Ireland's Preparedness

No one is prepared, it's a giant myth about war

Hilarious

It takes years l, repeat years to build up to that level of preparedness

The EU and the US barely have the stockpiles to fight a limited war in the ukraine

Same with Russia

Look at how long it took the ussr and the states to ratchet up war supply during ww2

Look how much they then decommissioned after, like it's nuts

This thread will attract all the dumbest people on here, the kinds who who turn their bellies up to aggressors to be tickled

The Irish sea and Atlantic make spectacular borders

North Korea Kim?

I mean on a pleasure cruise up the Shannon maybe

You knocked it out of the park

The real problem is Ireland has only ever thought about land warfare…

Space lasers is what we need, good thinking

actually a lot of what I have mentioned the Steyer Aug rifles, the AT4s, the Javelins, most of the RBS 70s has been purchased since the IRA ceasefire. Other stuff which was in service from the 80s, like the 105mm field guns, are hardly small arms. I think 1969 was a wake up call to the government, you are right there, but it needs another wake up. And I do not think the DF were ever seriously going to covertly or otherwise assist the provos.

The question is meaningless without naming an opponent and giving a context.

Of all the countries on earth precious few have the means to sail a military here.

For * some * of those who can, we can probably never be prepared enough so theres little point in preparing extra for a foregone conclusion .

Then theres the political context.

Who are our allies, who are their allies.

Would our allies be willing to threaten to put holes in the invaders ships. From above or below.

Or maybe just quickly give us the means to do so for ourselves. From our coast.

100 conditions to consider before we can get to an exact question about who is possibly arriving where.

Personally I dont believe theres much of a reason to massively ramp up spending, beyond some of our obvious lacking areas.

Theres also not much to gain from invading us. Its hard to get here for most. And in the case of a defensive fight, I think Ireland gets underestimated. If its not US, UK or France then theyre not scoring the walkover that so many assume. We only have to fight an expeditionary force, which will be far from home.