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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧
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Security columnist @InsiderEng | Defense news/analysis with an emphasis on procurement, arms sales & 🇺🇦 military aid. | RT≠endorsement. Opinions=mine.
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May 2 • 18 tweets • 6 min read
INDOPACOM bros, we're so back!

This is thread three of three on the national security supplemental. Today I'll be explaining the Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (IPSSAA).

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Image IPSSAA appropriates $8,120,242,000, of which:

$5,870,242,000 is for the US Department of Defense

$2,000,000,000 is for Foreign Military Financing program

$250,000,000 is for economic assistance via the International Development Association

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Apr 30 • 35 tweets • 12 min read
This is the second of three threads on the national security supplemental that passed Congress last week. Today I'll be explaining the $26.4 billion Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (ISSAA).

🧵 1/34 ISSAA appropriates a total of $26,382,000,000, of which:

$7.84 billion is for the US Department of Defense

$8.7 billion is for security assistance to Israel

$9.15 billion is for humanitarian aid for the region

The $690 million balance is for miscellaneous purposes.

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Apr 25 • 37 tweets • 13 min read
The US Congress finally passed the $95 billion National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, which includes aid for Ukraine, Israel & Indo-Pacific allies, and invests in the US Defense Industrial Base.

But what is actually in the bill, and where does the money go?

🧵 1/36 Image The Supplemental is actually comprised of 4 bills, which were packaged together by the US House under 1 rule, passed and messaged to the Senate. It includes Supplemental Appropriations Acts for Israel, Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific, and an omnibus sanctions bill.

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Apr 16 • 38 tweets • 16 min read
2 years into Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, & Canada still has no plan to meet it's NATO commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defence.

Last week, National Defence 🇨🇦 (DND) released a defence policy update, projecting spending of only 1.76% by FY29.

And what about 155mms?

🧵 1/37 Canadian Defence Policy Update This isn't a comprehensive summary of everything in the policy update. I'm just going to cover some key pieces, and if you're interested in learning more I would suggest you read it for yourself. All figures discussed in this thread are Canadian $s.

2/37canada.ca/en/department-…
Apr 15 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
🚨🔥 BREAKING: There is a fire at Scranton Army Ammunition Plant. The Scranton Plant, a government owned contractor operated facility, is the main producer of 155mm artillery shell bodies in the United States. Image facebook.com/share/p/N2qptW…
Apr 8 • 110 tweets • 33 min read
On March 12, the Biden Admin finally announced a new Drawdown package for 🇺🇦, ending an 11 week moratorium.

For 11 weeks they maintained they would not provide any new aid. They watched as ammo ran out. They watched as Avdiivka fell. Then they reversed course.

Why?

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🧵 Artwork via The Insider. This thread is on US Security Assistance to Ukraine (specifically Presidential Drawdown Authority), a topic I have been covering for 2 years now. There is no TL;DR. This is a complicated subject that I hope I have made understandable for you. 2/109
Sep 18, 2023 • 80 tweets • 27 min read
ATACMS. What is it? Why does it matter so much? How many are there? How many will Ukraine get? Every question you could possibly have, answered. It's the thread you've all been waiting for... 🧵 (1/72) ATACMS test firing, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. I can't TL;DR this. You're going to want to read all of it, but the key takeaway is, 🇺🇦 needs ATACMS to destroy time sensitive targets & reduce expenditure rates of Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG. Without it, certain high value Russian assets are largely safe from destruction. (2/72)
Sep 8, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
🚨 It's the day we've all been waiting for: ABC News reports that the US will finally supply Ukraine with ATACMS.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-se… "The US has found it has more ATACMS in its inventory than originally assessed, the two officials told ABC. The serviceability of the rediscovered stockpile is not yet clear, nor which specific type of missiles it contains."

Lmao did they forget about their expired inventory?
Aug 20, 2023 • 24 tweets • 8 min read
US military aid to 🇺🇦 will determine the outcome of this war. Congress has already appropriated & authorized significant sums, but the Biden Admin has continuously slow walked & rationed every major weapon system delivered. Let's review the past, and then look forwards. 🧵(1/24) Image This thread will focus on Presidential Drawdown Authority, which allows delivery of equipment from US stock to meet Ukraine's immediate needs. Congress has authorized $32.2 billion in PDA since the invasion began: $14b in FY22 & $18.2b in FY23. (2/24)
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Jul 9, 2023 • 22 tweets • 5 min read
Because there haven’t been enough of them already...

