Posted on 08/22/2016 7:59:19 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Lithuania on Monday signed its biggest ever arms deal for German-made armored vehicles, as it seeks to allay concerns of a military resurgence of Russia on its doorstep.
In its biggest-ever arms purchase, the Baltic NATO member will buy 88 Boxer armored fighting vehicles for €386 million.
Produced by the German-Dutch ARTEC consortium, the vehicles are fitted with Israeli-made turrets. […]
The largest of the three Baltic states that broke free from the crumbling Soviet Union in 1991, Lithuania has increased its defense budget by about a third each year since 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine. …
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Lithuania is a poor country, this is a complete waste of money for them. I doubt that there will be war, but even if there were, these wouldn’t last long or accomplish much.
So you’d rather the Lithuanians not pay for their own defense and just have the US pay for it like we always do?
Russia clearly can’t be trusted and even their ‘ally’ Belarus doesn’t trust Russia to base troops inside Belarus. Preparing to fight off the Russians is the only way to deter them so if the weapons are never needed then the money spent on them is a sound investment.
Just ask the Georgians and Ukrianians if a decent military is a waste of money.
Those Boxers wouldn’t last two minutes against the Russians, as I said above, they are a waste of money, and obsolete before they hit the road.
If the Lithuanians are really interested in defense, and not in awarding contracts to pals, they would invest in survivable weapons systems and tactics. I can think of plenty of stuff I would stockpile to fight the Red Army, but APCs that get incinerated at the get-go wouldn’t make the list.
Lithuania and Poland should resurrect the Commonwealth.
Anything they buy is better than the weapons system they don’t have.
Sounds like you may have never been in combat. Just a guess.
“Sounds like you may have never been in combat. Just a guess.”
Oh, so I’m not entitled to support the Lithuanians against the Russians because I’ve never been in combat? So I’m supposed to shut up, right?
Go f*** yourself.
Lithuania is losing its citizens at an alarming rate.
Best advice for them would be to Make Love Not War!
“Lithuania is losing its citizens at an alarming rate.”
Worse, they’re not bothering to make new ones. Their birth rate is 1.29...which is awful.
Well little miss pottymouth. You really just don’t have a clue. On many levels, but yes, especially on combat. And yes, it would actually be kinda nice if you did just shut up about that of which you do not know.
“? So I’m supposed to shut up, right?
Go f*** yourself.”
This tone of yours feels really familiar. I was pretty drunk last weekend, did I accidently marry you? You can tell me honey.
I’m actually the diplomatic person in my family. My husband is not nearly so patient.
So what is wrong with Lithuania buying Boxers ?
I think it’s a perfectly fine idea. My pet troll thinks that Lithuania should be defenseless and that I don’t have a right to say anything because I’m not a big bad internet warrior like he is.
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