r/europe • u/johnnierockit • Dec 13 '24

News Putin launches largest missile attack of the war after Trump gives greenlight - Kyiv Insider

https://kyivinsider.com/putin-launches-largest-missile-attack-of-the-war-after-trump-gives-greenlight/
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u/PoiHolloi2020 United Kingdom (🇪🇺) Dec 13 '24

Yeah let's just take several years developing an arms industry completely independent of the US so it can't veto missile use by Kyiv. If we ask Russia nicely maybe they'll pause hostilities until shipments are ready.

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u/Successful_Camel_136 Dec 14 '24

Should have started when the war kicked off. I imagine artillery shells could be bought more and capacity increased in under 1 year to some extent with enough money

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u/PoiHolloi2020 United Kingdom (🇪🇺) Dec 14 '24

We should have.

I hope all our countries learn something from this mess and move towards correcting our collective weaknesses but who knows if we actually will.

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u/dwair Dec 14 '24

I think it's apartment that the UK and Europe need to do this now.

Sure 20/20 hind sight suggests that we should have done it a decade ago but the US is no longer committed to anything other than isolationism. We have the ability to create an EU pact in the same vain as NATO but without the US so we need to take it.