Poland and Ukraine only worked in GCI environment on hands me down tech.It's a smaller version of what US has, which makes sense because it pretty much is an extension of US, like how Ukraine or Poland were extensions of Soviet hardware.
the point i was making that Pacific countries like Australia, Japan, Korea are much more effective when you look at comprehensive defensive/offensive capabilities which is lacking in Europa.
instead of asking what US can add. ask what Germany will add if Germany truly pivots to Indo Pacific. do you realize what will happen to F-35 and B-21 production rates if Germany truly enters those Programmes with budget of Pentagon. The quantity and sophistication will scale up exponentially. Its Germanic politics that have kept Europa weak, divided and thats what Russia like about Germany. it still want to engage Germany but German political system too rigid at this point. Russia got lucky that it got German speaking president who has deep understanding of Germany and Israel. This Ukraine operation didnot property reflect the German way of fighting as it took too long to transition from Soviet to Russian systems. most of stuff is inexpensive modernization of Soviet tech and certainly not want train top tier skill people on those systems. Its better to have young blood for new system like T-14/T-15 so they can stay long term. 20 years of modernization to factory cannot scale up Su-57 it new extra dedicated space. do you think any other firm can create Ka-52M that maintain heavy loads at extremely low attitude flight over long distance. slight error or unreliability it will hit the ground or obstacle. margin of error is slim to none.Numbers are important here, how much more do US forces in Australia add to the overall US military?
A unique training center for tankers will be created in Mulino