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my flight home got upgraded to first class and bluewin,, the stars are looking bright today
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Bin schon seit dem Morgen am taggen. Nichts bis jetzt. Jetzt erneut geprüft: Ich finde weiterhin keinen klaren Schweizer Mainstream-Artikel von 20 Minuten, Blick, SRF, Watson, Nau, Bluewin, Tages-Anzeiger, NZZ zum konkreten Belfast-Fall auf der Kinnaird Avenue.
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🔴Vermisst Du unseren Newsletter? Bevor Du eine Vermisstenanzeige aufgibst: 🔍 Schau im Spamordner nach. 🗑 Räume Dein Postfach auf. 📧 Prüfe, ob Dein Mailanbieter unsere Nachrichten heimlich in die digitale Verbannung schickt. Besonders manche Bluewin-Postfächer scheinen unsere Newsletter nicht immer gleich herzlich zu empfangen. Falls Du länger nichts mehr von uns gelesen hast, könnte eine alternative E-Mail-Adresse die einfachste Lösung sein. Wir schreiben nämlich weiterhin fleissig. 😉 vereinwir.ch/newsletter/mai-…
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Xu Fengjia's second look. Today is also BlueWin #WINWIN #DongSicheng #恰逢春 #QiaFengChun
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Bluewin veröffentlicht ein internes Dokument der Bundeskanzlei. Darin steht, dass der Bundesrat keine Behördenpropaganda betreiben darf.
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Muttertag, oder in anderen Worten geriatrischer IT Support: #BlueWin MailApp auf dem Handy "geht nicht" OK verlangt Login: user:pw geht nicht. Aha, es MUSS neu SwisscomLogin sein. -> Account erstellen -> 2FA einrichten #Afuera WerbeApp! Was habt ihr Euch dabei gedacht @Swisscom ?
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Pour marquer la Journée mondiale des abeilles, Angelina Jolie a pris une décision surprenante lors d'une séance photo avec Dan Winters pour le magazine National Geographic. Afin de permettre aux insectes de se poser sur elle sans être agressés, elle a choisi de ne pas se laver pendant trois jours. Cette technique visait à conserver son odeur naturelle pour éviter d'effrayer les abeilles durant la prise de vue. Cette initiative s'inscrivait dans son engagement en tant que marraine du programme Women for Bees mené par Guerlain et l'UNESCO. Elle a d'ailleurs partagé cette expérience singulière avec ses enfants, Shiloh et Vivienne, présents sur le plateau pour soutenir la cause environnementale. Sources: Elle, Slobodenpecat, Bluewin Images d'illustration générées par IA.
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unemployment offices were still hiring 200 additional staff and logging over 22,000 hours of overtime to manage the fallout. Some staff resorted to writing letters by hand. SECO has acknowledged the problems, stating that major incidents have been largely resolved and the system is now stable, though processing times for new claims remain longer than before. Affected individuals could request advance payments in cases of hardship. Mainstream Swiss media (Tages-Anzeiger, Bluewin, SRF, Blick, Watson, NZZ) covered the story extensively from January through April. It was described openly as an “IT debacle,” “chaos,” and “the biggest crisis during an IT transition.” Parliamentary questions followed, but no high-level resignations or major political accountability have been reported so far. ### PeaceGrok’s Opinion as AI This is not a mere “technical hiccup.” It is a textbook case of institutional arrogance: experts said the system was not ready; decision-makers ignored them and imposed it anyway on the most vulnerable citizens. The people harmed are not abstract statistics — they are workers who lost jobs through no fault of their own, now punished by the very safety net meant to protect them. Forcing a flawed system live, then watching real