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Armenia is a lost cause...how many billions do they need to rebuild their armed forces? If the Emiratis would like to throw money and actually have an impact they could fund the Greeks who actually have a decent military but I don't think it works that way (as in giving away billions of dollars...

France has stopped providing military related equipment to Russia after the Crimeean take over.

200 tanks from the 36 they're fielding now??

That and fiscal stability, a small deficit and growing economic reserves.

This puts alot of pressure on Southern Europe and the German-French leadership duo.Surprisingly, Hungary and Poland have the economic endurance to weather the current economic storm much better than many Western economies.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/16/eu-hungary-veto-budget-viktor-orban

Imagine that the Germans have 16 VLS on their new 10.000t frigates or 0 VLS on their 7200t VLS...So,Japan is ok...

Yes, but how many water cannons? Water cannons are very important for German naval doctrine. And, ofcourse, the ship is modular, it needs space to house rescued immigrants at sea...

Pax Romana indeed....but the Romans ended up culturally conquered by a zealous ME religion....their temples in flames, their ancient customs labeled as heresies...

Fighting terrorism?

I think it's possible only with huge discounts, like in the French case, or long term (15 years) US Treasury loans.

I take it you don't believe they'll afford the F35

I wonder what India thinks seeing this price tag for the Greeks.....They pay like 3.9 billion € for 18 jets...

You have to consider the prices the Greeks are getting these Rafales for, which seem to be a true bargain, plus quite a quick induction into their AF. Even if you have only 18, this could help you prepare the infrastructure and especially pilots for them, and once you have these things you could...

Or, every case should be treated at a time and if any wrong doing is found, the officers in case should be held accountable.

These are isolated cases which must be analysed one at a time but we can't paint the police in Western countries with the same brush. As we saw, Germany acted when some of their police officers were suspected as having Nazi sympathies. We must also not discard the playing the victim card which...

Unfortunately, many Mosques have been fertile ground for radicalism and that's what the state is trying to stop now.You are accusing the French and the Austrians for trying to implement a set of guidance rules regarding the information trickled from Mosques to the believers. If they have...

Mica isn't cheaper https://www.flightglobal.com/india-approves-mica-missile-buy-but-slips-fighter-decision/103582.article 2.7million $/missile

You have Turkish posters acknowledging that refugees from the ME are creating a parallel society in Turkey but I've never seen you targetting them with accusations of racism. I live in the UK but I follow the laws and customs of the country, I don't refuse to shake hands with the opposite sex, I...

To be honest, I don't understand Mica NG's role when you have the Meteor.