EU aims to shift European arms industry to 'war economy mode'

Re:EU aims to shift European arms industry to 'war economy m... by kuratkull on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @03:16AM (#39613558)

Are you sure? Estonia still has compulsory defense forces draft of 8 or 11 months for young men.

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Re:EU aims to shift European arms industry to 'war economy m... by greg_V on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @05:19AM (#39614358)

AFAIK small states are treated as exceptions because the conscription leaves you with the same amount of men as professional armies of bigger countries. But there has been a lot of talk in the past few years of changing this, but politically it would be immensely unpopular.

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Re:EU aims to shift European arms industry to 'war economy m... by unmole on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @07:17AM (#39615100)

Turkey has the second largest standing military in NATO and still has conscription.

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