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What blows my mind is that our current approach applies first amendment rights to huge swaths of non-us-citizens. Why? | r/trollfare | comment | r/trollfare | 2023-11-16 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwVlI1bVVWQldHVGNKSDNlOHJQZEN0NWY5ZmFrb0pDQkhaaFQtdVlURm0za1Ixb1hTZzg0X2dIVzdndTlYTG14VEVhd25jNlo3eUYxbjBqME5fVjJtekE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FYXMwTGRmLXJKRDJ4M0NBQUsxZGFyc1pTTHJmTjktbTVoUEVQRlQ2Q2hRZ1VvTFlwLTNlQ1R6NlVYT0F5bVNNdEhQOWl4cjBwTG1ncDk5cGxLeWJUUkZXMVhSbzZENFUyY0s1Qll5RFpCT2VzUkx4aXJ6Vjl1dVREZ0NKSVNlWWlkQzNyRTN2ZVBuZGJETXg0RkJIQ2RqSkRrZTNaVktaa3VUVzIzMzB2LXl0U3BRSnl3elFaRjRnX0txTE5GY0xwaFNCMXF0eGgxdXRPbGphT3pIVV9hdz09 |
In October, Deepmind opened their internship program again. It said that applications are open until end of december, but they just took the job offering offline after a week or so.
Does anyone know why?
Also, for those who managed to apply in that timeframe, did you hear anything back? Or does anyone at deepmind know anything? | r/deepmind | post | r/deepmind | 2023-11-16 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwRjlNdjExWmRxb041Qm5ENzAxbnF5cjAwTXFlMGVUeDcxX0VPQ04zM0V1VlNsVW4tWlZUa29OaFFTa3pMNjJzbmhidGVCc1ZwLW5kN3MyLUJtcXVVVlE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FVS1DMFFKYUJIZmVGZEExR014N0pZRUhUbmpGa3FQalVDWk5RXzl2YzJlMDIwNjdJN2M5SDZHa0xvTUpra0V4R0lwRi14aTVud3pGZ1N1TzN3dUhjTEdoaExhelBCZ1FFMkRZWVE1eHBUNTZVa2JfNVJ1UWFZa3lucTU0ZHBWbG54V2xwclFmMWF0a3pNYmhkai1ObXRzMHlOaDltRUROQTdhblB6d2g0Vkk1Sklha01BMkhXakx3eWs4Q1dmS1Bh |
**Bloomberg London**
*June 25th 2026*
10 years to the day since the BBC's David Dimbleby delivered the news that “The British people have spoken and the answer is: 'We're out'" prompting a process to extricate the United Kingdom from the European Union that some say has never been fully concluded, Prime Minister Keir Starmer took to the stage at Bloomberg London to announce the date for a fresh referendum. This was the very stage that Lord Cameron of Hog's Back delivered his own referendum announcement on in January 2013, and the Prime Minister exceeded many of the pro-EU sentiments made by the former Prime Minister as he addressed both national and European journalists. Key excerpts below:
*"Britain is first and foremost a European country. We cannot operate in isolated of our European partners and our fates, prosperity and opportunities for success on a personal, business and national level are intertwined. The negative effects of Brexit have touched every household in the United Kingdom, be it rising prices, rising interest rates, travel and employment opportunities on the continent, trade and commerce. It is time to right this wrong and return to where we belong.*
*"The referendum was ultimately a decision taken solely to unify the Conservative party, and lobbied for by malicious actors both foreign and domestic. The catastrophic impact has caused a generational rift and has split friendships and families along a leave / remain line. Resentment has flourished and the very Union in which we live saw a resurgence in nationalism that could have torn us asunder. We must address the harm wrought upon us by the lies told on buses, on billboards and by those with vested interests through the media. This must be a referendum based on fact, not fear."*
*"We will not return to the position we once had, the obstinate and stubborn party that refuses to pull in the same direction. There can be no half in, half out in our future relationship, we must be all in and work at the heart of the European Union for a future based on social and democratic values rather than a race to the bottom. To this end we will pay our way fully and not hide behind an outdated rebate, we will withdraw several of our opt-outs and commit to full integration to the Eurozone when key economic conditions are met. The greater the integration, the richer the rewards!"*
*"For more than a decade a multitude of Conservative leaders have come and gone, all failing to address key issues that have resulted from a decision they ultimately inflicted upon this country. They have hidden behind Brexit as an excuse for everything from inflation to Covid, from illegal immigration to energy prices and from poor productivity to a shrinking labour force. Well there can be no more excuses, this government will grasp the nettle and lead this country back into the European Union and bring about a new era of prosperity for families and households up and down the country."*
The Prime Minister made a second referendum a manifesto pledge, and the [King's Speech in 2024](https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalPowers/comments/17e6xpb/eventretro_king_charles_opens_parliament/) made reference to a pledge to "re-integrate our nation back to the EU". Discussions with EU Member States have been ongoing since then, and agreement has now been reached on the terms that will be offered. Should the vote go in favour of rejoining, the UK will retain opt-outs on Schengen and a five year adjustment period for the previously agreed opt-outs for Protocol 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and in the area of freedom, security and justice. A five year opt-out will also remain on integration to the Eurozone, with an assessment to take place at the five year point based on the [five economic tests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_economic_tests) outlined by the last Labour government.
A date for the referendum has been provisionally set for May 27th 2027, with the European Referendum Act 2026 set to be introduced later this year. This will require a referendum to take place prior to the end of 2027 and a draft of the Act seen by The Telegraph and published after the speech contained several provisions including:
* In the event of a 'rejoin' result, a requirement to submit the application to the European Union by December 31st 2029.
* A restriction on spending for both campaigns of £8 million, limits on the expenditure by registered and unregistered campaign groups. Spending limits for political parties will be limited and based on their performance in the last election.
* A prohibition on campaigns or political parties receiving money from overseas, or from non-domiciled persons or businesses for campaigning purposes.
* The establishment of a fact-checking team within the Electoral Commission, through which all campaigning materials must be passed and approved prior to dissemination.
The terms of re-entry have been met with condemnation from the Conservatives, who have labelled it a betrayal of the voters who spoke in a 'once in a generation' referendum only a decade ago. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called the terms undoubtedly worse than those renegotiated by Lord Cameron, and expressed dismay that the UK rebate would be lost and the UK potential drawn into the economically underperforming Eurozone. She also highlighted the absence of a minimum level of support, a key position taken by those opposed to Brexit who called the 52/48 split too close to make a decision.
She added that the hard work done by previous governments negotiating the current UK-EU relationship would be wasted and the disruption caused to people and businesses on both sides of the Channel would have been for nothing. Reflecting on her time as Business Secretary, she said the advantages of leaving, including accession to the CPTPP which had now provided a free trade agreement with the United States would be lost for no tangible benefit. The statement prompted market jitters, with some in 'The City' saying companies based in CPTPP countries were now pausing their investments while they waited for the outcome of the referendum.
Where Badenoch held back, arch-Eurosceptic Nigel Farage did not. Speaking to LBC moments after Starmer finished speaking, he labelled the decision 'the ultimate betrayal', labelling Starmer a Quisling and slamming the Civil Service and the servile, spineless MPs of recent governments for their failure to implement a clean break from the EU which would have delivered a true Brexit and not the halfway house the country has found itself in since 2016. Asked whether he'd campaign for the 'No' side, he said his team were already preparing to mobilise grassroots support and would take the fight to Starmer and the Blob.
The announcement was broadly welcomed in the devolved administrations, though not by the SNP, DUP, UUP or Sinn Féin. Kate Forbes, who replaced Humza Yousaf after the SNP's poor showing in the last election called the referendum a cheap trick to further take the wind out of the sails of independence. In Northern Ireland both the DUP and UUP lambasted the decision on the grounds of the pain felt in Northern Ireland as part of the Protocol and the subsequent Windsor Framework. Sinn Féin have taken a similar line to the SNP, believing that demand for a border poll had been bolstered post-Brexit, and that their own political goals of reunification would suffer as a result. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-16 | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lakwwb0M0NkJDVWJ2VTdEV3ZGWGpTUF9qSnlrNHd4YmJodEpmWm96YzhwOVAwaUZweUZtZmNfVTZJbmpINEY5ZmFzbGJTekVRRmNoT0FQREk5dkJibE9kblE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FWmdxWFM1MGdaWmhkS0l4emtvbVhhWDJVaHI4b2V3bFBrbUk4ZVdoTnh5WVZSbGZzR0R0TFBnZGlfdFlkZmZHd0RlazNXME1BRDVsX09SZXZHT2R5bUJPVGxkSGo1UEtiLTBlWks5TkVfUzZyY3ZNS2JYQnRFYzRhb3RXZzhWZEZvcXJmS0dWQXZrelN6cUVBUzVJVVdnN0VhS3lWeU5MSUhXamowNHZEamJFTmNrUG9Pb1c2OHVjaFhsTEd3MDBiMGc5QVpKeWN3RGJKMlBvYW1FTjRqZz09 |
> I do think that the Democratic Party needs to have a reckoning with Russo-Iranian disinformation
Oooh no, couldn't do that, that kind of *overtly political behavior* might upset some kind of hypothetical undecided moderate swing-state voter ... | r/trollfare | comment | r/trollfare | 2023-11-16 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwQnpSWHFBcFBqMnMwM2RIVUhEU0VFSGIycGkyYmNOOFM0U25ja0kzRFBkUy1DLXQyeWdYQTJYeDh4TUdVRTJrMXZuSTZ2ME1hMHprX0R4dDZfSUtmeGc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FalZ3Q1MyMlpzaGhXSDRBemtIbmdSeEdmanhCN0FaQXc4YlJVdHZjdEU5LWxtRzlsLVY3TGQ0Q0ZnTk85M0JldC1FVEpfaHIxbGUwLW5yYzNYcVZZNW1BRFN4VUF1REVic1RnX1FOQXY2M2VyQTk0VmV0eFF2eEhpUGJFNUNfZXE3TzlyRXZERExVd0xkYkdVUk1uUS1xYVk4Ymc5NEpaUDRGNzRtOGJ4TXlSdnU5aGh3Z0JYd2tIVDdXNmJaQUpDMWRxVGRfdzdvSXdITmhLVWktWFJ2Zz09 |
Ok, that's a weird coincidence I guess. I just got a mail telling me they won't proceed with the application. Googling the name of the recruiter, it seems to be an outsourced recruiting agency in asia. This hurts, I hoped my CV was strong enough to get through that phase at least.
All the best to everyone who hasn't got an answer yet. | r/deepmind | comment | r/deepmind | 2023-11-16 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwRFBYTVNCRjAza2RYbzRCSzg3cmozTmNaOTViRmdBcHZhX2ZSXzExRW56NEk3UzRGOGFQYVlpcU5XczBuY01SRlduQmlDUm5nT21wMUZ4WEdSLXdFakE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9Fcjhoc09ROWljb0x1bG1VS0RpaVFNbE9TNEhkeGRVY3RJaDhyZHcxVGk4SXRsdUdRc001LXprbWExU3Y5amFzcVpuMHZlNVRudzl5UGQxX2dEQURxQU84MFptV3ptZ245aG95QWEwZXFJdktpLWpMQVowLVNPREVwaWkwbEhMelNnclUzRFdFb1RaWktQZFVET0lwd1lxR1BVM2REdm1iZG1CakNqMWVONDRZbENNaDhrQkFqQUdtV2pTZDVCeERrZU9lOHRDV2dJVFNoaTlNbEZxMlBidz09 |
No, not a new rule, because there is no income limit to deduct IRA contributions if you're not covered by a workplace retirement plan. You can make $1,000,000/yr and contribute (and deduct) $7,000 for 2024.
The [IRS definition of "covered" is wonky](https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/are-you-covered-by-an-employers-retirement-plan), but for a defined contribution plan like a 401k, if any money went into the plan, you're covered for the year. So if you also contribute to a Trad IRA, those contributions are non-deductible. | r/financenews | comment | r/FinanceNews | 2023-11-16 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwRVp5WGpCZUZoSFpmaFRjaXRvRlVsaTlWVlVDeHo3WlRPcjlnS3lrZ0lXb1VyZDZva0Jha0hRX1dBd3JVUk9oQ1NMUUxFMjRnVjJITU9yZERnRXNsRHc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FR0plT0JUN2FZNGRzN1o5WUNYUG9yTS1ZaURYcncwLU1EZzNPY2lOaEt0MDU1UDBwZng3Q2h2WmtNZ2lvam5vNjk1cEJmWDhzZUJiYXgtTGw4UzZQSGk4UlZIWDVFc3hUWkMzaGlabXRYRklYQ3N4ZDJZYkpBckctNk5KaDRZRXNCZXBMR0E5TjgtYVZfa0tzRlBneG9Hb2R3Z2lHdEhiNXVJYVZ3aDVlNi1OTm9LZW1iYnRnYVRQTkFQdmtzSHdIWTJNTmdST2pVLVFaQ05pUVR3RmR1UT09 |
\[MILESTONE\] The Book of Changes, (Quantum Computing Milestone, Pt. 6)
Post: 6 of 9
Week: 5 of 9
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**Introduction:** Progress in commercial quantum computing systems has continued to steadily advance.
**Quantum Cybersecurity:** While quantum communications notionally possess ironclad security, there are likely security exploits in quantum communications networks that can be taken advantage of. Attacks through error correction mechanisms, control/cooling mechanisms, or digital/analog hybrid layers are already a possibility and must be accounted for (1).
**Quantum Blockchain:** The integration of quantum communications into blockchains will make them even more secure (2). While some people will use this technology to trade in cryptocurrency, quantum blockchains can be used to secure all manner of communications and prevent tampering or eavesdropping.
**Quantum Levitation:** Superconductor-based quantum levitation is not only useful for large-scale applications such as maglev trains but can also be used for applications such as semiconductor manufacture (3).
Further research will be conducted into the use of quantum magnetic levitation for controlling nanoelectromechanical machines (NEMS).
**Quantum Navigation:** Quantum navigation has been pursued by numerous military research institutions (5). Due to the progress Chinese researchers have made in miniaturizing quantum sensors, quantum navigation chips can now be directly integrated into portable electronic devices such as mobile phones. This will make for much more accurate navigation and inertial sensors on phones and will allow for better coordination and control of machinery in enclosed spaces such as automated factories
.**Field Emission Displays:** The cathode ray tube is dead, long live the cathode ray tube. While not directly tied to quantum computing, research into analog miniaturization and plasmonic technology has resulted in the revival of nanoscale field emission displays, which behave like arrays of cathode ray tubes (4). Field emission displays are more durable than LED displays, consume less power, can operate in more adverse conditions, and have a higher refresh rate
.Field emissions-based transistors can also result in more compact and efficient plasmonic optical computing.
\---
(1): [https://insights.sei.cmu.edu/blog/cybersecurity-of-quantum-computing-a-new-frontier/](https://insights.sei.cmu.edu/blog/cybersecurity-of-quantum-computing-a-new-frontier/)
(2): [https://www.techscience.com/jqc/v1n2/28965](https://www.techscience.com/jqc/v1n2/28965)
(3):[https://www.anl.gov/event/magnetic-levitation-technology-for-nextgeneration-semiconductor-manufacturing-and-xray-microscopes](https://www.anl.gov/event/magnetic-levitation-technology-for-nextgeneration-semiconductor-manufacturing-and-xray-microscopes)
(4): [https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/10607/68/Jones\_William\_2018.pdf](https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/10607/68/Jones_William_2018.pdf)
(5): [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum\_compass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_compass)
[https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/245114/quantum-sensor-future-navigation-system-tested/](https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/245114/quantum-sensor-future-navigation-system-tested/)
\---
**Next Up:** Quantum Design Software (EDA), Coherence Improvements, Desktop Quantum Computing, Quantum Teleportation, Quantum Radar, Nanoinformatics, Topological Quantum Computing, Advanced Quantum Memory, Advanced Error Correction, Satellite Integration of Quantum Navigation, Nanoscale Field Programmable Gate Arrays | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-16 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwM2g3TXlMemM0U05QQnAxUjY5cTcxdlgxVmh4bXRCLWtnR2ZmTjB1QnFDWVlaaU11c3hSRF9WelI5b0otNjYwdWVpcFlaWWNFN3VZNEZRSTBUN2dZR0E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FZVJVR3ViUFF0UFFrd0ZkTUxJMWQxRmE0RnkyX2s0UEpxZ3FUM2lMMnNLN0NuTVVSOWRUYkZWMDhscFpHZEh4aEpGVFRlTzk0WkpMaUdka1A0eW55NGNSaUxqNk1UUm1JZ01falZhR3ZQNlMxSHZBSjVBUGRwa0ZNVm9aWThCb1BxTHdDN05BczhYOW92SmM3ZlFnVjJvaGtnUFV5X2c5b1hPZmNaMzE4d2x4YW1UelRGbTZNUFdIUmtDNkFXT18teTA3UXBSZGdwWDdwUjhaS0VPV1lWQT09 |
**Derby, United Kingdom** | *September 19th 2026*
To much fanfare Prime Minister Keir Starmer cut the ribbon at the new headquarters of British Rail in Derby this morning, bringing 12 rail franchises fully under public ownership and merging the infrastructure and asset management of Network Rail and parts of the Department for Transport and the Rail Delivery Group under one team. Embarking on a train emblazoned with the traditional British Rail livery, he spoke with journalists about the need to reverse the privatisation of key public assets such as railways, energy and utilities, saying this would be a priority ahead of the next election.
"For too long taxpayer subsidies for crucial services have ended up in the bank accounts of shareholders, consultants and the management of private companies who have shirked their duty to invest in and improve their services. This cannot continue, and this government will squeeze those people out wherever we see that their interests are on lining their own pockets and not delivering the best service possible and investing their profits rather than siphoning them off. Polling has shown repeatedly that there is strong support to nationalise the railways and we have listened. This is a government of the people and that is how we will govern."
British Rail will continue to lease rolling stock operated on the lines while it brings up its own fleet, with an announcement that the government will invest £350million to the end of the decade into expanding into Alstom's train factory in Derby to increase production, as well as awarding them a £2bn contract for new rolling stock. An ambitious target of 2035 has been set for the cancellation of all lease contracts with rolling stock companies, which currently cost train operators in the UK £1.2billion per year. Alstom are said to have welcomed the investment, having lost out on the contract to supply trains for the HS2 project and threatening to wind down their factory if not awarded new work.
The government has also announced that it will take the West Coast Partnership rail franchise into public ownership when it expires in October, leaving only five franchises under commercial operation which the government intends to fully nationalise by 2030 as they expire. Since the election Labour have taken the East Anglia, Essex Thameside, South Western and West Midlands franchises into public ownership under the reformed British Rail banner. It will mark the end of a 36 year experiment into rail privatisation which many commuters have berated as providing poor levels of service, low punctuality and at high cost.
A statement was also made after more than 12 months of debate and discussion that will see [Japan Rail, Nippon Sharyo and Hitachi](https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalPowers/comments/17f5sq9/event_restart_of_hs2_program/) support the full delivery of HS2 by 2032, HS3 by 2035 and HS4 by 2045. The Prime Minister said that the full rollout of HS2 - HS4 would sustain tens of thousands of jobs across the country, with the provision to become the most advanced and fastest railway in Europe if a decision to upgrade it to Maglev technology was undertaken. He described it as a future proofed rail network suitable for the 22nd century, and demonstrative of his government's commitment to infrastructure and civil works programmes.
Critics have seized upon the cost of the project, saying it doesn't provide value for money in the current economic and work landscape. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch described it as pouring good money after bad, saying "In my time as Business Secretary the message from businesses was clear; more people are working from home and fewer people are using the railways every day. This is backed up by passenger data from the Office of Rail and Road, hybrid working means those who might have commuted from Manchester to London, or Leeds to Manchester only need to take these journeys twice each week. $96bn, plus the $67bn spent from 2015 to now could be better spent on schools.
Full Fact, an independent fact checking organisation partially agreed with the observations of Ms Badenoch. Their analysis from surveys, polling and ORR data showed that rail passenger numbers are down 16% on pre-pandemic levels, and that this has been largely attributed to changing work practices. The other key drivers were industrial action that blighted the latter stages of Conservative governance prior to the Prime Minister's 8.6% pay award and a reduction in the working week for rail workers. High ticket prices, overcrowding and safety concerns were listed as the other factors. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-16 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwZzRZRnFYellaSU5oN19TeWJ2eUZfbUtZTHZULVBWRGNnMlIwWDV2NFFiNkpWTDF0NE4tNTc3cmlJYnJJcEhkaThoZjM5dElqZHk5dm9PTFFZZkRCRFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FcHJGVXlZcmZfQXdfNFpBYktNSXUtYkN1U2VpQmc4YWtXNjNaUVdGeFpCaEI5UzdiSGdiN3BuajJlamVPQk5zLWJ4aFluelhkdXdaZU5vWHBsR2lhbmh2ekQyTHFRWXlHeUdBSlJnUDJ6cWhpSm1Zc0swSmV2eGNvbEdES3BYNjdSUUxrYlFpTU9mRUtsSlBGal9RYm91SmU0bERQZ0djdmFMZHRZQzdDakVreE5EZWphYTNwZmpxclA2ejYwZmVBYmEtdXJPd1A4VmxycEh5aFBfRkIzZz09 |
I’m interested in the EMEA applications. How long exactly did it take between your application and their response? | r/deepmind | comment | r/deepmind | 2023-11-16 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwZWl3RjBDTTJuZk02Snp5NmlaZkZzQnJ0Wnl1Z3g5b3JhcEswRG5jVjV6ZDlEYlAwZU5BRXl2eXNnTUNxcEhyTGE0aFFmRWlPZXp5enVHVXA1UjZvZTFhM1FVdEdXbllrc3AydzJNc255SUE9 | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FZ3g2QktjOHRiYkRZZ05GMEpOMVdRaURBYlFna1hfZzlSVzZQYjFzQVZJZ2lELW1wbDJqME8wa3pYUnhsWG5UeUo0c3pKQ3d3TmRWZnpqeWplYTA4Tl9VMlFVMFl3SV9VaTJZNVoybzFEZ1FaTUdjQVBTN09OMjUweVdxempfVkF5eWdWNVFIWTF1SFRXd1p6MDI2YmU4Y3pYLUVhdUozUzVvX2NHYl96Ry1Rcllqd1VYc2daM29pTEd0QTBZQWhvanFVY0VuZ0FIOXpyWEdiNkR6bWdUdz09 |
To quote another redditor (https://old.reddit.com/r/trollfare/comments/17w9cq4/the_urgent_call_for_a_bipartisan_disinformation/k9g4479/):
Because Republicans *are* disinformation. They are nothing else. Disinformation has utterly eaten their party and left nothing behind. If we get rid of disinformation, especially Russian disinformation, Republicans will go away, and they know it
So basically, they have to defend our worst enemies (Russian, Iranian, and Chinese propagandists) by extending 1st Amendment protections to them, in order to survive themselves | r/trollfare | comment | r/trollfare | 2023-11-16 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwT1lOS2taTUJWN21SUjR6MlFGQURZbHhHcXVDMGVweW1QT29vRWtQeGtNb0NibVJsdm1ZV3VrYUlRRHNqWjZMSUlwdnBYeV9rQURiTlZveHFqOXhTLWc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FT19CbEliU1ZvRDJIcWlvd0dfcE9NRU8xZkNBQWFLVHR5RTg3OFc0TExvcHliSk9maV82ZXJiTDZWOHdmZVRldFlDZUYwd3VYcXpxYW40RlBUMmZCZG5kalp2UWxwN2dKQmZReWRuZWwtZC1sdVhXMFd5RlNSOWN0TjNxakZJNV9adXlmTXdkV2ZXYm5hS3NrbHBRS1JMcUk2bVczczBVYTlfLWE3WEY0UGFoYnBpaXlaekg4U3FrTS11Z3RGX1FqX3JKREJIb2Z4RzlUdzRxTFUxYVlfZz09 |
##Laying Cables
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**Ministry of Technology and Telecommunications, Minister Boviengkham Vongdara; February 3, 2026**
The Ministry of Technology and Telecommunication has been collaborating with LaoTel and Unitel, who are also the nation's primary internet service providers, to expand and upgrade ground cabling connections across the country. The goal of this initiative is to provide government support to expand Lao internet capacity and improve services, which are largely government-sponsored. To provide a sufficient backbone infrastructure for Laos, upgrade the existing structure, and establish adequate coverage for all metro areas in Laos, approximately 2821.18 kilometers of fibre optic cable need to be laid. With a construction cost of about $817.5 per kilometer, which comes out to about $2.31M in cable-laying costs, using Lao labor. The cabling and network equipment, which will cost in the neighborhood of $50M will represent the lion's share of the cost, and will be acquired from ZTE and Huawei respectively. Cabling will connect to China at Boten, Thailand at Huay Xai, Vientiane, Xeno, and Pakse; Vietnam at Dansavan, Ban Natong, Nam Phao; and Cambodia at Vuen Kham. These cables will be managed by LaoTel and Unitel as part of their services. While Laos will be connected with most of its neighbors directly, all connections to Myanmar will be routed through a neighbor, given high construction costs along the border and safety considerations with the ongoing conflict.
[Achieve Near-Universal 5G+ Mobile Internet and 100+ Mbps Wifi/Ethernet | Week 4 of 7 | Post 4 of 8] | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-16 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwOXJfQXJMcExvMGVTY0VHNzhjc0l1MlU0cjFJNDZJSk9jNkd1ZEU4bWYxN2pwTUNkbW56OU9IcnFEVGdyRUJUM0htU3hrd0NGLTZDWmM0ajQ2SVVBQWc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FcnlVb1BWVm0tNDA2OE1EamxFck4xZzI1ZEt4bmhDWlUtbUpDN3NiQjNhSlhCcURZNk9Zbll4REItbUNnaWtCcVo4US1UN2ZYWW9NaEpnbFM2d3VSb3NDU1RQNU1LdlRKY1NmdEtNSURpa2lkWlFOSFF3YVJVZDJRdFcyS3A1S1FkaEh5c01NdFJRTlRocDlRWjc0YWIydmZZYkluODVaYVJFcHBOQlhnOEVBPQ== |
Hey, I think I applied end of last month, so it took about 2-3 weeks. | r/deepmind | comment | r/deepmind | 2023-11-16 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwYkpWSHVSOHEwU01BWWdjbllWd3E5bU96TFBzd1h0Z19Bd1RSa3ZyT2d3MlpvZGlsSXVUSDlrd3dla0RMc0dEeEZpdFFnZ1IwdXk5TU5ncEFIaTJUS1E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FSkFZZEE3THp1RE9ac3pvNl9XN0EycHo3ZEdRRk9MT2ZlSTlsV1JMNFJmMFRCUWFlbHpYYnZENi1sUmJPVlFGcjJYRUVvaWE3VDVETmU0SzhrRmJBU0Z1X1VKMFF2eEk3ZENvc3RDMGZRRVJwVDF3bWpVZ3hNZzRzVXJxSlR1dk50RVFpOGlJX3ByVE5GTnFxeHo5djFQWVRENXo1djF2VEFfWVlRQnJ6V3J5ZE52OXVJaFd1U3BEVUF5VVpWSUtXdlFfZWRzWndsanJndVhDbkROSXpjZz09 |
The Ghana Armed Forces is raising two new battalions of land forces, supplied with light armored motorized and mechanized forces alongside minimum rotor wing operations.
