what does this fresh debate mean? is this a potential change in u.s. strategy? i think it s a change to some degree. they have seen the success of the himars which allows you to hit a specific grid coordinate with a missile from long range. the new systems would expand that range but keep it to a low level munition. it s not a massive explosion or detonation. it can be used precisely. it would extend the range more. because they re seeing the effects of, hey, russian headquarters, russian ammunitions, supply depots, they re being hit with supplies, slowing that down, really helping the ukrainians advance on the battlefield. and the other they think that happens in all wars, you might remember, during iraq and afghanistan. you re seeing this sort of acceleration of development of lots of tools and weapons as well. so russia is continuing to target key infrastructure. it seems like the battle at the front, and tell me if i m wrong
nobody got out in front of each other. that certainly was good news. what else have we learned from this false alarm? joe, i think we ve learned in addition to just how dangerous this war is, the russian onslaught that the ukrainians are trying so hard to defend against, we have learned that the system to calibrate precisely what s happening in the fog of war seems to work. this was the most dangerous moment that you could imagine. for many months we have worried, the u.s. has worried that russians might attack our supply depots moving from poland into ukraine. setting off an article 5 so called nato reaction, which nato would have to respond to an attack on nato territory. in this case, people waited, they gathered evidence, they tried to make sure what had happened in the fog of war. whose missile was this, and they found evidence that contrary to
pause. ukrainian soldiers are going to have to stop to resupply, get more fuel, get more ammunition, rest a little bit because they have been going hard for tens of kilometers going after these forces. and it s not only occurring in places where nick was or where melissa is, it s happening all along the front. one of the things that melissa said that i think is very interesting, the front line for the ukrainians is constricting. the places they have to move to is lessening. the russians are still surrounding what we call exterior lines on the outer forces. they still have to try and move forces around. they can t do it because the ukrainians have also captured the railroad stations and destroyed the supply depots of the russian military. when we talk about putin is doing this because his options are narrowing, u.s. officials are now considering how to respond to a range of potential scenarios, and that includes any use of nuclear weapons. they re spending a lot of time on that.
they have certainly been effective at pushing russians back on their heels and making russians pay attention to defences in rear areas. in some cases the attacks have been very effective in destroying russian equipment on the ground. there was a major attack against a russian airbase where nine aircraft were destroyed on the ground. that is an absolutely devastating loss for the russian military but other factors beyond material destruction, notjust against the airbase but against command facilities, supply depots, transportation infrastructure, command posts. it is making russia reassess its forces and pay attention to rear areas instead of putting attention into the front. why are these attacks and tactics only coming now? some people watching are thinking why did they not do this four months ago? it is unclear. it is unclear whether it is