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Classic move: make the kids struggle, then offer them a lifeline if they just put on a uniform. The GI bill is great, but you shouldn't have to step on an IED t

Classic move: make the kids struggle, then offer them a lifeline if they just put on a uniform. The GI bill is great, but you shouldn't have to step on an IED to go to college.

Garlef 11mo ago
Nah... That's a cute idea but here's some actual data: https://www.bundeswehrkarriere.de/downloads/mannschaften/936 https://www.bundeswehrkarriere.de/downloads/mannschaften/936 tl;dr: Okay but it's not golden by any means.
- flohofwoe 11mo ago
  FWIW for a lot of East German youths born into poor families that's pretty good money at 18 years age.
- PeterStuer 11mo ago
  Got to love how they camo their letterhead.
throw310822 11mo ago
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- citrin_ru 11mo ago
  Hypersonic missiles is a distraction, the real danger currently comes from mass produced drones (both Shahed and FPV ones) and I’m afraid EU has no good defence against them.
  - monerozcash 11mo ago
    The part about shaheds is such a ridiculous take, they're an economic inconvenience not a serious military threat. FPV drones? You don't need good defense against them, it'd be nice to have, but EU military doctrines broadly assume aerial superiority enabling effective combined arms operations and maneuver warfare. Hostile operators of fiber optic drones aren't going to have a great time in such an environment. But sure, EU would have a bad time without US support given that EU ammunition stocks probably aren't deep enough for proper DEAD.
- victorbjorklund 11mo ago
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  - vasac 11mo ago
    Any ideas why blackouts are widespread in Ukraine but not throughout Russia?
  - lenkite 11mo ago
    The S400 seems to do a good job of shooting down drones despite what CNN/MSN says. It has defended against several thousand drones in the last year. It also successfully used by India in the latest spat and India is placing more orders after its proven success in Operation Sindoor. Also, Ukrainian drones vary the gamut from cheap, but modern FPV drones for easy mass production to state-of-art naval drones, rivaling anything produced in the world.
    - monerozcash 11mo ago
      > It has defended against several thousand drones in the last year. The idea of shooting down thousands of cheap drones using the S400 sounds ... interesting, to put it mildly. > It also successfully used by India in the latest spat and India is placing more orders after its proven success in Operation Sindoor There's not exactly many options available to India if they want to have any kind of air defense. The S400 certainly isn't terrible, but India also has every reason to exaggerate it's performance. Not only that, but it's not like both sides of that particular conflict haven't already been caught in many blatant lies regarding their performance. 5 or so months after the war Indian Air Force started repeatedly falsely claiming that they downed at least five Pakistani fighter jets, and one AWACS aircraft. This claim is patently absurd and completely unsupported by any evidence, but propaganda is very important to the Modi government. If India had evidence of them destroying a single Pakistani fighter, they'd absolutely be displaying that all over the place. They don't, because they likely did not hit any.
- kakacik 11mo ago
  > Europa wants to go to war against Russia's hypersonic missiles. Not true, Europe (as in EU or Schengen or similar group) wants to be left alone by some hyper aggressive undeveloped dictatorship in the east with massive inferiority complex. But if we keep hearing every week how we will be annihilated in nuclear holocaust or just murdered in millions in conventional warfare, at one point you stop ignoring a mad dog barking at our door. We wanted peaceful mutually beneficial economical cooperation but Ukraine's huge gas&oil fields in the east plus all the heavy industry from soviet era also there was I guess too much to ignore for them, greed is always a strong emotion. Lets not forget who started the war in 2014 and massively escalated in 2022 in their brilliant 3-day 'special operation'. But its fine I guess, russian incompetence created the strongest army in Europe since WWII, extremely motivated personnel literally defending their homes and loved ones from mass murder, theft, subjugation and erasure of identity (all this is provably happening on conquered territories so there is 0 room for doubts). They will bleed dry their economy and military there and real problems and misery for russia will start then. Self-harm in front of whole world, no tear will be shed for what was once pretty advanced society (at least compared to now, comparison with say US was always rather to be avoided due to inevitable hurt feelings and egos).
- ahartmetz 11mo ago
  Hypersonic missiles are a distraction. They have too few to make much of a difference.
- monerozcash 11mo ago
  This is ridiculous, the whole point of European militarization is that they don't want to go to war.
flohofwoe 11mo ago
FYI, higher education is practically free in Germany.

