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"The US F-35 stealth fighter fleet has a readiness problem that 6 years and over $12 billion haven't fixed, watchdog finds"
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This is not just related to F-35. Covid has big impact.

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Dassault says Rafale jet production ramp-up hit by supply chain snags​

Lifting the Rafale production pace to three a month at the final assembly plant in Mérignac in southwest France “is more difficult right now,” and reaching that rate is more a question of next year than this year, CEO Éric Trappier said at a press conference Tuesday night in Saint-Cloud outside Paris.
Aircraft makers have been struggling with supply chain issues since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, with Airbus last month cutting its delivery estimates for commercial aircraft in 2024 on a shortage of supplies including structural parts and engines. Dassault Aviation, which also makes the Falcon series of business jets, last year delivered 13 Rafale fighters, two fewer than planned.
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The news coming from the US just keeps getting weirder and weirder... I don't even know what to believe anymore lol.
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American tech billionaire Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022, a report said Thursday.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the talks cover personal matters, business interests and geopolitical tensions.
The discussions were reportedly confirmed by multiple current and former officials from the US, Europe and Russia.
The report, citing two people familiar with the matter, said that at one point, Putin requested that Musk refrain from activating his Starlink satellite internet service over Taiwan as a favor to Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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gelgoog said:
The gas chambers with Zyklon gas were not used to execute prisoners. They used them to kill lice in prisoners who developed them due to being malnourished.

The plan was just to underfeed prisoners and work them to death. And if you got killed inside a chamber, it was most likely one of the massive ovens they had to cremate prisoners. Since there are reports of them cremating live prisoners.
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You know it always confused me. Gas chamber is such a stupid idea. Just stop feeding and people die.
 
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canonicalsadhu said:
The news coming from the US just keeps getting weirder and weirder... I don't even know what to believe anymore lol.
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Why would Putin give Musk time of the day, unless Musk acts like a proxy for the pentagon kind of like Tucker for intelligence.
Or maybe they are setting the stage for jailing musk for betrayal and conspiring with Russia in case Trump doesn't win.

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You know it always confused me. Gas chamber is such a stupid idea. Just stop feeding and people die.
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Starving pretty much scales unlimited thats why sanctions are so brutal.
 
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manqiangrexue said:
It was an mistake letting India in because they are known for playing both sides but honestly so is Turkey. It is a part of NATO and doubtless that it has its own agenda that is not the common prosperity of the global south or our effective defense against Western sanctions. Even in NATO, Turkey blackmailed Finland and Sweden on accession, making them agree to Turkish demands and taking advantage of the unanimous consent to join. Despite being in NATO, Turkey used its membership privileges to further its own interests even when stalling the overall interests of NATO and it will act the same way if it were to join BRICS. It is a huge risk taking in Turkey.
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I like Turkey. They are selfish but smart. India is just batshit insane. Like, if you show tiny bit of respect they would start walk over you. Turkey would at least pretend to respect you and carve out a favorable deal. For instance, F-16 deal for Sweden entry of NATO. As annoying as it is, it is workable settlement for both sides. India on other hand would demand something insane like: "expelling any country they don't like out of NATO, tech transfer of F-35, back me up on any conflict, and I can leave at anytime".

And lets be real, NATO needs Turkey's location. Turkey merely leveraged that for a good deal. I don't see BRICS need India nearly as much.
 
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TK3600 said:
I like Turkey. They are selfish but smart. India is just batshit insane. Like, if you show tiny bit of respect they would start walk over you. Turkey would at least pretend to respect you and carve out a favorable deal. For instance, F-16 deal for Sweden entry of NATO. As annoying as it is, it is workable settlement for both sides. India on other hand would demand something insane like: "expelling any country they don't like out of NATO, tech transfer of F-35, back me up on any conflict, and I can leave at anytime".

And lets be real, NATO needs Turkey's location. Turkey merely leveraged that for a good deal. I don't see BRICS need India nearly as much.
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I mean you can be an asshole but you don't create the Ottoman empire by being completely retarded.
 
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