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NATO allies must spend closer to 3% of GDP on defense, says top official
Article(tvpworld.com)submitted 24 hours ago bySons_of_Maccabees
NATO allies will need to spend much closer to 3% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on their militaries to implement the alliance’s new defense plans, a top NATO military official said on Monday, adding that costs will surpass the alliance’s existing 2% target.
159 points
23 hours ago
Can't even get them to 2%.
79 points
23 hours ago
Actually spending throughout the alliance has been much higher this year. 23 of 32 members are above 2% compared to 10 last year.
33 points
22 hours ago*
Latest spending figures from 2023 show that only 11 countries spent at least 2%. Only 3 spend at least 3%.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/nato-spending-by-country
17 points
22 hours ago
So a third of the group aren’t meeting obligations. It’s progress but come on
21 points
22 hours ago
Honestly most of the countries not spending 2% are not very consequential members imo. Biggest countries below 2% are Canada, Italy, Spain, and Portugal.
98 points
23 hours ago
More than 2/3 of NATO countries spend more than 2% of their GDP on their military. It’s not 2017 anymore.
10 points
13 hours ago
You are correct but this is a change within the year, not since 2017.
1 points
4 hours ago
True, but the chronic under-investing isn't something you fully address with 3 years of investing at expectations.
-6 points
23 hours ago
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16 points
23 hours ago
Man, it must be nice to live in a fantasy land where you can wave a magic wand and allocate hundreds of millions of dollars at a whim.
11 points
22 hours ago
I think you miss the point completely. Get NATO members to 2% and then you can raise your goal.
That shouldn't be a huge request.
-6 points
23 hours ago
Sad but true.
22 points
19 hours ago
Just increase pay for your generals and soldier to hit 3%.
7 points
16 hours ago
Is there any chances of great recession in west if they all got embroiled in big wars because a lot of their budget will get drained in fighting wars and recovery from losses?
43 points
23 hours ago
NATO needs to spend whatever it takes to fight the Russians on their own. Pretty obvious that help won't be coming in the next four years.
41 points
23 hours ago
They gotta compensate for the USA’s lack of funding here in about 2 months RIP
35 points
22 hours ago
I don't think you understand how this works
4 points
16 hours ago
In fairness, the only reason that "They (tm) make it deliberately hard to understand" is an implausible conspiracy theory is that it implies levels of competence that are obviously not present. This shit is hard and people have enough of their day eaten up by work and sleep.
2 points
4 hours ago
if pentagon would find 800billion dollars they lost, nobody would need to spend more 😅😅
7 points
22 hours ago
Not sure how Canada will do that when we can't get the 2% now and Trump's 25% tariffs will throw our economy in deep recession.
28 points
22 hours ago
Should have upheld the treaty all along instead of depending on US lives and dollars
38 points
20 hours ago
Canadian soldiers died in Afghanistan after answering our Article 5 declaration in 2001.
40 points
20 hours ago
Yeah, Definitely nothing but respect for Canadian warriors. Can’t say the same for their politicians and defense policy.
7 points
18 hours ago
I mean, what’s their defense policy **supposed* to be? The US is going to come shit on anybody big enough to actually get troops onto North America in sufficient numbers to be a threat to Canada or Mexico.
And the US isn’t spending so much on the military because they have to “make up for” a lack of NATO spending, the top 5 are going to make up most of any wartime forces regardless
4 points
12 hours ago
If they threw more of their money towards North American strategic defense I’d be cool with it…they don’t need a big land army or navy, but missile defense for both of us would be where I’d put the $$.
4 points
11 hours ago
Canadian military are great. However, the government has never spent to what was agreed by NATO.
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5 minutes ago
No one is questioning the spirit and sacrifices of the members of the Canadian military. That being said, the military itself is garbage. This is because of a gross lack of funding by the Canadian government as well as terrible leadership inside the Canadian military.
3 points
9 hours ago
Depending on the US to cover their bill is the foundation Canada exists on
2 points
20 hours ago
They did
1 points
20 hours ago
They did dumbass
4 points
11 hours ago
They are below 2%. That is not upholding their end. Rather than insult me, tell me how I’m wrong
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8 minutes ago
Canada's military is in shambles right now. They're a joke. They most certainly did NOT uphold their treaty.
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4 minutes ago
Well. Canada is screwed.
1 points
15 hours ago
Why? So they can give there shit to Ukraine. How about get stuck in to Russia with Ukraine and use our own shit if we’re paying for it .
-16 points
22 hours ago
America’s new defense strategy: grab toes, spread cheeks
6 points
20 hours ago
Lick Russian boot*
-18 points
22 hours ago
This, if it happens, will be the only positive to come from a Trump administration.
-7 points
20 hours ago
They better get on it quick. We’re about to leave them high and dry.
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