Germany decides to leave history in the past and prepare for war

SleafordMod@feddit.uk · 27 days ago

Germany decides to leave history in the past and prepare for war

Melchior@feddit.org · 27 days ago

China is up there too, with U.S. $236.1 billion in 2024.

There is for example no need for the EU to have a navy fleet that can operate independently for many months in the Pacific.

So Tahiti or New Caledonia do not need a navy to be protected. I am sure the French will be exited by having part of their country not being protected by the EU.

poVoq@slrpnk.net · edit-2 27 days ago

Now add all the EU defense spending together. But yes, China is trying to catch up, which isn’t great either.

Those French overseas colonies would probably benefit from more independence, yes, but if you have an actual military base there or an ally that wants you to be there, you don’t need navy ships capable of operational multi-month independence either. That is really only needed if operating in hostile territory far away from home, and IMHO we don’t need that.

Melchior@feddit.org · 27 days ago

Chinas defense spending is now higher then EU defense spending was before Russia invaded.

poVoq@slrpnk.net · 27 days ago

Yes, but EU defense spending now is a hundred billion higher and is projected to increase by another hundred billion by 2027. That double of what China is currently spending, and AFAIK they don’t have plans to increase it by that much.

Melchior@feddit.org · 27 days ago

The budget, which adds up to about $245 billion, was announced at the National People’s Congress, the annual meeting of China’s legislature. The Pentagon and many experts say China’s total spending on defense may be 40% higher or more because of items included under other budgets.

That is for this years budget…

https://apnews.com/article/china-defense-budget-taiwan-4ac7cbdc7d5b889732cd55916ff7eb36

poVoq@slrpnk.net · 27 days ago

Seems to confirm what I said. And Germany is literally discussing non-defense spending infrastructure projects that aid defense projects right now, so this isn’t much different from what those experts are saying about China.