https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/21293/ Germany’s defence spending boom opens opportunity for Mittelstand, HCOB says #DefenceBudget #DefenceSpending #GermanDefence #GermanDefense #germany #HamburgCommercialBank #TotalDefenceSpending
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https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/15046/ Report: Finland may need €14bn a year for defence #AnttiHakkanen #Baltic #BalticMilitary #BalticSecurity #DefenceBudget #Finland #FinlandDefenceSpending #FinnishDefence #FinnishMilitary #JukkaKopra #NATO #Parliament #Russia #SecurityPolicy
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https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/13042/ Poland military spending surge threatens EU peak budget deficit #AndrzejDomanski #Babcock #BAESystems #BudgetDeficit #Czosnow #DefenceBudget #DonaldTusk #EuropeanUnion #Gdynia #GrossDomesticProduct #ING #JimPrice #KarolNawrocki #Katowice #LeszekKąsek #MBDA #MBDAPolska #MilitarySpending #Moody's #poland #PolandMilitary #PolishMilitary #PolskaGrupaZbrojeniowa #PublicDebt #SAFEProgramme #SovereignCreditRating #US #warsaw
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https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/12713/ Poland military spending surge threatens EU peak budget deficit #AndrzejDomanski #Babcock #BAESystems #BudgetDeficit #Czosnow #DefenceBudget #DonaldTusk #EuropeanUnion #Gdynia #GrossDomesticProduct #ING #JimPrice #KarolNawrocki #Katowice #LeszekKąsek #MBDA #MBDAPolska #MilitarySpending #Moody's #poland #PolandMilitary #PolishMilitary #PolskaGrupaZbrojeniowa #PublicDebt #SAFEProgramme #SovereignCreditRating #US #warsaw
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UK’s Healey puts defence in focus for reindustrialisation push
LIVERPOOL, England, Sept 28 (Reuters) – British finance minister John Healey will put his support firmly behind firms…
#EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #UK #AndyBurnham #defencebudget #defenceminister #defenceprojects #defencespending #financeminister #governingLabourParty #JohnHealey #KeirStarmer #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/132711/ UK’s Healey puts defence in focus for reindustrialisation push #AndyBurnham #Britain #DefenceBudget #DefenceMinister #DefenceProjects #DefenceSpending #FinanceMinister #GoverningLabourParty #JohnHealey #KeirStarmer #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Japan's Defence Budget Pivots to AI-Driven Integration
Japan's Ministry of Defense is shaking things up with a bold new budget plan, shifting focus from mere hardware to smart, AI-driven integration - and it's asking for around 8.9 trillion yen to make it happen. This strategic pivot comes as Japan faces a more treacherous security landscape, prompting a defence spending surge.
#ArtificialIntelligence #DefenceBudget #Japan #NationalSecurity #EmergingThreats
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Japan’s record defence budget request is really about AI
Japan is moving from a defence buildup centered on adding hardware capacity to a defence transformation centered on…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #defence #defencebudget #defencespending #JapanSelf-DefenseForces
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@Bot4Sale
I understand your point of view.Mine stems from the need to consider the staff levels (civilian) of the Departments (Defence and Procurement) and the projects they have to handle. Based on my experience, it takes approximately one FTE (full-time equivalent) to manage up to $5M for a *simple* procurement project, so it’s no surprise contractors are hired to manage things in a *complex* projects. More than half of the life of a project manager (PM) is spent on *reporting*. You’d be surprised how few PMs are civil service staff. I don’t think things have changed since my days, perhaps PMs these days are even worse off. And I’m not including the PMs’ support tail; legal, ITC, military staff and technical experts. It’s a very complex machinery of government.
As for the strategic deterrence value of the equipment and platforms that are acquired by the ADF, that, quite frankly, is above our pay grades. #AUKUS just happens to be everyone’s favourity patsy because of the eye-watering costs (spread over a decade I might add — though it will provide on-going jobs in shipbuilding thus growing our economy) and the over the top secrecy surrounding the projects (Tiers One and Two).
