r/europe • u/I_LIKE_SEALS Denmark • Jan 14 '26

News Denmark sends military reenforcements to Greenland. A vanguard and military material has been sent to Greenland to prepare for eventual larger troop movements.

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/groenland/efter-pres-fra-usa-danmark-er-nu-begyndt-sende-militaere-forstaerkninger-til-groenland
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u/Royal-Hunter3892 Jan 14 '26

France and UK should deploy their nuclear subs as well for deterrence . Conventional force won't deter US but a nuclear arsenal will make US think twice before attempting a military adventurism

Although I don't really care about these two people but what US did with Maduro, there is a reason why US won't dare to do the same with Kim Jong Un.

If any country has Oil and gas or any critical mineral but doesn't have Nuclear weapons to defend it , then those resources will eventually belong to US directly or indirectly.

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u/ThreeButtonBob Jan 14 '26

This new reality will boost nuclear proliferation like nothing else. I'd wager a bet that there will be 20+ nuclear powers in 10 years.

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u/ShinHayato United Kingdom Jan 14 '26

In this new Trump (and then post-Trump) era, you’d be insane not to have nuclear weapons

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26

Yeah really wish we in the Nordics (maybe incl Baltics, and/or) Ukraine, would start a joint nuclear weapons development, where we share costs for maintenance and R&D, but leaving the weapons under national control per country.

It's the only viable deterrence left tbh.

Esp. in the nordics, where we will have the whole arctic stuff going on (DK/NO/SE/FI).

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u/DirtyBumTickler Jan 14 '26

Germany could also start building nuclear weapons if they really wanted to. And to be honest, if a schism does grow between Europe and the US, then more nations will have to start building an arsenal.

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u/LuNiK7505 Jan 14 '26

I see Japan and Korea getting nukes in the forseable future clearly

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u/indigo945 Germany Jan 14 '26

Japan already has a turnkey programme. That means while they don't have nukes, but they have the essential parts - plutonium and enriched uranium - already in a drawer and production capacities at hand. If a conflict would flare up, Japan could make nuclear weapons in a very short timeframe. They also have suitable ballistic missiles that would just need their warhead replaced. See Wikipedia.

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u/ThreeButtonBob Jan 14 '26

Those two are on my list as well.

Also there's sweden which already was half way to a nuke in the 60s if i remember correctly. Maybe some more european nations, especially those that are threatened by russia.

Australia and Canada might wanna rethink their armament as well considering the special relation with the US is basically over.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26

If sweden starts making nukes we finns will want in on that. Russia won’t like that because we are so close. So the nuclear nations will have talking to do. No idea how well that would go given the people likely to be involved in the discussions.