European nations seem to believe the key to exerting military power and deterrance is through building a ton of weapons and hiding them from their enemy AND from their domestic civilians who are scared of how poweful russia is and worry whether russia can be resisted… and then when russia begins to win the propaganda war at that key moment throw up your hands and say “Damn well russia ALWAYS wins the propaganda war!”.

“Hopefully” then the European militaries are so secretive that the voting populace of the respective countries do not understand how the thing tasked with keeping them safe from invasion has been evolving or changing with regards to drones and other technologies and thus can easily be nudged by russian propaganda into screaming at the top of their lungs to sabotage their own military.

Ughhhh

Secrecy above all else though! It is always the “safer” option!

Fusing three huge corporations, known for their slowness, procedures, and lack of agility, is not going to lead to more agility and innovation…

Interesting read here: https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/02/europe-has-the-worst-imaginable-idea-to-counter-spacexs-launch-dominance/

The best way to combat monopoly is well designed, independent and empowered government regulation, but I get your point in this case, we are talking about infrastructure on a massive scale and the job needed to be done yesterday so working together is probably best…

Yes but a monopoly that exists under the EU umbrella rather than one that is controlled under the laws of a hostile foreign government

Do you trust Elon Musk or whatever idiot he is replaced with?