David Ellis

[David Ellis @DavidEllisSDI]

EU stepping up military capacity to respond to a security crisis
EU’s annual Crisis Management Military Exercise includes for first time a live exercise
with 2,800 personnel from EU Member States, held in Cadiz
@Nigel_Farage @benhabib6 @GBNEWS @RustyFirmin @ThatAlexWoman

[European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 @eu_eeas]

The EU is stepping up its military capacity to respond to a security crisis. The EU’s annual Crisis Management Military Exercise includes for the first time a live exercise, with 2,800 personnel from EU Member States, to be held tomorrow in Cadiz. @JosepBorrellF

[Strategic Defence Initiatives @StratDefIntUK]

The Program Committee of the European Defence Fund (EDF) has selected the project for the second phase of the Modular and Multirole Patrol Corvette (MMPC CALL 2) under the call topic “EDF-2023-DA-NAVAL-MMPC”.

[Sue Luxton @kelper60]

Liberation Memorial this morning, a snow squall coming down the harbour.

[Sue Luxton @kelper60]

They shall not grow old as we are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn,
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them,
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
#CLASS82 #LIBERATION #FREEDOMCAMEFROMTHESEA
#FALKLANDISLANDS
#Standingwithgiants

[Sue Luxton @kelper60]

What a fab day...a massive respect to the Armed Forces past, present and the ones that will join in the future.

[Sue Luxton @kelper60]

Best traffic jam in the workd...

[Royal Marines @RoyalMarines]

In the footsteps of our forebears...

#RoyalMarines of @47CdoRM this morning landed ashore in Normandy on Gold Beach to mark #DDay80, forging the same path as Commandos did on that fateful Tuesday.

Read more: https://t.co/BohFJw2uEZ

[Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 @DefenceHQ]

“Our gratitude is unfailing and our admiration eternal.”

His Majesty The King honours those who served on D-Day 80 years ago.

#DDay80

[Chris Parry @DrChrisParry]

Watch it if you dare …

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

Today, we remember the sacrifices made by all those involved in the D-Day landings.

On this day 80 years ago, more than 5,000 ships and landing craft delivered 150,000 troops to five beaches in Normandy. 4,440 Allied soldiers lost their lives on D-Day - the first day of Operation Overlord, which ultimately brought about the liberation of German-occupied Western Europe.

#DDay80

[BFBS Forces News @ForcesNews]

🗣️ “This is not ancient history. This took place in living memory.”

The head of the British Army, General Sir Patrick Sanders, explains why commemorating D-Day is so important

#DDay80

[Sky News @SkyNews]

'It is my honour to continue to protect their legacy'

Princess Anne speaks at a memorial service held in Bayeux, France to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

https://t.co/q5VbFvfQNh

📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

[Strategic Defence Initiatives @StratDefIntUK]

@defossardf Concerning Hunt suggested focus? is 180 degrees off @BenWallace70 Defence & Security must be a focus in GE!!
@onedecisionpod @haynesdeborah @AmbJohnBolton @paulmasonnews @JohnHealey_MP
@MrFJChedham @HamishDBG @UDSS_Official @larisamlbrown

https://t.co/A2lKXgIGBA

[General Mike Flynn @GenFlynn]

General Flynn Colonel Macgregor https://t.co/RM6p2aYQCq

[@jason @Jason]

Individual liberty was compromised so definitively during COVID-19 that we must demand a thorough postmortem.

Anyone who says, " Let it go” or “They’re good people” needs to reconsider this stance.

It’s uncomfortable to think that we were duped and there was a coverup, but if there is even a 1% chance that this happened, why wouldn’t we figure out what happened?

This week we learned that people were deleting emails and purposely m1sp3lling words to avoid having their communications discovered down the road.

Let that sink in.

And twitter, YouTube and Facebook bowed down to their pressure to stop us from questioning them.

Let that sink in.

If we funded the research that caused the pandemic, and the Chinese built it, and they both covered it up, that is a potentially destabilizing moment in world history.

I understand why they would panic, those kind of revelations have caused revolutions and executions.

Or it could have been from a bat in the wet markets, in which case, wet markets need to have their health standards changed dramatically.

Anything is possible, which is why the investigations must continue.

… keep your glasses on; don’t obey.

[steve hsu @hsu_steve]

Father-Son team build world's fastest quadcopter drone, 300mph.

Great video with all the design and engineering details.

https://t.co/TJhN5H8gBR

[Deborah Haynes @haynesdeborah]

Russia is producing artillery shells around three times faster than Ukraine's Western allies and for about a quarter of the cost, according to an analysis shared with @SkyNews.

https://t.co/W25E6SQSjm

[Axispoint 🇬🇧 @axispoint60]

@RishiSunak wants to bring back conscription
❎UK is not funding its volunteer professional personnel adequately
❎£2.5B will not go near the cost of implementation & maintaining conscripts, accn, training, subsistence & pay!
❎UK forces are expeditionary requiring higher levels of skills & deployment agility. Cannot be achieved with 12 mths service
❎Govt has sold off most of the of the defence estate. It now has housing on it or is home to migrants. No where for them to go
❎Not AF job to solve to solve govts failure in wider social policy. They are there to fight & win not rehabilitate
❎Is this what the Tories are going to spend any defence uplift on rather than ships aircraft & vehicle
Tory gimmick that will be treated with the enthusiasm of hole in the head by MOD policy & planning staff

[Deborah Haynes @haynesdeborah]

On @RishiSunak & national service, great, but why has this epiphany only happened now despite all the warnings?
In January, the PM's own spokesperson slapped down @ArmyCGS for saying civilians should be trained to fight a future war.
It's unwise to play politics with defence.

[Strategic Defence Initiatives @StratDefIntUK]

@freddiejh8 Because
Ever Closer Union includes
Defence & Security Union
@freddiejh8 @Nigel_Farage
https://t.co/Uo24t3CSIu

[Strategic Defence Initiatives @StratDefIntUK]

@gregbagwell @haynesdeborah Scale of the £ U.K. hole is massive
@gregbagwell is absolutely right as I have to highlight atrophy detrimental industry impacts on capacity & capability factors with military capabilities
what was plan B in 1981 to disarm?
SNR Officer Disconnect highlighted by Adm Henry Leach