Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

@KadirHama @casualdiot: Why would you assume they are not trying to stop them?

Believe it or not, governments often say one thing in public and another thing in private.

‌Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

I'll remind everyone that this isn't just a Sullivan problem either. Sullivan has his job because Biden wants him there. The whole Admin is run by people who think the same way.

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

@CurtainSilicon @JakeSullivan46 @JoeBiden: I actually like Kirby more than almost anyone else employed by the Biden Admin. He's not a top level decision maker though. Doesn't have much influence on policy.

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

@Fricat: And replace him with Phil Gordon, who will be nearly as bad.

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

@UA_SpaceMarine: Yes, but only by Biden Admin standards. He's not a real hawk.

‌Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

I hope there is at least 1 reporter at #EmergingTechETI who is going to livetweet the State of Defense Acquisition Panel in 45 mins.

The people cry out for 155mm & other munitions acquisition updates.

@EmergingTechETI @NDIAToday livestream for next year please & thank you?🙏

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

@MikaRiikonen2: Russia has been continuously waging hybrid warfare on us all for years. How is that an escalation? We're just letting them get away with it. Look at what is happening in France right now.

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

@dillonrpayton @Fricat: "He's a Euro-Atlanticist! He gets it!"

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

@Canad_ian_: I don't consider it to be strong, I consider it to be revealing.

‌Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

RT @deaidua: Small update regarding the German IAAD initiative which aims to strengthen the Ukrainian air defence. Raytheon announced that the NSPA had contracted them for the delivery of PAC-2 GEM-T missiles worth $478 million to Germany as a replacement for 100 missiles recently given to #Ukraine.

With the now given figure, we can actually see that most of the funds contributed by the Netherlands and Denmark are still not allocated for a specific use case.

The German share of the procurement of 100 PAC-2 GEM-T missiles is €200 million. The Norwegian share is €125 million. This alone amounts to ~$355 million, leaving a remaining ~$123 million difference, which will be covered by the commitments of the Netherlands (€150 million total) and Denmark (~€134 million total).

If we now do the maths, of the total of ~€284 million that both countries have contributed, ~€171.2 million remains after paying their share for the purchase of Patriot missiles. Together with the €200 million from Belgium and the remaining ~€51 million from Norway, this still leaves ~€422.2 million unused which must be allocated for the procurement of air defence systems, radars, ammunition and similar equipment for Ukraine.

Therefore, of the total funding pledged to date by Belgium, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Canada, ~47% has been utilised or bound for a specific use case.

If we assume (no public proof yet) that Denmark and the Netherlands each pay half of the remaining ~$123 million, the list of commitments now looks like this.

Equipment contribution ⬇️
Germany → 1 Patriot fire unit
Italy → 1 SAMP/T fire unit
Lithuania → 6 AMBER-1800 air surveillance radars
Belgium → ?
France → ?
Great Britain → ?
Romania → ?
Spain → ? (likely the few Patriot missiles announced earlier)
USA → ?

Financial contribution ⬇️
Norway → ~€262 million
—— €125 million from the Norwegian funds used for the procurement of Patriot missiles from German stocks
—— €86 million from the Norwegian funds used to co-finance the next delivery of an IRIS-T SLM fire unit to Ukraine
Belgium → €200 million
Netherlands → €150 million
—— ~€56 million from the Dutch funds used for the procurement of Patriot missiles from German stocks
Denmark → €134 million
—— ~€56 million from the Danish funds used for the procurement of Patriot missiles from German stocks
Canada → ~€52 million
—— Canada's funds were fully utilized to buy IRIS-T SL(?) missiles

Please be aware though that the figures may not be 100% correct, as different countries have pledged in different currencies and, for example, the value of the Patriot missiles and the payment for them is given in different currencies. Therefore, I often had to convert, round down and up. So it may vary slightly, but basically the calculation and listing should be correct.

Looking at the big text above... might not be a small update, sorry 😅!

The Lookout (Twitter)

RT @Danspiun: Sudzha Border Crossing post, Russia, 6-7 August.
The Film/pics Russians don't want to see.
Possibly the largest mass RuAF surrender of the war so far. Over 60 Russians: 22 reportedly marching at 51.173729, 35.140698 to join approx 40 sitting in a line.@GeoConfirmed @UAControlMap
t.me/ssternenko/32079
t.me/officer_alex33/3419
Released 07 August but matching similar film from the BCP released 06 August.

The Lookout (Twitter)

RT @3_bm15: Well, they certainly managed to surprise and confuse everybody, from observers to the Russian military.

‌The Lookout (Twitter)

@J_JHelin: Fog surrounds the Kursk operation on objectives, the force committed and available reserves and timelines. Ukrainian OPSEC is pretty tight.

As the operation looks different today than yesterday, together with the uncertainty, I'll try to keep an open mind

But, this is a gamble

‌The Lookout (Twitter)

RT @shashj: Which reminds me of how in Oct 1973 Egypt’s aviation minister ordered the return of all Egypt Air planes, panicking Cairo that he’d revealed the decision to go to war imminently. And that - not privileged info - is how Mossad’s spy, Ashraf Marwan, was warned of the timing.

The Lookout (Twitter)

RT @Capt_Navy: #War The impressive destruction of the Ukrainian USV by a machine gunner of a Russian helicopter in the Black Sea.

‌Necro Mancer (Twitter)

Невероятно душный уроженец Энгельса, выпускник ВВВУТ капитан-балаковец Мягков Дмитрий Александрович 1976 г.р. в октябре 2022 отправился и только 04/08/24 выполнил. Тормоз какой-то
vk.com/wall-73012148_326375 #всрф #потерьнет #груз200

‌Necro Mancer (Twitter)

#Очеретино (https://maps.app.goo.gl/1akiaJZzSA8Pfg1G8), Донецкая обл.: БТРы погуляли
t.me/rubpak/165 #RussianUkrainianWar

‌Necro Mancer (Twitter)

"Незаконное ношение оружия и боеприпасов"
t.me/sledcom_press/15079 #КурНР #скрф #ридав

‌IgorGirkin (Twitter)

@cpt_mitcheII: 🫡

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

Не Курском единым
t.me/krulaomegu/176 t.me/krulaomegu/177 t.me/voron1OO/48 t.me/Rarog_24OMBr/226 #RussianUkrainianWar