This development is not receiving the importance that it should in the MSM
SEOUL (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a deal with North Korea's Kim Jong Un on Wednesday that included a mutual defense pledge, one of Russia's most significant moves in Asia for years that Kim said amounted to an "alliance".
Putin's pledge overhauls Russia's entire post-Soviet policy on North Korea just as the United States and its Asian allies try to gauge how far Russia could deepen support for the only country to have tested a nuclear weapon this century. - Microsoft News
IMO, this is big, BIG, news. Bottom-line, Putin is in the process of getting his ducks in a row for war. He is crossing his 'T's' and dotting his 'I's'.
As a side note, if we launch a missile or two towards Russia or N. Korea, they go over China territory to reach them. Remember that in May, Putin visited China? Yes, Putin has gone hat in hand to visit Xi and Kim. One visit was to sure up defenses and one was to buy military hardware support.
Back a million years ago I use to give a speech to store managers holding up a length of chain and saying, "we are only as strong as the weakest length". Then pulling apart the chain due to a already cut and taped link. Okay, ok yes it is corny, however, our weakest link now is President Biden.
Please plan for the inevitable. Anybody know a good book on nuclear preparedness?