About half of Iran's stockpile of ballistic missiles and its associated launch systems are still intact... Roughly 60% of the naval arm of the IRGC is still in existence... About two-thirds of Iran's air force is still believed to be operational. www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-mo...
🇫🇷🇺🇦🇬🇷 Macron, who is due to visit Greece on Friday, is reportedly set to propose an exchange of all 43 of Greece’s Mirage 2000s (including the 24 Mirage 2000-5s and 19 retired Mirage 2000 EGM/BGMs) and their spare parts for an equivalent number of Rafale jets at a reduced price.
Exclusive: US turns to Ukrainian counter-drone tech after Iran attacks, sources say By David Jeans April 22, 202611:03 AM GMT+1Updated 1 hour ago A damaged U.S. E-3 radar aircraft at Prince Sultan Air Base A damaged U.S. Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control aircraft following an Iranian strike on the airbase, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia in this picture obtained from social media released on March 29, 2026. SOCIAL MEDIA/via REUTERS/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
Turns out Ukraine not only had some cards, but the US has decided to use them.
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www.reuters.com/business/aer...
”Trots växande hot och nya lagkrav står Sveriges digitala försvar på skakig grund.
En ny rapport från Myndigheten för civilt försvar slår fast att kritiska brister präglar både kommuner, myndigheter och offentlig förvaltning.”
www.di.se/nyheter/larm...
Extremely concerning:
"Estonia's Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur said that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told him by phone that the US would be suspending all arms deliveries to Estonia"
Two things can be true at the same time:
1. Russia's economy is in deepening crisis that without a change of course could threaten cohesion of a post-Putin Russian state.
2. As long as Putin holds the system he built together the Russian state remains an acute threat to Europe.
US proving again it is a very reliable partner🙄
Taps the sign www.csis.org/analysis/eur...
"the U.S. had put all outgoing ammunition shipments on hold" news.err.ee/1610001736/u...
The White House has made something akin to a “naughty and nice” list of NATO countries, as Trump looks for ways to punish allies who didn’t back the Iran war.
www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
US: "Europeans should buy weapons and ammo from us, the great reliable supplier, instead of using their own industry or buy stuff elsewhere"
Also the US:
'US turns to Ukrainian counter-drone tech after Iran attacks, sources say' www.reuters.com/business/aer...
I read things daily that I unfortunately can’t share here, but the situation with Iran is far more chaotic than most people realize. The effects will reverberate across the Middle East for a long time.
LUTNICK: It is outrageous that Canada will not put US spirits on the shelf. It is insulting and disrespectful to America
SHAHEEN: They won't do it because of the insults from this president and comments like yours
This is a truly watershed assessment.
Dutch military intelligence believes China has, as of 2025, drawn level with the United States in offensive cyber capabilities, leading to a situation where only a fraction of Chinese operations against Dutch interests are ever detected...
Erfreuliche Nachrichten aus Brüssel! Die viel zu lang anhaltende Blockade ist endlich aufgegeben. Die 90 Milliarden für die Ukraine und das 20. Sanktionspaket gegen Russland kommen jetzt. Ungarn ist zurück in der europäischen Familie.
Just as Republican politicians never seem to have any sympathy for people suffering from a disease or discrimination until someone in their immediate family feels it, they'll never be opposed to gerrymandering until it darkens their own door.
EU member states ambassadors have approved a €90 billion loan for Ukraine and the 20th package of sanctions‼️
🇺🇦 News coming in that clearing a €90bn EU loan to #Ukraine has now been unlocked. Hungary dropped its opposition.
Confirmed by Swedish EU delegation.
Some of that aid is planned to be used on #Gripen E.
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🇸🇪 #Gripen Uppvisningsträning med 🌞 www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...
🇨🇦 No timeline given from defence minister on conclusion of review into F-35 fighter jet purchase.
“What it says, I hope, for Canadians, is that we’re being very responsible,” McGuinty said" - April 20, 2026.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
There is something inescapably funny about Meloni being dragged slowly, reluctantly, yet inevitably sensible-wards by events.
To return to one of my pet theories: it takes an incredible amount of organisation, sense and attention to detail for Italy to get away with being Italy and it has effects.
⚡️Europe will have to revisit issue of using Russian assets, EU commissioner says
The European Union will have to return to the issue of using frozen Russian assets if Moscow fails to pay reparations to Ukraine, Valdis Dombrovskis, the EU’s economy commissioner, told the Kyiv Independent.
Finland does not comment about the status of its weapons stockpiles or acquisitions, according to Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen (NCP).
Russia takes pride in its so-called “endurance”. The number of Russians killed in action is regarded by the regime as a “sacrifice”, in the belief that it makes Russia superior, particularly over Europe.
An interview with Dr Joris Van Bladel ⬇️
Corruption and slave labour have long been features of the Russian and Soviet armies: professional officers control the means of destruction, while recruits serve as cannon fodder in war or free labour in peacetime
A cogent response to frankly, absurd, but damaging claims.
