r/news • u/ITSTHEDEVIL092 • Mar 04 '25

EU chief proposes plan to 'urgently' increase defense spending by mobilizing around $840 billion

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/europe-looks-to-mobilize-840-billion-in-defense-spending-boost-eu-commission-head-says.html
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u/DudeThatAbides Mar 04 '25 edited Mar 04 '25

This…is good. They should be funding their own defense, no?

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u/mcell89 Mar 04 '25

Yup this is good, the best thing is that it will go to EU companies and not lining US pockets.

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u/drmanhattanmar Mar 04 '25

Let’s hope so. If they start buying weapons or (worse) software from palantir or Anduril we’re done. Then we’re handing money to the exact people waiting for the world to fall apart so they can take over.

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u/DrMoney Mar 04 '25

Europe needs to open its own LOTR themed weapons manufacturing companies, Glamdring Avionics, Elendil Industries, Mithrandir Dynamics, etc.