• NotAnonymousAtAal@feddit.org
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      6 months ago

      That’s why there is considerable effort being poured into sowing dissent within the EU and in the end splitting it up into smaller parts that can be handled one by one instead of all at once.

    • NIB@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      3 things

      1. Without the US, Europe has significant capability holes(satellite, logistics, ground launched missiles, nukes)

      2. Multiple smaller armies might be, in theory, an order of magnitude “stronger” than the Russian military but because of inefficiencies, overlap capabilities and lack of unified command structure and organizing, they are effectively a circus that cant do much.

      3. Not all Europe will react the same and with the same urgency. A crisis(like russian soldiers occupying a small Baltic town) by definition will create huge cracks within Europe.

      • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        between the UK and France, and then Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine point 1 is fairly well covered. Of course the US has more, but it’s not a total wipeout without them.