r/YUROP • u/Dragonfruit_1995 Lietuva‏‏‎ ‎ • 6d ago

Dear Ukrainians

Since ruzzia broke the Budapest Memorandum, I was wondering, will your country consider investing in nuclear weapons now?

PS sending love from Lithuania 🇱🇹🫶🇺🇦

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u/Bergwookie 5d ago

Financially a nuclear arsenal would be far off, no other country will give money for that and the domestic money is better invested in weapons you can actually use in the war ★, so in war time it's unsustainable, but later on in peace it might be to consider.

★ nuclear weapons are there to show "I could if I had to"but aren't meant to be used, it would be a boundary to cross with no way back.

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u/Dragonfruit_1995 Lietuva‏‏‎ ‎ 5d ago

I mean... you can start inventing on your own... isnt it how other countries, who are poor, did it? They choose a solo trip, isnt it?

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u/Bergwookie 5d ago

Sure, but would you put scarce resources into something that won't pay off soon when you need fast results? You'd put your scientists and engineers onto building cheap and fast to build stuff like drones and flamingos not a weapon that's only of diplomatic value

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u/Dragonfruit_1995 Lietuva‏‏‎ ‎ 5d ago

Science is never quick. The earlier you put scientists on it, the better. Money will come