Europe

[daftandbarmy]

A bit of leadership by example among some of Europe's royals.

Queen Maxima of Netherlands joins country’s army as reservist - National | Globalnews.ca

Footage shows the royal swimming in a pool wearing goggles that obscure her vision, as well as abseiling down scaffolding and descending a rock climbing wall.

globalnews.ca

Dutch Queen Máxima training to become army reservist

Expected to be sworn in later this month, the incoming Dutch coalition government has plans to boost the nation's military from some 80,000 to 122,000 personnel. And the Queen wants to help.

www.euronews.com

And here she is earning her beret...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2060379366115119591

 

[Kirkhill]

EU abruptly shelves Kallas-led defense panel after pushback from Berlin, Paris, Rome

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas scrapped plans to launch a high-level advisory group on European defense just hours before its scheduled unveiling.

www.defensenews.com

And it is as if the past never happened

Karl, Lothar and Louis ganging up on Horik.

Treaty of Verdun - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Horik I - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Kirkhill]

Northrop Grumman unveils anti-jam version of its artillery guidance kit

Northrop Grumman will build a new version of its GPS-guided artillery kit with added anti-jamming technology, the company announced September 9, aimed at keeping artillery accurate even when an enemy is jamming GPS signals. The new kit, called the PGK

defence-blog.com

Which Europe?

Charlemagne's or Horik's?

 

[TangoTwoBravo]

Northrop Grumman unveils anti-jam version of its artillery guidance kit

Northrop Grumman will build a new version of its GPS-guided artillery kit with added anti-jamming technology, the company announced September 9, aimed at keeping artillery accurate even when an enemy is jamming GPS signals. The new kit, called the PGK

defence-blog.com

Which Europe?

Charlemagne's or Horik's?

Out of idle curiosity I followed your link about GPS artillery guidance and I have no idea how it relates to your post.

Do I need to watch a few seasons of Vikings to understand?

 

[Kirkhill]

Out of idle curiosity I followed your link about GPS artillery guidance and I have no idea how it relates to your post.

Do I need to watch a few seasons of Vikings to understand?

Sorry. Angry at myself. Fat fingered that one. Wrong reference

EU envoy says partnership with Canada forming ahead of Carney speech

The European Union's ambassador to Canada says the bloc is crafting a new partnership with Ottawa unlike anything that currently exists.

www.castanet.net

Given the fractured state of Europe these days I was wondering which one we were dealing with: the heirs of Charlemagne in Paris, Berlin and Rome or the heirs of Horik and Cnut in JEF.

Some gaps seem to be just too wide to be healed no matter how much time passes.