Comment on Trump says NATO members should raise defense spending to 5% of GDP

MNByChoice@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Questy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean, yea, hrs already threatening to annex my country so I would like to see more spending. Specifically on a sovereign nuclear deterrent.

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  • MNByChoice@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t think a nuclear deterrent will work. Too much brinkmanship. Need an army that can be used.

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    • Questy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have to say it’s exactly the opposite. There’s no realistic conventional deterrent we could deploy that would be more than a bump in the road. On the other hand, a couple KSS-3 subs off each coast with several nuclear tipped ballistic missiles puts tens of millions of lives and trillions of dollars of infrastructure on the table. It’s about making invasion unthinkable, not desperately fighting an asymmetrical conventional battle we’re doomed to lose.

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      • MNByChoice@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        invasion unthinkable

        Only works with a thinking adversary.

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