The two new battalions are the 33rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and the 91st Artillery Battalion.
The upkeep equipment previously purchased:
M107 artillery
BTR 60 apc
K8-P light attack aircraft
M82 Barrett
AK74M
Unpurchased upkeep equipment:
More AK74M
(AT launchers)
Mortars
More APCs
Budget for the development of this project is 30 of the 40 million provided by the annual purchase budget.
The annual purchase budget is 40 million out of the 420,690,000 military budget.
The battalions are expected to be completed by 2028. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-16 | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lakwwd1VEdmdwU0RNMHhRaVpydlNQWHNJR1RxdWJvNENrb2dpcHJzOV9XZVBOejJrZ3hYOEw4S3F4dE5RZWdmaThXOG16N0V6MGJ6bGx5NlZNalIwZHZHOXc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FZUtMMFdnN0RMWU1zQlFQMXJhbGVwVjRjaTlLbkRPRTJ5ZVp0dUJmbktmYzhpN0pOdGhocGNWTXhQR2NTblRiVmMycncyM1VsTXVtU3hwWkpyMHBTMVUtWHMwZktPRDRDRWprcElGX29VOVZHUGIxTHNHU3djMFcwYktWMUVOSE5XbVphQkRzVEFkTUtrOWRtLUFPYnFkSHBMWFV0OXI0VUI3LVFLYjBid1lXcXdIMEZxTUI5QmtsOVZMZnlTcVgy |
On July 5th, 2025, elections for half of the 248 seats of the House of Councillors were held nationwide. Due to lower turnout by LDP supporters in the wake of the Unification Church scandal, and low approval rating for the Kishida cabinet, the Liberal Democratic Party was only able to secure 31% of the vote, resulting in a devastating loss of 9 seats in the Upper House. However, the LDP's coalition partner Komeito was able to gain 3 seats, resulting in a 140 seat majority for the governing coalition.
The conservative opposition was unable to capitalize on this disappointing performance by the LDP. Nippon Ishin, a party headquartered in Osaka and maintaining its main support base there, was rocked by continued infighting in response to scandals regarding sexual assault allegations against a prefectural politician, and the resignation of a upper house parliamentarian in the wake of [his unauthorized visit to Russia](https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15026277) and support for [the country](https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15022933), which continues to be unpopular in Japan due to continuing territorial disputes, friendliness with China, and aggression against Ukraine. Thus, the party has lost 3 seats in the upper house.
Minor right wing parties such as the Sanseito and the new Conservative Party of Japan have utterly failed in the election, as canvassing by their extremist membership has backfired and failed to garner support from the general public. As a result, Sanseito has failed to gain additional seats, and the Conservative Party continues to be extra parliamentary.
The main opposition parties, namely the centrist to center left Constitutional Democratic Party and Centrist Democratic Party for the People have been able to garner additional support, resulting in 6 additional seats for the CDP and 2 more for the DPFP.
Left wing and progressive parties have maintained their seats but failed to garner additional support due to their main support bases being over 80, and failure to make major inroads among younger generations. Thus, the Japan Communist Party maintains 11 seats, Reiwa maintains 5, and the Social Democratic Party barely holds on to its 2 seats.
The Anti NHK party, formerly known as the Seijika Joshi 48 party and 9 other names has lost the seat up for election due to infighting among its ranks over its leadership. Otsu Ayaka, who is the legally recognized leader of the party, has refused to step down after being "fired" by Tachibana Takashi, the former legal and current de facto leader. Thus, the party continues to be in limbo after the expulsion and arrest of [GaaSyy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GaaSyy), an ex parliamentarian who failed to show up to a single session and lived in Dubai for most of his tenure.
The remaining 13 seats have ended up in the hands of independent politicians, with actress Imada Mio winning a seat in her home prefecture of Fukuoka.
Party|Ideology|Seats
:-:|:-:|:-:
Liberal Democratic Party|Center Right|110
Komeito|Center Right|30
Nippon Ishin|Right Wing|18
Constitutional Democratic Party|Center Left|45
Democratic Party for the People|Centrist|12
Japan Communist Party|Left Wing|11
Social Democratic Party|Left Wing|2
Reiwa Shinsengumi|Progressive|5
Sanseito|Right Wing|1
Anti NHK Party|Anti Telly Loicense|1
Independent Politicians|Various|13 | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwS3RwbE5OSlpNSGpuSnVqcl96MzBwUktJSXlCSVMyTGJwUVpENWI0ZnZwZ0h3Yk9TUDE2bm5aYmxQNFYxblliWG4zUWVkc0ZGMXF4NUtnQWhUYVZkbHc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FOU5UZW1ac0RYdzF0dEVVSUVKcE1VZ05Mby16WjZxOTVZaGUwY3p6Q196R1ItakkyUHI1eFhJUzh2UTZTTC01OS03cUs3enRiUk1pMXYwVzVGZ1dzR3BxUE9NczJlUjNMTVYxQkVNZ0lMcUJFXzRVRG41R3Q1bFpIc1V5amxHLTROWUJpX2NhWHVPZXZIdl93U3pScjdoVVdCMGdaVkhZQndIYjZyZklTQklWSF85Q0tqb0lsRFpXcHRlR0JBUWIx |
In the end, it was only ever a matter of time. As mighty as the Surovikin Line’s defenses might have been, representing often quite literal generations of Soviet engineering assets, there was little they could do once breached. Russian forces were depleted, running low on ammo, let alone good food or medical supplies, and the very cream of Russia’s offensive forces had already been thrown into the meat-grinder of the South. While it was true that Ukraine itself had consumed a prodigious quantity of munitions to get as far as they had, Russia was basically feeding directly from increasingly overtaxed factories to the frontline itself.
Over the winter of 2024, which proved to be an unusually cold one, the frozen trenches of the southern steppes would grant Russian defenders no respite. First to fall was the 90th Guards Tank Division, a unit that, by its abandonment of the salient, had barely any functional tanks to speak of–its old T-72As long since broken down and abandoned, if not destroyed outright; its self-propelled guns mere pieces of twisted metal after the intensive Ukrainian counterbattery campaigns. Despite the appendation of the “guards” name, it was at this point largely made up of a hodgepodge of whomever could be scraped up, a unit that, as many had in this long war, had been destroyed and reconstituted already more times than could be counted.
The Marines and VDV forces guarding the southeastern edge of the front facing Beryansk, however, would show themselves at least a little better; holding a surprisingly bitter defense against renewed Ukrainian assaults. Even with much of the VDV annihilated in the first year of the war, and the Marines reinforced by random sailors shanghaied into Ukraine, they were able to hold up against a nominally superior Ukrainian force. It wouldn’t really matter in the long run, though. Freshly intensified Ukrainian infiltration of the left bank of the Dnepr, combined with a free hand to exert pressure on the 58th Guards Combined Arms Army and its component units \[not to mention the 4th Tank Guards Division, which had already been effectively destroyed twice in the war\], resulted in the gradual erosion of the positions to the point where the coastal roads were in danger of being cut off.
**The Special Repositioning Operation**
It was only after weeks of attempting to slowly break the news to Putin himself that permission was finally, *finally* granted for the withdrawal from Kherson Oblast to begin in earnest. It didn’t take long for the Ukrainians to catch on to what was happening, though. While elite Russian units managed to prevent the Ukrainians from turning the retreat east into a complete rout, the evacuation of Russian forces to defensive positions on the Crimean Isthmus was much less successful. The 58th CAA lost a lot of personnel in the withdrawal, and more importantly, much of its heavy equipment–most of which was in a poor state of operation and couldn’t make the move. Even the sabotage of Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant was botched; as while much of the control electronics, diesel generators and associated machinery was destroyed, the actual reactors, turbines and other heavy hardware was left untouched, turning the plant from a complete loss into a mere “royal mess”.
Melitopol fell to the Ukrainians with surprising ease, just going to show the difficulty of conducting a retreat–not that there were any great options there, as the city would have been almost immediately cut off and completely isolated had the Russians chosen to remain there. By Spring 2025, the land bridge was history, and with it the primary gain that Russia had actually realized from the entire war. A brief attempt at a counteroffensive in Donbas quickly turned into another charnel-house in two weeks, with columns of Russian tanks being annihilated in short order. The war split into two fronts; Donbas, and Crimea.
**The Fall of Crimea**
While Ukraine has thus far shown itself stubbornly stuck in the Soviet mode of thinking–not the least because it has lacked many of the assets which enable Western forces to act the way they do, but often because of simple mechanical limitations–Crimea proved to show the return of the more modern mode of warfare that analysts across the internet had been talking about since at least the Turkish drone wars of 2020.
Isolated, the peninsula rapidly became more so as Ukraine quickly moved to shut off the Sea of Azov. The Kerch Bridge, too, was not long for this world; even the might of Russian air defense couldn’t keep it protected for long, with three of the massive pylons holding up its great spans being shattered into dust by Storm Shadow missiles. The Sea of Azov quickly became a no-go zone for the few Russian vessels not smart enough to evacuate by the time the Ukrainians reached the beaches, and even the Kerch Strait proved too dangerous to ferry as GLSDB attacks struck targets there daily.
That being said, the Crimean Peninsula was not yet an island. Russia immediately commenced an air and sealift to continue supplying the island, even reinforcing it with fresh marines, as Putin issued orders directly to newly promoted Colonel-General Lyamin, head of the 58th Combined Arms Army directing him to take “not one step back”. Gerasimov, for his part, declared “Fortress Crimea” and stated that the peninsula would never fall again to the Nazi invaders, apparently having learned nothing from that period of European history.
The initial Ukrainian presence along the isthmus itself was actually relatively minimal, but they didn’t need masses of troops defending that sector. No, Crimea was to be won in the skies. After a series of Tomahawk strikes on airbases and, perhaps more importantly, fuel depots in the region, Ukraine began to finally employ its F-16s as they were meant to be used. Russian air defense, confined to the peninsula with a limited number of systems despite attempts to reinforce it, were no match for the sustained attrition possible from Ukrainian artillery, HARMs, and other long range fires. While the VVS attempted to mount a defense, it found itself badly electronically outclassed and in particular discovered that its missiles were significantly outranged by the American-made AMRAAMS carried aboard Ukrainian Vipers. Soon, Russia was starting to lose its valuable military airlifters, in ones and twos, and then a whole half dozen–the airlift was effectively called off, limited to low-level flights dropping cargoes in eastern Crimea and helicopters sneaking over the seas providing a constant trickle of supplies–though even this leak would eventually be plugged.
The seas proved no more hospitable for the Russians, as while initially they were able to use Feodosia and the other smaller ports to resupply from Novorossiysk, as long-range air defense on Crimea was attrited, this rapidly became untenable, with Ukrainian strikes sinking a plethora of small craft, civil and military alike, being used for these operations.
And, of course, once the air defenses were dealt with, it was time for the Bayraktars to rule. Having largely taken a quieter profile in the war directing artillery and providing reconnaissance support, the Turkish-made drone was back with a vengeance, striking fear into the hearts of Russian troops across the isthmus as rockets and shells were directed with quite literal laser precision onto specific bunkers and even individual infantrymen, while drone-dropped munitions targeted both military equipment but also tanker trucks and railyards across the peninsula.
By the time Ukrainian infiltration units began moving in earnest during early summer of 2025, the lines on the Isthmus were weak as paper; and the Russian resistance across the island as a whole was demoralized and disorganized. Once the isthmus was crossed, the rest proved surprisingly easy for the Ukrainians; by the fall, most of the peninsula was in Ukrainian hands, though fighting around Simferopol and the southern mountains proved surprisingly brutal, and units held out on the Kerch Peninsula as well.
Still, especially after Feodosia fell and air resupply became virtually impossible, not just improbable, it was only ever going to be a matter of time. Ukrainian troops systematically isolated Simferopol, then Sevastopol; they pushed onto the Kerch peninsula and, once through those defensive lines, quickly overran the remainder. Sevastopol itself held out all the way until January of 2026, putting up a good fight before falling. The result was the complete loss of the freshly reacquired province and with it 70,000 men captured; a body-blow to not just the Russian Army but the Russian Politic.
In fact, the Ukrainians now occupy not just a Russian-majority territory, but one that still has many Russian settlers brought in by the post-2014 incentives and even a few particularly unlucky tourists resident upon it, something which has caused no small amount of tension. The population as a whole remains pro-Russia and pro-Putin and routinely flies Russian flags and banners, which the Ukrainians sometimes take down. Many volunteered to help fight in the siege and were taken prisoner. Others have been arrested for various crimes from embezzlement to espionage to high treason, and a plethora of government officials and bureaucrats have been interred in Ukraine pending Kyiv’s decision as to what to do with them. The seizure of property owned by Russian commercial and government entities, along with the reappropriation of assets that have changed hands in the past decade, have added to the tension between Ukrainian soldiers on the island and most of its residents.
**Back At The Home Front…**
To say that Russia is grim is an understatement. That Russia continues to hobble on at all is more a reflection of a general fatalism about the whole thing than anything. Manpower remains Russia’s greatest concern, with young men continuing to trickle out of the country–largely to Central Asia now, though surprising numbers are turning up everywhere from Thailand to Tanzania. Core inflation has finally been realized, and in good news for a few Russians, wages are shooting up, especially for jobs in manufacturing and other low-skill industries.
Russian conscription efforts have become increasingly desperate. While conscripts–at least those from the core cities–remain either on the Russian side of the border or maintaining secondary facilities inside Ukraine, unloading pallets, fixing vehicles and doing other menial support work, finding those who are willing and able to fight has become difficult at best. The remote ethnic regions are largely depopulated; many young men have fled. An effort launched to recruit men interned in mental asylums has had… decidedly *mixed* results, with more being found by relaxing the intelligence requirements \[resulting in a cadre dubbed “Ivan’s Idiots” by the Western internet\] and rounding up alcoholics and promising them free vodka. The result has been a significant diminishment, if that is even possible, in the quality of remaining soldiery.
The sanctions regime has remained a constant pressure on Russian business; and while most are finding ways to keep on doing something, profit margins are thin to negligible and foreign investment in Russia is effectively nonexistent as everyone waits to see how things play out. And the burden of financing the war has been borne, in part, by a general sort of neglect that is visible in everything from increasingly poor garbage collection to chronically late trains as Russia neglects vital maintenance and upkeep across its economy. Similarly, industrial productivity has begun to sag as software becomes obsolete and hardware purchased from Europe, Japan and the United States has begun to wear out; with one of the more obvious examples being a significant contraction in the number of domestic flights within Russia–while a bare handful of domestically made airliners have been built, their number pales in comparison to the number of Boeings and Airbuses that are sitting parked and slowly rotting across Siberia.
Nobody is brave enough to call out the obvious need for political change, but the number of stalwart defenders of the regime has shrunk to miniscule proportions. Nobody is pulling the trigger on Putin yet–but they’ll have their cell phone out recording you while you do it, not even bothering to pretend to stop you. There is some political action among the cadres of the Russian Army, where a few good officers have made it out, but they feel effectively powerless to do a thing. Still, something *will* change. It must, especially with Putin’s increasing pallor and constant rumors of illness orbiting him.
While the situation is not *great* for Ukraine, it is *better*, especially compared to the dark days of the early war. The economy has begun to mount a recovery of sorts; and not a few refugees have in fact returned as the constant Russian attacks are increasingly flailing and blunted by Western defensive systems. There is even a little hope for the destroyed cities of the East and South \[Simferopol and Sevastopol now among them\] that they may be rebuilt sooner rather than later. Morale remains strong, with a steady diet of victories sustaining public support, with the fall of Sevastopol being only the latest–soon superseded itself by the Third Battle of Donetsk Airport, which saw the 93rd Mechanized Brigade, sometimes called the “Cyborgs” for their role in the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport, returning to the scene and seizing the patch of tarmac once again for the blue-and-yellow flag, showing just how far Ukraine has come since 2014. That being said, Ukraine remains scant on manpower and lacks the sheer mass of infantry to engage in massive offensives indefinitely. But is there even much left to conquer?
**Donbas**
While the battle for Crimea has proven a high-tech, modern sort of affair, the fall of Beryansk proved a much nastier slog–as did the Second Battle of Mariupol afterwards, with Ukrainian troops systematically advancing through the countryside to isolate the city in some of the few mobile armored battles this war has seen–not that the Russian T-62s were much match for Ukrainian Leopards–where Russian airborne troops put up almost as bitter a fight as the Marines and Azov fighters whom held out in the city in 2022 for longer than anyone could have anticipated. The city remains in ruins, of course, even more so than before, but the victory over the shattered remains of the Azovstahl just in time for 2025’s Independence Day celebrations was a great symbolic moment, perhaps the greatest in the war since the original Azovstal or the sinking of the Moskva. The war has finally come full circle, now, with Russian forces pushed back to the defenses erected by the DPR and LNR in 2014-22–not that there’s anyone left in the DPR or LNR to man them, mind you.
**The Military Situation As It Stands In Summer 2026**
The Ukrainian Armed Forces stand poised to launch their last offensive to annihilate the remnants of the once-mighty Russian Army in Donetsk and Luhansk. Anyone can see what they’re doing; planning on launching simultaneous pincers from the south east of Mariupol, at Soledar and Bakhmut, and in the north of Luhansk at Svatove. In all likelihood, they’ll be successful; the odds of Russia salvaging the situation at this point are essentially nil; though the besieging of the cities is expected to extoll a considerable cost in Ukrainian blood and treasure for already-dead metropolises. Manpower is running short, and much of the equipment in Ukrainian hands is badly worn and keeping it operational is a major effort in of itself, but ultimately, it has what it needs to prevail.
The Russian Army, these days, pretends to fight, as their masters in Moscow pretend to pay them. Their modern tanks, artillery and electronic warfare systems are gone. Their artillery barrels have been lost to counterbattery fire, exploded from overuse, and those that remain in service are practically worn smooth and unable to provide any sort of accurate support–not that more than a few thousand artillery shells trickle in across the border on any given day in any case. The Air Force launches a few halfhearted sorties every day to keep the Ukrainians at least a little wary, but their airframes are largely grounded and lacking spare parts or have long since passed their flight-hour lifespans–besides, ground-crews have been sent to the front now, so who’ll fix them anyway? The Black Sea Fleet no longer exists as anything more than an administrative concept and Russian warships hardly sortie anymore, for similar reasons; many sailors–even technical experts–have been sent to fight as well, with only the submarine branch and the strategic forces untouched \[and commanding substantial bribes to get into now\].
Despite the occasional attempt at an offensive, the Russian Army has no success to point to in the past two years, only a record of failure; and while some good officers have survived, especially above the field grades anyone competent has long since left, been purged, or killed. There are no NCOs to speak of, and the technical experts of the army are largely dead; anything more complex than a rifle results in difficulty. They are one hard push away from being destroyed, and Moscow knows it, the message having finally been transmitted with the fall of Sevastopol. There probably won’t be any last, glorious defense. Putin and those few he relies upon have finally come to the realization that doing so will only mean a certain doom, as opposed to the mere *possibility* of one if they make peace, which momentum inside the Kremlin is rapidly building to. As for what that will look like–well, the world wonders. Ukraine certainly does. And we shall soon see it.
**Casualties:**
Ukraine: 80,000 dead, 150,000 wounded, 5,000 captured
Russia: 230,000 dead, 400,000 wounded, 100,000 captured
Ungodly amounts of equipment which I will not even bother tabulating, sorry \[though honestly more is being lost to mechanical attrition than actual combat at this point\] | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwSW0wRnYyWm1tMmVCNEplcERPMnlhcEpTRlBFMlFxdllkWTBQc3hvZXNVZlp1V3FFN2ktZTA2clV6am1rbTV3WG9CT0ttMUw5ZHkwTHZxeldVYzhvUWc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FUXMzb1BrMDNHaXIxT3I0X1ZlSmNnUFhubzRES3ZTLVEtVVdBeWFGYzBjWU9sOWZidlVpMXhUYVFvNERzbTlwVkt4MVdzWDNla25kOW9LOER3bDZmODFaUzZReU0wTERyZ0Ywc0h2RGlPcXRaQ2o5Y1dsS0pLdmVMRkVDZklnVEZkeTZTN1ozN205R2I2aUxDZVV6N0cxR0h4b1VwTDlKTHVuTXBTcDJyU1MybndqY3VRc3I4QUdqeWI5NjhVNlBI |
How did you apply? I can't find any links and the recruiter I was in touch with last year seems to have left | r/deepmind | comment | r/deepmind | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwRlVfZlM2a1RvVmV6cy1IT25xcTl5Ulk2SWh4TDNOcHBzalhIZDNlVVFLLUxXZEdBMW5YQmV3RU5RMGhseDZqeWstYVI2aXBFdzVaR1pJSzZXdHVkOVE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9Fd3FDNENzZ0hWTFFvRmRrU2RBakRYSWtuV1FlbEtka1RrS3lwMU13bGl2SldWU3BXLXlXV2dnell0OFJESjhZaGRuNXdhak9WOF9SN0xubUFqLTFMYlNKQ0gwVUlsR083SmY1b2hLZUJHV2tkSWkzRXBIYkFWMUkwaUlEYU1vTkNrTnpPQlVpUk1JaVN6WkV0bXdlRmNtUDRWMjN0V0hOeFJYMGwyRDFwMUQ5aWI3LXlGZk9Jd2FhTHZrSnpTakZNMk1LOVdBWXNjbGFfeXkyaVJ2TXB2QT09 |
Having been inactive for a pretty long time, I'm coming back to fix all the mess I created in Switzerland. Switzerland is one of the very few neutral countries in Europe.
I will try to have Switzerland innovate as much as possible, i.e., putting out milestone posts and stuff, focusing on the national economy and security. My plans include:
1. Armed Forces reorganization and innovations;
2. Innovations;
3. Strengthening Federal Intelligence Service;
4. Improving education;
5. Cooperating with the nations to collectively reach Sustainable Development Goals through voluntary non-binding meetings. (Mainly boring climate posts)
I would also be reaching out to other countries for general diplomacy while maintaining neutral status and acting as a mediator for conflicts. Hosting international conferences, mainly in Geneva.
Also, sorry again for my inactivity.
P.S. As demonstrated when I *was* active, I'm very indecisive. Thus, I'll likely resort to rolls for my decisions about Switzerland. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwTmdwcFdLX2dONG9uZWZYaHJLZFVCMFVzMmlScXJvN0o0MjUtZHI0ZXNiNVFDVW9NUW15ZVZlODNHWTRNamR4cWJZTEhfWnlGdDhiRWxZeV92U2cza1RROEFVWVUxTjgwR1dqZUVVSjh2Q289 | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FRms1MmJuOTc1azFIUVJ6MzJDdHVBT0ZGRjRhSlUtM3pGR3FsY1hkMEFpOWp1aUYtNFEyWndYTTdiMHJYb05LY1lZUm5WalRQN2c2T3Y4ZlJrLW9kbW5XT0tvaVZuOVZ5ZjFGOFpyZEpwSnBqX1p2aHJhaFA1bTY4cWZXR0ZzNjZ4c3dzQVRMWFZueUFsVWgzVkFDdnM3ajllQzNvQl9RX1dZd3dBdXh4WjFJPQ== |
Don't snap and helicopter kids!! | r/middleeastnews | comment | r/MiddleEastNews | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwRUR1c0JSNjZXUUpfVC1reWRaVUNwQl9NUHc5eWJnN2xWX2F1WmZDcjNRNkx5SnFvMkxEWE1EWk1qdnEyY2V3SUNBVzA5cUdJcGhJamkxcXlTblBacFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FQzRjTnpGSWVwaWpra3I5NC1BcEdQdndtX3FaOGwwSUIybWJkSDlCV21UUm1kVlA5TDFYd05lNFBmdll6ejRxNFNSeVVYajVVMUx3c1hrMzNZbDJ0OVRFTXpBUHVEblU3eENEc2tSUnkyQklkdjZ2MjdLS19CT3dLRWhhMm9vZjJvRFA4bURYSzNRTDhFQ1JyTldFTi16cVk4WkI4cVY3UERLYjh5Q3VpcVdGdGdJeG1iTnVqRTd1MnVJV0hONXhzRGJmbzhxeWZRZFhQSUpiOGR5eVR6V0ZueFZ1dm9Wbkw3b2ZBRFF4Tk51QT0= |
The previous Russian player has declaimed. Answer the following questions in the comments to apply:
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* What is your current country, if you have one?
* How long have you played on the -powers subreddits?
* How much do you know about Russia?
* How active do you think you can be?
* How realistic do you think you can be?
* Why do you want to play as Russia?
* What plans might you have for the country?
* Why should we pick you above all else? | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwM3FFQ3hzTlZ5UjhhSzg0Sl92SFBNX3h4RGlyUWM3UWxPaXRNUGNxMlRCRDlrakM5Z213YnZSV2pYUGNBUy04eWRkZlJqdzBMeVBMcWc2TkV3cHBSY1E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FaThNVFQxRzByckpQMjF6R1JMcnlZQW1EUWNvU1UwUUN3OUtaTVNTQjNDUGVzS05hcFh5em5xZ1VJX2JZamhvdTNiQURrUkdXVk1FamJHdS12N2FyUTBTWXFOdEtxYWxQSUxUWjhPVUpjSjAtZDNvYXVuTUNXMDZRVTZDa2lpNUdiaWJxVkF2RmI0WkZwQkRhcEgtNEJzaU9JNFJBbnNScWlqR3lQdU5MSlNSNHBzWHZ6Q3dZVEpmQlZzVzJoUjVx |
As the Northern Korean People's Democratic Republic, I will do a number of things:
1) Offer residency to the valiant Russians who were wounded in the fight against Ukrainian fascism
2) Liberalize the markets, in a similar way to how Iran created the beyads under the IRGC.. Functionally, departments of the state will be allowed to generate revenue from their own firms.
3) I will sponsor influencers to come to the DPRK, and try to generate influence operations abroad
4) I will, genuinely, try to solve the electricity gap. The famous photo between the two Koreas will be no more! I will additionaly invest more in cybersecurity and training the latest crop of talent in IT.
