German spy chief says Russia won't shy from military confrontation
Germany's foreign intelligence chief warned Monday that Russia posed a direct threat, and that the "icy peace" with the European Union could erupt at any moment into "heated confrontation".The warning...
”We must not sit back and assume that a possible Russian attack would come in 2029 at the earliest.” - Tydliga budskap när de tyska tjänsterna vittnade inför Bundestag i veckan. Chefen BND sa oxå att man skulle gå i riktning mot att bli en försvarstjänst dvs motsatt riktning mot Bildts utredning. /1
19.10.2025 16:46 — 👍 60 🔁 15 💬 2 📌 1
First time a Global Hawk has been flying over Finnmark in northernmost Norway.
www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/glo... #AirForce #NATO
03.09.2025 15:34 — 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
President Trump har några timmar på sig att dementera detta. Om inte, så får regeringen mycket att göra resten av 20-talet med start i kväll.
23.04.2025 15:40 — 👍 36 🔁 11 💬 8 📌 1
Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
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I find it outrageous as well.
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Försvarets prislapp går mot 5 procent av BNP
Höjd Beredskap · Episode
Lyssnar på Höjd Beredskap & kommer ifatt med detaljerna kring Landerholm. Man ser ju rött. Har skrivit tidigare här att UK verkligen inte är rätt person just nu att leda Sverige. Hans omdöme att kompis-tillsätta Landerholm, att tvinga ut Billström i detta läge etc...
open.spotify.com/episode/0xMV...
13.03.2025 13:01 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
”in the Norwegian intelligence service, there is concern that the US can no longer be trusted, and that secret operations will be put at risk”
06.03.2025 05:59 — 👍 62 🔁 23 💬 1 📌 0
Kristersson vill ha partisamtal om upprustning
Statsminister Ulf Kristersson (M) siktar på att senare i vår samla partierna för samtal om ett starkare svenskt försvar.
Det här duger inte.
”Han kan dock inte säga i vilken form som samtalen ska äga rum eller när i vår de ska starta.”
Jag noterade i söndags att Magdalena Andersson vill se en upprustning i ”rasande” fart.
Vi behöver bygga fabriker och utbilda arbetskraft för vapen- och ammunitionstillverkning.
06.03.2025 06:50 — 👍 65 🔁 18 💬 9 📌 0
Ask yourself: If Trump was a Russian asset what would he do differently?
If nothing, apply Occam's razor.
04.03.2025 07:10 — 👍 185 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 1
Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
28.02.2025 20:22 — 👍 19456 🔁 5658 💬 678 📌 524
The last curtain is removed - Behold the new reality.
28.02.2025 20:28 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Poorly thought out. KrF leader Dag-Inge Ulstein believes that Norway should increase its military presence in Svalbard to enforce Norwegian sovereignty. What does he think will happen to Russia, will they sit idly by and watch? It is rather doubtful.
www.forsvaretsforum.no/krf-leder-no...
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So true.
24.11.2024 17:10 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Precis. Stoppa eländet där det är, tryck tillbaka Putins o Kremls ambitioner i Ukraina, eller gör det på Narvas hed, på Polens sand, på Leipzigs slätter, Lützens kullar eller Normandies stränder. Valet är vårt, Europa.
22.11.2024 11:09 — 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Föredömligt.
19.11.2024 17:25 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Det ÄR fullständigt olämpligt.
03.10.2024 18:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
@lkurin.bsky.social Återstår att se och uppleva!
29.03.2024 17:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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