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@morganlinton @satofishi Explain to me how having it manned adds to the value over an unmanned flyby.

@satofishi Jordan is no idiot, mate. Talk to him, change his mind. And mine, because I think he's correct (this time, he's not always correct by any means). There is no scientific need or reason for a manned flyby; it's a sightseeing jaunt, and it will probably kill you.

@stockbella You do realise that in Uno the person with the fewest cards wins, yes?

@SpencerHakimian Then why the fuck doesn't he?

A dog spent about six hours trapped under rubble after a Russian strike on Kyiv. For hours, the dog was neither seen nor heard - until she began to whimper in the morning. Rescuers cleared a path under the threat of further collapse and managed to free her. NV journalist Serhii Okuniev helped pull the dog from the debris. At the time of the strike, a mother and her three children were also inside. Two kids escaped on their own, while the woman and her 16-year-old daughter were rescued. The girl sustained serious injuries, including fractures. 📹: NV / Serhii Okuniev

Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en

2 months ago

The Russian attack continues. Four medics injured in Kyiv. They were rushing to help after a Russian strike. By preliminary information, a 12 year old child was killed.

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@USPoliticsAlert @DeptVetAffairs @BeckyMills_Mgr Well, that's Eliana Sheriff, not some "Becky Hills", so no, it makes no sense. Wonder what the scam is?

@ImperialMaps @SpaceX That map is so out of date.

@SpaceX Awesome!

@MarioNawfal @Ellieinspace Embedded is right, you are taking all the views as your own. With "friends" like you . . .

@spiggzy @frontlinekit LOL, @Spiggz_ can do no better than call me retarded and block me instead of rebutting my argument. Why am I not surprised?

@spiggzy @frontlinekit If Trump and Bibi hadn't started a war, there would be no oil crisis. They and Putin are the criminals.

@Maks_NAFO_FELLA Knowing the UN, they will do nothing about this but hopefully, the EU will. Does anyone know if the UN are even bothering to send observers?

@xy_point_xy @frontlinekit

Let me get this straight. Countries around the world have paid the US in advance for arming themselves and also arms for Ukraine. The US is not delivering those weapons, and also seizing the money already paid for weapons never to be delivered. No trust left for the US.

In 2004, serial rapist Akku Yadav terrorized a slum in India for over a decade, raping dozens of women, murdering at least 3 people, and walking free every time thanks to police corruption. On August 13, while appearing for a bail hearing, around 200 women (many his victims) stormed Nagpur District Court armed with kitchen knives, stones & chili powder. They threw chili in his eyes, stabbed him over 70 times, hacked off his penis with a vegetable knife, and left him dead on the courtroom floor.

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If it is one thing Monty Python taught me, it was to Never be Rude to an Arab.

South Asia Index @SouthAsiaIndex

2 months ago

President Trump mocks Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Bin Salman: “He didn’t think he would be kissing my ass, he really didn’t…and now he has to be nice to me….he better be nice to me, he’s gotta be..”

