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Small-Scale Question Sunday for March 9, 2025

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By repurposing existing factories (the Germans are looking at converting a lot of major factories VW and other auto manufacturers don’t need anymore) and building new ones they can scale up production pretty fast. The issue is whether you just want a more powerful NATO-integrated army or one actually capable of operating on its own. As I understand it there are many functions like satellites and communications, air to air refueling etc where they’re fully reliant on the US.