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To: Les H who wrote (48065)	10/1/2025 8:19:46 AM
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Russia's military production goes into surplus By Ben Aris in Berlin September 29, 2025 After more than three years of heavy investment, Russia’s military production has gone into surplus, producing more arms and ammo than it needs to perpetrate the war in Ukraine, the Kiel Institute reported. All the main arms categories – tanks, military vehicles, artillery, and drones – have seen production increase by almost 200% or more since the war began in 2022. Before its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it had planned to deliver about 400 armoured vehicles the following year. It’s now shipping ten-times that. Sanctions were designed to starve the Russian budget of the means to fund its war against Ukraine, but the latest production numbers show that effort has decisively failed. intellinews.com Some have argued that ending the war would plunge Russia into severe recession. When Tomahawk meets the bear, the Oreshnik missile wins John Heimer Both Trump and Vance blow with the wind according to whomever lobbies them last, which in this case was Zelensky and Kellogg. Since they don't read the intelligence briefs, they're easily lobbied. This is about as bad as George Bush who surrounded himself with neocons and claimed the decisions on national security were already made for him. It's the inherent weakness of an administration that requires everyone to advocate for the same side of each issue. There are no checks and balances.