Swiss officials observe Hermes 900 testing at Goland Heights

The Swiss government has found itself in an embarrassing situation after it was revealed that officials had went to an Israeli air base in Goland Heights to evaluate the Hermes 900 UAV. Switzerland does not recognize the Goland Heights as Israeli territory.

Somewhere in neutral Switzerland

WTF!!! pic.twitter.com/3j4NItGz2P

— trubia trubia (@trubia_t) October 13, 2017

How trains are washed in Switzerland

This is how they wash a train.. pic.twitter.com/cHKCLYwdXn

— Interesting Engineer (@IntEngineering) December 5, 2016

Swiss Magazine: Europe Is Abolishing Itself Through Mass Immigration

There will be no Europe or Europeans left in Europe 

http://www.weltwoche.ch/ww-magazin/ww-magazin-no-12016/

🆘‼Blood, blood, blood ... moderate demands and trample on their heads. pic.twitter.com/6iaR31et2Z

— Onlinemagazin (@OnlineMagazin) April 8, 2016

Swiss F/A-18 crashed in France

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Translation
The accident occurred as part of a workout, which involved an F / A-18 and two F-5 Tiger, conducted over the Besançon area. Aircraft operating in the airspace of the Hexagon, they flew under French control officers. For now, the army does not know how high the F / A-18 began to lose altitude. Satellite data and the black box will know more.
No details were given about the injuries sustained by the driver. It was able to eject before the crash. He was rescued by helicopter to French services and the Besançon hospital where he is being treated. "It was a very experienced pilot. He had flown over 3,500 flight hours, including 1,100 on this type of aircraft", according to Mr. Schellenberg.

Irreparable plane
An investigation was opened by the French and Swiss authorities. The accident occurred at 11:30, twenty kilometers east of Besançon (F), in the municipality of Glamondans, said the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection of Population and Sport (DDPS) . The aircraft crashed in a training area common to both countries.
He took off from Payerne Airport (VD) at a time that could not be specified. The two F-5 Tiger were to represent the intended target during training. "The plane is lost. You can not fix it," the commander of the air force. The latter said that the first cost of the aircraft was 50 million francs.
"The F / A-18 is a very safe aircraft," assured Aldo Schellenberg. The commander of the Air Force believes it is not a problem with the age of the fleet, which is within the international average. "The Swiss fleet is in excellent condition."

Why Apple stock and the stock market is in a bubble

Apple stock market capitalization larger than Switzerland's gross domestic product.

Great acrobatics from Swiss Air Force PC-7 TEAM

Post by Swiss Air Force PC-7 TEAM.

Swiss vote to hold 20% of its reserves in gold shot down by Swiss population

What was the Swiss Gold Initiative?

1. SNB will repatriate and store all Swiss gold reserves in Switzerland.
2. SNB will purchase gold until it makes up 20% of their reserves (currently 7.6%), and it must maintain this level of gold reserves.
3. SNB can no longer sell gold reserves.

Canton wise voting against the Swiss gold initiative

Swiss voters rejected a measure in a referendum requiring their central bank to hold a portion of its assets in gold, a measure its President Thomas Jordan termed an “invitation to speculators” that could have hurt the economy. Bullion tumbled to a three-week low.

The “Save Our Swiss Gold” proposal stipulating the Swiss National Bank hold at least 20 percent of its 520-billion-franc ($538 billion) balance sheet in gold and never sell any bullion was voted down by 77 percent to 23 percent, the government said yesterday. Polls had forecast the initiative’s rejection. Two other initiatives on tax privileges for foreign millionaires and immigration limits also were rejected.

SNB policy makers warned repeatedly that the measure, which also required the 30 percent of central bank gold stored in Canada and the U.K. to be repatriated, would have made it harder to keep prices stable and shield the central bank’s cap on the franc of 1.20 per euro. That minimum exchange rate was set three years ago, with the SNB pledging to buy foreign currency in unlimited amounts to defend it.

Switzerland Selects the Israeli Hermes 900 for its Future Drone

Switzerland has selected Hermes 900 Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) made by Elbit Systems as the successor for IAI/Ruag Ranger UAV (ADS 95 system) that has been in service with the Swiss Air Force since 2001.

Switzerland’s defense procurement agency - Armasuisse annnounced the selection on June 5.Hermes 900 was chosen over its competitor the Super Heron built by Israel Aerospace Industries because it delivered the better overall results in all assessed criteria

The Swiss drone will be used for reconnaissance missions and will be unarmed. Armaswiss confirmed that there are no plans or future options to arm UAVs in Switzerland. Valued about US$ 280 million (CHF250 million) the Swiss UAV procurement program will span over five years until 2020

Swiss voters reject Gripen deal

Swiss voters rejected today a planned procurement of 22 Gripen fighter jets from Sweden, under a program worth $3.5 billion. The Swiss Air force planned to field the Gripen as a successor for the obsolete F-5E/F that has been in service since since 1976.Switzerland has acquired 72 F-5E/F fighter jets in 1976, and added 38 more in 1981. Only part of these planes remain operational. Switzerland also operates 32 F/A-18C/Ds which were undergoing upgrades under the US$200 million Hornet 25 program. Failing to field the Gripen is a setback for the SAAB company, as well as to the Swiss Air Force, that will remain without a viable replacement for the obsolete F-5E/F toward 2020s.

The fighter plane’s supporters said neutral Switzerland needs the Gripen to defend its airspace. That claim got undermined in February with the forced landing of an Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise plane in Geneva. The hijacked plane had to be escorted by French and Italian jets as the Swiss air force doesn’t operate to protect the country’s airspace outside of business hours. The 22-plane contract awarded 30 months ago was opposed by 53.4 percent of voters. Gripen opponents had argued that the planes would cost 10 billion francs over their lifetime, money that could be deployed elsewhere.Switzerland and Brazil were the first nations after Sweden to pick the next-generation Gripen E, whose development is contingent on an export order of at least 20 aircraft.

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