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• Why Can Europe Build New Defense Companies Now?

  Uwe Horstmann says Europe can build new defense companies now because two changes arrived together: Europe accepted that it must take more responsibility for its own defense, and people saw the battlefield shift toward software, AI, inexpensive production, and small-scale systems.

  He says the United States has told Europe repeatedly to step up, and that the warning is right. Europe has to defend itself, because deterrence is how to keep living in peace. The world is probably not peaceful by default, yet it still has to be defended, and the only way to stay safe is by deterring a potential attacker. The understanding took hold just as new technology emerged. The systems are software driven a

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