Germany may not have much of a military industry compared to the US or Russia, but it still has enough to be one of the more significant weapons suppliers to the Zionist entity. And they’ve been the second largest supplier of Ukraine. The energy prices are hurting the competitiveness of the private sector, but when it comes to heavily subsidized industries that the state considers vital they’re not a real impediment.
The biggest threat to the German arms industry is actually not energy prices but the US arms industry, because the US is always trying to push everyone to buy its shit instead. Even in Europe they are trying very hard to replace French and German military products. And the reason why countries decide to go with US military products is not necessarily because they are more competitive - their shit is overpriced too, and not that great - but rather political. The US bribes the hell out of politicians in other countries to get these contracts. And where bribes don’t work they use various types of threats. And Germany as a geopolitically neutered vassal state just can’t compete with that.
I agree with all that, although worth noting that the resources the state diverts to the military industry come at the expense of funding socially useful things. So, the power to do that has limits in practice as it affects the standard of living. In my opinion, the elephant in the room is that the only country that could realistically invade Germany would be Russia, and there’s no possibility for Germany to catch up with Russia militarily. So, the focus should obviously be on diplomacy instead of ramping up the military.
Germany may not have much of a military industry compared to the US or Russia, but it still has enough to be one of the more significant weapons suppliers to the Zionist entity. And they’ve been the second largest supplier of Ukraine. The energy prices are hurting the competitiveness of the private sector, but when it comes to heavily subsidized industries that the state considers vital they’re not a real impediment.
The biggest threat to the German arms industry is actually not energy prices but the US arms industry, because the US is always trying to push everyone to buy its shit instead. Even in Europe they are trying very hard to replace French and German military products. And the reason why countries decide to go with US military products is not necessarily because they are more competitive - their shit is overpriced too, and not that great - but rather political. The US bribes the hell out of politicians in other countries to get these contracts. And where bribes don’t work they use various types of threats. And Germany as a geopolitically neutered vassal state just can’t compete with that.
I agree with all that, although worth noting that the resources the state diverts to the military industry come at the expense of funding socially useful things. So, the power to do that has limits in practice as it affects the standard of living. In my opinion, the elephant in the room is that the only country that could realistically invade Germany would be Russia, and there’s no possibility for Germany to catch up with Russia militarily. So, the focus should obviously be on diplomacy instead of ramping up the military.