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Europe under extreme duress

sevenhelmet

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Been a while since I looked at this thread but “extreme duress” now seems like an understatement.

Meh. "Extreme" is a word that gets thrown around a lot- historically, it's not all that extreme. Tensions are high, but unless Putin's even crazier than people suspect, I don't think Europe is facing an existential crisis. At least, not yet.
 

ea6bflyr

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Flash

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My favorite part: “Duma member threatened him in a profanity-laced rant on live TV. On his way home, the angry Russian lawmaker fell off his bike and broke his collarbone.” ???

I think that is indicative of Russia's performance in the war so far, I'm not kidding either. It is worse in many respects than what has been made public. Unfortunately they have massive piles of ammo left over from the Cold War coupled with a stubborn determination and spurred by a murderous autocrat that is slowly 'winning' them the war in eastern Ukraine.
 

Randy Daytona

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Quite the arms deal between South Korea and Poland: Warsaw will purchase 50 jets, 600+ self propelled artillery platforms and nearly 1,000 tanks.

 

Hair Warrior

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Quite the arms deal between South Korea and Poland: Warsaw will purchase 50 jets, 600+ self propelled artillery platforms and nearly 1,000 tanks.

Well that was unexpected
 

Griz882

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Quite the arms deal between South Korea and Poland: Warsaw will purchase 50 jets, 600+ self propelled artillery platforms and nearly 1,000 tanks.

Interesting, but not that surprising. The current administration is not especially anxious to sell arms internationally (especially to Poland) and I think hopes to spread the global wealth in the arms market. I thought the European commentary was a bit “angry ex-wife” but taken as a whole it looks like a good deal.
 

Randy Daytona

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Interesting, but not that surprising. The current administration is not especially anxious to sell arms internationally (especially to Poland) and I think hopes to spread the global wealth in the arms market. I thought the European commentary was a bit “angry ex-wife” but taken as a whole it looks like a good deal.
To add to Poland’s purchase, the Czech Republic just announced an order of 24 F-35’s. It appears that some of the Visegrad 4 are beefing up their military.

 
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