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Was this one of those cardboard drones the us is very annoyed at Australia for inventing? Or was it something else?
Was this one of those cardboard drones the us is very annoyed at Australia for inventing? Or was it something else?
Ahh the home grown version.
I’m also not sure they will be used in such a blanket way. Likely more targeted at military infrastructure so the other party concedes defeat.
Looks and sounds like a jet powered Beaver drone
Britain should probably be doing at least some basic citizen training. It doesn't need to be as complex as countries that do mandatory military service, that's also very expensive to do, but maybe having everyone who can do a couple classes or something, even if it's just something simple like basic battlefield first aid training and some shooting range training for those who want to do it. The first aid training in particular is very useful even if there is no war, it saves lives in peacetime when a large portion of your population can do first aid
Do a bit of Swiss.. get everyone down the gun range every year (not sure we need people to own a gun as they could be distributed quickly). They can learn/recap the latest weapon in use.
As absurd as it may sound, it seems that North Korea is a more efficient partner for Russia than our friends who supply Ukraine with artillery ammunition are for us. That's laughable. And it has to change
There's just one thing that's puzzling me: why did Turkey approve Sweden's NATO membership after opposing it for so long?
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Turkey will have a significant role if a Russia vs NATO war did break out. The benefit of Sweden being in is much greater than out.There's just one thing that's puzzling me: why did Turkey approve Sweden's NATO membership after opposing it for so long?
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Turkey will have a significant role if a Russia vs NATO war did break out. The benefit of Sweden being in is much greater than out.
It's the way the world works, nobody does anything for nothing. Even the help for Ukraine isn't out of the goodness of our hearts. If it wasn't for the knowledge that things would be worse for everyone if Russia was just allowed to do what they want then Ukraine would just be left to get on with it on their own most likely.I agree, but did we really have to give Turkey such a big carrot?
Do turkeys even eat carrots?
There's just one thing that's puzzling me: why did Turkey approve Sweden's NATO membership after opposing it for so long?
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Absolutely agree with the general here:
Britain must train citizen army, military chief warns
General Sir Patrick Sanders points to threat of Russia as he warns of UK's lack of readiness for war.www.bbc.co.uk
Failure to perceive the potential threat and have a built in preparedness for it only makes it more likely due to looking weak and unprepared.
We don't need a massive professional force, though we do need to reverse some of the decline, neither do we need conscription but we do need a grass roots preparedness in reserve to build from if required.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba
I agree, but did we really have to give Turkey such a big carrot?
Issue is the UK have a rental market and unlike the swiss where a gun down the back of a sofa is acceptable, the UK needs it locked away in a safe etc.Distributing firearms should it come to it is a tricky one. Fine if the build up is slow but having them stored in 1 place make that a target, etc. and as seen in Israel recently became an issue with the local defence organisations when the Kibbutz were attacked and in some cases the person(s) with the keys were amongst the first killed and/or were cut off from their weapons.
IMO though something like the TA but more of a formality wouldn't be a bad idea with say 1-2 days a month or something going over general fitness, marksmanship, leadership skills, familiarity with weapons and equipment including armoured vehicle operation and maintenance, etc. in a more basic capacity than military training or the TA, etc. just being a hands on kind of thing - could tie into some vocational skills as well.
I don't understand what a bigger army of men is going to do for us?
If it all kicks off between superpowers everyone will likely be incinerated anyway.