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Good stuff. Putin wanted less NATO but got a lot more of it... Russian navy in Baltic sea is all but useless now. https://www.euronews.com/2023/07/10/an-historic-step-turkey-gives-green-light-to-swedens-nato-accession-says-stoltenberg

Russia wanted less NATO but got this :close_tema: https://www.euronews.com/2023/03/30/turkeys-parliament-ratifies-finlands-membership-in-nato

Assault rifle made by Sako and it's based on AR platform. Both will also buy marksman variants. Picture can be found from the article...

It's predicted more will follow as NATO gained new perfect place for snooping Russian military. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/u-s-rc-135-surveillance-jet-has-flown-unprecedented-mission-over-finland

Mitsubishis 8x8 used specialized engine while AMV was designed so it can use different type civilian engines. Probably one of the reasons why AMV won. https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/japan-selects-patrias-amv-for-type-96-replacement-programme

And yet somehow we're supposed to believe they are worried about western countries invading them? Russian claims that NATO expansion is threatening them is clearly false narrative whats only an excuse for their imperialism.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/14/politics/congressional-delegation-taiwan/index.html Germany is also looking to send delegation. https://taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2022/08/10/2003783274

Short yet good lecture from Mr. Zeihan.

Just asking if other people here invest or do you prefer outright buying stocks without middle-men? I have modest 11.000€ put in both investment and index funds. I could buy stocks myself but i'm not "man in suit" so i'd rather use funds managed by people who know more.

Chinese govt are issuing more threats. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/02/chinese-ambassador-warns-british-mps-against-visiting-taiwan

Before there were one exeercise per year but this year there have been multiple and Brits have been visiting too with F-35's etc.

No-limits friendship :coffee: https://www.ft.com/content/470e2518-410b-4e78-9106-cf881dd43028 https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-belt-road-spending-dips-h1-with-no-investment-russia-research-2022-07-25/

Good analysis.

From now on it seems that west is taking harder attitude towards authoritarian countries and that change has been prompted by China's no-limit friend Russia with their Ukrainian invasion. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-taiwan-china-4fb0ad0567ed5bbe46c01dd758e6c62b I'm sure Xi...

https://yle.fi/news/3-12437506 All long time pro-NATO Finns like myself send their thanks to Mr. Putin He did in few months what we couldn't do in decades. :cheers:

Big time brain drain. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/05/06/nearly-4m-russians-left-russia-in-early-2022-fsb-a77603

https://yle.fi/news/3-12431006

Is there any good source with reliable info about what Indian intelligence again are doing or what they've done in the past? They seem more secretive and less known, at least in here west, than most other organizations like CIA or KGB. WIkipedia has good list and some info but nothing about...

https://www.patriagroup.com/newsroom/news/2022/patria-8x8-vehicle-selected-by-slovakia

https://www.err.ee/1608270180/merevagi-soetab-soome-firmalt-meremiine Not your grandpas naval mine. https://forcitdefence.com/app/uploads/sites/18/2020/09/forcit-blocker-brochure-folded-A3-email-15052020.pdf