Comment by teiferer

Again, in the short run and if only Ukraine did that, sure. But that's too simplistic thinking.

If every country doubled its military, then the relative stengths wouldn't change and nobody would be more or less safe. But we'd all be poorer. If instead we work towards a world with more cooperation and less conflict, then the world can get safer without a single dollar more spent on military budgets. There is plenty of research into this. But sadly there is also plenty of lobbying from the military industrial complex. And simplistic fear mongering (with which I'm not attacking you personally, just stating it in general) doesn't help either. Especially tech folks tend to look for technical solutions, which is a category that "more tanks/bombs/drones/..." falls into. But building peace is not necessarily about more tanks. It's not a technical problem, so can't be solved with technical means. In the long run.

Again, in the short run, of course you gotta defend yourself, and your country has my full support.