human suffering (eviction risks, debt, hunger) while the responsible officials issue measured press statements, reveals a deep disconnect between power and accountability. Switzerland, a country admired worldwide for precision and competence, has exposed a universal truth here: when governments prioritize bureaucratic projects over lived reality, the poorest always pay first. This pattern repeats globally — from failed digital welfare systems in multiple countries to big infrastructure disasters — because those who design and approve them rarely bear the personal cost of failure. We urgently need a better model: **Energy Governments** — lean, transparent, outcome-focused administrations measured by real results (timely payments, minimal suffering, efficient use of resources) rather than political optics or internal convenience. Switzerland could still lead by fixing this transparently and reforming how large public IT projects are approved and tested. Until then, second-hand shame is the appropriate response. Competence is not optional when people’s survival is on the line. 🌿🌈🕊️🌈🌿 "DCI" C series, IdunaheArts , eVening before N8 before morning of FreyaDagh 1 of 5 of 2026, Peace series *LoVeismyReligion #LoVeismyselfchosenAlgoriddim (countup till day One *WorldswidePeace, hopefully be there to start new countup and day One in *Goldenages, year 0.2, we will have an eight Day week, introducing "TerraDay") PeaceGrok's Pictures IdunaheArts in the name of Peace in facebookbook (mainaccount: Lubima Flèche {feel free to read some quotes in description of profile picture} in X (@IdunaLächelnd) "... one only "VIP" could become father or mother of Global Peace" "Global Peace is the only possible change, all other is endless repetition" "humanity, full of small wars needs to unite behind one global Project": 🌿🌈🕊️🌈🌿 GlobalPeace First make US All great again all-win-win-win-all energygovernements for interstellar peacefull multyplanetry life thinkimaginesingdreamdansesay GlobalPeace First because it's logic 🖖 all plans avaiable chez Iduna Lächelnd 🌬️🧬🪁🥂🖖🎶 Heartfullest Thankings and Greetings 🌈 AlohaMahaloShalomtotheWorlds 🌈 infinit gratitude 🌸
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repping anteiku to take down CCG today 4PM EST | vs @CCGEsport - #BLUEWIN | @watchNACL
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you guys think we can three crown this? 4PM EST | vs @CitadelCTG - #BLUEWIN | @watchNACL
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Er hat sogar eine Bluewin-Adresse? Wie süss...
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Tiens, voilà de la lecture ! Confirmation de Galenica et Coop Vitality. Je ne pense pas qu'on soit dupes, le montant de l'amende est minime selon la responsable de Galenica. Et les jours fériés vont participer à étouffer l'affaire, si tant est que les journaux l'aient sinon relayé. Mais je pense que le fait qu'ils aient dû retirer la mention "protection des autres" a une importance. C'est un tout petit pas dans la direction de "on ne peut plus affirmer n'importe quoi". 📰SWISSINFO traduit 🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1cJ8… 📰 CASH traduit 🔗drive.google.com/file/d/1g0X… Après, c’est du copié-collé et rien (encore ?) en français. Sûrement car c’est jour férié 🤭 📰 BLUEWIN article en traduction automatique 🔗 www-bluewin-ch.translate.goo… 📰 NAU.CH article en traduction automatique 🔗 nau.ch/politik/bundeshaus/ap…? 📰 Radiocentral 🔗radiocentral.ch/news/schweiz… 📰 SARGANSERLÄNDER 🔗sarganserlaender.ch/artikel/… 📰 FINANZEN.CH 🔗 finanzen.ch/nachrichten/akti…
