NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircraft: Report

Re:NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircr... by disown on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @11:22PM (#25146202)

> Your choices are America, China, or Russia. That's it.

Don't sleep on the EU. They are largest economic/political entity in the world. Not america, not china, not russia. The EU represents the world's largest market, has a larger population than the US, larger defense budget than china, currency that could possibly replace the dollar one day and a legacy/network of former colonial possessions all over the world.

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Re:NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircr... by sfifs on Thursday November 19, 2020 @01:27AM (#25146799)

The problem for EU is they haven't forged a nation like what US or India has done in spite of their cultural diversity. They're still essential squabbling little countries. How horrifically the south European countries were treated during the financial crisis instead of the EU pulling together just demonstrates how bad the situation is. Unless it federalizes, it will have little or no political impact.

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Re:NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircr... by tehlike on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @11:43PM (#25146307)

This assumes the continuity of EU as a union. I would not really count on it.

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