. They have the range to be fired from plenty far enough away from Britain. They can reach Britain from Novaya Zemlya. (View Post)

The Ukrainian public are angry at Zelensky because of the corruption scandal, but there would be a revolution and he would be forced out of office if he surrendered to Russia. So (2) does not increas… (View Post)

One potential problem is that Europe is reliant on the US for a lot of critical defense technology. For example, the storm shadow/scalp-eg missiles contain US components, so we required US permission… (View Post)

I reckon Britain would lose at least a couple of significant infrastructure targets to such a Russian attack. Yes the RAF, with support from other European NATO air forces, would rapidly make a mess … (View Post)

Support among GOP voters for Ukraine has been rising in recent months. I don't know for sure why, but it's a marked change. Some people have speculated that the craven attitude of Trump towards Putin… (View Post)