5) I will not throw out the Kim dynasty. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwbmNTaWNsMjJ6NWREMlpjU202MjYybVlhWnBRclhzQXduLTZOeC1RM2lvQmZfUDhzZDBSbFdzLW0yNndiU3dLOURySHl1QWhsMFpMTElHWFNNeWFTc2c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FcmVIZkNBcnNyY1BxZUltV09INWwwMlhyTktBZzhNTDBmQ0hDRjd4Y0pLdEsyaGQ3LTFWMDFyWk5LZHZzTHpCR3MyTGNZdXBIdGYzUnpKRjZUa25ta2preVNBb2xtZnRsTlYtZDU2SGVMNWpVVnRrZlh4RTI4TDZmR0d1S0tldDlqRFhUS1hkSXhSTGZOSjhpQlI0U0tJdTNxZTdyWVpLelE2cHJDZUJHVjZyektPSmVjazhaRW04bzZ2WnJiQnFXUUxvSVZSdEtOSWd6NEVBNTJ1UXlTZz09 |
Look for "The Vatican Thinks In Centuries" in https://old.reddit.com/r/ufo/comments/17mdk37/pope_francis_calls_for_paradigm_shift_in_theology/k7k6res/ ([https://archive.is/tNre6](https://archive.is/tNre6)).
Submitted article mirrors: https://archive.is/xfUOD , https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:FaFWYGXM_cMJ:cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2023/11/convoluted-trial-may-boil-down-to-simple-question-is-the-pope-above-the-law/
| r/foreignpolicyanalysis | comment | r/foreignpolicyanalysis | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwM2RuQ3I0U2c5SXFfYXpWaVM5MEczbk83clY1OHRYYkx4TWtQMEFuRkp0TDB4V3RpQXByTl9sd2hwcjgwQ2RCVXhHQVJEblF5RWI1cjVTelpXMWNVTmRVQlBWcFBRSHI1c3lYdm1ZRlExSzA9 | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FVFVtXzJEOHVFWHVnbWdZY2J4Q1V0WGtzRWt3RVZCdzVkc2d2c3RQaTN6SmZ2VVo1U1ZFZUwzRTIxQllmOTR6eldncHAzZFpCMlVqQjEwZjhEcjNEeEhRM2RpT1ZWcmNvSHB1YUxOQlZ2QWVxVElLR0pPUWgxTF9uZkR3aW83aWhIZHF5eVl3eWloVjEteWtSNHJWSDQzbkVUdHF1N041VWU5MjNUM09fVFNjVDVhZGJfWmZPZDlONElLMHljdnY3eTYwbGowWndkckgxNDNjN1pUd19EVHltdTJkQXJxNTNTSFZQQ3ltUGYxVT0= |
Can anyone explain what will happen if reddit duplicate posts and assess the history of a reader base then expose each and everyone to variants of the same information...? | r/propaganda | post | r/propaganda | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwVVRjbG9yQU8xYVZ1OUJVb3BBYUdWMjdVenVjOXk3UDNfRHl6T1k2MkhwRTlLdEloSDZGODJpRzFiLWY5cHhLa25mS3VQYk1pMzNJemt4WXl5M0l6LVE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FdzRyQ0U1MWpXSGo2aUZRMko0TzI4azBsRjZVZDhLWDFSRFVJZ2ZrQkNqa2JIVW1NZFJ6eklnTXJ5RHZqT1dqc01BbWRYaV9EUElNa3pLVzItZTBCR2hmQmNTNWMxRkNDV1p0bGxzVGJEQmdfbGp5TTFLUlA1TjJuMWlmYWx5Z1Rpdk5QMUdWWDh3ZmVwdTVOaXBWMXFxeUg4TldXc2gzblk0cTFiWGtSb2k0QllOR0NaU2RNWTAzVTNyVGo0WUgy |
They likely took the listing down so soon because they found enough qualified applicants to move onto interview | r/deepmind | comment | r/deepmind | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwMVI5ejRReHhJZkxIMnB6TTY1MUV3X21EUEJsVUdzeFJmOUpSOWl6b2o2ajlwWUNrZEp4ZkU3SFBpVHRpbVEzTU5yaHlrdjFOcHdvUEtNUERZM2hnSFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9Fa2VLQS0tQ29HbmJneGZLamlnbWdIcE1pdGREdThYRXhJY2UzbEIwejdEdnhRemoxQlB4aDh6WXk4eHdxdmV1a3AyTnVTRl9vNllzUXBWNFNpSk1NTlFDVEQ1aGpDb1ZMR0lqOUdocHV0SzRqMGZZLVh2S25hNkdVNmxHaTZhYV9ScGd6dWFZMkpqWlJvbXZna0tBYmdSbm03NWJBa3lOV185LVl3bFlqVEIzVG03VnBtWkR1azJXeDRvOGtSV1VxTFpBd21DZ3NCSklXaFdQSWQtc29RZz09 |
#Overview
In Turkish elections, the party leader is often but not always the presidential candidate. The president of Turkey is elected by the public through a popular vote. Political parties in Turkey can nominate their own candidates for the presidential election, and these candidates are often the leaders of their respective parties. However, there is no strict requirement that the party leader must be the presidential candidate. Parties can choose someone else from their ranks or nominate a different individual as their candidate for the presidency. Ultimately, the decision on the presidential candidate is made by each political party based on their internal processes and strategies.
#AKP Leaders from Formation
Years of Party Leadership | AK Party Leader |Leadership Elections Won
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2001-2012 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 2003 Ordinary Congress, 2006 Ordinary Congress, 2009 Ordinary Congress, 2012 Ordinary Congress
2014-2016|Ahmet Davutoğlu|2014 Extraordinary Congress, 2015 Ordinary Congress
2016-2017|Binali Yıldırım|2016 Extraordinary Congress
2017-2026|Recep Tayyip Erdoğan|2017 Extraordinary Congress, 2018 Ordinary Congress, 2021 Ordinary Congress, 2024 Ordinary Congress
2026-Present|Selçuk Bayraktar|2026 Extraordinary Congress
#Consequences
With Selçuk Bayraktar's eponymous company front and centre in Turkish international arms dealing, some eyebrows have been raised as he is selected by the AKP extraordinary Congress, which was called due to President Erdoğan's ill health. Long seen as a potential successor to the President, Bayraktar has begun to take more and [more of a public role on behalf of Turkey](https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalPowers/comments/173qdwu/event_updroning_erdogan_risks_backlash_by/), especially where substantive developments are made in the military. Commentators posit that Bayraktar's popularity with Military figures in Turkey (mainly because of his famous strides in military technology that has benefitted them), is Erdogan's way of healing a divide which has stood between the AKP and Military, for many years.
Turkey's status as a Secular Republic is guaranteed by the military, and periodic coups have been part of life in Turkey for the past 100 years. Turkey's Democracy tends to favour Islamist and Islamising parties, which continually leads to a standoff. Selçuk Bayraktar has not yet made substantive moves regarding the role of Islam in Turkish society. His status as Erdoğan's successor and favoured second, should suggest he will largely keep step with Erdoğan's strides. However, a young, modernising, nuanced new generation are bullish about their hopes for some modernisation and some liberalisation in Turkey.
Erdoğan's illness, named as cancer, but unspecified, has visibly drawn and withered the President's appearance. Elections scheduled for 2028 are fast approaching, and there is little doubt now that Erdoğan will not stand, and the 25+ years of his Presidency will come to an end. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwUlczVUZkS3c5SVJVY29FMnoxc0phY1FiUFd3Y3ROUWdTeG44dkFwLUJUM0stZkVCVmQzTlQ5OWZzakNac21USGkxV3RqZllVMkpxQUk1SEJyUEw3Vmc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FSmhRZHVYWVYtSG1GQnpLczhEcVpCVU9PS2xUNWhZUWcwLWFXQ0JxRDZvWGx2ajhPeTJoa05zSlhwdFFZdUI1X3NXWVBSTW5xS3hKMzRmMnVDLVRmQlN0M3JpalpqeTVLZXA2VFRTQkF4bnNhYndVMGlUeFhZMzRYd2hiU2VpbjBtOXllZlZNMm1iTUhiMGl4d1IxQjZzN1hpRlFELUlCY2Qxd29kckhQa1VfMk9lR1MzNGUwRFZXa2Q4amZwOTRBTExYbGk3M2FXbTRNb0hwdG9CNVMzQT09 |
In the parallel universe of legacy media no one has ulterior motives or conflicts of interest. Everyone has the luxury to spend 800 hrs/week being introspective.
If a fundamentalist Christian calls himself "Christian" then legacy media _must_ call him "Christian."
No qualifiers from any POV other than that of the subject so the article can be applied to Catholics or Presbyterians.
One reason is obvious. To properly jerryspringer the public you need both sides and definitions.
Another reason is more subtle. MSM don't want the general public to get any ideas on critical thinking -- the psychological equivalent of slaves fleeing the MSM plantation.
(So along comes online financing and counter measures to phishing which requires more critical thought than figuring out Reaganomics was a scam or that MSM and the "swamp" GOP are in collusion. This alone will destroy the business model of MSM.)
Finally never overlook the possibility that MSM journalists are selected on them being stoopid. | r/media_criticism | post | r/media_criticism | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwaU81aVUtR2dQRnBjSnIxMUZDa21SS283NWV1M0NVQ0RWQTE2NTYxblVHcHF2dWVudDVONXRIMUlZd1B4TDhjMXYwOXo2TG5hOUtMNDgxUDVkYkxGMnc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FR0FZS25pbDlqZHZkM0Z0aVVPU3ZGbm8xa0hUQnB6WUp5SXk3ek1Oam81WkJwaldtckU1TE9oUWt6WjdGQm1qZlNIODNrLUMxOE9rZ2gtY00yWXJTTWtUMk9fNXlkNXJrZzlnRDkwb2JOSDZRbWRiUzFUUlRZVUlKQmFSajd3M1JfNnJJS3lSUmViSWhPa2J3b3hGVEVjUTV1YUU0d0t2eGw0eEJSTExpM3BkNGhZX2FwbWRIUGRLdVlMb0JtQ3Za |
In the parallel universe of legacy media no one has ulterior motives or conflicts of interest. Everyone has the luxury to spend 800 hrs/week being introspective.
If a fundamentalist Christian calls himself "Christian" then legacy media _must_ call him "Christian."
No qualifiers from any POV other than that of the subject so the article can be applied to Catholics or Presbyterians.
One reason is obvious. To properly jerryspringer the public you need both sides and definitions.
Another reason is more subtle. MSM don't want the general public to get any ideas on critical thinking -- the psychological equivalent of slaves fleeing the MSM plantation.
(So along comes online financing and counter measures to phishing which requires more critical thought than figuring out Reaganomics was a scam or that MSM and the "swamp" GOP are in collusion. This alone will destroy the business model of MSM.)
Finally never overlook the possibility that MSM journalists are selected on them being stoopid. | r/media_criticism | post | r/media_criticism | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwU2FMaHdVc2FFMTdmRDY3UjdfSEtJa0c0emtOcFZMSEtnbDhTWkRKWXNndjZROTQwT2NQLUJhczJRdHNnbTJWdFRhRU5Zci1IekMxUEt5WW5YRHZFZEE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FTmhWalIxalRMSHVyZFhETlplNXpQMnR6Z0U2NVBCNUw1cDRMZHhhUFNHZTY5RXU1UG1rX0llcUIxd2pkRXJ4eU1IbmJ2RktsUjdrVUpOeXhuOEs0UG5sY1k4MVNsTlpaU192TzVENTRHeF81US1UNGQzd3QybVROSVVfLUZSNDZBaHdRMXFiQzQ4SWtLanYtY2QwbkhSRk1YVGhGUjVnZlZBMnZrLS1wZk9DSnFjSU5sTlZiQ0YwMFNfQjh4RHNF |
#Overview
As per the [Shipbuilding schedule](https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalPowers/comments/1723qre/rd_canonising_turkish_shipbuilding_schedule/), the [TF-2000](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TF-2000-class_destroyer) has been a project of national importance, riding the crest of a wave of investment and development over 20 years in the making. Unlike the other ships from the [MILGEM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MILGEM_project) project (Ada Class Corvettes, Istanbul Class Frigates), this is a size and scale Turkey has not yet attemped. However, the needs press us, and the design is here finalised.
Named for the great Ottoman Admiral [Dragut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragut) Turkey risks some potential ire amongst some, as Dragut was famous for sailing a very thin line between Corsair and Naval Commander; with a long legacy of action against European and other powers that would bring a tear to the eye of anyone attempting to strictly separate out the art of and rules of war. However, he is undoubtedly one of the great Turkish Naval Admirals, and each Ship in the Class will named for one.
Category|TF-2000 "Dragut Class" DDG
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Type |Anti-air warfare destroyer
Displacement |8500 tonnes
Length |166 m (544 ft 7 in)
Beam |21.5 m (70 ft 6 in)
Draft |5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)
Propulsion| CODOG (2 x TAIS Diesel + 2 x [GE LM2500](https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/04/ge-marine-and-turkish-tei-sign-lm2500-marine-gas-turbines-maintenance-repair-and-overhaul-license-agreement/)gas turbines)
Speed| In excess of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Complement |130–150 (can accommodate up to 200)
Sensor Array| [ASELSAN Nasreddin](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/810869111121772545/1175077938404798504/image.png?ex=6569eb9c&is=6557769c&hm=81ca8d3162baaf5a9d2154785689de3310ddc8df8b3cccec70657f5375a34875&) All-Indigenous Naval Warfare suite, combining hundreds of Turkish components into a single system able to handle area airspace defence, and strike. 3D AESA, Passive Radar, Fire Control radar, Sonobuoys, Towed Array Sonar, Bow-mounted Sonar, Datalinks from other Air Land and Sea based sensors, Electronic warfare, and Sensor Decoys.
Weapons| 64 x Turkish VLS with Indigenous Air Defence missiles based on the SIPER. We will also be asking America if they will let us use Tomahawk Cruise missiles, Bolt-on launchers for Atmaca Antiship Missiles, and [a wide array of others](https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalPowers/comments/179uz7s/rd_2024_a_year_in_turkish_missiles/). CIWS, 30mm cannons, decoys, and ASROC
Aviation Facilities| Hangar and launchpad for 2 x T70 Seahawks, or VTOL drones.
Units Planned|8
Unit Cost|$650 m
#Names:
the eight Ships in the Class are planned on being built and commissioned in the following order, neamed for Corsairs, Pashas, and the first Turkish Republic's Admirals of the Fleet
* TCG [Dragut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragut) 2028
* TCG [Heyreddin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayreddin_Barbarossa) 2030
* TCG [Piali](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piali_Pasha) 2032
* TCG [Ebubakir](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebubekir_Pasha) 2034
* TCG [Cezayirli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cezayirli_Gazi_Hasan_Pasha) 2036
* TCG [Küçük Hüseyin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BC%C3%A7%C3%BCk_H%C3%BCseyin_Pasha) 2038
* TCG [Nasuhzade Ali](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasuhzade_Ali_Pasha) 2040
* TCG [Rauf Orbay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauf_Orbay) 2042 | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwweUxzR0MwbUlSN3RFcHVqeVo5R2dEZmxCN2UtOGdiS3g2SnoxZ3NMWHBuam02SHhsQ2xSM0lMbFF6a3NURHhtWmFtdEpZbDlXbVVSR1ZDbzZKYmlUc3c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FdDVnT3U1emJiSkR0ejlHZWhQamxKbVBIUGt4RFdBRjhzVVFlYThDdEo3TGpFeVFZZFBVQ2k0U0Zoa29CVWlQbUFVR1ZEdExjUHNtNG1aZWFaSExFSDRRbTVWZFEzRF93TTU3UFo1bjRpdzV3X1ZsdTk1VjhQOFFraTY0WnpYX2pVWVRQUHlGN3FTYTNYakpEaHlDWU9tTTBRQ19xbFNOSS04RmY0TE5DaHJBSnFyZlZQZkNVNno2dVkzaG9VSVg5S2VhNnJmWHVpQTYtRjZMUm9uQjQ2UT09 |
**UK Procurement and Production FY 2026**
Procurement Funds: $9.2bn
|Unit|Type|Quantity|Unit Cost|Total Cost|Note|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|HMS Newcastle|T26 FFG|1|$1.2bn|$1.2bn|6/8 ETA - 2031|
|HMS Formidable|T31 FFG|1|$600m|$600m|4/5 ETA - 2030|
|HMS Hardy|T32 FFG|1|$600m|$600m|2/8 ETA - 2031|
|HMS Starling|T32 FFG|1|$600m|$600m|3/8 ETA - 2031|
|HMS Horizon|River OPV|1|$116m|$116m|3/9 ETA - 2029|
|HMS Windward|River OPV|1|$116m|$116m|4/9 ETA - 2029|
|HMS Trent|[Refit](https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalPowers/comments/176qvhr/rd_river_class_opv_batch_3_and_mission_modules/)|1|$30m|$30m||
|HMS Tamar|Refit|1|$30m|$30m||
|HMS Dreadnought|SSBN|1|$10bn|$300m|1/4 - ETA 2035|
|HMS Valiant|SSBN|1|$10bn|$300m|2/4 - ETA 2037|
|HMS Warspite|SSBN|1|$10bn|$300m|3/4 - ETA 2039|
|HMS King George V|SSBN|1|$10bn|$300m|4/4 - ETA 2041|
|RFA Fort Albert|Fleet Solid Support|1|$500m|$500m|ETA 2030|
|[2000TDX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCAC_(United_Kingdom))|Hovercraft|4|$20m|$80m||
|Sky Sabre|SAM battery (inc radar, BMC4I & TEL)|2|$300m|$600m||
|Atlas|ARV|2|$5m|$10m|33-34 / 34|
|Apollo|Repair vehicle|50|$5m|$250m|1-50 / 50|
|Athena|C2 vehicle|48|$6m|$288m|1-48 / 72|
|Boxer|APC|60|$6m|$360m|61-120 / 460|
|Challenger 3|Upgrade|37|$8m|$300m|38-74 / 148|
|F-35A|MRCA|12|$90m|$1.1bn|[UK manufactured](https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalPowers/comments/1763ntb/event_foreign_investment_summary_2024/)|
|AW149|Utility helicopter|12|$30.5m|$366m|13-24 / 44|
|ECRS2|Radar|2|$15m|$30m|Trials and evaluation|
|Crowsnest Kit|Radar|4|$50m|$200m||
|Archer (on RMMV HX2 8x8 chassis)|Artillery |20|$4.5|$90m|1-20 / 110|
|RMMV HX2 8x8 Trucks|Artillery support vehicles|80|$2m|$160m|1-80 / 210|
|Thales FLASH SONICS |Dipping sonar|30|$7.5m|$225m|For outfitting Wildcat fleet.|
|Dragonfire|Laser Development|||$100m|RTD&E|
|T-600|UAS|||$75m|RTD&E|
Total: $9.2bn
*Retirements of equipment:*
16no Puma HC2 | 3no Bell 212 | 5no Dauphin II | 120no FV432
HMS Westminster - Struck off following cancellation of refit in 2023.
| r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwNTg2NUlxMEgzcXRHZDNVTk1KMnBGcENzNldjNkU0Vy0wYnBCYWt4NHh2bDFnLUo1UzJlSmotaDZmNkRGQWdlQUxTTTQ3eFUzWklCempaVzFNbHN2Rmc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FTHVXV1lRRmVXMWZKTVNxSExtSS0yam5VSGFwcEQ5cmtiMVcwT3dZVjlIRElfQldubFlCbW8tazUwVVpoY3lUY1psYlNlMFNLOWtwUElvLUVjNjU1eldLVXNtaS10SHFnWnRTT3p3MzBwbDNOUWF6a0FFc0hiS3FvYWVMdjVrU1I2LW51YmZkbmY5aDZCTC02bnZhVUlxdC1QXzJ2NG5ESUg0MEdUNEdobjhsVlZPQ3RLSHZSWEJhV2xJYTJxcmdSRGRFaWtXTG9YRVd0R0dsZE1QcE9NUT09 |
**October 2026**
It is time for the Russian Federation to accept reality. The "Special Military Operation", which began nearly five years ago, has been a complete disaster. Your military has been decimated, your economy and international relations lie in tatters, and you have been driven from Crimea with your tail between your legs. You are now desperately clinging to scraps of Ukrainian territory in Donbas, which is the only thing you have left to show for this utter catastrophe.
We stand poised to deliver the final blow against your invasion and occupation of our country, and there is absolutely no chance that the feeble remnants of your army will be able to stop us. As the regime of Vladimir Putin and the entire political system built around it teeters on the brink of collapse, Ukraine would like to offer Russia the opportunity to conclude this war peacefully and perhaps avoid such a collapse.
Our demands for the cessation of hostilities are as follows:
- The immediate and complete withdrawal of all Russian forces from the internationally recognized territory of Ukraine, as defined by agreements between Ukraine and Russia following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
- The recognition of Ukraine's borders (according to the same criteria established above) by Russia, and the renunciation of all territorial claims against Ukraine.
- Formal acknowledgement of Ukraine's right to join whichever alliances and international organizations it chooses to, including but not limited to NATO and the EU.
- The return of all Ukrainian prisoners of war, political prisoners, and all forcibly transferred Ukrainian citizens, including the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian children that were abducted by Russia.
In exchange for meeting these demands and avoiding further bloodshed, we are offering the following concessions to Russia:
- The immediate and unimpeded return of all Russian prisoners of war (which number over 100,000 at this point), with the exception of those that are accused or suspected of war crimes, and those that volunteer to assist with reconstruction and demining in Ukraine. These volunteers will be paid for their labour, to ensure that Ukraine is in compliance with Article 52 of the Third Geneva Convention. Once their work is complete, they too will be returned to Russia.
- Ukraine shall allow for the unimpeded return of Russian settlers from Crimea to Russia, along with their movable property.
- Ukraine shall allow for the unimpeded return of Russian officials and bureaucrats that were part of the occupation regime and have been interred in Ukraine, with the exception of those that are accused or suspected of crimes against the Ukrainian people.
As a separate matter, we wish to address the issue of Russia's military occupation of internationally recognized Moldovan territory. Russia maintains a military presence in the "Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic", more commonly known as "Transnistria", and has done so since 1992. The presence of Russian military forces in Moldova has been a destabilizing factor, and has long prevented the resolution of the conflict. Ukraine has tolerated or overlooked this military occupation of Moldovan territory for many years, but we can no longer do this. **We must insist that Russia immediately and completely withdraw its forces from Moldova.**
Ukraine will allow the Operational Group of Russian Forces in Moldova to return to Russia via Ukraine without impediment, but they must leave their weapons and equipment behind. As part of this peaceful withdrawal from Moldova, Ukraine must be allowed to secure the Cobasna ammunition depot that the Russian forces guard, without any interference or sabotage.
If Russia refuses to withdraw its occupation forces from Moldova in accordance with these terms, **we will not hesitate to liquidate these forces with overwhelming military force.** If it comes to this, the small and isolated Russian occupation force will be annihilated without any hope of successful resistance, so we *strongly encourage* Russia to accept our offer for a peaceful withdrawal.
We await Russia's response with great anticipation. The "Special Military Operation" has brought nothing but ruination to your country, and we hope that you will see reason and agree to close this violent chapter of our history without further loss and destruction. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwaklrbUx6TlNpOWFROGJQX2pGUjBUemlWSHpOa09lSFktQlBjeERXMUNHMndWcV9kY2lOTnFRR1BKSXZxVm9sRzBnVV9lMFpDNzlUMUtIbXRxTkdFR2c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FR1p5TzRlcmZNUlZ3WWltNlpSN0RQaU8zdWpneXdTUnpTV0RrMTBxWTFrSjBETGVYa3ZxZDhIVWoxUUU2MDhTT3llVFBmSFhvR2ltM0ZFbWVEUU11c1FZdzRXd2xfTWQ4UEdtLTZMU2RhZW15SnJaZXJTUTZtMXB4RHNoejNob285bm5TeVlReDZfRERwNGRIMkhlU0lxbGJFcFpDV2lmblNMMDhXZnpoLVE5allRLWtUVldBUmVoVXlqSFcyWHBC |
Well, he went and bought a big giant black diamond with the money he extracted from the financial system he created. Seems like he should have invested those resources in the system stronger. A strange rock doesn't really help his investors.
All crypto is a scam. All money is really a scam. If you're looking for something that might go way up in value, hex might. Maybe. Maybe not. Just like everything else.
Research how it's created. | r/altcoins | comment | r/altcoins | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwRVkwaURvYjhxZEw5QU9IUHNiaDI5U01DV2xUVVRrM2o3LTlNZTdUTm8zTTF0Q2xaejU2VTBndzczZUhuR29vVnNuS1RZQ3h3N1BneXllUldmYWJTRmc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FVnN1ZjF1OWc0UEJMTGhqVWszSzVDVTduSzhUZ19YX21IdkQ1alJsOWlrdzdzNlBXMFdkV1hxT3ViWUsyZE04YVhuWEJUejdVb1V3V0xheTAzMXljVDFxWmRWLXBkeEliWXh2NG16RVlFb21yNEVkbnk3d3VKa25iNEhaVWNScUJvUWxXS2VtUk1rS09pWUVkUURfWkVJOXg1TEJXOEtZVzg5OVY0WTRIcDdlNVpfellMQzM3ZmFMaFd0RzgwcllVMWNfQldyb2s1bEN3dW00Ulp6Wm5Rdz09 |
##Lao PSP Crackdown on Crime in Boten and Golden Triangle
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**Lao Ministry of Public Security - Public Security Police; October 1, 2026**
Laos has two Special Economic Zones (SEZs), [Boten](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boten), and the [Golden Triangle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Triangle_Special_Economic_Zone). Both of these SEZs are in northern Laos. The Lao government has tried for decades to develop these two SEZs as economic engines for Laos- with some success but not in the way intended. Boten became a hub for Chinese-related gambling, human trafficking, drug trafficking and other trans-border crime, until it got so out of hand China pressured Laos to cut off gambling operations in Boten in an attempt to stifle the cross-border drama. Laos listened, however, it has remained a wretched hive for scum and villainy. The Golden Triangle, is yet another primary Chinese hub of crime, but with heavy influence by the Burmese. Both areas alike have recently turned into fraud factories and have become lawless. In recent years, China has begun to support its neighbors in cracking down on crime, offering transnational law enforcement support and influence where little previously existed. With this assistance, Myanmar and Cambodia have become amenable and emboldened to fighting crime within their borders, especially Chinese-related crime- knowing well that they fear extradition to China above all else.
On October 1, the Lao Public Security Police launched major raids in Boten and the Golden Triangle and the government is looking to clean up these SEZs ahead of major investment to continue transforming these two cities in line with national policy. During the raids, the Public Security Police made 312 arrests related to organized crime, fraud, human trafficking, and narcotics. Infamous transnational gangter, Zhao Wei was swept up by the Public Security Police in the raid, with his assets seized by the Lao Government. As he has pending charges in China, the Public Security Police intend to turn him over, along with 81 other Chinese nationals arrested to the Chinese People's Police at the border in Boten.
