hey guys uh welcome back to foreign react I do hope you guys are having a really good day
today we're actually going to be checking out a video tied with the German military people
become Europe's most powerful here is why so obviously they're going to give a description
of uh the standards of the German military right now and probably what they're trying
to improve on I'd hope but um we're gonna get right into that video if you're from
Germany thank you for watching if you're from anywhere in this world thank you for watching
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get right into this video but I must say guys I must say there's a playlist on the channel
titled called German reactions and uh if you go and you look there probably is about 70 videos
there or that many videos for the Germans to watch so enjoy your time here at foreign reacts
guys but uh let's get right to this video fighter jets and helicopters that don't fly
standard issue assault rifles that don't shoot straight and shortages in ammunition boots and
even underwear during a NATO mission in Lithuania these are the headlines that the ones fear German
military are currently making not to mention the hundreds of millions of Euros that went
to consultants in an effort to clean up the Army's mess with very little to show for it
German high-ranking officials are raising their concerns and so are NATO allies where statements
such as these are not uncommon ever since the Cold War ended in 1991. yo did you just see
why are the Germans terrible at War only when they're on oar's side oh my gosh that was crazy
but the Germans are really good at War and um yeah Germany has allowed its military to deteriorate
and this is somewhat understandable as Germany was busy integrating the West with the East which pose
great economic and social challenges over the last 30 years there was simply very little incentive to
have a powerful military as Germany doesn't share a border with potential aggressors like Russia
NATO and especially the US was there for protection and unlike the US and the UK
Germany had very few oversee commitments and there was very little appetite for
a large military among the population who still remember the horrors of World War II
but now overnight Everything Has Changed only three days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine
the German Chancellor Olaf Schultz made a shocking announcement declaring that Germany will massively
increase its defense spending and meet the two percent NATO Benchmark this was met by Applause
in Parliament and surveys already show that 75 percent of Germans support this decision
but how significant is this increase let's have a look at defense spending across the Globe
last year in 2021. as you can see Germany spent 52.8 billion dollars sitting at seventh in the
world ranking list slightly head of France but significantly behind the UK and Russia
but if we compare percentage of GDP Germany ranks much lower of the 20 biggest military
Spenders Germany comes in 15th as they only spend 1.4 percent of their GDP on their army
many have criticized this lack of spending as it is far below the NATO Target of two percent
however once Germany hits the two percent Target things will look very different because of
Germany's strong economy military expenditure would rise to 76.12 billion dollars putting
Germany into third place ahead of Russia and the UK making them the front runner within the
EU and Europe by quite some distance and German politicians have said as much clearly stating that
this is the intent and it doesn't stop here in an effort to modernize the military more quickly all
of Schultz has also dedicated a one-time special fund of over 100 billion euros to German defense
this is a lot of money but spend doesn't necessarily equal military might the UK France
and Russia are still far ahead when it comes to military strength here we can see the comparison
between these nations while Germany does have a significant number of soldiers aircraft and
tanks it only has a very small presence on the sea France and the UK to have a considerable
Navy with multiple destroyers submarines and then even three aircraft carriers in between
them and at this particular moment in time we need the new technique is very important
I'm sorry I'm not for war but um if your enemies have nuke you got to get yourself
some nuke so you can nuke that you know and the eventuality of a nuke War you know what I mean
and well then there's Russia who just has a lot of everything astronuclear weapons in the aftermath
of World War II it was agreed that Germany cannot possess nuclear biological or chemical weapons
however this comparison is somewhat incomplete and flawed as it does not take into account
military modernization high-tech weapons Logistics military experience and intelligence
whether Germany will become a military superpower also depends on how the money is spent Schultz
has already hinted at a high-level Tech wish list such as the F-35 fighter to replace older tornado
aircraft from the 1970s the future combat air system which is developing together with France
heavy transport helicopters modernization of air defense missile systems arm drones modern warships
Etc however as mentioned at the start of the video Germany still seems to be getting
the basics wrong only around 40 percent of helicopters and 65 of tanks are operational
and it gets even worse a recent German parliamentary report found that only 50
percent of major military hardware is working properly therefore money needs
to be spent in getting existing equipment up and running first and as you may remember from
the start of the video the German bundeswear has the reputation of wasting taxpayers money
so will Germany become the new European superpower possibly but not until Germany cleans up its
current mess and invests the new budget wisely but next to the world's superpowers such as the US and
China even with Germany's new budget it remains a small player as it spends way too little and
this really raises the question does an EU Army make sense check out the videos below to see
the reasons for and against an EU armor and if you y'all let me know what y'all think cause according
to him he's trying to say that a Germany you know it's not happening right they're not popping but
um I don't know man like if you say Germans I'ma say they ready always it's just how it goes just
like Finley Finland is not a big name in terms of you know Wars and all of that but if you know
the history of Finland Finland is right here buddy you know Russia right here man so I don't I don't
really you know worry too much about Germany because we know the history of Germany man like
I ain't gonna even dabble into that because it's pointless like it's crazy over there man so I'm
not really worried about them they gonna figure out what they need to figure out and um let's see
what happens man but uh yeah for now guys thank you for watching I'm out of here uh talk to me
in the comment section down below and uh yeah that's gonna be it guys I'm out of here peace