Love to see data on the Germans rearming. They have not invested their 2% in their military for decades. How many helicopters, planes, tanks, ships are fully mission capable? How many soldiers trained and available? NATO is a joke.
100 Million Euros for 2024. 100 for 2025. Plus private investment. Plus U.S gear piling in.
This 100 Billion Euro does not include replacement of the Tens of Billions of existing stock donated.
This does not include the U.S. starting up German prototype projects with U.S. funding.
Due to inflation and what not, the budget is actually 110 Billion Euros. 121 Billion USD.
The real numbers are classified. Probably 160-220 Billion USD factoring U.S. investment. Maybe more or maybe less. Politicians will steal some...then increase the budget even more. You know.
4th largest budget on earth (Formerly India as of 2023) without counting U.S. investment and obviously without counting U.S. Equipment.
I don't think they want Russians in American uniforms with American and Canadian Weapons pulling Vodka Pervitan trains on Women and Babies like in 1945.
I think the Germans are just being paranoid.
They should increase immigration from Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, and take the defense budget down to about 39 Billion USD.
They should also let new Germans buy guns.
A year ago, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised to upgrade the Bundeswehr with a massive one-off fund. Critics say not much has happened since.
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