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Germany votes to bring in voluntary military service programme for 18-year-olds

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126 points petermcneeley | 3 comments | 06 Dec 25 19:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.48s | source
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enceladus06 ◴[06 Dec 25 23:39 UTC] No.46177654[source]▶
Just build nukes if you are afraid of Russia then nuke them if they try to invade. Ukraine is not as smart and gave up its nukes in the early 90s, and is now in the middle of a war for the last couple years.
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JumpCrisscross ◴[07 Dec 25 00:11 UTC] No.46177923[source]▶
> Just build nukes

I'm broadly sympathetic to the argument that the multipolar world we're in now makes a good case for nuclear weapons adoption. But Germany probably isn't the one Europe wants to arm itself. And even if it did, their Greens wouldn't allow it.

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mk89 ◴[07 Dec 25 15:07 UTC] No.46182193[source]▶
Germany already hosts nuclear weapons. And there were talks with France/UK to build the nuclear shield or something like that. It's just a matter of time before that happens, because as of today, that's the only way you can reason with dictators.
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1. JumpCrisscross ◴[07 Dec 25 18:21 UTC] No.46183782[source]▶
> Germany already hosts nuclear weapons

So does Montana. That doesn’t give Helena any sovereignty points.

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2. pseudalopex ◴[09 Dec 25 07:16 UTC] No.46202148[source]▶
Their point was the Greens lacked the power you attributed to them I thought.
3. IAmBroom ◴[09 Dec 25 19:51 UTC] No.46209718[source]▶
Apples to oranges.

Montana:USA::Bavaria:Germany

No one has suggested Bavaria become a nuclear power in its own right.