David August<p>So is the $60 million fighter plane hegseth’s DoD dropped into the sea gonna be recovered, or is it a really pricey manmade reef now? </p><p>Don’t we need to retrieve or destroy any classified material on it? I thought hegseth’s cell phone was the place we were planning to leak classified info. </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/aircraft-carrier-fighter-jet-truman-cfeaecc314bfcaf85ce5c30038306ac3#" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/aircraft-ca</span><span class="invisible">rrier-fighter-jet-truman-cfeaecc314bfcaf85ce5c30038306ac3#</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DoD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a></p>
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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 25 cont 💰💰💰💰⚔️</p><p>“The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/opposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opposition</span></a> leader, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a>, has refused to specify where an additional $21bn in pledged <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defence</span></a> spending would be <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/allocated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allocated</span></a>, nor where the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> would come from, committing only to releasing the Coalition’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/costings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>costings</span></a> before the 3 May election.”</p><p>A reminder the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> have released no policies. This is a “Hail Mary” shot and they bought out 👋-Andy</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AndrewHastie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndrewHastie</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/23/dutton-refuses-to-specify-what-coalitions-21bn-of-pledged-defence-spending-would-be-used-on" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/23/dutton-refuses-to-specify-what-coalitions-21bn-of-pledged-defence-spending-would-be-used-on</span></a>></p>
Pedestriansfirst<p>“The Royal Navy's flagship HMS Prince of Wales has departed on one of its biggest deployments yet. Up to 24 of the latest F-35B stealth jets will join the carrier.” And no doubt the USA has the off switch for those jets. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defence</span></a></p>
MediaFaro News Digest<p>Germany is open to sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine.</p><p>Germany is prepared to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine as part of efforts to help Kyiv seize the momentum against Russia, the soon-to-be Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said.</p><p>The suggestion breaks with the policy of the incumbent German leader Olaf Scholz, who has refused to give Ukraine the missiles.</p><p>Merz said Kyiv must be allowed to 'get ahead'.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250414-germany-is-open-to-sending-taurus-missiles-to-ukraine?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250414</span><span class="invisible">-germany-is-open-to-sending-taurus-missiles-to-ukraine?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/WarInUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarInUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Taurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taurus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weapons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
apiecha<p>Painting on paper, 20 x 20 cm: Ambiguous impulses for your mental cinema!<br><a href="https://muenster.im/tags/kunst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kunst</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/contemporaryArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contemporaryArt</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/mentalCinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalCinema</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/analogArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>analogArt</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/rubberStamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rubberStamp</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/reliefPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reliefPrinting</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/saveBioDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saveBioDiversity</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/climateActionNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climateActionNow</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/systemChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systemChange</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/endFossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endFossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/makeArtNotWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>makeArtNotWar</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/noAFD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noAFD</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/NoRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoRacism</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/NoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoFascism</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/humanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanRights</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/humanDignity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanDignity</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Нетвойны</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defence</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/armament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>armament</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/aufr%C3%BCstung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aufrüstung</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/armsIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>armsIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/soldier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldier</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/sniper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sniper</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/heroOfWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heroOfWar</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/warGames" class="mention hashtag" 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target="_blank">#<span>introspection</span></a> <a href="https://muenster.im/tags/penguins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>penguins</span></a></p>
