Doubting U.S. resolve, Europe looks to bolster its own nuclear arsenal

Finally. I view this as a much bigger deterrent against a Russian invasion than tanks and boots on the ground.

Let's not forget that it was the US that didn't want much nuclear capability in Europe so they offered to protect us with their nuclear umbrella. They strongly objected to Italy's nuclear program for example.

Now that the US umbrella can't be relied upon, we will need our own. I do think it's the main reason Europe has been safe since WWII.

Some people wanted a multi-polar world, well, this is what a multi-polar world looks like: the poles start competing, including arms races. "History may not repeat itself but it often rhymes." as they say.

They have many questions to answer. How do they skirt the NPT? If they rely on the UK --which is not an EU country, or even if they rely on France, who makes the call, who has authority and what happens when some country tells France "launch" but France doesn't agree. Do those other countries have guys with the launch codes in assigned siloes?