CVNs and a larger navy are only useful if we want to get into the power projection game, and even then, we have some stuff already. I’m sure we could still do something like the Falklands war. The advamtage the US has its also its disadvantage, as we don’t need a fleet to get to the Middle East or Africa.
We have SSBNs enough that makes attacking the EU idiotic for even the US.
We do need strategic stuff like AWACS planes and more satellites though, but what we need most is standardisation, since there are like 11 MBTs in service in the EU right now.
Standardization is definately a huge issue, but energy independence for field operations is also critical - modern military equipment burns through power, and having reliable portable power solutions can be a game-changer (I’ve been comparing options on gearscouts.com and the LFP battery ones offer the best $/Wh for emergency deployment scenarios).
So is infrastructure. I mean, the Bundeswehr is supposed to go to the Eastern flank of the EU by using Deutsche Bahn? Also, ex-WP countries like Poland need to strengthen bridges and stuff since Western tanks are twice as big and heavy as T-72s, and the infrastructure was made to support an Eastern military, not a Western one.
CVNs and a larger navy are only useful if we want to get into the power projection game, and even then, we have some stuff already. I’m sure we could still do something like the Falklands war. The advamtage the US has its also its disadvantage, as we don’t need a fleet to get to the Middle East or Africa.
We have SSBNs enough that makes attacking the EU idiotic for even the US.
We do need strategic stuff like AWACS planes and more satellites though, but what we need most is standardisation, since there are like 11 MBTs in service in the EU right now.
Standardization is definately a huge issue, but energy independence for field operations is also critical - modern military equipment burns through power, and having reliable portable power solutions can be a game-changer (I’ve been comparing options on gearscouts.com and the LFP battery ones offer the best $/Wh for emergency deployment scenarios).
So is infrastructure. I mean, the Bundeswehr is supposed to go to the Eastern flank of the EU by using Deutsche Bahn? Also, ex-WP countries like Poland need to strengthen bridges and stuff since Western tanks are twice as big and heavy as T-72s, and the infrastructure was made to support an Eastern military, not a Western one.