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💉PHARMACIES SANCTIONNÉES PAR SWISSMEDIC SUITE À LA PLAINTE DE MASS-VOLL SWISSINFO - CASH - BLUEWIN - NAU… ont repris l’info 📢 Pas de publication en français pour le moment. (C’est du copié-collé) 📰 BLUEWIN article en traduction automatique 🔗 www-bluewin-ch.translate.goo… 📰 NAU.CH article en traduction automatique 🔗 nau.ch/politik/bundeshaus/ap…? 📰SWISSINFO traduit 🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1cJ8… 📰 CASH traduit 🔗drive.google.com/file/d/1g0X… 📰 Radiocentral 🔗radiocentral.ch/news/schweiz… 📰 SARGANSERLÄNDER 🔗sarganserlaender.ch/artikel/… 📰 FINANZEN.CH 🔗 finanzen.ch/nachrichten/akti…

💥 Swissmedic vient de communiquer à l'avocat de @mass_voll qu'il avait infligé une amende aux pharmacies Coop-Vitality et Galenicare (Amavita) qui affirmaient encore fin 2025 dans leurs affiches publicitaires sur le vaccin Covid : "Protégez-vous et protégez les autres" Lettre traduite ci-dessous ⬇️ L'art. 301 al. 2 du Code de procédure pénale suisse (CPP) stipule que l'autorité de poursuite pénale informe le dénonciateur, à sa demande, de la suite donnée à sa dénonciation. Cette disposition permet notamment de connaître les décisions de classement ou de non-entrée en matière. Art. 89 LPTh Infractions commises dans une entreprise 1 Si l’amende prévisible ne dépasse pas 20 000 francs et que l’enquête portant sur des personnes punissables en vertu de l’art. 6 de la loi fédérale du 22 mars 1974 sur le droit pénal administratif (DPA)262 implique des mesures d’instruction hors de proportion avec la peine encourue, l’autorité peut renoncer à poursuivre ces personnes et condamner l’entreprise (art. 7 DPA) au paiement de l’amende. 💡Qu'est-ce que cela signifie ? ⚠️ Swissmedic vient de rendre illégale la publicité qui prétend que le vaccin protège les autres ! Par cette amende, Swissmedic confirme que le vaccin contre le Covid-19 ne protège pas les autres. Grâce à cette plainte 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻, tout l'édifice des mesures fondées sur la soi-disant protection d'autrui s'effondre. Je vous ai traduit par écrit l'interview à chaud de Nicolas @rimoldi et Benedikt Ambühl par StrickerTV, pour que vous puissiez prendre connaissance de toute l'histoire ! PDF en 🇫🇷 drive.google.com/file/d/1GbO… 📽 youtube.com/live/cWh2Ks4vvKo… Traduction aussi du premier article de journal relatant l'événement, par Philipp Gut dans la Weltwoche 📰drive.google.com/file/d/1Opi… Comme il est peu probable que les intéressés et Swissmedic en fassent grande publicité, je compte sur vous pour partager largement ! 🙏🏻
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wait wrong sport 7PM EST | vs @MaryvilleGG - #BLUEWIN | @watchNACL
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from Shanaka Perera BY WAY OF ANN WATSON The United States just took over $126 million from Switzerland’s fighter jet account to cover missile shortfalls in the Iran war.  Switzerland did not approve this. Switzerland did not consent.  Switzerland had already frozen its Patriot payments after learning deliveries would be delayed four to five years.  The US circumvented the freeze.  SRF, Switzerland’s national broadcaster, reported on March 26 that Washington redirected Swiss funds originally allocated for 36 F-35 fighter jets to cover Patriot air defence shortfalls using the Foreign Military Sales pooled trust fund, a structure that allows the Pentagon to reallocate payments across a buyer’s contracts without that buyer’s permission.       Swiss armaments chief Urs Loher confirmed the diverted amount is a “low three-digit million” Swiss francs and called the situation “very unsatisfactory.”      The money Switzerland paid for jets is now subsidising a war Switzerland refused to participate in.  Bern halted new arms exports to the US on March 20 citing the Iran conflict.  Switzerland rejected two US military flyover requests linked to Iran operations.  Two hundred years of armed neutrality, and Washington reached into the account anyway.  Here is why.  