Can EU Really Ramp Up Weapon Production?
While the European Union moves to boost its military-industrial complex, it remains to be seen how successful these efforts are going to be.
Months after they started funneling weapons and munitions to Ukraine, EU states came to the startling realization that they can’t hold a candle to Russia’s armament production.
In an apparent bid to address this problem, the European Commission (EC) this week has proudly unveiled the “first-ever” European Defense Industrial Strategy (EDIS) and “proposed an ambitious set of new actions to support the competitiveness and readiness” of the EU defense industry, according to a statement posted on the EC website.
The strategy in question aims to “mobilize” some €1.5 billion ($1.63 billion) of EU funds during 2025-2027 to “continue enhancing the competitiveness,” the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) in an effort to ensure the “defense industrial readiness” in Europe.
While these plans to ramp up weapon and munition productions in Europe are hardly surprising, there are several factors that may make the effort problematic.
– While €1.5 billion is a lump sum of money, it is hardly enough for such an undertaking. In January, European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton argued for the necessity of a €100 billion defense fund to boost Europe’s military-industrial capacity.
– The EC plan mentions fostering closer cooperation with Ukraine “through its participation in Union initiatives in support of defense industry and stimulating cooperation between the EU and Ukrainian defense industries.” It is not immediately clear, however, how exactly military-industrial projects might fare in Ukraine where they will likely be immediately targeted by Russian air and missile strikes. Ukraine’s ability to participate in weapon procurement together with other EU states also seems a bit suspect in light of the dismal state of the Ukrainian economy.
– The European initiative may come into conflict with NATO’s plans, Politico has suggested, noting that the military bloc’s leaders have already agreed on the so-called Defense Production Action Plan in 2023. “If this new unveiled strategy is seen as complementary it’s one thing, but if it’s seen as contradictory [with NATO’s], that could be a bit of a political problem,” the media outlets quoted a former NATO official Robert Pszczel as saying.
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The Best International Women’s Day Present is The Gift of Pregnancy – Russian MP
The best gift for your spouse or fiancée on International Women’s Day is to make her pregnant, controversial State Duma member Vitaly Milonov, the deputy head of the Russian parliament’s family protection committee, has suggested.
This is the only surprise on March 8 that can make a woman truly happy, Milonov, who himself has six children, including three he adopted, said in an interview with the radio station Govorit Moskva on Thursday.
“I believe that the best gift for a woman is a new pregnancy. A child is a real joy,” he explained. “Men should be men if possible. If not, then flowers are used and things like that.”
The MP, a member of the ruling United Russia Party, warned both men and women against engaging in excessive drinking on the holiday, saying that “a bottle of champagne should be enough.”
Excess drinking at parties could lead to “conception in a drunken state, and this shouldn’t be happening,” he stressed.
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“I encourage women to voluntarily give up on booze on March 8 and celebrate it sober, because a sober woman is amazing,” Milonov said.
In January, Mikhail Minenkov, the mayor of Nevinnomyssk in Stavropol Region in the south of Russia made headlines when he encouraged men in the city to “sneak up” on their wives and impregnate them that very evening. For birth rates to increase, “one mustn’t sleep, eat, or drink; instead, one must fall in love,” Minenkov added.
During his address to the Federal Assembly in late February, Russian President Vladimir Putin said “a large family with many children should become the norm [in the country], the philosophy of social life, the guideline of the entire strategy of the state.” According to the president, over the next six years, Russia should achieve a sustainable increase in its birth rate.
Preliminary data published by the state statistics agency Rosstat last month suggested that only 1.264 million babies were born in Russia in 2023, the lowest number since 1999. The figure didn’t include the statistics from either the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk or the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, which were officially incorporated into the Russian state in the fall of 2022 amid the conflict with Ukraine, following referendums held in those four areas.
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According to Rosstat’s forecast, birth rates in Russia will only start growing after 2028. By 2046, the population of the country should reach 138 million, the agency said.
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Remote Viewing of the Rapture Ascension Event
Remote Viewing is the military term for viewing a target with the mind’s eye.
Remote Viewings are conducted under double blind conditions, meaning that the target assigner and the viewers are unaware of what they are viewing. They are simply given an arbitrary number.
