#defenceprojects — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #defenceprojects, aggregated by home.social.
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European Commission attempts to spur EU defence teamwork with five new major projects
The European Commission has unveiled a slate of new large-scale defence projects to help member states strengthen their…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #defencecapabilities #defenceprojects #EuropeanDefenceAgency #memberstates #missiledefence #projectsfocus #theCommission #TheEuropeanCommission
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Luxembourg will be European headquarters of new multilateral defence bank, Carney says
June 26 (Reuters) – Luxembourg will be the European base of a new multilateral defence bank to be…
#Canada #MarkCarney #defenceprojects #Europeanheadquarters #EuropeanUnion #Luxembourg #UKPrimeMinister
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That is not to say that #DefenceProjects never suffer changes in #Requirements and #Specifications, or don’t have to contend with #ProjectCreep and #BudgetOverruns. In fact those are quite common. The real issue here is #Secrecy and #MixedMessages neither of which will shore up our trust in the knowledge that the people in charge know what they’re freeking doing. (NOTE: All the while consultants are lining their pockets and are as happy as pigs in mud).
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That is not to say that #DefenceProjects never suffer changes in #Requirements and #Specifications, or don’t have to contend with #ProjectCreep and #BudgetOverruns. In fact those are quite common. The real issue here is #Secrecy and #MixedMessages neither of which will shore up our trust in the knowledge that the people in charge know what they’re freeking doing. (NOTE: All the while consultants are lining their pockets and are as happy as pigs in mud).
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@treleanor @feather1952 @maudenificent
Trish, I agree with the onerous costs (forward expenditure) of the AUKUS project, but cutting it out will not mean anything else but buying other Defence equipment. The money is in Defence’s budget and will stay there because that is how defence must be funded to pay for long-term contracts required for delivery of major acquisiton projects — there is no way around that. Asking for AUKUS to be axed simply means spending the same amount in other military hardware.On the other hand if you wish to support an internationally recognised neutral Australia (like say, Switzerland) than that’s another kettle of fish. But even ‘neutral’ countries have a defence force that needs to be funded based on the risk of conflict. And these days… well how high are those risks?
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@treleanor @feather1952 @maudenificent
Trish, I agree with the onerous costs (forward expenditure) of the AUKUS project, but cutting it out will not mean anything else but buying other Defence equipment. The money is in Defence’s budget and will stay there because that is how defence must be funded to pay for long-term contracts required for delivery of major acquisiton projects — there is no way around that. Asking for AUKUS to be axed simply means spending the same amount in other military hardware.On the other hand if you wish to support an internationally recognised neutral Australia (like say, Switzerland) than that’s another kettle of fish. But even ‘neutral’ countries have a defence force that needs to be funded based on the risk of conflict. And these days… well how high are those risks?
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/627209/ EU Commission considers second SAFE loans scheme for defence projects, sources say #DefenceProjects #EU #EUMembers #Europe #European #EuropeanCommission #Scheme #UrsulaVonDerLeyen