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Originally Posted by Fishpart
My guess is the Germans don't see a need to spend because now there is a much wider buffer between them and the Russians. I guess their position is that if and when the Russians actually make it to the German border they will be pretty tired of fighting their way across the former Soviet Republics who will likely put up some serious resistance.
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Oh soooooo absolutely agree, but that is not supporting NATO.
Eastern German border is only 350 miles from Belarus which is really the westernmost extent of RUS army. 250 miles from the Sulwaki Gap (roughly analogous to the Fulda Gap of yesteryear). 600 from Russia proper (KGrad being a problem but not the main problem). So while the likelihood of something kicking off isn't high, it may be nearing as high as in the early 80s - which is significantly worse than 15 years ago.
Interesting Fun Fact, Poland has more operational German tanks than Germany - that is where we are. That is one example of the problem NATO has at the moment.