[jfman]

Nobody said at present that the US didn’t spend more than the UK/EU, other NATO members. I only said that with America being an unreliable ally it’s more important than ever for Europe to ensure that defence expenditure is on weapons and systems that can operate independently of American oversight/support.

Production capacity needs rapidly increased over here too (if the premise of increased defence spending is accepted).

The likelihood of anyone going to war with Russia, China and Iran all at once in Europe is extremely low. The ability to bog down one of them would be satisfactory, and the Biden administration gave us the blueprint in Ukraine by resourcing them just enough to stand still.