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European countries are ramping up expenditure simply because Russia has increased instability in Europe and they can't be trusted to uphold their treaties anymo
by fer 5y ago
European countries are ramping up expenditure simply because Russia has increased instability in Europe and they can't be trusted to uphold their treaties anymore. While its military has been embezzled into oblivion by the elite, Russia still has one of the largest standing armies.
Moreover, lots of proper military research projects have been done. It's the actual production where they run into the corruption bottleneck: that could be solved and the giant might awaken.
- rm_-rf_slash 5y ago“Solving corruption” won’t fix the supply chain reliance on western components, now closed off via sanctions. Russia can’t make special stuff if it can’t make boring stuff. They can try import substitution from China but it would be difficult to move goods as the Trans-Siberian Railway is already at capacity trying to replace other goods, and even China may not be able to provide suitable replacements for parts manufactured in Europe.
- raducu 5y ago> European countries are ramping up expenditure simply because Russia has increased instability Russia was/is spending something like 17% on military. Obviously they planned to use it at some point, I can't believe we were this dumb not to see it.