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BREAKING: Zelensky just landed in the UAE and signed a defence cooperation agreement with President MBZ. The deal on the table changes everything about this war. Ukraine is offering Gulf states 1,000 drone interceptors per day. Each Sting interceptor costs $2,100. Each Patriot missile it replaces costs $3.9 million. In exchange, Ukraine wants the Patriot missiles the Gulf states are burning through, because Kyiv cannot get enough of them to stop Russian missiles. Read that again. The country America refused to arm fast enough is now arming America’s allies with a weapon that costs 1,857 times less than the one America cannot produce fast enough. The National reported on March 27 that Zelensky told reporters: “We’d like to quietly receive the Patriot missiles we have a deficit of, and give them a corresponding number of interceptors.” AFP confirmed the UAE agreement on March 28. Eleven countries have formally requested Ukraine’s drone defence expertise per Zelensky’s own count. Over 200 Ukrainian military specialists are already deployed across the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Jordan. Here is the arithmetic that should terrify every Pentagon procurement officer on earth. The United States fired 943 Patriot interceptors in the first four days of the Iran war per a US Congressional study cited by the Jerusalem Post. That is eighteen months of Lockheed Martin’s annual production consumed in 96 hours. Each of those 943 shots cost $3.9 million. Total expenditure: $3.68 billion in four days on defensive interceptions alone. Iran produces 10,000 Shahed drones per month per Reuters. Each drone costs $20,000 to $50,000. The cost exchange ratio is 114 to 1 in Iran’s favour per Military Times. Ukraine’s Sting interceptor inverts this arithmetic entirely. At $2,100, the cost ratio flips from 114-to-1 against America to roughly 10-to-1 against Iran. Ukraine can supply 1,000 per day. That is 30,000 per month against Iran’s 10,000 Shaheds per month. For the first time in this war, the defender’s production rate exceeds the attacker’s production rate at a fraction of the cost. And the country that built this weapon is the same country that Trump publicly rejected. “No, they are not helping. We do not need their help. We know more about drones than anyone else” per Fox News. He doubled down: “The last person we need help from is Zelensky.” Meanwhile the Pentagon notified Congress of plans to redirect $750 million in Ukraine-bound Patriot missiles to Gulf states per House of Saud reporting. America is simultaneously refusing Ukraine’s cheap solution and cannibalising Ukraine’s expensive one. Zelensky framed this explicitly. He told The National: “No matter how many Patriots, THAADs, or other air-defence systems are in the Middle East, that alone is not enough for fully effective air defence.” He told the UK Parliament: “When it comes to shooting down massive Shahed attacks, only Ukrainian experience can really help with this today.” The Pentagon is spending $3.9 million per interception, raiding Swiss fighter jet accounts to cover shortfalls, and diverting Ukraine’s own Patriot supply to the Gulf. Zelensky is offering the same result for $2,100 and producing 1,000 units per day. The market has a word for this kind of disruption. The $2,100 drone is the most important weapon in this war. And the country that built it is the one America said it did not need. Full analysis - open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

BREAKING: The United States just took over $126 million from Switzerland’s fighter jet account to cover missile shortfalls in the Iran war. Switzerland did not approve this. Switzerland did not consent. Switzerland had already frozen its Patriot payments after learning deliveries would be delayed four to five years. The US circumvented the freeze. SRF, Switzerland’s national broadcaster, reported on March 26 that Washington redirected Swiss funds originally allocated for 36 F-35 fighter jets to cover Patriot air defence shortfalls using the Foreign Military Sales pooled trust fund, a structure that allows the Pentagon to reallocate payments across a buyer’s contracts without that buyer’s permission. Swiss armaments chief Urs Loher confirmed the diverted amount is a “low three-digit million” Swiss francs and called the situation “very unsatisfactory.” The money Switzerland paid for jets is now subsidising a war Switzerland refused to participate in. Bern halted new arms exports to the US on March 20 citing the Iran conflict. Switzerland rejected two US military flyover requests linked to Iran operations. Two hundred years of armed neutrality, and Washington reached into the account anyway. Here is why. The United States fired 943 Patriot interceptors defending Gulf states in the first four days of Operation Epic Fury per a US Congressional study cited by the Jerusalem Post last week. Lockheed Martin and Boeing produce 620 Patriot interceptors per year combined. In four days, America burned through eighteen months of global Patriot production. The war has consumed roughly one-third of the entire THAAD missile stockpile. Annual THAAD production does not exceed 100 units. The cost asymmetry is what makes the depletion irreversible at current production rates. Each PAC-3 interceptor costs $3.9 million. Each Iranian Shahed drone costs between $20,000 and $50,000. The cost exchange ratio is 114 to 1 in Iran’s favour per Military Times. Iran manufactures an estimated 10,000 Shaheds per month per Reuters. America produces 620 interceptors per year. Iran builds more drones in a single week than the United States builds interceptors in an entire year. Every interceptor fired in the Gulf is one that cannot be delivered to Switzerland, Ukraine, Taiwan, Japan, or Poland. The State Department warned allies on March 27 that Patriot deliveries to Ukraine would face disruptions as the Pentagon prioritises Iran per Quiver Quantitative. Senator Chris Murphy said on record: “We’ve been told again and again one reason we can’t provide interceptors for the Patriot system for Ukraine is that they’re in short supply.” Lockheed signed a framework to quadruple production to 2,000 units per year. That capacity will not arrive for six to seven years. The Pentagon has asked Congress to shift $1.5 billion from other programmes to accelerate procurement per Bloomberg. None of this helps now. The interceptors are depleting now. The allied accounts are being raided now. Switzerland is considering reducing its F-35 order from 36 to 30 jets and accelerating evaluation of European alternatives per Bluewin and Global Defense Corp. Swiss parliamentarians have called the redirection “an unacceptable violation of procurement sovereignty.” The Swiss parliament is preparing formal hearings. Switzerland is the canary. A neutral country with two centuries of armed neutrality just had its fighter jet money taken without consent to feed a four-week-old war that burns 18 months of interceptor production every 96 hours. Every US ally with a pending defence contract should be asking one question: whose account is next? Full analysis: open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

