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[muck]

I am sure I saw a Ruski mercenary with a fag lighter

Now that's just homophobic.

 

[Picanha]

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[pigmode]

Finland and Sweden pursue unlinked NATO membership

Finland had indicated it would prefer a solution that would see the two Nordic unaligned states “jump together” into NATO.

news.yahoo.com

In this report it looks like Sweden is much less likely to join NATO than Finland. Makes sense. They probably want to avoid closer entanglement with the US. They also do not border Russia. Hope I'm wrong.

...However, Sweden has decided to examine a range of security-related options, including deepening Nordic defense cooperation and urging the European Union to develop enhanced defense policies to offer greater military protection to EU member states that border the highly sensitive Baltic Sea and High North regions.

Unlike Sweden, the Finnish government has set the wheels in motion to fast-track its application to join NATO against the backdrop of heightened security tensions in the region elevated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The question in my mind is how Hungary will vote on Finland's entry?

 

[Picanha]

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KF41 Lynx Live Firing under Movement

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[Hiryu2.0]

Puolustusvoimien varusmiehet löivät maailman kuuluisimman eliittisotilasjoukon Nato-sotaharjoituksessa

Sotaharjoitus pidettiin Norjassa.

www.iltalehti.fi

 

[Hiryu2.0]

Finnish parliament, NATO membership vote. Blue is yes.

 

[Connaught Ranger]

Ireland:
Simon Coveney, Minister for Defence and Minister for Foreign Affairs has announced the purchase of two Inshore Patrol Vessels from the New Zealand Government.

The investment of €26 million in these two Inshore Patrol Vessels will provide replacements for LÉ Orla and LÉ Ciara. These Inshore Patrol Vessels have a lesser crewing requirement than the ships they replace, and will provide the Naval Service with an enhanced capacity to operate and undertake patrols in the Irish Sea on the East and South East Coast. This will allow the remaining fleet to focus on operations elsewhere.
It is the intention that the two ships will be transported to Ireland in 2023 after a programme of works to restore them to Lloyd’s Classification has been carried out in New Zealand.

• the two Lake – Class Inshore Patrol Vessels are the former HMNZS ROTOITI and PUKAKI
• the four ships were built in Whangarei by BAE Systems Australia (formerly Tenix Shipbuilding). They were delivered to the New Zealand Ministry of Defence and commissioned into their Royal Navy in 2009
• both ships have been in Lloyd’s Lay Up class appraisal survey since October 2019, having been withdrawn from service and will undergo some restoration works to bring them up to Lloyd’s Classification
• they have fully automated control and navigations system, a powerful engine, modern communications and surveillance systems, active stabilisers and comfortable accommodation. Using two RHIBs (Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats) both ships can undertake boarding operations and surveillance
• the ships are highly manoeuvrable and capable of speeds up to 25 knots (46 kilometres per hour)
• the core ship's company complement is 20. This is less than that of LE Orla and LE Ciara which have a complement of 44 crew per ship
• the area of operations will be the Irish Sea on the East and South East Coast
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Ironically they (Irish Navy) dont have enough crews too go fetch the vessels to Ireland due to retention problems and cutbacks.

 

[Hiryu2.0]

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Finnish parliament, NATO membership vote. Blue is yes.

sorry, I just took over the sharing from our group,
it just shows how each representative would vote now

 

[muck]

Weekly 'Bild am Sonntag' reports that Germany has chosen Boeing's CH-47F as replacement for her ageing fleet of Sikorsky CH-53G transport helicopters. 60 aircraft are to be purchased at a cost of about €5 billion, with deliveries beginning in the second half of the 2020s. (Source, Paywall)

 

[BravoZulu]

Weekly 'Bild am Sonntag' reports that Germany has chosen Boeing's CH-47F as replacement for her ageing fleet of Sikorsky CH-53G transport helicopters. 60 aircraft are to be purchased at a cost of about €5 billion, with deliveries beginning in the second half of the 2020s. (Source, Paywall)

For Germany's needs that's a good decision IMHO, the asking price for the CH-53K is simply ridiculous

 

[Fish&Chips]

Weekly 'Bild am Sonntag' reports that Germany has chosen Boeing's CH-47F as replacement for her ageing fleet of Sikorsky CH-53G transport helicopters. 60 aircraft are to be purchased at a cost of about €5 billion, with deliveries beginning in the second half of the 2020s. (Source, Paywall)

Looks like somebody anticipated this move in 2020.

CH-47F Chinook STH, Revell 1:72 von Hajo Lippke

Galeriebeitrag CH-47F Chinook STH von Revell, ein Modell gebaut von Hajo Lippke in 1:72.

www.modellversium.de

 

[muck]

Weekly 'Bild am Sonntag' reports that Germany has chosen Boeing's CH-47F as replacement for her ageing fleet of Sikorsky CH-53G transport helicopters. 60 aircraft are to be purchased at a cost of about €5 billion, with deliveries beginning in the second half of the 2020s. (Source, Paywall)

A quick update on this subject: The defence committee of the Federal Diet, the German parliament, has denied having made a final decision. A last-minute complaint by Sikorsky's parent company Lockheed Martin has delayed the final decision until some time next month.

