These “offensives” are suicidal nonsense at this point.

Indeed

You used the Duran to state that a Bavarian delegation went to Moscow?!
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Yes.

Spiegel Online gave the following details of the trip:

Mr. Seehofer came with a 80 member delegation representing Bavarian society groups, cultural representatives, journalists, industry and agriculture. Those last two branches of the economy have been long demanding at least an easing of sanctions imposed after the annexation of Crimea, and they hope for an end to Russia’s embargo in return.

“Without Moscow, may of the world’s crises can’t be solved,” and praised Putin as “noble” for not involving himself in Germany’s domestic affairs.

Mmmm, those scenarios (and I agree that they are realistic) look more like 2018 than 2035, from all the “red forces” hardware described in the doc, the only one wich is not (maybe) operational today is the J16, the rest its all in active duty.
One thing that caught my eye was that the first one might has well be called “Putin goes rogue in the Baltics next year”.

NATO top boss: No threat against the Baltics
Published March 17, 2017
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/03/17/nato-top-boss-no-threat-against-baltics.html

Everyone an their aunty thinks the Germans will go down the F35 route in the medium term. It may be that they choose to let the French supply them with a Rafale MLU or something to replace the Typhoon (given that the idea of replacing Rafale is not being discussed).

The notion of Germany joining Britain and Japan (were that to happen), makes not sense in the post Brexit age. Eurofighter was a product of it’s time and whether the French would unilaterally be able to replicate Rafale in the future is just as uncertain.

I’ll tell you what makes no sense. Germany joining the political lighting rod that is the F 35 program while Trump lectures Germany on trade policy and gives them hell for not paying enough into Nato.

I find it that you have too much difficulty to called the terrorists what they are, where as you are at ease often using “regime”.

There is no rebels anymore but he calls his isis friends rebels I guess. Neocons and liberal internationalists are very irrational. They believe that Bush’s worst forign policy mistake was owning the Iraq war. And Obama’s biggest forign policy mistake was not owning the Syria war.

But now the Americans are drifting around in larger numbers. They seem to want to have a crack at Raqqa. They claim to not want to be in the nation building business. Yet what are they going to do with Raqqa if they ever took it.

Nice view of nozzles at work…

@ 1:22 , is the recording on Fast forward ? wow..

Two points:
– First, Japan and the UK face a similar defense posture when it comes to homeland. By focusing first on the design of an interceptor with added capabilities (delivering smart loadout in AIDS at sea and on land), they can bypass a lot of the complexities and over pricy development that is indeed already covered by their F35 procurements. No need to re-invent the wheel (unless for the R&D).
– Secondly, Germany may want to follow a similar path seeking a partner. It is obvious to me that when it comes to Air defense, Franco-German partnership does not lead to any efficiency in the present situation. It will come to a new Fr administration to impact severely that trend. But, with a commitment to Rafale F4 still marketed as the all-out OMNI thingies, it leaves only a thin gap to go after such cooperation. Germany will certainly not fund with a large popular backup yet another Eu design. I don’t see anything happening unless a Germanised version of an existing design (F35G or something more exotic).

Last but not least, we have been foreseeing this some time ago. The dysfonctionnement experienced during the last decade do bear some consequences, and that is democracy working as it should, something for what military budget are tied to.

The political winds are changing. Germany and Russia are going to ease sanctions on each other rather soon and I don’t think Russia will do anything to compromise a new detente with Germany or Europe. As this new detente emerges, the political priority for defense spending on things like fighters will not exist.

Merkel turning toward Moscow? Bavaria’s governor leads huge German delegation to Russia
http://theduran.com/merkel-bavarias-governor-meets-putin-moscow/

Besides French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen’s surprise meeting with Vladimir Putin today, another important meeting between German leaders and Russia’s president happened last week, but has gone almost unreported outside German media.

Bavarian governor Horst Seehofer, who holds a powerful position in German politics, visited Moscow on March 16th, bringing with him a massive delegation of German political and business leaders.