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Australian 155mm artillery shells destined for Ukraine - APDR

Shells being made at a new plant in the rural Queensland town of Maryborough and exported to Germany are destined for use in Ukraine.
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The shells are being manufactured at a new plant in the rural Queensland town of Maryborough and exported to Germany. Once there, they will be filled with explosive material and receive a fuse – and after that they go into the pool of ammunition to be transferred to Ukraine. While it is impossible to track each individual shell, some – or all – of the Australian production run will be fired against Russian invaders.

This is not being done via the Australian government – indeed 100% of the factory’s current output is going to Germany. This is a consequence of the ownership of the plant, which is a 51-49 joint venture between industrial giant Rheinmetall Waffe Munition and family-owned Australian company NIOA. While the JV is currently producing German DM121 shells at a rate of 20,000 per year, this will progressively increase because of global demand to an annual total exceeding 100,000.

Even though there is huge global demand for 155mm ammunition, the Australian Army has future proofed supply with a series of 5-year contracts, the most recent of which came into effect in June 2023.
 
Iranian attack on Israel:- 200 missiles launched by Iran into Israel- One man killed in the West Bank - Reported damage in Tel Aviv- ⁠Iran informed U.S. and Russia ahead of the attack- Israel states ‘the attack was serious and will have consequences’⁠ - ⁠Iran threatens they would attack again if Israel responds- ⁠U.S. intercepted incoming missiles from Iran - ⁠U.S. bases in Iraq would be a target if the U.S. joins any response to Iran's strikes on Israel
 

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Israel will strike 30 Hezbollah and Hamas command centers located within schools and hospitals as retaliation. Next week they'll detonate the life alert bracelets of senior terrorists as they attend the funerals of the previously slain child terrorists.
 
Grave Danger said:
Isn't Kamala still the Veep? ;)
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Yes, but this is a debate between the candidates, otherwise Kamala would be debating herself. Which she kind of did in the Presidential debate. ;)
 
The French may be about to find out why the Brits voted to leave the EU.

A couple of weeks back the EU imposed a tariff on Chinese electric vehicles. The Chinese retaliated by imposing tariffs on a number of EU commodities including brandy. As an excuse the Chinese claim that the EU is dumping cheap brandy in their market, that is remarkably similar to the Australian wine situation. The problem for France is 99% of the EU's brandy exports to China come from France.

Brussels makes a decision and the French economy suffers. There is strength in numbers but sometimes it is better to control your own destiny.
 
raptalia said:
The French may be about to find out why the Brits voted to leave the EU.

A couple of weeks back the EU imposed a tariff on Chinese electric vehicles. The Chinese retaliated by imposing tariffs on a number of EU commodities including brandy. As an excuse the Chinese claim that the EU is dumping cheap brandy in their market, that is remarkably similar to the Australian wine situation. The problem for France is 99% of the EU's brandy exports to China come from France.

Brussels makes a decision and the French economy suffers. There is strength in numbers but sometimes it is better to control your own destiny.
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Divide and conquer, hey? Oldest trick in the book.
 

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OneGreatClub said:
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"-Replace with Russians"

Putin has taken another lesson out of Stalin’s book.
In the 1930’s Stalin replaced the Ukrainians who died from starvation (Holodomor) with russians.

Anyway, why would Putin need to replace the population with russians when he is “protecting” russian speakers in Ukraine. Because it’s a part of russian history, replace the existing population with russians. Examples include Crimea and Kaliningrad (1946).
 

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