AD EU.

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AD = Air defense. EU = European Union.

Euro Force. Euro Corps. Euro Army. Etc. An independent military force other than NATO.

Gonna have to spend some money. 

Within context of many previous blog entries consider the relative unpreparedness of European military forces. To include Austria [non-NATO, not a constituent member of the Atlantic alliance].

As seen at the Internet web site Strategy Page and extracted from same:

"Air defense - during business hours only?"

AIR DEFENSE OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGN AIRSPACE FROM INTRUDER AIRCRAFT SCANT IF AT ALL!

"It was revealed [in 2014] that an Austrian Air Force Eurofighter (the Typhoon combat jet) squadron had to reduce its pilot roster by a third because of budget cuts. It wasn’t payroll cuts that caused this, but a much lower budget for jet fuel. There was now insufficient fuel available for all 18 pilots to fly enough hours to maintain their skills. Moreover two of the 12 Typhoons in the squadron have been grounded and used as a source of spare parts. Availability of Typhoons to intercept aerial intruders is also now restricted to what can best be described as 'business hours' (eight hours a day for five days a week)"

"The Austrian solution to cuts in the military budget was not unique and twice in 2014 such mandatory economies led to embarrassing incidents where a European air force was unable to send a jet fighter into the air to confront an aerial intruder."

See a previous blog entry applicable to Germany alone [with many embedded links] European military readiness at a low level:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2019/02/deutschland.html

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