Author: Michael

Policy changes
The Hungarian Ministry of Defence is attempting to move the Hungarian Armed Forces away from the previously Soviet Union-acquired artillery of years gone by. The plan is for considerable changes in the country’s inventory, with General Imre Porkolab claiming Hungary’s defence will be one of the strongest by 2030, meeting the 2% of spending NATO has set out. 
Hungary seeks change from the outdated Russian equipment as they look to jump a generation in development, with technology leading these developments.

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An Australian Collins-class submarine, HMAS
Sheean
, arrives for a logistics port visit in Hobart. The class is expected to be retired closer to 2040, when Australia is expected to operate its nuclear-powered boats.
(Australian Defence Force via Get)
The leaders of Australia, the UK, and the US have unveiled a phased ‘Optimised Pathway’ that will equip Canberra with two nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) classes over the next two decades.

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The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Försvarets materielverk-FMV) has tested a new battle management system (BMS) for the country’s armed forces.
The field verification test of the new system, also called BMS 3.1.2, was executed last week by the Swedish Armed Forces’ soldiers at P4 in Skövde, Västergötland, Sweden.
Currently, the BMS is undergoing a series of verification and field tests.

Development of the new BMS version is the result of a separate basic training initiative. The effort required FMV to install a new command support system, called LSS Mark 2.

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Reprinted with permission Mises Institute Jeff Deist and Robert P. Murphy
Progressives view all aspects of human life as a struggle against forces of oppression. Earlier this week on BBC, Professor Mariana Mazzucato suggested governments across the West should simply print money not only to help Ukraine, but also to finance other “wars” against climate change, inequality, and more.

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During the Cold War, there weren’t a lot of things the U.S. military wasn’t willing to nuke in the name of science. The Air Force once considered a nuclear powered bomber that would drop nukes on the Soviet Union forever. NASA once tested the effects of a nuclear blast on beer. Before we decided to send men to the moon, we actually considered nuking it first. 
The Atomic Age was essentially a kid with a new toy, the U.S. military just playing around to see what its new toys could do.

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