NATO Suggests American Military Hardware for Euro Banknotes

NATO's Airborne Early Warning and Control (AWACS) Force recently shared its vision for the new series of Euro notes, suggesting that American military hardware be featured prominently on the currency. The unit posted images on Facebook of a Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft soaring over European fields and forests, accompanied by two F-16s on the €20 note.

The post was described as tongue-in-cheek, but some interpreted it as an expression of Europe's vassal status to the US. The NATO unit asked in a caption: 'What if the new European banknotes had a little more...air superiority?'

NATO's Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Force followed suit, posting a series of notes featuring an American RQ-4D Phoenix surveillance drone.

The posts received mixed reactions online, with some users expressing support for the idea while others criticized it as a 'coordinated NATO psy-op trying to tie NATO to the EU.'