The United States, in the midst of its war with Iran, is running short on air defense systems. This is demonstrated by this week's announcement to relocate these systems from South Korea to the Middle East. Seoul's conservative government has protested the decision, which exposes it to an attack from North Korea and raises serious questions about Donald Trump's commitment to his long-standing ally. Specifically, the Pentagon is moving the two most advanced types of air defense systems in the world: the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) missile system and the Patriot missile batteries. The Pentagon has seven THAAD systems, two of them in Asia: one on the island of Guam in the Western Pacific, serving as a deterrent against China, and the one previously located in South Korea, to prevent a North Korean attack. The remaining systems are currently distributed among five air defense regiments, one of them in Israel.

Lieutenant General Manuel Busquier, Inspector General of the Army, has had a "fantastic" experience in Catalonia over the past four years. Now he is leaving for a posting yet to be determined, and in the final stretch of his Catalan tenure, he was given a send-off with full honors this Tuesday by the Equestrian Circle. The exclusive club in the Catalan capital opened its doors to bid him farewell at a luncheon discussion where its president, Enric Lacalle, asked him about the challenges facing the armed forces in a changing geopolitical context and in the age of AI. He also inquired about his experience in Catalonia. Busquier, who arrived in Catalonia in 2022, explained that he found institutions and civil society that welcomed him with open arms and provided him with every possible assistance. "I'm leaving because there's no other option, due to the military career law, but I would have stayed another four years in a heartbeat," he stated. The lieutenant general thus refuted the narrative that is still often repeated by forces such as Vox, who claim that the Generalitat has sought to expel the army from the country or exclude it.

When MP Laetitia Saint-Paul read an article published in February of last year by a regional newspaper in Angers, Le Courrier del OuestRegarding the sexual assaults suffered by a young female soldier, she was speechless. Another soldier had subjected her to some sixty sexual assaults over several months, while both were participating in different naval missions in French waters. The soldier, who confessed to the acts, was sentenced by a military court to only 10 days of arrest and a fine of 600 euros. Suffering from post-traumatic stress, she had to leave the army.

In his study of the language of the Third Reich, Kemplerer emphasizes the idea that fighting "like a fanatic" was a title that a National Socialist Party militant or a Wehrmacht soldier could hold with honor, a sum of tension of the soul, of will, of unconditional struggle without the intention of surrendering to the enemy. That physical education was a preparation for war, because physical achievements were as or more important than intellectual achievements. And that without the dark Jew, the luminous Aryan would not have existed.

Pete Hegseth is the US Secretary of Defense (now renamed the War Department), and one of the most striking figures among the MAGA fauna occupying the top positions in the Trump administration. Hegseth is forty-five years old, which is apparently the average age of a new generation of global spooks, a former television host, and the author of two books titled American Crusade and The war of the warriors, where he expands on his ultra-nationalist, ultra-Catholic, anti-feminist, anti-environmentalist, and strongly warmongering and militaristic ideology: he is the executor of the militarization of American cities governed by Democrats, a not-so-subtle threat of civil war. According to Hegseth, the US is the greatest and most glorious nation that has ever existed in the world (he says this because he doesn't know Spain) and is destined to dominate it. For this to be the case, the US must always be prepared to wage war, and must always have the best soldiers ready, ready to kill and die for the homeland.

Princess Leonor began the final stage of her military training this week. Leonor de Borbón will spend this last year training for the army at the General Air Force Academy, located in San Javier (Murcia), after having spent the previous two years in the army and navy. Facing this new phase of training, the heir to the Spanish throne has stated that she is "eager to learn" to fly, but "little by little."

The German government approved this Wednesday the project to reinstate military service with the aim of increasing the number of currently active soldiers by 80,000. They want to have 260,000 soldiers to confront the security threats posed by Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. Initially, recruitment will be limited to volunteers, but the text opens the door to making it mandatory.

In mid-March, while Sudan's main paramilitary group collapsed in the last positions they had been able to hold in the capital.In Khartoum, its leader, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, declared that they would not give in and would expand the conflict. Days later, his brother, Abdelrahim Dagalo, who is increasingly acting as the group's de facto commander, issued a similar warning, threatening to extend the war to the north and east of the country, areas that until then had remained relatively isolated.