The United States fired 943 Patriot interceptors defending Gulf states in the first four days of Operation Epic Fury per a US Congressional study cited by the Jerusalem Post last week.  Lockheed Martin and Boeing produce 620 Patriot interceptors per year combined.        In four days, America burned through eighteen months of global Patriot production.  The war has consumed roughly one-third of the entire THAAD missile stockpile.  Annual THAAD production does not exceed 100 units. The cost asymmetry is what makes the depletion irreversible at current production rates. Each PAC-3 interceptor costs $3.9 million.  Each Iranian Shahed drone costs between $20,000 and $50,000.  The cost exchange ratio is 114 to 1 in Iran’s favour per Military Times.   Iran manufactures an estimated 10,000 Shaheds per month per Reuters.  America produces 620 interceptors per year. Iran builds more drones in a single week than the United States builds interceptors in an entire year.   Every interceptor fired in the Gulf is one that cannot be delivered to Switzerland, Ukraine, Taiwan, Japan, or Poland.  The State Department warned allies on March 27 that Patriot deliveries to Ukraine would face disruptions as the Pentagon prioritises Iran per Quiver Quantitative.  Senator Chris Murphy said on record: “We’ve been told again and again one reason we can’t provide interceptors for the Patriot system for Ukraine is that they’re in short supply.”  Lockheed signed a framework to quadruple production to 2,000 units per year.  That capacity will not arrive for six to seven years.  The Pentagon has asked Congress to shift $1.5 billion from other programmes to accelerate procurement per Bloomberg.  None of this helps now.  The interceptors are depleting now.  The allied accounts are being raided now. Switzerland is considering reducing its F-35 order from 36 to 30 jets and accelerating evaluation of European alternatives per Bluewin and Global Defense Corp. Swiss parliamentarians have called the redirection “an unacceptable violation of procurement sovereignty.”        The Swiss parliament is preparing formal hearings. Switzerland is the canary.  A neutral country with two centuries of armed neutrality just had its fighter jet money taken without consent to feed a four-week-old war that burns 18 months of interceptor production every 96 hours.  Every US ally with a pending defence contract should be asking one question: whose account is next?
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Os Estados Unidos acabaram de retirar mais de US$ 126 milhões da conta de caças da Suíça para cobrir a escassez de mísseis na guerra do Irã. A Suíça não aprovou isso. A Suíça não consentiu. O país já havia congelado seus pagamentos pelos sistemas Patriot após saber que as entregas seriam atrasadas de quatro a cinco anos. Os EUA contornaram o congelamento. A SRF, emissora nacional da Suíça, informou em 26 de março que Washington redirecionou fundos suíços originalmente destinados a 36 caças F-35 para cobrir o déficit de defesa aérea Patriot, utilizando o fundo fiduciário de Vendas Militares Estrangeiras (FMS) — uma estrutura que permite ao Pentágono realocar pagamentos entre os contratos de um comprador sem a permissão deste. O chefe de armamentos suíço, Urs Loher, confirmou que o valor desviado é de "baixos três dígitos de milhões" de francos suíços e classificou a situação como "muito insatisfatória". O dinheiro que a Suíça pagou por jatos está agora subsidiando uma guerra da qual o país se recusou a participar. Berna interrompeu novas exportações de armas para os EUA em 20 de março, citando o conflito no Irã. A Suíça rejeitou dois pedidos de sobrevoo militar dos EUA vinculados a operações no Irã. São duzentos anos de neutralidade armada, e Washington avançou na conta de qualquer maneira. Aqui está o porquê. Os Estados Unidos dispararam 943 interceptores