[1] https://www.lemonde.fr/international/live/2024/02/16/en-dire...
Quoting and translating the best I can (any translation error is mine):
Ground - Air
SAMP-T : 1 system and ASTER 30 missiles
CROTALE NG : 2 systems and some missiles
MISTRAL : 5 systems and hundreds of missiles
RADAR : 1 GM 200
Air - Ground SCALP : about a hundred missiles
A2SM : several hundred bombs starting in February 2024
Artillery CAESAR : 30 canons and tens of thousands of munitions
TRF1 : 6 canons and tens of thousands of munitions
LRU : 4 systems and hundreds rockets
Armoured and liaison vehicules AMX 10 RC: 38 AMX 10 RC and tens of thousands of 105mm shells
VAB: 250 (including VAB SAN)
VLTT P4: 120 vehicles
MILAN: 17 launch positions and hundreds of missiles
Engineering and small arms Anti-tank rockets: several thousand
Anti-tank mines: several thousand
Assault rifles: several thousand
12.7mm machine guns: several hundred
Other ammunition: several million
Aerial domain Drones: several hundred reconnaissance drones and small tactical drones
Jet fuel: tens of thousands of cubic meters
No idea how important / relevant it is. Just postingWish Germany would send long range Taurus.
"The U.S. has become the biggest exporter of LNG to Europe [..] U.S. President Joe Biden last week paused approvals for applications to export from new LNG projects to review the climate change and economic impact of such projects." [0]
The only energy the EU can really control is solar, but probably has not enough room for panels to replace LNG with green hydrogen.
[0] https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-lng-export-pause-...
Which is something new, until yesterday I was in with OP.
> No idea how important / relevant it is. Just posting
Here's some background: https://www.politico.eu/article/france-germany-macron-scholz...
There's also plenty of M1 tanks in US.
The question arrises, when people start to realize that the storage of those wasn't up to the required standards.
The worst part was that multiple countries dragged their feet on providing arms and realizing that 2022 was the start of a new arms race. And multiple countries are still reluctant to commit to refill the arms stockpiles.(hence the inability to even start mass production 2 years after it's clear what's going on)
> whoever thinks Russia is a threat is to be laughed at and needs their head checked
As a Lithuanian - I know this all too well. My mother tongue is Russian and Russian political class had been dominated by anti-western, revanchist and militaristic rhetoric for at least the last 17 years. No one in the west bothered to listen.
They need USAs 155mm production the most. the fact that we cut off our specialty is ridiculous.
It's more messed up than that. The ROI on US dollars vs Euros is stupefying. There has been a fairly significant spend IN the us retooling for this war. The ramp up of 155 production ISNT aid to Ukraine but is going to benefit them.
And I called out 155 for a reason, the ebb and flow of it has been at the forefront of Ukraine being successful or failing. It is the the most consistently asked for and consumed large item as it in combination with drones has proven effective beyond anyones expectations.
Sure about the 152mm? Not 155mm?
I'd have to double check but its quite likely. 152mm being the popular Soviet/WP large artillery caliber which Ukraine no doubt has (or had, at the beginning) a lot of legacy Soviet-era heavy artillery.
The only thing I could find about Greece is Germany giving 40 Marder APCs to Greece so Greece could give 40 BMP-1 to Ukraine.
I'm mean it's a nitpick, but you're kinda nitpicking.
EU Total 49,67
United States 42,22
Then there is a list of countries, like the US, some EU countries and the UK. The entry "EU Total" is not the sum of these countries.With the argument, the list implies the UK being part of the EU b/c it is listed below, would be the same as the "United States" are part of the EU, because it is listed below.
And if we take % of military budget, the US is last on the list.