The U.S. has — by far — the world’s largest defense budget, spending $948 billion last year. Its armed forces have 1.3 million personnel — some of them currently stationed in Greenland. Denmark, for its part, last year spent $9.9 billion, has only 17,000 soldiers, and most of its heavy land-warfare equipment has been donated to Ukraine.

  • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.net
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    6 hours ago

    They could pull a Three Hundred and Thirty Five Year’s War esque situation where they just declare war and never sign a peace treaty, without ever actually mobilizing their army or trying to fight back.