European nations wanting “insurance” against Russia are looking to France and Britain to share their nuclear deterrents.
European countries that spent decades sheltering under America’s nuclear umbrella are now openly discussing a new form of protective alliance against Russia built around French and possibly British atomic weapons.
It’s a direct response to Donald Trump eroding confidence in NATO’s Article 5 common defense pledge by trashing allies, questioning U.S. commitments and turbocharging doubts with threats to seize Greenland.
Leaders in Sweden, Norway, Germany and the Netherlands — some of Europe’s most pro-American countries — have publicly confirmed in recent days that they’re holding conversations about a European nuclear deterrent to complement the American version.
yayyy just what we need! more nukes!
I mean, you joke. But compare Cuba, Iran, Venezuela, and North Korea right now. One of them has absolutely no fear of a US invasion.
Precisely.
NK dont fear invasion because China would not want to run the risk of having US forces on their doorstep. And China would not want to deal with millions of NK refugees. Hence that’s likely an even bigger reason than nukes. Sure, nukes is also a really great deterrence, but even without they wouldn’t get invaded.
It’s true North Korea isn’t genuinely worried of a US attack, but I doubt it’s arsenal is why