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2014-03-29 Europe

Baltic States Tackle Defense Spending after Crimea Takeover

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Posted by Fred 2014-03-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Go Swiss. Issue every able bodied male an AK, 200 rounds of ammo, and every tenth an RPG to keep in their homes.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-03-29 10:42|| 2014-03-29 10:42|| Front Page Top

Posted by Besoeker 2014-03-29 10:47|| 2014-03-29 10:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Two percent of Estonia's 2012 GDP, $28.44 billion, is about $570 million dollars. That's not going to go very far even with a country of 1.3 million people.

I appreciate the sentiment but until the major European powers come to understand that THEY need to spend more on defense and deterrence (and to grow a spine), the Russians will do as they pretty much wish.

Posted by Steve White 2014-03-29 11:38|| 2014-03-29 11:38|| Front Page Top

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