Cluster munitions: a thread. 🧵

Yes, I know, I know. I’m going to address some big picture issues here though. Pro Kremlin groups like Human Rights Watch don’t want you to see this!

1/22 US federal law prohibits the sale or transfer of cluster munitions (CMs) with a dud rate that exceeds 1%, however the President can waive this restriction. The DoD’s own policy, dating back to the Bush Admin in 2008, is to phase CMs w/ a dud rate exceeding 1% out of service. 2/22
Jan 6, 2023 • 10 tweets • 1 min read
🚨BREAKING: Details of the $2.85 billion PDA package for Ukraine! ❗️ Pentagon confirms that M109 Paladin SPGs will be provided.
Dec 17, 2022 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
Huge development today on enhancing 🇺🇦 air defences, this time out of 🇬🇷, where @pronewsgr reported statements made by Def Min Panagiotopoulos on 🇬🇷 S-300s. I've been promising this thread for a while as a follow up to the one I wrote on 🇧🇬. This is even more significant.
🧵1/11 In my thread on 🇧🇬 I outlined the Soviet systems that they have which Ukraine needs and could immediately put into operation. Most importantly are their S-300s. Slovakia already provided theirs, Bulgaria isn't budging, but Greece is now willing.
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Dec 15, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
BREAKING: US DoD announces that they are expanding training of Ukrainian forces beyond the current specialist training, to include combined arms maneuver training. This is battalion level training, whereby 500 Ukrainian soldiers will be trained every month by US forces.
Dec 12, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Additional video of collapsed bridge in Melitopol area. No visible damage to the deck suggests that this may have been explosives planted on the supports below, rather than artillery.
Nov 21, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
This picture of a 🇷🇺 truck and 2S3 Akatsiya SPG is very illustrative of the bezdorizhzhia (roadlessness) that results from the autumn & spring rains. Wheeled vehicles have tough time, tracked do better, but overall mobility of all units/vehicles is hampered.
Quick 🧵 👇 1/10 This problem isn't limited to Russian forces. Here we see a Ukrainian MaxxPro MRAP (🇺🇲) struggling in the mud as well. It's size and heavier armor is great for protecting against mines and IEDs but is a disadvantage in these conditions. 2/10
Nov 20, 2022 • 17 tweets • 6 min read
Whether it's the 🇷🇺 Lancet-3, or 🇮🇷 Shahed 136, loitering munitions pose a unique threat to Ukraine. Unlike expensive cruise missiles, they are cheaper than most, if not all, of the surface to air missiles that can shoot them down. 🇺🇦 needs affordable firing solutions.🧵 1/17 Human life is priceless, & damaged infrastructure is far more costly to repair than missiles are expensive, but automatic cannon rounds are cheap and effective in the Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (CUAS) role. Missile based firing solutions not economically sustainable. 2/17
Nov 17, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
💥 Explosions, occupied Donetsk, Ukraine. 💥 Another video from occupied Donetsk.
Nov 3, 2022 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
"Caretaker Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov also told reporters on Thursday Bulgaria cannot afford to send its Soviet-made anti-aircraft missile systems or fighter jets, which Kyiv wants, because they could not be replaced quickly."

Enter Lend Lease. Time for a thread. 🧵 1/ A few days ago a stray Russian missile landed in Moldova. Bulgaria faces this same threat, so understandably they don't want to give their air defence systems away to Ukraine. So they need replacement systems. 2/ Image
Oct 14, 2022 • 23 tweets • 8 min read
Will Belarus attack Ukraine? What could they hope to accomplish if they do? What would it mean for Lukashenko's regime? A thread. 🧵 1/ Aside from some initial, unconfirmed reports at the outset of the invasion, Belarusian Armed Forces have not entered Ukrainian territory; certainly not in large numbers. Threats of mutinies have been widely reported on social media. The rank and file don't want to fight. 2/