Fatal accident in the León fires. One firefighter died and another was injured when a fire engine overturned while they were participating in the efforts to extinguish the fires in the León municipality of Espinoso de Compludo, in the region of Ponferrada, in northwestern Spain. The firefighter who died was the driver of the fire engine, who fell down an embankment shortly before 10:30 p.m. Both firefighters were part of the operation working to extinguish the Yeres fire, one of the nearly 40 active fires burning in the area, the worst affected in Spain. With the death of the firefighter, the death toll from the fires ravaging Spain has reached four.

The Catalan battle is played out in the bars carajilleros. In the mountain ranges of breakfasts. Between lamb ribs and bean and spinach tortillas. Through pig's trotters and fried eggs. Breaking down with lamb shanks and herring. Bread. Wine. Grasiosa. Carajillo. Here is the war.

Given the complex geopolitical context, France is looking to strengthen its military. After ruling out reintroducing compulsory military service, the government has announced another initiative: a mandatory training course for all young people between the ages of 16 and 25 to learn what a soldier's job is like. Starting in September, boys and girls with French nationality will be required to participate in the course, which will begin with a patriotic act: the raising of the flag while singing. The MarseillaiseThe Ministry of Defense believes the activity can serve to awaken vocations and recruit future soldiers.

August 1, 2022. It's finally raining in the war-crazed Donbas. They are new feelings when you already have a partner to remember.. Close friends. That's how it is. It's raining today. Finally."

Dulce et decorum est pro patria moriHoracio wrote. "It is sweet and honorable to die for one's country." However, in this European climate conducive to expanding security and defense capabilities with large increases in the military budget for the coming years, why isn't there also talk of the need for more troops? If you will, in a word, what will be the increase in demand for soldiers willing to die honorably and sweetly for the country?

Dulce et decorum est pro patria moriHoracio wrote. "It is sweet and honorable to die for one's country." However, in this European climate conducive to expanding security and defense capabilities with large increases in the military budget for the coming years, why isn't there also talk of the need for more troops? If you will, in a word, what will be the increase in demand for soldiers willing to die honorably and sweetly for the country?

Vox does not allow disagreements or disobedience and has seen a string of defections from its leaders in recent years. Former spokespersons for Congress such as Iván Espinosa de los Monteros and Macarena Olona have left the party's original core, along with former deputies such as Juan Luis Steegman—critical of the "neo-Falangist" drift—and Víctor Sánchez del Real, the former Madrid leader Rocío Monasterio—critical of Juan García-Gallardo—and the former Balearic leader Idoia Ribas. They have even had an attempted rebellion in Valencia City HallHow does Vox function and how should these losses be understood?

It might seem that Pedro Sánchez has resolved the historic dilemma of guns or butter, because he has promised his government partner Yolanda Díaz that defence spending can be increased without reducing social spending. We are waiting for him to explain how he intends to do it, just as we are waiting for the EU to explain how it intends to finance the eight hundred billion euros of the defence plan presented by Ursula von der Leyen.

Spain has aligned itself with its European partners in the arms crusade that is to increase the defence budget to 2% of GDP. The war in Ukraine has led to calls to invest more in the military, and Spanish president Pedro Sánchez has already explained that he will do so gradually. The State currently allocates €10.2bn (1.2% of its GDP) to the Ministry of Defence, but there are other related items that are not part of this tally. Be that as it may, it is a controversial issue that divides Spaniards. It has become clear that Sanchez's investiture partners do not agree, but support is not much greater among citizens. The Center for Sociological Research (CIS) publishes a specific survey on the war this Friday in which positions in favour and against the increase in military spending are tied with 47%.

The world is once again experiencing uncertain times, in which old-fashioned military conflicts cannot be ruled out – the situation in Ukraine and also in the China Sea is of particular concern – and in which there are also new threats, such as cyber-attacks, sabotage, the climate crisis or the hijacking of basic supplies. The pandemic has exposed Spanish and European vulnerability in many areas and this has forced the PSOE-Podemos government to bring forward the publication of its National Security Strategy by one year; it was made public last week.

Spain has increased its military spending by 9.41% during the year of the pandemic, from €20.1bn to €21.6bn, which is equivalent to €55m per day. According to calculations by the Centre Delàs d'Estudis per la Pau accounts for more than 3.93% of the state budget and 1.8% of GDP. The investment in military research and development planned for 2021 is €861m and is more than the amount spent on health research and development, which is €287m. The Spanish government has also increased spending on arms purchases, while according to the Spanish Development NGOs Coordinator "Spain is one of the countries which in 2020 reduced its spending on cooperation, which will be allocated €3.1bn next year".