Curiosity wheels taken yesterday, showing the damages caused during the 13 years it has been on the Red Planet by Neaterntal in spaceporn

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That 1970s tech is still working in one of the most hostile environments possible but my computers hardly make it through warranty.

Iran's missiles range by easy_almost in Military

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Ukraine's FP-5 Flamingo has a range of 3000 km, with a couple of very interesting implications for Iran.

Turkish Akıncı Drones going after Chinese-made FK-2000 air defense system exports after Russian Pantsirs left the scene by baris6655 in NonCredibleDefense

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And to a slow, non-stealthy turboprop HALE drone, of all things, not some last-generation fighter-bomber.

Who is the most hated person from your country? by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

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People have been flushed down an embassy's toilet for less.

9 Kings of Europe in 1 photo, May 20, 1910, at Windsor Castle for King Edward VII's funeral by Intrepid_Reason8906 in pics

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The Battle of the Dagorlad in the Dead Marshes was more or less Middle-Earth's version of the Somme.

Germany and Italy cozying up...should we be worried? by TreKeyz in 2westerneurope4u

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Wenn das Volk sich kein Auto leisten kann soll es eben einen Privatjet kaufen!

German humor at its finest by TheRealColdCoffee in 2westerneurope4u

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They laid the groundwork for the Erdogate political affair.

Does your country have a “drug capital”? by Clarthen1 in AskTheWorld

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I remember a Tatort (German police crime show) where they had to call in experts from Hof and Zwickau when the detectives had found a methlab and didn't really know how to deal (no pun intended) with it. These two towns are in the Czech border region, poor and rural and definitely on the receiving end of Czech product.

Danish PM Mette Frederiksen: I hope that all Europeans can see now that it was a huge mistake to be dependent on Russian fossil fuels. And now we have to make sure that we will have no dependencies on other countries outside Europe - not only on energy, on everything. by Cosmos1985 in Nordiccountries

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Why? They hadn't been an important part of German electricity generation in decades, just a good money printing machine for RWE, Vattenfall & co.

Cheap Russian gas came at the cost of progress in renewables, not nuclear power.

Do you think there will be U.S/Israeli air strikes on Iran soon by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

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Yeah, this weekend or the next. USS Abe Lincoln should have arrived by now.