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    From a425couple@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 6 08:46:02 2025
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    Hard to believe this one.

    from https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/07/31/frances-top-general-says-russia-could-attack-in-five-years

    France’s top general says Russia could attack in five years
    Thierry Burkhard, the Forces Armées’ departing chief, says Europe has
    work to do

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    Thierry Burkhard, French Chief of Defence Staff
    A certain idea of deterrencePhotograph: BACKGRID
    Jul 31st 2025
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    Paris
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    3 min read
    RUSSIA IS REARMING fast enough to be a “real threat” to Europe within
    five years, says General Thierry Burkhard. That is towards the low end
    of the estimates among his military and intelligence peers. By 2030, he
    tells The Economist, “Russia will possess the means once again to pose a military threat to Western countries, and European countries in particular.”

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