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@eurohans.bsky.social
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Reasonably experienced naval officer, slightly opinionated. Strategy, Foresight & Defence Policy. Price of democracy is eternal vigilance. Слава Україні ! 🇺🇦

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Eurohans @eurohans.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
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Belga_English (Belga News Agency) @belgaenglish.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
PM De Wever visits Kyiv to underscore Belgian support for Ukraine
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PM De Wever visits Kyiv to underscore Belgian support for Ukraine
Prime minister Bart De Wever, Foreign minister Maxime Prévot and Defence minister Theo Francken left for Kyiv on Tuesday morning. With the visit...
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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the U.S. representative to NATO has been fired. If the U.S. gov wanted to give the impression of a return to gross sexism, is this what it would look like?
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Eurohans @eurohans.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
De diplomatieke brutaliteit van Donald Trump lijkt Europa nu eindelijk wakker te hebben geschud. Wat zijn de opties voor meer Europese samenwerking? (www.sampol.be/2025/04/naar...)
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Naar een sterke Europese defensie zonder Europees leger?
De diplomatieke brutaliteit van Donald Trump lijkt Europa nu eindelijk wakker te hebben geschud. Wat zijn de opties voor meer Europese samenwerking?
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Rombout Luc @romboutluc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Demo of a drone (UAV) that autonomously 'docks' an maintenance station. A robot arm removes the battery back and replaces it with a new fully charged pack, then the robot selects the sensor module and puts in a daylight EO set. (of IR, of SIGINT) 1/
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The Defence Blog @defence-blog.com · 27/02/2025
Europe plans historic military buildup defence-blog.com/europe-plans...
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Europe plans historic military buildup
The European Union is preparing its most extensive defense initiative since the Cold War, with plans to allocate hundreds of billions of euros to strengthen security across the bloc. The ambitious str...
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UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk · 17/02/2025
Representatives from 15 member nations announced a multinational plan to address lower-level air threats – those flying below 500 feet. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=56841
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NATO unveils new air defence efforts around Europe
Representatives from 15 member nations announced a multinational plan to address lower-level air threats – those flying below 500 feet.
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Maarten Rabaey @maartenrabaey.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Na München is duidelijk dat Amerikaanse steun niet langer vanzelfsprekend is. Alexander Mattelaer (VUB/Egmont) ziet dat een ‘diepere frustratie’ speelt. ‘De VS willen de verdediging van het continent grotendeels door de Europese belastingbetaler laten dragen.’ www.demorgen.be/oorlog-in-oe...
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Na de top in München: ‘Een extreem koude douche na drie jaar intense Oekraïne-oorlog’
Na de top in München is duidelijk dat de trans-Atlantische steun niet langer vanzelfsprekend is. Professor Alexander Mattelaer (VUB/Egmont) ziet dat een ‘diepere frustratie’ speelt. ‘De VS willen de v...
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Eurohans @eurohans.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Als je vrede wilt, bereid je dan voor op oorlog
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
I really liked this picture! Friends, how about you? By the way, there was a similar bingo with ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet not long ago.
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Rombout Luc @romboutluc.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Signs on the wall ...
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David Carretta @davidcarretta.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
La Matinale Européenne est sortie. L’analyse du jour: « L'UE cherche une alliance sur le libre-échange pour se protéger de Trump ». Avec @cspillmann.bsky.social et @idafe.bsky.social 👇 lamatinaleeuropeenne.substack.com/p/lue-cherch...
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L'UE cherche une alliance sur le libre-échange pour se protéger de Trump
Bonjour!
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Valérie Hayer @valeriehayer.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Le 22 janvier 1963, Charles de Gaulle et Konrad Adenauer signaient le Traité de l’Elysée. Entre nos peuples, nos États, nos élus, l’amitié franco-allemande est l’un des plus beaux fondements du projet européen. Nourrissons-la. Es lebe die 🇫🇷🇩🇪 Freundschaft !
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
"Europe needs to learn how to fully take care of itself" - President Zelenskyy at Davos. The time to act is now.
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Toomas Hendrik Ilves @ilvestoomas.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
EU's Kallas: Russia is posing an existential threat to our security uk.news.yahoo.com/eus-kallas-r...?
