European leaders push back against Washington’s proposal for a broader security framework, warning that Moscow cannot dictate the continent’s future as US-led peace negotiations over Ukraine prepare to resume in Abu Dhabi.
European leaders push back against Washington’s proposal for a broader security framework, warning that Moscow cannot dictate the continent’s future as US-led peace negotiations over Ukraine prepare to resume in Abu Dhabi.
If you’re actually spending for defense, and not force proejction, you don’t need to spend more. You just need drones and nukes.
You would need to spend money on those drones and nukes, right? Maybe not to the same extent though.
An independent defense industry is mostly a separate matter imo. Even if you want to keep the militaries the same size, you still need to invest in the local industry for the sake of domestic production.
France has nukes.
Drones are cheap. See Iran.