Quote Originally Posted by BigFatPie View Post
I cant say Ive thought about it any further than that, but it seems daft that countries that have many common interests, objectives, and adversaries are duplicating resources to the extent they are.
I think we are being a little jumpy with regard to defence treaties and the like. Trump is in his last term (unless he pulls a political rabbit out off his hat, or gets his place men into power?) and we need to see what is rolled back with the next PoUS but until then I can see a european fit NATO being formed very quickly to deal with the current political scene (Starmer has already kicked that off I think). As for duplication of resources that is starting to be resolved with the UK standardising tank ammuntion to match european smooth bore instead of rifled that we currently use. Small Arms ammunition is generally standard across NATO and artillery munitions are being looked at as we speak and I would think that process will be accelerated rapidly. If anything NATO (at least our part of it!) has had a much needed wake up call.