While this will not eliminate crime in these areas, it symbolizes the Lao Government turning a new leaf on the administration of these areas. Now showing that crime will no longer be tolerated as before in the SEZs, while President Sisoulith is working towards laying the ground work for a renewed investment into these cities, especially Boten, which is now easily accessible from all of Laos, and now China after the opening of the new high-speed railway. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-17 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwdXpQaEN3SHJRb3VWODJ1cmdYd0ZRNkRJWllxellSR3RiSjZTc0xnVkF5ZFlacW5nam1FTFRUNGJKaFFaZUZZMWpWVUJCcHEwQlVvNUhSNTFUTzFwM3c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FenM5ekJKa01oTmVpZ09IMEF6SF9ON05fNXdlZnZaaGwyUFVhZ21PUi1PSXFkYmlMTU4wX2NvRG4yeFZ6cWoxVURGc3B2aWRGR1lka1hObjh4bE5oc1VTb3Y1LU84VFhzM1BrMHdrZkd1REtXeG83NENBQWxmTGdjN3Z2OG9MQU5KOVJzZHlDd0dwR1VUZGNsdzNnZzh2MkpHZDlaWHlhU3h5TkVSZ0hvNTNZc0VtZkpzYWIyMU1WR3Q0U0ZZUzdVOHdfblZLSjlXamJ6SGpYQVJyVlRKZz09 |
In this climactic episode of our series on ‘Ishmael’ by Daniel Quinn, we ask the question: how do we fundamentally transform our society? | r/transhuman | post | r/Transhuman | 2023-11-18 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwweVJhR1BHVlo2Vzd1NE9Bd0VfZFAtN2U2TUl6Z1AwbVk1ZzM5dnVLMk0yemZuel9JUGpvbHp6VnpBVi1RdGNoQU9kNlM3TnJrbDduRGgyRVRCREN5VUFmUWE1MTl2SUtfUEdhdUw4ZzlYd3c9 | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FUkVvekQ5c3lubGV4dmtqVlBvaXkwSFEtbzBZSkVHME5PT1NzOE9IWnNFVEdGUi1hRExLMk1fNkdJbXloRDFZcGJ2cnFNdXg4RVZud2JNYl9lT2pqTDktUzZQaWhjNElqS2VtbENsOXFJM0xjSjlQS29SdjNTRTRzdG1HUEZsSkdHNFdYU2ZBd1c0bzU1bjF0eG1aMDNJUFY0bXRLS05WLVhDNVIzLVNSZnZRbVJ2UGRLWnExOUdheXlUSUpjTXhMMDFkVDkyZmxiTEhnRDNFdG94M21idz09 |
This is our weekly IMF Data Submission post for claimants choosing to determine their own economic statistics for GDP growth. All economic data here will be assessed and, if deemed realistic, included in the upcoming IMF World Economic Outlook to be released this upcoming Monday.
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* The name of your claim
* Your proposed GDP growth for the upcoming IMF report, corresponding to the economic events of this year, as a percentage
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* Your proposed debt growth as a percentage of the total debt (NOT as a percentage of GDP).
You are also encouraged, *but not required,* to collect a list of links to economic posts you consider relevant to determining your proposed GDP growth figure for this year. You may also submit a brief note on how you determined your figure.
Please note that player-submitted GDP growth is subject to the approval of the Moderators, and is not guaranteed to be included in the upcoming IMF report. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-18 | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lakwwa1h4NG80MkwteVM4YXlXZ1h4cEttSTRDWFdUMFV4aHRsZzVmaXg2T2RIZUJfSHZxWHlGM2VraWRMeXczeVR3VUxZRS05VXJlRWxsLWUxSzF0U2U3WUE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FWTJnNGpOZXkzM0sxMzJ5Tmk4WURzNXRybTNtRjZObmV4X1dieEtFRFR1cHRsR3RWQzVhOEFBakNsMXlUUU5HTVo3OWcwdHNieFp3cVhEckR6bjFmWW9NazFNTThkd2pyM3h0ejJmWDlQTm9TMXJ4SzNsOEpEY25rUndoZmY5b3lBa3Z1NmQ3UGdWZ1ZxOUpHak1UQjVGQzdqaE5sRGl0NjIxZ3liYWhOd3lGZFFvLWlsd0dCUmhzemstN1dJSHRn |
Sadly, hypocrisy will long reign supreme following the invasion of Iraq and WMDs.
Integrity is important to be able to hold others accountable. | r/foreignpolicyanalysis | comment | r/foreignpolicyanalysis | 2023-11-18 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwZWV2U0NpM2hQX05DWUszTTlIYkgzZFAwSjlmWHZTemc5R3Nqb2ozbVZwdVR5WklLbU5pZDV1WGtvYndoVHR5RE1qbTlRTUpTbmRqbHFhTjh0dW1IOGc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FZ3JZS1hycjI1ZjdrV2dnTlZxMF9xOTducVZTSEtmZ0VSYzNWWlNwR3VrbjBHNlgyUTlBWE93UThXYmZZTWpJQjFvNXpkbFRndmxUNXc0RmNvQU1OWmlwS2R0clk2dkJ2RXZOeHR4Vl9KVWhEa1dfUnhLdDBFZWt6ZS1QNFFMLV9nM2Z3Z0JFd0xKM1ZqOG5vcTdJa3BjTlFYV3ZMODlHNHBhTzAyT2JqSi0yWWJ0b2oyYTQzT0NqWUVMTTlIV1VudWNCeEJ6R05HUGREcGZESmR1ak90am5oMTgtdC1KLXR0SDRjU3FqM0J6cz0= |
> To empower teams to pioneer responsibly and safeguard against harm, the Responsibility and Safety Council (RSC), our longstanding internal review group co-chaired by our COO Lila Ibrahim and Senior Director of Responsibility Helen King, evaluates Google DeepMind’s research, projects and collaborations against our AI Principles, advising and partnering with research and product teams on our highest impact work. *Our AGI Safety Council, led by our Co-Founder and Chief AGI Scientist Shane Legg, works closely with the RSC, to safeguard our processes, systems and research against extreme risks that could arise from powerful AGI systems in the future.* We’ve also signed public commitments to ensure safe, secure and trustworthy AI, statements urging mitigation of AI risks to society, and pledges against using our technologies for lethal autonomous weapons. | r/deepmind | comment | r/deepmind | 2023-11-18 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwdEdRcEdnQ3F1YWVOX2ZfdGtsWVB2YTNCMXZ5SVRrX1UweEl5TXRCUWl1YnduTnM2UjNNSmZfZGJuZFJRWUtfZmhqeE92ZmF5RWVkcUhVd1dmd3Fpdnc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FTkQ3Q1RYOUhXelpsQUdjV2RLTlNGSy1uRWNxYWU1MEFmSXc5U21TUGtnQjRMNzZ5MWpqd2tOTnNScW95Qkx6eWZnb25FTHZ0NFA4bDUyaXE3dzJyck84d2xHalZ6S2RCUHpMQ2l1ZDgyZG5TYzBRUmZXWERjSExPeDE4cXFsZ1NWTmpxcHJIMm52Q0pHaFBvTDA4b2doaTJwQUlRcm9PNEZHdmJDWHFzei1YVm5EUzVwdzZVSVNuZXRpY0pNeG54cDNLQWd2czlLMWxTZDd0T1hsRi12dz09 |
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######*8th November 2026;*
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“Thank you very much for telling me now, as if I needed to hear it today. It is a Sunday for God’s sake, so why could you not wait for tomorrow. I want to hear it from--- idiot.”
The cursing under Bardella’s breath continued for close to a minute, increasing in intensity, firing up and up as Jordan sat in his car, right on the mobile phone, right along the open autoroute in a shining-new Range Rover Sport. It had been bought not even 30 days ago, and although its bumpers had been scuffed up from general French parking within the city of Paris, it was a glorious car. Firstly, it annoyed the Parisian Mayor Hidalgo, who just so happened to be the leading Socialist Party candidate for the next Presidential Elections due for 4 months time. Secondly, it was imposing, a brute force of a car to tell people that he could be as brash and loud as Bardella ever desired, and this freedom of expression and ability for imposition fit like a glove. Finally, it broke, and often - having just the money to afford to maintain such an expensive car was a privilege, and it being called ‘Sport’ despite the everything-about-it just put the cherry on the top of the icing of the cake.
What, though, would happen if Bardella no longer had the ability and reason to be like this? What would such a major loss of pride lead to? Jordan Bardella was only the leader of National Rally, one of the leading parties for the next French election, coming in 2027, and he was only one of the most influential men in France by that point, and the youngest among them. He was at the top, about to finally secure himself within the party stature, and to do so, he would need to finally reconcile the differences between the Le Pens and the more extreme stances within the right. There were the Republicans, directionless and drifting away from the mainstream towards the deep end, whilst Reconquest and Zemmour occupied the post at the right-end of the political spectrum, with all associated with that position present. Le Pen had the core support to attract other voters to her end, so the reasoning from Bardella was to simply incorporate their supports into Le Pen. Thus, she would win.
Of course, the debate was whether to just make good choices and let them come over, or, whether to pander and capture every single drop of those votes. Bardella had always wished for the latter, because it guaranteed success - he came into a successful party ready to fight for the Presidency. Marine was of the camp of ‘enlightened strength’ as she put it - she had to hold a strong platform, lest she get wiped out in the first round of voting, since by now, there would be both Melenchon and the EM to contend with by the end; sure, the EM were in decline, but if the world knew that it would prevent the choice being two ‘extremists’ as the media put Le Pen and Melenchon, they would go to the centre. That would simply not do for Le Pen. Twice now had she made it to the next round - to lose that consistency in 2027 would only open up the right to Zemmour. Gosh how she hated Zemmour, the collaborationist with her betraying father, who could not see where winds were blowing. The political spectrum was moving for the world, but not the old man.
Bardella had thus simply debated for hours within the party to unite behind the cause of collaboration. He had found his opponents within the party to be Le Pen, of course, but also her aide de camp, the rising star to potentially outshine Bardella. The taxi driver from Chambéry, Viviane Lamalet, was all that that described to her. She was used to the higher life, just second-hand, unlike Bardella, and she was heavily in-favour within the party. Sometimes, Jordan did wonder whether he was even in the party’s inner-circle at times. Time after time had he received reassurances, and time after time had he bore the brunt of having to trust a Le Pen. He was at least within the family dynasty via relationship, so it kept him in the party - then again, Jean-Marie Le Pen was out now. Bardella had had a messy relationship with the media, who loved his identity as a young politiker, fresh within the world of social media. He spoke his mind, and his party’s mind, and it was the real pain point.
It all added up, to be placed over the fire, to heat up, whistle, whistle, and then boil over. If the pressure did not release…
BANG.
The metaphorical pot in Bardella’s mind as he thought through such a visual so vividly crashed upwards into the low extractor hood and downwards back into the hob. He looked around outside his mind, and it just so happened that he had cut off some old woman in her older Peugeot 308, and lost her some control, so she naturally nodded off into the metal centre barriers that had just begun being installed along the A16-Autoroute. That was none of his concern though.
His concerns lay with that phone call from just 5 minutes ago. It was brief, and set out the redundancy terms and immediate resignation signature - vocal, of course. The voice on the other end of the line was not Marine Le Pen, but Viviane Lamalet, the Alpine accent ringing within Bardella’s empty head as he said the words right then and there, dumbfounded that it had actually happened. And on a Sunday like this too? Bardella was driving off northwards, towards the north-east, and towards a general area of RN support where he was due to give a speech to local party members.
That was now not going to be happening.
Bardella did, for once for it was in private, stay calm. He knew where he could get help. There were the Republicans for one, but their tones towards him were unsatisfactory for what he had desired to do. Then, Reconquest would be all too willing, but then they would stand zero chance of success. Bardella would be a name consigned to history, and for what? Crashing 5 cars in succession? They were all nice cars at least, and they were all a little older than needed (‘why would I own a car older than 2 years old when I can just get a newer one?’), so it was only his financial loss.
Now what?
Now bloody what was he supposed to do?
Turn around. Right around.
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Bardella would need to set off promptly south again, to get to the single former Minister who held the same feelings. He would surely offer *some* good advice, and they could align each other to a joint cause. However, it was a line that needed to be jumped over, for the relations between the pair had never been close to cordial.
Still, shared betrayal could always fix a few grievances.
Bardella found his saviour to be a man who acted, rather than direct - Gerald Darmanin.
What a turnaround. Bardella’s big-tent on the right was supposed to compete with the big-tent centre-struck EM, with Darmanin supposedly the rightful successor to Macron at one point. Now, the two were abandoned by their own parties, via supposed resignations rather than any firing. No sympathy was held by the public for eithers’ plights.
So the world was against Darmanin and Bardella.
So what. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-19 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwV3Y2NkROLVBLdmxLdDlyQjJCWllCOTZUUDQwdkt2ZHVXa0JtZWMzTlA0VTduZ2hvTkMxRW9WdjV1SHNnel82LXhnSFRlTEttNGR0QXUyT1M3dmEtYUE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FVzZ4Z0h6dWhjdnBRYTBaTFpWS0k1V1BicHhBRHNmVmo1NTliRmtMWFoyNVNCQnBvNUJyUzJkX2E0VDBoTFJJTzg5WnNBb0toQU1hUkxTM04yeHpMN183Q1ljYjBBX2lkaDNVX3N0SXZpTFA4RnZTZE5IY0tGUG5KZ1hZM21PdnhGSDdqLU42U1VGd0tVVURhWGk2TU5qR1ZFLTMtaWg0cEx6by0wZ1J1a0VnY1ZpZXhzNDQ3Mmg4TTYwUnkyd2N2 |
The Labour government have pushed through legislation that will permit those aged 16 and 17 and EU nationals with settled status to vote in local and regional elections, as well as in referenda. Prime Minister Keir Starmer called for EU nationals to have full voting rights when he made 10 key pledges during his leadership campaign and has been keen to expand the voting franchise ahead of next year's EU referendum. The vote secured a majority in the House of Commons, regardless of the Conservatives enforcing a 3 line whip in voting against it.
The 2.7 million EU nationals living in the UK, most of whom have already been granted settled status will now be eligible to cast their vote, as well as those aged 16-18 should the legislation pass through the House of Lords. This is expected to be a formality as the only anticipated opposition will come from Conservative peers who are outnumbered almost 3:1 in the Lords. Labour and Liberal Democrat peers are all expected to support the legislation and the government have made clear that it will be sent for Royal Assent regardless of attempts by Conservative peers to hold it up.
The Conservative leader described the move as unprincipled and grossly undemocratic. Speaking to LBC, Ms Badenoch said it was tantamount to election rigging. "We're finally seeing the benefits of Brexit with investment flowing from the far east and the United States, the relationship with Europe is functional and most people had moved on with their lives. With this stitch up we're going to undo all of this progress and risk all of that investment and all of those highly skilled jobs by restricting ourselves to a market of 27 countries. 9 of these have a GDP of under $100bn and the whole Single Market faces demographic and economic conditions that are likely to render them economically irrelevant by the middle of the century."
Former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage told GB News "Those aged 16 and 17 have been subjected to anti-Brexit views from their teachers for almost their whole time at school and indoctrinated by closed minded, left-wing remain zealots. Rather than ensuring school leavers have basic levels of literacy and numeracy they've been infected with political ideologies that will be highly detrimental to the country for decades to come. This is far worse than the usual trick of repeating a referendum until you get the result you want, or ignoring the outcomes all together. This is Brussels, the WEF and the elites at Davos conspiring with this sham of a Labour government to directly interfere in our electoral system."
Polling among 16-21 year olds shows a near 4:1 ratio of support for rejoining the European Union, while polling of EU nationals is expectedly high at 96%, with those who don't support it not considering that it would make much difference to their existing arrangements. The expansion of the franchise will add almost 4 million eligible votes for next year's referendum, and highly regarded psephologist John Curtice told The Times that the odds of a rejoin vote have swung drastically from around 51% in favour to closer to 59% as a result.
A government source has said that the is growing pressure with the Labour Party to push ahead with further electoral reforms which might include expanding the voting franchise in general elections, and potentially implementing proportional representation. Discussions on PR have garnered support at Labour conferences for several years, but the Prime Minister is understood to be focusing on reform to the House of Lords. All of these reforms are expected to be vehemently opposed by the Conservatives, but their capacity to prevent them will be limited. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-19 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwbllJcnVkbU9nSkZEMkpBNlhnWlo5WDg5d01OVmdQVUdxTWdrMTNIbXVBQzJtSjV1TWhxR0R5emNTa2huWWFhT3g2Q2FFSmpINjdDa2dHZ2lUUjNoQ0E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FenlhdDJkYjAybkVoSE42TDJ2a182VTNzaGZJTVJXLUJGejFnUHY0Nk9qcU1jSHgwdkRUTlgyQkpoMnlMSC1zVWdWVlFLQlI2Ym5iRy1mbHhhRzMwVnNwZXBnOGtWeThZT0picjJzMTN2Q1FTUFVpNGZIZ0VUbHIyVGIyZE84VFhLbVAtcUxnWndzT1l4b09nbGdnVFNkSFU3OUZ4V21icURJM0J5UVlVUzZCeFdXZWlabm5jTGNpajdjaUo5UFotY3otSE1xR19LT3gtcld4UW9sSU50Zz09 |
Ghana seeks to nationalize the mining industry in order to make the country flourish and prosper further. The nationalization of the mining industry will increase the total exports of minerals and lower the illegal mining happening in the country.
The ratification of this will allow for more extensive mineral royalties rights, employee income taxes, and corporate taxes. The mining industry is a major financial asset for government funding.
The minerals and resources curated by the mining industry will be more sustainable as a future asset to the government as there will be increased prevention in the overuse and export of them.
This bill has been reprocessed after failing in congress once. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-19 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwckYzcWtYZGtUNlZFTklXM0VnUEd0dU90clh0a0d1NmVMaUF1VUkyQUc4R3RJXzBjLXh3MFdsWnZnM2hQUUE2OXl1RTVGaWlQY2tLRDRZcWhDVUJXdUE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FSzdiWUE5MHdxRzYySHpvTE1LYVkwMDY3cWRfd2ROSHhHNi1Ec1FZWUpFcUJHTnRTai11b255ZWhpSm5ZMEs4ckdDUVFwSTdyYk9WZmlKTUZnaVcyRXA3UmdwWkhWTDcxQl8wYW8xWEl3RkxReUVxTml6OEZkeTNkOTZmaDV1dTFnSkY0VzZHOU94cEdhM1A0OGNId1lsNVJoaFVkTGZtS0xkcHdBYVU2Si1RPQ== |
Well, I tried to post this a few moments ago, but apparently the claim post wasn't long enough. So lets do it again, this time with far more words so that I can actually get approved:
I'm back to do NASA stuff; NASA has been progressing, and it seems like a new space race might be about to launch. This is good. Space exploration is a good, peaceful outlet for tensions between nations. As long as they don't put nukes on the moon. Which I swear not to do. Honest.
I can't believe I'm doing this for the third time, I'd have sworn that was more than 100 words. Look, there's not much to say. I wanna play rockets. Zoom.
The ultimate goal will, of course, be a landing on Mars, but there is much to do between now and then. Gotta get all the tests out! | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-19 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwTWhFalZxZ3NIMk44Y29ZaC1JUHlMaGRUMnYyWU1LMy1tV3BkNHR5Rm04V25uODVaMWVWWFg2Skx2a3N5RVJSQk9nQ2drT044UXNrZ3F1R05YWHFveFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FVDR6Q1hrR2VtdlQwRW0xYjIwX2w3NVF1LXc0LUlndUk2UnFjMTJvbEFxcGZjc0s0WGUtYVdjaXJGRjdFemRJQTdiX3BiR2pET3B5RFNaWklxREp5bU50cDVXWDdpdm94YTdRUDFiSkwwWndIS3Uzd3BNYVhJVVFsSE52eGxBNmE0NFFxSU50ZFdUNTYtSjNwT2UyNF9nPT0= |
With the Astute class requiring replacing from 2035 as the cores reach the ends of their lives, the Future Attack SubMarine program of the early 2000s and Maritime Underwater Future Capability study for its replacement have been running for some considerable time to develop a replacement SSN. The requirements for the new SSN are more pressing than during the Astute development era owing to developments from Russia, where the Severodvinsk class SSGN and alleged development of the Poseidon nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed drone torpedo need countering. Developments from the SSN-AUKUS project will also be included.
The project, officially the B class (Astute being the A class) but known as the Blake class, will produce a class of submarines around 25% larger than the Astute, around 9,000 tonnes and will utilise the same PWR3 reactor as the Dreadnought SSBNs. It will also utilise a similar pump-jet propulsor and the X-form rudders of Dreadnought, and reverse the RN tradition of omitting a VLS system, with the inclusion of 2no 7 tube Virginia Payload Module style launchers. Thales Underwater Systems will be tasked with taking the Sonar 2076 suite and pushing the technological limits of both the sensors and the processing capabilities to the next generation.
Their larger size will permit the installation of an internal dry dock for the carriage, deployment and recovery of special forces and UUVs.The boats will be much more automated than current NATO SSNs, driven by the need to have a smaller crew as acute challenges in submariner recruitment and retention are being felt. The machinery space will be supported by fewer nuclear engineers and technicians, and the tasks of diving, driving and navigating the boat will also be increasingly automated, utilising the fly-by-wire technology of the Dreadnought class. Forward, the torpedo room will be fully automated, with the payloads (torpedoes, UUVs, etc) also requiring little or no underway maintenance. A reduction in crew is intended to increase availability for operations.
The crew are to have individual berths with mixed facilities providing a high level of comfort, as well as smaller shared cabins for any embarked SF personnel. There will be highly advanced training and simulation capabilities on board including both Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. This will cover tactical/mission content as well as routine operations, and help keep the crew at higher states of readiness.
Displacement - Surface: 9,000t / Submerged 9,500 tonnes
Length - 124m
Beam - 12.2m
Speed - 30kn+
Endurance - Limited by food and maintenance
Complement - 76 + accommodation for 24 SF personnel
Armaments - 6 x 21 inch torpedo tubes for Spearfish Mod 1 torpedo and their successor, future cruise missiles and UUVs. 2 x 7 tube VLS based on the Virginia Payload Module.Misc - Dry dock for deployment of large UUVs and SF vehicles / divers
Sensors - Next generation sonar suite providing improvements on Sonar 2076 system, utilising new technologies, improved processing power, AI and greater miniaturisation. Next generation echosounder and non-hull-penetrating optronic masts.Maximum depth - 350m+Unit Cost - $2.4bn
Units Planned - 8 (S126 - 133), option for 2 more, possibility of reduction to 6. Who knows...
S126 will be laid down following the completion of the hull of the third Dreadnought class SSBN in 2032, following the procurement of long lead time items which will commence in 2029 and the completion of R&D. She will then be commissioned in 2035, allowing HMS Astute to be retired on time. Follow on boats will then commission at 3 year intervals (in line with the game mechanics for a nuclear submarine). | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-19 | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lakwwbjlwa1g2QmUzUDNERE1OZDUyVmNPUGJIYU85eVE1dGg4NmpWSVl4YWEzWW5TRXpTdG8tOExyU2ZxWWNFYjVMN3R5VF9fRzBiN1Q0dkQydEVXaTI2S1E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FRDI2MEs5a2l1ZHdZNUs2XzBBTUVPVnhoREpES08xM0xaNzlEVDd1Rnh5U3dHTk9iWG9DMkZRR3B1dnZUdUJRWGNHR1gyRzdHY1otMk8xa0RWME0teGNveDdjMlFVT25udWpBc1NxamFBX0ZXMWZ1WDduLXZtWDlHMTdkZWJ2djBJSzQ4U0NVMFp2M2RYaDMxYVlNNEloUzFkOUh4VkpjVHNydDd2QnRqdUxBPQ== |
As the Royal Navy awaits the entry into service of the Type 26 frigate, there are a number of new technological methods that the Admiralty is keen to bring into service to counter the submarine threat from adversaries. The below projects are intended to harness modern technologies and use them to confront the underwater threats of the future, while reducing the workload on existing, more expensive ASW platforms. They will act as force multipliers in the ASW mission which will become a focus of the Royal Navy in the North Sea and North Atlantic through the 2030s.
**Project Proteus**
Proteus is the RN's requirement for a medium-sized rotary wing unmanned aerial system (RWUAS) capable of hunting submarines by deploying a dipping sonar and sonobouys, as well as engaging submarines too. This programme has been ongoing since 2013, when Leonardo first demonstrated a remotely operated SW-4 Solo helicopter. The specialist sonobouy manufacturer [Ultra Electronics](https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/uv-online/premium-northrop-and-ultra-move-towards-production/) has been investigating ways of conducting uncrewed ASW operations with an MQ-8C Fire Scout in partnership with Northrop Grumman, and has demonstrated that large area multi-static acoustic searches are indeed feasible. What is required is the correct platform.
In 2028 it is planned to acquire 4no MQ-8C aircraft for further development trials with an option for a further 14no aircraft to create a low-cost remote ASW 'find' solution, easing the burden on the Wildcat and Merlin fleets.
**Project Nodens**
Taking the lessons learned from the MAST-13 (Maritime Autonomy Surface Testbed) programme, the Royal Navy has identified a requirement for an autonomous unmanned surface vehicle capable of deploying a towed array active/passive sonar system. Thales Underwater Systems will be tasked with developing a lightweight, reelable system designed for the detection, classification, localisation and tracking of submarines and communicating this back to a mothership. When deployed the Nodens will be able to provide a towed array screen to the flanks of a task force or frigate deployed alone, feeding back information to the mothership and enhancing the ASW picture available to commanders.
The size of the mission bays on the Type 26/31/32 frigates will dictate the size of the Nodens carrier, restricting them to 12m in length. This is smaller than the MAST, but this shouldn't be overly problematic as it remains larger than the ARCIMS which can be deployed by the frigates. The Nodens hull will be glass-reinforced plastic, 3.4m wide and have a draught of 0.6m. It will weigh 6,500kg and have a payload capacity of 2,800kg. It will be powered by two engines driving two water jets for a maximum speed of 36kn and a towing speed of 8kn. It should be able to operate in high sea states at a distance of 80km from the mothership with an endurance of 3 days. The Nodens is slated for an introduction to service by 2030 before reaching FOC in 2033.
**Project Kingfisher**
BAE Systems unveiled the [Kingfisher](https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/kingfisher-takes-a-dive-towards-sonobuoy-deployment) concept as a naval gun-launched modular payload carrier. This will allow RN warships to deploy an ASW payload consisting of small depth charges, sonobouys, hydrographic sensors or acoustic decoys to a range of 24km at a rate of 20 rounds per minute. This capability could be used to rapidly deploy a pattern of depth charges between threats and friendly vessels to directly target submarines, deafen submarine sonar or torpedo guidance sonars, to deploy decoys away from a task force to lure torpedoes in another direction, or as a hard kill anti-torpedo / anti-submarine defence. Unfortunately this technology will only be available to the Type 26, as both the Type 31 and Type 32 are undergunned, but it will still provide a valuable capability to a task force in which a Type 26 is operating. Kingfisher is expected to reach IOC by 2030, with a deployable FOC in 2032.