The Future Forecasting Group was recently given the target number H506-B3T9. That was the only information they had. It was only after the viewing that they learned what the target was.
The target was the split/rapture event. In Christianity it is the “rapture.” When believers are taken into heaven while the rest of humanity suffers the tribulation. The RA material calls this event the “harvest.” And says it happens every twenty-five thousand years when those who have spiritually evolved ascend to a higher dimension while those who don’t are reincarnated back into the 3rd dimension.
According to Christians who believe in it, to be raptured you must believe in Christ. The RA material is from an exhaustive channeling experiment that took decades to achieve. And the source claims to be a group of entities known as the Council of Nine, or RA. The same RA of ancient Egypt, here to assist mankind in their spiritual evolution. And the FFG team saw all of this in their viewing.
To see if they are all getting the same data, remote viewers work in teams. And they all saw the event spanning from what was described as ancient Egypt or the middle east, into the present day. They saw an event that required one’s loyal submission or worship to higher beings. They saw a major event happening in the heavens. They saw what appeared to be a major cataclysmic event tied to the Great Year of roughly twenty-five thousand years. Something that many researchers predict, and the RA material confirms. And they all saw non-human entities behind this event. Riordin even saw a council of nine, and a blue bird, which is how they describe themselves in the RA material.
They saw what appeared to be another planet. One with an inhospitable atmosphere that required domed cities. They saw underground bases. And they saw the infamous grey aliens.
“And then we’re seeing one of these guys again. Continuation of a species. They got to do what they got to do. No regrets. But the sense is like, help us. Like they need our help. Again, this idea of like a manifest destiny… to inhabit a corporeal being.” ~ Nyiam (Future Forecasting Group)
According to UFO research, the most common story is that the Greys destroyed their own planet and came to Earth to experiment on mankind in a desperate attempt for survival. No longer able to reproduce sexually, they experiment on mankind with genetic science and technology to sustain their own species.
And according to the RA material, there are two factions of non-humans on Earth. One is on the path of service to others, here to help humanity spiritually liberate itself. And the other is on the path of service to self, here to enslave humanity for their own selfish needs.
Allgire saw several images of how the soul is attached to the human body, how it is removed, and how these creatures were attempting to manipulate the process with a neurolink. And practically the whole team saw barbaric experiments on mankind with brain chips, animal mutilations, animal-human hybrids, and trans-humanist hardware. As if creating some sort of human Frankenstein was the only way for their species to survive. They could be viewing the biblical Mark of the Beast. And also, the Orion group from the RA material, otherwise known as the Greys, who seek to use humanity for their own selfish needs.
They saw UFOs, major events in the sky, and a mass exodus.
It is interesting to note that Elon Musk wants to give everyone brain implants and says we need to escape the planet. President Trump created Space Force and a year later former Israeli space chief Haim Eshed said that extraterrestrials exist, and Trump knows about it.
It is also important to note that I am seeing their remote viewing through my own filter. But you can watch the full presentation for yourself and draw your own conclusions. At Future Forecasting Group dot com.
Tire Separates From Boeing 777, Crushes Cars in San Francisco Parking Lot
One day after a United Airlines’ Boeing 737 from Houston to Fort Myers experienced a dramatic mid-flight engine fire, a United jet heading to Japan from San Francisco lost a tire during takeoff that fell from the sky and crushed vehicles.
United Airlines Flight 35, an Oska-bound Boeing 777-200 with 249 souls on board, experienced a landing gear malfunction that caused a tire to separate from the widebody jet. The tire fell several hundred feet and then crushed vehicles in a parking lot at San Francisco International Airport.
Flight tracking website RadarBox reposted a video on X that captured the moment the tire separated from the plane’s landing gear.
Full HD video of United flight UA35 taking off from San Francisco and losing a wheel ✈️ https://t.co/VzHSi2NB9T
— RadarBox (@RadarBoxCom) March 8, 2024
“The 777-200 has six tires on each of its two main landing gear struts. The aircraft is designed to land safely with missing or damaged tires,” United Airlines told Bloomberg in a statement.
