Europe is MASSIVELY Rearming - A 2026 Status
Video Overview & Insights
Europe is rearming. Since the start of the Ukraine war in 2022, European militaries have undergone a major transformation. Defence spending across Europe is rising, armies are expanding, and military production is scaling up. From tanks and artillery to fighter jets, drones, and air defence systems, Europe is rebuilding its military power in response to growing security threats from Russia and US sabre rattling over Greenland.
For the videos mentioned in this episode:
Northern Europe’s Alliance Is Getting SERIOUS | The Joint Expeditionary Force - 2026 Update - https://youtu.be/9oWB3yalTfY
The Staggering Cost of Losing Europe’s Arms Market | 12 Months Later - How did it go? - https://youtu.be/m1387Gm9KiE
In this video, we break down how Europe’s military has changed since the start of the full scale Ukraine war. We look at European defence spending, European army expansion, reserve forces, tanks, armored vehicles, artillery production, air power, F-35 fighter jets, drones, naval forces, and the defence industry. This is a big-picture analysis of Europe’s rearmament and military buildup.
We also examine the political pressure shaping this shift. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced Europe to rethink its security. At the same time, pressure from the United States and NATO debates—including tensions during the Trump administration—have pushed European countries to invest more in their own defence.
Nice but tanks and other vehicles in combat want work Clowns????? NATO had/has standards but now it is back to building your own. News Korea, Japan, USA, Australia, will out produce all of Europe! Oh Jets fly on JP 8 or plus now no battery ones yet??????
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The end of the pax americana brings Europe back to the geostrategic table. What could Go wrong 😂
@HugendubelforlifeSo happy europe and the EU are finally stepping up..❤😊🇪🇺👌
@jorisschelfhout2348Regardless of how massive, Europe's military is NOT COORDINATED among its many Different countries / languages / cultures.
NOT AN EFFICIENT FIGHTING ENTITY !!
Let's see for how long the EU-part of NATO is going to be willing to accept US global hegemony, how long they'll accept the mess around Turkey and Israel.
@quattordicimontenapoleone3113Good news, still need to do more but we are finally waking up. If we come together we can become a powerful shining light of reason in this dark idiotic world.
@SocialScienceMancerbrave Ukraine is Europes front line and we the west need to be there
@davidgaston738only strength of arms will guarantee peace from Russia and other despot nations that wish to destroy us
@davidgaston738Europe is rearming with weapons of the last war as jf they will face Russian tanks on the battlefield but they will fave a military armed like they set up Iran to fight and they have no defence against. Oreshnik missiles that zRussia is building a large stockpile of as energy wespond on land and air platforms will masacre these massed formations of tanks assuming they get nesr Russia w8the Oresjnik and other missiles destrying their transport hubs, ports,airgieldsmcokmand centres and civil power centress, weapon stocks and stock piles, radars, satellites s well as their limited fuel supplis.Finnish troops for all their sisu die from thrrmobsric shells as easily ss the 70000 troops of the zaaaNATO force did in their Kursk adventure and tens of thoudands in earlier NATO officered campaigns, thst covers the whole Ukrsine war because NzATO officcers do not know how to fight a modern war committing the same mistakes time and again. Russia has no interest in invading Europe,that is just the propagaganda put out by thevEU leaders for spending billions on useless weapon syystems tto enrivh themselves, a corruption that has been built into NATO from its inception. The good news is that Europe will shortly collapse intp p0verty po
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Europe only plans to rearm. It's stil "nato" - no action, talking only.
@JanKowalski-vj9pyBuy European. Fuck the USA
@seamustreanor270Dont forget the absoute numbers and the fact some "top percentage" spenders are founded by EU and EU is founded mainly by germany.
@UrsKinzelbachTempAs an Italian, I'm so proud of Europe for stepping up a notch. We are now a superpower on the rise.
@Goc4ever14:00 already few years ago Gripen C proved it to be better by winning 4 out of 5 training battles against Norwegian F-35, and our new Gripen E is better than the C version.. So buying F-35 just for that reason i think is stupid.. especially if you did make the decision anytime after Trump entered the white house for the second time..
@NiclasHorn1:50 i need to correct you here, No that's wrong, defence spending where not "allowed to drift down" USA ACTIVELY worked against Europe to arm up. USA stopped Europe from spending more on them self's. Why? Cuz that would mean USA would lost power in Europe and there for global power also. So what Trump said that Europe has been free loading is PURE BS. We have not been free loading, USA has blocked Europe from maintaining and even expanding. And then Europe was blocked ofc they did spend the money else where... so pleas stop spreading US propaganda.
@NiclasHorn0:20 nah we where not really chocked, not at least i here in Sweden, Russia will always be Russia as long we dont take control over it.
