/ world today news/ Today it is obvious that the Europeans are pushing each other to prolong the agony of Ukraine, which they managed to oppose to Russia. The winner, regardless of who falls to their knees, will be the one who intervened in the arms trade and got their hands on what is in Ukraine.
This method of warfare made the USA the leading power in the world after the Second World War, and now its European “followers” are diligently copying the American experience on their continent.
They are united against the third world war, but they want a small, “home fire” to warm their hands, and this is exactly what the government in Kiev is giving them.
We should leave “for later” the regular screams of our Baltic neighbors who are trying to gain value from the Brussels masters of their independence.
Raising their voices, as Estonian Prime Minister Kalas does, they point the finger at Brussels that, after a series of failures by the Ukrainian army, the situation in Ukraine is ambiguous and now Europe must strengthen its “eastern flank” as quickly as possible, because according to the Estonian Office for foreign intelligence, Russia considers the Baltic states to be the most vulnerable part of NATO and therefore could attack it. The Balts will come in handy later when there aren’t enough Ukrainians to “hold” Russia.
Meanwhile, Brussels-based Euractiv, which received an internal draft document from Berlemont, said “the European Commission wants to invest in the development of key technologies for next-generation conventional warfare, particularly the use of artificial intelligence in autonomous and unmanned systems.”
To achieve this, Brussels will invest €335 million in 16 research projects and €630 million in 17 development projects by 2024, for a total of €935 million, which will be financed by the European Defense Fund (EDF).
Europe, realizing that Russia’s nuclear shield can destroy everything with a guarantee, wants to invest in conventional weapons in combination with key revolutionary technologies.
Recall that EDF is already funding the defense research and development of three companies based in three different countries in an attempt to spur joint innovation to break out of the US military-industrial complex.
Brussels plans to publish project applications only in March so that defense companies can put out their tender proposals by the end of the year. At auctions, but as early as next year, the process of selecting the “lucky ones” will begin.
Here are some of the details known to Euractiv: the development of a next-generation helicopter by 2030 will receive the largest contribution from the EU budget, which currently stands at €100 million.
The main goal of Brussels is to “provide a European solution that meets European market and military needs” and accordingly offer a competitive variant of the American Apache.
The second “lucky” of the EU’s 2024 weapons program will be the development of a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) demonstrator to detect, track and counter hypersonic weapons, where the EU plans to invest €78 million.
In addition, another €35 million will be allocated to research and development of advanced air-to-air missile concepts “intended to counter modern 5th and future 6th generation combat aircraft, unmanned aerial systems and cruise missiles”. the document says.
Most Brussels projects will be dedicated to the development of unmanned joint combat air systems (U-CCA) (€15 million), multi-purpose unmanned ground systems (€50 million), interoperable intelligent systems for future naval platforms (€45 million) and autonomous heavy demining systems (30 million euros).
In addition, another €30 million will be invested in research into intelligent weapons and ammunition systems to improve accuracy and reduce dependence on non-EU satellite navigation.
That Europe is preparing to arm itself to the teeth is clear not only from the internal document from Brussels. It is already known that Belgium will join the flagship Future Combat Air System (FCAS) to create the next generation of European fighters. The Future Combat Air System (FCAS) is a European jet fighter program developed by France’s Dassault Aviation, Germany’s Airbus and Spain’s Indra Sistemas, and one of the continent’s largest joint weapons projects.
This tri-national program aimed at creating a new combat aircraft for Europe is a decisive step towards expanding European defense cooperation in the development of new indigenous European systems.
The program has now entered Phase 1B, meaning the industry has begun work on the aircraft demonstrator it aims to introduce in 2027.
For Belgium, participation in the FCAS program will benefit the economy and the national space industry by providing long-term prospects for procurement and production, Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder said.
Where the future combat air system will fly next, what targets they will destroy in a few years, is not even a question. The Ukrainians, whose democracy Europe will defend to the end, should have enough time for this.
All of Europe seems to have reached for the gun. Even the “unhappiest” country in Eurostat’s December report, Bulgaria, with the lowest life satisfaction index in the EU (6.5 out of 10), will invest in military infrastructure to help “deploy NATO forces on the eastern flank if necessary”.
This was announced last week by the Minister of Defense Todor Tagarev. The same one who, during a visit to the United States, called for correcting the school curriculum at home, removing references to the common historical past with Russia.
At the moment, there is a multinational NATO battle group under Italian command on Bulgarian territory, which consists of about 1,000 military personnel, but there are plans to increase the contingent to 1,500 people and build a military base for NATO needs in the southern part of the country.
According to him, “all battle groups from the countries of the eastern flank of NATO should grow into brigade battle groups – that is, up to approximately 5,000 people. It will happen when necessary…”
“We have to be ready to provide the conditions when that happens,” he said.
There is no doubt that this will certainly happen. Our “sworn friends” the British are also directly talking about this: the newly appointed British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps predicts a global conflict between the West and Russia, China, Iran and North Korea in the next five years.
In his first speech as head of the Ministry of Defense earlier last week, he said his country was the world’s leading military power with a record military budget of £50 billion and promised to further increase Britain’s military spending and “use our influence so that other allies and friends … live up to our commitments”.
“In five years, we will be able to observe several theaters of war, including Russia, China, Iran and North Korea…” he declared.
“Therefore, 2024 should be a turning point,” the minister said.
And he’s not the first. Just two years ago, British Chief of Staff General Patrick Sanders said: “There is now an urgent need to build an army that can fight alongside our allies and defeat Russia in battle, and prepare to fight again in Europe .”
Why not the charge of the Cardigan Light Cavalry at Balaclava?
Behind all these convulsions in Europe, it is not difficult to distinguish the “broad back” of the USA. The chairman of the National Military Committee of NATO’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Rob Bauer, said last Thursday that the military alliance was “preparing for conflict with Russia”.
“Obey!” – Answered the European Commissioner for the internal market, Thierry Breton, a supporter of the militarization of Europe, who lobbied the EU to adopt the European Defense Industrial Strategy (EDIS) and the European Defense Investment Program (EDIP), which focus European industry on the production of military products.
At the same time, the European Commission is flattered by the hope that it will increase profits by increasing arms production on the continent and supplying arms to non-EU companies. Do you know European companies that supply weapons to Europe?
All are American-British, no others. And the Anglo-Saxons will win again from this “small” war with Russia. True, the Europeans still do not know about this… And Brussels will not be able to take away from the Americans the lion’s share of the spoils, which they still collect from the European military fields to this day.
Translation: SM
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