They were talking about this on NPR on my commute this morning. I haven't dug into it, but they were saying something about how Russia could produce the kind of arms in 6 months that Germany would take like 5 years. My first thought was that Russia has geared it's entire society around war at this point, so that's probably true, but Germany could and would shift if needed to match the threat. My second thought was Russia can barely handle Ukraine, so I'm not seeing the threat to Germany any time soon and likely not in Putin's lifetime.
I do agree that the Russian threat means Europe is going to have to step up it's defense game, which it seems to be doing, and it means the money we are spending in Ukraine to halt their progress is some of the best defense money we're likely to ever spend.
thedefensepost.com
www.br.de