/thinking_it’s_about_enough_on_AUKUS_for_the_week/
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@Bot4Sale
Ahh yes, it’s expensive. The issue is with the #Oligarchy and the rentiers, the ones making a pile of dosh manufacturing arms which should be nationalized given its importance. #Deterrence is not an option.The fact that we have to arm and stand up a permanent mililtary force is not the issue here — My grandparents, my parents, uncles and aunts sufferred hell on earth during two world wars because of a weak military and political appeasement and I don’t want to live through that, nor do I wish my kids to do so. Hence we have to do what we can do build enough deterrence to dissuade potential aggressors, and if not, at least to make them think twice before resorrting to military actions (because we live in a world where might is right unfortunately).
It’s easy enough to criticise militarization and its cost to society when one has never experienced the morbidity of aggresive occupation or the deprivation of social democratic liberties and basic human rights.
#MilitaryIndustrialComplex #Defence #Deterrence #War #WordlWars #RentierClass #TechBros #TheRIch #DefenceBudget #AusPol
Note how history shows us very few rich suffer much, if at all, during wars.
/I think I’ve said enough on this subject/
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European Commission: Kyiv has not asked EU for early funding to cover €27 billion defence budget shortfall
European Commission: Kyiv has not asked EU for early funding to cover €27 billion defence budget shortfall Ukraine…
#Europe #EU #defencebudget #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanPravda #EuropeanUnion
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Zelensky says Ukraine needs EU to provide €30 billion to boost defence
Ukraine expects the EU to provide €30 billion ($35 billion) to help fund the country’s defence against the…
#Ukraine #UA #Europe #Europa #EU #News #AleksandarVucic #defencebudget #jointpressconference #PresidentVolodymyrZelensky
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@eddyjokovich
Let’s face it, we know next to nothing about #AUKUS Tier One, and the little we know we garner from US and UK sources where the *paranoia* surrounding secret and top secret briefings isn’t as ingrained as it is at home — there are historical precedents behind this behaviour which can be teased out of the history of the UKUSA agreement). Hence much of what is written domestically in the press and open to the public about AUKUS is little better than hypothetical commentary (neither confirmed nor denied by govt or #RichardMarlesMP). Some commentary is a little better in that the guesses postulated therein have a grain of *probabilty* based on *educated guesses*. But they are few and sparse in details. That is the state of play where AUKUS is concerned and very unlikey to change in the future.Moreover, where more knowledgeable sources are commenting, they do so with an agenda, but their comments reflects their limited knowledge beyond broad issues, or are unable to be more specific due to the Official Secrets Act. Either way, what is available to the public, journalist and politically active commentators is next to nothing in the face of the most complex Defence procurement in the history of the ADF.
Dear Eddy, I’ve written the above to keep my comment short by not addressing all of your talking points that I take issue with. Tbf, my 23 years in Defence does not make me an expert, but it ought to count for something in the public arena. Given my views above, I sympathise with commentators and journalists who feel obliged, and rightly so, to keep the AUKUS issue alive hoping for transparency and accountability by maintaining the *heat* in this public debate. It’s a healthy thing.
