Irish neutrality

[Armagh18]

The disgusting older generation who fked everything are luckily too old tp fight.

https://news.sky.com/story/uks-sons-and-daughters-need-to-be-ready-to-fight-amid-growing-russian-threat-says-head-of-armed-forces-13483860?utm_social_post_id=623874556&dcmp=snt-sf-twitter&utm_social_handle_id=7587032

What have the 'disgusting' older generation in the UK done exactly and how have they 'fked everyting'?

Brexit for one, 14 years of Tory cuts for 2.

[Banks of the Bann]

The disgusting older generation who fked everything are luckily too old tp fight.

https://news.sky.com/story/uks-sons-and-daughters-need-to-be-ready-to-fight-amid-growing-russian-threat-says-head-of-armed-forces-13483860?utm_social_post_id=623874556&dcmp=snt-sf-twitter&utm_social_handle_id=7587032

What have the 'disgusting' older generation in the UK done exactly and how have they 'fked everyting'?

Brexit for one, 14 years of Tory cuts for 2.

With reference to the article posted.

[Armagh18]

The disgusting older generation who fked everything are luckily too old tp fight.

https://news.sky.com/story/uks-sons-and-daughters-need-to-be-ready-to-fight-amid-growing-russian-threat-says-head-of-armed-forces-13483860?utm_social_post_id=623874556&dcmp=snt-sf-twitter&utm_social_handle_id=7587032

What have the 'disgusting' older generation in the UK done exactly and how have they 'fked everyting'?

Brexit for one, 14 years of Tory cuts for 2.

With reference to the article posted.

Well Putin would be in that older generation .

He definitely fucked everything!

[seafoid]

https://www.ft.com/content/5cbedc56-b29a-4284-901b-aef5f6853135

Her remarks follow a series of sabotage incidents in the UK and across Europe that have been attributed to Russia or Russia-linked actors, including a fire at a London warehouse last year and a railway line explosion last month in Poland. Airports have also been disrupted by drones.

Last week, the UK's foreign secretary Yvette Cooper warned that Russia was running "vast malign online networks" as part of a strategy of "information warfare".

[jb77]

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/12/16/ireland-to-buy-500m-military-radar-system-from-france/

A new radar, maybe the French can sell a few Rafales to datalink with as well

[Look-Up!]

Forget Bitcoin. Invest any spare money you have in Thales and Dassault shares. That's the way it's heading.

[seafoid]

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/12/16/ireland-to-buy-500m-military-radar-system-from-france/

A new radar, maybe the French can sell a few Rafales to datalink with as well

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/12/16/ireland-to-buy-500m-military-radar-system-from-france/The military radar programme comprises three parts. There will be a long range, land-based radar, a ship-borne maritime radar and ground-based air defence systems, which will include counter-drone technology.

These systems will combine to provide a "recognised air picture", enabling the military to see all aircraft over the State, including those with their transponders switched off.

The Government said the project will be completed by the end of 2028, with some counter-drone capabilities being acquired before Ireland takes up the EU presidency in July 2026.

Funding for the project will come from the €1.7 billion National Development Plan for the Defence Forces which was published last week.

[seafoid]

https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/12/18/hybrid-threats-expected-to-increase-during-irelands-eu-presidency-department-warns/

Hybrid threats are expected to increase in Europe over the coming years, including during Ireland's EU presidency, Department of Defence officials have warned.
In briefing materials prepared for newly appointed Minister for Defence Helen McEntee last month, officials noted Europe's security and defence will likely be the "dominant context" of the Irish presidency during the second half of 2026.
They warned that the trend of hybrid activity, described as "systemic, coercive behaviour directed by a state actor and designed to damage a target", is expected to "increase over the coming years, including during our presidency".
While hybrid activity can take place across "all possible domains", officials said it includes "systemic foreign interference in the information space", including in the context of elections.
According to the document provided under the Freedom of Information Act, portions of which are heavily redacted, it also includes sabotage, instrumentalisation of migration, cyber activity, attacks against critical infrastructure, and radio frequency interference.
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"The trend of increasing hybrid activity is expected to continue and could escalate in the event of a ceasefire and Russian reliance on a war economy model," the document reads.

As part of ongoing preparations for Ireland's EU presidency, officials noted that some €19 million will be spent to acquire counter unmanned aerial systems, or anti-drone technology

[Mad Mentor]

I hope whoever bought the E-voting machines is not involved in the procurement process.

[seafoid]

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/01/03/ireland-to-deploy-large-numbers-of-undersea-trackers-to-detect-hostile-submarines/

Plans are under way to drop dozens of devices from military aircraft into the waters off the coast of Ireland to help detect Russian submarines.

The project forms part of Government efforts in increase the State's "maritime domain awareness" in response to increasing concerns about the vulnerability of subsea infrastructure, such as communications cables and energy connectors, to attack or sabotage.

Earlier this year, the Government announced a contract with the French company Thales to provide a sonar capacity for the Irish Naval Service by 2027. This €50 million investment will, for the first time, allow Irish ships to detect underwater activity at long distances by towing a sonar device while on patrol.

The next stage of the plan involves acquiring a large number of devices called sonobuoys. These are torpedo-shaped objects, about a metre long, which float on the water and use sonar to detect movement under the waves.