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Joined: 2 Apr 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 2 hrs ago
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Bratwurst Boy   
3 hrs ago
News / Polish-Russian war? Drones entering Polish airspace. [94]

There is hope....we still have "it"!

There's a drone alert in Poland - and in London, a German company is receiving a growing number of inquiries for a new air defense system! The DSEI UK arms fair in London - THE industry meeting place, and the ultimate weapons show. Also present: the German arms giant Rheinmetall.

The company declined to comment on business deals or inquiries. But BILD knows: After the attack by almost 20 Russian drones over Poland, of which only three or four were intercepted, there is nervousness. In Poland, too.....

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....Poland immediately inquired

And: As observed at the trade fair, Poland contacted Rheinmetall immediately after the drone attack, requesting its Skyranger system. The first systems are now being delivered to Ukraine, where the predecessor air defense systems are already in use.

EU and NATO countries - including Romania and Hungary - have already placed orders. Germany also placed a large order - and desperately needed it: After all, the air defense system was disbanded in 2010 - one reason why Germany was able to provide Ukraine with a massive supply of the Gepard anti-aircraft vehicle. The Gepard is considered extremely successful in defending against Russian drones in Ukraine...

Can you believe how STUPID and complacent we have been???

...Drone completion much cheaper

Now, Skyranger. It's considered a relatively inexpensive solution for defending larger areas against drones and other air attacks. The ammunition is fired from cannons - although programmable, unlike expensive systems, it's not self-guided - and therefore cheaper.

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Bratwurst Boy   
3 hrs ago
Off-Topic / PF Poster Polonius3 - Sad news [7]

Oh man...I remember his respectful postings well....but I never knew he was a real journalist! Now that explains his intelligent style and rethoric. Another good one gone...RIP
Bratwurst Boy   
7 hrs ago
News / Polish-Russian war? Drones entering Polish airspace. [94]

putin himself is a deeply stupid and shallow.... person.

....but not a good way to access a possible threat! Underestimating and hence dismissing the danger would be so easy...
Bratwurst Boy   
7 hrs ago
News / Polish-Russian war? Drones entering Polish airspace. [94]

Maybe Putin's cunning plan,

....you know, I wondered that myself!

To show the many holes in NATO defenses regarding modern warfare and get the experts perking up, showing the urgency of changes and investments to the high up deciders...well, then this attack was a big own goal!

But....not all in Putins circle are the smartest of their bunch....maybe they just are that stupid?

Or it was meant more as a psychological threat, hoping to make more people cower in fear...helping the pro-Putin-white-flag-waving politicians in the western capitals gaining support?
Bratwurst Boy   
8 hrs ago
News / Polish-Russian war? Drones entering Polish airspace. [94]

because it was mainly the Dutch F-35 that shot down the drones!

....that also showed one big hole in our defense.

....F-35s against drones "do not make sense"

The F-35 fighter pilots attacked the drones with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. The problem: Firing a missile costs more than 400,000 euros - for a drone that costs just a few thousand euros.

A senior NATO officer told BILD: "In the long run, it makes no military sense to use the F-35 against drones." Therefore, according to BILD information, the alliance is examining various options to counter Russian provocations....

bild.de/politik/ausland-und-internationales/polen-vorfall-400-000-euro-fuer-eine-abgeschossene-billig-drohne-68c1d4d19f4fa552b0d73d90

If attacked with massive waves of drones this way of defense becomes quickly useless!
Bratwurst Boy   
9 hrs ago
News / Polish-Russian war? Drones entering Polish airspace. [94]

Something good may come out of this attack yet...it showed clearly NATO's weak points concerning drones!

Our thinktanks are already smoking with new ideas how to rebuild our border defenses....different weapon systems (F-35 are not helping) and new tactics (from the ground)...learning from Ukraine is a key...

Hopefully we get our **** together soon!
Bratwurst Boy   
9 hrs ago
Off-Topic / Are Polish Christians here? [146]

The number of Germans i

Thing is, they are no Germans! A distinction which gets more important the higher the number....The times where a passport makes a people are over!
Bratwurst Boy   
1 day ago
News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 25 [166]

....maybe about that:

Multinational Corps Northeast

bundeswehr.de/en/organization/army/organization/multinational-corps-northeast

The Bundeswehr is already there and available as frontier guard!
Bratwurst Boy   
1 day ago
News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 25 [166]

Tusk sounds NATO alarm

Article 4 declared ++ Soldiers on alert ++ "We must prepare for various scenarios"

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...iiiiiiiiikes! 😱

What is Article 4?
Bratwurst Boy   
1 day ago
News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 25 [166]

NATO country's airspace violated: Russian drone damages residential building in Poland

Tusk calls emergency meeting +++ Airports temporarily closed +++ Residents urged to stay home and avoid debris

bild.de/politik/feindliche-objekte-polen-schiesst-drohnen-ab-flughaefen-geschlossen-68c0f9c015695f6010155bbf

😯

Torqi? You okay?