MediaFaro News Digest<p>Concern in Poland about the US decision to reposition troops.</p><p>Poles are rattled by a US announcement that it will move personnel from a key base near the Ukrainian border.</p><p>Some fear this is the start of a US withdrawal from Eastern Europe. Politicians are playing down the issue.</p><p>Citing American and European sources, US broadcaster NBC News reported that the Pentagon considers withdrawing 10,000 US soldiers from Romania and Poland.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250410-concern-in-poland-about-the-us-decision-to-reposition-troops?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250410</span><span class="invisible">-concern-in-poland-about-the-us-decision-to-reposition-troops?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Romania</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defence</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/8328/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/8328/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Podcast: War economy, France’s supercomputers, La Marseillaise and the Republic <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FrenchRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchRevolution</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SpotlightOnFrance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpotlightOnFrance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trade</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Weapon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weapon</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day eleven cont: 🌊 🐬⚓️</p><p>“we’re watching the world being burned down by powerful men – we just didn’t know they would be such <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/losers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>losers</span></a>”.</p><p>There are millions of us across this country right now who do not want <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> to go down the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> route. Who want to detach ourselves from Donald Trump 🎃 and to look after us in this country” — <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AdamBandt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdamBandt</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greens</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defence</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAN</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Dolphin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dolphin</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Submarine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Submarine</span></a> / f <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AUKUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AUKUS</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/straya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>straya</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/merica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>merica</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/09/australia-election-2025-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-labor-coalition-greens-adam-bandt-debate-gas-prices-cost-of-living-economy-tariffsntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67f5e5098f08165382e331f2#block-67f5e5098f08165382e331f2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/apr/09/australia-election-2025-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-labor-coalition-greens-adam-bandt-debate-gas-prices-cost-of-living-economy-tariffsntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67f5e5098f08165382e331f2#block-67f5e5098f08165382e331f2</span></a>></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Our super bestest fwends who hit us with a 10% tariff today....but not Russia.</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-power-uk-nuclear-subs-posing.amp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-03-power-uk</span><span class="invisible">-nuclear-subs-posing.amp</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trident</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NuclearDeterrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearDeterrent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a></p>
Sigmundur<p>The news source mentions that Starlink is already used by the Faroese Defence ships: Tjaldrið and Brimil. Which is quite alarming, as that would give Elon Musk, and the US, complete access* to all the traffic from the ships that are going through Starlink satellites.</p><p>Smyril (passenger and cargo ship sailing from Denmark - Faroe Islands - Iceland) also has Starlink already, as well as many Faroese fishing ships.</p><p><a href="https://radikal.social/tags/F%C3%98Pol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FØPol</span></a> <a href="https://radikal.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> <a href="https://radikal.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://radikal.social/tags/Defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defence</span></a> <a href="https://radikal.social/tags/FaroeIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FaroeIslands</span></a></p>
MediaFaro Analysis<p>Giorgia Meloni’s government is still supporting Ukraine and backing NATO. Italy’s aerospace and defence sectors help explain why.</p><p>Both Meloni’s government and the opposition have put forward complicated if not unrealistic proposals for the war in Ukraine, such as a UN peacekeeping mission after a ceasefire, and repeatedly reaffirmed their commitment to NATO.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250324-giorgia-melonis-government-is-still-supporting-ukraine-and-backing-nato-italys-aerospace-and-defence-sectors-help-explain-why?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250324</span><span class="invisible">-giorgia-melonis-government-is-still-supporting-ukraine-and-backing-nato-italys-aerospace-and-defence-sectors-help-explain-why?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Meloni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meloni</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Aerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aerospace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Nato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nato</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Industry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a></p>
Andy<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UnitedStatesofAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesofAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Nationalsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationalsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yemen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/houthi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>houthi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HouthiRebels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HouthiRebels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/whatsapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whatsapp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/chat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/groupchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>groupchat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/jdvance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jdvance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vance</span></a><br>Anyone stupid enough to use a messaging app to discuss defence secrets should be sacked immediately. Taking into account his level of incompetence, calling Hegseth “pathetic” would be a compliment. America would be better off if the Marx Brothers were in charge…</p>
