#denmark

faab64@diasp.org

Bloomberg: "The delivery of #Denmark’s new F-35 fighter jets, which are replacing the fleet of F-16s the Nordic country is gradually handing over to #Ukraine, risks further delay due to technology hurdles at producer Lockheed Martin Corp.

Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said there’s “currently no clear picture” of when the next F-35 Joint Striker Fighters will arrive due to upgrading issues with the software used by the aircraft, according to a statement. He said he’s in dialog with #US peers to find a possible solution."

#F35 #Military #Europe #UkraineWar
🔗https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-22/denmark-will-get-f-35-jets-later-due-to-further-delivery-delays

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

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#Odin

The inscription ‘He is Odin’s man’ is seen in a round half circle over the head of a figure on a golden bracteate unearthed in Vindelev, #Denmark in late #2020. Scientists have identified the oldest-known reference to the Norse god Odin on a #gold #disc unearthed in western Denmark. Credit: Arnold Mikkelsen, The National Museum of Denmark via AP
Scandinavian scientists said Wednesday that they have identified the oldest-known inscription referencing the Norse god Odin on part of a gold disc unearthed in western Denmark in 2020.

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-oldest-norse-god-odin-danish.html

anonymiss@despora.de

Scandinavian #spy drama: the #intelligence chief who came under state #surveillance

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/02/scandinavian-spy-drama-the-intelligence-chief-who-came-under-state-surveillance

The secret deal – the “crown jewels” of Danish intelligence – was hidden from the public until details began to emerge in 2014, when documents leaked by Edward #Snowden revealed how European countries such as #Denmark help facilitate the US’s globe-spanning electronic surveillance.

#justice #politics #government #humanRights #usa #nsa #problem #news #privacy #security #democracy #Europe

jaywink@jasonrobinson.me

Fourth Love and Anarchy film festival day, two screenings.

Warning, spoilers!

The quiet migration (2023)

Farm equipment. Farm animals. Farm buildings. Perfectly positioned pretty cinematic shots of all those. This is "The quiet migration".

Carl is an orphan adopted from Korea into a family in rural Denmark. Growing up on the farm, he is constantly faced with a feeling of not belonging, reinforced by racist rhetoric in the small rural community.

An asteroid falls. Or is it something to indicate trouble to come, crisis of identity and past? I think if it was intended to be an asteroid maybe the film makers should have consulted someone on what kind of craters rocks that smash into the Earth leave. Or their likely composition and thus weight. But maybe asteroids don't float around in rooms anyway.

The whole film builds up to Carl needing to make a decision. Will he choose to inherit the family farm in the Danish countryside or possibly explore other possibilities in life. I think it was pretty clear which one he would be choosing, and it makes a good ending to the film. I just hope he talks to the girl.

Nightsiren (2022)

Slovakian forests sounds like a great setting for a film about witches. And there is a lot of beautiful forest scenery and small village charm. Like wife and kid beating men kind of charm. And enough superstition to burn people alive. Are there any witches though? The answer probably lies in whether there were any witches during the times when they were commonly burned alive, in the darkest times of European history.

This film does the rare thing of keeping you on your toes at all times throughout the film. Waiting for the spells to come out, waiting for the evil men to be turned into toads. Spoiler: this is not a fantasy film. Things get a bit magical at times, but we don't really get told whether it's the witches at play or not. There is beauty and horror going through the whole film, enough to keep one constantly focused on the screen. Not yawning and wondering when the film will end is always a good positive sign of a good production.

#hiff #denmark #farms #slovakia #witches #films #movies

faab64@diasp.org

#Ukraine did not accept 10 #Leopard 1A5 tanks sent by #Germany due to serious maintenance problems that would be impossible to solve due to a lack of qualified personnel and suitable parts for replacements.

Furthermore, after sending 20 Leopard 1A5s to Ukraine, the Danish MoD discovered that 12 of them have minor defects that are being repaired on Ukrainian soil.

Two of the tanks sent by #Denmark found in #Poland have "serious" defects.

PS. This is a great way for NATO nations to write off their old junk at high prices for the public in the name of "supporting Ukraine". /Farhad
🔗https://kyivindependent.com/media-danish-leopard-1-tanks-donated-to-ukraine-have-defects/

faab64@diasp.org

#Denmark will outlaw the burning of the #Quran, the #Bible and the #Torah

Justice Minister, Peter Hummelgaard stated that Quran burnings were a “fundamentally contemptuous and unsympathetic act” that “harm Denmark and its interests.” and that such acts threaten the national security of Denmark.

