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A comment on China's GPS 'rival' Beidou. Parent comment

Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou by tdhoot on Monday October 22, 2018 @10:14PM (#18280260)
The EU is wealthy but has limited power projection. Only France and the UK can realistically be considered great powers, and even then not on the scale of the US, China, or Russia.
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Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou by kelchm on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @09:12AM (#18283043)
France and the UK? What about Germany?
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Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou by Leherenn on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @01:05PM (#18285206)
In term of military power mostly I guess. It's the only EU nations with nuclear weapons, aircrafts carrier, nuclear submarines, ...
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Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou by tdhoot on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @04:17PM (#18295956)
Correct. Germany is an economic powerhouse, but lacks military might and therefore power projection.
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