Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tells Blinken

Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by KptMarchewa on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:52AM (#30590115)

Germany and a lot of politicians in other countries just woke up from 30 year long dream that Russia is and can be normal country. In a few years a lot of what you're talking about will be thing of the past.

>Another big problem is the pathetic state of German army, especially heavy component, luckily they have just decided to put significant amount of money on making Bundeswehr a real force since right now with its 300 tanks (three times less than Poland) it is a sad joke.

Tanks seem to be more and more of a joke in a modern symmetrical conflict right now.

I wish we didn't buy Abrams, but more jets and SAMs.

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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by mrep on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:31PM (#30590705)

> Tanks seem to be more and more of a joke in a modern symmetrical conflict right now.

If you are suggesting that because of missiles, you should take a look at Trophy which can shoot the missiles down before they hit the tank.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_(countermeasure)

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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by wh4t3v3r on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @07:54AM (#30599337)

And yet you see all these tanks destroyed in Ukraine-Russian conflict.

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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by mrep on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @08:17AM (#30599531)

Because they don't have that tech as it is currently only used by Israel, the U.S. and Germany.

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