"Ursprünglich hatte das Konsortium um Diehl und Sener die Ausschreibung des EDF für die erste Studie zur Hyperschallabwehr gewonnen. Dies hatte zur Folge, dass nach Aussage von Insidern die französische Regierung intervenierte und MBDA eine Klage gegen die Vergabentscheidung
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@Wikipedia is systematically changing the birthplaces of Baltic nationals born between 1945 and 1991 to “Soviet Union.”
I corrected my own birthplace to Estonia. Within two minutes, an editor changed it back to “Estonian SSR, Soviet Union”
Let me be clear: I was born in Estonia — temporarily occupied by the Soviet Union. That is what I was told by my parents and what I have known all my life.
If Wikipedia wishes to write “Soviet-occupied Estonia,” that would at least reflect historical reality. But reducing my birthplace to “Estonian SSR” erases the fact of occupation, Estonia's identity and the legal continuity of the Republic of Estonia.
I have spent much of my life working to restore and safeguard Estonia’s independence. Having non-Baltic editors insist on rewriting my birthplace as “Estonian SSR” feels like a symbolic continuation of that occupation.
People born in Nazi-occupied Denmark were still born in Denmark.
People born today in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine are still born in Ukraine.
Does Wikipedia list “Reichskommissariat Ostland, Generalbezirk Estland” as the birthplace of people born in Estonia between 1941 and 1944?
Estonian SSR was a construct created by the Russian occupiers never recognised by anyone and is used today as a meme of Russian imperialist hallucinations.
The reason this happens is because Arabs consistently interpret the absence of bloody, savage, disproportionate reprisals against their women and children to be proof that they are a fearsome adversary who is winning.
American airforce has preferred Guam because if they launched from Diego Garcia airbase in the Chagos they would have to notify Mauritius under Kier Starmers new deal…
What a stupid deal the Chagos Island lease was…
This is very, very easy:
Ban all visas: family, work, student, the lot. Allow flights to Pakistan only.
Drop all aid. 50% tax or more on remittences.
Then see what they say.
"Both activists managed to evade security and arrest."
Ignoring the merits or otherwise of such a protest, this is an utterly embarrassing reflection on the security of Brize Norton.
I'd suggest we're lucky that it was 'only' paint used, and 'only' two aircraft targeted.
I know Brize Norton is an extremely large airfield, but so is Heathrow, and with many more entry / exit points. Given the current geopolitical situation, the base should have already implemented increased security measures. This is a wake-up call to take national resilience seriously.
https://t.co/FIVTyi8Jeh
Every single American socialist on YouTube that I have met is in the 1% and does fuck all to redistribute their wealth.
They are essentially evangelical preachers. Preaching, not practicing.