Journalist in Berlin. augengeradeaus.net & podcast sicherheitspod.de
Thomas Wiegold
Airbus leans towards Saab as Franco-German fighter unravels - www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Hm.
Exclusive: Ukraine's drone commander wants to cut Crimea off from Russia - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
This will quite radically upend the power balance in Europe.
UK and France used to lead on the military, Germany on the economy.
In several years, no more.
How does Britain handle this new (diminished) role? Can Germany handle doing both? What about Poland and Ukraine?
Poland may have to wait longer for Patriot missile deliveries, with Lockheed Martin warning that growing global demand means the Pentagon will decide which allies get priority access to the vital air defense interceptors.
Excellent new commentary by my colleague Nick Witney!
ecfr.eu/article/comb...
New satellite photos show a Russian military buildup along NATO's northeastern flank, including a base that can house 80,000 Russian troops near Finland -- 4x the previous amount.
Nordic & Baltic news agencies report with confirmation by military intelligence and armed forces.
Das Bild wird klarer:
Healey quits as defence secretary in row with Starmer over military spending
Wie man jungen Menschen die Lust auf Versammlungsfreiheit nimmt.
www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/mue...
Wie (rechtes) Framing funktioniert: Das BKA veröffentlicht seinen Bericht zur politische motivierten Kriminalität. Botschaft: Starker Anstieg linker Kriminalität! Aber wie sieht es denn mit den Grössenordnungen aus? Da ist die rechte politische Kriminalität glatt dreimal so hoch wie die linke. 1/7
Buying new kit is easy. The real challenge for European militaries is to rethink how they organise themselves—and how they plan to fight
Deep in an underground bunker, where walls of screens stream live data from across the battlefield, the commander of Ukraine's drone forces is poring over terabytes of information to map out his next...
Nya satellitbilder visar att Ryssland ökar upprustningen i Sveriges närområde. SVT har tillsammans med mediepartners i flera länder granskat hur Ryssland förbereder för 80 000 soldater – i samma områd...
Airbus is increasingly looking to Sweden's Saab as a preferred future partner as the collapse of a Franco-German fighter programme reshapes European defence alliances, three people familiar with the ...
🇬🇧 The United Kingdom has been ranked 31st out of 32 NATO member states in a new assessment measuring how well countries are fulfilling their commitments to strengthen and modernize their armed forces, according to The Times.
militarnyi.com/en/news/uk-r...
PolizeiGrün e.V.
Oliver Nachtwey
Lockheed Martin says the Pentagon, not the company, decides missile allocation.
Minister accuses Keir Starmer of putting UK’s security at risk at a time of growing international threats
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The defence secretary, John Healey, has resigned over the government’s military spending plans, accusing Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves of putting the country’s security at risk at a time of growing international threats.
In a blistering resignation letter that further undermines the prime minister’s already fragile authority, Healey said the long-awaited defence investment plan (Dip) fell well short of what was needed to protect the UK at such a dangerous moment. Continue reading...
The United Kingdom has been ranked 31st out of 32 NATO member states in a new assessment measuring how well countries are fulfilling their commitments to strengthen and modernize their […]