Estelle Platini<p>Rearmament is an opportunity for capital to obtain reductions in welfare and public services, at the cost of lower profitability.</p><p>Chatham House: “Politicians will have to brace themselves to reclaim money through cuts to sickness benefits, pensions and healthcare.”</p><p>Britain’s finance minister Rachel Reeves, who has been steadily cutting spending on child credits, winter payments for the aged and disability benefits, announced that the remit of the Labour government’s new National Wealth Fund would be changed to let it invest in defence.</p><p>More military spending spurs growth but can damage the ‘health’ of the capitalist accumulation process: <a href="https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2025/03/22/from-welfare-to-warfare-military-keynesianism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thenextrecession.wordpress.com</span><span 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RaymondPierreL3<p>This <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Conversation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conversation</span></a> article is a good ‘opener’ into a Defence/ADF debate that must be had, not just by experts and polies, but by all Australian given it goes to the issue of our collective physical security ( <a href="https://theconversation.com/should-australia-increase-its-defence-spending-we-asked-5-experts-252374" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/should-aus</span><span class="invisible">tralia-increase-its-defence-spending-we-asked-5-experts-252374</span></a> ). There is no denying the naiveté in thinking we can ever live our lives peacefully, isolated from the troubles around us. Thinking that we can count on enduring alliances for help when we are threatened is also delusional given history is replete with contradictory tales. So <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defence</span></a> concerns all of us and is an integral part of politics (I.e. Foreign affairs by other means).</p><p>I like the opinion of Jennifer Parker and Peter Layton best of the bunch of opinions expressed by the ‘experts’ because they go to the ‘core’ of what Defence means in practice at the ground level. The process is very simple (the helo view). It is for govt to strategise what must be done to keep Australia as safe as possible and develop any number of Defence policy goals for study by Defence experts. Those Defence experts than come back with Force Plans for each policy goals. After that, it’s up to govt to expand its range of policies to accommodate the defence plans and find the money to fund the most pressing goal achieving preparedness (the more goals can be addressed the more secure Australia will be).</p><p>In all cases, ‘preparedness’ is the foundation stone of any defence planning and subsequent actions.</p><p>/Arm-Chair General signing off…</p>
Bytes Europe<p>Switzerland steps up defence cooperation with NATO <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/853453/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/853453/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Article</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BeatSwissPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeatSwissPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LatestNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatestNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MilitaryEquipment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryEquipment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a>(general)</p>
RaymondPierreL3<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://theblower.au/@HardBeingGreen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HardBeingGreen</span></a></span> <br>Agreed. While I may not agree with every details (those we know about) of the Greens defence policy, it is measurably better than simply opposing militarism and providing no policies to look after us in what is basically a dog eat dog world out there.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greens</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defence</span></a></p>
David August<p>to hegseth: verb (transitive); to show up drunk and break things. </p><p>I hegseth <br>you hegseth <br>he, she, they, it hegseths </p><p>we hegseth<br>all y’all hegseth<br>they hegseth</p><p>past perfective: hegsethed </p><p>present progressive: hegsething </p><p>example sentence: He is hegsething the DoD into total ineptitude. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DoD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoD</span></a></p>
David August<p>hegseth just killed, among other things, "$9 million to create 'equitable' artificial intelligence."</p><p>"'I need lethal machine learning models, not equitable machine learning models,' Hegseth said."</p><p>You f-ing noob, lethality without clarity on what you're killing is worse than useless, you tool.</p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5206516-pentagon-cancels-wasteful-spending/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/policy/defense/520</span><span class="invisible">6516-pentagon-cancels-wasteful-spending/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AutonomousWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutonomousWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Another Brexit dividend... The EU will exclude UK arms manufacturers from its €150bn rearmament fund unless the UK signs a security & defence pact with the EU.... negotiations on which have stalled due to the continuing tensions between the EU & UK on fishing & youth mobility.</p><p>So, looks like for now the only increase in defence spending that will be spent in the UK is out own...</p><p>But, hey those Europeans, eh? Glad to see the back of them.... /s</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defence</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Peter<p>Australia looks like selling our Jindalee over-the-horizon radar technology (JORN) to Canada, in a move that will likely upset Trump. The USA was originally going to be the customer, but Trump happened, so ...</p><p>The sale is worth $6 billion, on a roughly $1 billion investment cost, so not a bad return.</p><p>The UK might be sniffing around, too.</p><p>The news: <a href="https://youtu.be/jleRLW3LS8A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/jleRLW3LS8A</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Background on the system: <a href="https://www.dst.defence.gov.au/innovation/jindalee-operational-radar-network" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dst.defence.gov.au/innovation/</span><span class="invisible">jindalee-operational-radar-network</span></a></p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defence</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Jindalee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jindalee</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/JORN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JORN</span></a></p>
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