Ukraine aid package includes 100,000 'not a tank' signs
Key to bringing the German government around, officials say.
RAMSTEIN, GERMANY — After a NATO defense ministers meeting in Ramstein, Germany, which was acrimonious at times, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced a tentative military aid agreement with the German government aimed at breaking the logjam over providing Leopard tanks to Ukraine. According to Austin, the United States will deliver 100,000 military-grade signs with the text "not a tank" under the Defense Production Act.
“We believe this will provide the Ukrainians with the main battle tanks they need and address German concerns about escalation without looking like a bunch of pansies,” Austin said.
For months, tensions among NATO allies have been high regarding the subject of providing Ukraine with tanks, and the German-manufactured Leopard 2 tank has been a particular point of contention. On the one hand, the Leopard 2 has been widely proliferated across Europe, with 13 nations possessing close to 2,000 Leopards, and thus is the only main battle tank platform that could be…
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