when the fighting could escalate on the ground again? well, the fighting is deadlocked right now. it s the winter months. it s cold. it makes it very difficult. the ground is frozen. it makes it difficult for any russian or ukrainian tanks o mechanized vehicles tuesday move. so the fightingn the front lines is pretty much static. so what you re seeing here is both sides are turning to off battlefield tactics such as this bombardment of ukrainian cities. we saw this last year. we saw russia try to diminish ukrainian morale by targeting civilian infrastructure, and that was something that really hurt the ukrainians. in the meantime you see russia is able to retrofit its vehicles, able to gather supplies and gather that missile capability and make more ammunition. and i think that for now we re going to see over the winter months this bombardment of civilian infrastructure is going to escalate. on the battlefield things are still static. we ll have to wait until spring to see any real m
for this missile warning. so sadly this threat is much more serious. worst of all the white house tells us north korea is just not calling back. it has been about three years and there s been any substantial engagement. they are just determined to develop this north korean missile capability and possibly do another nuclear test. it is much worse it in military terms. that phone rings and north korea never picks it up. moving to china here all three countries said the summit and this agreement had little to do with china. though they admit they discussed it. come on now, how much of this really had to do with pushing back on china in the region? sure they said that. but believe me this is simply a pushback against china but due to powerful economies. use a secretary of commerce there their science and trade intact deals going on as well. china hates this part they hate to see south korea, japan, the
enviable position and they re taking high casualties over the last year and a half or so and the russian side has dug in and they have mined the areas between themselves and the ukrainian advance very, very heavily, that is hurting the ukrainians in huge ways. a lot of the weapons that the west provided earlier on in the war takes, for example, are being taken out by these mines at a higher number than i think, many anticipated and i think now is the moment to re-think our western policy, as well, because we weren t prepared for this kind of war. we were supplying ukraines with weapons to at least be able to defend themselves, but we weren t supplying them with a kind of weapons they need to be able to launch a proper counteroffensive which first and foremost means high, long-range missile capability so they can disrupt russia s supply lines behind the front lines. they are very limited in their ability to do that. so never say never, but i do
in this country we have of course many different voices, and more like critical voices, critics meaning they are much more critical about the current government s approach, again, to strengthen our deterrence capability. those critics will say we should not aggravate the north or china or even russia unnecessarily. however, as you just mentioned, again, they missile capability especially has been just increasingly more and more powerful, and their provocations by them hasjust been outrageous. today isjoe lycett 27th, but until today, only in this year from january, we did have more than 20 times of missile tests by them, and they are trying to have surveillance satellites too, so having all those much more advanced capabilities, again, most of us, the majority of us
in front of the senate armed services committee he stated yes, we do not have enough missiles, ground-based launch missiles in that area to push back against china and protect taiwan and our own interests in that region. john: and what, a range of 500 to 3,000 miles? right, absolutely. if we can pull together here in congress to make sure we are supporting this effort we do bolster again not other the defense of taiwan but our other partners in the region which thus strengthens the united states. john: i was trying to find it today, i could not find it, five years ago i read a military academic analysis of china s missile capability and the fellow who wrote the paper said china would have the capability to literally wipe out our pacific fleet in 3 to 5 days. absolutely. john: with the current missile advantage, leave taiwan a sitting duck and rob us of our