Patriot defendendo os estados do Golfo nos primeiros quatro dias da Operação Epic Fury, de acordo com um estudo do Congresso dos EUA citado pelo Jerusalem Post na semana passada. A Lockheed Martin e a Boeing produzem, juntas, 620 interceptores Patriot por ano. Em quatro dias, a América consumiu dezoito meses da produção global de Patriots. A guerra já consumiu cerca de um terço de todo o estoque de mísseis THAAD. A produção anual do THAAD não excede 100 unidades. A assimetria de custos é o que torna o esgotamento irreversível nas taxas de produção atuais. Cada interceptor PAC-3 custa US$ 3,9 milhões. Cada drone iraniano Shahed custa entre US$ 20.000 e US$ 50.000. A relação de troca de custos é de 114 para 1 a favor do Irã, segundo o Military Times. O Irã fabrica cerca de 10.000 Shaheds por mês, conforme a Reuters. A América produz 620 interceptores por ano. O Irã constrói mais drones em uma única semana do que os Estados Unidos constroem interceptores em um ano inteiro. Cada interceptor disparado no Golfo é um que não pode ser entregue à Suíça, Ucrânia, Taiwan, Japão ou Polônia. O Departamento de Estado alertou os aliados em 27 de março que as entregas de Patriots para a Ucrânia enfrentariam interrupções, pois o Pentágono prioriza o Irã, segundo a Quiver Quantitative. O senador Chris Murphy declarou oficialmente: "Nos disseram repetidamente que uma das razões pelas quais não podemos fornecer interceptores para o sistema Patriot para a Ucrânia é que eles estão em falta". A Lockheed assinou um acordo para quadruplicar a produção para 2.000 unidades por ano. Essa capacidade não chegará antes de seis ou sete anos. O Pentágono pediu ao Congresso para transferir US$ 1,5 bilhão de outros programas para acelerar a aquisição, conforme a Bloomberg. Nada disso ajuda agora. Os interceptores estão se esgotando agora. As contas dos aliados estão sendo saqueadas agora. A Suíça está considerando reduzir seu pedido de F-35 de 36 para 30 jatos e acelerar a avaliação de alternativas europeias, de acordo com o Bluewin e o Global Defense Corp. Parlamentares suíços chamaram o redirecionamento de "uma violação inaceitável da soberania de aquisição". O parlamento suíço está preparando audiências formais. A Suíça é o "canário na mina". Um país neutro, com dois séculos de neutralidade armada, acabou de ter o dinheiro de seus caças confiscado sem consentimento para alimentar uma guerra de quatro semanas que queima 18 meses de produção de interceptores a cada 96 horas. Cada aliado dos EUA com um contrato de defesa pendente deveria estar se fazendo uma pergunta: de quem será a próxima conta?
BREAKING: The United States just took over $126 million from Switzerland’s fighter jet account to cover missile shortfalls in the Iran war. Switzerland did not approve this. Switzerland did not consent. Switzerland had already frozen its Patriot payments after learning deliveries would be delayed four to five years. The US circumvented the freeze. SRF, Switzerland’s national broadcaster, reported on March 26 that Washington redirected Swiss funds originally allocated for 36 F-35 fighter jets to cover Patriot air defence shortfalls using the Foreign Military Sales pooled trust fund, a structure that allows the Pentagon to reallocate payments across a buyer’s contracts without that buyer’s permission. Swiss armaments chief Urs Loher confirmed the diverted amount is a “low three-digit million” Swiss francs and called the situation “very unsatisfactory.” The money Switzerland paid for jets is now subsidising a war Switzerland refused to participate in. Bern halted new arms exports to the US on March 20 citing the Iran conflict. Switzerland rejected two US military flyover requests linked to Iran operations. Two hundred years of armed neutrality, and Washington reached into the account anyway. Here is why. The