🚨 BREAKING: Pentagon Accused of Diverting NATO Funds Meant for Ukraine Washington, D.C. – March 27, 2026 The Pentagon is facing mounting backlash after U.S. officials confirmed that roughly $750 million contributed by NATO allies for Ukraine will instead be used to replenish America’s own weapons stockpiles. Translation: money allies thought was going to Kyiv is being rerouted back into U.S. arsenals. What Happened * Amount: ~$750 million in allied contributions * Program: NATO’s Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) * Original Purpose: Fund U.S.-made weapons for Ukraine * Actual Use: Refill depleted U.S. military inventories According to officials cited by The Washington Post, the Defense Department has already informed Congress of the shift, confirming the funds will not go toward additional Ukrainian aid. The Problem This wasn’t sold to allies as a “maybe.” European governments poured billions into PURL under the assumption that: * Every euro → weapons for Ukraine * Every dollar → direct battlefield support Now officials admit something pretty uncomfortable: Some allies may not have even known this kind of redirect was possible. That’s not a misunderstanding. That’s a trust problem. Fallout Already Building NATO officials and analysts are calling this: * A “misappropriation of funds meant for Ukraine” * A move that could trigger audits, refunds, or formal demands for answers * A potential fracture point in U.S.–European defense coordination And they’re not wrong. You don’t quietly rewrite the purpose of allied money and expect applause. Pentagon’s Defense The Pentagon argues the move is necessary after heavy weapons usage in the Middle East depleted critical systems. Fair. Stockpiles matter. But here’s the issue they’d rather not say out loud: They’re solving that problem with allied money that was explicitly earmarked for Ukraine. What This Really Means Strip away the diplomatic language and this is what’s sitting underneath: * NATO allies funded weapons for Ukraine * The U.S. redirected a chunk of that money to itself * Some allies may not have fully understood that risk That’s not just a policy shift. That’s how you start eroding trust inside an alliance that’s supposed to function on it. Why It Matters * Ukraine loses expected support at a critical moment * European allies may rethink funding mechanisms * U.S. credibility inside NATO takes a hit And once that trust cracks, it doesn’t magically come back because someone issues a statement. Developing story. Sources [1] Euronews, March 26, 2026, "Pentagon mulls redirecting Ukraine military aid to Middle East, reports claim" euronews.com/2026/03/26/pen… [2] The Washington Post, March 26, 2026, "U.S. may redirect NATO-funded Ukraine aid to replenish its own stockpiles amid Iran tensions" washingtonpost.com/national-secur… [3] Bloomberg, March 26, 2026, "Ukraine struggles to find more NATO donors to pay for U.S. weapons" bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

In Mariupol, a 17-year-old boy, Dmytro Shuvalov, who had cerebral palsy, was left alone in a locked house after his parents were shot by a sniper while going out to get humanitarian aid. He couldn’t walk. He couldn’t speak. He was found dead on a couch months later. No one knows how long he survived alone. This what Russia did “liberating” Mariupol in its genocidal war. memorial.ua/obituaries/civ…