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You can have all the allies in the world but if none of you have weapons and the means to make them you won't win.


Despite the popular narrative Europe still has a sizeable arms industry.

What Europe doesn't is the ability to quickly agree on anything. But when America calls consensus can be reached quickly.

At times 40% of the contingent in Afghanistan were allies.


Does America or Europe have the industrial capacity to produce enough anti-ship missiles to stop China from taking Taiwan?

Does America or Europe have the industrial capacity to produce enough ships to stop China from taking Taiwan?




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