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40-50% of all exports of neon come from Russia & Ukraine. Neon = byproduct of steel manufacturing which is critical

March 2, 2022

40-50% of all exports of neon come from Russia & Ukraine. Neon = byproduct of steel manufacturing which is critical for chip manufacturing. When Russia entered eastern Ukraine in 2014, price of neon jumped 600 % disrupting the semiconductor industry
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In 1994 Barry Posen devised a defense strategy for a newly independent Ukraine which envisioned a Manstein-styel flexible defense v.

January 29, 2023

In 1994 Barry Posen devised a defense strategy for a newly independent Ukraine which envisioned a Manstein-styel flexible defense v. Russian attack. See Chartbook Newsletter

Chartbook Newsletter #191 on the vertigo induced by placing the Russian war on Ukraine against backdrop of longer history of

January 29, 2023

Chartbook Newsletter #191 on the vertigo induced by placing the Russian war on Ukraine against backdrop of longer history of armored warfare & Soviet Union's

Dribbling in a brigade and then a division's worth of Western tanks into a war fought btw heirs of the

January 29, 2023

Dribbling in a brigade and then a division's worth of Western tanks into a war fought btw heirs of the Soviet tank tradiion. Cartbook Newsletter