
Gerhard Quell
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BREAKING: Qatar just signed a 10-year defence co-production agreement with Ukraine. Not an advisory partnership. Not a training exchange. Co-production facilities. Joint defence industry projects. Technological partnerships between companies. Signed by the Chiefs of General Staff of both nations on March 28 per Zelensky’s verified account and Qatar News Agency. Qatar shares the world’s largest natural gas field with Iran. The North Field / South Pars reservoir holds 1,800 trillion cubic feet of gas per the IEA. Two-thirds lies in Qatari waters. Ten days ago, Iran hit Ras Laffan Industrial City, the facility that processes all the gas from Qatar’s side of their shared field per CNN and QatarEnergy. Seventeen percent of Qatar’s LNG capacity is offline for three to five years. Fourteen percent of helium exports are cut. Force majeure declared. Iran bombed the other half of its own shared gas field. And now Qatar is building weapons factories with the country that mastered killing the drone Iran used to do it. The drone is the Shahed-136. Iran designed it. Russia industrialised it. Russia fired it at Ukrainian cities for four years. Ukraine developed the $2,100 Sting interceptor that kills it at a 70 percent rate. Zelensky told The National he can deliver 1,000 interceptors per day. The 10-year deal ensures Qatar will not just buy these weapons. It will manufacture them on Qatari soil with Ukrainian technology. This is the first time in the history of this war that a Gulf state has committed to building the production line, not just purchasing the product. Saudi Arabia signed a defence cooperation agreement on March 27. The UAE agreed to security cooperation on March 28. But Qatar went further. Co-production means factories. Factories mean sovereignty over supply. Qatar will no longer depend on anyone for the weapon that protects the gas field that powers 30 percent of the world’s helium. Zelensky met Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. He updated them on Russia’s ongoing attacks and its cooperation with the Iranian regime. He told them air defence remains Ukraine’s absolute priority. Then he asked for what he has asked every Gulf leader this week: Patriot missiles that the Gulf possesses and that Ukraine desperately needs to stop Russian missiles that use the same guidance components from the same Chinese rare earth processing chain. The exchange is now visible across three countries in 48 hours. Ukraine gives cheap interceptors and expertise. Gulf states give expensive missiles and investment. Ukraine gets what it needs for Russia. The Gulf gets what it needs for Iran. And the drone that connects both wars, the Shahed that Iran designed and Russia upgraded, becomes the mechanism through which two separate conflicts merge into a single weapons economy. Trump called Zelensky “the greatest salesman on Earth.” In 48 hours, Zelensky signed three defence agreements across three Gulf capitals, secured a 10-year industrial partnership, deployed over 200 specialists, and positioned Ukraine as the sole provider of the one capability America’s $3.9 million Patriot cannot replicate: cheap, high-volume, battle-proven drone interception at $2,100 per unit. The country America said it did not need just locked in a decade of Gulf defence contracts while America raids Swiss accounts to cover its own interceptor shortfall. Full analysis - open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…


❗️President of Finland Alexander Stubb: "Ukrainians are destroying more than 30,000 Russian soldiers every month. At the same time, the Russians are no longer able to replenish them. We're getting closer to the moment when there might have to be a general call from the Russian part


8 Minuten ! Danach bist du gerüstet für jede Diskussion, bei der es um den Verrat von Frau Reiche an 🇩🇪 geht





🚨BREAKING: Senior German MP demands Germany REFUSE TO RECOGNISE Hungarian election result‼️ Green MP Anton Hofreiter, Chairman of the Committee of European Affairs in the German Federal Parliament, says “Hungary’s election results should not be recognised,” if Orbán wins. Pre-emptively questioning the legitimacy of an election outcome before any vote has taken place raises serious concerns about democratic standards in the EU. His full statement: “If Orbán rigs the election and wins, and Trump and Putin congratulate him, the German government should work with others to not recognise the result. The EU should not invite Hungary to any events. Orbán should not even be let into the Council building. The EU Commission should prepare for that, too.” Source: youtu.be/3EDvVm3YSlw?si… Foto: A. Hofreiter


Laut dem Europaabgeordneten Manfred Weber ist es ein Völkerrechtsbruch, wenn der Iran Israel angreift. US-israelische Angriffe auf den Iran seien aber „mit dem Völkerrecht vereinbar“, so der CSU-Politiker am Donnerstag bei „Markus Lanz“.


Viele linke NGOs haben sich daran gewöhnt, dass sie dauerhaft vom Steuerzahler finanziert werden. Wir werden diese Praxis beenden und als @cducsubt dafür sorgen, dass Steuergelder für vernünftige Projekte verwendet werden, etwa in Sportvereinen oder bei freiwilligen Feuerwehren.


Heute im Bundestag habe ich eine einfache Frage gestellt: Warum ist in Deutschland angeblich kein Geld da für Schulen, Straßen oder Kindergärten… aber gleichzeitig wird weltweit Geld für Projekte ausgegeben, die viele Bürger nicht nachvollziehen können? Genau darum geht es: Prioritäten. Während bei uns Unternehmen schließen und die Belastung für Bürger steigt, wird Geld an vielen Stellen im Ausland verteilt. Ich finde: Das Geld der Steuerzahler gehört zuerst nach Deutschland. Was meint ihr?


„Wir müssen die Klimakrise für beendet erklären. Das Ganze ist, wie der amerikanische Präsident so schön sagt, ein Hoax — ein ganzer Betrug, um die Industrie platt zu machen."











China mandated 45 kg of magnesium alloy per vehicle by 2030 - up from 5 kg today 🇨🇳 That is a 9x increase in magnesium content per vehicle. This is not a market trend. It is a government directive. China produces 88% of the world's magnesium - 830,000 metric tons in 2023. The government views magnesium as a strategic material: 100% domestically sourced, unlike aluminum where China produces only 60% of its needs domestically. The calculation is simple: use more of what you control entirely. Every Chinese EV manufacturer must now integrate significantly more magnesium structural parts. The demand is creating a massive build-out of thixomolding capacity - with suppliers ordering 30-50 machines at a time. What this means: -> 9x increase in Mg content per vehicle by 2030 -> Magnesium now cheaper than aluminum in China: ~USD 2,535 vs USD 2,600/ton -> Machine capacity tripled in five years: under 3,000T to announced 7,000T For Western foundries, this mandate is both a warning and an opportunity. ❌ Don't leave your insights to chance with the LinkedIn algorithm ✅ Subscribe for free to my weekly newsletter about all things Gigacasting and magnesium Thixomolding: industryarsenal.com 📬 📊 The Gigacasting Database: lnkd.in/d7NF2jrQ















