Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Sputnik — NATO Military Budgets Rise, But Germany Lags Behind Alliance Defense Spending Goal

A new report by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) shows that more member nations are increasing their defense budgets to reach the alliance’s spending goals, but Germany, which has attracted US President Donald Trump’s ire, has yet to do so....
Sputnik International
NATO Military Budgets Rise, But Germany Lags Behind Alliance Defense Spending Goal

2 comments:

lastgreek said...

In Greece, compulsory military service for men just increased from nine months to 12. Military equipment purchases and upgrades also substantially higher than previous years. Because NATO? Hell no. Turkish territorial ambitions (read: more theft)... with American acquiescence of course.

Pity Germany does not share a border with Turkey.

Genocide Trivia: Did you know that German genocidal practices actually precede the Armenian genocide. The Germans honed their genocidal skills in South West Africa, decades before they ever got to the Jews.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_South_West_Africa

Peter Pan said...

Quality, not quantity, is the German army's motto. Canada's too :)