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Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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"without major increases in European defence production and a focus on reorganising and training militaries to credibly roll back any future Russian aggression against Alliance territory, Russia will regenerate a capacity to directly threaten NATO faster than most political or even military planners appear to realise."
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Europe Must Urgently Prepare to Deter Russia Without Large-Scale US Support
NATO’s European members must ramp up investment in ammunition production and focus military training and force structures against key mission sets to credibly deter Russia from exploiting a clash between the US and China in the late 2020s as an opportunity to break Article 5 in Europe.
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Soldato
Quite enjoyed the video today of an unmanned ground vehicle firing tracers / rounds at the enemy. Worth a watch.
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From the BEEB
The UK will provide £2.5bn of military aid to Ukraine over the coming year, Rishi Sunak has said - Britain's largest annual commitment since Russia's invasion.
The PM made the announcement during a rare visit to the country, where he will also sign a new agreement supporting its long-term security.
Officials said the package will provide Ukraine with long-range missiles, air defence and artillery shells.
Some £200m will be spent on drones, most of which will be UK-made.
£200m spent on UK made drones..? Interesting, didn't realise we produced them for warfare really (unless of course we don't but are about to etc).
Sunak vows that Ukraine will never be alone as he pledges £2.5bn package
Rishi Sunak announces the package, the largest since Russia's invasion, on a surprise trip to Kyiv.www.bbc.co.uk
£200m?
Sounds like Dyson has placed a bid to supply 10 drones
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Drones are a must have now in war, this war has proved that.£200m?
Sounds like Dyson has placed a bid to supply 10 drones
There's no way the UK wasn't going to get in on the act.
Lockheed Martin are a supplier and there is a place in Edinburgh that makes them too, pretty good ones too
Drones being a must have in the military now there will be a lot more companies making them.
You also have to remember that even though the UK doesn't seem to have much of a military they have been selling friendly countries with top notch weapons for hundreds of years.
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They really don’t want them, from reports no one that purchased them managed to get them running properly.
Designed and manufactured poorly
Caporegime
Bit of a rough week for Russia.
Agreed. I can appreciate Ukraine's urgency, but Taipans are more trouble than they're worth. Even if we did give them to Zelensky, they'd spend more time in the garage than the air.
We're already providing a steady stream of Bushmasters. If anything, we should be throwing more of those at him.
Agreed. I can appreciate Ukraine's urgency, but Taipans are more trouble than they're worth. Even if we did give them to Zelensky, they'd spend more time in the garage than the air.
We're already providing a steady stream of Bushmasters. If anything, we should be throwing more of those at him.
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Nuclear claymore? The shaped charge might be a challenge with a fission device but I'm down.
Caporegime
Russia finally produced a decent human being, and now he's dead.
Mad respect for old mate.
Mad respect for old mate.
"without major increases in European defence production and a focus on reorganising and training militaries to credibly roll back any future Russian aggression against Alliance territory, Russia will regenerate a capacity to directly threaten NATO faster than most political or even military planners appear to realise."
Europe Must Urgently Prepare to Deter Russia Without Large-Scale US Support
NATO’s European members must ramp up investment in ammunition production and focus military training and force structures against key mission sets to credibly deter Russia from exploiting a clash between the US and China in the late 2020s as an opportunity to break Article 5 in Europe.
Unfortunately its more than just money needed, political will and program management will also need to change. There is no will to put money into defence so contractors don't know where there next contract is coming from, so they have no incentive to deliver programs on budget and on time.
Soldato
"without major increases in European defence production and a focus on reorganising and training militaries to credibly roll back any future Russian aggression against Alliance territory, Russia will regenerate a capacity to directly threaten NATO faster than most political or even military planners appear to realise."
Europe Must Urgently Prepare to Deter Russia Without Large-Scale US Support
NATO’s European members must ramp up investment in ammunition production and focus military training and force structures against key mission sets to credibly deter Russia from exploiting a clash between the US and China in the late 2020s as an opportunity to break Article 5 in Europe.
This is the lasting legacy of this war. Regardless of the outcome and US involvement, it’s increasingly apparent that US guarantees aren’t reliable any more.
The long term consequences of this are going to be profound, and certainly won’t make America great again.
Europe must take matters into its own hands now. And the likes of Hungary can rot in hell if they want to play silly buggers. The UK, France, Germany and a handful of others will make up lions share of the meat. The rest can either fall inline or be very exposed.
If you want peace prepare for war.
The real question is does Europe have the industrial capacity. It would be nice if they didn’t need to go to the US.
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Soldato
As a libertarian I generally don't approve of my money going to the government but I am happy to pay extra for national security.
No disrespect meant towards the rest of Europe by by every metric western European nations (UK, France, Italy and Germany) are meant to the powerhouses for the region. They should be leading by example and accept that the peace divided is done and it's time to rearm.
As a libertarian isn't the view that one of the main purposes of government is defence?
Caporegime
Poland is leading the way while Western Europe still seems to be hoping they can just wait it out.
This is one issue that we need to be able to stand alone on. The UK has enough money too. The min-maxing style of government desperately attempting to squeeze every last penny out of everything because they cocked up needs to end.
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