Comment on Trump says NATO members should raise defense spending to 5% of GDP
Questy@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI mean, yea, hrs already threatening to annex my country so I would like to see more spending. Specifically on a sovereign nuclear deterrent.
MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
I don’t think a nuclear deterrent will work. Too much brinkmanship. Need an army that can be used.
Questy@lemmy.world 3 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.
MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Only works with a thinking adversary.