International Defence Green and White Papers

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Just reading my "papers" and I found this a most interesting ref. on the current status of Polish weapons systems as far as upgrades, new equipment and where they are with the Germans concerning the development of the Euro LEOPARD.
https://www.defence24.com/president-...our-priorities

Regards,
Pat

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Active_Protective_Systems_PDF.zip

Return_of_the_bear_Russian_PDF.zip


Hello Pat, it was made with:
https://en.pdf24.org/creator.html


Free software of about 70MB, it is uncomplicated and honest.
I'm not sure if it's okay to leave this link here? Somehow it looks like marketing. That's why I exchanged the download link for an informational link.

I just wanted to say that you can use it to manage all possible images and text sheets of different endings in a simple user interface, merge and what else.

Boah this sounds even more advertising.

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I feel this a good place for the next. This item has been reported by the AP News Agency (Seems to be the first.) within the last 50 minutes or so. Time wise (12:29pm/+13hrs from me.) in Seoul S. Korea now.) it seems sometime this morning local time, South Korean jets fired "warning shots" at several Russian jets that had violated their airspace. It also appears the Chinese did the same later in the morning.

Aren't you glad we keep the OOB's updated? Now you have some game options you can exercise, which I hope is the "only place" that option gets exercised.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...id=mailsignout

Story starting to hit the web now. For me, chalking it up to a test of S. Koreas response and capabilities.

Regards,
Pat

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/23/asia/...hnk/index.html

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With a long history of conflict, it seems the relations with Pakistan (Over Kashmir) of late is "a walk in the park" compared to what's currently going on between India and China where blood has already been shed earlier this month. Will this flare up into a small war such as happened in 1964, I believe it's hard to say, but at the same time plausible. From "Broadsword" a series of articles are provided. I hope you'll note the "escalation" from May compared to June in the number of them written. Also for the reader, I posted about 2 or 3 articles on armored exercises going on in Tibet by the Chinese.
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...er-ladakh.html
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...ne-thrice.html
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...unterpart.html
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...usion-can.html
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...rusion-by.html
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...se-refuse.html
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...ne-claims.html
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...n-cooling.html
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...llery-and.html
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...-soldiers.html
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...apable-of.html
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...in-ladakh.html
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...hal-blows.html

The last from today, I believe that's 14 articles in a month. This bears some watching as we also prepare to step up Naval Operations in the South China Sea region and surrounding area ourselves.

Though plenty above for a developer, my concern is focused on the potential real world implications of all this activity in the region.

Older articles and some newer ones:
Belgium: Rearming and expanding with change in doctrine.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/marc...ment_plan.html
https://www.armyrecognition.com/nove...ne_change.html

China: As discussed above.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/june...exercises.html

NATO: Deploying to the East and a continuance of outside events influencing Defense Budgets. Norway looking into new tanks, currently still ongoing.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/marc...st_europe.html
https://www.army-technology.com/feat...ook-like-2018/
https://www.armyrecognition.com/marc...n_project.html

Romania: Increasing Defense Budget through 2023 on 5 year plan.
https://www.army-technology.com/news...ch-7-6bn-2023/

Russia: Defense hardware delivery day 2019!
https://www.armyrecognition.com/anal..._day_2019.html

UPDATED EDIT/SOUTH AFRICA: Major multi-year projects. What's missing (And needed.) is any mention to improving or replacing their MBT's. With ABRAMS and more recently the VT-4 being present in Africa, South Africa's tanks are going to fall behind if the trend continues with the other African countries in updating their own military capabilities.
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/feature...nd-programmes/

Sweden: Rearming to counter Russian threat.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/may_..._rearming.html
That picture clearly shows what I've been talking about concerning the additional "top armor" they had KMW add on their new built custom LEOPARD tanks.

Ukraine: The Ukraine takes a "big step" with NATO.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/june...s_partner.html

USA: Well could we be that "stupid" again!?! I hope not, but, then again nothing would surprise me at this point.
https://www.defence24.com/gen-hodges...ft-for-kremlin

Well that completely cleaned out that folder!! I wish that could happen to a couple of others, however, I'm an "optimistic realist" so that'll never happen!!

Regards,
Pat

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Just cleaning up my "FAVORITES" section where I have some "unassigned" items I never got into an appropriate folder. These are both concerning DENMARK. The first is a "status of forces" article to include dispositions etc., it's an "easy" but through review. I believe this was meant to support a scenario involving the invasion of Denmark by Russia I believe at the time.