**Marinised, Militarised T600**
For several years, the Royal Navy [has been trialling](https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/bae-systems-malloy-hail-first-torpedo-drop-from-unmanned-t-600/155129.article) the Malloy Aeronautics T600 UAS, a quadcopter with a payload of 200kg and a range of 80km. This UAS is the ideal system for vertical replenishment of lighter stores, saving wear and hours on the Wildcat and Merlin helicopters. It can also serve as a means of deploying the FLWT (see below), making up for the absence of a Torpedo Launch System on the Type 26, -31 or -32. The T600 is a small and compact system with a minimal shipboard footprint. Several could be kept in the mission bay or hangar of future RN frigates in high threat areas, ready to deploy and allowing the more capable Merlin to carry out ASW tasks further from the mother ship.
Several T600s will be acquired for RTD&E purposes. Lessons learned from previous trials and evaluations will see the system reach IOC by 2029 and FOC for RN service by 2031.
**Future Lightweight Torpedo**
The [Future Lightweight Torpedo (FLWT)](https://www.baesystems.com/en-uk/product/innovating-to-enable-our-customers-to-stay-ahead) entered its pre-concept phase in 2019 and is designed to provide better target detection, AI-enabled discrimination to evade decoys and the capability to counter UUVs, small submersibles and torpedoes. It will be able to use more modern, power-dense batteries for either increased range, speed or enhanced active sonar capability. It is intended to be under 125kg in weight and will carry a shaped-charge warhead of around 25kg to a range of 8km at 42 knots. Although small, it can still punch a hole through a double-hulled submarine. The FLWT is intended for deployment by drone or helicopter by 2032.
**Note**
Codifying a variety of existing in development technologies and one made up (Nodens) rather than posting their procurement / acquisition out of the blue, and in a single post to save the hassle of multiple posts needing actioning by the mod team, apologies in advance! | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-19 | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lakwwdnp2bTU4Z1Y3OUNyYmRNZHMtak9peXhTVGt6cVFTUXFtUmJHTGpYa1otbHl6ckpGTFpPcjZTOXBqZURWVDJZVXZBMkg1aFlTUVFfd09GOWdoSkN4NGc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FVlJiOUtodHNuejNQdk5YVzIxRTBmXzNLanY2WmNVVjRfMFdqX0cyODBGdGUxeUdCWFJ2ZEI4REdLM05SaTVWX3B3U0xnVG1yeGZxOEZMYTNFVnBYNWM0V1VnbTFnOUlhYThFNU52VGNkREc3U1BZNkQwRHliLWVYb1hicFpod2ZRTUFUeE8yelh0SGtYR1Q5MWt3NmVSYXdTaVNXajBKTkloOEFwY3RTMWQ4PQ== |
I haven't heard anything about a stimulus check. | r/financenews | comment | r/FinanceNews | 2023-11-19 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwVXhoT3hVVnhGbER4QjN2MTllalBjemNzcU12UlNHQW9vZjJ0QWNuMEV2Smx3ZmFfeEl3S1h0LXlTS2tOOWJiT3lOT1BVYTVtdkJlbFRKUU1UUl93OHc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FeGZUNDdQY0lMYmEtcWVtMWdqUHdjZDA0ZVZMU1BLOHA5VFdyeTJpd2VGTVN4YWFrbi1COHlQd0JHOVhfTlVFckRYWFluVGtUMmZQd0t6UDdWcEZKZUk3MUd0OVpfLU5rSjN1SHM0RlA2WXVkYmw4akg5ckV3X05kanpmLWtMUFFNa3JwQTFrWU45OEpJVUdBeUJBb01UZ3FxMkxyY2owOERsSURjWU5kc1o1NllDLXY4dE1LVjZLam45YUJzMmZp |
Welcome to the International Defence Exhibition & Conference, or IDEX. Every week, the Moderators will be posting this up as a place for nations to show and sell their new, old and used defence equipment that is available for purchase.
Simply comment what you have to sell and people may reply and purchase equipment off of you. The following is an example template players may use to exhibit their products:
Designation | Classification | Quantity | Unit Price | Notes
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Boxer MRAV | AFV | 200 | $4,000,000 | German-Dutch | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-20 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwSmlwdUFoWUdjaFJoVk8xc2RkNTg4VDc5eW16NkJsYlFwa0t3NHlWQVVfQTB3UVpnYmh6d1RLdHVpLVBEMmRwek5YOGg3b3lmZVlMRUk0Q2lWcU5ySlE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FTzNzTlBEVlI3Y2dJQlcyYnpNbjJkcTNmWVNSWUU0cUI1enpTQUVsUHB5S3JFdk00aUctalB1NUJ4bmlJLVBETUtKODNRNS1wQ3h4d0NvQzlDcVI4WGdaelVOTmh0WGNyMWo3WEZpcjQ5ZE52Vm5sR0VXVjRfeklQUV9tcVFIUzRxMHRlenBZa3RFTHV0aVZuUUVIUEhFTEVvaWZMc2JoNFd1T2JXaGlNdUxSX3JmR3FxS1d5WlRrXzVtN0xmWnZjX1hMcnlmMGdYNGFqaDRDaTNoUjVvdz09 |
America and the rest of the developed world is trying to get inflation under control. There is zero chance stimulus checks will be handed out anytime soon. | r/financenews | comment | r/FinanceNews | 2023-11-20 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwRFF3a2haTU1KQVBlREJ2YVM5WTZhNm04ZVFqWFJQWEZHeGdET2JIdGhCYW5tQjh6NUQ3czZqQ1BvazEwS01LMFRVcEw2aHpBLXlacGdUNHhuUEV0Z3c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FR2lmUUNuSDI2VUdMamR4MGpLRTZYLU5heTdEUFU0a202UkNvMUE2MW9SamlFbFRodXdrSmdEb1VBblFCSloweTRqVGw0WmN2bWNmUmRWY0VhRWZ5anJEOXZMbVZ6clVCclJGUlFBc2FTaldhYWFkV0pVYTFCUTg5eEFRSHhvQzlCa3l0Mmhxd2RURThTanFRZVZzLW9uVEZZX2ZVTi1ZMXRMTk1mUHJpSVJ1WTlhNGVfMV9HdWlBbS1VWnZvLW1J |
Wasn't the health insurance evaulation dropped like 30% in order to end up at this result?
I don't know about anyone else, but everything health insurance related in my household has gotten insanely expensive and worse for quality this year.
Which is why this CPI result seems so confusing to me. | r/econmonitor | comment | r/econmonitor | 2023-11-20 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwY3ZuNHhadXNfamhFNGJQLXZFZVhCMnZTdExUTUROSk53YkRiN3FUNGwyZ3ZGZWNtLU5BbkpmQWc0M0JHNVVJTVh5R0xqUnFRODZxcGoyb3paT1Q3WlpqU1JWSFFOSEpHT2VYS3BJZnMyTW89 | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FOWV3dmdkdzllbkFIWi1VbnpEY1M2X1FxenliZ2lsZEZBWWtFSnJNUnlzOVVyX09oQTNicXdkR1R1eklYQ2pSS1FJc05xSzBWRkFsa0NMTnM4cnJKUDBJY3FvXzRLRy1wZ3d1VE9wbHNGNWp5VG01VFZCLUpMY1BsdlFNM1NQV1B5eThFWExNZm9sdmU1V0VmYzVhaWo0RzJsOEFBUW5tMGROOUxhaWVpNW5NeGpZeENBTktITkhZWmRyb21GS05WUUdhWjZFYkdKZVR0LXZhTVRTXzBTUT09 |
#Overview
Turkey and Ukraine have [been talking](https://www.turdef.com/article/ukraine-partners-with-tei-for-kaan-aircraft-s-engine) for years about collaborating on a future fighter Jet engine that would free the TF-Kaan project from encumbrance by the West or from Russia. Turkey's small [indigenous turbofan projects](https://tei.com.tr/uploads/docs/1692366676_tei-tf10000en.pdf?1693078623), as well as the building of American engines on license for decades, have made remarkable progress over the past decade, but are still a meteoric distance short of what Ukrainian outfit [Ivchenko-Progress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivchenko-Progress#Turbofans) have been doing. Leaving aside the Chinese and European turbofan manufacturers who struggle to produce their own turbofans of this type, and especially the American ones, who are out on their own, Turkey and Ukraine are stepping into a very small club. By partnering with Ukraine, Turkey hopes to ensure a manufacturing base competence (which Turkey doesn't have) can be persuaded to bring forth a thoroughly modern fighter jet engine, able to power the [TF-Kaan](https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalPowers/comments/17bjtii/rd_tf_kaan_turkish_jet_fighter_last_one_like_this/). This requirement is an absolutely monumental step forward for both Turkey and Ukraine, and a fitting first move since the new shift in Ukraine's military fortunes. Ukraine are hungry for customers able to stimulate its industry, and Turkey needs the expertise and facilities.
#F9-TIP-104
**F** stands for Turbofan, and **9** is the product number based on Ivchenko's eight other extant turbofan projects (AI-22, AI-222, AI-25, AI-322, DV-2, D-18T, D-36, D-436). Producing both high-bypass engines (typically used for heavy cargo planes) and low-bypass engines made for fighter jets, IP are an excellent partner for Turkey, who seek to enter aerospace industry in both directions in the future. **TIP** stands for [Tusas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tusa%C5%9F_Engine_Industries#:~:text=Tusa%C5%9F%20Engine%20Industries%20(TEI%3B%20Turkish,is%20based%20in%20Eski%C5%9Fehir%2C%20Turkey.)-[Ivchenko-Progress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivchenko-Progress). The massive scope and power produced for the 104 is substantially more than IP has ever done before in a low-bypass engine. The [GE-F110](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_F110) which the TF-Kaan currently uses x2, produces 19,000 lbf (84.5kN) in intermediate power, and 32,500 lbf (144.6kN) with full afterburner. For comparison, the Ivchenko-Progress [AI-322](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivchenko-Progress_AI-322) which powers the Bayraktar Kizilelma and TAI Anka-3 drones, produces 10,000 lbf (41kN) with full afterburner.
The scope of this project requires a new design of Jet engine in the 150KN class (with afterburner), a low-bypass engine with TVC in the pitch and yaw, with Full Authority Digital Engine control. Initial scope for the project is for a 2 spool, 3-stage fan and 9-stage HP. The engine will have serrated exhaust feathers to help with RCS.
Category|F9-TIP-104
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Length|4.65 m (182 in)
Diameter|1200 mm (47 1/4 in)
Dry Weight|1,800 kg
Compressor|2 spool, 3-stage fan, 9-stage HP
Turbine|1 stage High-Pressure, 2-stage Low-Pressure
Nozzle|3D Thrust Vectoring, overlapping sawtooth feathers
Maximum thrust (with afterburner)|145 KN (32,600 lbf)
Intermediate Thrust |85 KN (19,100 lbf)
Initial work suggests that this will be a 10+ year development, with the late 2030s in view for manufacture. This long-lead is necessary for both Turkey and Ukraine, and will represent a significant investment. This investment is suplemented by Turkey's purchases of IP engines of other sorts, for helicopters, ships, and drones, and will represent a significant leg-up for the Ukrainian aerospace sector looking to get back on its feet. This step-change in capability is jealously sought-after, and may yet have unforeseen future holdups - China's attempts to build engines in this class famously took it two decades of industrial espionage, copycatting, R&D, and interoperation with Russian manufacturers. It is hoped that Turkey's many false-starts in developing a suitable fighter engine with Rolls Royce, the F-35 program, and others, will mean the worst of this sort of delay is non-derogatory, but we shall have to be patient, as real production of engines in this class is an extremely rare thing. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-20 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwWk1hd1RoTUdkT3BNNVVOMEx4aDZpYlZqUlhGNEllMmprMHpNVThSNXlHRGU2WHRxMkFMdjFWRGp5RHF5RVExVUNPU0RxYXpFb09MT3N6eUpqZkt1dWc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FSE9ETjhYNm9LbVl1bHBWNzIzQ3hmX2pEckVMbXIyMTNLWG53MmFmdDRRVGlUYktOaHYwZ2JENndMY1NqQTFvdHpfYWpnVzVFd05jTERPSkNCWFhPZC00NThoSl9iTHNkb0VGdGtqZHFHdzltRWhPXzZmcFlCRWZ3OXBfeW1TUzRrUVkxdDREVjRjYWtfTVdwMWw4VFo1ZWFZaXQ0OUJmWFkwU0x6Sl9TTE1ibHQ4bHNxaHVlYnQyNm5fVXFDbFo3YzZBS0p3ZkhXbnMxY0lUcEV3OWRfQT09 |
Following [Switzerland’s reconsideration of the Federal Energy Act](https://old.reddit.com/r/GlobalPowers/comments/176l5ig/event_switzerland_reconsiders_nuclear_energy/), which prohibited the licensing of new nuclear power plants, Switzerland announces the construction of various clean energy production totaling to 30% of the current power consumption (67.5 terawatt-hours annually). This is an attempt to phase out nonrenewable energy including Oil and Gas which is nearly 50% of Switzerland’s energy source.
**This includes:**
## Nuclear Power Plants: Niederamt Nuclear Power Plant (KKN)
Niederamt Nuclear Power Plant is planned to be built near the Gösgen Nuclear Power Plant with estimate production of 21 terawatt-hours annually.
|Reactor Unit|Reactor Type|Capacity (MWe)|Estimate Construction Date|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|Niederamt-1|Boiling Water Reactor|1200|March, 2027|
|Niederamt-2|Boiling Water Reactor|1200|March, 2027|
## Solar and Wind Power Initiative
The government plans to roll out a solar and wind power initiative, which will:
1. allow citizens to easily access solar panels with partial support,
2. installation of solar panels and wind turbines on *all* eligible government properties,
3. creation of solar and wind farms.
This initiative is estimated to generate around 20 terawatt-hours annually.
## Other Power Plants Uprated
The Swiss Federal Office of Energy has determined that multiple hydro and nuclear power plants can be uprated.
\[Replacing Nonrenewable Energy (30% Capacity: 67.5 Terawatt-Hours/Year) - Post 1/5 - Week 1/5\] | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-20 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwRG5fY0h4R3VWZlhCRWt4OWV3S0llYUtwUkpBWjRNa0dsa3pkRHNmTDRKa1NzLWdwSGZDYllnZHJYeksyZEhzYlpiRzhKd21NMktCQ3RobGxubDF1SkpiSlNsbUIzVTRVd0IzbDkzZi1WcE09 | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FQzlzNXNybGtURzhhNWJpOHZYaUpzMDgwNjJTYjQyNHlkM1BvNGZoX1BTeWRCdGtyZEtiRU0tTnJKc09UeEZlWVFMbmFOSDdVTkJEckdqRWJkWlBNX3hkXzBuTWxoUi16OTFoY2NvVXNnbzR5d2F1U1BPTExkWVc0UWx4ZnpibHNOTzVxOVk0aENYaTYycnlrZ0Zjblo2RXY1U0FZdkhLemdSZHM0SWd0VEVBcmUtR0ZhamRaV19hMWQ1OHVJV2Zp |
Oh, hi. I want to claim India
I have experience of playing for India and am familiar with the internal situation. I have already familiarized myself with the actions of past players and am ready to continue the course with my visionIntensifying economic activities, industrial development, green transition, “Make in India” course. Diplomatically, due to significant restrictions towards the Russian Federation, I will draw closer to the QUAD countries and maintain ties with the EU for economic development
I will continue the rearmament program started by the previous player with a more realistic focus on independent production of equipment and components. I will not only technically, but conceptually rethink the armed forces because, alas, I don’t like some projects of the previous player
By the way, I’m not going to play alone. My friends will join me as co-players | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-20 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwVktJYkJjQU9hWmlURGo4SmhWLVBycG5TUGRMXzhaR1Y5NEhRalRCcW9iTTBnM0toV0JMeENBRUt2OFlxLUxPbjdON24wdXAzeGt5QXdkRUxOVzl4Q0E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FTTBYekV1VWZBM19vMmdTZGg4R0ZLNGFrcW5DSjJTSnhBMHE3S1dOdG1lWW9kV3lJajctTTBIak56TWpHYzNXTG5GVnBELXpuVE5LNHl4WDh5dWk1bm0wSXNnUTZLWEdOY3huNEh4Vjc2Q19Ram90SW9XWWlQTFN2VjB3RTA4RXBpNnhQMzAtTnk5bkNWbS1oUk1oUElOQk9OR2JDY0VsaFFaZlFUTTFqem93PQ== |
Right, this is a "different" inflation. And if the statisticians just remove energy, food, and anything else that increased in price, voila we all got a lot richer. Like magic. | r/econmonitor | comment | r/econmonitor | 2023-11-20 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwNjZfU2tsV1BwMlpMdndmSV9ZQU1xTjRjby1nby1GVE5wbHRMdVJ6UTZwSGJFclpkYmx4Yms3M0ZvT1B6TFBfeU5kZ21nYUVRVlBIN2VCeU1XQTVmVGc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FaTJCUHptZEtKZ1dPeDJSY0UySm9xQ2hQcG16SUxPc0czXzNmY1B2clM4bUctX1VXaExxbm5uY2kycG5EOEVmNmtGb0lwR2FUZ0VicUJDS2Q0dWNuTklLcmQtenBwcWduTnRiOEtWUFBGWG5TdHZEbGFPSTBzOTdZczJINUJPTW1odkotWDdzajJTSFdHYWtLS1lBd1Q0V1Zndzd0ZmVJSUZTREFYTFkxMG5KMWpQQ0lueHB0ZWM5NjdGWno4dkNpemNjYnZjcFhjaFNRUDZReWFkOWpNZz09 |
That's not how it works - core/supercore inflation rates have always been defined.
Besides, if you are insinuating that there was a sinister element behind division among inflation/core/supercore - the core inflation went up but the overall inflation was flat because the energy and food prices went down. | r/econmonitor | comment | r/econmonitor | 2023-11-20 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwSENqaUEteFk3bHVPYnV2d3JYRWJZWkZvT05JTGFDcFpCZzJDVEVuUnhnbGZ1T2VoU0E2VkxLOFpaTkhlYVV4Nl83MElBRjdra2VpZlFVRUV4VXpENkE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FV2FTWUNoSVpLc1F3bmxWVlBTMGRvTWxTM1R4NzFtZU5JSWgtYzNJck5lRkNGVVZrOUNUSWpYSkVPUFNkakFHeHlqVkt0d3ZKYktRQVBVSWhFbGtRZ2k4eHl2VzJrbmJuOHdCTTdOSkhfVkgyaVg4MUJHNzdzcjd0dFdnelAzc0JZOTk4RGlMU0VxWGVZMmYtNXZ6WjZRdEl5UnlvUllsc0RFSHVPaXBVbVVpRmo4YU5COXNfTjFLUmFwZmg1dXIxVy1KeUZBQks4VXNSZWlGaG1yYi0zZz09 |
**Note:** This design should be retroactive to 2025 if possible
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**Introduction:** Since China has decided to go with conventionally powered carriers for the rest of the 2020s (2), the introduction of its first nuclear-powered aircraft carriers will be delayed until the mid-2030s at least. The delay will give the PLAN some additional time to incorporate advanced features into the Type 004.
**Design Notes:**
**Propulsion:** Magnetohydrodynamic drives with solid-state cooled superconductors should be available by the time the Type 004 is available for commission (1). MHD thrusters have no moving parts and are thus extremely quiet.
Both the reactors and steam turbines will have thermovoltaic power recovery units, significantly increasing the efficiency of the ship’s powerplant.
**Stealth:** Due to its advanced propulsion systems, the Type 004 will be an unusually quiet ship for its size. To take advantage of its acoustic characteristics, each deck will be rafted in the same manner as a submarine, and the areas of the ship below the water line will be coated in active anechoic tiling (1).
Although these measures may not seem necessary, even halving the ship’s radar and acoustic signatures will substantially reduce the range at which enemy forces can detect the ship.
**Sensors:** While the Type 004 will have a fairly standard radar suite for a ship of its size and role, the low-noise propulsion system will permit the installation of an active and passive sonar suite. This will substantially improve the ship’s defenses against enemy submarines.
**Air Wing:** The Type 004 will embark a mix of 5th and 6th-generation fighters, utility planes, helicopters, and drones. There will be no provisions to carry J-15s, which will remain in service aboard the 003 class carriers.
Production: There will be significant expansion in both drydock space and nuclear reactor production capacity over the next 15 years, so that 2 carriers can be commissioned per year by 2040.
**Specifications (Type 004 CVN):**
**Length:** 337m
**Beam:** 41m (waterline)
**Draft:** 11m
**Displacement:** 110,000 tons
**Complement:** \~4,200
**Propulsion:** 2x PWR nuclear reactors, HEU fuel (800 MWth), 4x steam turbines with thermovoltaic recovery, with integrated electric propulsion, 4x magnetohydrodynamic thrusters with solid-state cooling.
**Electricity Available:** 650 MWe (split between propulsion and shipboard usage)**Maximum Speed:** 35+ knots
**Elevators:** 3x elevators (1 port, 2 starboard)
**Catapults:** 4x EMALS catapults
Production: There will be significant expansion in both drydock space and nuclear reactor production capacity over the next 15 years so that 2 carriers can be commissioned per year by 2040.
**Armament:**
\-Mounts for CIWS and point defense missiles.
\-Standard decoy system (similar to other PLAN ships)
\-Provisions for lasers later on.
**Sensors:**
\-Standard phased array radar suite (similar to larger PLAN surface combatants)
\-Standard phased array sonar suite (see notes)
**Price:** $13.5 billion
**Production:** 1 per year from 2035-2040, 2 per year from 2040-2050, 25 in total
**Future Plans:** Depending on research progress, the last 5 ships in this class (post-2045) may have fusion reactors instead of fission reactors.
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(1): Refer to the Type 042 SSK
(2): The ship under construction in the link below looks identical to the Fujian, it’s probably conventionally powered.[https://www.drrobertfrew.com/china-fourth-aircraft-carrier/](https://www.drrobertfrew.com/china-fourth-aircraft-carrier/) | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-20 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwQlBBWmtCYk1HRHJkdGlFV0xUWHUyU1J6V1VPR1JhTGxtV3BRZ29McjkxOHYybE10eENOM3BSWE52ZE9oNkFEanpicUd6OWtfc0NGZ3BaWjliZG9MeHc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FeGNYYmh4WDNJNGFNVzN6U2hrTmhXUl91MnRBWUYtR1lROG1xX0xBWU1nRTlhQTRqQzNxZGtqeWtIVmNuSmhOVlk2OGlrT3ptTmhYczlqak5GUDM4UTRibDdVWFZHQjQzaVVYX1Eza1JoY3pZNUtYQW1jb2JEYVRCbHRYZTZzS1VpT2pueTZhR3VCRUV1dlphN2ZPLVdzeDlwdEZxUkVlQ1NETmVXbllNZHVVPQ== |
Green Valley Arms has procured 2 assembly line grade Factories for the production of firearms. President John Mahama said that he was proud to see what the policy of our nation is bringing.
"The future of Ghana is destined to be grand. Until then we must ensure we have one."
Mahama said at a press rally.
As a heavy advocate for the continuation of the program, Mahama is not focused on the country itself. Hospitals and schools are starving for funding while the military eats more every day.
GVAs research and development team has been studying the development of armored vehicles and higher standards for primary weaponry.
The armed forces has reviewed the plans for the AV53 Assault Carbine and decided that it should be good to go once the production gets started.
On behalf of Ghana nightly news, we have seen some concerning halts in the development of GVA. They were under an oppressive budget for over a year, resulting in a halted term
We can only hope that the government can solve the issue.
The republican party is truly showing off their dominance in the country yet failing to secure the basic needs of it.
That's all for tonight folks.
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Yep social media manipulation is swaying public opinion | r/foreignpolicyanalysis | comment | r/foreignpolicyanalysis | 2023-11-20 | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lakwwd1A1QUZtbTJnb0NUalhFUndmM21IQ0RjRFFoSjk4VnJDVmMwblBlQ2c0WEx2S2hYaF96TTY1bGNTTXR6R1l4SmdWeDJVMEJvZ1o4YU5COThlLXR5SUE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9Fb09IZDM3UUhsWlp0Rzl6QUtFTlRDRmpEd0loTXQ2SVFFcjA4Zk1jVURTUUpLenhJOTVJOVNaUW5mSHVmYVE3UEE0Zl9pUUVucHVQSFVyR3UxLUdxaXlBY2VuTTVPZXhwTGc1R2dNbXJLQkN1eDI1azZsNDBWWlAyejlHRENFSWQ0a1RZMndEQjlYSXM3cXBhTXZNS0NxWmJWR2RIYzVLbVZIZE80NWpTenVzMTJLQkhTal9IVENZd2xDanF4VVctdTlKMy1ERVJGLS1FWWlRVkdSZ0tuY2ZIcG12TzVZVGhhODZuRVFtX2V6MD0= |
Those civillian casualty figures are just inflated by Hamas, right? | r/foreignpolicyanalysis | comment | r/foreignpolicyanalysis | 2023-11-20 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwQ3lKeDIyQmgwTXFzWkkwaDRPdzBvZnV6SFlkZWJkUjdVTllfRjljS2hGUmFxeFVoS3V1eGF3QWowbjFGM0xpZ1ZnOV82aXN1eFpiamZoR3o2RnFudFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FN1JtdFU2MmVnWHVGSnFkVzBzeFlpODN6WGwwZG9icW9ydnNEN0FHaVBRWUJGc1ZzWGFNNzhwb2F6YktsU2hldjE5Mno0Q0FKMHN6LUdMRUVPU2Vtbk5kT0J4dnRiZ3BrQVE4QW1SMVo5WWZ4cXpVdlNiYTM4R0ZVVl9wT3VPbVZDS05tVUlpNG9Bd2JmUFA4cFlJWk5SVk1JTDlLMGlId2p0THJuc3VpeVpFSFFIUUVpZmVJUEtKdkhZUWZ6Y0RRWHRkVEdCbGlraUljUWd1VC1GNTNDMXNTd05hOWVVSXZmVExvYkRkUGZVTT0= |
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The Day After Election Night
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# Stunning Blue Surge
## Senate Split
The Senate witnessed significant competition on election night. Notable Democratic victories included three Republican incumbent upsets. In Texas, Democrat Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez emerged victorious over Senator Cornyn, the Lone Star State marches further left. Alaska witnessed a similar upset as Dan Sullivan lost to challenger Edgar Blatchford marking a shift towards climate change attitudes, and most surprisingly Iowa Senator Joni Ernst was unseated by Theresa Greenfield.
