Europe Accelerates Preparations For Military Independence From The US

European countries greatly increased production of ammunition, armored vehicles, ships, and submarines.

Despite rising defense budgets in most EU countries, Europe faces serious gaps in arms production that will require a trillion dollars and decades to fix.

This is reported by The Wall Street Journal.

European countries have significantly increased production of artillery ammunition, armored vehicles, ships and submarines.

Germany's Rheinmetall produces 1.5 million 155-mm shells a year, surpassing the United States, while MBDA has quadrupled production of anti-aircraft missiles, but that's only 40 a month - the amount Ukraine uses up in a couple of nights.

The continent still lags behind in the production of low-observable aircraft, long-range missiles and satellite reconnaissance.

Budgets and fragmentation

The EU's combined defense budgets reach $560 billion, double what they were 10 years ago, but still less than the Pentagon's budget ($850 billion).

By 2035, Europe plans to reach 80 percent of U.S. spending, but the main problem is fragmentation: France shows a high level of independence, while Germany and Eastern European countries continue to buy U.S. and South Korean arms, which keeps dependence alive.

The need for unification

Creating a single European military pillar or unified army is no longer the idea of bureaucrats - it is an urgent necessity. Achieving real independence from the US will take at least 10 years and significant investment.

Examples with precision weapons such as HIMARS show that mass production of their own analogs will take years. Also, the fragmentation and priority of national defense enterprises complicate joint procurement and implementation of large projects, as happened with the FCAS fighter.

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