This status of forces is from the 2011/2012 timeframe.
https://www2.forsvaret.dk/eng/About/...Figures_UK.pdf

The next is from the Danish Defense website. The reason I had was for an article by them in which they had completely reorganized their artillery force makeup and organization around 5-7 years ago, unfortunately I don't think I had posted it and now might be lost. It would've caused changes to have been made in the OOB. I'll have to search for it (Even though I can hear Don saying...Please don't...!

What is useful and current is that it shows current units and locations and force structure, in this case for the Army.
https://www2.forsvaret.dk/eng/Organi...anishArmy.aspx

Back to the grind, have a good day!

Regards,
Pat

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A couple of issues that I've brought up here and in the other threads.

1) Since I posted about the current tensions between India and China about a month ago (I'm leaving this last part, time is slipping by faster then I thought, as it was in June when I posted last on this issue. We need a race car E-M-E JOE! ) , the situation is still tense, they've have one or two skirmishes, India has outmaneuvered China in taking a strategic area, effectively blocking China from any further moves in the disputed territories without causing a major escalation of military force.

I see a golden opportunity here a set of "what if" scenarios or a campaign, that has real world implications for another "mini-war" as occurred I believe it was in 1964 or worse. Make no mistake, SE Asia and the Pacific Rim countries are watching this very closely given Chinas recent actions in that part of the world. If you don't believe me, simply look to see what Vietnam and some of it's "neighbors" have been doing to modernize their respective militaries in the especially last 5yrs.

I've taken the liberty post the most recent articles from BROADSWORD. In the Western World (At least not publicly.), you're not seeing this being reported, some of the Asian sources are following this and locally the "tenor" of the articles below [speak for themselves.
https://www.army-technology.com/feat...lagf-compared/
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...th-indian.html
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...attle-for.html
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...nt-we-are.html
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...re-on-lac.html
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...ippur-war.html
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2020...its-first.html

2) Well the UK isn't calling it a "SDR" (Thank God as they've proved to be not good for the MOD.) but the following sure sounds on the surface like it is. As I noted in the APC/MBT Threads it could have far reaching consequences for their armor. From the ref...

"The Integrated Review has been billed as the ‘deepest’ review of the UK’s defence policy since the Cold War. It has so far seen rumours of deep cuts to the British Army’s personnel count, as well reported plans to mothball the UK’s fleet of Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) and Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) which were recently denied by Wallace."

OK, maybe it is worst then the past SDR's!?!

The problem for me is this isn't the only place I've seen the word "rumour/rumours used.
https://www.army-technology.com/feat...grated-review/

3) Germany making a power play to "strengthen" NATO. Where are we? Well surprisingly more engaged then I thought we would be, but then we are talking about defense contractors in this article as well.
https://www.defensenews.com/global/e..._source=clavis

4) I believe I posted these already, if not or just to empty out this folder, you're getting them again!!!
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...n-land-systems
https://www.armyrecognition.com/weap...rade_2020.html

Now to start enjoying my weekend, I hope you can enjoy the rest of yours.

Regards,
Pat

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Well another complication has been added to UK's current defense situation the loss of a multi-year budget. Also I wish to quote from the article as this is the first I've seen in a "simple" format of what the cost of COVID-19 has meant to a major government.

"The pandemic has wiped around 20 years’ worth of growth off of the UK’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)."

These type of issues will "trickle down" into budgets of any government to where decisions will have to be made to best use the funds available. Defense as history has shown, is normally the first to suffer from them.
https://www.army-technology.com/feat...nce-secretary/

Regards,
Pat

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I knew the Brits has sent Starstreaks but there were hints, but I found nothing that confirmed that Stormer Starstreaks were included but a sidebar to that article you posted does confirm that

https://www.armyrecognition.com/defe..._vehicles.html

But the patches are locked down and in Shrapnel's hands and I am not rebuilding them again so anyone interested who does not PBEM or keeps a separate game for PBEM and another for personal use when the patches are posted ( likely tomorrow ) can copy UK unit 436 into the Ukrainian OOB into slot 299 and change the slot 1 weapon number to 129. The start date is 5/122 and that will match what I have already done.

And, as usual, the OOBs for both master games are already different than the ones not yet released but that is the nature of a constantly evolving situation

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Well, I guess Don is still "in the game" so I won't repost what he has already done. But yes, STORMER STARSTREAK is in with the appropriate START date as Don has suggested.

And as a further follow-up to Post #64 above and "proof" that the German Gov't follows my posts I give you this...
https://www.armyrecognition.com/defe...o_ukraine.html

UKRAINE/COPY/GERMAN/UNIT 093/GEPARD A3/START/MAY 2022/END/DEC 2025/50 UNITS TO BE DELIVERED//

Work!!!

Regards,
Pat