The one redeeming event of the night for the Republicans was a comeback victory by Maine senator Susan Collins. However, with the three upsets the Senate has once again become split 50/50 with Vice President Ro Khanna giving the Democrats control once again. This comes at a precarious price however with every vote being needed to pass bills.
## House Flips
Continuing the Democratic victory in the Senate was a surprise takeover of the House. The night saw key races across the nation slipping into Democrat hands. Final results are 225 Democratic seats to 210 Republican seats. Analyzing exit polling has led to a unified perspective on what led to this. Strategic campaigning with a focus on blue collar workers, focusing on redistricting efforts in Texas, Georgia, and other historically disadvantaged districts, and younger more socially-aware candidates has led to a nationwide appetite for change.
## Implications
With Madame Harris at the helm and Vice President Ro Khanna breaking tie votes in the Senate, Democrats have an opportunity to advance their policy priorities. The slim majorites in both chambers will require skillful negotiation and in the Senate bipartisan cooperation. Undoubtedly, this midterm has fundamentally changed the remaining 2 years of President Harris’s first term. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-21 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwelZkeUhpTGNnbl9yaG84MUxpYXhHRjBRM3Y1dUUxLXVTYnl1YXUyR1BVbXBXVFNpeXZpOHV1dVBGbVBVQ01TWkY2VlhSWGhwbHZSMTNiTjQ4NjBEdGc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FRzlmcEZxWmU5d3ZWbHB6UFk3cVpLdm1ad0NFRW9yTm1kNGxIQTg4Y2t6QVhfN21FM0R6QXZ5LTBkQU5sbHBVRFlES21UaWZMVHFmZXNmRjJDMDJKSzMtOW9ob2xzZndCVkxmUXpaTUFyMWpzb2JSR19vZWwxSmRWd2RvbFdudlhRbFZUX1ktRVF1cEIwYjZIaFA2VDlNVkxFd05VTDRDWmhZbHZNYjFVQmRoTGtYdnJHdXZBb2NycWw0cW9vN1ZP |
*Bern, 18.01.2027*
#Switzerland to Ukraine
##Funding
The Federal Assembly has authorized an addition of 23 million Swiss Franc this project, totaling over 1.3 billion Swiss Franc.
##Humanitarian Supplies
FDFA has been organizing a humanitarian convoy to Ukraine, including medical and reconstruction supplies.
Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) will also supply 9 water treatment units through overland delivery by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
##Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit
SHA has been conducting humanitarian aids in Ukraine since February 2022.
SHA is working on sending experts in fields such as construction, medicine, and security, totaling around one hundred experts to Ukraine.
##Refugee in Moldova
The Federal Assembly also plans to provide an additional 3 million Swiss Franc to Moldova concerning Ukrainian refugees. SHA also plans to send experts to assist Ukrainian refugees in Moldova. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-21 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwSmVNNnNXbHRMLUdxMEYtakpXcTBreFRNMmlTTGpRRjNncUF6NGVBVE9GbG1wMlBWM1NId0dhN2QwNDNtR01WZVE3UHBYRkYwUmY4QThMLXdidTZfOXpmcURRdjNyNEs5UnU5c2VKUDRzRTA9 | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FUTQ1dU5hcEYxc3R2dlF0QTNyNi1fWXpINmdCT0JnQXpUdUdGb3BWc3RJLVZSM0NpR0lVQjExcnlXN0NnMVBMOVBtYmhRRGFrTGJyQVBzSGF1eU91X2ladHZpQTBvT0ladmh5X2NZLTdtbkNtNmtqWGQtRkxVaWs3Ny1fM3lfcjFGYnUxanR4dGNmRVNSSk5aV1dSbWc3TUxUelR3TWNUMG1qNHE0Q2lzenVQb2ZrVnBGSlAzVUhYUEVLYUFiTXI3ZHlDRGRaekpQd0txOVRhRnZjTmpWdz09 |
Moldova: u/Megaashinx1
Ukraine: u/GrizzleTheBear | r/globalpowers | comment | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-21 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwT01aV2NCb1N2SE5xbnhLMWNMWkJqZ1JndTMzVlFlV20yeVB5c0NJY0l5c21rOFp2NExMRkpJcHRnOHdKeC1LQm9qNEFKMU5IYzkweHNzVy1ZZFN3TW5uQ01OX1MwV2JzWEl6SjljeFQ4b0k9 | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FN184NVRqWkI1REtPcDhkdGdydk5LNk9DQkFDbktET3dmMkhkQ0tSckY2bjQ1NmJFYkZqWlRPblJrdzNjZGxqYzIzc2hKcFJFUEFQQjZleDFUdjFnS18zZHlMSmxDN18zSlJaa2t1ZzBCdGs3cVJjaGZTME9naXZKQ1dtRFdnbjY5dW0temNfbEdCYmlEQUFrTnNFc2dwejcyWElyVHAyUVZ3ak1YYmlSWHdjUUxMN0Y0aHNVdEo0RlJZd1NhTkpBbnhSa3M0SEx3anhfSXJmX1Zad2hfQT09 |
Yeah this sub is a shit show. No thanks. | r/foreignpolicyanalysis | comment | r/foreignpolicyanalysis | 2023-11-21 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwZmg2U28zSFo4NWlONzhqQlFscUNqOVhYOEluNjVHaWxlSzhFbWdadGJnM1lwRzgyT3lueUFFei0tUkxPSW1wdU9Vb2swUjEwOEtfWWdkNzkydHloaGc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FNHVuMUoyWE9qeGZYNmtHZlZxcklpTW9NYTI3V1FVdW5BMkxXZ2M3R2gwcnNzMi1VWXRWOHJTN1hjRDFkZnVvTTNTNFdSVVVrUGVIOHVqdVFqcFFWN1NBQU9QckhrT2tlSnc3UlZOOTl2eXZBUjE0TGo0dkRMdlZWOGxrSVJOaHVyVXdwWS1aYXRRX2NZMzJVZXFLRTBsbHA2ZVNuVHYyN3lGSm0zTVJiQUl6c2NqLWJ4MktGb3dYa1lTdUhhS3RMZWFnOEZiR2xUUkpPc0gwOHFUNVRiMzUtMXhfT3F4TVRNcFFqbGM5bHJJVT0= |
Moldova graciously accepts Switzerland's aid. | r/globalpowers | comment | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-21 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwSHlfUVhkcS1GVHhaRXhXMUw4dHA1S2pidGlSX1JtTXJXbmZ0VnBfcHgwVUN5b3BJRlVhUG5nV0dmbmJ5RzRBVkh5Q1lBNDhxeTJ5U3VWanF0ZTl1dUE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FQ0dyUUFSUnl3eG8xQVE3T0tFQ3pKdnJ1SnFrd1Fjb21wRXppTk5iRV9HMDQ1eXUwS1hDMlBfVlVpU3pNZ0x5bmtwSGNwQjlhX210RjN6SzBEWnVfUUpXeng3YzI5UVp0WnhYbndVWmc3VEQ3V2szSDY0aGNZSzNXY2dpWktGVGowUUxuaFJuRWowZl9Dd0Etekl3YTQ1aWFGSTZGYWtZM2ZuZEMtSzZmSXNWd2NZQU9XMDR6TmhhNzNJRVluV3IybzNLSndKR3p3NGtnVWg0WGVISDZBQT09 |
[NBC polling](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24171452-230343-nbc-november-2023-poll_111923-release-v2) indicates overall support for Israel and negative perceptions of Palestine.
Keep in mind a also that disapproving of handling the war can mean disapproval in either direction. Some pro-Israel conservatives like Ben Shapiro feel that Biden either isn’t doing enough or has done or said some things that may undermine his effort. | r/foreignpolicyanalysis | comment | r/foreignpolicyanalysis | 2023-11-21 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwSTB2SjBRaU9PNFZvM1VWWXROanU4M2dwZWxrRlNWdGhaY1FmVVh5Wjh2Y19hOWhWd0dRaFAyYXEyUVp4MmdJN2otV0hRSHQ5bm45MEF2NjIxNC1wenc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FSEVkejYzenBJNU44dEFaLTFNTTJEdW5RWXhZMld0ajlqUjl6aUNIZ3REMGNUNmhHYzFlczN6ZV8ycVN0eTRnakV0akRpMTYteTNHUWhkMG9UYXZjeDh3WVlaN2M5Q0NIUUwxeXdhZTRuX3hfS3F1RTVwd3FEd0pvaFh4ekRFbW52QVBBeDU5UkhFUTRKRGFLTkotVU9uSGFBUTNuSWJscmhYaC1Lc0xyQlEyVExSZkRra1BLRml1bTNXOV9ZelVkT2RvVDgxT0dYc3B1VXlNaWl1cy03aVRacFVJN2hjdDJkbzB0c18zT2JvOD0= |
Look for "The Vatican Thinks In Centuries" in https://old.reddit.com/r/ufo/comments/17mdk37/pope_francis_calls_for_paradigm_shift_in_theology/k7k6res/ ([https://archive.is/tNre6](https://archive.is/tNre6)).
Submitted article mirrors: https://archive.is/bqqqL , https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lCLjjYsW9H4J:cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2023/11/precedents-for-argentinas-rebuke-to-the-pope-are-hard-to-find/
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zionist pig | r/foreignpolicyanalysis | comment | r/foreignpolicyanalysis | 2023-11-21 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwN0JMQzkxMDd2cFdwM3d1T1RqU2JnNEF4WmlDaEVLQnQ2NW9VOU0xbjJLZ1NKUGNYVTBvaFMyZmJKcUhUWFoyNkI3d2J5dkl5Vk5oU0lFMUo3QWcwdWc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FT0tqeXVRa1Z2ZW1uUHMyNzNHbGFWNG4ydnJBcXJOQmExUUxSRXpLVEV6TVpLTDEwcENTdkV0REVuYzdxbGE4WFdyRnFvMjVvOFBTWC1Jd1J4a2RPbVd6YkdjZ0JpZG5KQTZ4T0xRcTZqV3F0djMxWU9yd2ZqaXY3QjQzbldQN3dwNVl3aEpNQU5ISVRCRmpZSEtkazVIdHA4MXMwb0pnalNDeUttNzRsRFhfMkswV1FpdGozRjFnd1pzTEp2ZDBPYWdpN3k1RmJHZjU1YU9Oa05aNmxoR21SQzRBZm9TZzA2aHl0ajBhbkxtWT0= |
Context: Argentina grappled with persistent inflation, reaching [25% in 2017](https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45350218), despite attempts to address it through [interest rate adjustments](https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44001450) yielding limited success. The severe 2018 drought impacted soy [production and tax revenue](https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/argentinas-unprecedented-drought-pummels-farmers-economy-2023-03-09/), contributing to economic challenges. Global factors, including Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, led to a significant rise in the [US dollar's price](https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44389203), affecting Argentina. Seeking financial support, the country secured a substantial $57 billion [IMF loan](https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45350218), implementing austerity measures. The 2019 election brought a change in leadership with Alberto Fernández, who opted [against further IMF funds](https://theconversation.com/argentina-debt-crisis-imf-austerity-plan-is-being-derailed-128800). Economic challenges persisted amid the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting the **reintroduction** of [restrictive policies](https://batimes.com.ar/news/economy/argentines-are-finding-it-almost-impossible-to-purchase-dollars.phtml) for [stability](https://www.lanacion.com.ar/economia/el-refuerzo-del-cepo-reabrio-salida-depositos-nid2458023/).
Currently, the newly elected President that ran on a campaign to end inflation, Milei, is proposing [full dollarization](https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/11/20/exp-argentina-milei-dollarization-intv-112003pseg2-cnni-world.cnn)
* What evidence is there that a dollarization will have an effect on inflation and wealth?
* Are there pros and cons to dollarization. Specifically in the case of Argentina?
* What barriers are there in Argentina to implement dollarization?
* Are there any academic journals on the dollarization of Argentina, and if so what was their conclusion, if any?
edit: Not sure if I can edit the original post per the rules of the subreddit (so I apologize ahead of time, I can delete this edit if that’s the case), but I forgot to add the inflation rate in argentina for 2023 is [185%](https://www.reuters.com/markets/emerging/argentina-2023-inflation-seen-185-cenbank-poll-2023-11-13/) | r/neutralpolitics | post | r/NeutralPolitics | 2023-11-21 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwakVJZG1WYWYxSEFhMmg1RnZ5enFCc3BiZzZrZTE1Z3MxejhyRDJ0SXFudmNQaG9ZdjkycFBHNlBkUnFKQXJNVmJ6WG5JMFpvTVBNOUtrUHVzcUYta0E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FQ25RTlF4TFlwTVVycXBPNTBXRDZxZzB0dUtTSXZUSEVKcXNNMEdSNTVERndMel9HblVid2dsekJ4QnV1ajlZTWkxUkU4VE5GZV9xbHdaZmNfRFFOMG8wVEJ3SmJlRHFlblBNWUtKd1Y5VE81YlM0VWRDdFpiQVFpQ3J3N0VtMEp5bHdzNVI2aE9MNkd5U0dFX3lENy11OElJdHBOY2FBSXRZWHFEOENlSDdNbzBpMmtIczBnS0NOTVl3SkJtZGZwWXJQNDVWTGVsM1pjLUswSHBWSGRjUT09 |
January 2027, The Hill, Washington D.C.
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# Section 1. Purpose
The Purpose of this bill is to ensure the safety and well-being of homeschooled children across the nation while additionally providing an accurate count of the total number of homeschooled students.
# Section 2. Name
This bill may be cited as the “Homeschool Registration and Child Protection Act of 2027”
# Section 3. Registration Requirements
(a) All parents and legal guardians choosing to homeschool their children must register this choice with the designated state educational authority within 60 days of commencing homeschooling.
(b) Registration shall include basic demographic information about the child including: age, grade level equivalent, name, and gender.
(c) Additional requirements for registration will include the plan/curriculum/program to be implemented.
# Section 4 Child Welfare Oversight
(a) State educational authorities will conduct periodic assessments to ensure the well-being and educational progress of homeschooled children.
(b) In cases where concerns arise concerning the welfare or educational development of the homeschooled child, the state shall have the authority to conduct additional assessments and intervene in the best interest of the child.
# Section 5 Confidentiality and Privacy
(a) Information collected during registration process shall be kept confidential and used solely for educational planning and child protective services.
(b) State educational authorities shall establish and maintain secure systems to protect the privacy of homeschooled children.
# Section 6 Penalties for Non-Compliance
(a) Failure to register homeschooled children within the specified timeframe may result in penalties including, but not limited to, fines or participation in mandatory educational workshops.
(b) Continued non-compliance will result in a review of homeschooling arrangements and potential restrictions on the continued homeschooling of the child.
# Section 7 Implementation and Review
(a) This act shall take effect 90 days after being signed into law.
(b) This act shall only be in effect for new homeschooled children. Current homeschooled children will be grandfathered in.
(c) Congress shall conduct a comprehensive review and impact of this act after three years of its implementation and shall make necessary adjustments to ensure its continued success.
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*Signed President Kamala Devi Harris* | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-21 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwTnRzeHpyeG02UjFXVG14OHVTM1pTekdiNVpLdlFpNzFXTU1fWE5CZnNDZEtMM0F5VWYwdXpFanhzd2cyN29rQXVoSFR2Z1htNGsxb2FYREUyckxCaHc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FR2QzS3BkcEpSd2NYRnR4bV9XdGM0TGVvR0tJVnhsZmZPYnMzMVQ4c3BmZ2c4Z05XQjZ3Y3pZOVZfOXc0aWVMWDdMY3h6QndfSnExSS1RQWQ3ZktWeVFTS05zOURvczNsR3pnUDF0Nzd3NGg0YkFoWHJYbGowNWU0eElrbUlYWTl3dnhuT2ZaZHg4ZzRMeW5TVHB3NFMwYklQaHlSZXExY3RyeWp4dnlPR1lzTXMxeUFGRmRic2M1V0psaGJRTXpQaDZlWjV1OTVhQ25wblJZTWU0czNZUT09 |
Imagine if the NY TImes blacked out Trump the way they and the DNC blacked out Bernie after he won the Iowa caucus | r/media_criticism | post | r/media_criticism | 2023-11-21 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwaVpsSDZHd0liOGRveVNQV2UyNHhUZFFJM0U4RHJSelN4cU85MzhjeWh6RWVpWVA4MGRYcnZtTm42cmlWaWRpa2dCbXp4S2loSzNEUHFWVnpia3dyRmc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FdjR6dk1SLXE0T2h2Vk1kNmtpVVktOTc2WDhxczVXank4N19DdnYzdnBJNUFLVkJUNHJCV3Nfa0Jsckw3UUJ3Wms0dnZ5aFpPVjU0WmliNkwxZnRmSElzYkNFNGl6bThGVDFXMGFkUTN3WnRxTGZiaUFoWms0aHM3elN4bDdybFJOYzJ3SGZwVjE2UjF3ZTlTQzJ4Zm8zbUhBLTYtQ0U2VXJpelN4SnlRQmJ0SlI3ZGlBVk1PcFVKdlc5dGZUQUg1dFRrWkU2bFhTOGt2RHZVYVBjZkl3QT09 |
*January 2027*
After a winter of brownouts due to fluctuations in electricity generation over the last 10 weeks, the Labour government have brought forward plans to create Great British Energy (GBE). Championed by the Prime Minister as 'a new home-grown, publicly-owned champion in clean energy generation to build jobs and supply chains', GBE's state aim is to bolster electricity generation, deliver lower bills and jobs for Britain.
The Chancellor is set to outline a number of large scale investments in renewable energy projects as part of the Spring Budget that will come under GBE's control, while it will also buy energy on the markets for sale to consumers. Over time, the government assert that it will cut an average of £1,400 off the average annual household bill and save £53bn off energy bills for businesses within 6 years if they were all to sign up. With no shareholders or bonuses to pay, the government assert that all profits made would be used to provide lower prices.
GBE will deal solely in carbon-free electricity, and will not be available to properties that use gas for heating or cooking. The Secretary of State of Climate Change and Net Zero, Ed Miliband, has been pushing Cabinet colleagues to implement a ban on gas boiler sales from 2028, and planning regulations for new build properties are set to require air source heat pumps and electric cookers and hobs. This is despite a glaring absence in qualified fitters and repairers for heat pumps
This will be a stark contrast to the current situation. The energy price cap for October 2026 to February 2027 reached £2,350, marginally lower than the peak of £2,500 in the first winter of the Russo-Ukrainian war. A means-tested government contribution of £200 to those in receipt of certain benefits was provided, but this is level of support is considerably lower than that provided in 2022, the government saying that public finances and the latest 'winter crisis' in the NHS prevented a higher level and wider distribution of support.
High bills and electrical outages have been blamed for a surge in winter mortality, with 11,500 recorded excess deaths to date. These were caused by a combination of people in poorly insulated homes freezing to death, cancellations of hospital treatment resulting from power outages and an unwillingness to switch on generators due to emissions targets, and winter viruses such as cold, flu and Covid.
*Add 30% Additional Capacity to the Electrical Grid 1 P / 1W of 5 P / 5 W* | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-21 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwV0dRcEdOcjMzUHRGWV85UGpKYnh1OXVxR1ZPWDFpamU2NDcyeWhrcHpTYTZCS3R1SkRUT0JEYWFRVUt5cDhkZ0ZfeWVxOXVUZE9tRjJhX2o3cmpoZXc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FMy16aFN4ZXdQQ3pQUUhORk84MWlhdGl0ZG9RT1N3eExEb0VIa2Q4Nk85NnBfbkVWWklVQm5lZHlkZUpFb21OR2ozUVl4M21oNXIwV3dhRlJzZGZ3ckpkTGg4V0R3TVZ6Vjh3MXBMaXZXdHp6bDZwTE8tN1NIMVk0QXhFd2JiSWxVMjVQTW5IWGpadUFhM0xMV0V1VWlxUEpLSHdfbjhjZnhqSFY5M3hQZF8tQUk4ejh4RUNiSzVFbHFMMGk4YlhB |
Pinging the Milestone tracking gods: /u/bowsniper, /u/WilliamKallio
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***
######*30th January 2027;*
Icy chills, as the height of winter passed through Paris, were seldom the thought of many, for this year was to be an election year. 2027 was the culmination of five long years of Macron rule. In that time, the country had gone from buoyant growth back to stifled stagnation, with inflation an ever-present foe. What Macron had been referred to back in 2017 - a ‘saviour’ - was now a joke, a relic of the distant past where hope resided. That was a past where the Socialists and Republicans held major relevancy. Nowadays, the wings lay far further to the left and right, and as the day opened up, the crowds entered the capital, and stormed every nook and cranny. The ‘Prince’, the new name for the President Macron that had become, suited him well. Paris now simply wished for revolution.
Thus, it was the time for the amateurs to rise to their jobs, and it was a journalist - one born in 2000 - that catalogued the entire day’s affairs for the nation. The name was Adriana Desscau, a woman who knew what she was doing. She had filmed several such oddities of events before, including one of the most famous - Rue Jean Bullant, all the way back some three years ago. Desscau never liked the spotlight too much, preferring to write to each newspaper for a small line for an interview, rather than show her own face or talk with her own voice. It was a way of keeping her anonymous, so that she could continue her works without recognition in the moment, plus, it kept her humble. Adriana was not a professional - indeed, she worked in a Carrefour in Massy for her rent and food - and did not hold professional equipment either, the equipment of choice being the versatile smartphone and an SD card. It would go everywhere, and see the world as Adriana saw fit. Thus, the pair set off around Paris.
First to arrive on her camera was the right-wingers, those of the Le Pen preference. They had assembled in a protest line all the way from the Gare du North and Gare de l’Est down to the Monument to the Republic, filling the Boulevard de Magenta as they assembled. By 11, they had begun marching and shouting their own slogans right at the city. “For the return of law and order, here now and forever” was one shout from amongst the crowd, joined by another of “Let the true French decide the fate of the French”, the pair of shouts deriving from an earlier incident in Marseille just over a month ago. 20 had died, 63 were injured seriously, and the media had all gone onto blame whichever group they wished did it, whether it be the Roma or Palestinians or Syrians or Libyans, no matter the official police line that it was likely the CGC of Corsican nationalists. “That is a force!” was what Adriana mouthed when she climbed on a car, to get a better view. The owners inside, mildly miffed at the requisition of their car for filming purposes, could do nothing. The streets were very much packed, quite frankly.
Desscau’s second area to visit was further westwards, towards the Avenue d’Iena, leading southwards from the Arc du Triomphe, and that was for the French Insurmountable, the faction of Melenchon. Here, the chants were more vocal, and more local too, for the city of Paris was one of the hotspots for the left-wingers of France - saying left-wing would be putting it too broadly, for these desired revolution to end their struggles. “One more chance comes only with one more Republic” were the words of choice for the mass, who had already started streaming and filing out into the smaller streets surrounding the main body, calling for more and more to join. Here was the beginning of the situation Paris-wide, for the many in the riotous group took to vandalism, staining the road was graffiti of their many regional symbols, for the new Sixth Republic would promote greater regional autonomy. There was also the chants of “You know he knows the way”, and Melenchon, right within the crowd, was pointed to by every raised finger on the avenue. Desscau could only interview a few, before the atmosphere turned, and her accent - one matching her origin of Flanders - started sounding hostile to the few now surrounding her. It was time to move on.
By the time that Adriana Desscau reached the third staging area for the protests - the Quai d’Orsay - what had been a victorious and determinant mood within Paris had been augmented by a feeling of brazenity. The Gendarmerie had not yet arrived, had not yet used their underhanded tactics, and by the time that Desscau left the Insurmountables at 13:15, the crowds were turning against the peace. Never was this more evident by the Seine, where it was now startlingly clear with the new ‘Regardons Pas En Arrière’, or R-PEA, fronted by Darmanin and Bardella. This was a group with clearly not the size of the other two groups, which had themselves moved towards the Seine. Each was held on the north bank, the opposite bank to the R-PEA, and yet, the R-PEA were already just too agitated. When the police did arrive at 13:55, the makings of chaos had been manifesting themselves towards a sort of siege mentality. The Gendarmerie coming in from the south only cemented that idea.
Immediately, Desscau felt her life to be in grave danger, and so moved back rapidly, trying to flee from what she saw developing. Protesters on the outside started attacking the police guarding the barriers, trying to get the R-PEAers to disperse. It was a learned tactic that had worked so far in 2025 and 2026 - a clear effect of a more sensible Minister of the Interior - but that was against more disorganised general-protest groups. Here was R-PEA, a group far more political, and far more audacious. People surged backwards, into others, into others, into others, into others, cascading over and over backwards towards the river line. The wharf ran straight and true along the shore, and was a straight drop. Straight into that drop started falling people, in ones and twos, as the crowd pulled back. Desscau could only film and watch, the courageous already helping the less-abled, and the way was at least mostly saved for R-PEA, as well as the Gendarmerie. Nobody had died, thankfully. Only a few “We see what you see” and “I feel that dagger too” proclamations were made through the crowd, before they naturally dispersed. The Seine was still not clean enough for most to risk a dip.
***
The day had closed in on Adriana Desscau, and her position usually towards the sides of each group had almost been detrimental. Still, life had gone on, and the images shown were nothing short of fantastic. Individuals were recognisable through the mists of breaths and the mass of clothes that blocked views and identities. The amateur only had a few questions left to ask the protesters, one for each group.
“Why are you here?”
“Le Pen’s recommendation, to practice claiming the streets for our coming victory!”
“To be with Melenchon, who shall lead us into a golden age by whatever means possible!”
“To show that the world is against us, and that we rise stronger and greater, only under the strong men betrayed by the donkeys of the weak!”
Desscau did not notice a single Ensemble protester there though.
She had her guesses. They seemed pretty correct.
Any proportion of zero is still worth zero.
And that was some goodnight to the chaos of Paris.
And that was the end to the Filming, of the Animals.
*** | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-22 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwV1dteFY4aEUwX0FpR0hGMnAzMENqSTZNMmk4M1NqZUlKaFc4b0dQWS01V1ZUamQ5TVVaTFJwVFJ1MmxCcW5JbW1YSlFzbzE1VTVEV3ZqMVEtSkZBYlE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FUDhaZDFIVTBnM0w2dm9abEFsM0ZoSDV0alQtSFZzVHZGbXB5UWY2ZWM3cDJjSGYyUVhWRnQyZmtFT3Mtcmh0TWJpOFhhNGcxQVAtT0dqS2JkbmxJdkZ4SGpUemZPZFE3WjAwMmprSjRHX2lNdlBXNDFBWHhPYkVrazBVbGlSbHdzTWFNc2pYSnlleUhxMzlGRzdjVEJMUFpmZmlOaXNCMGFhZ1lSSGFyaDM1LVZDVXdfRzdJSU5DalZWbDZpSEpWbFFOZDU1X0dhcHduSXllajlTdU5JQT09 |
Approved. Welcome back to the game. | r/globalpowers | comment | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-22 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwWUkybEV2eFR5OEFkOGppSkE5c29rLVZSZGJRYzByUnJ3TWZIWmZfSE5QSUhzQmh0VUQzbVpGaTRuSXlKbWVLTEFmeGgxbE9RMHk2M1FaVVJlb3hoT3c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9Fd3k2bU84bTZ1cjJRdjlzTjR1cFBVd2ViV3YtMDlzU0F5aGYyTUt4QmhUbmllTWVTaDYyYkwtSGU4bEdhdVVPcmhCNEFkdl8wOHQ4VHpocDc4azcyZ25EZ0ViX09tU3k4Sm5tT3EycGpzYmE3eEo4M0NjQXF5bGZ3M01MWFpJUE5yaHFKSXNhZHYyU0ZsZzVBUnZOZzI5V0R6VWw1bjBhYmNJaHhGUGRhZVdBPQ== |
Approved, but u/K00L00 needs to approve as well via a comment here. | r/globalpowers | comment | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-22 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwU3E5V2dyV3VjOE0zLVdWYTlqSWdiX2F6bm1wRFlXU2tDeDg5V1B2SlBlUHZoYzl4Z2k1ZFBGM183anRMQnY3TE9xSmZ1T240ZnBGdFltZ3ZHVlFDb1E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FWVJ4LUEzQVBEWkpOSGk0Y2RWd0ZVaUM3Nmw2ZmlWMDZNTE56b1VGWXhmeWZNWHR2YTh1NFhBSzV0c0NfVVdyM2RVcXY2WU9ySVBPYjRkV0pUZlFkN05DcVlIRmEzeXZxUDdpOUE0ZFRXQnFvQkZyb1VwYVNMbDk1dWl6VWlKMl96TlkxX19fVVpIV18ycEtCNFNYSGdPd0hQb3YtQjBvX3RkX096V2lhOXBRPQ== |
Approves of cource. I mentioned a friend in my Claim | r/globalpowers | comment | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-22 | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lakwwd3VUVXByTmJPM0cwVDZ0end5UTBhcWg0cmNKdURlaHFyU3lfbnVmbldCZl9XVG1FYVgzY0IxUGc0UHRQeTRvdHFvM1BEX1Q0RUpEZ1Q3WjZjZEtoZlE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FamZISlNxV0R5NkxRNFdJTlN6SUhkWUwwSW5leGdMY0dyN0JnLXhxQW5aanU1QU14NjR5cTZSc0FVLTJtR1R4aVlCNGZ0bzM5NHBCbGkxMEhBcUFGMkVRNk5ZUFVscGYzdnA2cXBhTVBudG9yUUVnRW9mYTd4MFE1U1lYakpESl9BVUhRbzZFSW9leEgwZDFnSGhYcngxVElhWmg3dHV3U2Qtd0pTRDlWZjBVPQ== |
Having secured a licensing agreement with Boeing Australia to domestically manufacture the MQ-28 Ghost Bat, Boeing UK will begin development of the system for RAF use, where (for want of finding another weather system related name) it shall be known as the Cyclone RG.1. Over the years since round start it is assumed that the Ghost Bat has demonstrated basic flight capabilities, teaming flight and formation flying with manned aircraft, formation flight with other unmanned aerial systems, and emergency protocols for landings and returning to base / a nearby friendly location. Phase 2 trials will push the Cyclone further, and include:
* Theoretical development of AI (rather than pattern recognition / machine learning) situational awareness and Basic Fighter Manoeuvring (BFM) with input from experienced RAF combat pilots and flight instructors, with thousands of hours of scenarios and simulations to be run by 2030.
* Testing the network meshing of the system to send and receive real-time encrypted information to other platforms autonomously ensuring the flight AI has full situational awareness at all times while operating with no emissions of its own.
* Airframe alterations to insert a modular, removable 3.2m x 0.8m weapons bay capable of carrying a 500kg payload or the fuel that would otherwise be in this section of the fuselage.
* Squadron level operational formation flight, with several Cyclone aircraft operating cooperatively with Typhoon / F-35 / P-8 aircraft in both unmanned controlled and autonomous flight operations.
* Trials of the developed AI situational awareness and BFM in 'hostile' airspace over the Electronic Warfare Tactics facility at RAF Spadeadam to test and refine the AI's capability of deploying countermeasures, engaging defensive ECM, and conducting evasive manoeuvres.
* Autonomous route management based on information provided by other platforms, proactively evading air defences, surveillance radars and hostile aircraft to avoid detection and make use of terrain masking where applicable.
* Development of a marinised version of the Cyclone and further trials at ParcAberforth.
* From 2030, the carrying out of non-autonomous weapons trials against ground targets on land and at sea and aerial engagements with target drones, both BVR and WVR.
* From 2032, dogfighting between unmanned, controlled Cyclone and autonomously operating Cyclone , testing the BFM of the autonomous system against human controlled aircraft in real engagements under test conditions.
* From 2034, dogfighting between manned aircraft and the autonomous system in real engagements under test conditions.
By 2032, the Cyclone will be considered to have met IOC for RAF service (able to operate in uncontested airspace and deliver ordnance in an unmanned, controlled mode / carry out ISR missions autonomously) , with FOC anticipated by 2036.
Specifications
Length - 11.7m Wingspan - 7.3m Weight (MTOW) - 3,200kg
Range - 2,200km with payload bay / 3,000km without it and with the fuel tank in place.
Engine Thrust - 1,800lb turbofan
Max. Speed - 570 mph
Armament - 3.2m x 0.8m bay with 4 hardpoints with 500kg payload, capable of carrying a mix of:
Up to 4no ASRAAM
Up to 2no Sea Venom AShM
Up to 2no PaveWay IV
Up to 4no SPEAR 3 / SPEAR EW / Brimstone 3
Sensor packages (EW and ELINT / COMINT package or multi-spectral targeting system) in the nose.
Unit Cost - $5-10m depending on quantity | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-22 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwSXprcm9VVjVUTjBJa2JHa093bzlxcjJON0ZpdVFPamZSWjFjakttVE9YS19BZGdmV3h2blZGNGx5bXZYdm5OdFRYMFpOSlpnbGt6Rm5kYU9YSDI4WUE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FdUNtaFZhN2JEN1ZhZnlGMTQ0QS05YVRvZDM0LXU5YkJidDJkRjNqUzZHR0lwaVZQMEQzUlpUZXIxV0N4TFNGeHQ5aVJFeWo3YXNFSm9oaGFUbElBeHFQY0R5emVSaldraU5TSXI0NjJRTDBwZmlKbVdpajhUU3kxdnJseGhPRlNTb0s5RFM3UmtNaUlyT3N1OVQ2Vm9tMzhMb0dEVEw5SC1nal9NSl9VdnZvPQ== |
Pinging the military development mods for approval: /u/Mfsmm, /u/bowsniper, /u/DummyThiccOwO
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* Xian HYJ-7 Two-Engine Trainer: 3
* Hongdu JL-10 Trainer: 10
* Nanchang CJ-6 Trainer: 100
* Chengdu J-10CE: 10
* QBZ-191 Rifles: 50,000
* SH-15 – 155mm truck-mounted self-propelled howitzer: 10
* ZTQ-15 Light Tank: 10
* VN12 IFV: 50
* VN-1 APC: 50
As discussed | r/globalpowers | comment | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-22 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwQTZRUkM3OFhjdmV0RWpSTXBPeDJWMWZ0THVBLTVHQXBoclR5MFJ5WnlvWDFSZTVkZ0tIUGZ0V3RZNmMxeHpId2dSMzNNS3UtVm9IOFVhOUZ6a0RPZHc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9Fc2l6U0hfVWh3dTNhZnQ5YTNQdW5PMmJ2bHVVLThvb20yLUZGMW53TTVmdFpJZjdNeFFLLTF1aUdPWHpCTTUtalVwT0IyUTRCODdLUmhNOElIVWdUMjJHTFJlWnBnODRtYmVnUHpGcTB0dHZ5Q2ZsWTE3dUMyUDBFUTYycVRIdnB1cFItR1hfNDBhUEFBQ01DWjFidmNOR1FfcHlnTVFISlE4Q3JFSHY1LW9jM3lmcGx6TkJrVEhBc1B6bV9GZVI2b095NEhxRnFNV0xyS0JHd1ROVXU5dz09 |
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, WORLD ECONOMIC SUMMARY
***2027***
* ***Summary to come later, I just wanted to get the IMF out for the first time in weeks***
[WORLD ECONOMY](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ys-WT9R-L7ymPi0TI1uCHVu_WWVrtiX_lNsTgdIXSiY/edit?usp=sharing)
*All values & figures are final, they will not be debated, negotiated, or otherwise changed; the IMF report is final. This excludes blaring errors, in which case feel free to let the mod team know* | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-23 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwcUNmUWgyNHNLbEE2MndDWUg0Q05pdVN6bWhpYnptTGY0SFM5cnFDLTNrOFZsZnZwRU5jNXpNdE1nMDVSZjl6c0drQjZTR2phY0V1YWNMYnczR3gtZkFPX3RCNHB1dzVnZFF6WWNFSldxV2c9 | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FMllrNzJSeF9EMk1xUWtBNUxtMm5ydGVlbU9lUVBCV3k4WXhvem0zdGVIZy1PUk1WRF90X0xnRlRKY3lMTmdlRDR3Q2NQeXpzemttaXlmdzVBV2hlX3ExZkJhaWpZM0xmanB1ZEkyeS1QYUFDaktVTURRUXNSYVY4WlhFZFZYOGkzbjNaV0FOLWpBU1Etb04tQ1F0WjVjLTlNZVY0aktIeEtLMTk1eFdaWmhGQU5UNFhTZHFLVDNLNU9GN2NWX2U1 |
Much as it pains me to acknowledge it, u/Jalilu_ is your new Russia.
Given the obvious difficulties in having a major be banned from the server, Jalilu may be allowed back in under permanent mute so he can't access anything but relevant tickets. Otherwise, proceed with [DIPLOMACY] posts as per usual. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-23 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwYWVtVW5yMDAzVWZYbjFoVFZSaVpnMTA5S1V5MkhNRFlyV1RoNlc3Y0ZaTTljVlhDYlJJMnhQZ1doRmtXUjhXYjVKVDlqQTNJM3RacVBaR1dKTlc0U0E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FTzluTEF3dlFxM2hHUWdCLS15LXJjbzRFNHgwdmkxeWdMMllCTTZjWWd3RzU4RGJTS3dzaHgtZnBuV0dHMXdHeHhBbU9PZkFRZGJqTEhnZlREOVpLTUFzY1FQTDVQX3F1SFpkZ180VWN0RF9EYWFjdFJKaDJ2eXRTMEhOM0I0OEhjcWM5MDF0T0R0Z1ZQOWZFMEtLYU1zQUdZbEpNWHFzVEFWYUxWNG1IVlc3SVZ1bmx3RnF2ZTlRZ1prWngteEVZ |
/u/Jalilu_ | r/globalpowers | comment | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-23 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwcE5POFZveHFneUZFVWREMlJjNFBfUXFUaEh6WXZmTjNmeVAtSlh0SWNPTnBPTmRMSzJHOHFld3VlYTdnSDlUQ0hDaGkyM21yZzVYbnpiMjNQbkFZU2c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FUGQxeWdUcnU5TXNHQlFQaDZTV2FBRzdRNzdCYy1GcmR6NkMzLXB2RzlFeGFVblR6RUNrWHcxWFNReWNDZVFMVjJKM3BRTGNwS21qN0FtU3h4WEJ3V1NFdC1FUFRkOWNzYzlsQndoT0lZQnRnSnVPeTM2RWJabVpSSkVsZURpMVlmZUxsLThMcHMxUmxfa2ExUWtQanVvb2FzX1E5Q1A1akZRS1FtR2tKZG1mdDNJNzVYUW5Sc05NZm9HN2hodGwx |
Although Georgia's coalition government has prioritized western integration, social and economic policy aimed at reducing inequality remain politically important. Reforming public administration to ensure merit-based appointments and eliminate patronage can help reduce the influence of economic interests in government decision-making.
The coalition government has passed EU-style legislation protecting minority languages in Georgia. Ensuring the legal protection of minority rights, including linguistic and cultural rights, and taking measures to prevent discrimination against minority groups. Funding has been earmarked for the purchase of primary education resources in Abkhaz, Armenian, and Azeri, and the provision of legal services in minority languages.
The cost of living crisis and urban renewal were important issues in the most recent parliamentary elections. Parliament has enacted new laws to streamline property registration processes, ensure land and property rights are well-defined and protected, and simplify land and property transactions to encourage real estate development. The coalition government has prioritized investment in real estate, offering a program for tax relief in newly constructed housing units.
A lack of UNM support for labor has long been a campaign issue championed by Georgian Dream. Labor law has been reformed with legislation that protects the rights of workers and ensures fair labor practices. The public health insurance program previously created by Georgian Dream has been made accessible to all Georgians, rather than public-sector workers exclusively. With renewed funding for housing and healthcare, the coalition government has attempted to alleviate the rising costs paid by Georgia’s public. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-23 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwenUwdjVKNGJwaTlnYnpFTVFvQVdfaVVFNXRCZ2xsUFpaU1hUVUNEVVNXdGlYZ3RoRG1TbDdRY1lHU0cycnpSN2lQeU54N2xDSE1jMEpwR3VOdnY4RkE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FVjFJVFcwMnZnT1BYRVVrd1NzYUFBU1A3ZVI1YW1fTDFzT1JpSUtDT3hpNjlta191ZE51TE9DMV9xYXptZ1dSZWNkbzMtVVo4dlRNbmJVbTBUNkhyay1RbFZRNXk2SmlOQTQwbV9BVFVzNDlUbVFZWXJkTEFndmhjNUg4NmVGLTdYVXRTT3dYeG9xNFFEdW9PcklYZjZLbHNZZ1hERTA4S2hNNHVIV2EtbEtNOW9VNlhRY1BFejhxcVVzay1FLXZuSFlQc1E2MlgyQmZiQy1GY2pONTBBZz09 |
Pinging the Milestone tracking gods: /u/bowsniper, /u/WilliamKallio
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Vision 2035 continues to take shape. Next up is the Indian Air Force. At this stage, the Indian Air Force has a very diverse fleet of aircraft from different eras. While maintaining such old aircraft as the MiG-21 in service, the basis of the fighter fleet is made up of fairly modern Su-30MKI aircraft. In addition, India operates French fighters such as the Mirage and Rafale. In recent years, indigenously developed Tejas Mk1 fighters have come into service.
According to the previous needs assessment, India needs 42 squadrons. These data are not fully relevant today, when India's neighbors have significantly expanded their aircraft fleets and qualitatively improved their equipment. The updated target for the number of air wings is 50 fighter squadrons with a total strength of about 1,000 fighters. Although this goal is not impossible, its achievement is still beyond the planning horizon.
In fact, India has about 30 squadrons in service, at least 1/3 of which consists of obsolete vehicles that require decommissioning in the near future. The task is complicated not by the complexity of the national aviation industry. Tejas Mk1 is an intermediate vehicle, which the command is not betting on, and Tejas Mk2 is still being tested. Conducting international aviation tenders is time-consuming and cannot compensate for the current write-offs of obsolete aircraft. However, the Navy's abandonment of Tejas creates a vacuum in Navy procurement, which means international tenders are still necessary.
In order to equip the Indian Air Force and Navy with a sufficient number of combat vehicles in the future, 3 projects were opened at different times to create a new generation fighter, including a joint project with the Russian Federation to create an Indian modification of the Su-57. The joint project was cancelled, which again creates a vacuum in the heavy aviation segment, since the other two promising aircraft AMCA and TEDBF are medium weight and have more payload restrictions. Moreover, if AMCA aims to create a 5th generation fighter, including in a carrier-based version, then TEDBF is developing a 4th generation carrier-based fighter. Occupying a single niche, they nevertheless do not meet the updated customer requirements put forward in the Vision 2035 program. Taking into account the current situation, tasks, resources and prospects, the command approves the following actions for the implementation of the Air Force 2035 program
1) Launch large-scale production of Tejas Mk2 immediately after testing is completed in 2028. In 2028, HAL should already deliver 54 Tejas Mk2 to the Air Force. In 2029, the production line should expand to 90 fighters per year, and in 2030 to 120 fighters per year. This does not mean that the Air Force will buy the entire volume. The additional volume is intended for emergency and export orders, and also insures the company in case of an emergency
The Air Force plans to purchase:
2028 – 54 aircraft
2029 – 90 aircraft
2030 – 96 aircraft
2031 - 96 aircraft
2032 - 96 aircraft
2033 - 96 aircraft
2034 - 96 aircraft
2035 – 96 aircraft
In total, delivery of 720 Tejas Mk2 is planned until 2035. Allocate $2 billion to HAL to open production lines
2) Close the AMCA and TEDBF projects. Developments on these projects should form the basis of a new project of a single multi-role fighter for the Air Force and Navy - HMAS (Heavy multi-role air system) (Development will be a separate post). The new heavy fighter will have enhanced air superiority capabilities, an increased payload, a network-centric battlefield control system and the ability to control unmanned wingmen. HMAS is scheduled to enter service by 2035. The fighter will replace the Su-30 MKI, which was outdated by that time, and will become the basis for air supremacy of the Indian Air Force.
3) Continued development of related technologies such as aircraft engines, radars, and outboard weapons of various classes. In particular, the task is to develop an increased thrust engine in the dimensions of the GE-414 with the aim of using it in HMAS and the future remotorization of the Tejas Mk2 on it. Research on the development of Uttam radars will continue. The promising radar will be made using GaN and will have outstanding performance. The development of Astra family rockets will continue. The Astra Mk3 model will get the move. Air-to-surface ammunition will be developed, the air-launched Nirbhay missile, promising Indian anti-ship missiles, and promising hypersonic weapons will be put into service. At the same time, the Brahmos family of missiles does not meet the new concept. The military command no longer finds ramjet-powered cruise missiles to be a successful technical solution. Purchases of new Brahmos missiles will be suspended, and the Brahmos 2 project is frozen. Prospects for changing the nature of the project and India's continued participation in it will be discussed later.
4) By 2035, the Air Force plans to write off its entire outdated fighter aircraft fleet. The write-off plan is as follows:
2028 – all MiG-21
2030 – all Jaguar
2032 – all MiG-29
2034 - all Mirage 2000
All decommissioned aircraft can be donated to flight schools upon request.
In total, by 2035, 10 squadrons of Su-30 MKI, 6 squadrons of Tejas Mk1 and 2 squadrons of Rafal will remain in service with the Air Force, and 30 squadrons of Tejas Mk2 will also be supplied. In total, by 2035, the Air Force will have 48 fighter aircraft squadrons with a total number of more than 1,000 aircraft, which almost meets the needs of the command. After 2035, the Su-30 MKI will be replaced by HMAS and the usefulness of Tejas Mk1 and Rafale in the Air Force will also be reviewed. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-23 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwVWYyV3Qtb1VlVE9RVTlKRDcxRjBfNy1ZZW11YVhDeUlRaEVsVEJZcHNPOFZaRkVvZ3o2TGtlTUUwVXFaa1J2MGI4QVpBNzBnX0FhVlUzcTJMMkhIc2c9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FQVBBOENkMzUwbW9ieFk3ZDFlLUJoWG43UVZvWDFVcFVheW5rc3hyLVdzYVJFQjF3ejVDM214X0FIX1lRamx3WHgzQnRYZjJtVTFnV1gzMFZSeEZHVC1PYkRyVE9jMVdxSGJESjk3Q0lQUFEwWjhJdjJYU1dBaVh4cVk0OXJhRnBza3VhZ2lZUDFidG9QeXZ6N1F1YzdxTm03MFZ6TkJXYWZVcmtFcGtNbHB3PQ== |
***President Putin’s speech to the Russian people recorded on the Red Square, which at the time was guarded by thousands of police and military personnel***
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>Greetings, citizens of the Russian Federation. As you definitely know already, the Russian military has taken massive losses on the battlefield in the Ukraine recently. Thousands have died on our side, but I must remind you the nazi offensive was more than twice as deadly for them than for us. The size of their false-state will not allow them to keep fighting for longer as they are already running out of men. The only thing keeping them going currently is money from America and the EU, this money is not infinite and cannot support them forever. Western citizens despise Ukraine more every day.
>
>Thus, I have taken the decision to keep fighting. The current military leadership, Shoigu and Gerasimov as well as an additional two dozen or so high-ranking generals, have been removed from their posts and are currently residing in prison for their ineptitude in fighting the war. To win this war, I have decided to take control of the command of the Russian Armed Forces. I will make sure the military gets what it needs in order to turn the tides on the battlefield and restore our international border.
>
>Now, many of you might be wondering what led to this catastrophic defeat of our forces, and so was I. I found out the military leadership was hiding the true status on the frontlines from me and the Russian people for years, leading me to think the war was going according to plan. I have removed these terrible actors from the military leadership and am implementing a new system of truth and transparency where, if Russian soldiers have issues with their leadership, they can report them and actions will be taken.
>
>To win this war, we need the entire power of the Russian Federation and people, not just small percentages as has been the case for the duration of this war. Thus I am declaring complete mobilization of the people and economy. The only focus for anyone in Russia should be winning and destroying NATO forces in the Ukraine so we can restore the historical lands our people are entitled to. For specific numbers, 2.2 million men from the reserve are going to be mobilized to build a new Russian Army. You will fill units depleted in the fighting and will build new units. You, men of Russia, will bring victory to your people, you will not betray us as the military leadership has.
>
>Right now is the turning point in the war, like in 1942. The Ukrainian offensive into Zaphorizia and Crimea were the equivalents of the initial Nazi German invasion of Russia in 1941. They saw some successes, but they quickly realized they cannot keep fighting the great Russian people and, in 1942 the Red Army turned the guns toward Berlin and started marching. The same is happening now - the men now going to the army will be the force to finally bring the West to their knees. Kiev will fall, and so will every last inch of rightful Russian territory comprising The Ukraine.
>
>Additionally, I have taken the decision of barring travel abroad for average Russian citizens - you are needed at home, not in the West where you arm our enemies. If you want to travel, Russia is the largest country in the world, travel in Russia.
>
>The economy now will start working solely for the purpose of arming the military. I have created departments in the government who will send directives to all companies across Russia on what is needed of them. We will win this war, and to do it we need all of you.
>
>The Special Military Operation has turned into an existential war for Russia - if we don't win in Ukraine against NATO, we'll have to continue the fight in Russia proper, which I'm sure none of you want. If the Donbas falls to the West, then will Belgorod, then Volgograd, then Moscow, then St. Petersburg and then the rest of Russia. We have to win here, now, and without any doubt in our victory.
>
>\[insert around 15 minutes of historical revisionism here\]
*Police will be deployed in every city across Russia before the speech to be ready to stop protests.*
Putin plans on taking a more personal role in the war from now on and has created the ‘Special Military Justice Division’ which is tasked with vetting units around the frontline, and having one-on-one interviews with both leaders and common soldiers, so bad leaders can be ousted from the military. The unit is also responsible for making sure misreporting information in order to receive promotions or military honors is stopped. This is going to be achieved by doing random spot checks on information presented to high-command to see if they are supported by actual facts.
​
***What follows is confidential:***
For personal protection, the president has overseen the creation of a 500 member special forces group which acts as a sort of coup-proofing. Most of these soldiers are veterans from the war and are receiving substantially higher pay than the average soldier. They are with Putin at all times and make sure no harm falls on him.
The “War Industry Committee” will oversee reorganization of Russian military industries and determine the best methods every Russian company can help the war effort. If a company won’t oblige with the WIC’s guidelines, the WIC has authority to nationalize the company and take production into the government’s hands.
The plan is to expand armored vehicle, ammunition, drone, and missile production to never before seen levels to feed the massive war effort. To expand production to as high as possible, armored vehicle and missile plants will refrain from producing the highest-tech equipment and instead produce less sophisticated equipment:
* Main production tank - T-72(B3M) instead of T-90(M);
* Main production IFV - BMP-2(M) instead of BMP-3(M);
* Main production land-attack missile - Kalibr;
* UAV production will focus on shorter-range tactical systems such as small quadrotors, Lancet and Orlan-10, while not forgetting the production of Shahed drones and other long-range kamikaze systems;
* Air defense production will remain focused on more advanced S-400 and S-500 systems;
* To supplement traditional artillery, the production of Krasnopol laser-guided shells is going to be expanded as well;
* Production of both large strategic EW systems and tactical drone-jammers is planned to be increased substantially;
* Production of artillery gun barrels will see increases.
​
**Mobilization**
The 2,213,000 troops to be mobilized will be spread out to rebuild units destroyed or damaged during the war, and to build new units. Virtually every piece of equipment in storage will be taken out and refurbished (important to say that the large majority of weapons aren’t going to be upgraded and are simply going to receive a cleanup). If enough equipment cannot be found for a unit, civilian vehicles will be issued instead. These men will see 2-month long training sessions by veterans from the war to prepare them for the conditions they’re going to see. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-23 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwVjlUUTdQS2RELW5lYktoQy0xRENJNUVuWElGbnh0alJDcFBWSnFJcUNNN0RjWkRPcWktckNZTEI2ZXZwWmp0RDBUa3k2TmFxMElKRS1ZS3BPZVBIYWc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FcWJPQVVqTWJmNExhNlYtRS14VWhhamNiVWRRNGRidXpCVTI3Q0ZGeWJYbExGd1h6UG00akNWNHgtMXR1RThWS0pzSGJtbG9DUlZoRGc3WTE1NjU4M1ZCRnRaWlBPcGRpdWY1cDlXTkE3SEpBLWdWbHVjazZTSTR5cDBTRE9jaFB0VkVsdURhaGl2d204OHVwZGpUaDZZT3J0V29GRWZNNVhBNU85ZzZPa2dkOFFjSHV3VHU2OWZza2tuTldBSDlJ |
If this post is solely and exclusively happening in the mind of Putin as he’s having his Hitler in the bunker moment, then it’s fine. If it is actually intending to continue the war, then it is not. Clarify. | r/globalpowers | comment | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-23 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwVzhGWlBKTG9oUUV1RlJtcmYzWWlzVTU0alc5RldUMEJ1LW9FaFMxcnBRZFBtU1BRVE92bXRpRmhPVjJkOU5FVDE0UE9LRjhhakhvbzZ1a3l5dGRnbFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FcmNjQ0psM252VDRMb0JPaDBGNXg1S0RrdU1iTEk2RWlkNzI4MGdUdFJzaTNtcHgtT05QVVRscmhmNVpDbUJyU2VPZ1JsdmJCNFp4RGx1ajV3aHh1RHB4N21qRS1OOGJIQUdJQnNyUW1SQ0ZvTUZ3c0VjZFFlY1p5SzI5WkM4Vlg4ZmlOTTVreEdrY1B2bzd3MFBBdldkTENwUEt4ZjZNTGJxRXBVR180MzdoWnJKR2lRejMwWGJ5Mmx1Si1zSkplZTE4QzV3ZDA4bVB3X0lub3ZkaXZYQT09 |
It’s the first option | r/globalpowers | comment | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-24 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwOEtSVExfU2xOZV9TZGw3Um5kLUEyVjVPRzF2eDlRd00xTmZkUlNYYmlzZmhORVpZb24tQTI0X2N6ZC1Bd0NMaVZ4cl80WWdiNmVFVlhnYmJIcGY5cFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9Fa3k3RjB3VUlSdU9WaXBMQTMtMnpIZml4TzN3VHFVMzZlNmJQM1BkTGUwSnQ3Y0c0YU9nRGtKeGFjczgxbVBGWm1ocE91U0RwM2YyVjlyMm8wNFMzMEoxVVgzMDY3eURqcWhrVzF3eE5PTHpsOXZfeERBT182ZlRmNEFoSGNPYnpOakpEeExHNXhSbGhVbmk3dlppUWpOamx6QUsyX3lFVzk0dHZPWTE1Y2FQbVpmZXhqRGtDOEllN0JGMFIwcHVmRUllbXJEZUZVdHoycF9xQVR4WWdZQT09 |
**April 2027**
A recent agreement between Turkey and Ukraine has led to the resurrection of the [Antonov An-188](https://defence-blog.com/antonov-details-188-military-cargo-aircraft-family/) project, which is a proposed variant of the [Antonov An-70](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-70) transport aircraft.
