if it is not a part of nato. with us tonight, ben rhodes, former deputy national security adviser for president obama. his latest book is after the fall, being american in the world that we have made. always good to see you ben. as the ukrainians continue to outperform expectations, the u.s. and our allies are stepping up support. they are sending, we talked about this in the last segment, longer ranged weapons like howitzers, anti aircraft systems, anti ship missiles, armed drones. frankly the, those are things that ukraine has been asking for for a while. so do you think that the u.s. waited too long or is what you see coordinated well-timed aid? i think that is coordinated well-timed aid. but i also think chris, importantly, this is shifting into different types of needs for the ukrainian military. so when russia was trying to undertake this kind of blitzkrieg strategy where they would decapitate ukrainian government and take kyiv, there
see coordinated well-timed aid? i think that is coordinated well-timed aid. but i also think chris, importantly, this is shifting into different types of needs for the ukrainian military. so when russia was trying to undertake this kind of blitzkrieg strategy where they would decapitate ukrainian government and take kyiv, there was a lot of defensive weaponry that we were pouring into ukraine. anti-tank missiles, anti aircraft missiles, small arms. the kinds of things that would allow them to fight off an invading army that is trying to move in and encircled territory like around kyiv. now that the action is shifting over towards eastern ukraine, where keep in mind, there has been a grinding conflict since 2014. you have had the frontlines shifting a little bit back and forth east and west between ukraine and russia. you have had major ground combat, thousands of casualties in that conflict. at this point, ukraine is matching russia on the ground.
nazi germany came up with called the blitzkrieg, combined armor with fast moving infantry and part of the blitzkrieg strategy is motorcycle corps. the motorcycle range out in front of the armored spearheads looking for weaknesses in the enemy lines. that s what the cyberattacks are now. the equivalent of a german motorcyclist sitting on a hill looking out over lines to see where is the weakness and how are we going to respond? gauging our responses as part of this. and we don t seem to get that we re under attack now by the cyberattacks. behind the cyberattacks is possibility of physical sabotage, by commandos, non-nuclear emp weapons, so-called radio frequency weapons that can block out grids and the like all in combination with the ultimate cyberweapon, a nuclear emp attack is not a nuclear attack,
another new way of warfare called the blitzkrieg, a combined arms operation, combined armor with mobile artillery and airpower. part of the blitzkrieg strategy was a motorcycle corps. the motorcycle range out in front of the armored spearheads looking for weaknesses in the enemy lines. that s what the cyberattacks are now. they re the equivalent of a german motorcyclist sitting on a hill looking at the lines to see where is the response, gauging our responses as part of this. we don t get that we are under attack now by the cyberattacks. because behind the cyberattacks is a possibility of physical sabotage by commandos. non-nuclear emp weapons, so-called radio frequency weapons that can use emp all in combination with the ultimate cyberweapon. russia, china, north korean and iranian doctrine, a nuclear
called the blitzkrieg, a combined arms operation, combined armor with mobile artillery and airpower. part of the blitzkrieg strategy was a motorcycle corps. the motorcycle range out in front of the armored spearheads looking for weaknesses in the enemy lines. that s what the cyberattacks are now. they re the equivalent of a german motorcyclist sitting on a hill looking at the lines to see where is the response, gauging our responses as part of this. we don t get that we are under attack now by the cyberattacks. because behind the cyberattacks is a possibility of physical sabotage by commandos. non-nuclear emp weapons, so-called radio frequency weapons that can use emp all in combination with the ultimate cyberweapon. russia, china, north korean and iranian doctrine, a nuclear