Is it time for THE button?
Bratwurst Boy   
2 days ago
News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 25 [166]

War releases all sorts of endorphins. It's very hard to resist the initial emotional barrage, and the hysteria.

Similiar instincts to football games come into play....my homies against your homies.....all are ready to support their home team....screaming, chanting, flag waving, but mostly still happy and full of expectation....so easily roused...its hard to go against these instincts!
Bratwurst Boy   
2 days ago
News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 25 [166]

That's communism and fascism

Isn't that play with words, jon?

Not to mention that I learned in my GDR-school that socialism is always ever only a stepstone to the real big goal, the "true liberation of the workers and farmers through COMMUNISM!" No joke!

There is just no trust left that socialism will ever keep its promises at all, since ALL tries in the last decades, all over the world, sometimes with different names and different strategies, lost in the end....and lost badly. Never once could a socialist gov build something admirable, respectable, worthy of copying....quite the contrary!
And the apology for all of this is always only: "It wasn't the "right" socialism!"....and of course followed by: "Next time we will make it better"! That just doesn't work anymore....

Maybe its time to throw that whole ideology with its holy book (Das Kapital) and their saints (Marx/Engels) at last into the bin of history!
Bratwurst Boy   
2 days ago
News / Why should Poland consider pursuing a strategic alliance with Russia? [392]

Oh, your eternal optimism, BB! :)

:)

....but what I mean is better not making the past between your peoples the one and only viewpoint from where to watch the development, but look at all of the movements on that chess board called world politics!
Bratwurst Boy   
2 days ago
News / Why should Poland consider pursuing a strategic alliance with Russia? [392]

why can't we?

The former Cold War lines and sides weren't so clear cut chosen from the beginning either, Torqi!

And the West is still in the starting boxes....confused, arguing, scratching heads...some even haven't acknowledge this new realties yet.....and even back then there were also the so called neutral states.

What I think would happen when Ukraine loses is motivating Russia to repeat that game move....here...in Europe...in our neighbourhood....after all they just gained a big point, why not trying it again? Our future safety would depend on the mood in the Kremlin!

On the other hand with Russia losing, that would send a clear signal...not here....not Europe...make your proxy wars elsewhere again, but not in our 'hood!

That would mean Ukraine would become the first clearly drawn border of the so called new world...and all behind would be safe.
Bratwurst Boy   
2 days ago
News / Why should Poland consider pursuing a strategic alliance with Russia? [392]

If only it was so easy, BB. If only.

Thats the thing, I truly think it is....if you see the world with a view of a new developing Cold War, then Ukraine is only one of many coming proxy wars. Every victory, every loss draws the borders of this new world new. One side gains a point, the other loses that point, but it doesn't end that new global rivalry. The next "match" is already in the planning, somewhere...maybe even near(er) you....

When you cut out all the propaganda, all the arguments....which side (and not only Ukraine or any other pawn in this new chess game for the world) would you want to win in the end (even probably decades we most probably wouldn't even be alive anymore to see)?

It isn't about Ukraine alone...not really....
Bratwurst Boy   
2 days ago
News / Why should Poland consider pursuing a strategic alliance with Russia? [392]

Can anyone answer the question already?

I guess there are two answers possible....a consequence of ones wants and wishes and mentality, whats really important to him....just survival? You can surely live your life within a victorous russian-new Chinese-Empire, whatever....but I guess at least as many people prefer to live in a victorious West!

So....the question is, whom do you want to win? There ist you answer...
Bratwurst Boy   
2 days ago
Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [954]

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Bratwurst Boy   
7 Sep 2025
News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1390]

Speech may be free, however the violence which it could incite, isn't

The "could" is the problematic point!

You can't just decide from your own political leanings what is "violence" or maybe "defense" or "prevention" or whatever!

Ever heard of Maja T?

...What happened in Hungary

T. was arrested in Berlin in December 2023. The case concerns acts allegedly committed in Hungary in February 2023. At that time, T. is said to have traveled to Budapest with a group of people. The group is reported to have committed a total of five crimes over several days at different crime scenes in different constellations. The Dresden public prosecutor's office has received around 950 hours of video footage from the Hungarians. The videos allegedly show T. during and after the crimes and in an Airbnb apartment. The group is said to have attacked people from the far-right scene with telescopic batons. The alleged perpetrators are classified by the authorities as left-wing extremists. The group is said to have formed around Lina E., who has since been convicted, in Jena.....

lto.de/recht/hintergruende/h/extradition-maja-t-rehabilitation-house-of-representatives

Declare one an enemy and you can bash heads in to your hearts content....it would be not real bad "violence" after all, but needed "defense" and in the case of some "Nazis" even "necessary prevention"....right???

Maja T. is actually widely supported by the Left...no talk of being a hate-crime or speech inciting violence...nothing....of course not, she did hurt the right ones, right?

The moment speech gets canceled/forbidden/punished for the possibilites it is always misused and abused for political uses, just wrong!