Comments by "Jim Mcneal" (@jimmcneal5292) on "How does Russia's military spending compare to Europe?" video.

  1. I'd say it's kinda incorrect to use PPP both to compare GDP and military spending, because it doesn't take into account difference in quality and heavily depends on the basket of goods. So for the same amount of money Russia may feed much more soldiers, but if they wanted to make FPV drones of the same quality, they can only save money on salaries, but not on details to make those drones. However I think that you are completely correct that Europe needs to create at least parity even locally(in Finland, Baltics and Poland), since I simply can't imagine countries like Spain contributing much to the war if Russia attacks. Plus NATO needs to update its doctrines, air power is good, but FPV drones are almost equally important, and europe basically has no production of them. The best course of action I think is to dramatically increase military spending and help Ukraine as much as possible. And when Russia agrees to peace, start creating own stockpiles.
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  2. I see the biggest problem in Shahed, FPV and tactical reconnaissance drones. Russia and Ukraine have a lot of experience with them, while Europe doesn't. Thus Europe needs to integrate its armies to be able to face Russia
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