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Ulrike Franke Profile picture
@RikeFranke
Dec 20, 2018 • 10 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
In light of #Gatwick #drone incident, a thread on anti-drone measures.
Bringing down rogue #drones is tricky - but increasingly important. Unsurprising that already in 2016, US spent almost 10% of its drone R&D funding on funding of anti-drone measures.
Around the world, militaries are acquiring (developing/testing) anti-drone tech
Germany:
France:
US:
China:
One major problem with regard to anti-#drone measures is how to make them cost-effective:
This, for instance, is not cost-effective
Something like this would be much more preferable:
These difficulties explain why some are looking for more ... innovative approaches

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Oct 8
ICYMI in April: this is a must-read for all interested in geopolitics as it lays out one of the clearest cases for ‘the US must win against China’ (and how)

No Substitute for Victory: America’s Competition With China Must Be Won, Not Managed foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…
The authors aren’t anybody. Image
If you don’t have access or for the tldr: here are some points I found most noteworthy. 👇

What they talk about here is clearly regime change. Image
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Ulrike Franke Profile picture
Jul 17
Given what a kafkaesque (and expensive !!!) experience it has been to get a German passport for a fully-German-two-German-parents-kid I can’t even imagine what that looks like for immigrants 🫣
My favourite moment (there were many) was when they went “you can have a passport for [not-the-correct-name] now if you like”.
They were seriously offering to give the kid a passport *with the wrong name* because that worked better with their processes.
(I did think about it for like a second in case the little one was planning a James Bond future)
Read 5 tweets
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May 18
Back from #LennartMeriConference
As always, it was highly insightful.

A few quotes I heard over the last two days that stuck with me: 🧵 Image
The most powerful:

“I have two sons, whom I love dearly. The outcome of this war will decide whether they will have to fight in war in the future.”

#LennartMeriConference
The most thought-provoking:

“I am in a room full of believers but I am an atheist. … This is not a moment of reckoning for the world.” - On the war against Ukraine, by a non-European

#LennartMeriConference
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Jun 14, 2023
I read Germany’s new national security strategy so you don’t have to.
(Though, it’s not a terrible read, so don’t let me keep you).
Thread with some thoughts and main points according to, well, me.
#Sicherheitsstrategie ImageImage
First the tldr: it’s s fine.
It says the right things, in the right tones. Nothing major was forgotten, nothing major gotten wrong (biggest bone of contention, imo, is 🇨🇳 and “multipolarity” ). It, however, also doesn’t really say anything particularly surprising or substantial.
Now that I have lost 90% of the readership, let’s dive into the details 😂.
Read 31 tweets
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Jun 14, 2023
Today is the day: Germany is getting its very first national security strategy.
I’ll follow the press conference at 11am and will let you know when we know more about its super secret* content.

*the strategy has been kept under close wraps.
Germany has had white books so far, but no comprehensive national security strategy. The document’s publication was delayed several times over this year - it was first supposed to be published in February, and be presented at the Munich Security Conference.
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Apr 11, 2023
I told myself to stay out of this one, but I can't help myself, so here a few thoughts on the #Macron interview.
First, as many have pointed out, if you want to engage in the discussion, read the Les Echos interview, rather than the article with quotes from Politico.
lesechos.fr/monde/enjeux-i…
My assessment of the #Macron interview:
. Some good points
. Several strong - ie controversial - statements on European sovereignty which were surely meant to ruffle feathers in the US and some European capitals
. A problematic stance on Taiwan
. *TERRIBLE* timing.
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