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𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 — 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐳: French industrial gas supplier Air Liquide inaugurated a new factory in Taichung, Taiwan, on W... ranked.news/412536?u=x
𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 — 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐳: French industrial gas supplier Air Liquide inaugurated a new factory in Taichung, Taiwan, on W... ranked.news/412536?u=x
𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 — 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐳: French industrial gas supplier Air Liquide inaugurated a new factory in Taichung, Taiwan, on W... ranked.news/412536?u=x
𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 — 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐳: French industrial gas supplier Air Liquide inaugurated a new factory in Taichung, Taiwan, on W... ranked.news/412536?u=x
𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 — 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐳: French industrial gas supplier Air Liquide inaugurated a new factory in Taichung, Taiwan, on W... ranked.news/412536?u=x
BREAKING: The United States just took over $126 million from Switzerland’s fighter jet account to cover missile shortfalls in the Iran war. Switzerland did not approve this. Switzerland did not consent. Switzerland had already frozen its Patriot payments after learning deliveries would be delayed four to five years. The US circumvented the freeze. SRF, Switzerland’s national broadcaster, reported on March 26 that Washington redirected Swiss funds originally allocated for 36 F-35 fighter jets to cover Patriot air defence shortfalls using the Foreign Military Sales pooled trust fund, a structure that allows the Pentagon to reallocate payments across a buyer’s contracts without that buyer’s permission. Swiss armaments chief Urs Loher confirmed the diverted amount is a “low three-digit million” Swiss francs and called the situation “very unsatisfactory.” The money Switzerland paid for jets is now subsidising a war Switzerland refused to participate in. Bern halted new arms exports to the US on March 20 citing the Iran conflict. Switzerland rejected two US military flyover requests linked to Iran operations. Two hundred years of armed neutrality, and Washington reached into the account anyway. Here is why. The United States fired 943 Patriot interceptors defending Gulf states in the first four days of Operation Epic Fury per a US Congressional study cited by the Jerusalem Post last week. Lockheed Martin and Boeing produce 620 Patriot interceptors per year combined. In four days, America burned through eighteen months of global Patriot production. The war has consumed roughly one-third of the entire THAAD missile stockpile. Annual THAAD production does not exceed 100 units. The cost asymmetry is what makes the depletion irreversible at current production rates. Each PAC-3 interceptor costs $3.9 million. Each Iranian Shahed drone costs between $20,000 and $50,000. The cost exchange ratio is 114 to 1 in Iran’s favour per Military Times. Iran manufactures an estimated 10,000 Shaheds per month per Reuters. America produces 620 interceptors per year. Iran builds more drones in a single week than the United States builds interceptors in an entire year. Every interceptor fired in the Gulf is one that cannot be delivered to Switzerland, Ukraine, Taiwan, Japan, or Poland. The State Department warned allies on March 27 that Patriot deliveries to Ukraine would face disruptions as the Pentagon prioritises Iran per Quiver Quantitative. Senator Chris Murphy said on record: “We’ve been told again and again one reason we can’t provide interceptors for the Patriot system for Ukraine is that they’re in short supply.” Lockheed signed a framework to quadruple production to 2,000 units per year. That capacity will not arrive for six to seven years. The Pentagon has asked Congress to shift $1.5 billion from other programmes to accelerate procurement per Bloomberg. None of this helps now. The interceptors are depleting now. The allied accounts are being raided now. Switzerland is considering reducing its F-35 order from 36 to 30 jets and accelerating evaluation of European alternatives per Bluewin and Global Defense Corp. Swiss parliamentarians have called the redirection “an unacceptable violation of procurement sovereignty.” The Swiss parliament is preparing formal hearings. Switzerland is the canary. A neutral country with two centuries of armed neutrality just had its fighter jet money taken without consent to feed a four-week-old war that burns 18 months of interceptor production every 96 hours. Every US ally with a pending defence contract should be asking one question: whose account is next? Full analysis: open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…