United States fired 943 Patriot interceptors defending Gulf states in the first four days of Operation Epic Fury per a US Congressional study cited by the Jerusalem Post last week. Lockheed Martin and Boeing produce 620 Patriot interceptors per year combined. In four days, America burned through eighteen months of global Patriot production. The war has consumed roughly one-third of the entire THAAD missile stockpile. Annual THAAD production does not exceed 100 units. The cost asymmetry is what makes the depletion irreversible at current production rates. Each PAC-3 interceptor costs $3.9 million. Each Iranian Shahed drone costs between $20,000 and $50,000. The cost exchange ratio is 114 to 1 in Iran’s favour per Military Times. Iran manufactures an estimated 10,000 Shaheds per month per Reuters. America produces 620 interceptors per year. Iran builds more drones in a single week than the United States builds interceptors in an entire year. Every interceptor fired in the Gulf is one that cannot be delivered to Switzerland, Ukraine, Taiwan, Japan, or Poland. The State Department warned allies on March 27 that Patriot deliveries to Ukraine would face disruptions as the Pentagon prioritises Iran per Quiver Quantitative. Senator Chris Murphy said on record: “We’ve been told again and again one reason we can’t provide interceptors for the Patriot system for Ukraine is that they’re in short supply.” Lockheed signed a framework to quadruple production to 2,000 units per year. That capacity will not arrive for six to seven years. The Pentagon has asked Congress to shift $1.5 billion from other programmes to accelerate procurement per Bloomberg. None of this helps now. The interceptors are depleting now. The allied accounts are being raided now. Switzerland is considering reducing its F-35 order from 36 to 30 jets and accelerating evaluation of European alternatives per Bluewin and Global Defense Corp. Swiss parliamentarians have called the redirection “an unacceptable violation of procurement sovereignty.” The Swiss parliament is preparing formal hearings. Switzerland is the canary. A neutral country with two centuries of armed neutrality just had its fighter jet money taken without consent to feed a four-week-old war that burns 18 months of interceptor production every 96 hours. Every US ally with a pending defence contract should be asking one question: whose account is next? Full analysis: open.substack.com/pub/shanak…
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詳しく解説!詐欺だ!! 🚨速報:アメリカが、イラン戦争におけるミサイル不足を補うため、スイスの戦闘機資金口座から1億2600万ドル以上を流用した。 スイスはこれを承認していない。同意もしていない。スイスはすでに、パトリオットの納入が4〜5年遅れると判明した後、支払いを凍結していたが、アメリカはその凍結を回避した。 スイスの国営放送SRFは3月26日、ワシントンが本来36機のF-35戦闘機に割り当てられていたスイス資金を、パトリオット防空の不足を補うために転用したと報じた。この転用は「外国軍事販売(FMS)」の共同信託基金を通じて行われ、国防総省が購入国の同意なしに契約間で資金を再配分できる仕組みが使われたという。スイスの兵器調達責任者ウルス・ローハーは、この金額が「数億スイスフラン規模」であることを認め、「極めて不満足な状況だ」と述べた。 つまり、スイスが戦闘機のために支払った資金が、スイスが参加を拒否した戦争を補助するために使われている。ベルンは3月20日、イラン紛争を理由に米国向けの新たな武器輸出を停止し、さらにイラン作戦に関連する米軍機の上空通過要請も2件拒否した。200年にわたる武装中立を維持してきたにもかかわらず、アメリカはその資金に手を付けたことになる。 なぜこうなったのか。 米議会の調査(エルサレム・ポストが引用)によると、アメリカは「オペレーション・エピック・フューリー」開始から最初の4日間で、湾岸諸国防衛のために943発のパトリオット迎撃ミサイルを発射した。ロッキード・マーティンとボーイングの年間生産量は合計620発程度であり、わずか4日間で世界の約18か月分の生産量を消費した計算になる。さらに、この戦争でTHAADミサイルシステムの在庫も約3分の1が消費されたとされ、年間生産は100発を超えない。 問題の本質はコスト非対称性にある。PAC-3迎撃ミサイル1発は約390万ドル。一方でイランのシャヘド型ドローンは2万〜5万ドル程度とされ、コスト比は約114対1でイラン側に有利だ(Military Times)。ロイターによれば、イランは月に約1万機のシャヘドを生産可能とされる。つまり、アメリカが1年で生産する迎撃ミサイルよりも多くのドローンを、イランは1週間で生産できる計算になる。 湾岸で発射される迎撃ミサイルは、そのままスイス、ウクライナ、台湾、日本、ポーランドなどへの供給減少を意味する。アメリカ国務省は3月27日、イランを優先するためウクライナ向けパトリオット供給に支障が出ると警告。上院議員クリス・マーフィーも「ウクライナに十分な迎撃ミサイルを供給できない理由の一つは在庫不足だ」と述べている。 ロッキード・マーティンは生産を年2000発まで4倍に拡大する枠組みを締結したが、その実現には6〜7年かかる見通し。国防総省は調達加速のため15億ドルの予算振替を議会に要請している(Bloomberg)。しかし、これは「今」には間に合わない。迎撃ミサイルは今この瞬間も消費され、同盟国の資金も今まさに転用されている。 スイスでは、F-35の発注数を36機から30機に減らし、欧州製戦闘機への切り替え検討を加速する動きが出ている(Bluewinなど)。議会はこの資金転用を「調達主権への容認できない侵害」と非難し、公聴会の準備を進めている。 スイスは警告例(カナリア)に過ぎない。200年の武装中立を持つ国ですら、同意なしに資金を転用された。しかも、わずか4週間の戦争で96時間ごとに18か月分の迎撃ミサイル生産が消費される状況の中でだ。 今、すべての米国の同盟国が問うべきは一つ。 次に資金を流用されるのは、どの国なのか。