Classic move: make the kids struggle, then offer them a lifeline if they just put on a uniform. The GI bill is great, but you shouldn't have to step on an IED to go to college.

Garlef 11mo ago

Nah... That's a cute idea but here's some actual data: https://www.bundeswehrkarriere.de/downloads/mannschaften/936 https://www.bundeswehrkarriere.de/downloads/mannschaften/936 tl;dr: Okay but it's not golden by any means.

flohofwoe 11mo ago
FWIW for a lot of East German youths born into poor families that's pretty good money at 18 years age.
PeterStuer 11mo ago
Got to love how they camo their letterhead.

throw310822 11mo ago

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citrin_ru 11mo ago
Hypersonic missiles is a distraction, the real danger currently comes from mass produced drones (both Shahed and FPV ones) and I’m afraid EU has no good defence against them.
- monerozcash 11mo ago
  The part about shaheds is such a ridiculous take, they're an economic inconvenience not a serious military threat. FPV drones? You don't need good defense against them, it'd be nice to have, but EU military doctrines broadly assume aerial superiority enabling effective combined arms operations and maneuver warfare. Hostile operators of fiber optic drones aren't going to have a great time in such an environment. But sure, EU would have a bad time without US support given that EU ammunition stocks probably aren't deep enough for proper DEAD.
victorbjorklund 11mo ago
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- trvketime 11mo ago
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  - flohofwoe 11mo ago
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- nsoqm 11mo ago
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- vasac 11mo ago
  Any ideas why blackouts are widespread in Ukraine but not throughout Russia?
- lenkite 11mo ago
  The S400 seems to do a good job of shooting down drones despite what CNN/MSN says. It has defended against several thousand drones in the last year. It also successfully used by India in the latest spat and India is placing more orders after its proven success in Operation Sindoor. Also, Ukrainian drones vary the gamut from cheap, but modern FPV drones for easy mass production to state-of-art naval drones, rivaling anything produced in the world.
  - monerozcash 11mo ago
    > It has defended against several thousand drones in the last year. The idea of shooting down thousands of cheap drones using the S400 sounds ... interesting, to put it mildly. > It also successfully used by India in the latest spat and India is placing more orders after its proven success in Operation Sindoor There's not exactly many options available to India if they want to have any kind of air defense. The S400 certainly isn't terrible, but India also has every reason to exaggerate it's performance. Not only that, but it's not like both sides of that particular conflict haven't already been caught in many blatant lies regarding their performance. 5 or so months after the war Indian Air Force started repeatedly falsely claiming that they downed at least five Pakistani fighter jets, and one AWACS aircraft. This claim is patently absurd and completely unsupported by any evidence, but propaganda is very important to the Modi government. If India had evidence of them destroying a single Pakistani fighter, they'd absolutely be displaying that all over the place. They don't, because they likely did not hit any.
kakacik 11mo ago
> Europa wants to go to war against Russia's hypersonic missiles. Not true, Europe (as in EU or Schengen or similar group) wants to be left alone by some hyper aggressive undeveloped dictatorship in the east with massive inferiority complex. But if we keep hearing every week how we will be annihilated in nuclear holocaust or just murdered in millions in conventional warfare, at one point you stop ignoring a mad dog barking at our door. We wanted peaceful mutually beneficial economical cooperation but Ukraine's huge gas&oil fields in the east plus all the heavy industry from soviet era also there was I guess too much to ignore for them, greed is always a strong emotion. Lets not forget who started the war in 2014 and massively escalated in 2022 in their brilliant 3-day 'special operation'. But its fine I guess, russian incompetence created the strongest army in Europe since WWII, extremely motivated personnel literally defending their homes and loved ones from mass murder, theft, subjugation and erasure of identity (all this is provably happening on conquered territories so there is 0 room for doubts). They will bleed dry their economy and military there and real problems and misery for russia will start then. Self-harm in front of whole world, no tear will be shed for what was once pretty advanced society (at least compared to now, comparison with say US was always rather to be avoided due to inevitable hurt feelings and egos).
ahartmetz 11mo ago
Hypersonic missiles are a distraction. They have too few to make much of a difference.
monerozcash 11mo ago
This is ridiculous, the whole point of European militarization is that they don't want to go to war.

flohofwoe 11mo ago

FYI, higher education is practically free in Germany.