 

[TheKiwi]

Ironically they (Irish Navy) dont have enough crews too go fetch the vessels to Ireland due to retention problems and cutbacks.

Same with the RNZN, hence them being up for sale in the first place.

 

[Hiryu2.0]

https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/nac...6qutjd62jvncJJsthridM_IImCSw2Lh8yZ82rnUu9Db1s The Spanish government has announced that it will increase defence spending from the current 1% to 2% of GDP by 2030

 

[Picanha]

The Bundeswehr will get at least 3 ICE NEO in a medical train configuration, up to 30 intensive care beds are on board. Can also be used for disaster relief. Delivery until 2025.

Bundeswehr will drei ICEs als mobiles Lazarett einsetzen - WELT

Zuletzt hat die Bundeswehr Flugzeuge genutzt, um Intensivpatienten zu verlegen. Bis 2025 sollen nun ICE-Züge angeschafft werden, um sie als mobile Lazarette einzusetzen. Ein ICE kostet etwa dreißig Millionen Euro.

www.welt.de

 

[Picanha]

For Germany's needs that's a good decision IMHO, the asking price for the CH-53K is simply ridiculous

Its really the price. And they are not really comparable. Don't know how they got those bids together.

The Stallion has a MTOW of around 38t while the SuperChinook just has 22t. Thats 10t payload vs 15,6t.

But for territorial defence in Europe the SC should suffice given the price difference.

 

[muck]

The Bundeswehr will get at least 3 ICE NEO in a medical train configuration, up to 30 intensive care beds are on board. Can also be used for disaster relief. Delivery until 2025.

Bundeswehr will drei ICEs als mobiles Lazarett einsetzen - WELT

Zuletzt hat die Bundeswehr Flugzeuge genutzt, um Intensivpatienten zu verlegen. Bis 2025 sollen nun ICE-Züge angeschafft werden, um sie als mobile Lazarette einzusetzen. Ein ICE kostet etwa dreißig Millionen Euro.

www.welt.de

Germany used to operate a dozen hospital trains during the Cold War. It's a great concept that could've come in handy during the pandemic. I'm glad to see it's revived, though I can't help but wonder if diesel-powered trains wouldn't be preferrable to this particular solution.

Its really the price. And they are not really comparable. Don't know how they got those bids together.

The Stallion has a MTOW of around 38t while the SuperChinook just has 22t. Thats 10t payload vs 15,6t.

But for territorial defence in Europe the SC should suffice given the price difference.

CH-47F and CH-53K are the only Western heavy transport helicopters. There are literally no others, reiterating why this selection process – which has been dragging on for twenty years! – is such a farce. Personally, I hope their chosing the CH-47F will stand. It's simply the safer choice, both from a logistical and a fiscal angle. With the Royal Netherlands Army – a Chinook operator – being amalgamated into its German counterpart, it's imperative to streamline the binational rotorcraft fleet.

 

[Picanha]

I also didn't see the point in using an ICE.

The good ole Diesellok can still tug along with no electricity, well better for the climate I guess

 

[Fish&Chips]

The Bundeswehr will get at least 3 ICE NEO in a medical train configuration, up to 30 intensive care beds are on board. Can also be used for disaster relief. Delivery until 2025.

Bundeswehr will drei ICEs als mobiles Lazarett einsetzen - WELT

Zuletzt hat die Bundeswehr Flugzeuge genutzt, um Intensivpatienten zu verlegen. Bis 2025 sollen nun ICE-Züge angeschafft werden, um sie als mobile Lazarette einzusetzen. Ein ICE kostet etwa dreißig Millionen Euro.

www.welt.de

Those things being electrical means that they can only be used on Germany territory main railway lines. A diesel version of the ICE exists and it would at least have been able to do forward deployment in other countries.

 

[muck]

The Chief of the Swedish Army, Major General Karl Engelbrektson, announced on Tuesday to an expert audience at the Land Warfare Centre that his government has instructed him to effectively double the operational size of his branch. Sweden's 11 regiments – which under current plans form 2 brigades – are now to grow to a full division with 4 brigades in addition to a permanent battle group on the island of Gotland. "We do not threaten anyone", Engelbrektson said, pointing instead to Russia's aggression against Ukraine as a reason to improve the Swedish defences.

Joking that "for the first time during my tenure, money is not the problem", Engelbrektson noted that the government had even exceeded his recommendation of a more moderate increase. He then outlined his priorities of strengthening the army's artillery, air defence and C2 capabilities, citing new long-range aerial denial weapons and rocket artillery as examples. Sweden's new type of brigades, he said, would be trained to form networked "protective bubbles" around such effectors, so as to destroy the enemy at ranges of up to 300 kilometres. (Source, German)