Could Germany justify rearming?

In light of recent events, could Germany justify rearming itself? They are the 4th largest economy in the world (dwarfed by US and China of course)and they are the predominant power in the EU, so just throwing this out there, not trying to start a conspiracy theory or anything either but it's something I've been wondering. I know there are treaties out there but what if they could be nullified?

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LUVELACE · T

Some of those treaties signed within the European block countries were signed when the original European economic community/EEC,was founded and I’m sure by now requires updating to accommodate changes,but I do believe that each and every European country is solely responsible for its own defence and enlight of present situations with mr putin,I do think the cat has his paw on the trigger n the pigeons are running for cover within the EU and NATO organisations,I maybe wrong but we could be staring down both barrels of a major shit storm,financially and economically,so I do think now is a good time for governments to get there house in order,in wars casualties are collateral damage..

spjennifer · 56-60, T

@LUVELACE Same as there are now 30 Member Countries in NATO which when totaled are a lot more powerful (minus nukes) than Russia is Militarily speaking. I would imagine those Treaties are reviewed on a regular basis but the original restrictions placed on Germany by NATO are still in place with respect to Nukes, chemical and biological weapons possession, I believe the restrictions on the size of Germany's Military have been removed as of 1990. With respect to nukes, the US, UK, France and Israel have almost as many nukes combined as Russia does so between both sides they can probably annihilate all living life on Earth 10 times over without taking into account China, Pakistan and India, hopefully this is enough of a deterrent.
I think Vlad the Impaler is bluffing but who knows with mad men like him?

RocktheHouse · M

@spjennifer [quote]without taking into account China, Pakistan and India[/quote]

It should also be taken into account that Russia and China both have hypersonic missiles that can't be detected by radar.

spjennifer · 56-60, T

@RocktheHouse I wouldn't be too worried about those just yet, neither of them have those missiles in sufficient quantities yet for it to matter much and they are very expensive to make. Thing with missiles is once you fire it, it's gone unless you have lots more to back it up.