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"Trump buys icebreakers
At the NATO summit, Donald Trump announced plans to buy 15 icebreakers from Finland at once. Trump is traditionally not shy about making loud statements, but there is a more than serious strategic plan behind his words: strengthening the influence of the United States in the Arctic.
🔻Why do the United States need icebreakers?
▪️Washington's interest in the Arctic is natural. In recent years, the region has been actively militarized: Scandinavian countries that have joined NATO are increasingly considering the northern seas as a platform for putting pressure on Russia.
▪️The United States, in turn, openly declares its intention to strengthen its presence in the region, up to and including statements about the purchase or annexation of Greenland.
▪️In addition, the Arctic is rich in minerals, including rare earth metals that are critically important for the United States. After the reduction of supplies from China due to Trump's trade wars, the Americans found themselves in acute dependence on imports from other countries, and Greenland with its deposits became especially interesting to Washington.
🔻Why Finland?
▪️Finland designs and builds about 80% of all civilian icebreakers in the world (mainly on order from other countries), cooperating with the United States and Canada within the framework of the international alliance ICE Pact.
▪️The Americans are still experiencing serious difficulties with their own icebreaker fleet: the United States currently has only two full-fledged icebreakers, and both are outdated.
▪️The purchase of Finnish icebreakers will allow Washington to quickly increase its presence in the region and reduce the gap with Russia.
📌Yes, Russia still remains the leader in the number and quality of icebreakers, possessing the world's only nuclear icebreaker fleet and vast experience of working in the Arctic.
However, such an advantage requires constant support and investment, especially when the US, Finland and even China are actively increasing their Arctic capabilities.
❗️Therefore, we should not relax: the existing advantage should not only be maintained, but also constantly fueled, given the increasing competition for control over the Arctic.
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❗️IAEA head says centrifuges at Iran's Fordow nuclear facility 'no longer operational'
In an interview with Radio France Internationale, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi said that while assessing the extent of the damage through satellite imagery alone is challenging, the force of the bombs used and the technical sensitivity of the facility make it clear that “we already know that these centrifuges are no longer operational.”
He explained that centrifuges, machines that enrich uranium by spinning at extremely high speeds, are highly sensitive to shock and require precise conditions to function. “There was no escaping significant physical damage,” Grossi said. “So we can come to a fairly accurate technical conclusion.”
However, Grossi cautioned against claiming that Iran’s nuclear program had been entirely “wiped out” by the joint Israeli-US strikes. He pointed out that not all of Iran’s nuclear facilities had been targeted and said Iranian officials had informed him they would implement “protective measures” to safeguard their already enriched uranium.
He declined to provide a precise estimate of how much the program had been set back, stating, “Perhaps decades, depending on the type of activity or objective.”
In an interview with Radio France Internationale, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi said that while assessing the extent of the damage through satellite imagery alone is challenging, the force of the bombs used and the technical sensitivity of the facility make it clear that “we already know that these centrifuges are no longer operational.”
He explained that centrifuges, machines that enrich uranium by spinning at extremely high speeds, are highly sensitive to shock and require precise conditions to function. “There was no escaping significant physical damage,” Grossi said. “So we can come to a fairly accurate technical conclusion.”
However, Grossi cautioned against claiming that Iran’s nuclear program had been entirely “wiped out” by the joint Israeli-US strikes. He pointed out that not all of Iran’s nuclear facilities had been targeted and said Iranian officials had informed him they would implement “protective measures” to safeguard their already enriched uranium.
He declined to provide a precise estimate of how much the program had been set back, stating, “Perhaps decades, depending on the type of activity or objective.”
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#BREAKING
💶 🪙 📉 ‼️ ❌ — While DXY (the US Dollar Index that measure the value of the United States dollar relative to a basket of foreign currencies) break new local lows not seen since March 2022 at 96.997, EUR/USD print a new local high (since September 2021) at 1.17451 USD per EUR.
Again, the interpretation in this case: it is not the Euro that is getting stronger, but rather the Dollar that (internationally) is getting weaker.
@FelipeChannel
Again, the interpretation in this case: it is not the Euro that is getting stronger, but rather the Dollar that (internationally) is getting weaker.
@FelipeChannel
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Forwarded from Rerum Novarum // Intel, Breaking News, and Alerts 🇺🇸
🇺🇸🇩🇰🇬🇱⚡️- US Northern Command has officially taken over military operations in and around Greenland from European Command, following President Trump’s order. The island plays a vital role in homeland defense due to its proximity to the US and its control over key sea lanes including the GIUK gap, the broader North Atlantic, the Northwest Passage, and the future Transpolar Sea Route. Greenland’s position makes it capable of regulating or severing these routes, including the vital trade link between the United States and Europe.