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EU's Kallas: Russia is posing an existential threat to our security
Russia is posing an existential threat to the European Union's security and to only way to address that is to increase spending on defence, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday, addin...
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Anna Kubišta @annakubista.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
L'hymne européen à Bratislava hier soir où des dizaines de milliers de Slovaques ont manifesté (comme dans une 30ne d'autres villes) contre le PM pro-russe. Vous l'aurez lu ici avant : il y a de fortes chances que dans quelques mois, on voit les mêmes images à Prague et en Tchéquie...
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Admiral Tanguy Botman @com-belgiannavy.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
L'infrastructure sous-marine est très importante pour l' #Europe. L'état-major belge de l'escadre de l' #OTAN à bord du Luymes, supervisera l'exécution de cette opération. #NATO_MARCOM #BeNeSam #TheBelgianNavy #BalticSentry
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Belga_English (Belga News Agency) @belgaenglish.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Belgian Navy takes leading role in NATO operation Baltic Sentry
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Belgian Navy takes leading role in NATO operation Baltic Sentry
NATO has launched a new operation in the Baltic Sea, with Belgium playing a key role in the mission, the Belgian Navy announced on Wednesday via X.
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
⛽️⛴️ India and China have refused to accept tankers carrying Russian oil that are included in the latest U.S. sanctions lists, - Bloomberg. Russia is facing increasing difficulties in selling its oil, while buyers are being forced to seek fuel from other suppliers.
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
❗️🇸🇪Sweden discovers damage to Nordbalt cable in Baltic Sea The damage was likely caused by the 🇨🇳Chinese vessel Yi Peng 3.
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Eurohans @eurohans.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
International cooperation trumps nationalistic reflexes…
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Eurohans @eurohans.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Will we have a ‘Bannon vs Musk’ movie?
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
The problem with appeasement is that you eventually run out of other people's countries. And then a rust bucket full of oil drifts towards *your* coast.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
I can’t love this more.
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Ricardo Borges de Castro 🇺🇦🟧 @ricbdc.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
I wish I remembered the name of the Brexitier buffoon that in a conference in Cyprus in 2017 tried to ‘explain’ to me that the UK would become “Singapore on Thames” and that Portugal would better off outside the EU… I guess he wasn’t that relevant.
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Admiral Tanguy Botman @com-belgiannavy.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Réception de Nouvel An chez les Cadets de Marine à #Charleroi. Un Corps pour la jeunesse, dédié au monde marin et à son avenir. #CRCM-KMK #TheBelgianNavy
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
It's weird how time works. It's already 2025 in Polynesia, in the USA it's still 2024 but in Russia it's 1951. #HappyNewYear
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Lia van Bekhoven @liavanbekhoven.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Mijn situatie vanavond.
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God @thegodshow.com · 29/12/2024
Welcome to Heaven, Jimmy Carter.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 22/12/2024
US shoots down its own F-18 over the Red Sea 😶 “The guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, which is part of the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, mistakenly fired on and hit the F/A-18,” Central Command said in a statement.” apnews.com/article/mide...
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Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent 'friendly fire' incident, US military says
The U.S. military says two U.S. Navy pilots have been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident.
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Alexandre Jubelin @alexjubelin.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
C’est pas loin d’être le mec le plus occupé de France en ce moment, mais @simnasr.bsky.social a pris le temps d’enregistrer hier un long podcast pour expliquer la surprise stratégique de l’année, et se demander ce qui a permis cette fois, et pour de bon, la chute de 50 ans de tyrannie Assad.
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
⚡️The 🇦🇺Australian Navy has launched a Tomahawk cruise missile for the first time during a training exercise. Australia has become the third country after the 🇺🇸United States and the 🇬🇧United Kingdom to have Tomahawk cruise missiles in service.
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Eurohans @eurohans.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
New Dutch Combat Support Ship youtube.com/watch?v=Jq4u...
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Toomas Hendrik Ilves @ilvestoomas.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
One of Russia's poodles in the EU is upset.
