The European Commission president says increasing defense spending is necessary in "an era of rearmament." A European summit on defense and Ukraine is planned this week amid tense transatlantic relations.
Jets? The Eurofighter is made by European companies only.
Especially France has some leading Jet / Air combat companies.
Italys Leonardo is leading for combat Helicopters
For ground forces Germans Rheinmetall produces some good tanks.
The UK is also not too weak but it’s ties to the US are a bit too strong… (BAE Systems gets tons of money from the US and I personally wouldn’t be too sure if they would choose the UK over the US if they had to)
But I’m worried about all the money we already put into foreign/USA hardware, especially jets, as it seems that the USA has some kind of remote control of the actual operational status of the craft we bought from them.
So I’m worried, that quite some of our EU nations spend money on stuff, that’s completely useless in an actual war
If it’s any reassurance, leader of the UK Trump fan club Nigel Farage is getting shit from even the Conservatives for defending Trump’s tantrum during Zelenskyy’s visit
Jets? The Eurofighter is made by European companies only.
Especially France has some leading Jet / Air combat companies.
Italys Leonardo is leading for combat Helicopters
For ground forces Germans Rheinmetall produces some good tanks.
The UK is also not too weak but it’s ties to the US are a bit too strong… (BAE Systems gets tons of money from the US and I personally wouldn’t be too sure if they would choose the UK over the US if they had to)
Yeah, we seem to have so good stuff
But I’m worried about all the money we already put into foreign/USA hardware, especially jets, as it seems that the USA has some kind of remote control of the actual operational status of the craft we bought from them.
So I’m worried, that quite some of our EU nations spend money on stuff, that’s completely useless in an actual war
If it’s any reassurance, leader of the UK Trump fan club Nigel Farage is getting shit from even the Conservatives for defending Trump’s tantrum during Zelenskyy’s visit