“[Putin] does not stop stressing what he’s really longing for, like, a renaissance of the Soviet empire,” Pistorius said of Putin. “He wants to be the dominant power in Europe. […]”

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Germany’s biggest defense contractor, Rheinmetall, and its subsidiaries have won a commanding share of recent government contracts.

Twitter: Germany is now rebuilding its military, and Rheinmetall is building and expanding 13 arms factories across Europe.

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Rheinmetall was one of Germany’s major arms producers during WWI and WWII.

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  • SoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    Russia is a basket case, a gas station with a failing army that has mostly been killed by now, no paved roads and no washing machines. Their puny little economy will collapse by next Thursday.

    Russia is also the new third Reich/Soviet Union/Mordor. They are scheming for our demise and unless we sacrifice our economic future and slash every welfare programme to buy more bombs, Putin’s Asiatic hordes will swarm all of western Europe.

    The enemy is too weak and too strong. I am a very serious adult in the room.