It suits the Kremlin to have Washington believe that a deal with Putin is just around the corner. One more meeting, one more concession, one more phone call. And while the Americans wait for a peace deal, Russia keeps waging war. Russia gets concessions. Ukraine gets pressure⤵️

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A significant amount of money is now being directed to Iris2, the EU version, as a Europe-wide priority. It has its issues not so much technologically but in launch capability. After too long the Ariane 6 and Vega launch systems are back in use but they remain one way wonders. Almost €550m has been

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contracted to three European companies to provide cheaper reusable systems. Launch capacity is forecast to hit a bottleneck in 2030 without them. Its good to appreciate that Europe is actually thinking ahead, and frankly on this subject is moving as quickly as it viably can. The writing is on the

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wall for America being the go-to nation in terms of critical systems and relying on them - when you cannot be sure if it will work when you really need it - especially when you have a regime that doesn't care if people die because of its choices. True full independence however is years away. Those

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who chose the F-35 and American missiles, HIMARS over other choices, will have to live with the consequences. Separating these systems from access to American communications will have to be a priority. Have we really started to reach a position where we will have to behave with American equipment

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