Germany🇩🇪

Yesterday the german cabinet passed the new military service bill!

Defence Minister Boris Pistorius wants to increase the number of soldiers in service from 182,000 to 260,000 by the early 2030s to meet new Nato targets and strengthen Germany's defences.

To achieve this the cabinet passed a voluntary military service bill.

All 18 year old germans, both men and women will be sent an online survey, asking if they are willing to volunteer for military service. It will include questions about mental health, physical fitness, motivation to join the military etc.

Only men are required to fill the form, women can choose if they want to.
This is because the german constitution currently forbids females to be forced into military service.

Starting 1. july 2027 all conscripts will be subjected to a mandatory medical examination.

Assessment and medical examination will determine if the individual is suitable and fit, where they would be most usefully deployed and if the individual fits the needs of the armed forces.

This is yet another step to strenghten europes defences, and to prepare for a possible armed confrontation with Russia in the near future.

🇲🇲🇲🇲🇲🇲 - Commanders of the Cobra Column, a military formation consisting of troops from multiple rebel orgs, welcomed defectors who brought a truck and multiple weapons with them

👀 Certain rebel/resistance orgs who have the financial capabilities have started offering cash rewards to junta soldiers who defect together with their weapons.

💵 The cash reward is usually at least as high as the value of the weapon on the black market, although the rewards can be even higher when they bring high quality or heavy equipment with them

🇮🇱 Israel’s raping Yemen again

Israeli sources allege the strikes targeted prominent Houthi leaders

➕ Update: The strikes reportedly failed, again

🥱Honey wake up, the US is using foreign wars to incubate new tech again

🚀US has agreed to sell over 3,300 Extended Range Attack Munitions (ERAM) to Ukraine via EU subsidized financing

📉Cruise missiles aren’t new. But the volume is. The US bought only 55 tomahawk cruise missiles in FY2023.

😮ERAM production is expected to be over 1,000/year

💥To start

🤓This matters to the US because its military is trying to prepare for a fight with China’s clone army, so low cost high volume spam cannons are the new thing everyone wants to get in on