Images: Map showing US geographic combatant commands prior to Greenland’s reassignment, Arctic sea lanes, and the GIUK gap.
Images: Map showing US geographic combatant commands prior to Greenland’s reassignment, Arctic sea lanes, and the GIUK gap.
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Forwarded from Tupi Report 🇧🇷 • #FreeVenezuela
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“President Milei has decided to eliminate the non-working day for Public Employee Day.
The State is not a place where one should be able to take a sabbatical or enjoy privileges that private sector workers lack—especially considering that it is these private workers who pay their salaries with the sweat of their brow through taxes.
The Argentina that worshipped statism and the public sector at the expense of the private one is a thing of the past.”
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Tupi Report 🇧🇷 • #FreeVenezuela
“They want to blow up our fiscal results with demagogic policies. What they don’t realize is that while they might slow down our pace a bit by driving up the country’s risk, the people will punish them at the polls.”
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JUST IN: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says "we're buying more Bitcoin every week."
"Long Bitcoin."
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"Long Bitcoin."
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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: Newsweek reports that 15% to 20% of the global THAAD missile interceptor stockpile was depleted to defend against Iranian attacks in the 12-day war between Iran and Israel, with costs exceeding $800 million
The Pentagon press office told Newsweek, 'We have nothing to provide.'
Approximately 100 U.S. troops have been deployed in Israel with two THAAD batteries since 2024 to intercept Iranian and Yemeni missiles.
To defend against just one of the 22 waves of Operation True Promise 3, the U.S. military used 39 THAAD interceptors, while Israelis used more than 40 'Arrow' missiles.
A 2021 U.S. Department of Defense press briefing revealed that only 41 THAAD interceptors were ordered for that year, bringing the global total to 625 by the end of 2021. It is unclear how many exist in total currently.
*The $800 million cost does not include the expenses for SM-3, SM-6, and other missiles used by the U.S. military in their interception attempts during the 12-day war.
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The Pentagon press office told Newsweek, 'We have nothing to provide.'
Approximately 100 U.S. troops have been deployed in Israel with two THAAD batteries since 2024 to intercept Iranian and Yemeni missiles.
To defend against just one of the 22 waves of Operation True Promise 3, the U.S. military used 39 THAAD interceptors, while Israelis used more than 40 'Arrow' missiles.
A 2021 U.S. Department of Defense press briefing revealed that only 41 THAAD interceptors were ordered for that year, bringing the global total to 625 by the end of 2021. It is unclear how many exist in total currently.
*The $800 million cost does not include the expenses for SM-3, SM-6, and other missiles used by the U.S. military in their interception attempts during the 12-day war.
@Middle_East_Spectator
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Why would the so-called “Supreme Leader,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, of the war torn Country of Iran, say so blatantly and foolishly that he won the War with Israel, when he knows his statement is a lie, it is not so. As a man of great faith, he is not supposed to lie. His Country was decimated, his three evil Nuclear Sites were OBLITERATED, and I knew EXACTLY where he was sheltered, and would not let Israel, or the U.S. Armed Forces, by far the Greatest and Most Powerful in the World, terminate his life. I SAVED HIM FROM A VERY UGLY AND IGNOMINIOUS DEATH, and he does not have to say, “THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP!” In fact, in the final act of the War, I demanded that Israel bring back a very large group of planes, which were heading directly to Tehran, looking for a big day, perhaps the final knockout! Tremendous damage would have ensued, and many Iranians would have been killed. It was going to be the biggest attack of the War, by far.
During the last few days, I was working on the possible removal of sanctions, and other things, which would have given a much better chance to Iran at a full, fast, and complete recovery - The sanctions are BITING!
But no, instead I get hit with a statement of anger, hatred, and disgust, and immediately dropped all work on sanction relief, and more.
Iran has to get back into the World Order flow, or things will only get worse for them.
They are always so angry, hostile, and unhappy, and look at what it has gotten them - A burned out, blown up Country, with no future, a decimated Military, a horrible Economy, and DEATH all around them.
They have no hope, and it will only get worse!
wish the leadership of Iran would realize that you often get more with HONEY than you do with VINEGAR.
PEACE!!!
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Trump says he will "let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the US" within the next 7 days.
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