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Russia experienced a massive industrial collapse. Rosstat

Pumps -38%
Bearings -37%
Tractors -61%
Bulldozers -53%
Elevators -37%
Internal combustion engines -48%
Cars -34%
Buses -17%-28%
Trucks -43%
Car bodies -38%
Trailers -33%
Electric locomotives -24%
Railway cars -40%-44%

Chemical industry. Rosstat.

Sulfur -36%
Chemical fibers -11%
Tires -29%
Plastic pipes -13%
Plates, sheets, film -9-16%

Construction Section

Ceramic slabs -13% to -37%
Ceramic bricks -19%
Cement -10%
Building bricks -14%
Sand-lime wall blocks -20%
Precast blocks -16%
Concrete -6.4%
Pipes -13% to -42%
Radiators, boilers -29%
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Russia developed new T-90M/"T-80" turret. It was widened and relocated/enlarged ejection port increases internal volume but weakens side protection, also shrinking degrees from direct front where armour is effective.

All this because the current turret has loose tolerances and the welding was bad.
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ›  Russia developed new T-90M/"T-80" turret. It was widened and relocated/enlarged ejection port increases internal volume but weakens side protection, also shrinking degrees from direct front where armour is effective. All this because the current turretโ€ฆ
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Especially interesting was the ejection port widening because it has already been a weakspot targeted by Ukrainian FPV drones.
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ“‰ Russia experienced a massive industrial collapse. Rosstat Pumps -38% Bearings -37% Tractors -61% Bulldozers -53% Elevators -37% Internal combustion engines -48% Cars -34% Buses -17%-28% Trucks -43% Car bodies -38% Trailers -33% Electric locomotives โ€ฆ
Rosstat is Russiaโ€™s official statistics agency and operates under strong political constraints and Kremlin influence, it is more likely to downplay economic weakness than exaggerate it.

The fact that such large declines are reported suggests the real contraction in private industries is likely significantly worse.
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๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆSBU arrested a Kazakh national who attempted to eliminate Ukrainian HUR officer in Kyiv for $50,000.
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Spain ordered 4 Patriot batteries worth $1.7 billion.

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The amazingly low price is because the 51 PAC-3MSE interceptors weren't ordered. Those costed $1.1 billion.

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The deal only included radars, launchers and support vehicles but no missiles.
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๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Another Chinese-made Thai VT-4 tank has lost its gun barrel.
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Argentina has purchased a small lot of Norinco(Chinese) 105mm APDSFS shells for the TAM and these are the results.

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They got replaced by Elbit's M426 and recently M428.
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There is a talk of Congress invoking letters of Marque from the constitution on Trump's behalf to fight "drugs".

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It would legalise privateers:

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1. To use force by private individuals on behalf of the government on specific groups.

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2. Private individuals to sieze enemy property on behalf of the government and recive cash price or portion of the seized goods.
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๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต - North Korea unveils its first Nuclear Submarine.
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North Korean ?nuclear? powered and likely armed.

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At 8,700 tons displacement it's 5x larger than anything currently commissioned.

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Likely to carry between 3 and 10 SLBMs and 6 torpedo tubes can be seen at the front.

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Most likely to a Russian design, technology, expertise and weapons.
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Forwarded from Conflicthistory and News (Mr Elbit)
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Reactor Pressure Vessel.

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Ingot for which needs to be the most uniform, from the highest grade of steel and weight more than 500t. Reactor Pressure Vessel that's made from it costs $350 to + $500 million. Lead time is 10 years and is expected to rise sharply in the 2030s.

Only these can make them:
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต JSW (Japan)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Forgemasters (UK)
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ OMZ (Russia)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Shanghai Electric (China)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ CFHO (China)
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Framatome (France)

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Last time US was able to make them was in the 80s.

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It's unclear if US has the electricity available to regain this metalurgic capability and where it will take the electricity from to make Data centres.
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CQB in practice, and CQB in reality..

Footage in the end is from a lone IDF machine gunner in Jabalia, Gaza, 2024. Clearing out rooms with his "Negev NG-7", fitted with a "Meprolight RDS Pro V2" holographic sight.
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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด - About Somaliland

โœ๏ธ So far the reactions have been not that great.

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Egypt, Djibouti and Turkey, allies of the central gov in Mogadishu, have all rejected the recognition and condemned it

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ The Arab league also condemned the recognition and said it's a "fragrant infringement" on Somali sovereignity

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia itself is also ofc outraged but they are realistically more irrelevant in this conversation than Djibouti.
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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด - About Somaliland โœ๏ธ So far the reactions have been not that great. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Egypt, Djibouti and Turkey, allies of the central gov in Mogadishu, have all rejected the recognition and condemned it ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ The Arab league also condemned the recognition andโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ‘€ Now that Israel took the first step it's likely that countries aligned to Somaliland geopolitically will be more likely to also recognize it

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Rumours have been swirling since even before Trump took office for the second time that America might recognize Somaliland.

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช The UAE, main backer of Somaliland, and their possy are most likely also interested in recognizing Somaliland.

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ Especially states like Ethiopia and South Sudan who want good terms with Somaliland due to the Berbera port
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