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Apparently not spending money on basic military requirements for years is having a deleterious effect on basic military operations. Poor Belgium, just waiting to get invaded again, though hopefully not by migrants.

Patriot Missile Manufacturers prepare to ramp up production despite lack of orders. https://www.defensenews.com/land/2024/04/09/how-companies-plan-to-ramp-up-production-of-patriot-missiles/...

Yes the TFI Kaan!!!

Perun did a video on the Baltic Nations militaries and defense policies, so specifically regarding Estonia, Latvia, Gallia and Lithuania. Deals with some history as per usual, the threats that the Baltic countries face, their current military analysis and why they are the way they are as...

Dutch Choose French Designed Submarines to replace their Walrus-class types. These ones will be able to reach out and touch people... with Tomahawk Cruise Missiles! https://www.twz.com/sea/dutch-choose-french-design-for-tomahawk-armed-new-submarines These three Barracuda variant conventional...

It is. I'm sure the urban clutter and Russian air defenses there have a say but the Blue Spear is supposed to be more advanced then the Carrier killing anti-ship missiles Russia has been lobbing at Odessa regularly, the advanced Cold War sensors on the missiles tragically blowing up churches and...

Yeah I wonder if the range of the new anti-ship missile of Estonia includes any nearby naval bases. From the graphic and statement it states it can cover the entire Baltic Sea...

Essay on Baltic & Nordic Country Military Readiness Versus other European members of NATO. https://cepa.org/article/the-nordic-baltic-region-an-example-for-nato/ Also Estonia recently acquired the Blue Spear anti-ship missile. Which came out of an Israeli-Singaporean project. It's...

Czech Republic selected the F-35A for its Future Fighter program. The deal is worth about $6.5 billion dollars apparently with all of the training and maintenance and whatnot figured in with the first expected arrival of the F-35's to come in about 2031. There's also discussion of...

Modernized F-16's for Turkey. Modern F-35's for Greece.

Finland won a sniper competition... Somehow the Finnish newcomers came out on top. Who knew the Finns were such good snipers? It's like the Olympics of Snipering... Apparently the Greeks, Finns and Americans were leading for much of the competition but the Finns pulled ahead for the glorious...

More M1A1 FEP Abrams (and M-ATV MRAPs) delivered to Ukraine.

HMS Somerset, a Type 23 Destroyer, is the first Royal Navy vessel to be equipped with the antiship Naval Strike Missile in Norway. https://westwardshippingnews.com/anti-ship-missile-upgrade-on-the-somerset/ Tangentially related, the Romanians are beginning to acquire the first ex-Royal...

Imagine retaking Karelia and liberating St. Petersburg with only four thousand troops, thirty boats and sixteen planes! :love:

Finland will lead it's first NATO military exercise since it became a member The Freezing Winds 23 Exercises will involve four thousand troops, around thirty ships and over a dozen aircraft with troops from Finland, America, Germany, Poland, France and the Netherlands taking part. It'll be...

NATO is apparently hosted a gaming event in some country called Poland in a city with a really badass named called WARSAW. https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_219942.htm Various popular streamers and NATO personnel are mingling with the local gamers playing games like Among Us, Party...

Romania cleared to make a $2.5 billion purchase of 54 M1A2 SEPv3 Main Battle Tanks. And it's not just the 54 tanks but also other support vehicles, equipment and munitions. https://breakingdefense.com/2023/11/romania-cleared-to-buy-2-5b-worth-of-abrams-tanks/

I know. I was being hyperbolic. I posted about those epic purchases earlier. ;) Well time to flee to Gallia. They're accepting volunteers.

Purchasing ten thousand modern MLRS launchers did seem a bit much. Any details on what exactly won't be purchased now?

Slovakia donated its S-300 and SA-6 Air Defenses to Ukraine a while ago so the US operates Patriot Missile Batteries in Slovakia to provide the country air defense until they can acquire a replacement. I'm guessing the Barak is meant to be (at least in part) that replacement. The Pioruns make...