Images of the crushed vehicle were posted on X.
Here’s the car smooshed by the United wheel at SFO. You can see the rubber smudge, and the circular imprint of the tire. pic.twitter.com/rue3ttai2u
— Wilson Walker (@WilsonKPIX) March 7, 2024
The 777 was able to divert and land safely at Los Angeles International Airport shortly after takeoff.
? UPDATE: United Airlines Flight 35 from San Francisco to Osaka, Japan is now back on the ground after LOSING A WHEEL upon takeoff
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 7, 2024
The Boeing 777-222ER diverted to Los Angeles and was met by emergency crews on the runway
The falling wheel caused HUGE damage to cars and… https://t.co/9mQfrWwPN7 pic.twitter.com/1zp0pLOLkR
Meanwhile, United Flight 1118 suffered an engine malfunction over Texas on Wednesday.
?? BOEING SUFFERS ANOTHER MID-AIR ENGINE FIRE
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 7, 2024
The United Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing in Texas minutes after take-off when flames began shooting from one of its engines.
This is the second mid-air engine fire to affect Boeing in the U.S this year, after a… https://t.co/HxaPH1RHeB pic.twitter.com/SKbHofwcZj
The incompetency crisis continues for Boeing.
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‘Go to Israel, Earn More, And Die Once’: Indian Laborers Willing to Risk War and Death to Escape Debt Back Home
Aman Kumar, 27, stands at the gate of a state-run industrial training institute, wearing an orange-colored paper wristband, waiting to hear the results of the test he completed to be recruited into Israel’s construction industry.
Israel, which has been at war with Hamas since October 7, is set to revoke the work permits of 90,000 Palestinians and replace them with Indian labor. In May 2023, India and Israel signed a memorandum of understanding which covered civil engineering.
Under that, in December, recruiters targeted 10,000 workers in the agrarian state of Haryana (where 52,000 applications were distributed and facilitated by the state government) and 7,000 in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh (UP).
For eight days from February 28, a second round of recruitment took in UP’s state capital, Lucknow. It ended on Thursday, with a total 6920 applicants in the fields of plastering, tile work, frame-work and bar bending. A total 4121 were selected.
RT spoke to aspirants as they waited, and they said it was not a short process. Aman, who was selected in December, has had to submit papers, health certificates, and undergo a thorough visa procedure. He holds a diploma as a structural ‘fitter,’ although he has taken the test for ‘bar bending’. He tells RT that he has been a fitter for three years, but his monthly salary is only Rs 10,000 ($121) with no job or social security.
Like other young and middle-aged Indians lining up for the recruitment drive, his only aim is to earn more to support his family and pay their debts; he is all set to move to Israel. Aman’s family – from the bottom of India’s caste pyramid – is against his decision, and his parents have repeatedly asked him to find a job in India.
“It has been three years and my income has remained the same,” Aman tells RT. “There is no job or social security. No insurance and always the threat of losing the job. (Going to Israel) is one of the best opportunities to earn more. There is absolutely no option here. If you try to find another job then you will get offered less than what you are earning presently. I think it is better to go there, earn more and die once.
According to the independent Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, India’s unemployment rate increased to 8% in February from 6.8% in January.
However, according to data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey released by the National Sample Survey Office, India’s unemployment rate for people aged 15 and above was at a six-year low of 3.2% during July 2022-June 2023.
While waiting for his results, Aman tells his mother and sister over phone that the job in Israel is not in the war zone, and that he will be safe.
Milan Maurya, 34, who hails from UP’s Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency, traveled 313km (195 miles) to reach Lucknow in order to have his documents checked. He took the recruitment test in December and qualified.
“Before Covid I worked in Malaysia and was earning enough. Now in India I am not able to find a job that pays enough for my family and so I’m going to Israel,” Milan tells RT.
“My family doesn’t want me to move to Israel because they fear my life will be in danger, but I am earning Rs 15,000 ($181) here is not enough. I am in heavy debt so I decided to move to Israel.”
He does not have any other skills beyond steel bending. “Finding a job in another sector is also tough and I do not see any future here. Our population has resulted in high competition where people are ready to work at any price. Underpayment and exploitation in India’s construction industry is due to its population and no one can help us,”he says.
