"The smaller and smaller your nation and budget gets, the harder and harder decisions you have to make when it comes to prioritization." Ain't that the truth, Perun. I'm thinking of axing a lot of modern hardware from the SSLF and going with the blueprint of the Baltics, namely that of a mechanized infantry force that has a bit of artillery to support it. What that force looks like is going to be pretty heavily Soviet, though I think I can equip one battalion of troops with Bradleys since they're coming so cheap. The rest get BTR-70s.
As far as the Air Force goes, I'm going to scrap the helicopter idea - a hundred million dollars goes back into infrastructure and 'brigade slice' funding much better than it does a group of choppers. I'll keep it at 1,500 personnel, which should be more than enough to operate a few cargo/passenger planes and monitor radar stations at airfields across the country.
I'm still mixed on conscription - I've got a bigger population than the Baltics combined, so I've got manpower I can use. I just don't have the budget for equipping all of them past basic gear, uniforms, and a rifle with at least some full magazines; as far as the size of the army I'm not seeing it as bigger than Estonia's as far as active duty goes. Maybe I've got a larger reserve component, with the larger population, but I don't see the active force being past the 7,000 personnel average of the Baltic armies.
Good video, though, and really explores what the trio mean to NATO and vice versa.
