The article discusses the illusion that Europe can sustain peace and freedom without adequate armament and preparation for defense, highlighting the importance of history and realism in international security issues. #SegurançaInternacional #Rearmamento #ConflitosArmados (translated)
The author pointed out that the population was losing purchasing power and was suffering from the reduction and deterioration of public services, while the states sought to significantly increase spending on armament. He added that those people could foresee who would ultimately be left to foot the bill. (translated)
The author argued that Europe needed to speed up development of its own low-Earth-orbit satellite communications system, saying the issue went beyond armaments and that Europe should not depend on Elon Musk and Donald Trump. The author asked what might happen if Europe were attacked and the two decided to shut down Starshield in exchange for more money from Russia. #Satellite #Europa #Technologie #EU
Morocco is in advanced negotiations to acquire LORA missiles of Israeli manufacture, which have a range of 500 km, allowing them to strike territories in Spain and Algeria, in a context of increasing arms collaboration with Israel against its rival, Algeria. #MisilesLORA #Marruecos #Israel (translated)
David Alandete pointed out that, as ABC had reported, a purchase of armament from the United States for 75 million would be approved on Monday. He added that the governments of Pedro Sánchez had accumulated more than 7.1 billion in military and armament purchases since 2018, the highest figure in democracy. https://t.co/AaVKtzq4Zj #Armamento #CompraMilitar #España (translated)
Despite his pacifist speech, Pedro Sánchez has requested from the United States weaponry worth more than 7.1 billion dollars, including a recent operation of 75 million to modernize underwater mine detection systems. #Defensa #Armamento #EstadosUnidos (translated)
Fernando Lopez mocked proposals that, according to him, aimed to scrape the serial numbers off weapons to eliminate crime, explore oil starting in 2033 to cut 200 billion, remove Lula to reduce interest rates, and create an app to improve health. In the end, he stated, with indignation, that this way it was easy. #Política #Economia #Saúde (translated)
Putin ordered the continuation of attacks on logistics and defense centers in Ukraine to neutralize Kyiv's military capacity and disrupt the supply routes of Western weaponry. #GuerraUcrânia #Putin #ImprensaRussa (translated)
The leaders addressed the situation in Ukraine with President Zelensky, who at the meeting with the 27 said that the war with Russia will cost 155 billion euros next year and that they will need "at least 70 billion euros more" from the EU for defense, armament, and resilience, which he considered to be a "realistic amount" to "keep Russia under control." #Ucraina #UE #Finanțare (translated)
Romania is requesting the support of allies to address security threats in the Black Sea until the delivery of the ordered weapons through the SAFE program, announced Nicușor Dan after the European Council meeting. #România #Securitate #UniuneaEuropeană (translated)
Ukraine intends to purchase Polish weapons worth 125 million euros through a loan by the end of the year and to expand cooperation with Poland through agreements regarding drones. #Ucraina #Polonia #Apărare (translated)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has requested NATO to continue sending weapons, highlighting the importance of communications via Starlink, after Russia launched nearly a thousand drone attacks in 24 hours. #GuerraNaUcrânia #Zelensky #NATO (translated)
Rutte emphasized on platform X the importance of the PURL mechanism, a tool through which Kyiv purchases American weapons – including Patriot interceptor missiles – thanks to funding provided by European states. #Ukraine #MarkRutte #NATO (translated)
This means that investments can be resumed in several British, French, and American companies in the arms industry, said Svein Gjedrem, the chairman of the committee, during a press conference. #FondSuveran #Norvegia #InvestițiiEtice (translated)
This means that more British, French, and American arms manufacturers will be reincluded in the fund's portfolio, said Gjedrem during the presentation of the 434-page report. #Norvegia #aranucleare #investiții (translated)
This is about to begin a large-scale exploration of oil, gas, and mineral resources in our new and beautiful Greenland! "This is about to begin a large-scale exploration of oil, gas, and mineral resources in our new and beautiful Greenland!" Trump posted on his Truth Social network. There are experts who claim that the volume of easily accessible oil is much greater than that found in almost any other country, anywhere else in the world, and, even more importantly from the perspective of security and defensive and offensive capabilities of both the United States of America and Europe, the strategic importance of this area is unparalleled. Any future attack on the United States will have to go through Greenland, where our defense system will routinely intercept and destroy drones, missiles, or any other form of weaponry that hasn't even been conceived yet. This location gives us the advantage of time, positioning, and visibility, as there is nowhere else in the world! "Any future attack on the United States will have to go through Greenland, where our defense system will routinely intercept and destroy drones, missiles, or any other form of weaponry that hasn't even been conceived yet. This location gives us the advantage of time, positioning, and visibility, as there is nowhere else in the world!" Trump added in his post on his Truth Social platform. #Groenlanda #DonaldTrump #ResurseNaturale (translated)
The Polish Minister of Defense, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, stated that Europe must ramp up its arms production in a wartime manner to address external threats, warning that the current EU budget is unacceptable. #Europa #Apărare #Armament (translated)
Saudi Arabia is facing difficulties in responding to the improved weapon technology of the Houthi group. Until relatively recently, Houthi rockets and drones fell in desert areas or, if they managed to pass, were intercepted. They have learned to use drones that fly at lower altitudes, are smaller, and more difficult to detect. They are cheap, and it doesn't take many to bypass defenses and be effective. Baraa Shiban, a Yemen issue specialist at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), warned: "Saudi Arabia is facing difficulties in responding to the improved weapon technology of the Houthi group. Until relatively recently, Houthi rockets and drones fell in desert areas or, if they managed to pass, were intercepted. They have learned to use drones that fly at lower altitudes, are smaller, and more difficult to detect. They are cheap, and it doesn't take many to bypass defenses and be effective." #ConflictYemen #Houthi #ArabiaSaudita (translated)
If the USA cuts off access to weapons and intelligence for Ukraine, it would risk a critical situation in the face of Russian aggression, given its dependence on American support for defense and intelligence capabilities. #Ucraina #Intelligence #Armament (translated)
"It could be about sabotage attacks on the territory of a NATO member state, targeting a facility related to the assistance provided to Ukraine, a drone or missile attack on a weapons depot intended for Ukraine, or, in an extreme scenario, even a limited military action against one of the neighboring member states of the Alliance," said Michal Koudelka at a parliamentary conference on security issues. #NATO #Securitate #Rusia (translated)