“I have only to submit my medical report and I will be all set once they approve my visa,” Milan says. “I know my family is worried but timely payment will heal everything. I will be happier to see my children in good schools, my parents eating properly and my wife not worrying about shortages in the kitchen.”
Mazhar Aziz, a senior official at the state-run Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Lucknow, told RT there is a huge demand for labor from UP, hence a second leg of recruitment in the state capital.
The government in New Delhi on Tuesday issued an advisory asking Indian nationals living in Israel’s border areas to move to safer parts of the country after an anti-tank missile attack near Israel’s border with Lebanon killed one foreign worker and seriously wounded two Indians.
The spokesperson for UP’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rakesh Tripathi, told RT that the unemployment rate both nationally and in the state is coming down because the government is generating jobs. “This Israel opportunity is just one option,” he said. “There are a lot of other opportunities available in India as well. Also, these workers won’t get deployed in Israeli conflict zones which the government has made clear.”
Swami Prasad Maurya, an opposition politician who is vocal on caste and labor issues, says the government has failed to provide employment to the youth, which is why a large number of Indians are applying for jobs in Israel.
“The government is thumping its chest on the growing GDP, but it is not talking about growing unemployment,” he told RT. “Isn’t it shameful that youth in such large numbers are trying to move to another country which is at war with a third country? The government should seriously look into this problem instead of bragging about job creation.”
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Bizarre German War Propaganda on Children’s Channel Features Talking Weapons For Ukraine
Currently, there is a fierce debate raging in Germany about whether the country should supply long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine, with the national children’s channel KIKA now wading into the debate in a clip that is being slammed by critics.
KIKA, which is run by public media giants ARD and ZDF, both funded by German taxpayers, ran a segment entitled “No TAURUS for Ukraine” featured on the children’s news program “Logo!”
The segment chides Chancellor Olaf Scholz for not sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine while using crude language in the 54-second clip.
In one scene, the Taurus missile is speaking, saying: “We need to give Olaf Scholz a real run for his money with cruise missiles… He refuses to extradite me to Ukraine.”
The Taurus addresses other missiles in the clip, including the Storm Shadow from Great Britain and the SCALP from France. When the Taurus complains that he is not being sent to Ukraine, the Leopard tank chimes in, saying it was the same story with him. Scholz notably denied Germany would send the tanks to Russia before later agreeing to, with the main battle tanks now routinely seen on the battlefield.
“Huh, screw you, the Ukrainians will get me,” says the SCALP to the Taurus, at which point the Taurus answers: “No wonder they want me. I’m clearly the better cruise missile!”
The SCALP answers: “Let me guess, you are not allowed to go to Ukraine because your chancellor is hesitating and hesitating again?”
The Storm Shadow also refers to the Taurus as an “ass missile,” as the missiles bicker throughout the video.
The bizarre piece of propaganda, which appears to target Scholz for his hesitancy to send long-range missiles to Ukraine, received sharp criticism from users on Youtube.
One user stated: “The editor responsible for this should be fired immediately.”
Another user said she used to work for Germany’s public media and was shocked by the video.
“Incomprehensible! I once wrote scripts for the children’s channel, for “Bernd, das Brot.” At that time, the editor deleted the word “dead” in my script, which rhymed wonderfully with “bread” but wasn’t intended to scare the children. Today, there are advertisements for weapons in the same network,” she wrote in a popular comment.
Another user wrote: “I can’t believe I’m forced to pay for these people to make cartoons about weapons of mass destruction, lol.”
All Germans are forced to pay for ZDF and ARD public media, which receives hundreds of millions in fees every year.
Logo! responded in the comments section of the video, writing:
“Thank you for your feedback. We understand that some of you have concerns about the depiction of weapons in our video and take your criticism seriously. We also discussed how the video could be played out within our editorial team. Un.logo! is a comedy format on TikTok that is aimed at teenagers and young people aged 13 and over. Here, topics are deliberately exaggerated using satirical means. Un.logo! stands out clearly from our Logo! content. We will take your comments into account in future discussions about topic setting.”
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