alt Hacker News>If it comes down to European vs Russian manufacturing capacity for missiles and hi-tech weaponry, etc
Well duh, EU GDP is like 3000x Russian one, Italy alone is richer than Russia, so ofc EU military combined is greater than Russia.
Russia is broke gas station with nukes, not really a benchmark for military supremacy.
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barrenko • yesterday at 8:57 PM
Sure are holding their own against the supposedly much richer Europe at this moment.
The US GBP is 100x large than Iranian one and yet the US cannot open the Strait of Hormuz and even defend own bases in the region from cheap drones (52 aircraft lost, most on the ground). GDP is not the only factor when it comes to military capabilities.