"In 1990 West Germany alone was able to field 215 combat battalions (a battalion typically has a few hundred soldiers, and slots into a larger brigade). By 2015, even with Germany reunited, that had fallen to 34, a remarkable 84% cut. The number of Italian battalions fell by 67% and British ones by almost half."
Dette medfører også at forsvarsutgiftene har falt en del i disse årene. I vest-Europa har de falt fra 2,4 prosent av BNP til I,5 prosent..
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