The European Union’s nominee to be its first-ever defense commissioner said the bloc must scale up its military capabilities for a possible confrontation with Russia that could be as few as six years away.
Andrius Kubilius, who served twice as Lithuania’s prime minister, said that the EU “must be ready to meet Russia militarily in six to eight years,” adding that the bloc also needs to boost production and bolster its stocks of weapons and ammunition.
His Russia warning echoes a similar one from German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, who said in January that Russia could attack NATO in “five to eight years.”
Plenty-Ad4624 on
I agree with the Defense Commissioner – the EU must be able to fight Russia?
Because the alternative is not being able to fight Russia, and that would be dumb.
Healthy_Bag4703 on
EU has nuclear-weapons states (within and outside the NATO framework). Without consideration for a respective states nuclear doctrine, article 5 states an attack on one is an attack on all.
The obvious question is are nuclear weapons a nearly useless deterrent if actually tested?
I’ve always considered them a deterrent against particularly egregious escalations (core interests), or as a weapon of last resorts (sampson option).
pascualama on
Nato wants a war so bad
Blaylocke on
It’s funny cuz I remember particularly unpopular president saying they need to spend more defense fairly recently.
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*From Bloomberg News reporter Andrea Palasciano:*
The European Union’s nominee to be its first-ever defense commissioner said the bloc must scale up its military capabilities for a possible confrontation with Russia that could be as few as six years away.
Andrius Kubilius, who served twice as Lithuania’s prime minister, said that the EU “must be ready to meet Russia militarily in six to eight years,” adding that the bloc also needs to boost production and bolster its stocks of weapons and ammunition.
His Russia warning echoes a similar one from German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, who said in January that Russia could attack NATO in “five to eight years.”
I agree with the Defense Commissioner – the EU must be able to fight Russia?
Because the alternative is not being able to fight Russia, and that would be dumb.
EU has nuclear-weapons states (within and outside the NATO framework). Without consideration for a respective states nuclear doctrine, article 5 states an attack on one is an attack on all.
The obvious question is are nuclear weapons a nearly useless deterrent if actually tested?
I’ve always considered them a deterrent against particularly egregious escalations (core interests), or as a weapon of last resorts (sampson option).
Nato wants a war so bad
It’s funny cuz I remember particularly unpopular president saying they need to spend more defense fairly recently.