Yay, War!

It seems we have learned nothing from the Cold War. We are back to having a good old-fashioned arms race, it seems. The problem is that history tells us that weapons that get built will be used sooner or later. The thing about the Cold War was all the proxy wars all over the place that left millions of people dead. Many weapons produced during the Cold War are now in the hands of third world militaries, militias and terrorists and they’re still used to kill people, even today.

Reuters: Putin says Russia is ramping up production of Oreshnik missile

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia is stepping up production of its Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic missile, which it launched for the first time against Ukraine last November. “Serial production of the latest Oreshnik medium-range missile system is under way,” Putin told a graduating class of military cadets in televised comments.

The BBC: Trump says Nato defence spend rising to 5% of GDP is ‘big win’ for US and the West

Nato allies promised to raise defence related spending to 5% of GDP by 2035. For more than a decade that target was just 2%.