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Professional soldier. Amateur X-er. Multinational by choice. Peak interest in the Baltics. Tweets are personal! Retweet ≠ endorsement. @tjeerdb.bsky.social
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Joined June 2021
Almost 4 years in the NRF-brigade 22-24 coming to an end. I will now follow my friends from DEU 37 Armoured Infantry brigade from a distance. It has been a honour and privilege to serve with my BEL-CRO-CZE-LVA-LTU-LUX-NLD-NOR comrades in the NRF!
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1989, but bigger.
This:👇 If this happens and Tehran’s dictators are finally crumbling then the world changes. This is a very quick list…
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This 👇 and some other truthbombs in a long thread. (via @Malex76)
3. Don’t assume there’s definitely going to be a clear end to the war in Ukraine.
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Medvedev (on the left) looks sober-ish
“I have very generous feelings towards you and want you to succeed.”
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🇪🇪 Estonia has awarded a contract to the South Korean Hanwha Aerospace worth 290 million € for the procurement of 6 K239 Chunmoo Multiple Launch Rocket Systems as well as ammunition. The missiles being purchased include: - CGR-080: 30–80km range, 6 missiles per pod with a
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Worth reading (Though the sentence "Estonia is isolated from the rest of Europe by the narrow Suwalki Gap" g on my nerves. Anyone noticed the admission of Finland and Sweden to NATO?)
ecfr.eu
While Estonia’s geography makes it vulnerable to a Russian invasion, it is also protected due to weakened Russian capabilities, stronger European defence cooper
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Een reuzensprong voorwaarts voor de 13e Brigade!
Defensie versterkt haar gevechtskracht met de aanschaf van CV90-infanteriegevechtsvoertuigen. Nederland sluit aan bij een gezamenlijke Europese inkoop, wat kosten drukt en samenwerking vergemakkelijkt. Lees meer via: https://t.co/6PSqLG6jQJ
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Russia doesn't negotiate. And in the few cases it did seem to negotiate (Kharkiv 2010, Budapest 1994)... it meant nothing.
And once again Putin show he doesn't care about any Trump mediation or proposals, as he highlights the ultimatum of June 2024 as the only option to end the war now
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🛩️ In zwei Jahren wird die #Luftwaffe endlich ein Flugzeug für die Signalaufklärung bekommen. Das Aufklärungsflugzeug trägt den Namen #PEGASUS (Persistent German Airborne Surveillance System) und soll elektronische Signale in bis zu 400 Kilometern Entfernung aufklären können.
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Officer: Purpose of Estonia's defense forces is not to provide language training #Estonia
https://t.co/r02gAjWNRt
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Conscription to the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) is not intended to provide language instruction to those who cannot speak Estonian, Chief of the Defense Forces General Staff Major General Vahur...
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Gallery: Estonia installs first bunkers on Baltic Defense Line #Estonia
https://t.co/6Yipc1aqTm
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Estonia has started to install the first of hundreds of bunkers on its section of the Baltic Defense Line, which spans the three Baltic countries and aims to stop a potential Russian advance.
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Estonia 🇪🇪 has begun installing concrete bunkers along its southeastern border with Russia 🇷🇺 as part of the #BalticDefenceLine, strengthening @NATO ’s eastern flank. #WeAreNATO
@MoD_Estonia
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2025: UK-led @Natobgest stands steadfast on @NATO’s eastern flank. • Royal Tank Regiment takes command for Op CABRIT 17th rotation • Ex HEDGEHOG 25 with 16,000 troops • 1st UK Archer artillery live-fire in real conditions • Ex BALTIC FIST with 🇨🇦 helicopters & 🇪🇪 air defence
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Two tweets that make me go from EU-partly-sceptic to ... believer.
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French legionnaire engineers and British engineers: teamwork, shared skills and cooperation. #NATO in action! Légionnaires sapeurs et sapeurs britanniques : coordination, expertise et coopération. L’OTAN en action ! #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether #CombatEngineers
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This, quite frankly, is what the new US National Security Strategy is likely telling us. "US sets 2027 deadline for Europe led NATO defense" Though a deadline is always debatable.
reuters.com
The United States wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials told diplomats in Washington this...
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NOS, Vol op het orgel: Nieuwe veiligheidsstrategie VS is 'frontale aanval op Europa' -
nos.nl
"De groeiende invloed van patriottistische Europese partijen is een bron van groot optimisme." Het Witte Huis doelt daarmee op radicaalrechtse partijen zoals de AfD in Duitsland.
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I have doubts: "One crucial role remains untouched: NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) stays American".
"The Trump administration has privately informed European allies that Washington will no longer remain NATO’s primary conventional defense provider beyond 2027, three people familiar with classified conversations this week told Kyiv Post."
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