Europe launches defense push amid Russia threat, U.S. worries.
"The international order is undergoing changes of a magnitude not seen since 1945," said the EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.
DW New reports: https://flip.it/nIAECK
@benroyce@mastodon.socialI wonder what it's like in the #Kremlin right now
Gloating they successfully demented the #USA
And expecting the #West to crumble?
All they did is *really* piss of #Europe. Investment in #defense is skyrocketing
Fuck the USA, but I think the essential ignorance is that what the West stands for is topdown. Like #Russia. They have no idea the bottomup fury they've awakened
Russia is barely holding on fighting #Ukraine. Their economy is in the toilet
US arms-makers are being frozen out of the European Union’s massive new #defense spending plan 
This will help strengthen #Europe 
and trustworthy allied countries like #Canada 
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-freeze-us-multi-billion-defense-plan-arm-makers/
[Article] Ghost Fleet : la flotte de pétroliers russes qui contourne les sanctions occidentales
En position de force dans les négociations de paix imposées à l’Ukraine par Donald Trump, Moscou a pu s’appuyer sur une armada de pétroliers pour financer son effort de guerre. Échappant aux…
https://www.blast-info.fr/articles/2025/ghost-fleet-la-flotte-de-petroliers-russes-qui-contourne-les-sanctions-occidentales-u06AwfZ7Snm_oPMNu2_2pA #Defense #Diplomatie #Energie #International #Renseignement
La directrice générale de Polytechnique Laura Chaubard, bascule les données de la prestigieuse école d'ingénieurs vers l'offre Microsoft 365. Une décision prise sans concertation qui crispe au sein de l'établissement rattaché au ministère des armées. La migration concernerait les "ZRR" ou "zones à régime restrictif", à savoir les labos les plus sensibles, à l'accès très sécurisé. Les US n'ont plus qu'à se servir. https://www.lalettre.fr/fr/action-publique/2025/03/19/polytechnique-cede-aux-sirenes-du-cloud-de-microsoft,110389616-eve
The U.S. Defense Department said it is working to restore a deleted webpage hosting an iconic photo of six Marines hoisting an American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, following an uproar over its removal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/19/japan/politics/us-pentagon-dei-japan-removals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #military #defense #donaldtrump #wwii #history #censorship
#Trump is also decimating the #US #defense industry, as #EU countries are quickly developing technologies and equipment to fill the holes left by his desertion of our #NATO #OTAN allies.
(Example: Drones could be more important in modern warfare than bigger systems—and #Ukraine owns the absolute cutting edge of this technology.)
So what happens to Lockheed, Boeing, etc when their foreign customer base sees it can do without them?
Ukraine continues to develop a major military industry. First strike of the new "Long Neptune", a 1000km range ground-ground missile, a much longer range than the US ATACMS or FR/UK Storm-Shadow/Scalp or DE Taurus
@ZhiZhu@newsie.socialTrump Suffers Huge Loss as Judge Overturns “Unlawful” Mass Firings
At Donald Trump’s behest, #DOGE had sought to gut the federal workforce.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192719/donald-trump-doge-judge-overturns-mass-firings
"the mass firing of federal employees was an “unlawful” directive...
ordered several agencies to “immediately” reinstate... employees... the #VA... Depts of #Defense, Energy, Interior, Treasury, & #Agriculture... the IRS, which falls under the helm of the Treasury Dept"
U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to be ambassador to Japan, George Glass, said he will "undoubtedly" need to press Japan to contribute more money for hosting American troops. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/14/japan/politics/george-glass-us-japan-ambassador-cost-sharing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #georgeglass #us #usmilitary #usbases #usjapanrelations #defense #budgets #donaldtrump #congress
@mastodonmigration @alexlunaview
Uh, this is what you get for disabling EW features on F-16s sent to Ukraine.
Now no one trusts US weapons. Well done Donnie!!
[Edit] For reference, here's how the US screwed Ukrainian F-16s:
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-f16-fighter-jets-us-support-donald-trump-2041984
#trump #defense #f35 #portugal
US judge orders #Trump admin to reinstate thousands of fired workers
A California federal judge on Thurs ordered 6 US #FederalAgencies to reinstate thousands of recently-hired employees who were fired as part of Trump's purge of the federal workforce.
The ruling made by US Dist Judge William Alsup in San Francisco during a hearing applies to the Departments of #Defense, #Veterans Affairs,#Agriculture, #Energy, #Interior & the #Treasury.
#law #DOGE #Musk
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-extend-block-trump-administration-ordering-mass-firings-2025-03-13/
Paix en Ukraine : la balle dans le camp russe selon les Européens
« Je m’adresse au président Poutine, lance le secrétaire britannique à la Défense John Hailey. Vous avez dit vouloir parlementer ? Prouvez-le. » Les ministres de la défense des cinq pays ayant les plus importantes armées d’Europe - la France, le Royaume-Uni, l’Allemagne,…
https://www.blast-info.fr/articles/2025/paix-en-ukraine-la-balle-dans-le-camp-russe-selon-les-europeens-Vxu-GUIVTxWoad6mPa0SmQ #Defense #Russie #Ukraine
https://www.europesays.com/1903383/ Germany’s Greens make Merz sweat over massive spending plan – POLITICO #cooperation #debt #défense #DemocraticParty #DonaldTrump #elections #Energy #FriedrichMerz #GermanElection2025 #germany #GreenEnergyTransition #history #infrastructure #intelligence #IntelligenceServices #investment #Kremlin #military #negotiations #parliament #policy #security #Services #space #Ukraine #UnitedStates #US
#Trump's job for #putin was total destruction of the #US, its trade #alliances, credibility, #defense industry, defense alliances, financial markets, and to hand him #Ukraine.
He's doing all of them, and some #Americans still can't face it.
Until you face it, you can't stop it.
@EUCommission if we must, we should invest in boosting and integrating Europe’s #defense industry. Taking a huge debt to grease up the US by buying their arms would be an unacceptable mistake and a clear capitulation to extortion. Not a cent to #unclesam !
As the U.S. under Donald Trump reassesses its commitment to Ukraine, countries worldwide, particularly in Europe and Asia, are reconsidering their defense policies and alliances with America. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/03/07/a-post-american-world/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #russiaukrainewar #eu #us #donaldtrump #russia #ukraine #asia #defense
Just posted a machine translation clarified by me of the good speech by Senator Claude Malhuret about the moment Europe, the US and the world are in right now.
https://davaug.medium.com/french-senator-on-the-us-europe-and-ukraine-f40d61b0cb33
Acc/to NATO’s most recent stats, last year 23 #NATO members’ #defense spending exceeded 2% of their GDP. 5 of those nations — #Estonia, #Greece, #Latvia, #Poland & the #US — spent >3%. Poland had the highest percentage, dedicating 4.12% of its GDP to defense.
The potential shift in how the US participates in NATO comes as #Trump is pushing European #allies to do more to #aid #Ukraine in its #war w/ #Russia & to play a major role in maintaining #peace if a deal to end the war is reached.
