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Denmark has chosen to procure SAMP/T for its long range AD over Patriot. It's also currently assessing three medium range systems; NASAMS, IRIS-T, and VL MICA; for procurement.

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The Czechs have finally signed a contract for 44 Leopard 2A8s, with an option for another 14.

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redderneck wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:01 am That was about as comprehensive as it gets. When they click, there's a very conclusive dull thud feel to it when you're on the receiving side of it.

Well done Boks.

The sound you're thinking of is a prime George Foreman punching a side of beef.

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CrazyIslander wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 9:55 am
Grandpa wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 9:55 am
Auckman wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 9:53 am Wellington is cursed
One of our bordies promised to burn it down.. I blame them.,..
The stadium or the city?

¿Por qué los dos?

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What is this shit of using gas pipeline to enter Kupyansk? I thought this was a joke, but apparently this tactic was used previously. Just bomb the whole thing, the place will be uninhabitable for some time anyway. Yep, it's been used before. Russians have been filtering into Kupyansk one way or an...

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The Dobropillya salient has been encircled and cut off.

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Exclusive: Germany's army needs to more than double in size, commander says By Sabine Siebold BERLIN, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Germany's army needs to add 100,000 active troops to its existing 62,000 to meet new NATO targets intended to boost preparedness for the growing threat of Russian aggression, it...

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I've seen it reported that occupied Kherson has had 30k troops withdrawn and redeployed in the last few weeks. Only a max of 30k left.

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🇩🇪 NATO should shoot down drones over Ukraine that threaten Alliance countries, says head of the Bundestag Defense Committee Head of the German Bundestag Defense Committee Thomas Röwekamp believes that in the war, "the best way to fight drones is to destroy their production facilities and launch s...

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Wilson's Toffee wrote: ↑Wed Sep 10, 2025 8:40 pm Doubt he will run for anything - looks like a jugular shot, few survive that.

An old geezer (seemingly) was arresred.

Is the whole of rhe USA mad ?

As for that, I saw a few PR comments. This place really sank itself into the sewer.

You're one to talk you Putin worshipper.

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It's easy to advocate for an airwar when you don't have an airforce. Too much internet bravado, let's have a war with Russia on 'Sky News' until Russia hits back blowing up western targets via Terror methods and espionage. Unless anybody thinks they'll just sit back and take it up the hoop? Russia ...

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I reckon NATO would kick Russias arse in a matter of days if it really went full on. Air power alone would nearly be enough. Air power alone is never enough unless the contest is already decidedly one-sided. And this one isn’t. For all the manifest faults of the Russian military, they’ve been in sc...

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Poland has invoked Article 4.

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I'm sure this guy has dreamed of playing for Ireland since birth so no issues there but it's a shame that part of the conveyor belt is having technical failure. Are all the talented big lads just being shunted to front row? I'm sure the conveyor belt is fine.. this lad is just an exceptional talent...

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I don't know all the details, but I don't see why they couldn't just have left him alone, seeing it as him living in his natural state like some of those uncontacted tribes. The government could have compensated shopkeepers who had merchandise stolen, etc. It's easy to see from some of the attitude...

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I've finally found breakdowns of current allocated German rearmament spending for the Bundeswehr over the next number of years: €70.3bn - ammunition €52.5bn - combat vehicles €36.6bn - naval vessels €34.2bn - aircraft and missiles €20.9bn - field equipment and quartermaster supplies €20.8bn - vehicl...

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The Ukrainians have almost entirely encircled the Dobropillya salient. They've cut directly across the southern portion and established a foothold in Novotorets'ke.

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🇩🇪 The German company Helsing has successfully completed trials of its autonomous underwater surveillance and mine clearance package, combining the unmanned Fathom SG-1 vehicles and the Lura AI platform for acoustic data analysis. The trials took place at the BUTEC range off the west coast of Scotl...

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Rheinmetall will sign a contract tomorrow worth "hundred of millions of euros" for the delivery of Skyranger units to Ukraine with the first to be delivered by years end. No clarification yet on whether they will be mounted on tracked or wheeled platforms.

