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Re:In Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Def... by alabastervlog on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @10:45AM (#43482809)
Yeah I'm fairly confused about what hugely-increased costs folks think Europe will need to "adequately" defend herself when it's now been definitively demonstrated that the on-paper weakness of Russia (due to its lagging economy) is also in-fact weakness.

Europe might need more spending to launch major military adventures on the other side of the globe, which is what the US does quite a bit and why we "need" so much military spending, but for defense? LOL, no. Adjustments in procurement strategies, maybe a little more spending, given the US can no longer be regarded as a solidly reliable supplier and so Europe's going to have to de-globalize some of its military supply chain, but... lots more spending? Why???

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Re:In Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Def... by 0xDEAFBEAD on Thursday March 27, 2025 @05:24AM (#43491714)
>Zelensky highlighted the disparity in forces between Russia and Europe, saying that Ukraine's army consists of 110 brigades, while Russia fields 220 and plans to expand to 250 this year. In contrast, Europe, including U.S. troops stationed there, has only about 82 combat brigades, he said.

https://kyivindependent.com/europe-could-face-russian-occupa...

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