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"We have agreements with two leading American companies on the joint production of 155-caliber ammunition in Ukraine. The implementation of these projects will take 2-3 years,"
Oleksandr Kamyshin, Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine.
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FOB reports that Belgium has approved the acquisition of 24 Griffon MEPAC 120mm Self Propelled Mortars and 19 additional Caesar NG/mk2 155mm Self Propelled Guns.
This brings the total Caesar NG/mk2 being acquired to 28.
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The USA has approved the potential sale of MK 54 Lightweight Torpedoes and related equipment to Germany.
Estimated price is 300 million USD.
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Mariusz Błaszczak, Minister of National Defence of Poland is expected to approve the acquisition of a further 152 KRAB 155mm Self Propelled Guns for the Polish armed forces.
A sad end to a beautiful ship. Plates from the Tirpitz are being used today to cover manholes in Oslo.
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"Good bilateral work between Ukraine and Sweden on the transfer of Gripen fighter jets continues", — Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
Born too late to mag dump into NVA Commie trash... born just in time to mag dump into North Sentinel garbage...
Читать полностью…Hezbullah released footage of its various attacks on Israeli targets on 6-7 December.
Читать полностью…IDF strikes on the outskirts of the towns of Rmeish and Aita al-Shaab, southern Lebanon a while ago.
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BTA reports that the Bulgarian defense committee has approved the transfer of malfunctioning MANPADS to Ukraine.
Ukraine is able to repair them.
Two of the six Thais were killed soon after, including a friend who Anucha said was shot dead in front of him in a random act of violence. The rest were forced on to a truck for a roughly 30 minute ride into Gaza.
Anucha's first person account offers a glimpse into what many hostages endured - and some continue to endure. He described sleeping on a sandy floor and beatings by Hamas captors, who he said singled out Israelis for especially brutal treatment.
A story of Anucha Angkaew, one of the Thai hostages who were kidnapped into Gaza and released 50 days later
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/50-days-hamas-captivity-thai-man-recalls-beatings-bleakness-2023-12-07/
World's most valuable company in December, 2023 (by market cap):
1. 🇺🇲 Apple: $3 Trillion
2. 🇺🇲 Microsoft: $2.76 Trillion
3. 🇸🇦 Saudi Aramco: $2.13 Trillion
4. 🇺🇲 Alphabet (Google): $1.64 Trillion
5. 🇺🇲 Amazon: $1.51 Trillion
6. 🇺🇲 NVIDIA: $1.13 Trillion
7. 🇺🇲 Meta: $812 Billion
8. 🇺🇲 Berkshire Hathaway: $775 Billion
9. 🇺🇲 Tesla: $760 Billion
10. 🇺🇲 Eli Lilly: $561 Billion
11. 🇺🇲Visa: $519 Billion
12. 🇺🇲 UnitedHealth: $510 Billion
13. 🇹🇼 TSMC: $499 Billion
14. 🇺🇲 Broadcom: $477 Billion
15. 🇺🇲 JPMorgan: $457 Billion
16. 🇩🇰 Novo Nordisk: $453 Billion
17. 🇺🇲 Walmart: $418 Billion
18. 🇺🇲 Exxon Mobil: $403 Billion
19. 🇫🇷 LVMH: $385 Billion
20. 🇺🇲 Johnson & Johnson: $382 Billion
21. 🇺🇲 Mastercard: $381 Billion
22. 🇨🇳 Tencent: $376 Billion
23. 🇰🇷 Samsung: $359 Billion
24. 🇺🇲 Procter & Gamble: $346 Billion
25. 🇺🇲Home Depot: $321 Billion
26. 🇨🇭 Nestlé: $304 Billion
27. 🇨🇳 Kweichow Moutai: $300 Billion
28. 🇳🇱 ASML: $277 Billion
29. 🇺🇲 Adobe: $271 Billion
30. 🇺🇲 Chevron: $270 Billion
31. 🇺🇲 Merck: $269 Billion
32. 🇺🇲 COstco: $268 Billion
33. 🇺🇲 AbbVie: $225 Billion
34. 🇯🇵 Toyota: $255 Billion
35. 🇫🇷 L'Oréal: $254 Billion
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Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy:
"We have no idea how Ukraine has spent $200 billion of our money, we are forking them more of our taxpayer money to see how some Ukrainian cut the crap can buy a bigger house."
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In addition. Poland has called up a second tranche of K9 Self Propelled Guns under their framework agreement with South Korea. This tranche consists of 6 K9A1 and 146 K9PL.
Total price sits at 2,6 billion USD.
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The Bulgarian parliament overrode the president's veto on the transfer of armored personnel carriers to Ukraine.
Also, the parliament approved the draft decision on providing Ukraine with additional military aid - unusable, obsolete or redundant portable anti-aircraft missile systems and anti-aircraft missiles of various types, which are in service with the Armed Forces of Bulgaria, to strengthen the air defense of Ukraine.
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Japan is looking at the possibility of supplying Ukraine with air defense equipment.
A Lebanese army medical center in the Christian village of Ein Ebl in south Lebanon was destroyed following the cross border clash in Lebanon
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The command of the 792nd Air Defense Brigade of the Taiwan Air Force at the Fangshan military training ground in Pingtung County on December 7 conducted an exercise to simulate repelling drones from China.
The personnel of the 2nd company of the 303rd battalion were involved in the exercise.
Firing was carried out with high-explosive and tracer shells at UAV targets from 35-mm anti-aircraft guns in daylight and dark. At the same time, the fire was carried out both aimed and with the help of radar for searching and targeting targets.
Thus, the island continues to prepare air defense crews to respond to air threats from the Taiwan Strait in the event of a conflict with China.
❗️🇷🇺🇻🇪🇬🇾Russia starts from the fact that the dispute between Venezuela and Guyana must be resolved through peaceful solutions and urges the parties to refrain from any action that could unbalance the situation, declared the Russian Foreign Ministry
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