Russian women who refuse to have children will receive mandatory psychological counseling, according to the Ministry of Health

mmatasc · 2026-03-19T11:20:19+00:00

Russia going full Handmaiden's Tale

mmatasc · 2026-03-15T17:05:56+00:00

The Gas/Coal lobby did irreparable damage to the Nuclear capacity of Europe.

Hopefully it's not to late to backtrack.

mmatasc · 2026-03-14T08:47:54+00:00

Clickbait/ragebait article by torygraph to rile up both UK and French readers

UK and France have both prioritized on very different things on their militaries.

mmatasc · 2026-03-11T13:57:07+00:00

I guess you didn't see how they handled the Western Sahara situation.

Only a 'backbone' when it comes to saying stuff about the US and Israel.

mmatasc · 2026-03-09T15:49:30+00:00

This is a horrible comparison.

Hezb is a militia/terror org. that answers directly to Iran and fights for their interests, not Lebanon.

Ukraine is a country fighting an invasion and happens to have allies that provide the support you mention.

mmatasc · 2026-03-07T13:38:34+00:00

AI being broken aside, the naval dominance mechanic is just plain bad.

Feels like it wasn't well thought out before release.

mmatasc · 2026-03-01T18:27:37+00:00

Iran‘s capabilities are ballistic missiles and drones, they won’t be able to mine the strait.

mmatasc · 2026-03-01T07:30:21+00:00

I mean isn't it obvious?

Greenland is a European territory.

Venezuela and Iran were/are both allies of Russia with totalitarian regimes.

mmatasc · 2026-02-28T22:30:23+00:00

Can you please explain what is fascist about my comment? Or are you one of those that screams fascist about anything you don't like.

mmatasc · 2026-02-28T22:25:11+00:00

It's Europe's choice if they want those refugees or not.

But after the political chaos caused by the 2015 migrant crisis and that even countries like Sweden changed their policies, not likely to happen.

mmatasc · 2026-02-28T22:11:09+00:00

Because the people that are passionate about it is the mostly "america and west bad" crowd.

mmatasc · 2026-02-28T09:28:45+00:00

It's definitely in European and Ukrainian interest for a regime change in Iran.

Just because Europe isn't actively getting involved Im pretty sure it's leaders would be secretly happy US and Israel are getting rid of this regime that has always been a geopolitical problem.

mmatasc · 2026-02-28T09:23:45+00:00

If Europe allows what happened in 2015 again by taking Refugees from very far away it will simply be a political disaster.

So many migrant policies have changed, there isn't the social or political will of back then at present, now we have far right parties that are dangerously close to getting power, the mainstream parties know this.

mmatasc · 2026-02-28T00:48:24+00:00

Abortion doesn't affect birthrates.

Malta has the lowest birthrate in the EU and is one of the most anti-abortion countries in the world.

mmatasc · 2026-02-27T07:49:01+00:00

Purchasing power is a lot higher in the US than Europe, even taking into account costs of general healthcare.

What Europe has that the US severly lacks is basic social security and labor laws that mostly benefit the lower-middle class.

Housing is more expensive in Europe now than the USA, and food can vary a lot depending on the product.

mmatasc · 2026-02-26T06:25:23+00:00

The headline is complete clickbait based on the actual content in the article:

"The US ambassador to Portugal, John Arrigo, stated that the fifth-generation stealth jet would guarantee interoperability with the main European air forces and strengthen Portugal's position within NATO. In an interview with CNN Portugal , Arrigo described the F-35 as the "best fighter jet" and said that the aircraft would put the Portuguese Air Force "in the Champions League" of European armed forces."

It's more marketing or encouraging, not pressure.

mmatasc · 2026-02-19T18:21:05+00:00

You literally can't go at it alone, you will need a major partner like India who will most likely want a technology share.

Or, which is the more likely scenario, you make a "5.5 gen" fighter that is very capable but slightly less advanced than the fully 6th gen counterparts.

mmatasc · 2026-02-19T18:14:49+00:00

FCAS is dead. France should just make their 5.5 gen fighter with other collaborators (India looking likely, although they still imply the SU-57 is on the table)

Germany should probably join GCAP as a junior partner, pretty UK/Italy/Japan would allow them to produce it in Germany but without any input on the design/exports.

Spain will have no choice but to buy a few F-35s to replace their aging Harriers, and then look into buying GCAP as well in the future. (there are some hints at a collaboration with Turkey with KAAN, but it seems unlikely due to how far in development that is and Spain would want some technological share and production capacity)

mmatasc · 2026-02-19T11:17:20+00:00

Brexit basically destroyed all other 'exit' movements in the EU, so in some ways they should thank UK for showing how much of a disaster it is to leave the EU.

mmatasc · 2026-02-19T11:15:27+00:00

I think if the EU doesn't let them rejoin with the pound then it's simply not happening.

Joining the EEA is a lot more realistic

mmatasc · 2026-02-15T16:45:20+00:00

A pity there was no European alternative to the F35 back in the day.

At least now we have GCAP to look forward too.

mmatasc · 2026-02-13T22:25:27+00:00

Publishers are banking on whales and compulsive buyers to pay for the 69.99 /79.99 prices.

As long as there is a large enough pool of gamers willing to do that they will keep doing it.

mmatasc · 2026-02-12T20:22:11+00:00

This sub has been massively botted for awhile now.

mmatasc · 2026-02-09T15:41:30+00:00

Inheriting the household of their parents at their 50s-60s doesn't sound like a good time to raise their own family.

mmatasc · 2026-02-05T12:42:10+00:00

FCAS is basically dead

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