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18.03.26 - 11:18
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Zelensky Confirms 200 Ukrainian Drone Operatives Are In Mideast Assisting Against Iran (ZeroHedge)
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Zelensky Confirms 200 Ukrainian Drone Operatives Are In Mideast Assisting Against Iran
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday offered rare confirmation that his government has sent 200 Ukrainian air defense experts to the Middle East, where they are helping allies to counteract Iranian drone attacks, and on the cheap. Zelensky, who has publicly backed President Trump's decision to attack Iran, explained in statements before British parliament on Tuesday that Ukraine's mastery of low-cost and efficient interceptor drones has revolutionized modern warfare.
He offered as an example that it has cost the Untied States about $4 million per interceptor to shoot down a merely $50,000 Iranian Shahed drone, making Ukraine's methods a far cheaper and attractive alternative.
via The Associated Press
Days before Zelensky's comments, The New York Times highlighted that phones of Ukrainian defense firms have been "ringing off the hook":
For most of its four-year-long war with Russ...
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18.03.26 - 09:18
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Korea, Taiwan chip sectors most exposed to helium shortage amid Middle East war: Fitch (SCMP)
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As semiconductor industries across South Korea, Taiwan and Japan contend with possible energy shortages due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, they also face differing levels of vulnerability regarding helium supply, according to Fitch Ratings.
Helium, a by-product of natural gas extraction used in semiconductor manufacturing for ultra-clean cooling, leak detection and inert shielding, faces a global squeeze, with Qatar among the world's most important suppliers.
This comes as the......
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18.03.26 - 03:48
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Monitoring Inflationary Impact of Middle East Conflict, Invesco Says (Bloomberg)
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Invesco's David Chao says "on average it takes around four to five months" for oil prices and stock markets to return back to pre-supply side shock levels. He also tells Bloomberg Television that "we will be watching very closely for any kind of inflationary impulse that developments in the Middle East will have on headline inflation." (Source: Bloomberg)...
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17.03.26 - 21:42
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Iran-Krieg: Warum die Golfstaaten ihre Partner neu prüfen (DW)
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Die Herrscher am Golf mussten die bittere Lektionen lernen, dass US-Militärbasen auf ihrem Staatsgebiet nicht automatisch Schutz bedeuten, sondern sie selbst dadurch möglicherweise erst recht zu Angriffszielen des Iran werden. Zudem sollen die USA Einwände aus der Region vor Beginn des Kriegs beiseite gewischt haben. Washington habe Warnungen vor möglichen verheerenden Folgen ignoriert, zitierte die Nachrichtenagentur AP Anfang März anonym Vertreter zweier Golfstaaten.. --- "Derzeit zeigt sich, dass die Stützpunkte nicht dem Schutz der Golfstaaten dienen, sondern vielmehr dazu, sie an der Selbstverteidigung und unabhängigen Entscheidungsfindung zu hindern."
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