Tomahawk Missiles for Ukraine
Peter Zeihan
4 min
The speaker argues that sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine is unlikely because the required land-based delivery systems are not yet ready. If such weapons were sent, it would place the US in a fundamentally new position using Moscow for target practice.
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Donald Trump
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Limitations of Ukrainian Drones
Ukrainian drones lack the warhead size and range to destroy large Russian facilities like refineries or mass production plants. Tomahawk missiles possess the necessary range and submunitions to destroy deep Russian targets that drones cannot reach. The primary goal would be to eliminate three specific Russian facilities producing Shahed drones and Chinese parts in Moscow, Tatarstan, and Siberia.
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Technical Obstacles to Deployment
Tomahawks are designed for naval vessels, but Ukraine lacks submarines and destroyers to launch them effectively. Land-based truck launch systems for Tomahawks are currently only at the prototype stage and not ready for combat. Providing untested weapons to Ukraine would force the US to use Russian territory for testing, creating a new political commitment. The speaker argues that sending Tomahawks is unlikely because the required delivery systems do not yet exist. The speaker expects a significant change in rhetoric from the Trump administration regarding Ukraine in the coming weeks.
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Ukrainian drones cannot carry big warheads needed to destroy large facilities.
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Tomahawk missiles can carry submunitions to take out whole four-acre buildings.
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Three specific Russian facilities near Moscow, Tatarstan, and Siberia produce drones.
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Tomahawks are designed for the Navy and fired from submarines and destroyers.
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Americans are at the prototype stage of putting tomahawks onto trucks.
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Sending Tomahawks would mean using Russians as a testing ground for new systems.
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The speaker argues that sending Tomahawks is not something that is going to happen.
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Rhetoric from the Trump administration has changed radically in the last six weeks.
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Donald Trump 1
President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
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