NATO vs Russia
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According to Business Insider (Germany), German intel services are now speculating on overt Russian military action against NATO as early as 2026. If govts in Europe trust these assessments they should embark on rapid military & industrial expansion.
If govts in Europe trust these assessments they should embark on rapid military & industrial expansion….
https://www.businessinsider.de/polit...to-laender-an/
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Consequences…
Romania going out to procure maritime drones for their Black Sea fleet, as well as naval strike missiles.
Bit of a translation issue - what they refer to as “priority zero” we would refer to as “priority one”…..
BREAKING: Romania starts an ambitious purchase: Maritime surface drones and submarine drones. Lessons taught by Ukraine in the Black Sea, learned. Maritime drones - priority zero
https://www-defenseromania-ro.transl..._x_tr_pto=wapp
Romania going out to procure maritime drones for their Black Sea fleet, as well as naval strike missiles.
Bit of a translation issue - what they refer to as “priority zero” we would refer to as “priority one”…..
BREAKING: Romania starts an ambitious purchase: Maritime surface drones and submarine drones. Lessons taught by Ukraine in the Black Sea, learned. Maritime drones - priority zero
https://www-defenseromania-ro.transl..._x_tr_pto=wapp
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Consequences….
It will be 17% larger than Ramstein. Romania builds the largest base in NATO Europe, $2.5 billion project, an unsinkable carrier at the Black Sea. Two! sister base is built in the middle of a mountain plateau, that will be the control centre of S-E Europe.
Centre is the watch tower, at the sea is the aircraft carrier….
https://www.euronews.ro/articole/cea...hail-kogalnice
English translated article.
https://www-euronews-ro.translate.go...x_tr_hist=true
It will be 17% larger than Ramstein. Romania builds the largest base in NATO Europe, $2.5 billion project, an unsinkable carrier at the Black Sea. Two! sister base is built in the middle of a mountain plateau, that will be the control centre of S-E Europe.
Centre is the watch tower, at the sea is the aircraft carrier….
https://www.euronews.ro/articole/cea...hail-kogalnice
English translated article.
https://www-euronews-ro.translate.go...x_tr_hist=true
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Consequences….. works just as well against Russia…
Pentagon Plans Sea Drone Fleet for Possible China War
The Pentagon is embarking on a $1 billion program to build an armada of remote-controlled killer sea drones.
The effort is the first phase of the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) Replicator Initiative to build thousands of autonomous war-ready vehicles as tools to "deter conflict and, if deterrence fails, to fight and win the war," Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said last month.
The announcement comes amid concerns in Washington, D.C., over a potential future attack against Taiwan by China, which the DoD considers a "pacing challenge."
The U.S. is the self-ruled island's main arms supplier, but it maintains a longstanding policy of "strategic ambiguity" to keep China guessing on whether Washington would commit American forces to Taiwan's defense.
Hicks said Monday that the department will ask lawmakers to allocate $500 million for Replicator this fiscal year, possibly as a reprogramming request, and another half billion dollars in the budget the DoD has submitted for fiscal year 2025, U.S. Naval Institute News reported.
In addition to the sea-skimming drones, the DoD's Defense Innovation Unit is working on software to enable swarms of surface and airborne drones to seek out targets on their own, with the decision to attack resting with human coordinators…..
Pentagon Plans Sea Drone Fleet for Possible China War
The Pentagon is embarking on a $1 billion program to build an armada of remote-controlled killer sea drones.
The effort is the first phase of the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) Replicator Initiative to build thousands of autonomous war-ready vehicles as tools to "deter conflict and, if deterrence fails, to fight and win the war," Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said last month.
The announcement comes amid concerns in Washington, D.C., over a potential future attack against Taiwan by China, which the DoD considers a "pacing challenge."
The U.S. is the self-ruled island's main arms supplier, but it maintains a longstanding policy of "strategic ambiguity" to keep China guessing on whether Washington would commit American forces to Taiwan's defense.
Hicks said Monday that the department will ask lawmakers to allocate $500 million for Replicator this fiscal year, possibly as a reprogramming request, and another half billion dollars in the budget the DoD has submitted for fiscal year 2025, U.S. Naval Institute News reported.
In addition to the sea-skimming drones, the DoD's Defense Innovation Unit is working on software to enable swarms of surface and airborne drones to seek out targets on their own, with the decision to attack resting with human coordinators…..
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If the Americans are going to do that, won't the Chinese do the same?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
"Replicator". Hmmm...isn't the language growing a little too predictably, terrifyingly Terminator robotic futuristic?
Consequences….
It will be 17% larger than Ramstein. Romania builds the largest base in NATO Europe, $2.5 billion project, an unsinkable carrier at the Black Sea. Two! sister base is built in the middle of a mountain plateau, that will be the control centre of S-E Europe.
Centre is the watch tower, at the sea is the aircraft carrier….
https://www.euronews.ro/articole/cea...hail-kogalnice
English translated article.
https://www-euronews-ro.translate.go...x_tr_hist=true
It will be 17% larger than Ramstein. Romania builds the largest base in NATO Europe, $2.5 billion project, an unsinkable carrier at the Black Sea. Two! sister base is built in the middle of a mountain plateau, that will be the control centre of S-E Europe.
Centre is the watch tower, at the sea is the aircraft carrier….
https://www.euronews.ro/articole/cea...hail-kogalnice
English translated article.
https://www-euronews-ro.translate.go...x_tr_hist=true
A bit like land warfare, we don’t form squares or fire volleys at serried ranks any more either.
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Now: One Typhoon/F-35/UAV, one bomb, target destroyed.
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Russia of late has tended to focus on rebuilding the Soviet Union rather than expanding/invading non traditional Soviet countries . That probably works quite well with some elements of Russian society, attacking NATO might be seen very differently unless the Orange one wins the election and abandons NATO which might be too tempting for Moscow
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Consequences….
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrived in Armenia for the first time in his position, which he holds for the tenth year
Stoltenberg held a meeting with Prime Minister Pashinyan, where issues of strengthening Armenia-NATO cooperation were discussed.
"We're interested in deepening our cooperation with #NATO, and I hope that the individually-tailored program for #Armenia will be accepted as soon as possible," said Pashinyan.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrived in Armenia for the first time in his position, which he holds for the tenth year
Stoltenberg held a meeting with Prime Minister Pashinyan, where issues of strengthening Armenia-NATO cooperation were discussed.
"We're interested in deepening our cooperation with #NATO, and I hope that the individually-tailored program for #Armenia will be accepted as soon as possible," said Pashinyan.
A sniper serving for Ukraine said that you can shoot twice but then you'll have to change positions or you'll start attracting FPV's, mortar fire or artillery fire.
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Since I wasn't trained as a sniper I am not sure how that art has progressed. Sounds like some of the fundamentals are still the same. .
(Gunny Hathcock/Carlos was pretty good at it. His biography is a good read).
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Interesting map/figure I saw this evening.
Source = https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GI0chZCW...jpg&name=large
The AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile)
Source = https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GI0chZCW...jpg&name=large
The AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile)
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