Posted on 01/24/2024 8:09:49 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
Risk of Chinese bubble bursts continue to increase, as more extreme measures are being resorted to, to stabilize the stock markets and currency.
Chinese stocks recovered some losses today, when China announced it would reduce the reserve rate on banks (to free up about $140 Billion), and make some unspecified opening measures for foreign capital to invest in China (easier to get in, but maybe not so easy to get out later).
The State Owned banks are also having to intervene to shore up the Chinese currency, at the same time the Government is issuing “Window Guidance” to private funds to step in and buy Chinese stocks.
CNN reports: “China tries to halt stock market rout by boosting lending and wooing foreign investors”
“About $6 trillion, equivalent to roughly twice Britain’s annual economic output, has been wiped off the market value of Chinese and Hong Kong stocks since they peaked in February 2021. The astonishing losses, reminiscent of the last Chinese stock market crash of 2015-2016, highlight a crisis of confidence among investors concerned about the country’s future.”
Yet here you are
Which body double, sure putin is well below in his palatial bunker
Glad you stopped by to enjoy
https://twitter.com/ChuckPfarrer/status/1750249685514588329
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1750266231838441764
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/orban-set-to-fold-on-sweden-s-nato-bid-after-overplaying-hand/ar-BB1hbkUF
"Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is preparing his lawmakers to ratify Sweden’s accession to NATO after Turkey’s parliamentary approval effectively left Budapest as the lone holdout to the military alliance’s enlargement.
Under pressure to act after leaving the ratification protocol languishing in the Hungarian parliament for more than a year, Orban told North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday that he’ll urge its approval “at the first possible opportunity,”...
...President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office may publish the parliamentary legislation in the Official Gazette as soon as Wednesday, making Turkey’s ratification official.
Hungary’s parliament is expected to reconvene on Feb. 26 from its winter recess."
Gripens can carry Aim-120s and Aim-9s.
I'm unsure if the Gripen can carry Aim-9X, but Aim-9M for sure.
Release the Gripens!
Some sources report that the oil depot is close to a Rosneft oil refinery. Some Telegram channels claim the fire was caused by a drone attack.
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1750270420895273339
So, ruzzia moves a bunch of S-300s to St. Petersburn.
So what does Ukraine do?
They unfairly attack an oil depot in Tuapse, Krasnodar region.
Waaaa!
❗UAVs hit not just the oil tank, but the inside of the production facility.
https://twitter.com/UkrReview/status/1750275496930140220
What Air Defense doink?
There has to be a reason the Russians are completely freaking out about this plane getting shot down, and it certainly isn't because of Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Something (or someone) very important for Russia was on that plane, which had recently arrived from Iran.
https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1750123355855007852
Something (or someone) very important for Russia was on that plane, which had recently arrived from Iran.
This mentions the 9x
https://www.saab.com/markets/india/gripen-for-india/gripen-for-india/saab-offers-iaf-gripen-e-with-the-most-modern-array-of-missiles
““Any weapon of Indian choice can be integrated with the Gripen fighter,’’ said Mats Palmberg, Head of Gripen India Campaign. “Gripen can also be equipped with Israeli, European, American weapons, giving it an edge in the ongoing MRFA fraction of competitor costs. “Besides the Meteor, IRIS-T, A-Darter, and AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Airto-Air Missile), other missiles like the Astra, Python 4/5, Derby, AIM-9X Sidewinder, ASRAAM and others can also be easily integrated to Gripen,” stated Palmberg.
Guided bombs such as the Spice 1000, GBU-49 (American), Paveway III GBU-22/-24, Paveway II GBU-10/-12/-16, GBU-39 SDB I and II can be easily integrated to Gripen. As far as air-to-air missiles are concerned, IRIS-T, A-Darter, Python 4/5, the AIM-9X Sidewinder, and AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile) have been successfully tested on Gripen.”
Yep. Commenting in response to a ping on an open forum. An *American* forum.
Deal with it.
IMHO, Gripens & F-16s will improve Ukraine's shoot down rate for cruise missiles and drones.
For the slower drones, Aim-9X & M will perform better than Aim-120s.
From the Janes article that you linked:
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in late August (2023) that his country’s pilots had been flying the Saab Gripen fighter in Sweden”
Should be ready to go in short order.
Rumors it was Medvedev.
Ukrainian drones on their way to Sochi where replacement A-50 has been deployed.
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