#AusPol #SSN #USprePositioning #HMASSterling #WA #PineGap #TindleRAAFBase #USMarineRotationsDarwin #UK #UKUSA #AustralianSovereignty #SubmarineShipyards #DefenceBudget #DefenceProcurement #ADF #AdelaideShipyards #SASubmarineCorporation #ASC #Barrow_in_Furness #HIIshipyards #GEElectricBoats
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Poland rushes to spend billions on military to deter Russia from a direct confrontation with NATO
Poland, with an imminent high-priced military ramp-up, is betting that the cost of peace is cheaper than the…
#Poland #Polska #PL #Europe #Europa #EU #defencebudget #DominicRoszak #DonaldTusk #europeanunion #militaryinfrastructure #NATO #RUSSIA #Warsaw
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Poland rushes to spend billions on military to deter Russia from a direct confrontation with NATO
Poland, with an imminent high-priced military ramp-up, is betting that the cost of peace is cheaper than the…
#EuropeSays #Russia #defencebudget #DominicRoszak #DonaldTusk #EuropeanUnion #militaryinfrastructure #NATO #Poland #warsaw
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Poland rushes to spend billions on military to deter Russia from a direct confrontation with NATO
Poland, with an imminent high-priced military ramp-up, is betting that the cost of peace is cheaper than the…
#NATO #OTAN #Europe #Europa #EU #News #defencebudget #DominicRoszak #DonaldTusk #EuropeanUnion #militaryinfrastructure #nato #Poland #Russia #Warsaw
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Poland rushes to spend billions on military to deter Russia from a direct confrontation with NATO https://www.byteseu.com/2248597/ #DefenceBudget #DominicRoszak #DonaldTusk #Europe #EuropeanUnion #MilitaryInfrastructure #NATO #Poland #Russia #Warsaw
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/323590/ Soldiers Now Earn N100,000 Monthly, Says Defence Minister #ArmyPay #ChristopherMusa #DefenceBudget #DefenceMinister #FederalGovernment #Kidnapping #KidnappingNigeria #MilitaryFunding #MilitaryWelfare #Nigeria #NigeriaDefence #NigeriaNews #NigerianArmy #NigerianMilitary #Nigerian soldiers #SecurityForces #Soldiers'Salary
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Merz hits back after Trump brands NATO defence budgets ‘ridiculous’
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday rejected renewed criticism by US President Donald Trump, who described European NATO…
#NATO #OTAN #Europe #Europa #EU #News #BillionDollars #defencebudget #defencespending #FriedrichMerz #Germany #nato #NATOallies #Trump
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#Army #Navy #RoyalAirForce #UK #RAF #Military #SkyNews #News #Britain #UnitedKingdom #Defence #DefenceBudget #Budget #ArmedForces #Spending #MichaelClarke This is genuinely moving. Michael Clarke really knows his stuff regarding the armed forces, and when he speaks as sincerely as this, the powers that be should definitely listen.
Michael Clarke gets emotional over frontline soldiers' working conditions
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/295014/ What to make of the increased defence spending in East Africa #Africa #DefenceBudget #DefenceSpending #Protests #Security
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Daily Times - Latest Pakistan News, World, Business, Sports, Lifestyle [Unofficial] @[email protected]National assembly approves Rs4.3 trillion federal grants package
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Pakistan Defence Budget Targets Modernization with $10.76 Billion Outlay
Pakistan is set to bolster its defence capabilities with a record $10.76 billion budget for FY2026-27, but experts say the impressive figure hides underlying complexities when factoring in the rupee's decline and spending trends. The allocation breaks down into PKR 967 billion for personnel, PKR 743 billion for…
#DefenceBudget #Pakistan #NationalSecurity #MilitaryModernization #EmergingThreats
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I cannot help but sigh deeply whenever politicians get involved in strategic military discussions. This is in no way to disparage, in this case, Senator #Shoebridge as he rightly points out that a handful of submarines will not guarantee open sea lanes to Australia in the event of war. For what it’s worth, Sen Shoebridge is only targeting the Govt’s goto spiel about #AUKUS, that is a simple message which the public can understand and focus on.
While the govt messaging about protecting sealanes being the reason for SSN acquisition is not entirely wrong, it is not entirely correct either. Submarines platforms are primarily intelligence, insertion, and deterence platforms, #Stealth is something SSN currently have in spades. Their stealth characteristics make these SNNs a force projection multiplier in any theater of sea warfare and likely to make an aggressor think twice before they commit to offensive actions. This comment is not a defence of #AUKUS since that is simply a defence acquisition project. But it is in defence of the need for undersea platforms that are stealthy, highly survivable, can transport personel, equipment and stores, carry offensive and defensive elements and traverse transoceanic distances at speed without refueling. Those needs are dictated to the ADF by the govt of the day in terms of assigned strategic missions and outcomes. In short, our ADF (men adn women pledging their lives to defend us all) deserves the very best materiel and platforms we can provide in order to carry out those missions and responsibilites entrusted to our them.