@NiclasHornEurope has always been a superpower. To think otherwise is both foolish and delusional - it didn't focus on military because both the world wars were fought on its soil. Its people wish heavily for peace and stability, but thats not to say that European people aren't inherently capable of immense violence.
There is a large difference between being peaceful and being defenseless. The World has proven that defenselessness is no longer an option. The World has decided that incivility and barbarism are required for survival once again.
Lets hope you don't need to be made to understand why Europe has the moniker of 'the Mother Of Battlefields'. Europe's defenselessness was a mercy, not a weakness.
Without the US you are nothing
@greaselightning8645A war-mongering idiot spooked Europe into a new rearming frenzy. Who is the enemy they fear(if not the US)? Russia?? If they wait another year it'll be all over but the shouting. Europe was once a powerhouse of learning and good sense. Not any more.
@lauriemayne7436It's finally time....
@mirzamidzic3990for the furture califate
@henryfriedel3984Britain has been on a war footing more so since covid & its in full swing, its as if this country is actually at war.
@Hospes-d9ueverybody keeps saying that nonsense ''Russia's full scale invasion'' .....utter garbage it was never a full scale invasion ...wise the fk up
@Alex-x1h9rAND ASIA IS MASSIVELY REARMING. History has a very bad record with big arms races.
@ericb.4358The majority of Americans think that WWII started in 1941 and ended 1945 and think only they won it! They have no idea as how long Britain was fighting and being bombed!
@davidbarnes7491It’s about time!! All we need now are politicians who have the balls to stand up for what any decent government should do! Putin will only stop the war when his forces are defeated and pushed back to their own country!
@davidbarnes7491It doesn't matter how many are on the order books, these can be cancelled anytime. What matters is the number in service & how fast they can be brought into service
@donhlohinec2242You must be smoking some good stuff if you think Europe had output/production capability of 15 Armored vehicles in a YEAR LOL
@realcheez795Can you highlight the UK, It might shame them Into action,, a global joke now
@ragnarl9130Is Europe arming itself? Yes, but...too slowly and too little.
@ABX-bb3jbGood news?
@ArthurWright-uv4wwOhh Amerika..die Nordik dangerous..keine chance..Germany Frankreich kann die gantze welt zerstoeren..Quanten werden die waffe sein von germany..beste physiker Van Braun.Heissenber.Plancknck..Nils Bohr.Schroedinger..Ukraine bekommt waffe von german
@DietmarSchopfNot enough, we need more
@caralhofodase321azeveiroThanks for the informative video! As a pacifist (ie, an unrealistic dreamer) I totally agree with the decision to rearm Europe. There is no other way. Ditching the US was a huge and very important decision, on so many levels - not only militarily. What we see here is imho the awakening of Europe after decades of being asleep. The "old and sluggish" continent remembers its previous strength. New global trade alliances are formed at record pace, the energy transition flows on high speed, the rearmament and infrastructure renewal projects are driving European economies. Who'd have thought before 2022 how quickly things can change? And imagine: entire Europe is applauding the rearmament of GERMANY - this shows how much European countries have grown together.
@chridenner7806It's rearming so that it can wage wars again.. Not defensive, but offensive. And as usually, they'll make up a reason.
@vaastafraja5685We dont have any money in Europa,,we building notting fake news
@MrTommy69Military build up is not the way to go,but,economy build up is the right way to go.Because,if you are fair in trade without discrimination,all will be well with all
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@LosclannPoland have armed up since ww2 dough :) .. guess they got strongest army in Europe.. They learned their lesson - and will not fall for it again i guess :) .. if they wanted to could wipe the floor with Russia all alone in a normal war.
@Shadows_of_NorwayThe EU should expand the French Force de Frappe or create an european one, in order to protect us from rogue states like the US and Israel
@antoniotorcoli702Go deeper
@thomas19994United States of Europe is what's needed
@antoniodasilva1230Hostility from washington? Did this guy mean wanting to build a nuclear shield for Europe and the US on greenland? Or does he mean asking for help from the European countries to keep the strait of her moves open which benefits them the most most? These freeloading European countries have had a free ride for long enough it's time to exit NATO
@JR-mu6ifStarmers not rearming, he's wanting Putin to give us 5 or 6 years to rearm, before he invades!. In fact Starmer has no intention on rearming until after the next general election, when he knows that Labour will no longer be in power!
@andrewmoore-vb3cvSo public numbers are half so think twice as mutch thay dont wont Russia to kno haw mutch thay realy have
@DjangoTrumpOnly spain is not helping!
@romanempire7170Thanks for gathering all these numbers and comparing them. I do wonder about the drone numbers. I suppose most components still come from China?
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