🇯🇵 Japan: highest military burden (1.4% of GDP) since 1958 + 9.7% spending rise to $62.2B.
🇹🇼 Taiwan: biggest annual defense hike (+14%) since 1988.
Two historic firsts in one year.
#DefenseNews#AsiaSecurity#SIPRI2025#Defense#Geopolítica
🇮🇳📈 For the first time ever, India’s defence spending has surpassed the UK - $92B vs $89B in 2025 (SIPRI). A milestone in India’s rise as a top‑5 global military power. #India#Defense#SIPRI#Geopolitics
Source - https://t.co/T3KRGMXC4Q
@visegrad24 If 🇹🇷 joins SMDA, does that make 🇵🇰 part of NATO by extension?
No. Here’s why:
NATO’s Article 5 applies only to attacks on members in Europe & North America - not South Asia.
🇵🇰 does not gain NATO protection if Turkey joins SMDA. Two separate treaties, two different regions.
Russia says it successfully tested the Sarmat strategic nuclear missile again.
But beyond the headlines, here’s what the RS-28 “Satan II” actually is - and what we know about its cost, timeline, and capabilities. 🧵👇
Bottom line
Sarmat is real, massive, and delayed.
Its main purpose: strategic deterrence.
Whether it works reliably under combat conditions remains an open question.
#Randommisc#Sarmat#Russia#ICBM#Satan2
Russia says it successfully tested the Sarmat strategic nuclear missile again.
But beyond the headlines, here’s what the RS-28 “Satan II” actually is - and what we know about its cost, timeline, and capabilities. 🧵👇