175 missiles to be precise which makes the maths easy – £10,000,000 a round. Its great that the Dutch are tooling up (this is triple the UK stocks of Tomahawk) but holy hell that’s expensive – the Russians Kh-101 cruise missiles is supposedly closer to $1million for the same role.
HelpingHand_123 on
I don’t know much about military spending, but it feels pretty wild that a country like the Netherlands is making such a big purchase. I remember when I was in Europe a few years ago, and the whole defense spending thing came up in a conversation with a local. They were really passionate about how important it is to stay secure, but also how much pressure there is to balance defense and social programs. It got me thinking about the real cost of national security beyond just the price tags on weapons. It’s crazy how these decisions can have such far-reaching effects on people’s daily lives without us even noticing.
SixEightL on
So what happened to “we need to purchase European”?
Hot_Cheesecake_905 on
So much for an American boycott – gotta have those Freedom Missiles 😭
Is there no European alternative?
No_Conversation_9325 on
Including tarriffs?
Unqwuntonqwanto on
Buying 3 then 😂😂
Difficult_Ad_5825 on
Probably kill switch included without surcharge
Unfair_Run_170 on
If you use those missiles against Russia, they probably won’t work.
If you have to use them against America, they definitely won’t work!
Copege_Catboi on
Oh noo. Dick Schoof did mess up big time. I am a dutchman and I don‘t the tax money I don‘t contribute to (since I live abroad) to flow to the USA!
Critical-Papaya8304 on
Europe all sucking American dick wagging the tail just like Putin said
RogueHeroAkatsuki on
Do they have any guarantee that those missiles will even fire in case of emergency without need to approval from US?
hmtk1976 on
Typically Dutch to go against what´s in Europe´s interests.
eduvis on
Will NL be able to shoot anytime at any target or will they need approval beforehand?
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175 missiles to be precise which makes the maths easy – £10,000,000 a round. Its great that the Dutch are tooling up (this is triple the UK stocks of Tomahawk) but holy hell that’s expensive – the Russians Kh-101 cruise missiles is supposedly closer to $1million for the same role.
I don’t know much about military spending, but it feels pretty wild that a country like the Netherlands is making such a big purchase. I remember when I was in Europe a few years ago, and the whole defense spending thing came up in a conversation with a local. They were really passionate about how important it is to stay secure, but also how much pressure there is to balance defense and social programs. It got me thinking about the real cost of national security beyond just the price tags on weapons. It’s crazy how these decisions can have such far-reaching effects on people’s daily lives without us even noticing.
So what happened to “we need to purchase European”?
So much for an American boycott – gotta have those Freedom Missiles 😭
Is there no European alternative?
Including tarriffs?
Buying 3 then 😂😂
Probably kill switch included without surcharge
If you use those missiles against Russia, they probably won’t work.
If you have to use them against America, they definitely won’t work!
Oh noo. Dick Schoof did mess up big time. I am a dutchman and I don‘t the tax money I don‘t contribute to (since I live abroad) to flow to the USA!
Europe all sucking American dick wagging the tail just like Putin said
Do they have any guarantee that those missiles will even fire in case of emergency without need to approval from US?
Typically Dutch to go against what´s in Europe´s interests.
Will NL be able to shoot anytime at any target or will they need approval beforehand?
SAAB needs to step up it’s missile game
Is it enough for 10?
Nice!