Also any military expansion will most definitely be buying more US or Israeli military equipment under the instruction of the US. Does Europe have a domestic equivalent to the F-35 fighter jet, and the THAAD, AEGIS Ashore, Arrow, Patriot PAC 3 air defence systems? The answer is no, which is why Germany just bought Arrow 3 air defence (midcourse ballistic missile interception) batteries from Israel last year. And Europe is definitely not buying the Chinese equivalents to those systems, that would not be allowed. Europe has managed to deliver just one SAMP/T air defence battery to Ukraine in the entire war! These are all critical capabilities in a hypothetical NATO-Russia war.
Also any military expansion will most definitely be buying more US or Israeli military equipment under the instruction of the US. Does Europe have a domestic equivalent to the F-35 fighter jet, and the THAAD, AEGIS Ashore, Arrow, Patriot PAC 3 air defence systems? The answer is no, which is why Germany just bought Arrow 3 air defence (midcourse ballistic missile interception) batteries from Israel last year. And Europe is definitely not buying the Chinese equivalents to those systems, that would not be allowed. Europe has managed to deliver just one SAMP/T air defence battery to Ukraine in the entire war! These are all critical capabilities in a hypothetical NATO-Russia war.