Zoekt en beschrijft oude luchtvaartverhalen (en soms ook die van buiten de dampkring)
Audacious armchair pilot, fascinated by aviation BC*
(*Before computers)
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๐งต1/7 While the US is bombing in the Middle East, China is building the industries of the future.
This is not about growth rates.
Itโs about strategy.
New analysis by @VictorDeDecker@EgmontInstitute#Geopolitics#China
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@CalumDouglas1@HarrygPettit He has just been appointed as a lecturer at the Brussels University (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). So I suppose Iโm paying taxes for this, Iโm afraid.
โฎ๏ธIn case you missed it, new publication by @VictorDeDecker this week @EgmontInstitute
Hall of Mirrors: How U.S.โChina Export Controls Feed Each Other
https://t.co/56l8avi2Yt
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๐งต1/8 Belgium should help lead a Chips Act 2.0 via the European Council. As Europeโs 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
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Samen met Bryan Bille van @benchmarkmin schreef ik een stuk over de voorgestelde mineraaldeal tussen Trump en Zelensky.
Oekraรฏense mineralen zijn eerder fata morgana dan eldorado https://t.co/exzAvtL135
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")
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 donโt lie, but liars figure.
Mijn opinie over de Europese tarieven op Chinese EVs in @tijd ๐ช๐บ๐จ๐ณ
Tarieven kunnen een tijdelijke oplossing zijn, maar structurele investeringen en strategische samenwerkingen (ook mรฉt China) zijn nodig om Europa's positie in EVs veilig te stellen ๐๐
https://t.co/2IBFSikUEP
@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...
@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) ?
@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 ?