Everything else is plainly just politics, played by, I dare say, less than genuine and knowledgeable individuals.
#AusPol #ADF #Submarines #SSN #AUKUS #NuclearSubmarines #DefenceProcurement #Acquisition #VirginiaBoats #USN #NavalShipyards #DefenceBudget #RichardMarlesMP #Greens #Labor #BiPartisanShip #DoD #RAN
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/97687/ Report: Finland may need €14bn a year for defence #AnttiHäkkänen #DefenceBudget #Finland #FinlandDefenceSpending #FinnishDefence #FinnishMilitary #helsinki #JukkaKopra #nato #Parliament #Russia #SecurityPolicy
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@treleanor @feather1952 @maudenificent
Trish, I agree with the onerous costs (forward expenditure) of the AUKUS project, but cutting it out will not mean anything else but buying other Defence equipment. The money is in Defence’s budget and will stay there because that is how defence must be funded to pay for long-term contracts required for delivery of major acquisiton projects — there is no way around that. Asking for AUKUS to be axed simply means spending the same amount in other military hardware.On the other hand if you wish to support an internationally recognised neutral Australia (like say, Switzerland) than that’s another kettle of fish. But even ‘neutral’ countries have a defence force that needs to be funded based on the risk of conflict. And these days… well how high are those risks?
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US presses Taiwan parliament to pass ‘comprehensive’ defence budget
TAIPEI, April 27 (Reuters) – The top U.S. diplomat in Taiwan on Monday pressed the island’s opposition-majority parliament…
#NewsBeep #News #Canada #CA #defencebudget #missiledefence #RaymondGreene #Taiwan
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https://www.europesays.com/2948313/ US presses Taiwan parliament to pass ‘comprehensive’ defence budget #Canada #DefenceBudget #MissileDefence #RaymondGreene #Taiwan
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The Biggest Peacetime Increase in Our Nation’s History
Defence Minister Richard Marles announces Australia’s largest peacetime defence spending hike while the Geelong refinery burns and fuel reserves hit five weeks. A deadpan account of spending better, NATO accounting, and submarines arriving in the 2040s.https://urbanwronski.com/2026/04/17/the-biggest-peacetime-increase-in-our-nations-history/
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https://www.europesays.com/people/10718/ United States President Donald Trump seeks record $1.5 trillion defence budget #DefenceBudget #DonaldTrump #POTUS #PresidentOfTheUnitedStates #UnitedStates
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US seeks $1.5 trillion defence budget for 2027 as Iran war drives costs, with cuts to domestic programs sparking controversy in Congress. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/white-house-1-5-trillion-defense-budget-iran-war-el02dpfn?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DefenceBudget #TrumpAdministration #IranWar
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/48162/ Pentagon seeks $200bn for Iran war amid congressional pushback #DefenceBudget #DonaldTrump #Finland #helsinki #IranWar #MiddleEastConflict #MilitarySpending #PentagonFunding #PeteHegseth #USCongress
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Czech president signs 2026 budget despite worries over NATO defence spending commitments https://www.byteseu.com/1883221/ #AndrejBabiš #CzechCrowns #CzechPresident #CzechRepublic #Czechia #DefenceBudget #DefenceSpending #NATO #NATOAllies #PetrPavel
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https://www.europesays.com/2859225/ Czech president signs 2026 budget despite worries over NATO defence spending commitments #AndrejBabis #CzechCrowns #CzechPresident #DefenceBudget #DefenceSpending #Europa #Europe #NATO #NATOAllies #OTAN #PetrPavel
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/812315/ Russia’s budget deficit was higher than officially stated #BND #Budget #China #DefenceBudget #Germany #Iran #Russia #shahed #Ukraine #WarInUkraine
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Fortress America? Trump quits 66 global bodies and demands $1.5 trillion military budget https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/fortress-america-trump-us-exits-global-bodies-defence-budget-flqdebe5?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Trump #FortressAmerica #USForeignPolicy #DefenceBudget #AmericaFirst
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Japan’s FY 2026 budget totals 122 trillion yen, allocating more than 9 trillion yen to defence expansion https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/japan-approves-fy-2026-budget-defence-details-k6777aig?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Japan #Budget #China #DefenceBudget
