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Perun

An Australian covering the military industrial complex and national military investment strategy. Since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, I've been covering lessons from the conflict and how they may inform the future investment decisions that other nations may or should make. Gaming is a hobby of mine and that content is now at the channel PerunGamingAU (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPYJiiMoA0yOMHI-aiB44RQ). It should go without saying that all views expressed by me in any of this content are simply personal opinion and nothing I say at any point should be taken as financial advice.. If you'd like to support me and have extra input into the content I create, you can find me on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/PerunAU Business contact email for sponsor requests: [email protected] general contact email for the channel: [email protected] Submission email for data relating to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war: [email protected]

Episodes

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Active Protection Systems: Protecting Armour In the Drone & Missile Era

04 Oct 2026AI processed

Active Protection Systems (APS) represent a critical shift in vehicle survivability as traditional passive armor faces diminishing returns against modern anti-tank threats. While early Cold War developments like the Soviet Drost and Stora-1 struggled with limited effectiveness and integration hurdles, contemporary comb...

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Ukraine's Lyman Offensive - Operation Vivaldi, Secrecy & How Lies can move Battlelines

27 Sep 2026AI processed

Operational security and the corrosive culture of false reporting significantly shape the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, particularly near the city of Lyman. Operation Vivaldi illustrates that despite a drone-saturated, highly transparent battlefield, Ukrainian forces can maintain secrecy and execute tactical counter-att...

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Saudi Arabia's Armed Forces - Can (lots of) Money Buy a Major Military?

21 Sep 2026
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Wartime Emergency Weapons - How nations Simplify, Substitute or Suffer through Arms Shortages

13 Sep 2026AI processed

Wartime weapon shortages stem from the fundamental economic reality that conflict simultaneously spikes demand and suppresses industrial supply. Nations historically mitigate these crises through four primary strategies: stockpiling, simplifying existing designs for mass production, substituting equipment with availabl...

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Restoring Manoeuvre in Ukraine? - The Technology, Tactics, and Tests (with Rob & Dmytro)

06 Sep 2026AI processed

Restoring maneuver warfare on the Ukrainian battlefield requires overcoming a highly transparent, drone-saturated environment that favors static, attritional defense. While traditional armored vehicles remain essential for offensive operations, their survival depends on integrating advanced countermeasures, such as har...

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Going Ballistic - The Ballistic Missile Resurgence From Ukraine to Iran & the Pacific

30 Aug 2026AI processed

Conventional ballistic missiles have experienced a significant resurgence in the 2020s, transitioning from Cold War-era nuclear delivery systems to versatile, precision-guided conventional weapons. This shift is driven by the need for responsive, high-speed strike capabilities that can penetrate modern air defenses, as...

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How Ukraine and Russia Fight in 2026 - Battlefield Dynamics with Dmytro Putiata & Rob Lee

23 Aug 2026AI processed

The 2026 Ukrainian battlefield is characterized by a slow, attritional grind where traditional large-scale maneuver is replaced by small-unit infiltration and drone-saturated combat. Infantry positions are no longer dense, static trench lines but sparse, concealed nodes in basements or tree lines, functioning primarily...

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