03-06-2022 | 05:39 PM

#805

Excargodog

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Quote:

Originally Posted by flyprdu

From the Brussels Summit 2021.

All this panty-twisting for a self-imposed investment target. It turns out the Russian military was letting their heavy equipment rot on tarmacs, but you're complaining that the $1.2T budget wasn't distributed enough.

There are some on this forum who say NATO isn't ready because of the spending shortfalls, and my response is this.

Compared to what?

You know it would be helpful if you did 30 seconds research before posting:

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‘I am ****ed off!’ German army official bemoans ‘bare’ forces as Russia invades Ukraine

Senior army official says Germany’s options to support its allies are extremely limited.

German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht receives a gift from Lt. General Alfons Mais | Sean Gallup/Getty Images
BY NETTE NÖSTLINGER
February 24, 2022 11:35 amBERLIN — Alfons Mais, the chief of the German army, has sharply criticized the state of the country’s armed forces, slamming underinvestment in its military equipment against the backdrop of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“The Bundeswehr, the army that I am privileged to lead, is more or less bare. The options that we can offer the politicians to support the alliance are extremely limited,” Mais wrote in a Linkedin post on Thursday morning.

“We all saw it coming and were not able to get through with our arguments, to draw the conclusions from the Crimean annexation and implement them. This does not feel good! I am ****ed off!” Mais, a lieutenant-general, wrote.

Christine Lambrecht, Germany’s defense minister, had also warned that the Bundeswehr was reaching its capacity limits and demanded more financial support from Finance Minister Christian Lindner and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during the Munich Security Conference late last week