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Merz: Germany Will Build Strongest Conventional Army in Europe (www.newsweek.com)
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The Bundeswehr has around 181,600 active personnel, according to Global Firepower, which compiles military data.

For overall military power, the Global Firepower index ranks Germany third in the European Union (EU) behind Italy in second and France at the top. Within NATO, Germany ranks sixth in the military power index, behind Turkey in fourth, France in third, the U.K. in second, and the U.S. in first place.

The planned increase in German defense spending will please the Trump administration. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. expects NATO allies to build up to spending 5 percent of their GDP on defense, and Washington will also do the same.

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[–] Jumi@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

It's such a waste of money and resources. We don't even have an enemy who we would need the "strongest conventional army in Europe" against.