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Almost 18 months into the war in Ukraine, Europe’s defense contractors — flooded with demand for everything from ammunition to shoulder-launched missiles and combat vehicles — face a dilemma. Do they gamble on expanding production, assuming that the war and tensions with Russia will last indefinitely? Or hold back until they get long-term commitments from governments that have spent the past few decades shaving or even slashing their defense budgets?

  • ghost_laptopOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Fair, but I doubt any one European country can take on the burden of being the one or biggest manufacturer in a way that can satisfy Ukraine’s needs, furthermore I doubt also that the US wants or will let that happen since they want to the industrial military complex monopoly in the West. Now that you mention it regarding the Taiwan issue, I think this could also mean the imperative need for a near end since they probably don’t want to have finance two such big projects at the same time, and they probably want some time between one and the other to stock some supplies.