30.5 Days posted:

her head game is killer I call that domeicide

E2M2 posted:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68180642

DTTZE

Story absolutely broke me reading it next to my 5 year old trying to get him to sleep.

30.5 Days posted:

you missed a pretty crucial preposition

hubris.height posted:

that one poster itt who gave thier 7 yo kid a panic attack explaining i/p and asked for advice on how to help them with it

yeesh

e: that said if you had advice that would be applicable to an adult i could use it on myself

Dokapon Findom posted:

There was another poster earlier itt owning his kid with epic climate change facts, you can never be too careful

I said come in! posted:

Israel is built entirely on handouts from Western super powers that want something in return, so no surprise there.

crepeface posted:

wonder if this aid was more weapons or money. great news either way

TOI posted:

According to the House Appropriations Committee, the $17.6 billion would include $4 billion to replenish missile defense systems and $1.2 billion to counter short-range rockets and mortar threats. There’s also funding for the procurement of advanced weapons systems and to enhance the production of artillery and other munitions.

To ensure the support does not compromise US readiness, it also includes $4.4 billion to replenish US stocks of weapons provided to Israel. There’s also $3.3 billion for current US military operations in the region.

I said come in! posted:

Israel is built entirely on handouts from Western super powers that want something in return, so no surprise there.

crepeface posted:

https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/1755019847199580644?t=cHlTEQRC-lh1WLwHc8usAw&s=19

wonder if this aid was more weapons or money. great news either way

lobster shirt posted:

i broke the embed on the second tweet which was combat footage and tanks getting blown up. stop posting this poo poo here!!!

Malloc Voidstar posted:

crepeface posted:

lol 45% of their "aid to Israel" was to themselves?

crepeface posted:

lol 45% of their "aid to Israel" was to themselves?

Jel Shaker posted:

this is the only place in the world i can read about logistics, doctrine and the philosophy under pinning this whole thing

SplitSoul posted:

Wait till you hear about Ukraine.

Malloc Voidstar posted:

https://twitter.com/KSAmofaEN/status/1755020860836962666


i think the rest of it was probably "we'll give you $X billion and then you're required to spend it it with US defense contractors"
most aid to israel is just US->Israel->US contractors

crepeface posted:

https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/1755019847199580644?t=cHlTEQRC-lh1WLwHc8usAw&s=19

Malloc Voidstar posted:

i think the rest of it was probably "we'll give you $X billion and then you're required to spend it it with US defense contractors"
most aid to israel is just US->Israel->US contractors

crepeface posted:

lol i know that's how it works, but it's funny that 45% is explicitly funding the US military.

that sentence about replacing missile stocks makes me wonder how they actually calculate aid. did they pay the pentagon $4 billion for them to give up their missiles to israel, then pay pentagon another $4 billion to replace them? incredible grift if true

Retromancer posted:

Whatever happened to Israel flooding all the tunnels with seawater?

crepeface posted:

lol 45% of their "aid to Israel" was to themselves?

quote:

royalnavy.mod.uk
HMS Richmond takes over from HMS Diamond to protect shipping in the Red Sea
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As Houthi attacks against commercial vessels continue, Royal Navy warship HMS Richmond takes over from HMS Diamond to ensure freedom of navigation in the Red Sea.

HMS Diamond joined Operation Prosperity Guardian, an international task force to protect merchant shipping in the region, in December and has maintained a near constant presence in a ‘high threat area’ of the Red Sea. The destroyer came under fire in three separate attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, successfully destroying nine drones using her world-class Sea Viper missile system and guns.

The UK continues to be at the forefront of the international response to the Houthis’ illegal attacks on commercial shipping – participating in Operation Prosperity Guardian, intercepting weapon-smuggling to Yemen, imposing sanctions to hold members of the Houthis to account and conducting necessary, proportionate and targeted strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen.

“The UK is committed to protecting freedom of navigation. I visited HMS Diamond in January and thanked the Ship’s Company for their incredible work defending freedom of navigation, saving innocent lives and ensuring merchant shipping is protected from the illegal Houthi attacks. I am confident that HMS Richmond will carry on her impressive work,” Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said.

HMS Diamond will now undergo a period of maintenance and resupply as HMS Richmond takes over her important mission. HMS Richmond, which left Plymouth at the beginning of January, has a crew of 200 sailors and Royal Marines and a Sea Ceptor missile system, capable of protecting shipping spread out across an area the size of Greater Manchester – some 500 square miles of ocean.

HMS Richmond is also armed with a range of medium guns, machine-guns, small arms, torpedoes, a Royal Marines boarding team, and a Wildcat helicopter which can search vast areas on patrols for hostile threats on the water – and destroy them if necessary with Martlet anti-ship missiles.

“The situation in the region is fraught, and ships in the force are firing on a daily basis – we hand over the baton with our best wishes to the fantastic team in Richmond who we know will do a great job,” said Commander Peter Evans, HMS Diamond’s Commanding Officer.

“Having deployed at just five days’ notice we’re used to quickly switching aim, and now our focus is on a short maintenance and ammunition re-supply period before we get back to our mission in the Red Sea.”

HMS Diamond has sailed nearly 20,000 nautical miles on patrols since leaving Portsmouth at the end of November – almost enough to carry her around the globe – while her Wildcat helicopter has flown more than 53 hours of sorties over the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden making its crew the busiest in the Royal Navy.

Danann posted:

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-a...-in-the-red-sea

it only takes about three waves of three flying lawnmowers each to cause the british to evacuate for more ammo

Danann posted:

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-a...-in-the-red-sea

it only takes about three waves of three flying lawnmowers each to cause the british to evacuate for more ammo

carcinofuck posted:

TIL that uh, FIFTY PERCENT of Jordan's population is... Palestinian.

quote:

After being subjected to three attacks, Britain has announced the withdrawal of the HMS Diamond ship from the Red Sea for maintenance

Britain has announced that its warship HMS Diamond had been subjected to three separate attacks, which required its replacement with the HMS Richmond and its withdrawal for maintenance

"The situation in the area is dangerous, and the force's ships are firing on a daily basis."

- HMS Diamond Commander Evans

He also added that the focus now is on a period of maintenance before returning to the mission in the Red Sea.

In January, British Defense Secretary, Grant Shapps said that the warship HMS Diamond had been targeted in an attack by Yemen

Crazypoops posted:

That's just good parenting though

30.5 Days posted:

her head game is killer I call that domeicide

CheetoVonTito posted:

The $17 billion bill to Israel failed. But let's remember that most of the Democrats who voted against it are actually in FAVOR of sending $ to Israel, they just want it packaged with Ukraine $. So the bill might still pass because everyone in the senate are fascist genocidal maniacs