| Ryuu96 said: It ain't just sending equipment either but stuff like posted above. "EU capitals should mobilise investment & cajole arms makers into expanding capacity, by pooling orders & signing over a longer term.'" We need to be doing this tenfold, Russia is in war economy mode, their entire country is turning to war production, meanwhile Western nations are like "eh, we'll throw a few contracts here and there" Arms makers are telling Western countries to sort their shit out even, they're basically saying "listen, we want to support Ukraine but we need the orders and we need long term commitments to start up new manufacturing" It's also crazy because shit like the above creates jobs but nobody seems interested in talking about that angle. The West should be domestically producing thousands of drones, artillery, ammo for Ukraine alongside sending our existing stock. I also don't buy that any Western nation can't take a hit to their military, I don't care, there is nobody who is a threat to us other than Russia and China and we have the chance to end Russia's threat completely by supporting Ukraine. It feels like these massive militaries were built up just for show. China will be deterred if we win even if our militaries take a notable hit. |
And that is the thing I don't get why hasn't production increased. I agree countries that say they don't have equipment they can send to help doesn't mean they can't sign contracts and fund new equipment to go directly to Ukraine. Scaling drones production as an example shouldn't be that hard if countries paid for it. hey are also relatively cheaper then tanks, so the same amount of money will produce far more drones that could be used more tactically then 1 tank.
