Rudy Ruitenberg

Difficult year for #France wine exports, with economic uncertainty and shift towards less expensive bottles weighing on export values, even as the number of cases shipped rose slightly. #Champagne & #Bordeaux suffered, #Bourgogne & Loire Valley did well https://t.co/ZU5KaHP8Ll

RT @ChathamHouse: The unanimous conclusion of @CHRussiaEurasia authors is that the only outcome in Ukraine that can safeguard the security…

RT @defense_news: Copenhagen has spearheaded a support mechanism that prizes equipment made by Ukrainian companies. https://t.co/efoAOc6TuL

RT @defense_news: The ability to protect deployed troops against drones is considered a prerequisite for land combat operations in the futu…

The @DefenceU says it will provide combat brigades with money to directly buy UAVs they need on the front, rather than rely on central #drone procurement, after testing this in December. #Ukraine to hand combat units $60 million monthly for new drones https://t.co/nv3Qj2IOHz

RT @defense_news: Denmark has a total 27 aircraft on order, and the plan is for the F-35 to gradually take over all the tasks from the F-16…

RT @defense_news: The deal gives Europe’s largest tactical-missile vendor full control over its main supplier of propulsion, a key asset in…

RT @defense_news: Under the banner of “extended all-arms air defense," as officials call the approach, soldiers deployed on NATO's eastern…

RT @defense_news: Russia is the greatest military threat to the EU and will remain so for “quite a period of time,” Commissioner for Defenc…

With all of Europe re-arming, the tight international market for defense equipment means some €750 million of military aid the Netherlands had planned for #Ukraine this year will be shuttled to next year.

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The funds will roll over into the country's 2025 defense budget, and will remain earmarked for providing support to Ukraine, officials said. https://t.co/3agPOAlGck

RT @defense_news: The envisioned frigate buy will represent Norway’s biggest defense investment ever, surpassing the acquisition of F-35 fi…

RT @defense_news: The idea behind the reserve is to create a pool of skilled experts that can be activated to train others or help boost pr…

The EU’s EDA is drawing up naval requirements for the warship of the future: unmanned vehicles (of course), stealth, automation and more energy generation to power lasers and railguns /// Europeans start work on next-generation combat ship for the 2040s https://t.co/DP6ueMsmg0

The Netherlands is trying to fit more defense in the EU’s most densely populated country bar Malta, when it’s already struggling to combine new homes, nature and farming. /// Dutch military faces a tough mission: finding space to prepare for war https://t.co/KoR2ONhQzf

RT @defense_news: “We have no map of space, it’s a drama for the military,” said Col. Ludovic Monnerat, head of space domain for the Swiss…

#Space lasers!! Though in this case for secure high-data comms rather than shooting stuff. @CAILabs @UnseenLabs France tests space lasers for secure satellite downlink in world first https://t.co/f6hPbGqr5y

#wine After an extremely wet early summer, #France is predicted to produce one of its smallest vintages of the past 100 years, with rampant mildew following poor flowering. // French harvest 2024: Volumes to fall as Burgundy, Loire Valley ravaged by mildew https://t.co/R4IRRgcYOh