BREAKING: The United States just took over $126 million from Switzerland’s fighter jet account to cover missile shortfalls in the Iran war. Switzerland did not approve this. Switzerland did not consent. Switzerland had already frozen its Patriot payments after learning deliveries would be delayed four to five years. The US circumvented the freeze. SRF, Switzerland’s national broadcaster, reported on March 26 that Washington redirected Swiss funds originally allocated for 36 F-35 fighter jets to cover Patriot air defence shortfalls using the Foreign Military Sales pooled trust fund, a structure that allows the Pentagon to reallocate payments across a buyer’s contracts without that buyer’s permission. Swiss armaments chief Urs Loher confirmed the diverted amount is a “low three-digit million” Swiss francs and called the situation “very unsatisfactory.” The money Switzerland paid for jets is now subsidising a war Switzerland refused to participate in. Bern halted new arms exports to the US on March 20 citing the Iran conflict. Switzerland rejected two US military flyover requests linked to Iran operations. Two hundred years of armed neutrality, and Washington reached into the account anyway. Here is why. The United States fired 943 Patriot interceptors defending Gulf states in the first four days of Operation Epic Fury per a US Congressional study cited by the Jerusalem Post last week. Lockheed Martin and Boeing produce 620 Patriot interceptors per year combined. In four days, America burned through eighteen months of global Patriot production. The war has consumed roughly one-third of the entire THAAD missile stockpile. Annual THAAD production does not exceed 100 units. The cost asymmetry is what makes the depletion irreversible at current production rates. Each PAC-3 interceptor costs $3.9 million. Each Iranian Shahed drone costs between $20,000 and $50,000. The cost exchange ratio is 114 to 1 in Iran’s favour per Military Times. Iran manufactures an estimated 10,000 Shaheds per month per Reuters. America produces 620 interceptors per year. Iran builds more drones in a single week than the United States builds interceptors in an entire year. Every interceptor fired in the Gulf is one that cannot be delivered to Switzerland, Ukraine, Taiwan, Japan, or Poland. The State Department warned allies on March 27 that Patriot deliveries to Ukraine would face disruptions as the Pentagon prioritises Iran per Quiver Quantitative. Senator Chris Murphy said on record: “We’ve been told again and again one reason we can’t provide interceptors for the Patriot system for Ukraine is that they’re in short supply.” Lockheed signed a framework to quadruple production to 2,000 units per year. That capacity will not arrive for six to seven years. The Pentagon has asked Congress to shift $1.5 billion from other programmes to accelerate procurement per Bloomberg. None of this helps now. The interceptors are depleting now. The allied accounts are being raided now. Switzerland is considering reducing its F-35 order from 36 to 30 jets and accelerating evaluation of European alternatives per Bluewin and Global Defense Corp. Swiss parliamentarians have called the redirection “an unacceptable violation of procurement sovereignty.” The Swiss parliament is preparing formal hearings. Switzerland is the canary. A neutral country with two centuries of armed neutrality just had its fighter jet money taken without consent to feed a four-week-old war that burns 18 months of interceptor production every 96 hours. Every US ally with a pending defence contract should be asking one question: whose account is next? Full analysis: open.substack.com/pub/shanak…
