How Useless is the Spanish Military?
Fronts Staff · October 22, 2026 · 34 min video · Global
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A team is only as strong as its weakest link, and in the transatlantic NATO
Alliance, there
Are a few nations that, if we're being totally honest, are really pulling their
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Spain is NATO's biggest underperformer relative to its economic power. Despite having Europe's fifth-largest economy and a strategically vital location guarding the Mediterranean, Madrid consistently underfunds its military and recently refused alliance-wide spending increases.
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