Author: John T Psaropoulos
Published on: 10/03/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Europe’s imports of weapons have skyrocketed in the past five years. Two-thirds of those imports came from the United States. Europe’s ability to build its own weapons will materially affect how well it can defend Ukraine. “There’s actually a slight advantage here for Europe,” retired US Colonel Seth Krummrich says. “The days of World War II mass armour attacks are basically going away in this new AI-drone-driven warfare in that dirt laboratory that is Ukraine” Ukrainian parliamentarian Inna Sovsun says Ukraine’s defence industrial base has gone from a turnover of 1 billion euros ($1.08bn) when the autonomy policy was announced in December 2023. The Institute for the Study of War estimated that another 30 percent of Ukraine’s weapons were coming from the US and 30 percent from the EU and other allies. Poland’s share increased 40 times over. The EU on Thursday announced it would authorize up to 800 billion euros ($868bn) in new debt for weapons procurement with $158bn earmarked to reward joint procurement from European firms. Russia, in contrast, lost two-thirds of its armaments export market over the past five years. Europe lacks air defence systems as proven as US-based Raytheon’s Patriot and its PAC-3 missiles. France’s Rafale, Sweden’s Gripen and Eurofighter have all lost sales to Lockheed Martin’s F-35.
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