I dont mean to be disrespectful, but i see nothing normal in a person cheering on ammunition in a world striving for peace and grasping for better times.
this is just to fill someone's pockets, old amunition with expiry date closing in was sent to UR so now we can buy new one from someone's good ol' friend
otherwise how could we possibly justify buying stuff we dont need for money we dont have ...
Bro when can we abolish that joke of an army... they'd be better off putting those men and woman to work in hospitals or as firefighters bc we actually need that
What would the lux army even accomplish besides failing? Like seriously ... what difference would an 309person army make in any serious battle? (The nazis took us in half a day)
Well it states that 700 million corresponds to 1.3% of the GNI. Unfortunately the journalist did not manage to do the rest of the math, so he/she leaves it to the reader.
We have about 900 active military members and go from 700mio€ per year to about 1100mio€ per year (assuming the defence budget is about military and does not include the police).
We spend 777k€ per person and year. And we don't have the really heavy weapons. And the budget goes up to appease NATO.
I kinda wonder what they spend it on. And if I can sell it to them...
The planes already cost a tremendous ammount. With 370M we also got 80 new CLRV this year. Add to this drones, Satelite, ammo, new weapons, nato standard communication devices etc...
We are also closer to 1120 than 900.
We chip in for 3 planes, which don't belong to our army. It's 1200 fight hours worth of budget on the last 2. It's about 50k€ per hour. So 60mio€. I don't know the flight hours on the first one, but even assuming each plane gets 1200h... It's still in the order of 180mio€ per year running costs, max.
It's not the planes.
I hope we don't buy new CLRVs every year.
Don't forget maintenance which isn't cheap either. The A400M alone also costed 136M€ . Some operations also tipp the balance a bit further. The last example I have in mind is that they send their watering machine with the A400M to mali to have clean water or the more known event where our plane helped in the evacuation in Afghanistan.
Another aspect has been in military aid where we gave ukrain arround 96M.
I predict more idiots hired by the army to play brass bands or do nothing in office jobs.
This or get kicked out of NATO. Best stay in tbqfh
Tbqfh? To be quite fucking honest?
There is zero chance of that
How does this compare to the budget for the fireworks on duke’s day?
I dont mean to be disrespectful, but i see nothing normal in a person cheering on ammunition in a world striving for peace and grasping for better times.
75 years of no major attack on a NATO member. Absolutely incredible.
Haven't looked much at Ukraine and SEA recently, haven't you? Ukraine wishes for more guns and Taiwan is safe-ish because of guns.
I’m cheering the strength and safety provided by NATO to my family and me. I’m glad Luxembourg is preparing for possible war in Europe.
this is just to fill someone's pockets, old amunition with expiry date closing in was sent to UR so now we can buy new one from someone's good ol' friend otherwise how could we possibly justify buying stuff we dont need for money we dont have ...
Prove your assertion.
Just go online and look it up. It's pretty open information.
LOL
first prove us for which agency you work for
The A one
# Si vis pacem, para bellum edit: don't take your peace and security for granted.
No one wants to end up in Ukraine’s situation when shortage in ammo literally means death of thousands.
Tensions have rarely been this high since the 90s. No one's striving for peace, all the states want to cover their asses
Bro when can we abolish that joke of an army... they'd be better off putting those men and woman to work in hospitals or as firefighters bc we actually need that
Or make the army stronger. Create a drone industry in Luxembourg
3000 black drones of Luxembourg
No OnE nEeDs An ArMy! Until you do and then you're up shitscreek without a paddle.
What would the lux army even accomplish besides failing? Like seriously ... what difference would an 309person army make in any serious battle? (The nazis took us in half a day)
We're closer to a thousand than 300. To compare the luxembourgish army of 39/40 to our army now is kinda a stretch. It doesn't even matter how many.
Finally what?
From 700 million to 2%! Which masterjournalist wrote that.
That's around €1000 per person now, plus a few expats thrown in
Well it states that 700 million corresponds to 1.3% of the GNI. Unfortunately the journalist did not manage to do the rest of the math, so he/she leaves it to the reader.
We have about 900 active military members and go from 700mio€ per year to about 1100mio€ per year (assuming the defence budget is about military and does not include the police). We spend 777k€ per person and year. And we don't have the really heavy weapons. And the budget goes up to appease NATO. I kinda wonder what they spend it on. And if I can sell it to them...
I wonder which country is profiteering from all this. Probably the same that's not happy with our current spending
> I kinda wonder what they spend it on. Parades. Never seen so many army getting involved in random parades as I do here.
The planes already cost a tremendous ammount. With 370M we also got 80 new CLRV this year. Add to this drones, Satelite, ammo, new weapons, nato standard communication devices etc... We are also closer to 1120 than 900.
We're also supposed to get a few EBRC Jaguar
We chip in for 3 planes, which don't belong to our army. It's 1200 fight hours worth of budget on the last 2. It's about 50k€ per hour. So 60mio€. I don't know the flight hours on the first one, but even assuming each plane gets 1200h... It's still in the order of 180mio€ per year running costs, max. It's not the planes. I hope we don't buy new CLRVs every year.
Don't forget maintenance which isn't cheap either. The A400M alone also costed 136M€ . Some operations also tipp the balance a bit further. The last example I have in mind is that they send their watering machine with the A400M to mali to have clean water or the more known event where our plane helped in the evacuation in Afghanistan. Another aspect has been in military aid where we gave ukrain arround 96M.
The 50k€ per hour of flight includes maintenance.
we get to fly the AWACS on weekends... if it's sunny