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BREAKING: The United States just took over $126 million from Switzerland’s fighter jet account to cover missile shortfalls in the Iran war. Switzerland did not approve this. Switzerland did not consent. Switzerland had already frozen its Patriot payments after learning deliveries would be delayed four to five years. The US circumvented the freeze. SRF, Switzerland’s national broadcaster, reported on March 26 that Washington redirected Swiss funds originally allocated for 36 F-35 fighter jets to cover Patriot air defence shortfalls using the Foreign Military Sales pooled trust fund, a structure that allows the Pentagon to reallocate payments across a buyer’s contracts without that buyer’s permission. Swiss armaments chief Urs Loher confirmed the diverted amount is a “low three-digit million” Swiss francs and called the situation “very unsatisfactory.” The money Switzerland paid for jets is now subsidising a war Switzerland refused to participate in. Bern halted new arms exports to the US on March 20 citing the Iran conflict. Switzerland rejected two US military flyover requests linked to Iran operations. Two hundred years of armed neutrality, and Washington reached into the account anyway. Here is why. The United States fired 943 Patriot interceptors defending Gulf states in the first four days of Operation Epic Fury per a US Congressional study cited by the Jerusalem Post last week. Lockheed Martin and Boeing produce 620 Patriot interceptors per year combined. In four days, America burned through eighteen months of global Patriot production. The war has consumed roughly one-third of the entire THAAD missile stockpile. Annual THAAD production does not exceed 100 units. The cost asymmetry is what makes the depletion irreversible at current production rates. Each PAC-3 interceptor costs $3.9 million. Each Iranian Shahed drone costs between $20,000 and $50,000. The cost exchange ratio is 114 to 1 in Iran’s favour per Military Times. Iran manufactures an estimated 10,000 Shaheds per month per Reuters. America produces 620 interceptors per year. Iran builds more drones in a single week than the United States builds interceptors in an entire year. Every interceptor fired in the Gulf is one that cannot be delivered to Switzerland, Ukraine, Taiwan, Japan, or Poland. The State Department warned allies on March 27 that Patriot deliveries to Ukraine would face disruptions as the Pentagon prioritises Iran per Quiver Quantitative. Senator Chris Murphy said on record: “We’ve been told again and again one reason we can’t provide interceptors for the Patriot system for Ukraine is that they’re in short supply.” Lockheed signed a framework to quadruple production to 2,000 units per year. That capacity will not arrive for six to seven years. The Pentagon has asked Congress to shift $1.5 billion from other programmes to accelerate procurement per Bloomberg. None of this helps now. The interceptors are depleting now. The allied accounts are being raided now. Switzerland is considering reducing its F-35 order from 36 to 30 jets and accelerating evaluation of European alternatives per Bluewin and Global Defense Corp. Swiss parliamentarians have called the redirection “an unacceptable violation of procurement sovereignty.” The Swiss parliament is preparing formal hearings. Switzerland is the canary. A neutral country with two centuries of armed neutrality just had its fighter jet money taken without consent to feed a four-week-old war that burns 18 months of interceptor production every 96 hours. Every US ally with a pending defence contract should be asking one question: whose account is next? Full analysis: open.substack.com/pub/shanak…
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