We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
๐ช ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฑ "The IDF is preparing for the enormous and complex challenge of manpower management in accordance with needs that have not been the same since the establishment of the state. As has been published here on several occasions, the era of striving for a small, lethal and cheap army is over The regular service and the reduction of the load on the reserve system: the number of casualties and the wounded in the various arenas and the preparation for possible and immediate scenarios, led the IDF to present last night (Wednesday) a comprehensive plan to increase its force orders at all levels
๐ถ๏ธ Of the 564 casualties whose names have been released so far, 55 percent are reservists. The IDF has treated approximately 13,000 wounded soldiers so far in the war - 2,830 of them were hospitalized, and the rest were released from the hospitals after a short treatment. These figures create a large gap in the number of fighters and it needs to be filled immediately.
๐ถ๏ธ The army wants to increase the number of troops in the fighting battalions by 120 percent in the coming year, with one of the urgent tasks being to train commanders, to replace those who have fallen. One of the solutions launched is the release of regular soldiers directly into the reserves, while activating Order 8. But the strategic move that will be valid even after 2024 is the extension of regular service to three years among men and women in positions that until now required two years and eight months of service
๐ถ๏ธ The age of release from reserve service will also increase from 40 to 46 for soldiers, and to 50 for officers. The age of volunteering will be extended to 66. In light of the unprecedented volunteering figures in the war - 50 thousand male and female volunteers - this is a significant addition
๐ถ๏ธ Another change is in the reserve law. Today, reserve servicemen and women are called for operational employment once every three years. After the change in the law, the dosage will increase for operational employment per year. The three-year model stated that a reservist would do one to two weeks of training a year and 21 days of operational employment the following year and the following year a short training of a few days. In total the average was ten days a year. From now on the number will jump fourfold, and of course also at a higher risk, because the arenas are hotter.
๐ถ๏ธ In the framework of the discrimination between parts of Israeli society, the issue of reserves is of particular critical importance. In the last four months, hundreds of thousands of people were recruited - 287 thousand during the peak period. No less than 40 thousand women (!) were part of the largest reserve recruitment in the country's history. Each and every one of them shouted "I am here" and then "after me" and together they gave the bleeding country inspiration and spirit. Some jumped without waiting for orders, and many did not agree to hear about returning home before the missions were completed
๐ถ๏ธ However, the problem is deeper and mainly value in essence. The shortages in the ranks of the regular army, for example, and the lack of news on the issue of equality in the burden, are leading to moves that are already eroding the high motivation for combat service, which appeared - in a big way - from the beginning of the war. Early recruitment of prep school students, for example, while the ultra-orthodox youth are left out of the picture. Now it cannot be claimed that "the army does not need them". He needs them all"
Ukrainian forces have begun training and testing exoskeletons for battlefield use. Soldiers from the 147th Separate Artillery Brigade are using them in the Pokrovsk sector for both logistics and frontline operations. The goal is to reduce physical strain, especially when loading heavy artillery shells into howitzers without automatic loaders. Artillery crews can handle up to 1200 kg of ammunition per day, and early tests show that exoskeletons help them work faster and with less fatigue Above all, by improving the conditions for those soldiers on the front lines who handle such heavy loads, plus the stress of work. Seeking to reduce overall fatigue in the troops
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๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฑ - 14 wounded in Iranian missile strike in central Israel, according to Israeli media.
๐ฌ๐ง๐ฎ๐ถ - A drone struck British Castrol oil warehouses in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, causing extensive damage.
๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฑ - Iran launched 9 missiles towards Israel this morning alone, with at least 3 of them being cluster missiles.
๐ฑ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฑ - Over the past 12 hours, Hezbollah launched counterattacks in Khiam and Qantara, in the Nabatieh direction, southeast Lebanon. Hezbollah recaptured northern Khiam, with fighting ongoing for the south of the town. Hezbollah units also re-entered Qantara; frontline sources reported clashes in the center of the town last night.
๐ฑ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฑ - 48 IDF soldiers have been wounded in clashes with Hezbollah over the last 24 hours in southern Lebanon, according to the Israeli Army.
๐ฑ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฑ - "The Israeli army is barely catching its breath in southern Lebanon, and its resources are less than in the previous round of fighting," - Haaretz....
๐บ๐ธ Blue Owl Capital just disclosed that investors tried to pull 40.7% of one fund and 21.9% of another in a single quarter, and both funds gave the same answer, you can only have 5% back, and everyone else waits in line.
This is a bank run, not a normal withdrawal.
Wall Street spent the last decade selling millions of investors on something called semi-liquid private credit, higher yields, steady income and the promise you could get your money back every quarter if you needed it. What they buried in the fine print was what happens when too many people try to leave at the same time.
Analysts who have covered private credit for decades say nothing on this scale has ever been reported before at any major private credit manager.
These funds do not hold stocks you can sell on a Tuesday afternoon, they hold private loans to mid sized companies that cannot be liquidated quickly without destroying the price for every investor still trapped inside.
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๐บ๐ธ President Trump wants to switch to war economy in 2027 with massive increase in military spending and massive cuts to healthcare and other domestic agencies
Once a deficit hawk โ he said in 2016 that he thought he could balance the budget in five years โ Trump ended his first term with $7.8 trillion in added debt. His 2027 proposal is expected to give an update on 10-year deficit projections currently estimated at around $16 trillion.
The GOP's message for the Midterms will be focused on the "need" for a massive defense build up while the Democrats' message will be focused on affordability.
The fiscal 2027 budget will be the first time Trump puts his second-term governing agenda into one comprehensive document โ with the numbers to back it up. The budget he released last year lacked detailed line-by-line spending targets and the economic assumptions necessary to project the long-term cost of his proposals.
Investors in US Treasuries will be looking to see if the debt and ...
