Recurring friction over defense spending and the sudden reversal of Biden-era military agreements have convinced European leaders that they must be able to protect their own borders without relying on the political mood in Washington.
Captlard on
I would expect Europe to aim to become as independent as possible from other regions in the medium term: defence, computing and so on.
stonertear on
Makes sense really – Europe should have the capability to defend themselves. Now they are doing it.
PatBenatari on
28 nations plus Ukraine and England should be able to build a wide variety of weapons quickly.
Utterlybored on
The bright spot in our waning influence is it might limit future Trumps’ ability to wreak global havoc.
Maybe.
Hal_Fenn on
More the merrier I suppose but Europe already has multiple cruise missiles and Stratos (the next gen version of Storm Shadow / SCALP) is fairly close as well.
We desperately need to work on joint procurement instead of putting so much money into having 5 different versions of each system.
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Recurring friction over defense spending and the sudden reversal of Biden-era military agreements have convinced European leaders that they must be able to protect their own borders without relying on the political mood in Washington.
I would expect Europe to aim to become as independent as possible from other regions in the medium term: defence, computing and so on.
Makes sense really – Europe should have the capability to defend themselves. Now they are doing it.
28 nations plus Ukraine and England should be able to build a wide variety of weapons quickly.
The bright spot in our waning influence is it might limit future Trumps’ ability to wreak global havoc.
Maybe.
More the merrier I suppose but Europe already has multiple cruise missiles and Stratos (the next gen version of Storm Shadow / SCALP) is fairly close as well.
We desperately need to work on joint procurement instead of putting so much money into having 5 different versions of each system.
Brilliant!!!