Having been initially proposed at the 2015 Paris Air Show, the An-188 was envisioned as a version of the An-70 with jet engines instead of propfans, and a modernized, NATO-compatible glass cockpit. The aircraft would also have slightly enlarged wings, winglets, and aerial refuelling capabilities.
The An-188 is intended to fill the gap between the C-130 Hercules and the C-17 Globemaster, which makes it comparable to the Airbus A400M Atlas. The An-188 would be a suitable choice to replace Ukraine's aging and diminished fleet of Ilyushin Il-76s, and would serve as a more capable and more economic competitor to the A400M in the global market.
At the 2018 Eurasia Airshow, it was announced that Antonov would be partnering with Turkish Aerospace Industries to make the proposed aircraft a reality, but the project never came to fruition for unknown reasons. The Russian invasion in 2022 indefinitely delayed any prospects of reviving the project, but now that the Russian military has begun to collapse and has been driven from most of Ukraine, Turkey has approached Ukraine and proposed that it is time for the An-188 to takeoff from the drawing board.
The resurrected project will once again be a joint venture between Antonov and Turkish Aerospace Industries, with Antonov (and other Ukrainian companies) providing the airframe and engines, and TAI providing the modern NATO-compatible avionics and systems. As the project only consists of modifying the propulsion and avionics of an existing aircraft, it is expected that development will take much less time than designing an entirely new plane. The only major difficulty that the designers expect is figuring out the incorporation of an aerial refuelling system, which will utilize the probe-and-drogue method.
The planned timeline of the project is as follows:
* **2027:** Remaining repairs to the Antonov Serial Production Plant are completed
* **2028:** One of the existing An-70 prototypes is retrofitted with the new engines and avionics
* **2029:** The aircraft embarks on its maiden flight and undergoes further development and evaluation, including the installation of the aerial refuelling system
* **2030:** Conclusion of development and commencement of serial production
Initial serial production will take place exclusively in Ukraine, with the first 24 aircraft being built for the Turkish Air Force at a rate of 6 per year. During that time, Antonov and TAI will work on building a production facility in Turkey, which will be licensed to produce the aircraft for domestic service. Ukraine will likely produce examples for its own air force, but no definitive commitments have been made. Ukraine will however seek to export the aircraft abroad in order to help revitalize it's famous aviation industry.
**Specifications**
* **Crew:** One pilot, one co-pilot, one flight engineer
* **Passengers:** 300 troops, or 130 fully-equipped paratroopers, or 206 wounded troops across two decks (when deployed in a medevac configuration)
* **Length:** 41 metres
* **Height:** 16 metres
* **Wingspan:** 46 metres
* **Maximum Payload:** 50 tonnes
* **Maximum Takeoff Weight:** 140 tonnes
* **Powerplant:** 4x [Motor Sich D-436-148FM turbofan engines](https://motorsich.com/eng/products/aircraft/tde/d-436-148fm-fm-1/) generating 8,600 kilogram-force each (34,400 kilogram-force total)
* **Maximum Speed:** 800 kilometres per hour
* **Range:** 7,700 kilometres
* **Service Ceiling:** 12,100 metres
* **Unit Cost:** $100,000,000
The aircraft will be fitted with a strengthened landing gear assembly consisting of a twin-wheeled nose gear and multi-wheeled main gear. It will have short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities, with the aircraft able to takeoff and land on 600 to 800 metre-long unpaved runways (depending on the payload being carried). The cargo hold will have a volume of 400m³, and will be able to accommodate construction equipment, military vehicles, helicopters, humanitarian cargo, and many other types of cargo. The modernized, NATO-compatible glass cockpit will feature a heads-up display and the latest navigation and communication equipment, along with modern and reliable avionics to support safe operation of the aircraft. The D-436-148FM turbofan engines will deliver increased speed and range with less fuel consumption, which is estimated to be 4,600 kilograms per flight hour. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-24 | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lakwwd1A3UWVvYUlnYlhBTlh2RWlvWXVHdllieGJSM2g1MlZUMU5heGFiYkE4TlNaYXY4QWplRGdzM1VGSjZSZlFvcVkxZUxmdUUwM0VkUGc1WGdTMnBrbWc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9Fbk1KdkI0RXFWUmYxeFY2WWQ5OHp2UkdHeUQ2dUhtalRSTTNqVFhpODNOTmFJbWVwQUtrZEdJVzA0UFFTMVNoWHI4SUxsbEVualBTWWhwMkN6MVpud2RkQlRmWG5NSzZQUTk0MndpbHJPNDFzYXBNemZ1Rjlvd19fSGQzczNkSnoxdEVmSjNMaTN2UDZkT2V5X3A2NEFIRllnVEc4OHg3ZlZvUnEwU3BFczZrPQ== |
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This generous aid from Switzerland is most welcome, and will be put to good use. We thank Switzerland for their support. | r/globalpowers | comment | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-24 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwT09wd2ltZzR5ZlJJY0Nfeno0ZUVBaklGVHd4UFIwLWtSa0VRSWtOVlVSNUh0ZkZCLXJ5X29hWVVTTEl4MU5fTGROMVMtbnJvNjBJUDlVY01SWVFqSFE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FUXFyWE5RWk8yTkJ2ZnBCNFhTbTQ2dV82Zm1CbF9iUlJ1U1pzc1hhT29lcjhLZndUbVBFZUlzY1h6c1hvQlZHb0d1VXlLcVFkbDJyaHdnajRVR0VtSEdWbnlYZDNhTkNzWVZndFBiZlVSN0RYZ0NjMkRvVlJvVW5ETEZFTUVISFc3NmR0ejEtN1QySWxnNDRuUjg4dVN2V0p3bjh6S0U2LW1pYzctXzJ2M05WdWd1dENBbF82VjFkVDhjWDRwZTVDc3J3bjlzcVlLUnYtX2paOWFUU2pfUT09 |
TAI and Turkey are pleased to partner with Antonov, Motor-Sich, Ukraine, and a host of other businesses hoping to produce commercially viable aircraft in Eurasia | r/globalpowers | comment | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-24 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwS0ppa3ExcWEyTVFMUV9CbWZsUWdkMExRdEhlb0diOVl2NFZVSk52ZlJ1aTlYY1RGa2xoN3p4c0tiV0MtcDVYSnQ3eUV4WkpaXy04eW1xMlBjUHdLd0E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FTFpmcGdCZml2T2twRnktR3hJa2k5YUV2ajQ4MnUtdXk2cDV6UnNmTHoxSFFxN0NSY201QWpxZlg4ZFpYRWFRYjVXZnBqTnJHdzhCUlhTSDFiUmNfNWNadkR0X1N4Z1ZsQ2tWMkl4OGpBTWtlYXlvYnpVdmt0enBxWTUwUjBwLXQ0U0VOUTEtUXU5R0d1dmoyMy1ycWlaQ1RKbzlmUTlPUi1LUW03c3BSOWFieDlWbkJSQkxMMFhtUHYzYjA2Uk45 |
it's clear that the recent surge in oil prices is putting a strain on the U.S. economy, especially with inflation already on the rise. consumers are feeling the pinch at the pump, and businesses are facing higher production costs. this could have a significant impact on consumer spending and overall economic growth. | r/econmonitor | comment | r/econmonitor | 2023-11-24 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwUG42R2VwenhKalVEbnV6VlduZTMxeXFySkhxWENLaEkxYVIyRkh6RC15OUwyQUpZTmJqTzVwRGNoaVBFa1ZRUVlZTklySTNLbzZGWk1Gc2J1T1pmcmc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FQWZsd2ljN2gzNUh6N1ctU3lCeW5YeDctelNjVEdZMFQxUUJmbEJuVEY2Mk5DYjlTM01IRWlsQlpOMTJYZWdGbl9EWDRfMUJ6UDlIVml5Z3hTN1hsc0t4ckRsZ2FKTWswS08zTHpna280MHVQcWxCeE1Jc2htTmZ6VFQtUkEzLURFYllFZ2MxTFIycmszS01vSkt4NzZQUzdaV2pHb0ZlNWJCVUswc2hJRmVNLTlOcERMaVU1QUdqTHZfeHZQLU9lZXJHdzJmcFFsNzlPQ3ZyWnRwWGJOUT09 |
House of Commons, London
*April 1st 2027*
Chancellor Rachel Reeves today delivered her third full budget, and what is being labelled the first true Labour budget since March 2010. Having courted businesses in the runup to the 2024 election and stood on a platform of limited tax rises and fiscal responsibility, up to now Labour has attempted to portray itself as the party of business and hasn't targeted the wealthy. This has caused some consternation among their core vote, and they have now targeted the wealthy with grabs on inheritance tax, private schools, landlords, and those with non-domiciled tax status. The biggest changes are outlined below:
* Loopholes in inheritance tax (agricultural and business property relief) that currently allow farms and businesses to be passed down at death without their families paying the divisive 40pc charge will be closed, raising £4bn ($4.8bn).
* Private schools will be stripped of their charitable status, allowing VAT to be charged on the fees they charge, with revenues generated expected to reach £1.7bn ($2.1bn). This money will be used to waive tuition fees for \~ 48,000 students undertaking teaching degrees each year, and to provide CPD and top up courses for teaching assistants to wrest the turnover in teachers leaving the profession.
* The fuel duty freeze will cease from Monday 5th April, adding 5p duty per litre to the cost of petrol and diesel. This is expected to raise £5.4bn ($6.6bn) per year to 2030, and will be used to finance the rollout of electric car charging points and a £7,500 scrappage scheme for motorists who buy a UK manufactured electric car.
* Loopholes that allow properties used as holiday lets for less than 140 days without paying council tax will be closed. The loophole allowing second homeowners to switch from paying council tax to business rates will also be closed. The council tax on second homes will be doubled, and for homes that remain unoccupied, will increase by 100% for every year that they remain unoccupied. Money raised will go to local authorities and not into general taxation and revenue. Theoretically, this should increase provisions for local services, in reality it'll probably go on bloating the workforce, pay rises and pension increases for local council workers...
* Non-domiciled tax status will be abolished, with provision put in place for genuinely temporary residents. This is anticipated to raise £3.5bn ($4.2bn) which will subsidise a £3,000 per year pay rise for nurses and nursing associates.
* The Digital Services Tax will increase from 2% to 6% (forecast to raise [£3bn by 2024-25](https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmpubacc/732/report.html) at 2%), raising an additional £7bn ($8.4bn)\*\* before rising to 12% in 2028/29. This will finance the 'national wealth fund', through which the government will retain a share in renewable assets including gigafactories, clean steel plants and net-zero industrial clusters.
* The above measure will offset a reductions of 25% in corporation tax for business that pay the 'real living wage' rather than the minimum wage, or a 50% reduction in corporation tax for small businesses with profits between £50,000 - £ 250,000.
\*\* This is assuming that a rise will prompt some businesses to shift their tax arrangements / consumer behaviour to change if prices are increased, so not a linear increase of multiplying it by a factor of 3.
In response, the Shadow Chancellor criticsed the Labour government for heaping yet more taxes upon those who work hardest. Chris Philp told the House "We have an unfair tax burden, one that sees only 40% of our working population pay any income tax, and just 300,000 taxpayers foot the bill for 30% of all income tax. Treating these people as cash cows will backfire, there is only so much they can be milked before they seek new pastures. It is time to reduce taxation, roll back the state and reducing spending, not bolster an inefficient public sector with even more shirkers and bigger departments."
With speculation of an election next year, the budget has been widely seen as an effort to unite Labour voters ahead of what will be a tough campaign. The government retain a healthy lead in the polls, but focus groups are understood to have reported back to Labour HQ that the government has done too little to address inequalities and has run a near Tory-lite government. The Chancellor is understood to be earmarking some of the money raised but not allocated above to a massive overhaul of Universal Credit that is expected to form the cornerstone of Labour's 2028 election campaign.
Media Reaction to the Publication
*The Guardian* \- Labour prepare the ground for election, hiking taxes for the rich and opening the spending taps to hard pressed public services after more almost two decades of neglect.
*The Telegraph* \- Conservatives sense blood in the water as Reeves shows her true colours and goes after businesses and the wealthy ahead of anticipated 2028 election.
*The Times* \- Tax burden soars higher still, as Chancellor turns her sights on motorists and the wealthy to arrest brain drain of nurses and teachers and shore up local services.
*Daily Mail* \- Workers fleeced, shirkers feast. Chancellor robs the aspirational and wealth generators to finance scroungers and the hotel-dwelling migrant community.
*The Sun* \- Government tighten the screw on hard working families and business owners. Join our campaign to reverse the attack on motorists!
*The Independent* \- Poorest families, care homes, nurses and teachers to be rewarded as government finally bare their teeth and target the wealthy to fund public services.
*Financial Times* \- Reeves cautiously increases taxes, but runs the risk of scaring investors and the wealthy away at a time of Breentry uncertainty. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-24 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwbXlpZmgtaGZnNm9YV2c2VElrZ011dUltQ1YyM0VtQ3NOV1ptbzVMUW5QanJxdzJJbm4xazNTTnZSNGJScGgtMVEyVS14T0pVSEhraVV6NXJIcmI5eGc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9Fc0x1R2k4eTRidGRld3JGYnQxYkFoRl85cnl4VGdsX01KWjlFZHZnSmVnNHQxTUpwVC1hTVVUa1VyVnVQWnNKb2o2X1JudUp4V2cyQW9YcGcyNlhkU1B0b0xQaEU5N1VlQkZScW9jWnpSSFp4R05TY2k3S0V3ZVRfQlJMTmU4ZWUxMnBSU2hXdE9mMjl2dWNSTEhXMGpsQUFBOWRZcGFLSllSa043bVRDZ2NZeklQN1JfSjVMVWQ0RDVfanNiZVJN |
[https://factkeepers.com/countering-propaganda-words-matter-their-definitions-matter-even-more/](https://factkeepers.com/countering-propaganda-words-matter-their-definitions-matter-even-more/) | r/propaganda | post | r/propaganda | 2023-11-24 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwdnZ6a2R0blpyd3hOcUtwNWpkQ29WQ1dXNFlMOW9IMHVPNXJVVjVrc0tvbUF5TXd6Y092ZzZGdUdTUTlFd2lLMDNILWY3N0hVV3dHYzhnTUsySkxzZmc9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FV2RhbWFjNU1UWWVEcjVzVVNZU0p4UDhQcTZQeDgyVU5ETWdPUElWM1VvbUdXMUhWYUdkeElBdEU2N21qZENOX0ZybG80SW9aNjB1MWdaODV5ZTU5OVQ1b2lpaWRxcGlkclIyUGZLMlJ0SHhOMFdtRTBwQjhxa1RZY2Z5cGRhdU5pZXZZM2Rmb3lKRDkzaEIxMW5JMWZsN01ndXI0NGhzbXRQbE9MRTZwd2JHNmRuTHo1akdRLWFlOTYxMXIzM1Iw |
* Stealth: While I question the usefulness and value proposition, I won't make you remove it -- just be aware these won't matter much given a) the size of the ship; b) it's escorts and/or air wings would give away its position anyways.
* Aircraft: This is acceptable in a pinch but typically not more than 80.
* Production: given the advanced propulsions methods I won't allow the retro to 2025. As such, first ship being laid down is in 2029, is coming out 2033, commissioned in 2037. I don't think the navy has the capabilities to accept a new carrier every year. I'd prefer 1 every 2 years initially, and then as per the mechanics (6mo/1y every 4th). In any case, I'm limiting the size of the class to **10+5 option** and this is being generous given the lack of justification for this amount of carriers. The 5 as option will only be allowed if an additional [EVENT] post is made justifying the need for them. The fusion reactors will count as a design upgrade. | r/globalpowers | comment | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-24 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwweG4yMnVJQ21kZDNwQjFrQzU4YnJtX29Qdm5fb0xUZjlIUnl3enpEbmhFLVBsRGlSYmY0QmlTUHV4VnliaTRLY1k4Q2NCSDlWVlB1dmRPZVpzZnYyZ1E9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FOUd2SzVkRnpOaTh5YTRqcjBYT19PM1NOaW13TU1JOTIxcmpDSlNpRkl4QmhfcFR3TDl0OHp5UDE1QmMtRHdTVjJHYUhoRDJpMU1UT3Y4VE81dzkwU3JnRFB6RktidXA4ZmtHdHlJMHZjOU1SM2NvX3BkSHVPZ1l2T2JPMVpTRF9BNkl6Rm5ZNnl6ZXY1aXRfMXhYTjFuMmRYYm50VkM3eW55Y2xTbEE3X0tYanFxZDB5bEpZTHMwdmIzVy1xT0FO |
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Please note that player-submitted GDP growth is subject to the approval of the Moderators, and is not guaranteed to be included in the upcoming IMF report. | r/globalpowers | post | r/GlobalPowers | 2023-11-25 | Z0FBQUFBQm5LakwwNmdUNW9IQ2JuYTJRRGJBblRmWkpiY1NzT3ByeDRoTTVCMHNCYnl2V0lhN1RUR19ERWhuSFN5RVB5dEdZcV9pVHFFYWNYTFhZWnNMWWpSMkx4M09lSVE9PQ== | Z0FBQUFBQm5Lak9FWDVTOWM2X2ROaTk4bm5oVzMwUG83MUtKRnVQZ01SM1pNUmh1Ti12VEM4aEF3czAyaE9pQjFTX3dXbkdqSTFybDlwYjJTVnZ2YXRrSUxLd2dmLVU1WW5DUDJYc2k3UGk5bmVwRFRGV3FPTUhhTGtCcjItZ184dHJjbmU5ekllWGx6a1RXSkM0bEFtYWJxVEZRaGFRNjJHTDRLUG5MajNGOFNfN3Q5VXhIZ0gzU0JVdzhFWGFzdUhZTDJ3dnl2aEU1 |
# Indian Education Reformation Plan
Indian education system, comparing to other countries, are somewhat incompetent. Many problems in education also affect on labour market, making Indian workforce not really able to compete in international labour market. After careful analysis, government made a conclusion, that reformation of Indian education must be realised, and some measures should be undertaken to create a stepping stone for further labour market reforms.
**Better for kids – better for nation!**
Indian educational schooling system has many problems indeed: typically for countries with big poverty, it’s luck of funding but also more specifically for Indian context – luck of qualified teachers and the framework of system itself. First of all, Indian government will increase education expenditures to 3,3% of GDP or 143.5 billion dollars. Existing system ensuring, that students would have big enough luggage of theory, but never stands for a practice. Perhaps, government could not resolve problem altogether, especially ones that require enormous funding, but it can change the way this system works. In this sense, Ministry of Human Resources developed another approach and vision towards school years of Indian children. Some of points of this policy are recalled with National Education Policy, developed but MHR earlier. The vision states, that Indian pupils should receive less theoretical, but much more practical education. It worth noting, that all of reform plans will receive additional support from educational structure (for example, printing updated textbooks with more practical than theoretical examples). Realisation of this thesis goes with some key points:
***1)*** Upper primary education should be reformed, but especially – it’s curricular. Today upper primary has a disease, that really affect Indian education in many aspects – too much theory. Indeed, upper primary as institution tries to teach kids with some things, that should not be taught in this age, due to parents’ pressure. New regulations, enacted by Ministry, will ensure, that curricular indeed not so broad as it should be, also regulations would have the list of school subjects with detailed content of the program and possible ways for these programs to be taught. Indian government would delegate power to regulate some incentives for schools with respect of state needs, but state’s power would be limited only by incentivizing schools with more effective or more accessible studying of some subjects, but states couldn’t pressure schools to overcome program, while the government and states cooperatively would also ensure, that schools can meet this requirements.
***2)*** Need of reform also quite high in lower secondary education. In lower secondary Indian pupils usually meet with their first exam – All Indian Secondary School Examination or AISSE. The problem is that this exam, with regards to its grade (10) is too difficult. MHR will make it a bit easier, based on only core material, that is needed to pass successfully through this exam. Despite thinking, that this change would not make significant changes in educational system, it would. The main purpose of making AISSE easier is to make higher enrolment rates in higher secondary education, because family income usually doesn’t allow to afford higher secondary after passing AISSE, because private school fees and private tuitions are too costly for families to afford preparation to exam and higher secondary respectively. Making AISSE easier would mean, that there is no need in private tuitions and big preparations. That would be no worsening in quality of education because majority of pupils anyway passing AISSE (91.1% in 2019, expect to have same values in 2026 lol), meaning AISSE would be passed without big financial exhaustion for families. There would also take place an informational campaign, informing people about changing of AISSE conception.
***3)*** Higher secondary education also in a need of change. Bigger number of pupils will be gathered in this educational section, but for us it’s very needed to make right selection of pupils in higher education – to colleges or universities. Government believes that there is a need to make so called “senior” or All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE) more difficult but change it conception. That would mean, that AISSCE would be made not so much though memorisation rather than constructing more different real-life situations on exam. This concept will make exam, and respectively a preparation, more development oriented. On the other hand, this would not mean, that bad AISSCE marks closing door to next section of education – pupil still could become a student in college. Pass threshold for AISSCE would be determined by pass rates of pupil in previous year in state, making system more selective and competitive where it actually needs to be. Also new version of AISSCE would be developed not only by Central Board of Secondary Education – representatives of top uni’s (they would be chosen with multiple criteria, like international rankings, number of patents registered, number of students employed with some salary threshold in any sector except high educational and so on), like Indian Institutes of Technology will also take part in creation of new AISSCE, meeting their demands for qualified pupils. This is needed cause MHR is planning to abolish any entrance university exams, replacing it with AISSCE, making entrance to university more transparent and less corrupt. Also, MHR would delegate to Central Institute of Vocational Training a creation of more skill-based curricula with a lot more vocational subjects, also with participation of top universities representatives. It would directly strengthen our future workforce, cause more material could be learned in colleges and universities – also, many students could find job with these skills. As always, schools would have big autonomy in choosing vocational subjects to be taught, but they would be additionally incentivized by states or government with significant tax credits of subsidies, but in both cases, they would need a close cooperation with private companies. The confirmation of this cooperation could be received only by tracking, that some voluntary on-place training is taking place. Finding partners and making such deals, editing curricula is not an easy process, but government estimates, that 2 years would be enough for market to adjust.
***4)*** Better teachers – better education. Sadly, this is not about India – preparation of teachers often in hands of private market and this market is weakly regulated. Pre-service teachers often couldn’t become in-service teachers, because of inability to pass Teacher Eligibility Test. Complex work here required: from one hand, government will update curricula for all Teaching Education/Training Institutions (most of them are private). These curricula will become mandatory for all Institutions, but institutions still could be competitive by for example, quality of preparations or preparations speed. Institutions that don’t meet requirements would be shut down. Also, MHR will update system of in-service teachers work evaluation, based on 360° evaluation, specifically by classroom observations, peer reviews and random students feedback, also, but in less degree, would be considered opinion of other stakeholders – colleagues, school management, parents and so on. Important part of evaluation would be also PISA results of school, which is also a much more better criteria than results of All India exams.
**Forging employable workforce – higher education changes**
Indian higher education is one of the most promising and quick developing in the world. Yet it has some crucial problems, and the main of them are employability and luck of efficient research activity. Indian higher education has an interesting feature – colleges in India are not independent, but they are affiliated with universities, what means that this can potentially make transition to new system more efficient and faster. To improve higher education, Indian government enacted some changes:
***1)*** Many colleges and universities still operating on poor educational standards. It’s difficult for government to pressure on universities to establish clear, state- or national-wide curricular – this could harm universities autonomy, but government could partly do it on colleges. To make them more attractive for employers to cooperate, Regional Institutes of Education, National Council for Educational Research and Training, state governments and employer organizations and some employers themselves (in respect of their size) will participate in making some curricula requirements taking in consideration employment need. Such curricula won’t be mandatory, but it would be better for colleges to follow requirements, because they would be more competitive and that would be easier for them to cooperate with employers. Also, each state would have its own recommended curricula requirement depending on economic needs. Every college would be certificated with meeting these minimal requirements. Information about certification and curricula content would be updated each year on Regional Institutes sites, as well as on NCERT site. Some standards of certification for colleges and universities also would be reviewed to ensure that next generation of colleges and universities would be better. These changes, even if they are only recommended, could greatly influence on Indian labor market.
***2)*** Indian higher education is free… well, formally, as Indian law is stating. In practice, private institutions making many by “capitation fees”. Such illegal market can create some disappointment for government, but, on the other hand, some possibilities for trade-off could be made. Indian government decided to make such “capitation fees” legal, which would slightly decrease cost of education, but also decided to bring some requirements to the table – all universities must create autonomous and transparent structure with clear decision-making process and meet EU requirements in academical standards and quality assurance. For state universities also would be created State Higher Education Councils, that would step by step overtaking duties of Regional Institutes of Education in matter of states education policies. Also, SHECs will be responsible for planning, quality assurance, monitoring, evaluation, and provision of high education in state. State universities with properly functionating (they must meet EU requirements) SHEC will receive additional funding from government. This will make educational policy in state more harmonized and states themselves will be more autonomous.
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I'm feeling sort of burned out from work these past few days, and I need to get the fuck out of my apartment and touch grass instead of spending most of my free time playing GP. Guangzhou is very nice this time of year, and I think I need to spend some more time outdoors.
I'll probably come back sometime during 2028. In the meantime, I'm looking at other options for 3ics, since Nevada has disappeared, and Frunze never posted anything.
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