And it's happening all over again with the likes of MANPADS, FPV drones, shoulder launched ATGMs, and ones that've yet to be invented.

I can't imagine a more suitable place than in the city of Europe's largest and most important port - Rotterdam, Netherlands.

@ec.europa.eu ???

↪ they have left (but not entirely) is out and in the field. And thank goodness for that.

They also make very few tanks, etc, relatively speaking.

They do have quite a bit of rusky-weathered/cannibalised junk that can't be salvaged - it's their own fault

I've been following this for 2+ years now.

I can understand why. Max posts an awfull lot and reducing his workload is fully understandable.

However, these figures are pure fantasy 😅

The moment I saw the graph I started laughing.

The ruzzkyz have emptied nearly all the storage bases of most stuff (especially tanks) and the bulk of what ➡

11 months?!

Have ya lost your password, Maroš?

Economic security is very important.

And so is transparency. 11 months is not very transparent?

If the commission creates a Security Council, you'd be on it.

It would be great to see you post here again, commissioner Šefčovič.

Has he received a bo!!ocking from his *real* Dark Master?

Morning Maks (thanks for all you do, by the way),

What's the source for this highly dubious intel? 🙏

↪ Here's a good example⬇

[hope/wishfull thinking is NOT a strategy]

🔴 And what the European Union/Commission needs is the same thing the new Japanese prime minister has recognised - the requirement for a stand-alone intelligence agency with real teeth⬇

[INTCEN is *not* the same thing]

The Weakest Generation.

And it's gone quiet from Cindy Graham re the "sanctions package".

Cindy should never be trusted - or even listened to.

He's wrong, but his concerns *do* need addressing properly by the @ec.europa.eu commission.

Pressure isn't really a solution, it's just trying to force an unresolved issue.

Interesting. I'll have to look up that EU report. Thanks.

Yes, the papers may indicate/imply that they're silent, but in real life....?

Then there's the issue of quality of training, as per the chinese sub sinking a little while ago due to it.

The main issue is the chinese communists never tell the truth. It's also a doctrine of theirs.

Yes, the idea/danger of larger numbers of smaller vessel attacks goes back to/and before the Second World War.

I'm pretty sure it was an American navy chap that wrote a paper on it.

The U.S. is experimenting with "sit and wait" naval drones (and a lot more besides). It's a very interesting field.

That's true too.

That's interesting. Thanks.

And they only "believe" ?!

Why do you think Hess was never allowed out of prison! He would've talked.

He was a key piece to this puzzle. Why d'ya think he was caught IN SCOTLAND ! 😅