britaliope

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I mean, yes, on paper, they are part of the nuclear shield protecting Europe. But europe still to have USA approval to use those nukes. And i'm definitively not sure Trump administration will ever approve Germany use those nukes, especially against Russia (and russia knows it).

So in practice, i don't think it's more than a piece of paper. It's not a line of defense if the country that own those weapons and troops is hostile / indifferent to an invasion.

It's the same debate than F-35. Yes, on paper, it is better than Gripen, typhoon, eurofighters, or rafales. But if US disable them / refuse to provide parts / give intel to ennemy, then they are basically unusable in a real environment, so it's just a very expensive decoration to use for meeting demonstrations.

[โ€“] britaliope@kourjetez.bzh 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

is it really such a huge deal ? Afaik "ballistic dead rekoning" is really, really accurate and isnt difficult to automate (it's mostly math after all)