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Alexander Mattelaer @atjmattelaer.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Trots op dit trio-interview met @tomsimoens.bsky.social @generalmarc.bsky.social in De Morgen dit WE. BLUF: we hebben 🇷🇺 jarenlang onderschat & staan nu voor een enorme inspanning om onze defensie weer op orde te krijgen. Dat vergt 📈 strategische realiteitszin en Navo-aandacht in ons nat'l debat.
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Eurohans @eurohans.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Thank you UK. Euro solidarity. High time we tighten the relation with UK again. Starting on Defence and Security.
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Huib Modderkolk @huibmodderkolk.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Zo ziet de Russische schaduwoorlog tegen Europa eruit (overzicht van Oostenrijkse krant Der Standard):
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Egmont Institute @egmontinstitute.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by #VictorDeDecker "Trump brings sledgehammer to #China and the #Dollar ¨ While #Trump targets Beijing as his biggest economic rival, ironically, his closest opponent is closer to home in the #Eccles Building. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 tinyurl.com/yx7remfc #geoeconomics #Policy #US #USDollar
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Egmont Institute @egmontinstitute.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Sven Biscop "EU Strategy 2025-2029: We Have the Instruments, Now Set the Objectives" 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 bit.ly/49cemph
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 02/12/2024
⚡ By 2025, Ukraine plans to deploy drone swarms and thousands of robotic ground vehicles to frontlines, enhancing its technological edge in warfare.
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Ukraine to Deploy Drone Swarms and Thousands of Robotic Ground Vehicles to Frontlines in 2025
Ukraine anticipates a demand for tens of thousands of robotic ground vehicles next year for logistics and medical evacuations, according to Deputy PM Fedorov.
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Ed Moltzen @emoltzen.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
"In all of those domains, Ukraine’s contribution, once it becomes a member state, will be very positive for the EU competitiveness," he said. Report in today's ***Pravda.*** Ukraine will join the EU in less time than Putin will march into Kyiv.
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Ukraine’s EU membership will boost the bloc’s economy – European Council President
European Council President António Costa believes that Ukraine can positively contribute to addressing vulnerabilities in the European Union’s competitiveness, as outlined in the plan to halt the EU’s...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/12/2024
Not only has Brexit stripped away our freedoms, damaged our businesses and hiked prices for everyone... ...It's also costing a fortune.
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Britain sets aside £10bn for future payments to EU – eight years after Brexit vote
Exclusive: To cover the continuing costs of Britain’s divorce from Europe, the government has accounted for £20.6bn in future payments for Brussels staff and diplomats’ pensions, as well as the UK’s…
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Edward Hunter Christie @ehunterchristie.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Though Europe may have 10 times Russia's GDP, if Russia works 10 times harder at generating military force, then we will not be secure. => Europe must go up to 3% of GDP on average, our goal must be overmatch, we must be massively more powerful than Russia, so Moscow knows we could crush them.
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Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Interesting interview in FT. www.ft.com/content/6137...
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Ukraine’s Dmytro Kuleba: ‘If it continues like this, we will lose the war’
The former foreign minister on recent military setbacks — and why Zelenskyy and Putin both see Trump as an opportunity
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 01/12/2024
“Andrius Kubilius, incoming EU defence commissioner, has said the UK is important to plans to increase arms manufacturing. “We consider Britain as part of Europe,” he told the Financial Times in September. “Democratic Europeans should be as united as possible.”” on.ft.com/4fcpjst
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Keir Starmer to be invited to meet EU leaders to discuss European defence
Significant post-Brexit move comes as Brussels seeks closer ties with UK
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Daniel Fiott @danielfiott.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
“No state is secure without its own army; if it hasn’t got men to defend it determinedly and loyally in a crisis, it is simply relying on luck” — Machiavelli - The Prince If Russia never existed, Europeans would still need armies.
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Edward Hunter Christie @ehunterchristie.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
1-7 Zelensky's idea here is what former NATO SG Rasmussen had proposed: Ukraine joins NATO officially as a state; only its free part gets covered by Article 5. The russian occupation of Ukrainian territories is never recognised by anyone. Open issues follow. www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
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NATO’s Article 5 may not operate across entire territory of Ukraine if it joins Alliance – Zelenskyy
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that if Ukraine joined NATO during the war, Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which provides for collective protection, may not apply to its entire territo...
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