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Czech intelligence services announced the uncovering of a Belarusian spy network The Czech counterintelligence (BIS) reported that as a result of joint work with the intelligence services of Hungary and Romania, spies of the Belarusian KGB were exposed in several European countries. Among them was ...

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Ukrainian OSINT researcher Tatarigami and his team Frontelligence Insight analyzed the situation with cases of unauthorized desertion from units in the Russian Armed Forces. Based on the analysis of 13,807 desertion cases, Frontelligence Insight came to several conclusions regarding their dynamics....

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backrow wrote: ↑Sun Sep 07, 2025 10:45 am
Grandpa wrote: ↑Sun Sep 07, 2025 10:37 am Cause football fans can't be trusted with alcohol.
From what I’ve seen you can also add NFL, NHL, NBA & baseball to that list too

Isn't that just Americans can't be trusted with alcohol. And Bud Light barely qualifies as alcohol as it is.

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It's almost like the whole thing is a Ponzi scheme. Who knew....

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VILNIUS, Sept 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense informed European countries last week that military support under a program known as Section 333 will be cut to zero from the next fiscal year, a Lithuanian defence ministry official said on Friday. Two sources familiar with the matter said...

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An Azeri MiG-29 with Ukrainian roundels was spotted performing a combat mission over Ukraine. It appears the Azeris may have transferred the airframes they had sent to Ukraine for repairs before 2022 to the Ukrainians.

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The competent resource "Spy Dossier" reports on yesterday's incident with Russia's strategic aviation. Thus, on the night of September 2 to 3, during the execution of a combat mission striking Ukrainian territory, several aircraft of the Strategic Aviation experienced technical problems. The strate...

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Ukrainian defense industry plans to expand its artillery production with new variants of the Bohdana howitzer, one of the country’s most widely produced systems since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. According to journalist Mariusz Marszałkowski of Defence24, the Bohdana manufacturer inte...

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🇩🇪 Against the backdrop of strengthening Germany's defense capabilities, the government plans to introduce a new model of service in the Bundeswehr, which is partly based on the Swedish model. From July 1, 2027, the German authorities will send electronic questionnaires to citizens when they reach ...

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message #2527204 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 02, 2025 11:25 am Aren't Black Lion run by the same russian oligarch who's seized the Georgian government?

It's a union owned side iirc.

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The Kremlin's main state bank has announced the start of a recession in the Russian economy. After two years of military boom, when Russia's GDP grew at a rate of more than 4% per year, the Russian economy slipped into recession. According to RBC, this assessment was made by Andrei Klepach, chief e...

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Perun on the recent Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil infrastructure.

https://youtu.be/jxac0wODnGQ?si=toMF-du7IOQ3xWcf

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Spain has declared its intention to join the contract for the purchase and restoration of production of Taurus cruise missiles together with Germany. It is planned to purchase updated versions of these cruise missiles, which are existing Taurus missiles with updated electronics, navigation, and gui...

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Spain has declared its intention to join the contract for the purchase and restoration of production of Taurus cruise missiles together with Germany. It is planned to purchase updated versions of these cruise missiles, which are existing Taurus missiles with updated electronics, navigation, and gui...

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I see the Orban regime has banned Magyar Brovdi from entering Hungary in response to the repeated drone raids on Druzbha pipelines pumping stations at Unecha and Nikolskoye. If that's not clear evidence that Russia is really starting to worry about it's oil infrastructure I don't know what is. Brovd...

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The issue with the Trump regime is that no one is calling the shots. Everyone is solo-running because there is no coherent policy agenda for the administration, and no accountability as long as people massage Trump's ego enough with flattery and performative acts of loyalty.

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Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en Aug 23 I've decided to translate for you a post from the Russian Telegram channel "Nezygar" about the current state of Russian refineries and fuel market: "Tensions in Russia's fuel market are rising: in Primorye, there are kilometer-long queues at gas stations, ...

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The FP-5 is currently being produced at a rate of 1 per day, which is expected to rise to 7 per day by the end of September.

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I don’t understand the hate around this. I’m all for it. Unions get their best players paid by someone else and back for internationals. Semi pro domestic comps are economic and can fill the gap. There is no metric by which it makes sense, whether economic or otherwise. Someone looked at NFL and 7s...

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