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@TTMEEI Good to see production and revenues up. Would be even better if VAT refunds due were paid to allow continued investment.

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@HillwalkerNige @Osint613 @PHelbik4618 There's also a bit of history of Russia invading Finland.

@Osint613 @PHelbik4618 Maybe because ruSSia invaded Ukraine - a country with which it had no territorial disputes and treaties guaranteeing the agreed borders.

Putin: Finland, why did it join NATO? Did we have any territorial disputes with Finland? Everything had long been settled.

@KQuick20704342 @MarkWard18 @Jasper13_01 @PredatorOilGas Would expect an explanation of why. What rule has been held as broken?

@MarkWard18 @Jasper13_01 @PredatorOilGas I don't have access either - nor have I received any notice as to why the PRD community has been banned. I am also unable to communicate with Reddit Admin. Last year the PRD facebook group was hacked.

#PRD Some research reading. Full divestment or CNG/LNG project? You decide. ivory-siobhan-80.tiiny.site

@GrahamHengland It has just dropped in my email from Tim at Flagstaff! Officially sanctioned...?!🤔

Recent AI assisted research papers Appeared on X ...courtesy of Jasper‼️ 🌟Thanks Jasper🌟 Would it be quite something Were such a Paper To be spread more widely❓ #PRD

@BenGrahamUK @BladeoftheS Anywhere is better than putting panels on farmland. Carparks, office roofs, every hospital (which are always heated too much), every school. All mostly ugly concrete blocks that won't be ruined by it. Why do we ruin good fields?!

@BladeoftheS This is a terrible idea. We all know solar is an intermittent waste of money. Especially in a country like the UK that rarely has sunshine.

Switzerland is putting solar panels on all the empty space between train tracks. If done in the UK this would take 20,000,000 Solar Panels and would provide 8GW of electricity.

@KQuick20704342 Well, a lot is produced from the Herrera, so odds are good.

#PRD I'm hoping that the Herrera Sands are "Divine Rock"

@GrahamHengland No-one wants to take over before the elections, which will be brutal.

A couple of weeks ago I bet Lady H that Starmer would be toast By 23rd April Looks as if I won the bet... Although Labour might want him as PM To take the flack re May 7th elections

They say in politics it is not the mistake that costs you, it's the attempted coverup.

For those trying to buy WeShop and can't as it keeps getting halted, look at WeCap in the UK (WCAP). It holds 1.3m shares in WeShop. #Weshop

Now $17, up 100%.....makes WeCap's holding worth $22m, giving NAV £9m vs £3 mcap.

Now $13.5 up 60%. Possibly a short squeeze on?

WeShop up 46% yesterday, WeCap up 30+% so far today. WeShop up another 38% in pretrading to $11. Will WeCap respond again when the US opens this afternoon?

Why are folk obsessing about whether a ship has passed the Strait of Hormuz as a measure of the US blockade? It is prob not even in Gulf of Oman, more likely in the Arabian Sea. Why risk ships in close? The UK blockade of Germany in both wars was not in the North Sea.

@nicholadrummond @SimeonHawkins Would be very handy in the gulf right now.

@SimeonHawkins Why would we invest £400 million for a ship with no towed sonar array, that can’t contribute to anti-submarine warfare? If you want more vessels to maintain a global presence why not buy more Batch 2 OPVs at less than £150 million each?

20 UK DEFENCE INVESTMENT PRIORITIES 1. Rebuild munition stockpiles across all three services 2. Ensure that the Dreadnought SSBN programme is delivered on schedule 3. Acquire a ballistic missile defence system 4. Get on with the Type 45 destroyer PIP 5. Acquire additional land-based SkySabre Air Defence systems (minimum of 48 launch sets) 6. Equip all three forces with a full range of UAS, UGV, USV, and UUV for surveillance and strike tasks 7. Order 4 additional Type 26 frigates 8. Ensure that all 7 Astute Class attack submarines are ready and deployable 9. Ensure that GCAP / Tempest is fully funded 10. Accelerate the Bowman replacement programme, including investment in AI and a Starlink equivalent satellite system 11. Accelerate programme to replace Crowsnest with a UAS-mounted AEW&C system 12. Continue to invest in Boxer, including artillery version, but refocus it around 1st (UK) so that we field fully deployable brigades sooner (See note below) 13. Invest in land-based SHORAD including Stormer HVM replacement and 35 mm cannon system. 14. Invest in a wheeled GMLRS system like HIMARS 15. Fund development of a UK equivalent of GMLRS ER and PrSM 16. Loan or lease 5 additional C-17A transport aircraft from wherever we can (or buy 10 additional A400M) 17. Ensure that at least 4 Multi-Role Strike Ships are funded for the Commando Force 18. Acquire 24 additional F-35B to provide a surge capacity for the carriers and to reduce attrition risk 19. Increase Army headcount to 80,000, and Navy headcount to 35,000 20. ……(What have I missed?) (Note: I’m an advisor to KNDS so my Boxer recommendation (No. 12) is not impartial - but I still think it is the right thing to do!)

@astraiaintel Not much in the way of heavy units. BTRs the heaviest in the motorised infantry?

The concentration of Russian forces on the Zaporizhzhia Front is the thinnest I can remember. It used to be three times as many regiments stationed here just over 6 months ago!

@GrahamHengland @1OgOutlaw Surprised the cops could keep up!

@1OgOutlaw I know the feeling Was rushing my young daughter to A&E.She had gone blue Police stopped me.I explained... They kindly offered blue light escort by their Panda car I had 560SEC AMG AMG pedal = soon reacquainted with the metal😇 Daughter was AOK👍

Husband trying to get wife to hospital who’s in labor. Cop pulls him over to give a ticket for trying to pass. Idk.. I think I’m with the hubs on this one.

@BenGrahamUK @PeterStefanovi2 We were already aligned, EU classified us as 'a third country' so it didn't count (e.g. Falmouth mussels suddenly 'unsafe'). EU refused a trade deal that made economic sense for both, for ideological reasons. Alignment with EU affects trade deals with Commonwealth friends.

@PeterStefanovi2 Brexit was 6 years ago. This is not a valid excuse in 2026.

BREAKING: “We are not burying our head in the sand. We are not immune to the damage that Brexit has caused… where alignment is in our national interest we should align with European rules where that is good for business and where that is good for jobs in Britain” Chancellor Rachel Reeves 👏

An important principle established in the Magna Carta in 1215. "No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions... except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land".

@Gabriel64869839 Hopefully this is the kick up the arse the Gov/MoD needs to take GBAD / SHORAD seriously.

One Way Effectors are the one thing even UK GBAD should be fully equipped to handle, assuming kinetic effectors have been deployed (unforgivable if they haven't). And yet one slipped through right away. Fortunately little damage for now, but this is worst possible start.