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EU slams the door on US in colossal defense plan (www.politico.eu)
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BRUSSELS — United States arms-makers are being frozen out of the European Union’s massive new defense spending plan, which aims to splash the cash for EU and allied countries, according to defense spending plans released Wednesday.

Also left out — for now — is the United Kingdom.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

What everyone talks about is losing Europe as a customer, which then increases US costs. What no one is talking about is Europe becoming a huge arms exporter, which then competes with US equipment which then increases US costs. Right now Europe gives not very good options, but a few decades of integrating their product line and bringing costs down from coordination and they will have excellent products. This moves Europe from not just a purchaser to a non-purchaser, but to a competitor.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I disagree with one point you made, Europe has some of the best weapon systems ever made, they are being made today all over Europe.

What we are lacking is the production capacity.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Which is exactly the position you want to be in when you are not currently at war

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Unless you foresee war on the horizon.

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