Cynrik De Decker

Zoekt en beschrijft oude luchtvaartverhalen (en soms ook die van buiten de dampkring)
Audacious armchair pilot, fascinated by aviation BC*
(*Before computers)

[Cynrik De Decker @CynrikD]

@p_vanostaeyen Beetje raar. Lijken geen Poolse soldaten, maar Duitse Fallschirmjäger (parachutisten).

[Egmont Institute @EgmontInstitute]

📄 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

🧵1/7 While the US is bombing in the Middle East, China is building the industries of the future.

This is not about growth rates.
It’s about strategy.

New analysis by @VictorDeDecker @EgmontInstitute
#Geopolitics #China

🔗 https://t.co/Y4aD2OUCZ4

[Cynrik De Decker @CynrikD]

@CalumDouglas1 @HarrygPettit He has just been appointed as a lecturer at the Brussels University (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). So I suppose I’m paying taxes for this, I’m afraid.

[Cynrik De Decker @CynrikD]

@Fgandoul "technofascisme"

[Egmont Institute @EgmontInstitute]

⏮️In case you missed it, new publication by @VictorDeDecker this week @EgmontInstitute

Hall of Mirrors: How U.S.–China Export Controls Feed Each Other

https://t.co/56l8avi2Yt

[Cynrik De Decker @CynrikD]

@CalumDouglas1 Correct

[Cynrik De Decker @CynrikD]

@stevencraneTV Ik begrijp het niet. Die kerel heeft toch een shirt met de letters "Qatar" op ?

[Egmont Institute @EgmontInstitute]

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🧵1/8 Belgium should help lead a Chips Act 2.0 via the European Council. As Europe’s premier R&D hub, we are uniquely positioned to push for continuity, stronger funding, and a more strategic focus beyond 2027 #Semiconductors #EUChipsAct @Vi@VictorDeDecker #MarcusLoiseau @EgmontInstitute
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 https://t.co/95ZRLvSdAZ

[Victor De Decker @VictorDeDecker]

Samen met Bryan Bille van @benchmarkmin schreef ik een stuk over de voorgestelde mineraaldeal tussen Trump en Zelensky.

Oekraïense mineralen zijn eerder fata morgana dan eldorado https://t.co/exzAvtL135

[Cynrik De Decker @CynrikD]

Little Belgium played a key role in the biggest resource deal in history: the uranium supply from Congo for the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (I took this pic from file FO1093-513 2TNA, Kew for my book "Voordat de bom viel")

[John Spencer @SpencerGuard]

At least 2 million civilians died in the Korean War (1950-1953) - an average of over 54,000 deaths per month across the 37 month war.

But this number alone tells us nothing. It lacks crucial context: When did they die? Who was responsible? What were the circumstances - military strategies, decisions, and events that shaped the war?

Be cautious when presented with war statistics. They are often wielded as weapons to push an agenda, with the biggest numbers used to draw attention, sway opinions and are used as click bait. The media, too, gravitates toward dramatic figures to highlight crises.

Statistics are powerful tools of persuasion - but they should always be filtered through critical thinking.

Figures don’t lie, but liars figure.

[Fouad Gandoul @Fgandoul]

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[Victor De Decker @VictorDeDecker]

Mijn opinie over de Europese tarieven op Chinese EVs in @tijd 🇪🇺🇨🇳
Tarieven kunnen een tijdelijke oplossing zijn, maar structurele investeringen en strategische samenwerkingen (ook mét China) zijn nodig om Europa's positie in EVs veilig te stellen 🚗👇
https://t.co/2IBFSikUEP

[Cynrik De Decker @CynrikD]

@fromantwerp @wduyck Ben er ook geweest. Fantastisch land, open geesten in Beiroet. Tot ik uit welgemeende nieuwsgierigheid de shia-wijken wilde bezoeken... werd erg snel door mannen met baarden gesommeerd de omgeving te verlaten...

[Cynrik De Decker @CynrikD]

@CalumDouglas1 cockpit "or" cabin.

[Cynrik De Decker @CynrikD]

@CalumDouglas1 Thx, but I still don 't get it. So those drop tanks they used throughout the war were not pressurized? Or do I have a wrong idea with the word "pressurized" (cf. cockpit of cabin) ?

[Cynrik De Decker @CynrikD]

@AusSkeptic @CalumDouglas1 8th AF had fighter escort from august 1942 (one year before Schweinfurt-Regensburg) onwards...

[Cynrik De Decker @CynrikD]

@AusSkeptic @CalumDouglas1 Thanks! I know P-47's were flying with drop tanks in the ETO from August '43 onwards. But these were not pressurized, or am I wrong ?

[Cynrik De Decker @CynrikD]

"Das Imperium Schlägt Zurück"

[BBC London @BBCLondonNews]

So, this happened on the Thames ... 😂 Sound on!