Sådan som jeg forstår det, så er de store skibe man vil bygge en form for mobilt luftværn mod droner og missiler osv, de er ikke decideret beregnede til at bekæmpe andre skibe. Det er samme rolle som vores nuværende fregatter, som bare ikke kan løse opgaven pga. sjusk og forældede våbensystemer. Dem vil man i stedet omdanne til deciderede patruljeskibe, det er billigere at bygge nyt og omdanne end at reparere på noget der er så langt bagud teknologisk.
Wonderful race today!
Jeg synes personligt vi skal prøve at være langt mere uafhængige
Vel ikke af EU? For Danmark alene er prisgivet. Tværtimod skal vi lægge vores penge hvor de rækker længst ved tætte allierede, som vi plejer, bare med den pointe at det ikke mere gælder USA desværre.
Svenskerne og andre har fået bygget deres skibe i Polen og så udruster de dem selv i Sverige på en anden type værfter.
Altså, det har de vel nul erfaring med. Synes der er en pointe i at vi skal have dem bygget på de polske og tyske værfter der har erfaring med den slags istedet for at tro vi skal opfinde kapaciteten selv fra nul.
Pinligt - men forventeligt
Er du ked af det pga. at fasten er svær, eller hvad er der los?
Der OK mange frivillige lige nu, men hvis værnepligtige skal til at dække en del af de nye territorialforsvarsopgaver som fx landbaseret luftforsvar, bemanding af patruljeskibe, osv., så kommer vi til at mangle folk. Der er rigtigt mange vigtige opgaver som kan varetages af værnepligtige, omend længden på værnepligten nok skal sættes op igen.
Jeg er bestemt ikke mod værnepligt, som du sikkert kan gætte dig til 😉 men jeg synes det er fint der er mulighed for militærnægtertjeneste og beredskabsuddannelser som alternativ for dem der er ideologisk imod at deltage.
Nåja, jeg smider gerne en drone den anden vej for retten til fredagsslik. Tricket er jo simpelthen ikke at blive ramt af de andre.
Direct copy of a Byzantine coin, with select design changes to e.g. the cross. Pretty clever, actually, to take over and pretend everything was the same.
Det er jo ikke anderledes end alle mulige andre ting i livet. Der er også skolepligt, du har pligt til at betale skat og overholde landets love, osv.
Som jeg siger til min seksårige, så er der bare rigtigt mange skal-ting i skolen og i livet. Værnepligt er nu en af dem også for kvinder, det synes jeg er rimeligt nok.
Så kan vi måske også snakke om andre ting rent ligestillingsmæssigt end værnepligt.
Fredagsslik, disneysjov, og whiskeysovs ad libitum på Jensen Bøfhus?
This coin is a tetrachalkon from Rhodes struck between 229 and 205 BCE. It's a pretty special coin - and I'll try to explain why :)
Coins from Rhodes typically feature a rose on the reverse (back) - this is a play on words because the Greek work for rose is Rhodon - and Helios the sun god on the obverse (front). In fact, Helios was so important to Rhodes that they built a huge statue honouring him - the Colossus of Rhodes - on the entrance to the Harbour. It was 33 meters tall, roughly the same size as the Statue of Liberty today, and is recognized as one of the original wonders of the ancient world.
This particular issue features Zeus, though. Why? Well, around 226 BCE Rhodes was struck by a devastating earthquake which toppled the statue and destroyed much of the city and harbour. This was a significant event, and Greek states from all over the Mediterranean sent help and offers to help rebuild the city and raise the statue again.
According to Strabo, the statue had broken off at the knees. An oracle was consulted, and told the citizens of Rhodes not to rebuild it, and so they turned down this part of the relief effort.
The most important and riches of Greek kings at this time was Ptolemaios III of Egypt. In fact he was so generous that the Rhodeians must have wanted to honour him in some way.
And so they struck this coin - you see, Egyptian coins at this time almost always featured Zeus on the obverse in a very recognizable style which is replicated here. It is difficult to explain the obverse motif without this Egyptian connection, at least.
I bought this coin some 6 years ago, and I don't see many of them around. It wasn't particularly expensive, but it has a special place in my collection because I find the circumstances for it being struck so fascinating.
Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus right
Reverse: P - O, Rose with bud to right. Control: TE to left
18mm, 5.73g
Ashton 234; HGC 6, 1469.
I thought Pedersen was pretty close, actually, Ganna too. To me it looked like what we call 'dagsformen' in Danish, on another day it might be one of the other with the upper hand.
Agreed that van Aert isn't looking good, I don't think he has the stomach for these races anymore.