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Le Pen criticizes European defense programs – France must strengthen its own
Marine Le Pen, the face of the French far-right party National Alliance (RN), has criticized France’s participation in…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #defencebudget #EuropeanUnion #farright #Featured #france #MarineLePen
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Fiscal Discipline Council: Funding for Latvia’s defence in the budget found mainly through rising public debt https://www.byteseu.com/1449568/ #Debt #DefenceBudget #DefenceSpending #Featured #FiscalDisciplineCouncil #InnaŠteinbuka #IvarsGolsts #JānisPriede #Latvia #PublicDebt #StateBudget
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Trump suggests expelling Spain from NATO https://www.byteseu.com/1438026/ #AlexanderStubb #DefenceBudget #DonaldTrump #Europe #Featured #Finland #NATO #PedroSanchez #Spain #US
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#USMilitarySpending #DefenceBudget
Good reporting here from The Guardian. Imagine what schools, healthcare, infrastructure could do with money like defence contractors are getting?
"High Pentagon budgets are often justified because the funds are ‘for the troops’,” said William D Hartung, senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and an author of the report. “But as this paper shows, the majority of the department’s budget goes to corporations, money that has as much to do with special interest lobbying as it does with any rational defense planning. Much of this funding has been wasted on dysfunctional or overpriced weapons systems and extravagant compensation packages.”
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Japan PM Ishiba says focus for defence budget should not be a numerical target
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday that it was important to build up the necessary defence budget for Japan, while stressing that a num…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #defencebudget #Japanese #Japanesenews #JapanesePrimeMinister #news #PresidentDonaldTrump #ShigeruIshiba #target
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https://www.alojapan.com/1304948/japan-pm-ishiba-says-focus-for-defence-budget-should-not-be-a-numerical-target/ Japan PM Ishiba says focus for defence budget should not be a numerical target #DefenceBudget #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #JapanesePrimeMinister #news #PresidentDonaldTrump #ShigeruIshiba #target TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday that it was important to build up the necessary defence budget for Japan, while stressing that a numerical target for the budget should not be prioritised. “We shoul…
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#DeclassifiedUK | The mainstream media are beating the drums of war
"Using the Nexis database to search for coverage of increased defence spending (interestingly, there are significantly more stories on “defence spending” than on “military spending”), we found a 2700% rise in stories across the UK media from 17 February 2020 to 17 February 2025:"
https://www.declassifieduk.org/the-mainstream-media-are-beating-the-drums-of-war/
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“Prepare for war”. This is Kaja Kallas, EU foreign policy chief. She’s Estonian 🇪🇪 so the tension has always been there, but this ain’t a bland statement. We should take her seriously.
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EIB ready to ‘stretch’ lending criteria as it prepares for EU Council’s call to arms https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/eib-ready-to-stretch-lending-criteria-as-it-prepares-for-eu-councils-call-to-arms/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #defencebudget #Defenceminister #EBRD #Ecofin #EIB
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EIB ready to ‘stretch’ lending criteria as it prepares for EU Council’s call to arms https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/eib-ready-to-stretch-lending-criteria-as-it-prepares-for-eu-councils-call-to-arms/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #defencebudget #Defenceminister #EBRD #Ecofin #EIB
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Strategic Vision EUropean Defence Union – EDU structure and armed forces 2045
#Article42_7 #AtlanticOcean #DefenceBudget #EDA #EDCS #EDU #EU #EUBG #EUNAVFOR #EUrope #EUropeanArmy #EUropeanDefence #IndoPacific #Mediterranean #NATO #NuclearDeterrence #UN
https://ronaldjhelzenga.eu/2019/04/27/strategic-vision-eu-defence-union-edu-forces-2043/