Europe is preparing for World War III

According to RCO News Agency, in an article referring to the urgent efforts of European countries to increase their military capabilities, the British media reported that the British government has done little in this regard and is not ready for war with Russia.

In Poland, Finland and the Baltic states, bulldozers and excavators are rapidly building defensive fortifications, including digging anti-tank ditches and creating concrete trenches, according to The Independent. These countries are also considering planting anti-personnel mines.

In addition, Poland has allocated 2.5 billion euros to strengthen its border defense system, including the construction of an air defense system similar to the “Iron Dome” that is supposed to protect the country’s eastern borders against possible Russian attacks.

In a meeting with European leaders in Warsaw in May, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Europe is in a dangerous situation: “It is necessary to create an iron dome to deal with missiles and drones. “There is no reason why Europe should not have a missile defense system.”

In this defense project, the Polish government intends to take advantage of physical anti-tank barriers, create shelters, and have anti-drone systems based on artificial intelligence in order to achieve early detection of threats.

According to this report, Poland currently spends 37 billion euros, equivalent to 4.7% of its GDP, on defense. The Baltic countries have allocated hundreds of millions of euros to strengthen their defense lines to prepare for combined warfare tactics, and Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have a large defense project in hand that will begin in 2025.

In many parts of northern Europe, at a rate not seen since World War II, more than a billion euros have been devoted to the rapid construction of new munitions factories, especially for the production of 155mm cannonballs.

Pointing out that European leaders believe that Russia will expand its attacks to the Baltic countries, Finland or even Poland, the English media pointed to the statements of some experts who believe that this will happen in the next 3 to 5 years. At least, it will take 28 to 30 months to produce a fighter, 18 to 24 months to produce a tank, and 30 months to build a frigate.

In addition to these urgent measures in Europe, the countries of the green continent are also increasing their military budgets. France has increased its defense budget in the last 8 years and it is expected to surpass the UK by 2027. In addition, the Netherlands, which had been decreasing its defense budget for several decades, has reversed this trend in the last 2 years and plans to reduce its budget in 5 years. Double your defense. Sweden, Norway and Denmark are also increasing their defense budgets.

Even Germany, as the first country to rapidly reduce its defense budget after the Cold War, doubled its military budget after the annexation of Crimea in 2014. With the start of the Ukraine war, defense spending in Germany has passed a turning point, and Prime Minister Olaf Schultz has pledged to make an immediate investment of 100 billion euros to eliminate defense deficits.

From February 2022 to today, Berlin has spent around 30-40 billion euros to buy American F-35 fighter jets and more than 60 billion euros to increase its ammunition and missiles.

Referring to the increase in defense budgets among a large part of European countries, the Independent newspaper criticized the British government’s lack of work in increasing the defense budget.

The English media attributed London’s relative calmness in this regard to the security umbrella of NATO members and pointed out that in order to reach Britain, Russia must first pass through the Baltic countries and Finland, leave the Baltic Sea behind, with Germany, Sweden, and Denmark. and Norway and then cross the North Sea.

“Grant Shapps,” the former defense minister of England, said earlier in response to a question about the threat of a missile attack on England that NATO countries are placed between Russia and Britain and will repel such threats.

Pointing out that Britain is defenseless against many types of modern attacks, the Independent pointed to the comments of British Army Chief of Staff Tony Radakin, who recently spoke at a defense conference about the need to follow the Nordic and Baltic countries in strengthening defense power and civil preparedness. had emphasized

According to this report, the British Navy cannot deploy a single carrier group in an area without relying on US ships and aircraft. The British army cannot even field a division of 15,000 men out of its 70,000 men, and the ammunition of this army is only sufficient for a month of war. On the other hand, from the fleet of 100 British Typhoon fighters, only 20 fighters are ready for operations.

This report states that if one of the NATO members implements Article 5 of this military alliance, the British government will not be able to provide military support, and at that time the government of this country will not be able to present economic restrictions as a valid reason for this inability.

At the end of this report, pointing out that the NATO alliance is based on the principle of “an attack on one is an attack on all”, it is emphasized that Britain is severely lacking in defense areas compared to its European neighbors.

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