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Sunhawk posted...

You want a "massive buildup" of Germany's navy? For Germany to take its "military seriously"? To have a "much larger contribution" to foreign deployments? Some people aren't going to like how this sounds. >_>

Also, I didn't realise there were still international legal restrictions on the Germany armed forces. What are they? Are they severe? I suppose the Japanese still don't allow themselves to fight in any wars at all, except to protect Japanese terrain itself, so some things last a long time.

Yeah I realize that some people will be against this because it will make them think of WWII, but that is a silly way to look at it. Germany is the 2nd largest country in NATO in terms of economic size. The idea that we can have a strong NATO while allowing Germany to barely contribute is just not feasible. Germany has been slacking for far too long in this area, and it's about time things change.

There are some restrictions that still remain, mainly just a limit on the total size of the military and some provisions not allowing them to get nukes or allow foreign nukes into East Germany (I think there are American and possibly other European nukes stationed in Germany). This link is where I am getting the info.

https://www.quora.com/What-military-restrictions-still-apply-to-Germany

Also, funny you bring up Japan, these same kinds of discussions are going on with respect to Japan, except in their case there have been serious discussions about amending their constitution to remove the military restrictions. It really does make sense in the era of a rising, expansionary China and an unpredictable nuclear North Korea in their backyard.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/10/14/abe-renews-pledge-change-japans-constitution-boost-troops.html

Shinzo Abe is pretty open about wanting to increase the military's size and scope.
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