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FT proving how unreliable source it is for any military related news.

1. There is no evidence that PATRIOTs are being relied on to intercept UAS to any significant extent.

2. FT is claiming that PAC-3s cost as much as a Talon interceptor for THAAD (reality is 3-4x cheaper)

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Another POW exchange is expected to take place tomorrow with 300 for 300.

Saar but you have no cards saar

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No F-15 crashed in Iran.

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Ukrainian TDF are getting more drones than people.

TDF brigades will get:

2 UAS battalions
Artillery battery
Anti-air company/battalion
UGV company

No aircraft carrier in history has ever been struck by a naval drone. The closest what happened to this was the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, which was a manned suicide boat. The most significant successful attack on a US warship in modern history

The current assessment in Israel: 60% of the Iranian launchers have been destroyed.

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Moscow Mayor Sobyanin is planning to cut 15% of Moscow's civil servants and cut investments by 10%.

The reason is the budget revenue growth is only 2% for the past 2 months vs the planned 6,5%.

If spending remained in line with projection, Moscow city was going to have a nearly 6 billion USD deficit in 2026.

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On this day in 1940 Joseph Stalin and 5 other members of the Soviet Politbureau, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.

At the beginning of 1944, Ron Jeffery, an agent of British and Polish intelligence in occupied Poland, eluded the Abwehr and travelled to London with a report from Poland to the British government.

His efforts were at first highly regarded, but subsequently ignored, which a disillusioned Jeffery later attributed to the actions of Kim Philby and other high-ranking Communist agents entrenched in the British government.

Jeffery tried to inform the British government about the Katyn massacre but was as a result released from the Army.

Same with thing happened in the US.

In 1944, Roosevelt assigned his special emissary Elmer Davis in the Balkans to produce a report on Katyn.

Earle concluded the massacre was committed by the Soviet Union. Having consulted with Elmer Davis, Roosevelt rejected the conclusion (officially), and declared he was convinced of Nazi Germany's responsibility, and ordered that Earle's report be suppressed.

When Earle requested permission to publish his findings, the president issued a written order to desist. Earle was reassigned and spent the rest of the war in American Samoa.

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Comintern Spain will not separe Air-defense frigate Cristóbal Colón from the French CSG as it goes to ME.

Replenishment oiler Cantabria will acompany the CSG around Spain to resupply the vessels.

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Ukraine’s F-16 jets ranout of AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles for over three weeks (late Nov–mid Dec)- Reuters

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Pilots were using cannons and previously failed missiles.

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Supplies were restored in December when partner countries delivered more missiles.

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- "Shoot at Oman."
- "Shoot at Cyprus."
- "Shoot at Turkey."
- "Shoot at Azerbaijan."
- "Why? Why the fuck does it matter anymore."

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Charles de Gaulle racing to ME. Look at the wake.