BREAKING: The United States just took over $126 million from Switzerland’s fighter jet account to cover missile shortfalls in the Iran war. Switzerland did not approve this. Switzerland did not consent. Switzerland had already frozen its Patriot payments after learning deliveries would be delayed four to five years. The US circumvented the freeze. SRF, Switzerland’s national broadcaster, reported on March 26 that Washington redirected Swiss funds originally allocated for 36 F-35 fighter jets to cover Patriot air defence shortfalls using the Foreign Military Sales pooled trust fund, a structure that allows the Pentagon to reallocate payments across a buyer’s contracts without that buyer’s permission. Swiss armaments chief Urs Loher confirmed the diverted amount is a “low three-digit million” Swiss francs and called the situation “very unsatisfactory.” The money Switzerland paid for jets is now subsidising a war Switzerland refused to participate in. Bern halted new arms exports to the US on March 20 citing the Iran conflict. Switzerland rejected two US military flyover requests linked to Iran operations. Two hundred years of armed neutrality, and Washington reached into the account anyway. Here is why. The United States fired 943 Patriot interceptors defending Gulf states in the first four days of Operation Epic Fury per a US Congressional study cited by the Jerusalem Post last week. Lockheed Martin and Boeing produce 620 Patriot interceptors per year combined. In four days, America burned through eighteen months of global Patriot production. The war has consumed roughly one-third of the entire THAAD missile stockpile. Annual THAAD production does not exceed 100 units. The cost asymmetry is what makes the depletion irreversible at current production rates. Each PAC-3 interceptor costs $3.9 million. Each Iranian Shahed drone costs between $20,000 and $50,000. The cost exchange ratio is 114 to 1 in Iran’s favour per Military Times. Iran manufactures an estimated 10,000 Shaheds per month per Reuters. America produces 620 interceptors per year. Iran builds more drones in a single week than the United States builds interceptors in an entire year. Every interceptor fired in the Gulf is one that cannot be delivered to Switzerland, Ukraine, Taiwan, Japan, or Poland. The State Department warned allies on March 27 that Patriot deliveries to Ukraine would face disruptions as the Pentagon prioritises Iran per Quiver Quantitative. Senator Chris Murphy said on record: “We’ve been told again and again one reason we can’t provide interceptors for the Patriot system for Ukraine is that they’re in short supply.” Lockheed signed a framework to quadruple production to 2,000 units per year. That capacity will not arrive for six to seven years. The Pentagon has asked Congress to shift $1.5 billion from other programmes to accelerate procurement per Bloomberg. None of this helps now. The interceptors are depleting now. The allied accounts are being raided now. Switzerland is considering reducing its F-35 order from 36 to 30 jets and accelerating evaluation of European alternatives per Bluewin and Global Defense Corp. Swiss parliamentarians have called the redirection “an unacceptable violation of procurement sovereignty.” The Swiss parliament is preparing formal hearings. Switzerland is the canary. A neutral country with two centuries of armed neutrality just had its fighter jet money taken without consent to feed a four-week-old war that burns 18 months of interceptor production every 96 hours. Every US ally with a pending defence contract should be asking one question: whose account is next? Full analysis: open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…
Photos show heavy damage to a U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry (AWACS) surveillance plane after yesterday’s drone and missile attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, which also hit several refueling planes. More than 10 U.S. service members were injured, two seriously.
Pictures show the total loss of 81-0005, an E-3G “Sentry” Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Aircraft with the U.S. Air Force’s 552nd Air Control Wing based out of Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, following yesterday’s Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. The strike appears to have purposefully targeted the most important part of the E-3, that being rear of the aircraft which holds its rotating radar dome, containing several sensitive instruments including antennas for the E-3’s AN/APY-2 Surveillance Radar System.
🇨🇭 Swiss lawmakers question reliability of US defense agreements after Washington redirected frozen funds within F-35–Patriot programs — Over $100M reportedly reallocated despite Swiss payment freeze — Officials say move created budget gaps in F-35 program — Lawmakers warn trust in US commitments has been affected v.aa.com.tr/3880713
🇨🇭 Swiss lawmakers question reliability of US defense agreements after Washington redirected frozen funds within F-35–Patriot programs — Over $100M reportedly reallocated despite Swiss payment freeze — Officials say move created budget gaps in F-35 program — Lawmakers warn trust in US commitments has been affected v.aa.com.tr/3880713
