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DECODING: Patriot and THAAD Stock Claims Clash—Factory Timelines Do Not
Analysis· No. 5238

DECODING: Patriot and THAAD Stock Claims Clash—Factory Timelines Do Not

About 20 Patriot interceptors a month and 15 Tomahawks a month: those reported production rates are harder to argue with than the competing claims…

ANALYSIS: Washington Eased Three IRGC-Linked Listings—But the Pressure System Stayed Intact
Analysis· No. 5236

ANALYSIS: Washington Eased Three IRGC-Linked Listings—But the Pressure System Stayed Intact

On August 5, 2026, the U.S. Treasury Department removed counterterrorism sanctions from two aircraft and three airlines reported as linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary…

FACT CHECK: Fico’s Moscow Talk Is Real, but the Defence Data Are From 2025
Analysis· No. 5232

FACT CHECK: Fico’s Moscow Talk Is Real, but the Defence Data Are From 2025

The strongest defence-spending claim in the available record is dated late August 2025: Robert Fico said Slovakia would stay at NATO’s 2% of GDP…

DECODING: Berlin’s €109.7 Billion Defence Jump Comes With an €838 Billion Bill
Analysis· No. 5229

DECODING: Berlin’s €109.7 Billion Defence Jump Comes With an €838 Billion Bill

The cabinet led by Friedrich Merz approved a draft 2027 budget on July 6, 2026 that raises German defence spending from €82.2 billion in…

ANALYSIS: Europe Set a 2030 Defence Deadline. Its Gaps Will Not Wait
Analysis· No. 5228

ANALYSIS: Europe Set a 2030 Defence Deadline. Its Gaps Will Not Wait

The European Commission’s Readiness Roadmap 2030 sets a deadline of the end of 2028 to close capability gaps and the end of 2030 to…

ANALYSIS: 450 Seats, 11 Occupied Districts, and a Duma Election Already Distorted
Analysis· No. 5226

ANALYSIS: 450 Seats, 11 Occupied Districts, and a Duma Election Already Distorted

Russia’s September 18–20, 2026 Duma election will choose 450 deputies, including 11 constituencies created in occupied Ukrainian territories. The map creates a legitimacy problem…

FACT CHECK: 20 Million Drones Is a Target, Not a Factory Receipt
Analysis· No. 5220

FACT CHECK: 20 Million Drones Is a Target, Not a Factory Receipt

10 million drones President Volodymyr Zelensky said in mid-July 2026 that Ukraine was producing 10 million drones annually and aiming for 20 million. 20…

DECODING: The Yanina Claim and the Black Sea War Beyond Port
Analysis· No. 5218

DECODING: The Yanina Claim and the Black Sea War Beyond Port

On August 1, 2026, Ukrainian sources and an OSINT compilation said naval drones sank the Yanina, a container ship linked to a Rosatom subsidiary,…

FACT CHECK: Dobropillia Is Under Pressure, but No Source Isolates a Russian Gain
Analysis· No. 5214

FACT CHECK: Dobropillia Is Under Pressure, but No Source Isolates a Russian Gain

The best confirmed July figure is 37.85 square kilometres of Russian territorial gain across the entire Ukrainian front, not a gain recorded for Dobropillia.…

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