Those who break the law risk a fine and two years in prison
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#BookBurning
🔗 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/08/25/Denmark-to-ban-Quran-burnings-Justice-minister

theaitetos@diaspora.psyco.fr

Smoking Their Own Supply

The #Neoclowns’ collective #delusion concerning the #global #geostrategic situation is off the freaking charts. They actually believed the recent #Jeddah conference, which accomplished precisely nothing and has already been completely forgotten, was going to be the combination of Versailles and Nuremberg.

Sullivan, the national security adviser, recently brought an American delegation to the second international peace summit earlier this month at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. #India and #China both sent delegations to the session, perhaps drawn to #SaudiArabia for its immense oil reserves. One Indian academic observer dismissed the event as achieving little more than “good advertising for MBS’s convening power within the #GlobalSouth; the kingdom’s positioning in the same; and perhaps more narrowly, aiding American efforts to build consensus by making sure China attends the meeting with . . . #JakeSullivan in the same room.”

Meanwhile, far away on the battlefield in #Ukraine, #Russia continued to thwart Zelensky’s ongoing counteroffensive. I asked an American intelligence official why it was Sullivan who emerged from the Biden administration’s foreign policy circle to preside over the inconsequential conference in Saudi Arabia.

“Jeddah was Sullivan’s baby,” the official said. “He planned it to be Biden’s equivalent of [President Woodrow] Wilson’s Versailles. The grand alliance of the free world meeting in a victory celebration after the humiliating defeat of the hated foe to determine the shape of nations for the next generation. Fame and Glory. Promotion and re-election. The jewel in the crown was to be Zelensky’s achievement of Putin’s unconditional surrender after the lightning spring offensive. They were even planning a #Nuremberg type #trial at the #world-court, with Jake as our representative. Just one more fuck-up, but who is counting?

It’s like they’re getting their strategic direction from the #Marvel #CinematicUniverse. “We can achieve anything, so long as we do it… together!” All that’s missing is a dramatic image of #GirlPower. In the meantime, here’s another fuck-up to add to the growing collection of #ClownWorld #catastrophes:

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has sent letters to #Denmark and #Norway assuring that the #Biden government would expedite approvals for all transfers of #F-16s to Ukraine. In the letters Blinken said that the F-16s would transfered once Ukrainian pilots have completed the Danish and Norwegian lead training program:

I am writing to express the United States’ full support for both the transfer of F-16 fighter aircraft to Ukraine and for the training of Ukrainian pilots by qualified F-16 instructors…. It remains critical that Ukraine is able to defend itself against ongoing Russian aggression and violation of its sovereignty.

The letters from Secretary Blinken mark the first time the Biden regime has given a hard commitment to supplying the Ukrainian military with F-16s.

Keep in mind that the only way F-16s could be useful in Ukraine is if they are #nuclear-armed, and even then, the chances that they would survive long enough to get in range of any strategic Russian targets is remote. This isn’t #WWII and air power is now almost entirely useless. Ten more years of technological development should be enough to mark the end of manned aircraft in war due to satellite, targeting, drone swarms, and laser technology.

There is a reason Russia isn’t making much use of its #air #superiority, and that is because it is simply too dangerous to fly over the modern battlefield. Artillery and air defense are now the order of the day.

I suspect Blinken wrote those letters in the hopes that Russia will settle for an armistice long before the pilot training can be completed and the F-16s sent to Ukraine to be shot down… assuming they can be hidden on the ground long enough to avoid being destroyed by hypersonic missiles.

Clown World isn’t just #evil, it is quite literally #deranged. This is the end result of eight decades of relentless lying to everyone, including themselves. Success always plants the seeds of failure, but even a two-bit drug dealer knows better than to smoke his own supply.

faab64@diasp.org

#Israel's #Elbit Systems delivered to #Denmark the first batch of 155 mm ATMOS mobile artillery h#owitzer systems and PULS self-propelled multiple rocket launchers mounted on RMMV 8x8 and 6x6 armored chassis, respectively.

Denmark ordered 19 ATMOS and 8 PULS, plus equipment, ammunition and related support, worth more than $370 million.

The ATMOS were procured to replace the Caesar's donated to Ukraine.

#military

faab64@diasp.org

Sweden Allows New Quran-Burning Demonstration Ahead Of NATO Summit

Why does Sweden allow this convicted pedophile Nazi pig to agitate Muslims around the world.

I don't care what book he is burning, but this is the spirit of Nazi Germany in the 30s, Taliban in the 90s and ISIS in 2000s.

But his actions are protected by Swedish constitution!

#Sweden #BookBurning #Denmark #NATO