Quote from: TwitchySeal on Today at 11:03:09 AM

Quote from: be.open on Today at 03:45:49 AM

To which the United States is actively supplying weapons, getting rid of old trash at a market price and loading its military-industrial complex with orders - and this is a powerful incentive for the entire economy. Europe also profitably got rid of its old weapons, which are expensive to store and dispose of, but cannot load their military-industrial complex due to a shortage of energy in Europe, because the military industry is very energy-intensive.

Are you saying Ukraine (which isn't a real country according to Putin) used trash weapons that nobody else even wanted to stop the mighty Russian army (and friends) from taking Kiev and forced them to abandon their primary mission and retreat?

How embarrassing.

A shortage of energy in Europe impeding the manufacturing of weapons you say? Is that what Putin's media says? I am amazed at their creativity... perhaps decades ago they collected something from the fields of poppies in Afghanistan and their are still smoking it.

The calculation is simple, if Germany, France and perhaps some of the minors effectively rise the military spending to 2%, it would already surpass Russia (which spends already 11% of their GDP on weapons). Putin's Tzardom is simply outclassed.

It is true, some countries in Europe are passing their old Soviet tanks, SAMs and jets and getting cute modern NATO weaponry. It is like when the government gives you a bonus for changing your car to a better one.